"Donghua Empire, the road of expansion has begun! 》

Be careful! The lion preyed! 》

"Who is the next target of the Donghua Empire?!" 》

Who pushed Donghua into the arms of the Allies? 》

All sorts of eye-catching headlines were published on the front pages of major newspapers around the world, all of which pointed to one topic: the Donghua Empire had finally entered the war!

The Donghua Empire's choice of the battlefield to participate in the war in Africa was obviously unexpected by everyone. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Why Somalia?

With this question in mind, the military and political leaders of Germany, Japan, Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, Italy, and China all looked at the world map on the wall in their respective offices.

Somalia is located on the Somali Peninsula at the easternmost tip of the African continent, bordering the Gulf of Aden in the north and the Indian Ocean in the east.

To control Somalia means to hold the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, and its strategic position is obviously very important!

In 1885, Italy landed in central Somalia, and by 1925 the entire central and southern part of the country had become Italian colonies, known internationally as Italian Somalia.

In 1887, northern Somalia became a British colony and became known as British Somalia.

After the defeat of the British army in the North African theater, in May 1941, all of Somalia came under Italian control.

If the Donghua Empire can take Somalia from Italy, the Donghua army can march into the African, Asian, and European theaters anytime and anywhere, and completely grasp the strategic initiative in the three major theaters.

Cheng Gong turned out to be such an outstanding military strategist!

The Donghua Empire's choice of this point to participate in the war is really wonderful!

Churchill, Hoover, Stalin and other Allied heads of state all thought more highly of Cheng Gong at this time.

Axis leaders such as Hitler and Mussolini were like being suddenly punched in the heart, and at the same time, they were extremely painful, but they dared not speak out.

The Donghua Empire flaunted the banner of armed protection of overseas Chinese, and did not explicitly declare war on Italy. Although none of the countries knew whether the Donghua Empire had expatriates in Soliman, it was an open secret known to the whole world that the Rock mercenaries had a Donghua background.

Since Donghua did not openly declare war, Mussolini, after urgent consultations with Hitler, decided not to declare war on Donghua for the time being.

As a result, the situation in Somalia has become more delicate, like the Sino-Japanese War that broke out in July 1937, in which each side was at war without declaration, claiming to be a military conflict rather than an all-out war between countries.

However, in Italy, the fanatical fascists were extremely indignant at the war acts of the Donghua Empire against Italy, and large-scale demonstrations broke out in major Italian cities, and some radicals even openly stormed the Donghua Embassy in Italy and burned the Donghua flag.

Although the popular support was available, Mussolini was not happy at all.

Palazzo Venezia, Rome.

Mussolini's face grew gloomy as he leaned back on the leather sofa with his eyes closed and listened to his secretary's report on the progress of the demonstrations taking place across Italy.

At this point, the situation is already very clear.

Italy's success in the North African battlefield further consolidated and deepened Mussolini's dictatorship, and at the same time made the Italian people full of confidence in rebuilding the glory of the Roman Empire.

When the Donghua Empire was at the height of Italy's national prestige, it suddenly came to such a slap, how could the fragile glass heart of the Italian people stand it.

Of course, the ignorant people did not care whether Italy's national strength was an opponent of the Donghua Empire, they only knew that they had to maintain the dignity of the country, to maintain their pride, and to teach the yellow-skinned monkeys of the East a hard lesson.

Declaring war on the Donghua Empire?

Are you kidding! Mussolini had not thought about it at all.

Is there a way to point the finger at the USSR?

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we must make a decision as soon as possible!"

The Italian Minister of Defense, Field Marshal Bardolio, hurriedly came in from the outside and said in an extremely serious tone: "The military must give a clear answer to the people, otherwise the situation will further expand, and it is very likely that the situation will be used by those latent communists to turn into a nationwide upheaval!" ”

"Don't worry, let me think about it again." Mussolini opened his eyes slowly, picked up his cigar, lit the fire, but did not light it.

The war between Italy and Greece is currently in a state of white heat, and the stubborn resistance of the Greek army has made the war more and more costly in Italy.

In the North African theater, although the Italian army held the Anglo-American Allied forces at the Egyptian border, it was clear that Italy was beginning to decline at a strategic level.

"If the situation in Greece deteriorates, will we still be able to prevent the full occupation of Somalia by the East China army?" Mussolini asked slowly as he lit his cigar.

"Very difficult!"

Badolio also lit a cigar and smoked it, and said helplessly: "The landing of the army of the Donghua Empire in Africa is an accident that no one expected. The Allies had been preparing for a strategic counteroffensive in the North African theater beforehand, and once we committed too many troops in Somalia, the British and Americans would certainly not miss this rare opportunity.

The reason why we failed in the anti-landing operation in Mogadishu, which ended not long ago, was not because our army was not effective in combat, but because the army of the Donghua Empire was too strong. Their planes, their warships, their tanks, all of them are the most advanced in the world, and they simply cannot be resisted. ”

Mussolini nodded slightly, he knew that this was not the exaggeration of the chief of the General Staff of the Italian Army in front of him, shirking responsibility.

Although Italy has also achieved considerable results in military modernization, compared with the Donghua Empire, which has mastered the world's most advanced military technology, Italy cannot be compared with the Donghua Empire in any aspect.

The new aircraft carrier under construction by the Italian Navy will not be completed until another year and a half, and it will take three years to become combat-ready. Supporting escort warships and carrier-based combat aircraft are also under construction or in the test flight stage. The design of the new submarine has not yet been completed, and construction will not begin until next year at the earliest.

With the current strength of the Italian army, not to mention having to deal with three battlefields in Greece, North Africa and Somalia at the same time, even if the whole country was to gather the strength of the whole country to fight the decisive battle against the Donghua Empire in Somalia, Mussolini felt that Italy had no chance of winning.

The Donghua Empire must not be allowed to completely turn to the Allies and declare war on the Axis camp because of Somalia, and at least it must not create an excuse for the Donghua Empire to declare war on Italy.

The Greek battlefield was gradually depleting Italy's war potential, and the Soviet Red Army, after stubbornly resisting the German blitzkrieg attack, was continuously mobilizing troops from its Far East to reinforce the Western Front, and Germany and the Soviet Union were about to start a strategic Armageddon of unprecedented scale in Europe.

If the East China Empire were to join the Allies at this critical juncture, it would be a disaster not only for Italy, but also a nightmare for Germany.

Why did the Donghua Empire choose to enter the war in Africa? How did this benefit the Donghua Empire?

Why didn't the Donghua Empire fight the Japanese nearby?

For the past two days, Mussolini has been thinking about these questions.

(To be continued.) )