Chapter 476: The French and the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve

"The country is newly defeated, and the British are forced again. Mobile phone access: They seized us and wanted to take over our ship. Because those old men in Paris have surrendered and betrayed the country! The motherland is disgraced, and the British are attacking it unprepared! A lieutenant naval officer standing at the dining table shouted Chinese New Year's Eve.

He pointed to his feet and shouted: "Those ships were once the pride of our French Republic, the national medals of our Republic on the waves of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and now these medals are about to be dusted, and the British military boots are about to step on our polished deck to disgrace the sacred place of honor in our hearts." Can we fail to make promises? ”

"Can't help it!" Although there were only more than a hundred people gathered, the sound of Qi Qi shouting was like about to burst the steel plates around the restaurant on the battleship Lorraine.

"That's right! Resolutely do not refrain from it! It is better for our mounts to sink to the bottom of the sea and return to the embrace of the sea on Chinese New Year's Eve, than to fall into the hands of these Britons who have imprisoned our freedom! For freedom, for honor, I'd rather die! The enthusiasm on the lieutenant's officer's face was a bit formulaic and indifferent, but in the eyes of the soldiers, who were almost ignited by this time, it represented a fanaticism of disregard for death and contempt for the powerful.

"We protest their restraint with silence, and we use shipwrecks to preserve our honor!" 64 The last Chinese New Year's Eve shouted, pulled out the pistol in his waist, and walked out of the soldier's Chinese New Year's Eve restaurant with those fanatical soldiers.

In the port outside, the British army had received the news and strengthened their vigilance. The officer in charge of receiving it was negotiating with the French naval officer.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the body of the battleship Pang Chinese New Year's Eve of Lorraine shook violently, and then it was slightly crooked.

"Oh my God? What are they going to do? The British couldn't help but lose their color.

"The Germans used to have Operation Rainbow, why did our French warriors retreat and obey the orders of the British?" One of the captains scoffed, "Without orders from our superiors, our Sulguv will never let the British set foot on our submarine!" ”

"Boom!" There was another loud bang, and smoke rose from one of the cruisers.

"Stop!" A French naval colonel shouted Chinese New Year's Eve.

"Is this an order? At the beginning, General Darlang said that we should come to pay respects, but not let us surrender! The captain-officer said, "We will not throw ourselves at either the Germans nor the British." Now that the country has fallen, let's return the glory of the past to the Chinese New Year's Eve Sea! Freedom or death! ”

"Boom, boom!" As he spoke, two more loud noises rang out in the harbor.

"Forced to receive it now!" Churchill soon got the news, and the result involved the French, and the matter of diplomacy was troublesome. He listened without hesitation and instructed directly.

Before World War II, the French fleet was in England. At this time, in the British ports of Portsmouth and Plymouth, there were also the battleships Lorraine and Courbet, as well as four cruisers, eight destroyers, several submarines, as well as various auxiliary ships and torpedo boats. But with the surrender of the French, the British feared that the Germans would get help from the French navy, which would be fatal to the British. So a plan for a stone thrower was developed.

The Trebuchet Plan, also known as the Ballista Plan, was actually very simple, it was to try to get the French navy to the side of the British, and if it could not be obtained, then take the opportunity to destroy it. In a word, it is absolutely impossible for the Germans to obtain.

This is almost the same as Meng Xiang's purpose, but with the exception that Meng Xiang does not want to let the Germans get it, nor does it want the British to get it.

It turns out that on June 24, the British began to receive the French warships in the UK, and except for the submarine Surgouf, the other ships surrendered as if they had been castrated. It seems that the French have spent twenty years on the battlefield of hip and breast milk too much will.

Meng Xiang didn't remember the exact time, but he knew that there was such a thing. When he heard about the size of the fleet of the French navy in England, he immediately placed a few spies over to help the French get up. A fleet of this size, if it is Meng Xiang's business, can buy a lot of industrial machinery for Huaxia.

In the midst of an explosion, Meng Xiang's expectations were partially realized.

"What, they all opened the sea valve?" Churchill's order seems to have been a little late. The French were worried that the sea valve would not be enough to destruct and sink in the harbor and be salvaged and used, so they installed explosives in important parts such as boilers. The plan completely reduced these warships to a reef in the harbor.

Not only in the harbors of Portsmouth and Plymouth, but also in the harbor of Alexandria Chinese New Year's Eve in Egypt, the French ships began to detonate and sank -=member hand fight=* Even if there were officers blocking it, when someone picked the head in it and there was a shootout, the soldiers who took the lead Chinese New Year's Eve released all their resentment.

