The Albis, the highest mountain in Europe, straddled southern Europe, separated France and Italy from two countries, and after a great deal of losses, combined with the efforts of many diplomats, Italy finally surrendered, withdrew from the Central Powers, and joined the Entente.

The road from Rome to northern Italy went much smoother, and the Italian navy, which had been used as a supply base for Sicily, began to move forward, and the Italian navy, which was an important part of the Mediterranean Allied powers, was now all under the control of the Entente.

From the beginning of the landing of the United States, the situation of the Allies in the Mediterranean Sea is a disadvantage, the navy is so, the navies of Austria-Hungary and Turkey are forced to defend passively, especially Turkey, they must hold the Dardanelles, otherwise, Turkey's hinterland will be completely exposed, that is absolutely not allowed, they may be in the Mediterranean, and the main fleet of the Entente can not confront it, but it is still possible to hold the narrow Black Sea straits, the narrow Black Sea straits are not suitable for naval attacks, In the Black Sea straits, which are narrower than the Strait of Gibraltar, battleships came to deliver food, and only by using landing operations can Turkey have some confidence in this.

From the beginning of the construction of the 3B railway, the core of the entire Allied countries has changed from Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, to Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, Turkey's strength is far from being comparable with Italy, but its unique environment, the bridge connecting Austria-Hungary and the Middle East, still let the core of the Allied countries Germany, know that keeping Turkey means preserving the core of the Allied countries,

Even Germany, located on the Caspian coast, not far from Baku, in Turkey, after Germany had determined its strategy, chose the furthest path. Starting from East Prussia, leveling the borders and pocketing Poland and the Kiev region, but the future Baku will also need Turkey's contribution, even in a sense. The task of guarding Baku requires the help of Turkey.

In Germany's plan, he would only take away parts of Georgia and Baku, ensuring that the one across the Black Sea would be integrated with this side, and the rest would not be taken care of, at most it would be defeated, and a little population would be captured, and the rest would be handed over to Turkey.

Because of this, last winter. With the strong support of Germany, not only did it send an elite officer corps to train Turkish troops, but even the weapons and equipment were the same as those of Germany.

Before the Entente decided on the direction of the battle, the Allied army had already been mobilized, with the help of the Italian army, 1.2 million troops. With a loss of less than 100,000 troops, they had already left Rome. Heading north, it is expected to be in front of Mount Albis soon.

But in the midst of the upcoming war, they hesitated. Although Britain, France, and the United States opened a second battlefield on this side of the Mediterranean, attacking Italy directly with a huge army. Originally, it was also intended to clear Italy from the Central Powers, and the Italian power in the Central Powers was very smiling, but the position was very critical.

It's just that even the Allies didn't think of it. Italy will succumb so quickly, it was originally going to take 1 year to complete the work of attacking Italy, but it only took 2 months to succumb, so, within the Entente, there is only the next simple strategy method, and there is nothing to do next, for a large battle plan, this is a disaster, a million-strong army-level operation, not a slap on the brain, you need to prepare in advance, otherwise, the army is over, what to do with logistics.

In the later stages of the battle on the Apennine Peninsula, the Entente had already discovered this problem, and according to this problem, they conducted research, but the argument between the two sides was very fierce, and the French decided to let the army attacking Italy, after crossing the Albis Mountains, attack the German army near France, and strive to solve the German threat to France from another aspect, and strive to defeat Germany and recover the whole territory of France.

Such an opinion must be selfish, although in this sense, this is also a way to defeat Germany, but the greater intention is that after restoring the whole territory of France, after losing most of the territory, France is actually very difficult now, of course, he is not very clear that the vast majority of the French have been sent to China by the Germans, even if he can defeat Germany and restore the whole territory of France, the recovery he can obtain is limited, at most nominal.

For the selfishness of the French, Britain and the United States saw it in their eyes, and directly faced Germany, which Britain and the United States did not consider, and they had already suffered in Bordeaux, if they opened up in the south of France, it would be asking for trouble, attacking France, but to drag them out of their suddenness, it was better to attack Austria-Hungary, so that Germany's foreign aid could be completely cut off, and Austria-Hungary's support for Germany was also in the scope of their consideration.

