Greece and Bulgaria were co-opted by the Entente and the Alliance, respectively, and it is not yet known whether this would be a blessing or a curse for both countries. But for Italy, the Allied Triumvirate, now the most prepared Tunisian campaign and preparations began.

In Bengaldan, a small town on the border of Tunisia, the town has a large number of soldiers, and at the same time, a convoy of cars and soldiers pass through the place, and it is clear from the soldiers' clothing that these are Italian soldiers.

That's right, this is the Italian Eighth Army, which is preparing for an attack on Tunisia. The army group has five infantry divisions, two cavalry divisions, and various other subordinate units, with a total strength of 130,000 troops. Since Crown Prince Vittorio served as the titular commander of the army, it was also called the Crown Prince's Army.

Since it is the crown prince's legion, it is certain that all materials and equipment must be sufficient. It is also true that the personnel and equipment of the Eighth Army have reached the point of full capacity. In addition to this, the most essential thing about the Eighth Army is its subordinate units. What new types of units such as armored battalions, independent heavy artillery regiments, airship brigades, and aircraft brigades can be seen in the Eighth Army.

At present, the headquarters of the Eighth Army is in Bengaldan, and Crown Prince Vittorio, who is the commander of the army, arrived at his loyal army headquarters just yesterday.

At this time, he was listening to the deputy commander, Lieutenant General Brasso, about the current specific situation of the army.

"Your Excellency, the 15th Division of the 13th Army of our Eighth Army, with the cooperation of the Navy, has repelled the French Algerian 14th Division stationed in Gabès.

At present, according to the report of our intelligence department, the French army has stationed 240,000 troops in Tunisia, mainly to defend the northern part of Tunisia, and has only four divisions and nearly 50,000 troops in the south. And most of these troops are called up from Algeria, and the Tunisian army has six divisions of more than 70,000 men. Three of these divisions were one in Shahal, one in Sfax and one in Luktay, deployed in the south.

In the north, the French army placed a corps in Sousse, and on the line from Abenruth to Tunisia, the main French army was placed here. It is clear that the French are trying to use the terrain to stretch our supply lines, and to use our supply lines to make a fuss in order to defeat us. ”

Before the campaign was launched, the Eighth Army had already moved, and the advance layout was conducive to the next battle.

And the French army was deployed in Tunisia, and Lieutenant General Brasso saw through the other party's intentions at a glance. After all, the French army in Tunisia was basically a colonial army, although there were as many as 240,000, but it was certainly no match for the Eighth Army.

Therefore, it is necessary to adopt appropriate tactics, and the situation of desolate southern Tunisia and rich northern Tunisia could not be more suitable for luring the enemy into depth. It is not possible to tell how many tribal forces are hiding in the interior of Tunisia, and although they are not capable of facing the enemy head-on, they are definitely quite good at attacking supply lines.

And for the Eighth Army, which was about to launch the Tunisian campaign, the enemy's use of decoy tactics had long been considered for a long time. And after the intelligence department sent back the enemy's arrangement, the countermeasure was already in the mind of General Brasso.

By the way, Italian intelligence has always been a key area for Tunisia, and the reasons are well known.

Crown Prince Vittorio, who was listening to Lieutenant General Brasso's narration in the sand table, spoke at this time. "So what do we do?"

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander."

Speaking of Lieutenant General Brasso, he talked about the way to deal with it. "For the enemy's disposition, our Eighth Army Operations Department has developed a very good plan. That is to exchange the sea for a route, so that the enemy has no way to cut off our supplies.

First of all, we need to attack the Falks, and after obtaining the sea transportation line, we can make the supply line on land irrelevant. We then relied on this place to conquer Sousse all the way, and then relied on it to continue our approach to the city of Tunis. After the French army in Tunis is removed, we can disperse and sweep the rest of the area. ”

Lieutenant General Brasso's approach was very simple: to rely on the port to supply the Eighth Army, but also to reduce its forces on the supply lines, so that the Eighth Army could devote more troops to the Tunisian campaign.

The tactic described by Lieutenant General Brasso is a bit like the island-hopping tactic used by MacArthur in World War II. However, compared with the islands that avoided the enemy's heavy defense in World War II, the tactics mentioned by Lieutenant General Brasso were more about using the port city as a supply base, using the port city in the Tunisian region to maximize the use of the Eighth Army's forces.

Of course, there were only a limited number of ports that could supply the Eighth Army, and according to the analysis of the staff officers, only a few ports in Sfax, Sousse, and Tunisia could be used. After all, the Eighth Army needed three thousand tons of supplies per day. This is not possible for most of Tunisia's ports, which are still in the grip of human transport.

Although Vittorio was only a nominal commander, he still knew the basic military situation, and he thought that the plan was already very good.

"Lieutenant General Brasso, the plan is very good, I am satisfied. Is there anything that our army group still lacks, I can think of a way. ”

Well, His Excellency the Crown Prince is self-aware, and he knows that he has no ability at all in terms of operational command, but he also has his own role, that is, to ask for supplies, all kinds of materials that can help the Eighth Army complete the campaign.

The crown prince's words made all the officers present show a look of joy. The crown prince of his own family is really caring, and the officers and soldiers of their eighth group really met a very good crown prince.

As for Lieutenant General Brasso, from the moment he assumed the post of deputy commander of the Eighth Army, he knew what cards he would have in his hand.

"Your Excellency, we have enough equipment and supplies, and 1,500 trucks from the three car transport regiments are enough to transfer supplies. In addition, the Navy has also set up a transportation formation to be responsible for our maritime transportation and security, so we don't need other supplies at the moment. ”

The trenches were inhumane, and from the mouth of Lieutenant General Brasso, the Eighth Army attacked Tunisia this time. All the supplies are more than enough, and there is no need to take anything.

At present, there are 18 automobile transport regiments in the army, but only six automobile regiments are mainly equipped with F75 trucks, and half of them are allocated to the Eighth Army.

Some people may wonder why the army only has 18 automobile transport regiments and more than 9,000 trucks.

That's a good amount, because Fiat's trucks before the war were sold all over the world, and the sales volume in Italy was almost 30%. Moreover, the service life of these early trucks was far less than that of later generations, and those who also needed trucks in Italy could not have been given to the army.

At present, the Italian army has 23,000 trucks, but many of them are assigned to the troops. In addition, the navy has divided more than 4,000 vehicles, so it is already very good that the army can have a separate eighteen regiments.

And after hearing that the Eighth Army now wants nothing, His Excellency the Crown Prince has nothing to say.

"Well, let's wait for the battle to begin."

"Crown Prince, please rest assured that we, the officers and men of the Eighth Group, will not disappoint your expectations and will definitely return Tunisia to our country."

Despite the words of the two, the battle for Tunisia will also begin.