Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1206 The Great War Begins
At 11 o'clock in the morning, the meeting officially started.William's performance once again surprised all members of the German delegation, including Hauss.Because throughout the meeting, William did not complain about Italy's attack on Turkey.He cleverly avoided sensitive words such as Turkey and Balkans with various substitute words.Even when Edda tentatively asked William about Turkey, William didn't say anything, he just said: "The Turkish matter is over. Since the leader thinks that Turkey is blocking your progress, then you follow your Do what you want. But you have to remember that our empire will always stand on the side of our great ally Italy. If you have anything to do, the empire will definitely support you with all its strength. When necessary, we will even send powerful troops General and fine soldier."

Of course, Ida didn't listen to William's words. In fact, she didn't need to listen to it now, because Ada believed that she had achieved success, and she spent most of her time driving him to Florence. on that matter.Talk to William about his upcoming troop parade.Seeing Ada like this, William had nothing to do.So, he quickly changed the subject.

By the end of this long session, the two were like brother and sister again.Wilhelm reiterated the pledge made at the Brenner Pass that he would "in any event not interfere again in Balkan affairs if Italy's demands were not met."

However, as soon as William boarded the "America" ​​and took the car, the emperor made a 180-degree turn.As soon as he entered the car, his voice became louder.

"Ada is not fighting, she is playing house. She is now like a bad climber, in the Himalayas, playing a new 'adventure game', which will kill her sooner or later." William He kept shaking his fingers, and shouted loudly to everyone present: "The current Italian army should stay on their own territory instead of actively provoking each other. Haos, what do you think?" Having said that, he suddenly turned his head to his loyal assistant Hao Si.

And when William's words just came out of his mouth, Haos's eyelids twitched instinctively.

But in the face of William's sharp eyes, Hao Si did not say a word.After sorting out his thoughts slightly, he slowly said: "Your Majesty, what you said is very correct. The Italians are not ready for a war at all. Let's not mention the troops attacking Turkey, even if they are deployed in North Africa The combat effectiveness of the most elite troops is also very problematic. According to our intelligence, 75 percent of the Italian soldiers believe that they should not fight, at least not in such a harsh area as North Africa. In addition to the unstable morale, The equipment of the Italian army is also very poor. According to our information, although Edda claims to have '800 million bayonets', in the North African desert, which is the most suitable terrain for mechanized operations, those in Italy are only equipped with machine guns and thin iron Fiat armored vehicles are not an opponent of the British army at all. According to intelligence, the British army only needs to mount heavy machine guns on armored vehicles to compete with Italian tanks. When using armor-piercing bullets, they can even easily penetrate Italian tanks .In addition to tanks, other Italian weapons and equipment also have many problems.

For example, artillery, although their number is very sufficient, most of them are old-fashioned goods.Some were even spoils from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I.For example, their heavy artillery.This kind of artillery is an old guy designed by the British Armstrong Company in 1900.The biggest feature of this cannon is that every time the cannon is fired, the huge recoil force makes the cannon take a lot of effort to return to its original position.Instead of this artillery is the artillery designed in 1914.This gun is about as powerful as their FH18.However, according to our information, as of September last year, Italians had 9 such artillery pieces, while the Italian army in North Africa had only 16. What is more worthy of our concern is the quality of the commanders of the Italian army, their quality Not high.The accidental death of Marshal Balbo, the governor of Libya, the best general in Italy, made the command system of the entire Italian North African army very bad.Therefore, in my opinion, the failure of the Italian army is a matter of time.Therefore, the Italians' current offensive can only turn out to be a military disaster.A terrible disaster! "Speaking of which, Haus quietly glanced at William.

"Hmm!" William nodded slightly after hearing Haus's description.Then he turned around abruptly, and said to Haos coldly: "Then what do you think is the best way out for them compared to the Italians? Or in other words, where is their primary attack target? "

"This." Hearing William's question, Haos paused for a while, and then he said quickly: "My lord, in my opinion, the Balkan Peninsula that is most urgent to Italy at present is not the Peloponnese." The peninsula, but North Africa. For Italy, the success or failure of North Africa is completely related to the most important condition for the continued existence of Edda. If the Italian army in North Africa is defeated in the future, the consequences will be quite dire. If the Allied forces are in Sicily If it lands, Italian politics will go awry. At that time, our ally will very likely turn his guns on us. This is the last situation we want to encounter.”