"This group of French people really looks a little bit, Darlang's ten years of hard work have not been in vain, not only have the French fleet been expanded, but these soldiers are also much more fierce." Cunningham, commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, soon got the news and couldn't help but admire.

"Darlan is no longer an admiral, he is already the admiral on Vichy's side at this time!" James. Somerville said dismissively. On the 21st, the French became the new government in Vichy, in the south of France, with the support of the Germans. Although it was nominally in charge of Marshal Petain, it could not control the behavior of the Germans in France, and it was a more typical puppet regime.

And Darlan was an anti-British faction, and he had always had a bad feeling for the British, not to mention that De Gaulle, who was raised by the British, was just a regimental commander a few years ago, and Darlan was already the chief adviser of the navy at that time.

It was this news that made the British ruthless and began to implement the trebuchet plan on the 23rd. However, they only received some auxiliary ships and type ships, and only one cruiser for the Chinese New Year's Eve type ships.

"There's an order from above, let's get out of it as soon as possible. However, this is also a big headache! Cunningham rubbed his temples lightly.

The Catapult Project was not only aimed at ships visiting British territories and colonies, but also for all French navies. There was both the aspect of avoiding the French Navy from being exploited by the Germans, and the threat of completely weakening the French later. This time, the French navy will not be able to turn over in twenty or thirty years.

Although the French surrendered, most of the main Chinese New Year's Eve of his navy fled from their homeland to the ports of North Africa.

In addition to the two battleships left on the British mainland and one battleship on the British colony, there were six battleships. The fleets led by the aircraft carriers in the West Indies were disarmed by the Americans, they were far away from the war, there was not so much anxiety, and the agitation of the two spies only caused a little trouble.

At this time, the French still had 6 battleships in a wait-and-see mode.

Four of them ran to North Africa, among which the fast battleships "Dunkirk" and "Strasbourg" and two old battleships anchored in the Algerian port of Oran; "Jean-Bar", which only completed the hull works, was towed to Casablanca, Morocco; The Richelieu was driven to Dakar, Senegal.

In addition, at this time, two battleships, including the flagship of the French Navy, the Brittany, were left in the port of Kebir on the French mainland.

The British's trebuchet first aimed at these capital ships. So Cunningham felt a little headache when he thought about 6 battleships.

"Unexpectedly, you can fight how you want!" Somerville said lightly, he and Cunningham were well-known old friends, and he was leading a fleet to garrison Gibraltar at this time. This time the trebuchet plan was aimed at the fleet of the French running to North Africa, and they needed to come together.

"I'm worried about the Chinese New Year's Eve!" Cunningham was not taboo either, and said directly.

Previously, although Mussolini tried his best to veto Lao Xi to single out Britain and France, the plan to attack the French was delayed for a while. But when he saw the glory of the Germans on the European battlefield, he couldn't help but be hot. It's just that he doesn't seem to notice the cowardice of Chinese New Year's Eve Italy's national power, or he only thinks of using this predatory style to bring Italy Chinese New Year's Eve's economy out of the quagmire.

Hitching a ride on the Germans, the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve also declared war on Britain and France in May, and Mussolini thought that the fall of Britain and France would lead to the disintegration of their well-known overseas territories, but he did not expect the Germans and the French to sign an armistice. The French still ruled their overseas colonies. The Germans need time to digest this, and until then, they will not let the French colonies disintegrate to cheapen the British, the Americans, or even others.

No, the Vichy regime, which they had fostered, also played such a role. Many of the resources from the French colonies also cheapened them a lot, and Britain and the United States and other countries also became a formality, and it was necessary to bring the French together, which would undoubtedly push the French even more towards the Germans.

Mussolini, however, was tormented. Before the Chinese New Year's Eve Italian army attacking the French could reap the slightest benefit, they were blocked by the French near the frontier and were left defenseless. In the body of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the French team found a little self-confidence. But Mussolini was annoyed. Originally, in the twenties, he was Hitler's Chinese New Year's Eve brother-level figure, but with the rise of the Germans, he became the younger brother of the Germans. And the expression was so weak that the Germans pouted when they saw it.

So Mussolini planned to prove himself here, and his eyes crossed the Mediterranean Sea and set his sights on North Africa.

It is Africa and the Americas that have sustained Europe's prosperity for hundreds of years. At this time, except for Liberia and Ethiopia, which were self-reliant in the 19th century, Africa basically existed in the form of colonies, and although Egypt was also self-reliant for 22 years, it has been under the rule of the British, and it is only a semi-colony at most.

