"The Germans seem to have been even slower to react than the Austrians, who also launched at least one large-scale campaign, well, although this one ended in defeat and almost half of them were sent to prisoner of war camps. What are the Germans waiting for? The two sides engaged in a war of attrition on the front line. The Germans were accustomed to annihilate the enemy in motion, if not as a last resort, rather than to die with the other side. De Gaulle looked at the map and said with some puzzlement. He always felt that this situation was too abnormal.

"But the situation is still stable, we can't fight it, and they can't get in. And as the situation on the northern front became clear, if the Chinese and the British went south, perhaps we could drive the Germans into the Adriatic. An American officer said optimistically. He belongs to the kind of people who graduated from military schools and did not experience the bloody First World War. More knowledge of warfare comes from paper sources and wargames.

"Shut up, do you think the Germans are Austrian? If they were like the Austrians, we would have celebrated victory in Berlin in one battle! Barton glared at the other man fiercely. However, if we could wait until the Allies in the north had completely digested the Austro-Hungarian forces, the situation would be much better. Of course, this will take a long time. "Barton didn't believe that the situation would get better like this, but there was still a little hope in his heart! The only problem is time! Will the Germans give time to the Chinese and British? The answer, of course, is no! On the central battlefield, the general attack of the Germans will soon come!

"The Austrians had no role other than as cannon fodder to attract the opposing side to attack! Their Air Force is even inferior to the Army! With the strength of one country to fight against the British and the lone army of China and the naval superiority, the result was all beaten like this! I don't know if that Schrager was caught. "Just as de Gaulle and Patton were thinking about the possible next strategy of the Germans. As the German Central Theater Command was preparing for the final offensive, a German officer marked out the Chinese and British forces in the north, which were as terrifying as the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the German forces in the center.

"Don't worry. After the completion of this campaign, the Huaxia and the British will also need a considerable time to make corrections, even if it is 100,000 pigs! The other party will also kill for a while! The total strength of the Chinese Army in Italy is no more than one division, and the front-line combat strength is only 7,000 at most, and the number of British troops on the British mainland is not large, most of which are Australian and Canadian troops. Combat effectiveness is limited. "General Bock wasn't too nervous. Because the situation was different, although the Entente and the Central Powers fought again after a gap of 10 years. However, neither side has been mobilized, and the forces that can be mobilized are very limited, so if Germany and Austria are more serious about fighting this war. The Entente is trying its best to fight this war, so Huaxia's investment in the army can be said to be participating in the nature of playing tickets! What about a division's troops, no matter how elite they are? How many nails can a person make even if his whole body is iron?

After the end of a major battle, even the victorious side needed some time to recuperate, as for Austria-Hungary? Even for the vanity of Emperor Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary will definitely not stop there. It's like two groups of people fighting. One side is defeated by the other side, but as long as it is not a fatal defeat, then the losing side will definitely not be willing to be lonely even if it knows that it will not be able to get back to the field in a short time. Just yesterday, when the Chinese and British forces had completed the encirclement of the Austro-Hungarian army, the Austrian emperor again ordered the Austro-Hungarian army to launch a series of attacks from the northern and eastern borders. "To disperse the opponent's forces and buy time for the besieged troops!" The severity of the wording can be described in two words: rare.

But everyone knows that this is just a face-saving move by the Austrian Emperor. Let's not talk about how the Austro-Hungarian army in the east crossed the mountains and the blockade of the Italian army to break the siege, and whether the troops attacking from the north gate had already eaten up half and had the ability to break the siege. Not to mention how to solve the problem of the supply of the Grand Army. Even if the Austrians had solved these problems with God's help, by the time the two armies entered Italy, the besieged troops would have been gnawed to the point of not even slag! Emperor Ao's order was just to express a meaning, that is, he could still fight, and this loss was nothing to the empire. But for the Germans, the only advantage was that as long as Austria-Hungary was still making trouble for the British in the north, the chances of the Germans being flanked in the center were relatively small.

"Don't talk about the far north, it doesn't matter to us there, at least at this stage. We are ready, 2 days from this time, the Iron Wing of the Imperial Air Force will cover the skies over Foligno! Death will fall from the sky! With the opening of the gate, Richthofen, surrounded by the generals of the Air Force, came to the headquarters and announced to everyone present the start of the Air Force plan!

Richthofen's high profile made Bock feel very dissatisfied, it was obviously a land battle, but General Bock, as the commander of the Italian theater of operations, had to obey the orders of the air force! "When did birds become amphibians? Not only in the air, but also on the ground?! General Bock muttered to himself. However, the dissatisfaction still cannot be revealed, after all, he is a marshal, and Ludendorff is of the same rank and generation. In addition, the key point to break the situation in this battle is also the air force, whether the airborne troops can cut off the other side's transportation lines, and whether they can take fewer bombs depends on the air force's appearance!

"As long as the Airborne Forces can hold out for three days, we can completely defeat the frontal enemy." Bock said. Then follow the railway line. "In five days from the time of the attack, we will be able to join your men in Foinho. From this point on, the campaign will enter the second phase, with your troops continuing to parachute in Terni, and then we will move south to outflank the rear of the enemy in Pescara after taking Terni. ”

"No problem, we can hold out for at least 5 days, and hopefully your troops won't let the Empire down like their counterparts in the north." Richthofen said sternly. This is very hurtful, and the matter of the collapse of Hubey's armored group has also spread to the Air Force, and as the most elite army unit in Germany, it just let the other side beat back in a mess, not only the German Army can not accept it, but the Air Force also said that it is unacceptable, after all, this operation will be invested in the few ground troops in the hands of the Air Force, and no matter how strong the paratroopers are, they are also paratroopers. Throwing away the sudden paratroopers is nothing more than a group of elite infantry. Richthofen didn't want his subordinates to be sent away like this.

"We have enough heavy artillery, and our troops have far surpassed General Hube in size and number, and we are opposite the defeated generals of our former men, not Huaxia. I vouch for my personal dignity that every qiē will be very smooth, of course, provided that you can hold on for three days! Bock replied.

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