"That's right! I think so too!" After hearing Haus's explanation, William nodded his head violently, and then he shouted loudly: "I never understood, why didn't Edda attack Malta or Crete? They do this, at least in their war with the British in the Mediterranean, it is still a bit meaningful. At least it can help us distract the British and keep our Prishti oil fields from being threatened by British aircraft. Especially It’s when the army they want is already in trouble in North Africa.” After a pause, William went on to say, “That Edda wants to take Turkey in a whimsical way, I think this woman is really crazy, crazy.” Speaking of this, he jumped up suddenly, and then said loudly to Hauss: "You know, Ada asked me in private just now, do you know what she asked for? He asked us to quickly send an armored division to support her in Germany." ! This is ridiculous."

"Germany and Italy have already moved, and the rest depends on us." Guan Xuqing expressed his thoughts to his officials.

"Your Majesty, the troops have been assembled in the Middle East and are ready to be dispatched at any time. I dare to ask where is our target?" Feng Xianghua asked.

"Leave those small countries to Germany and Italy. Ours is of course Britain and France!"

In this way, the Third World War broke out under the strange situation that our own forces have not officially declared war!
From the very beginning of the war, the dragon army showed a strong combat effectiveness.

"The scenery here is really nice! If there is no war, this place can be used as a good place for vacation." The emperor personally ordered him to be the commander-in-chief of the Huben Army and said to Li Zongren who was next to him by putting down his binoculars.

Located on the banks of the Lys River, Armentière is a town in the northern department of the Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.At this time, the two of them were standing side by side on the bell tower of St. Renzo Cathedral, which represented the city symbol and commanding height of Armentières, overlooking the entire town.This small town center has been transformed into a huge barracks.All kinds of military vehicles and barracks filled all the gaps here.Behind the city center is a long convoy of trucks.If you look ahead, you can clearly see two columns of tanks and half-track armored vehicles, extending in two directions along the two main roads, like a tall two-headed dragon He held his two huge heads high.

"I've been to this place! At the end of World War II," Li Zongren said suddenly, "At that time, it was all turned into ruins by the German heavy artillery. I didn't expect it to be restored now. It seems that the French are really capable. !" Speaking of which, Li Zongren pointed to a small mound that didn't look obvious in front of him. "I remember that I was there to help the British and French troops defend against the attack of Japan and Germany. It seems that I was just a regiment leader at that time. I didn't expect that I would come here again 22 years later!" He smiled slightly after speaking.

After listening to Li Zongren's words, he raised his head and looked at the other party.I saw the other party's face looked very strange, he knew about the battle he was talking about. "That was the 'Flanders Offensive' launched by the German army. After the Battle of Picardy launched by the French army, the French army's attack has suffered a major setback. Therefore, the high-level German army is determined to launch a large-scale offensive to capture the transportation hub. Zebruck, Kassel, and Kemer Heights, in order to annihilate the main force of the British army and force Britain to withdraw from the war. So under the cover of barrage, they broke through the defense line of the British 1st Army between Labasse and Armantiere The next day, the German Fourth Army carried out an assault on the British Second Army between Armentières and Messine, advancing 2 kilometers in two days, and captured the Messine Heights and the village of Pachandael. Abandoned Almentier. The British and Allied Command were terrified by this, and urgently dispatched strategic reserve reinforcements. The British and French reinforcements went into battle. The Germans launched a new assault. After several days of hard work, they occupied the Kemer Heights on the 12th. But the attack on the highlands made no progress. On the 25th, the battle ended. In this campaign, the German army invested 29 divisions and lost 42 people; It was the last German offensive. After that, the Germans could no longer hold out and surrender!"

(End of this chapter)