Admiral Robeck remained immobile, much to the disappointment of the Italian Admiralty.

Yes, it was a trap.

No, it's a ruse. The battle patrol formation led by Lieutenant General Gomes also took risks, and if it was surrounded, it would be a crushing defeat.

Is it worth taking such a big risk to hook up the combined fleet of the Entente?

Italy's top brass will tell you that it's worth it.

Because if the combined fleet of the Entente is solved in the Mediterranean, then there will be no rivals in the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia, the Far East.

This also allowed the Italian army to use troops in Africa, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia and other places under the protection of warships, which is simply a good situation. This would allow Italy to destroy the British and French colonies and hasten the possibility of its surrender.

If this could be done with the loss of five battle cruisers, the Romans would wake up laughing from sleep.

However, the British and French did not take risks, and the Italian side made a little mistake, so they could only arrange the Egyptian battle step by step. And the task of the navy is to suppress the enemy fleet, which is not an easy job.

However, if the Egyptian campaign wants to begin, it needs the cooperation of other battles. After all, only a cessation of fighting elsewhere could allow the Egyptian campaign to have enough supplies.

And now that the Tunisian campaign is over, even the Eighth Army has moved to the Benghazi front.

As for the fighting in Corsica, it has now entered the phase of a war for law and order. The landed Italian troops had completed the occupation of the main towns, and more than 9,000 French troops had retreated to the mountains in the center of the island to fight guerrillas.

At present, the 21st Army has dispatched two divisions to carry out encirclement and suppression, but in view of the complex terrain in the mountainous areas, as long as the enemy does not have a short-circuit in his mind, it is impossible to succeed in encirclement and suppression in a short period of time, and he can only work slowly and meticulously.

In addition to the 21st Army, the Roman side sent two mobilization divisions to Corsica. The price was that in addition to the 21st Army, the 16th Army and the Army Group Army, as well as the 2nd Marine Division, all withdrew from Corsica.

Two of the three battles have ended, and the most important battle of Nice has also come to an end.

At this time, the 11th Army, which was on the flank, performed amazingly. Lieutenant General Caviglia first drew an elite force of more than 3,000 men, discarded everything except weapons and a day's rations, and then led by him to climb the ridge, bypass the French defensive positions, and suddenly attack Levant.

It quickly routed the few defenders of Levan when a regiment of French troops and a regiment of militia were blinded and they were stuck in the valley. Subsequently, under the attack from both sides, except for a few who escaped over the mountain, most of the others were taken prisoner.

And this was just the beginning of a brilliant performance by Lieutenant General Kaviglia.

After the capture of Le Van , Lieutenant General Caviglia boldly divided his forces. The 31st Division was sent to attack the upper reaches of the Wa River.

The Wa River turned west to a large bay 6 kilometers north of Levan and the 31st Division thoroughly carried out the instructions of Lieutenant General Cavilia and conquered Marcellorne, Pigetagne, Saint-Benoit and other places along the Wa River one after another. In three days, it had reached the Ruin Pass, 4 kilometers south of the town of Arno.

And as long as they continue to attack, they can go to the upper reaches of the Feldon and continue the attack along the river, then they can fight all the way to Perty, forty kilometers north of Marseille. Although this is impossible, who can guarantee that the Italian army that continues to occupy this place will not be attacked from here from the north and south in the future?

The other 31st Division's move did not matter, and directly cut off the French army, which was guarding the 38 kilometers east of Colmar, in the Alps. There were only more than 30,000 troops here, and it was impossible to dream that a single division could hold back the French army attacking from Rijes, as well as the French army coming down from the mountains.

Therefore, after receiving the telegram for help from the 31st Division, Lieutenant General Kaviglia immediately sent the telegram for help to Admiral Baxter after lamenting that the 31st Division was so bold.

Admiral Baxter immediately sent a telegram to Turin, asking him to immediately organize a reserve division of the airship to send it to the 31st Division, and also demanded that it be completed within two days.

