In the same February, the German army also suffered a snobbish situation in the North African theater, and the ace division, known as the Desert Fox, was blocked by the United States and Britain in Kesselring for six days.

However, the U.S. military didn't get much of a bargain, and finally suffered an 8:1 battle loss.

Although the German army has suffered successive defeats, their combat effectiveness is still the strongest in the world.

It's a pity that there were many problems within the German command system, which caused the situation of the German army in North Africa to get worse and worse, and the famous German general Rommel had to order a retreat and repair.

Russell, who was far away in Sicily, also gave the order to retreat to Encos.

In any case, Italy and Germany were allies at this time, and under the offensive of the United States, Britain and France, it was only a matter of time before the Tunisian campaign began.

The chambers of commerce established by Ankos in Tunis and Tripoli quickly recovered the funds, urgently collected supplies, and brought back more than 2,000 people in twelve ships, as well as large quantities of cash, gold, and supplies.

In mid-March, when the last wave of chamber members were retreating, they were bombed by warplanes, but fortunately they escaped without danger, but three people panicked and fell into the sea during the bombing.

The U.S. military bombed the Tunisian dock port for several days, blowing up the originally prosperous wharf with all kinds of holes, sinking hundreds of ships, and the Germans had no way to run away...

When Russell learned of this, he was furious.

"They're a bunch of white pigs with shit in their heads!"

Why scold? Because of the Russell business that they blew up, even if the war is over, it will take a while to rebuild the docks, and how much money will be lost in earnings!

Onkos said in a low voice: "Godfather, the American guys are asking for their own hardships by doing this, the Germans have no ships to retreat, and they will definitely come up with the appearance of a ruined ship, and they will die together." ”

Russell knocked on the table and said, "The intentions of the Allies are already obvious, once they take Tunisia, the next target will be Sicily, and we must prepare early." ”

"The Godfather..."

"Before June, let the brothers on the coast of Sicily withdraw, and if there is a war on the coast, save your life first."

These suffering brothers followed him with the goal of having enough food and clothing to live a good life, and they could not be discarded because of such a little profit.

Besides, if they die, they will not be able to find anyone to go back to the coast to do business.

An untrusted godfather, is that still a godfather?

"Yes! Godfather, should passenger transport and oil business to and from Greece and Turkey be suspended? ”

Russell shook his head: "No, at the critical moment, Vitini will send warships to escort the escort, that is also the business of conservatives, without our oil as financial support, can they rise in a short time?" ”

"Okay."

More than anyone else, Vitini wanted to keep the oil route from Catania to Turkey and Greece, which was fundamental to the survival of conservatives.

Without the financial backing of oil, will Vitini be able to find so many allies? Will he be able to sit in the Foreign Office and the House of Representatives?

When the news reached his ears, Vitini immediately informed the navy and asked them to send warships to escort him.

At the same time, he also understands that Sicily must not fall into the hands of outsiders, let alone a large-scale war, otherwise not only will the oil road not be saved, but he will also lose his life!

Russell's reminder revealed that Victorini was plotting something big with his allies.

But Vetini's movements were too slow.

He reacted only after the end of the Tunisian campaign, which was already mid-May.

In the Battle of Tunisia, more than 230,000 German and Italian soldiers became prisoners of war, although most of them were German African troops, but the losses of the Italian army were not small.

There was already a lot of noise in Italy, and Wittini was so cautious that the Allies began to attack Sicily, so he was ready to go to the king with the patriarchs of the parliament.

After talking to the king for half a day, they quickly went back to make a plan, and finally found a solution.

On the 17th, the mustache visited Italy and met with Mussolini in the villa Veneer, and under his pressure, Mussolini said that he would fight to the end.

However, on the morning of the 25th, when Italy held an internal meeting, Mussolini proposed a decision to carry the war through to the end, but was booed by many parliamentarians.

Wittini bluntly scolded at the meeting: "It is because of your autocratic dictatorship that you will make the powerful Italy what it is today!" ”

The senators of Parliament, at the behest of the king, then voted to remove him in accordance with the procedure of the Italian constitution.

There were 19 votes in favour, 8 against and 1 abstention.

On the day of Mussolini's ouster, the Supreme Commander of the Sicilian German Army, who was at war with the Allies, received an order from the mustache to agree to retreat.

After receiving the telegram, Hube, the supreme commander of Sicily, was very excited, but he was a soldier and had to be level-headed.

You know, now they and the Allies are fighting along the coast, and if they retreat and leave, what will happen if the Allies press up?

Therefore, Hube deployed three stages of five lines of defense!

Evacuation takes time, and of course transport.

Now, the Germans could only evacuate by boat, but not by air, because the airspace was already in the hands of the British, American and French, and Sicily was an isolated island, and the final result of the German army on this island was annihilation, and they could not wait for support.

"We have to retreat, according to these three phases, the five lines of defense will slow down the pace of the Allied offensive and buy us some time to retreat."

"Right now, our trouble is that we don't have enough ships, most of the fighters have risen into the air and are either shot down or back home."

"We can't drive the transport plane away at all without air support, there are two options. One is to destroy, and they can't be left to the U.S. military, and the other is to sell them for more ships! ”

Everyone in the General Staff Department looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Hube called by name and said, "Knight, you should have a way, right?" ”

Knight was stunned: "I... I can try, but I'm afraid they don't have many boats. ”

Someone next to him asked: "They provided us with ships, and the Allies knew that it would not end well." ”

Hu Bei calmed his face and said, "Don't think I don't know your careful thoughts, we are retreating, not defeated!" Italy is our ally, and they deserve to support it. Besides, those people are civilians, and the Allies will not do anything to civilians. ”

Nai nodded: "Yes, there are nearly 130,000 civilians in the whole of Sicily, and the Allies will not strike against them." ”

Hube returned to the topic and said: "One transport plane and two ships, and if there is no ship, you can buy it with gold." Our goal is to retreat, and the gold can be used to replenish the treasury and be used to subsidize the soldiers. ”

"Okay."

Knight, with the order, took a car overnight to find Russell.

At this moment, Russell had been waiting for a long time, and he was waiting for the German army to retreat after the Battle of Tunisia.

Wittigny also knew his purpose, and once said: Aren't you afraid that the German dogs will jump over the wall and snatch your ship away?

Russell said: If they dare to grab the ship, they are waving goodbye to Italy, and the warships at sea will not escort them away.

That's why he has no fear.

Knight and Russell meet in Karta.

After the two met, Knight did not greet each other, but told each other directly.

"We're evacuating, there are more than a dozen airports throughout Sicily, and there are nine transport planes docked. We want to exchange transporters for big ships, or gold! ”

"Only transport planes? Your truckload of quilts is going to be shipped back too? That's a lot of space. ”

Knight said, "Whatever you want, you can say it. ”

He was in a hurry, Russell was not in a hurry, anyway, every second wasted was the German army.