Chapter 180: Two Kinds of Confrontation

This kind of thing did not happen without a single artillery against a group of vehicles, and the German armored forces encountered many French soldiers who did this during the French campaign, and the Germans themselves had some similar examples. The end result was almost always tragic, and the gunner, in addition to gaining the admiration of onlookers for his courage, often lost his life on the spot.

For a professional armored commander, such behavior can only be described in one word, stupidity. Anyone dreams of becoming the legendary hero, but actually putting it into action is another matter.

There is nothing wrong with Mr. Brett's brain, he is just a little detached from reality, he doesn't know what it means to compare the battlefield environment between friend and foe, he only knows that daring to fight and dare to break through is what a soldier of the British Empire should look like. At this time, his hometown had already put life and death on the line, and he was bent on dying on the battlefield for the British Empire and His Majesty the King like the heroes in those dramas.

The well-trained German Army reacted quickly, and the grenadiers, who were moving to the left flank to take up the duty of guarding, were the first to counterattack, and these soldiers had a much better view than the tankmen, and more than one pair of eyes saw the smoke from the firing of the gun, and immediately infantry fire of various calibers was poured down on the bushes.

In order to suppress the other party and prevent the cannon from continuing to fire, the MG34 machine gun on the half-track began to fire without hesitation, and the red tracer bullets sprayed out were connected into a fire whip, and the machine gun crews on the four half-track vehicles skillfully cooperated, and several bullet chains repeatedly crossed and cut the camouflaged plant into two pieces in a few seconds.

Blades of grass and branches flew in a dense barrage, and soon the figure of the artillery and the resistance hidden behind the bushes was exposed to the eyes of all the Germans.

"Two-pounder cannon! Four hundred and twenty meters, fire! "The tanks of the lightly armed company on the outside have long since turned the front of the car, and after confirming the true face of the opponent, their pressure has not decreased, and the company platoon commanders have in their minds that they must destroy the enemy as soon as possible, and they must not let the opponent have another chance to fire. Because the two-pounder gun was powerful enough to penetrate all the tanks in the lightly armored company.

The tank machine gun and the 20 gun joined the fire, and the thin shield of the two-pounder gun was instantly shattered, and a whole company of German tanks repeatedly fired at the poor anti-tank gun for two minutes, until it was confirmed that the target had been completely destroyed.

The two 251 half-tracks drove cautiously to the side of the artillery position, and several grenadiers got out of the car with rifles in their hands to take a closer look, picked up some things, and climbed back into the car. One of them, the 251, quickly crossed the marching queue. They drove to Major Heisler's command car.

"Sir, there are three men, two and a half children and an old man, all of whom have been beaten into a hornet's nest. The old one seems to be an officer, and this is what we found from him. ”

A grenadier sergeant jumped off the edge of the car with great agility, and he climbed into Heisler's command car in two or three steps. The grenadier sergeant stood on the hood and saluted the armored battalion commander, then handed him a command knife.

"It looks like a pre-World War I British product, keep it for yourself, sergeant." Heisler loves handmade, custom-made swords. There is not much interest in such a crude mechanism product.

"Regrouping, we've wasted fifteen minutes here, let's get moving, don't forget, we still have important tasks to do. 1st company, back to the left side of the line, Ensign Sperongen, where are you going to take your platoon? What the? Oh, God. Be louder, I can't hear clearly. "Major Hester discovered that the resisters turned out to be only old men and children. The commander of the tank battalion felt that he had been insulted, and all the British men were dead, and he even let the old and weak resist the German front.

Just as Heisler regrouped and continued to charge towards London with rage, another battle was quietly opening on the French soil.

"The leader will not agree, Mr. Deputy Minister. It's a betrayal of allies, it's blackmail, and I don't know how to describe it. To tell you the truth, I am very sorry that the allies made such a decision. "The Italian envoy Ziano constantly wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, which was not a cover-up. It's really in a hurry.

"Drink a glass of water first, Monsieur Earl, do you feel that the air in the room is a little hot, do you need me to open the window?" Ribbentrop leaned over and pushed a glass of water in front of Ziano.

This was only the beginning, a small punishment by Germany for Italy for abandoning its Allied Covenant and acting on its own. It was also a response of the Reich Führer to an ultimatum issued by His Excellency the Prime Minister of Italy. You should know the consequences of that, but you don't try to persuade and stop that person from doing it, so now you have to pay for it, and Italy has to pay for it. ”

Ribbentrop never felt as proud as he does today, having endured all the strange behaviour of this group of arrogant Italians under pressure from Hitler, and endured their wanton slapping of himself, the German foreign minister, in the face in a diplomatic setting. In his opinion, it is long overdue to teach these Italians a lesson that their inexplicable sense of superiority is worth nothing.

If it weren't for the fact that the Führer had made it clear that he had to keep his senses in check, and that it was not time to completely tear up his face with the other party, he would have wanted to settle accounts with that big chin now, and let him know that the champagne seller was also a business person, not his Italian street merchant.

