In the Battle of Caporetto, the entire 1.4 million Italian army suffered the most shameful defeat!

The Entente could never have imagined that the huge army of 1.4 million would have been entangled with Austria-Hungary for several months, but once the German army appeared, it would fail so quickly and behave so ineffectively.

The Italian 2nd and 3rd armies suffered a crushing defeat, with more than 10,000 killed, 30,000 wounded, 270,000 captured, 3,152 artillery pieces, 1,800 mortars, 3,000 machine guns, and a large amount of military supplies. Thousands of Italian soldiers fled the front.

The German-Austrian forces concentrated superior forces, adopted a surprise assault, and successfully broke through the positional defenses of the mountain theater, penetrated 100 kilometers deep into northern Italy, and occupied nearly 14,000 square kilometers of land.

The Italian government was on the verge of capitulation.

The Anglo-French joint command was extremely panicked, and once Italy surrendered, the impact on the entire war situation would be too great. Under these circumstances, Britain and France urgently transferred 11 additional divisions to Italy.

With the support of the Anglo-French forces, Italy contained the German-Austrian offensive on the Piave River and stabilized the situation at the end of November.

The German-led Battle of Caporeto was dominated by the Germans in the early stages, but soon their disadvantages were also revealed. They did not have enough railways and automobiles to transport troops on a large scale, and the country itself was short of supplies to provide further support to the front.

In addition, there is a very important reason:

They lack a strong ally!

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was in the twilight of the mountains, and their army could not be trusted. Almost all of the fierce battles in Caporetto were fought by the German army alone, and the Austrians played only a supporting role.

No matter how brave and good the German army was, it could not fight with so many countries at the same time

On the Eastern Front. They were going to deal with the Russians; On the Western Front, they were to deal with the Anglo-French forces; Now they were forced to draw troops to support their ally, Austria-Hungary.

As a country, Germany has done everything they can

Even if he was commanded by Wang Weiyi, a traverser, with Germany's manpower and material resources, he would not be able to cope with so many fronts.

The only thing that makes Wang Weiyi regret is that Germany has never chosen its allies for what reason? Italy's clumsy performance in the First World War made the whole world laugh. Coupled with its consistent perfidy, Germany actually chose Italy as its ally in the Second World War, thus spending a lot of energy on this incompetent ally.

It doesn't matter so much. The most important thing to do now is to do what you can

At the time of the Battle of Caporetto, the situation in the world changed again.

On November 7, 1917, October 25 in the Russian calendar, the "October Revolution" broke out in Russia. The Russian Provisional Government collapsed. The Soviets officially took over power in Russia. Forthwith. The Russian regime declared war and secretly sent emissaries to make peace with Germany.

This is good news for Germany

Battle of Caporetto, Ernst. The skeleton commandos commanded by Bram once again showed a dazzling scene on the battlefield, which also caused a headache for the Entente.

Now one of the questions they have on their minds is: how can they defeat the Skeleton Baron?

This man was so terrible that even when he created the "Somme Miracle", the Entente did not feel much of his threat, after all, it was a manifestation of personal heroism.

Now, however, things are very different. The skeleton commando he commanded has also become a symbol of invincibility!

The British, French, Italian, and even Russian armies only need to mention Baron Skeleton and the commandos he commanded. It will be discolored, which is a very terrible blow to morale.

How can I defeat Skeleton Baron?

In order to solve this problem, Britain and France dragged the United States, which was about to arrive in Europe, and set up a secret research group. The group is codenamed "S" and has only one topic:

How can you defeat the Skeleton Baron!

It was a research team of military experts who had to figure out a solution.

The defeat of the Skull Baron was of great significance, as it could greatly boost the morale of the Allied soldiers, and it could also seriously dampen the morale of the German soldiers.

The "S" team called up all the battles in which the Skeleton Baron had participated, studied it carefully, and finally came to a conclusion:

Both offensively and defensively, Skeleton Baron Ernst. Brahm have all been very good and almost flawless. There is only one way to defeat him, wait for an opportunity to surround him, mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, and destroy him at all costs!