However, at this time, Ethiopia was also annexed by the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve in 36. In this way, the Chinese New Year's Eve people control Libya, Ethiopia and Somalia. And these colonies were divided by the colonies of Britain and France.

To the south from Libya were the French colonies of Niger and Chad, and to Chinese New Year's Eve the east were the British colonies of Egypt and Sudan, and the Italians did not want to buy them all together.

At this time, France also became the younger brother of the Germans, and naturally it was not suitable to attack France, but the British were also beaten by the Germans, and they had to watch out for another attack by the Germans, which made the satisfied Chinese New Year's Eve see the opportunity, and they had already aimed at Egypt.

There are also some great generals among the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve, but Mussolini's own military retarded aura has become a model similar to that of the old commander Chiang, coupled with the lack of national strength in Italy and Chinese New Year's Eve, so that they finally found more jokes in World War II. In the past, the Roman legions could only form a sweeping momentum under the notice of the strongman, and Mussolini, a self-styled hero who claimed to be a descendant of Caesar, had the weakest Chinese New Year's Eve in his vanity.

Not only did he like to be like many of the later rulers, he liked to be fond of high-Chinese New Year's Eve and magnificent works and buildings, and even to rally to accompany his wisdom, but even if he set up an army, he also liked to place places that he thought would have a Chinese New Year's Eve great impact and bring him great glory and great glory. And this practice of putting the army in the spotlight is undoubtedly bringing the army to a dead end. His reckless and rash decisions lacked Hitler's aura, which made the Chinese New Year's Eve Satisfied defeat after defeat.

What's more, although the scale of the three armies of the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve is not large, but the three armies lack coordination, as the commander-in-chief of the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve army, Marshal Badolio planned to integrate, but this practice of reaching out to the army aroused the disgust of Mussolini, the actual commander-in-chief of the three armies, was limited and weakened, and was finally squeezed out of power.

Because Mussolini rushed into the battlefield, the country was not prepared, and the morale of the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve had long been worn out a lot, so it was normal for the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve to have a noodle image in World War II.

But at this time, the British did not know that the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve were so soft-footed, and they were annoyed by the Italian army's 73 divisions and 1.6 million people, and they had a few more gray hairs.

If the Italian attacked another place on Chinese New Year's Eve, the British might have withdrawn and pulled the army back to their homeland. Let the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve people jump a few times first. But Mussolini wanted to emulate Caesar, and the Roman army was the first to conquer Carthage in North Africa, so Lao Mo chose Egypt. In fact, in addition to strategic considerations, it is also vanity at work. He had no guess that his conquest of the Red Sea coast was right on the corn of the British Empire on Chinese New Year's Eve, where there was the Suez Canal, the key point that maintained the lifeline of the British. There is no way to afford to lose here.

India, the crown jewel of the British Empire on Chinese New Year's Eve, all kinds of resources and gathered wealth in Malaya and even the Middle East, are all going to take this road, and strategic materials such as oil and rubber, and even gold and silver are all through this artificial canal to the British Isles, which is much closer than going around the Cape of Good Hope.

The original Germans on this line didn't really care very much, and it wasn't until the Chinese New Year's Eve Italian people were defeated and asked for help that Hitler keenly felt the British seven inches of land. This is the stage for Rommel.

This road is also what Meng Xiang has always been concerned about, and only when this passage is stuck can it inspire more ambitions among the Japanese. It is also conducive to Mengxiang's involvement in Southeast Asia and South Asia. So in this era, Meng Xiang reminded the Germans in advance through the copycat company and Tiandu, but even if Lao Xi paid a certain amount of attention, Mussolini did not allow others to interfere.

The Chinese New Year's Eve are sending troops to Libya, where the number of troops has crossed 200,000, compared with just over 30,000 British soldiers in Egypt. With such a huge disparity in strength, it is no wonder that Mussolini is full of confidence, which also makes Lao Xi relax a lot. Since he intends to rush forward on Chinese New Year's Eve, why should he take risks in dividing his troops? Although the Chinese New Year's Eve given by his subordinates is not safe in the combat effectiveness of the army, but

"Wavell won't be easy!" Somerville shrugged slightly, raised an eyebrow and sighed.

Wavell was the commander-in-chief of the British in the Middle East at this time, but he only had 100,000 men under his command, but he had to take care of Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan and other Chinese New Year's Eve areas, and he was able to make up more than 30,000 people in Egypt.