This made Turin feel as if he had been whipped up and down, and immediately kept his feet from touching the ground. In the evening, of course, 46 airships of various types were organized to transport an infantry regiment for the 31st Division.

By the next day, under the cover of various aircraft, 167 airships were organized, and the troops of the 31st Division were transported to the 42nd Division. In addition to more than a dozen cannons and some non-emergency equipment that were not delivered, Admiral Baxter's order was successfully completed. Subsequently, more than 4,000 troops were transported for the 31st Division, and more than 2,000 wounded were transported.

It was also with the reinforcements that were brought in in a short period of time that the 31st and 42nd Divisions withstood the enemy's attacks from both sides, which not only allowed their own side to facilitate the encirclement and annihilation of the 30,000 French troops in the Alps, but also inserted an excellent position in Haute-Provence.

The 31st Division turned the enemy upside down, and Lieutenant General Kaviglia led the 17th Division in an equally equal manner.

The 17th Division first captured Saint-Martin-du-Valre, then Castagnell, and attacked all the way to Gattier, which was only 9 kilometers from the French retreat of Nice, which was the most uncomfortable for the defenders of Nice.

As for why, you directly occupy its rear road, which is forcing the defenders of Nice to find you desperately. And Lieutenant General Kaviglia had only one division in his hands, and if there were three divisions, he would not choose to occupy his retreat directly, but advance to a distance of two kilometers. The enemy was able to pass but the casualties were definitely not small, and because they did not block the road, the French soldiers had no desperate mind. In addition, it can also use its panic psychology, which may cause the other party to collapse, which is a surprise.

The 11th Army turned the flank upside down, which really amazed General Baxter, and he did not expect the 11th Army to play such an excellent result.

However, since the flanks can fight so well, he has to take Nice to complete the campaign objective.

Although the main three armies of the Southern Group Army could not play any tricks in the attack on the narrow coastal strip, they still had the ability to gnaw step by step (if the 11th Army is changed to fight, it can only be gnawed slowly).

Although the enemy had many pillboxes, tunnels, and permanent fortifications, the Southern Army Group now had gained experience, first knocking out strong and obvious fortifications with heavy artillery, and then using smoke bombs, and the commandos rushed up with light machine guns, submachine guns, shotguns, explosives, and occasionally new flamethrowers.

After the assault team first disrupted the enemy, the infantry behind also rushed up. Then there is the fight on the battlefield, who is stronger wins. Of course, there are successes and failures in this tactic. However, the army is still very satisfied with this set of tactics that have been explored, except for a bit of waste elite soldiers and smoke grenades, everything else is very good.

And under the gnawing step by step, Army Group South finally fought from Eze to the top of the East Marg Hill in the city of Nice. It is only 2 kilometers from the city of Nice, and every cannon can hit the city.

At this time, faced with the situation of enemies in front and behind, Lieutenant General Fast wanted to withdraw.

Although the enemy behind him did not have many troops, he was a little afraid that the enemy airship would come to transport him by air. It's the kind of guy who designed the fighter, or he wouldn't have let the Italian and German fighters show off their might.

I heard that new fighters with machine guns in the nose were already being produced, but unfortunately they were all put into Paris. As for the Sixth Army, which was defending the Ito-French border, not a single one was caught. On the one hand, the production of aircraft is low, and on the other hand, the battle of Paris has entered the last five minutes, even if the shoulders are crushed, they must be held up.

In the face of Lieutenant General Fast's telegram that he wanted to withdraw, Admiral Ebert replied directly after thinking about it. There must be a fight in Nice.

Well, Lieutenant General Fast understood.

Lieutenant General Faster then gradually withdrew his troops from the positions, leaving only one regiment to defend Nice, and ordered them to defend it for a day, and then retreated with his men to the line of Sadre, which was the first to withdraw from the Nice area. And in the face of the retreat of the French army, except for the 17th Division, which fought a little, it also retreated very successfully.

As for why Italy let go of the 100,000 French troops in the Nice area, in a word, it didn't want to break Nice.

On October 17, Nice returned to Italy.

Fill in the chapter that was missing yesterday

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