This seems to be almost equivalent to nonsense, but it is also the most helpless choice for the Entente at present

Who can defeat Skeleton Baron?

In order to achieve the purpose of the "S" group, a large number of reconnaissance teams were sent out of the city, and they had only one goal: to capture Ernst in time. Everything in Braum!

Then, even at the cost of a division or more, he must be eliminated!

Be sure to take out Ernst in Caporetto, otherwise, the enemy's morale will only be lifted by his victory after victory!

The operation also had a code name:

"Operation Francis".

This operation code name has some origins, Francis. Drake was a well-known pirate, and in the eyes of some, he was a nobleman; To others, he was a pirate. In 1572, Drake gathered a group of men across the American continent, saw the vast Pacific Ocean for the first time, and robbed the gold mule team in the jungles of South America, then captured several Spanish galleons, and finally successfully returned to England. He thus became a close confidant of the Queen. And rumors about the ulterior relationship between him and the queen have also been murmured in history. The Battle of Britain and Spain broke out, and Drake's pirate fleet played an important role in the British defeat of the Spanish Armada. And Drake was also knighted England and climbed to the highest peak in the history of piracy.

Ernst. Braham is best known as the "Skeleton Baron", and the banner of his commando team is the Skeleton Battle Banner, which is the mark of a pirate.

Defeating another "pirate" after the most famous pirate in British history was what the "S" Group wanted to see the most

"Operation Francis" began

At this time, Wang Weiyi, who was in Udine, was completely unaware of the existence of such an action in Ludao. The arrival of British and French reinforcements was what he valued most.

The Italian army had been crumbled, and now the British and French had come back to join in the fun.

"Hey, Colonel, we've caught a couple of spies." When Wang Weiyi came to inspect the position, Moder walked over, and there were three people behind him.

"Spies?" Wang Weiyi was a little curious.

"Yes, they have been appearing near our position since yesterday, and I sent someone to follow them quietly, and found that they are constantly asking some questions related to us everywhere, and they have specifically asked about you." Moder said lightly.

Wang Weiyi glanced at the three spies a few times: "Did you ask something?" ”

"No, they're hard-mouthed."

Wang Weiyi let out an "oh": "Then shoot them." ”

The three spies were shocked, who is this? Why don't you ask anything, you want to be shot directly? How can there be such an officer?

"Understood, Colonel." Mauder finished and pulled out his pistol.

"Hey, hey, wait, wait!" The man who looked like the leader panicked: "Don't shoot, just ask whatever you want." ”

Wang Weiyi smiled, this is the best way to deal with these people: "From now on, you will answer if I ask a question, if there is any concealment of Moder and aim the gun at them, their answer will not satisfy me, shoot immediately, no need to ask me what I mean." ”

"Yes, Colonel." Modell's guns were quickly aimed at them.

The spies have never seen such an arrogant and unreasonable person. But they were very sure that the colonel would really order his men to kill them.

"You, name."

"Thomas, Thomas. Henry. Mulder. ”

"Position?"

"Intelligence, sergeant."

"Say, Sergeant Thomas, what are you doing here?"

"Execution of Operation Francis."

"What is Operation Francis?"

"We're looking for someone named Ernst. Bream's people, and all his information, and pinpoint his location, and bring it all back."

Wang Weiyi and Moder glanced at each other: "What are you going to do with him?" ”

"I don't know, hey, Colonel, I really don't know. It's all an order from above. I just vaguely heard that there seems to be some kind of group working on how to kill this Ernst. Bream had heard that there were hundreds of scout teams like ours, and they were constantly locating Ernst. Where Bram was, and all his actions, the Colonel, this time they gave the order to die, no matter what, even if these squads were all wiped out, they must find Ernst. Whereabouts of Blem. ”

Wang Weiyi was a little surprised when he heard this. What's going on? Why did the enemy use such a great force to find him?

Thomas told him all he knew, and then said eagerly, "Colonel, that's all we know, and I swear, we'll never say anything more." Ah, Colonel, may I ask who you are? ”

"Ernst Ernst. Braum: I think you've managed to find me. Second Lieutenant Modell, take them down and keep them in good care. (To be continued.) )