At this time, Cunningham was worried about what the Italian people would do next to the Chinese New Year's Eve when attacking the French. That's for sure, the war has begun, both sides have declared war, air raids, sporadic battles have been inexhaustible. It just depends on how Chinese New Year's Eve the actions of the people are Chinese New Year's Eve.

Cunningham's Mediterranean Fleet was also responsible for the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve Navy, and they never ignored it. There are still a few battleships in the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve Li Navy, and if you are not careful, it is likely that the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve Li people will take the opportunity to sneak attack.

"In any case, the French ships must be lost first!" Cunningham said decisively, at this time, he could only attack the main battleship Chinese New Year's Eve of the French with all his strength while defending the Italian people. Comparatively, the problem of the French fleet was more urgent.

"Tell me Commander, there's an urgent call!" At this time, an adjutant sent a message. He also knew about Somerville, and he didn't shy away from it.

Cunningham took it in his hand, and after a few glances, he suddenly frowned and smiled: "It's ridiculous!" ”

Then he shook the telegram in his hand and said to the adjutant: "Continue to confirm the authenticity of this news!" ”

Although he is like this, he has already believed half of it in his heart, this is from above, it does not seem to be a fake in all aspects, and there is a pervasive secret intelligence bureau mi6, and it is normal to get this news. But this incident feels very unreal and ridiculous.

Somerville looked at him with a strange face, he had known him since he was a teenager, and he had never seen this kind of face very often, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Seeing this, Cunningham handed over the telegram, spread his left hand, and said with a smile: "Take a look, it seems that our problem is half solved!" ”

Somerville took the message with a little curiosity, only glanced at it a few times, and couldn't help laughing: "Is this true?" ”

Cunningham spread his hands and smiled back, "You have to ask God about this?" ”

"It's unbelievable! Balbo would have been shot down by his own people? You must know that he is a marshal, a governor in Libya, and the commander-in-chief of the Libyan army! Somerville was a little laughing and crying.

Even Meng Xiang couldn't think of this. He had heard such a biography in later generations, but the details were not understood. It's just that he didn't expect that even though the butterfly effect of the vanguard army had already swept up a storm in Europe, some coincidental things still came about.

It's a coincidence, it's unbelievable. Later generations of Americans often made similar mistakes, often beating their own people. But those soldiers are far worse than the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve Li people, you must know that this is a marshal, if you look at the rank of the killed personnel, this can be regarded as the most brilliant battle of the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve Air Defense Army in World War II

And the murderer was still the cruiser Gildio of the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve Navy, even if the date was a little earlier, but it still met the plane of Marshal Balbo, the supreme general who was killed by mistake in World War II.

The Gildeo was an old cruiser before World War I. This navy veteran who was sent to Tobruk to fight soy sauce was Chinese New Year's Eve afraid that it would not be able to reach it, and specially dismantled its secondary guns and some of the main guns. But the warships of that era did not have horizontal armor at all, and they never thought about what to do against air targets? The Ital Chinese New Year's Eve ians demonstrated their ingenuity by stacking Chinese New Year's Eve amount of sandbags on the warship and making it a makeshift water fortification. In this way, the anti-aircraft gun was installed.

As a result, on the same 28th, they encountered Balbo's plane, mistaking it for a bomber that the British had just finished bombing ten minutes earlier, and as soon as they opened fire, they knocked down the plane.

Ironically, Balbo was an Chinese New Year's Eve Italian air general, a good pilot, who once led a squadron of Italian Chinese New Year's Eve planes across the Chinese New Year's Eve Ocean to San Francisco. For this he was awarded the prestigious Gold Flyer and Observer badges by the Luftwaffe, which were awarded only to a few personalities such as Dönitz and Franco. He was also promoted to Air Marshal after becoming Minister of Aviation.

It's not a coincidence that it's terrible.

Interestingly, there was also an earl who died with him, who was not famous during his lifetime, but after his death was particularly eye-catching because Eisenhower lived with his wife in his villa for a period of time when he came to Italy for Chinese New Year's Eve.

After Cunningham's repeated confirmation, this message was proved to be correct.

Such an ugly thing, the Italian Chinese New Year's Eve people naturally did not dare to publicize it on Chinese New Year's Eve, but the marshal was beaten down by the British. But the British naturally had the means to understand the situation at that time, although the time was relatively short, and it was impossible to investigate them in detail, but it is certain that Balbo was dead after all. Just like the downing of Yamamoto Fifty-six, the series of changes brought about by it were enough to keep the people busy for a while on Chinese New Year's Eve.

"The follow-up of the stone thrower can begin!"