If so, they got the news of the Middle East, and almost without any hesitation, they would attack Austria-Hungary, the importance of a 3B railway, far more important than Austria-Hungary, but now, the opinion of the French is also somewhat important, and there is some reason, at least it needs to be convinced.

In such a time of endless debate, in the end, the British and American opinions overwhelmed the opinions of France, not to choose France, but to choose Austria-Hungary, of course, there is also compensation for France, in the next 2 months, they will give Bordeaux an additional 500,000 troops on the basis of the original increase, and start a summer offensive, strive to relieve the siege of Bordeaux, and even advance the troops to the city of Paris, in this sense, the French goal has also been achieved.

Unbeknownst to them, this was less than a week, but it was the most critical time, and by the time they had put themselves in order and rushed towards Austria-Hungary, the Germans were already in full position. To the north, almost along the Albys, Italy was bordered by France, Switzerland to the north, and a large area to the east, bordering the Austro-Hungarian Empire, part of which became later Austria and part Yugoslavia.

At this time, several key mountain pass positions were already held by Austro-Hungarian troops, and before the mountain pass position, there were large German positions. Got 1 million Lanfang aborigines, and conducted half a month of training in the Middle East, except for the communication, and the local people, the other aboriginal troops showed good training.

Lan Fang's high-pressure policy in the country, the comparison between the two sides, let them only be a soldier, although being a soldier is dangerous, and even has a great possibility of death, but as long as there is a little opportunity, they seize this opportunity, once an example, in the Lanfang Liberation War, those soldiers who have made meritorious contributions, they use real examples, to show that they can live a good life, that is almost a fairy life that they never thought of.

People always have a slight root, the character of the natives is a huge problem, but as long as you find a way, you have the desire in your heart to induce them, you can still do it, plus rounds of cleanup, thorns and really lazy people are cleaned up, and then strict training plus logistics supplies, if they are not as good as ordinary soldiers, then they are derailed, here I have to say that once the British and French colonial army, they almost regarded all the colonies as inferior, cannon fodder, no investment, not even the necessary training, How can it be possible to let them give them their lives, it's strange that they have high combat effectiveness.

The German side was very satisfied, and after adding German officers, 40 divisions were formed, and 15 were arranged on the front line, almost 400,000 people, which was already the most that could be arranged on the Albysian side.

The theater of operations in northern Italy began to become important, on the basis of the original Italy, on the basis of Austria-Hungary, large-scale fortifications were built, and then more than 1 million Southeast Asian natives were stationed in it.

The three main countries of the Entente finally agreed on the strategy of Italy, after the order was issued, all the Entente troops increased their speed and entered the northern mountains, which should have slowed down, from Rome to Milan in the north, when approaching the Albis Mountains, the laxity of the Italian army was committed again, they only walked a few kilometers a day, which made the Entente troops behind a little impatient, the joint command continued to protest, and they also knew very well that if they encountered resistance, It must be on the side of the Albis, even if they keep it secret enough, the Italian war has been going on for a long time, and it is impossible for Germany not to defend here.

Italy joined the Entente camp, it was not so easy, just a surrender, it was able to erase the previous damage to the Entente, in the agreement to join, there is an obvious condition, that is, on the Italian side of the front, it is to be carried out with the Italian army as the lead, that is, Italy must first take the Albis Pass, and then attack the depth, Austria-Hungary, is the use of troops separately.

Britain, France, and the United States of the Entente countries, directly to Italy to test the pressure, Italy had no choice but to order the troops to continue the attack, got the order of the superiors, Italy's speed was significantly accelerated, it took 4 days, to complete the road from Milan to the Albis Pass, but unfortunately they came too late, the new German troops dominated by the Lanfang natives were already waiting here, and the Italians in charge of the head did not expect that they would take almost a month or two to assemble and set off north, When I arrived at the pass of Albis, it was already the end of June, at least more than a month later than expected, and on one side was the Lan army, which was waiting for work, and on the other hand, the Italian army, which was famous for its face, and the result could be imagined. (To be continued.) )