The Italians were crushed at the first touch.

Major General Cross could not believe that his troops could be so ineffective and that they had lost their positions on the front line in just thirty-five minutes.

How can I have the face to meet General Cadore?

But there's more to the bad news:

In six hours, two more positions were broken through by the Germans, who had approached Bonosa:

This place where the headquarters of the Italian 33rd Infantry Division is located!

Major General Cross was dumbfounded.

It's horrible, it's horrible! The enemy spent six hours shelling, and then another six hours in front of his headquarters in one fell swoop.

Will he be a prisoner six hours later?

"Brigadier General Soquaria, I order you to lead the Svaro Brigade to stop the enemy, this is the order!" Major General Cross almost gave his orders with a roar.

Brigadier General Soqualia was a little worried: "General, you learned that the Germans who were attacking were very fierce, they had tanks and mortars, and countless machine guns, and I was worried about the soldiers."

"The soldiers' worries are not something for me to consider!" Major General Cross was furious: "I care about whether Bonosa can hold it, do you want us all to be prisoners"

He calmed down a little: "Brigadier General, you have learned one thing, the glory of the Italian army cannot be lost, otherwise we will all go to the military tribunal and you will have a heavy burden on your shoulders, three days." I just need you to hold on for three days, and then our mission is complete."

At one time, Major General Cross promised General Cadorna. He could have held out for a few months in Tormezo, but now that time has been greatly reduced to three days

Gotta get on the job, huh? Able to withstand three days, Major General Cross can proudly tell anyone how he led his troops, faced an enemy several times his size, and fought valiantly with endless artillery fire. He left Tormezzo with glory

And the key to accomplishing this task lies with Brigadier General Soquaria

"Colonel, ahead is Bonosa, where the defeated Italians have now all fled. The enemy's headquarters is also located there, and if we can take Bonosa, we will be able to control the whole of Tormezzo in our hands. ”

Rommel's introduction made Wang Weiyi nod.

At least for now, Bonosa's outer defenses are still very strong. A large number of Italian soldiers had already entered the positions. put on a posture of sticking here.

"Who is Cross most likely to order to be in charge of the outer defense?" Wang Weiyi asked calmly.

It's time for Elena to answer the question: "Colonel, the most likely candidate is Brigadier General Soquaria, who has been following Cross and has performed well in battles against Austria-Hungary on several occasions. His Svaro brigade, in the entire 33rd Infantry Division, was barely combat-ready, and he had a huge number of machine guns."

Rommel's generals couldn't help but laugh.

From the outbreak of the General War. The weapons of the Italians captured along the way were simply piled up, including machine guns and mortars.

It's hard to imagine. If the Italians were able to resist with these machine guns, then the speed of the attack of the skeleton commandos would definitely not be so fast.

However, it is clear that the Italians were a little more interested in surrender and flight

"Colonel, Guderian's tank has arrived."

In offensive battles, the speed of the Skeleton Commandos can be described as lightning, and the bulky and slow A7V clearly can't keep up with them.

"Don't drop the tank in the future." Wang Weiyi gave this order: "Tanks need to be protected, and you can't hope that you can win the battlefield by relying on tanks alone. ”

"Yes, Colonel."

"Brigadier General Soquaria." Wang Weiyi refocused his attention on the frontal battlefield: "If there is no mistake in the intelligence, then we will delay some time, but I don't want to do this." Elena, what is the personality of Brigadier General Soquaria? ”

"Impatient, impulsive, and reckless of the consequences. If it weren't for his relationship with Major General Cross, maybe there would have been big trouble a few times. So he has always been grateful to Major General Kroos. ”

"Colonel, is it possible to use this temper of his to lure him out?" Manstein made his own proposal.

Wang Weiyi suddenly smiled: "I have another way, why don't we attack Bonosa directly?" ”

His subordinates were stunned, and Wang Weiyi asked someone to bring the map: "You see, according to the information we have obtained from our previous reconnaissance, there is a small road called Agolivendo, which can go directly to Bonosa."