"I tried to persuade him, but to no avail, he would not listen to any objections. Could you convey my request to His Excellency the Reich, and if you may allow him, to take a moment of his precious time to meet with me, and I will explain the accident to him in person, just give me half an hour, ah...... Even if it's twenty minutes...... Fifteen minutes is fine. Dear Ribbentrope, I have always regarded you as Italy's best friend, and now I ask you to lend a helping hand once again and give Italy a chance. ”

Ziano has lost the confidence to continue to be tough, he is not a strong-willed person in the first place, he is just an ordinary Italian aristocrat, one of the many ordinary Italian aristocrats who hugged Mussolini's thigh for profit and power, the only difference is that he played a relatively high-end game and married Mussolini's daughter.

"You have seen the letter from the Italian Prime Minister before, and you know the content very well, and you know the political implications of this letter. And how drastically it will change relations between Italy and Germany?

Perhaps we should seriously talk about the series of small actions you have done before, the kind of conspiracy that cannot be put on the table, do you really think that it will not be seen through?

Speaking of the tricks you have done with Spain this time, you should know Germany's attitude on this matter, you have trampled on the bottom line of the German Empire again and again, and provoked the patience of the German Führer. Treat generosity and tolerance as weakness.

How can you ask me to help you now, the Führer was furious this time, and scolded me and several directors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and now I still have the Führer's angry voice echoing in my head...... I'm coming to Hebei Province or something......"

"What?"

"That's the minutiae, you don't have to worry about him. The problem now is that Italy has to make concessions on this matter, and the crisis between Italy and Germany will only be turned around if the Führer's wishes are satisfied, so you should recognize the reality in front of you and persuade your leader to face it. Putting these things to a conclusion as soon as possible, so that His Excellency the Führer may see your sincerity, may allow him to change a little of his bad impression of Italy. ”

Ribbentrop showed his super demagogic eloquence, like a bartender selling a product to a drunk customer, sir, buy it, you can get points in our store, and besides, you don't have to lose. You see, this is 82 years of ...... Rafi.

"However, we have an agreement before. After the defeat of France, we can get Corsica and ......" Ziano has also been on the way, not so easily seduced, and he is still trying to make a final struggle.

"Where's the agreement? With whom? How I didn't know about it. ”

"And the German Führer ......"

"Wait a minute, I'll call your Excellency the Führer at once, if that is the case. Germany is the most trustworthy country and will never arbitrarily overturn its signed agreements like some shameless small countries. Ribbentrop quickly stood up, walked to the side desk, and picked up the telephone receiver. I am Ribbentrop, please pick me up from His Excellency. ”

"It's Hitler...... Your Excellency Former Head of State ......"

"What? Who? Hitler? Ribbentrop covered the telephone receiver with his hand. He looked at Ziano with wide eyes, and he saw some strange species.

He ...... Verbally agreed. Ziano was no longer arrogant, and he could already see in Ribbentrop's slightly exaggerated performance that the tide was turning.

"Who was there to testify?"

"It's a secret talk...... In addition to me, there was Minister Goering...... So. ”

"Oh, Ziano, Ziano, my dear Ziano, what do you want me to say about you." Ribbentrop put down the phone, and he shook his head and walked to the couch and sat down.

"Can you Italians use a verbal agreement as proof of transaction? Or has your society grown to such heights that are beyond the reach of the dust? God, my Earl. You're so naïve. ”

Ziano's face flushed, he obviously felt the insult in the other party's tone, but his reason desperately restrained him, no matter what, he couldn't attack now, Ribbentrop, the bastard, obviously wanted to provoke him, Iano warned himself that the Germans must not be allowed to have a chance to tear their faces, Italy could not bear this consequence.

In fact, there was such an agreement in history, Hitler did agree to all of Mussolini's non-centrific demands, and in fact the Germans strictly followed the agreement, even if the Italians were embarrassed in the war, they still threatened to maintain France to make reparations to Italy, ceding Mussolini the territory and islands he wanted.

But now history has changed, Hitler died before the German occupation of Paris, and he was not able to meet Mussolini in that historic way, and certainly did not sign the famous agreement. Nowadays, the Italians only had some verbal promises made by Hitler before the war, and because the content was too secret, the only witnesses on the scene were Ziano and Goering.

Now that all the parties on the German side are dead, there is no written document to prove the content of the meeting. The German side has made it clear that Che Ma resolutely refuses to admit it, and you have the ability to summon the ghosts of Hitler and the fat man, and ask them if they have agreed.

Ziano actually knew that it was impossible to get the Germans to abide by the agreement, he just wanted to change the topic and confuse the contradictions. This is not the problem on the Italian side, if it cannot be forgiven and supported by Germany, it is not a question of whether or not it can eat fatty meat, and Italy's own meat will be bitten off by others.

"Germany has negotiated an agreement with France to end the war, which will be signed in a few days. The French side admitted defeat and surrendered to the Third Reich, while Germany pledged to provide security and protection to France, and Germany would use all means and forces to ensure the territorial security of France, and at the same time would protect France's national interests from being violated. In view of the friendly relations between Germany and the Kingdom of Italy, Germany agreed not to intervene directly in the war between Italy and France, but Germany would never tolerate the occupation of French territory.

As for the issue of Sardinia, which was occupied by France before the signing of the end-of-war agreement between France and Germany, it is now under French rule, so according to the agreement signed between Germany and France, Sardinia will also be protected by German troops. Ziano, this is the reply you Caesar wants. Ribbentrop picked up the glass of water in front of him and greeted Ziano.

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