Chapter 235: Mussolini's Decision
"Prime Minister! Something big is wrong! β
Inside Mussolini's villa outside Rome, Italy, just as the Battle of Sicily began; One of Mussolini's henchmen, Lazio, sweating profusely, hurried into the villa and hurriedly rang Mussolini and his mistress Clarette? Petache's room, yelled loudly and anxiously. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"What's the matter?"
Mussolini said lazily.
"The British and American Air Forces are bombarding the centre of Rome, Milan, Venice, Turin, Naples, Florence, Genoa, Bologna, Palermo, Cagliari, Taranto, and Messina. Please give operational instructions to the Prime Minister immediately! β
The henchman Lazio said loudly in fear.
"What! Why is it that no one reported such a big thing to me right away! No wonder I just kept hearing about something exploding in the city center! It turned out to be the bombing of the Anglo-American aviation forces! β
Hearing this bad news, Mussolini immediately jumped up as if he had been electrocuted and exclaimed in horror.
"I don't know why no one reported to you! Prime minister! But now the British and American forces are not only bombing our major cities, but they are also airborne and landing in Sicily! β
Hearing Mussolini's response, the henchman Lazio continued to report the bad news in a panic.
"What!"
Mussolini slammed the door open and roared in anger and horror.
"What I said is true, what do we do now? Prime minister! β
Henchman Lazio said in horror.
"Did our air force go out to meet it?"
Mussolini asked immediately, without thinking about it.
"They had attacked early in the morning, but now most of them had been annihilated by the British and American air fleets! We now have less than 80 Air Force pilots left capable of fighting, and 100 aircraft! In other words, now our Italian skies have all become the world of the British American Air Team! β
"Our air supremacy has been completely lost, and now even the anti-aircraft artillery of our major cities has been destroyed by the British and American air forces, so our people have suffered heavy casualties in this sudden British and American bombing!"
Henchman Lazio replied in fear.
"How can this be, our air force not only has so few pilots, but also aircraft, didn't Hitler send us a whole new type of aircraft a little bit ago? How could the British American Air team fight so badly and lose so quickly? β
"Isn't our air force the best in the world? Why is it so vulnerable now! β
Mussolini, also pale, said in fear.
"This ...... I don't know! Prime minister! I just know that Hitler didn't exchange a whole group of pilots for us? Is it because of this reason that we have so few domestic pilots? β
The henchman Lazio also recalled with a frightened face.
"Damn Hitler! Call him and ask him to send an air force to support us! Otherwise, this time our country will be miserable! β
"Yes! Prime minister! And then there are Anglo-American troops in Sicily, what do we deal with? β
Henchman Lazio agreed loudly.
"How many Anglo-American troops were sent to land in Sicily?"
Hearing this, Mussolini immediately asked nervously.
"I don't know yet! Because the battle over there has just begun! I only know that the British and American forces have dropped more than 10,000 paratroopers to carry out airborne landing, and more than 2,000 aircraft have been dispatched to attack and assist those paratroopers to successfully land in the air! β
The henchman Lazio thought for a moment, and then said what he knew.
"Shhh So many planes and paratroopers? Wouldn't their army units be even more numerous? β
"It's over! After this game, it seems that Sicily will definitely be captured, and our Rome, and the whole of Italy will fall into a home war! β
After listening, Mussolini said with a dead face.
"But don't we still have quite a few troops stationed in Sicily? And two German divisions are also there! They should be able to drive those British and American troops into the sea! β
Henchman Lazio also said timidly.
"What is the quality of our army, we ourselves know! If they were tough, they wouldn't have lost all of Africa! And even the Battle of Tunis surrendered more than 100,000 people! β
"What's more, now the British and American troops are menacing this time, and they must be overwhelmed by a large army, and they are well prepared! Otherwise, they would not have sent more than 2,000 planes to attack Sicily, and they would have sent more than 10,000 paratroopers for airborne operations! β
Mussolini said with a wry smile.
"Is there really nothing we can do to deal with them? And what about those German troops? β
Henchman Lazio said in horror.
"The Germans? In the whole of Italy, only the German troops of the two divisions in Sicily were stationed, and how could they resist the large army of the British and American troops with such a small number of people? β
The more Mussolini spoke, the more disheartened he became, and he became overwhelmed.
"So what can we do now to turn the situation around?"
Lazio, a henchman, turned pale with fear, and trembled all over.
"How? Hahaha! I want to know too! β
"Or maybe we'll just be able to get rid of the bombing of our major cities first!"
"That's right! How many planes did the British and American forces send out this time to bomb us? β
Mussolini said anxiously.
"More than 4,000 of them, and a new type of fighter and bomber group came, this is a message from our air defense department!"
The henchman Lazio replied with an ugly face and a look of horror.
Burst!
After listening, Mussolini almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and the whole person passed out.
"The British and American troops are going to kill them all this time! Sending so many aviation units to bomb us at one time is going to kill us! β
After the fear, Mussolini said in fear, without the slightest will to fight.
"Why don't we negotiate peace with the British and American forces! Prime minister! β
The henchman Lazio suddenly came back to his senses from his panic and boldly proposed.
"This ...... Will the Anglo-American forces accept our negotiations? β
After hearing this bad idea, Mussolini also reacted from fear and thought hesitantly.
"Let's go and try and find out!"
Henchman Lazio continued to boldly propose.
"I'll call Hitler for help first, and then think about it! Because this matter is at stake for the lives of us and our people! And, of course, our regime, and interests! β
Mussolini's eyes suddenly flashed.