Rommel muttered, "You mean to go through here for a raid?" ”

"Not bad!" Wang Weiyi nodded: "My idea is this, Erwin, Fritz, and Heinz, command your three detachments to attack the Svaro brigade, use all the artillery, mortars and machine guns on the tanks, and drag Soqualia here, while I lead the first detachment to attack Bonosa"

"Colonel, this is too dangerous." Manstein was the first to object: "Although the Italians are vulnerable in battle, there must have been a large number of defeated Italian soldiers in Bonosa, and the number of the first detachment is too small, just in case"

Wang Weiyi smiled: "Sidao and Adolf can capture an entire company of Italians with two people, why can't I force Cross to surrender?" They don't know how many of us are coming, or if my plan will succeed, and even if Cross refuses to surrender and Bonosa is attacked by surprise, I think Soqualia's first instinct to prepare is to abandon his position. I can bet you guys."

Although they felt that what the colonel said made sense, the officers felt that it was too risky.

With just a few hundred people, attacking Bonosa without tank cover?

"Okay, that's it." Wang Weiyi made up his last decision: "Our task is not to entangle with the enemy here, but to seize the whole of Tormezo at once, and I don't want time to be delayed." I heard that the city of Udine is nice and I really wanted to go in and see it"

The officers looked at each other, and no one could do anything. Who can change what Baron Skeleton decides?

Wang Weiyi didn't even delay for a minute, and left here with his first detachment overnight, quietly heading towards Agolivendo

It was a bold plan, and no one could have predicted success or failure, but one thing was for sure, all of the members of the first team were confident that their Skeleton Baron would win

After dawn, Rommel and others, who couldn't wait, immediately launched an artillery attack on the Svaro brigade!

The tank's artillery and mortars fired at the same time, shells whizzed down on enemy positions, and light and heavy machine guns gave their terrifying roars

To give Colonel Ernst the most powerful support, this is the only thing on the minds of all the officers of the skeleton commando!

In the face of the frantic artillery fire of the skeleton commandos, the Italians had to endure such torture. But this time it was okay, they didn't break down and run away.

This is thanks to Brigadier General Soquaria.

The brigadier general was one of the few Italian officers who could fight some tough battles, and had won some victories in previous battles with Austria-Hungary.

He understood the importance of holding the position, and what it would mean to lose so many Bonosa, so he did everything in his power to keep his troops from crumbling under enemy shelling.

But to his dismay, he didn't get the support of his own artillery fire

The Germans did not rush to attack immediately, but continued to use shells to crush the opponent's determination to resist. To be honest, the intensity of their shelling is not very high, and they often fire one shot, and they will come again at intervals.

But at this time, the shelling method of a single shell from time to time was equally devastating to the soldiers of the Svaro Brigade

Damn the Germans, if you want to attack, attack, why do you have to do this? Soqualia thought as she gritted her teeth.

But what could he do? Now the initiative is in the hands of the enemy

At the same time that the skeleton commando team launched an attack on the Svaro brigade, the first detachment commanded by Wang Weiyi had already rushed all night.

"Take an hour's rest." Wang Weiyi gave such an order.

The soldiers were indeed a little tired, and at this rate they were able to reach Bonosa by the afternoon, which had to give them a good level of refreshment.

A few locals looked at these uninvited guests in horror, probably they were Germans, right? But where did they come from? And what about their own Italian army? Why did you let them go?

Wang Weiyi asked his subordinates to bring the locals over, and found a soldier who knew Italian and asked him to ask the locals: "Is there an Italian army here?" ”

"There used to be, but now there is no yesterday's artillery, and it was very bad, and those troops all ran away, damn it, they didn't even put their guns"

This answer made Wang Weiyi feel a lot more relieved, at least the road from here to Bonosa was safe.

"Mr. Officer." A local timidly asked, "Are you German?" ”

"Yes, we are Germans." Wang Weiyi answered this question with a smile: "My name is Ernst. Bream, I hope our arrival has not frightened you. ”

What a polite officer, several Italians thought with a sigh in their hearts. (To be continued.) )