A large number of Italian troops were mobilized, with the help of the Italian lines of communication, from the north to the south, but the speed was not generally slow, for the simple reason that after the Allies blocked Italy's shipping, Italy's entire land transportation system could not afford to transport a million-strong army.

The Chinese entered Europe, helped the Germans, built a huge scale of railways and highways, so that the conditions of railways and highways on the German side have greatly improved, in other European countries, transportation is still stuck in the last century, and other countries such as Italy, Austria-Hungary, the traffic state is not very good.

Austria-Hungary is also down, most of the territory traffic is not good, but there is 3B railway support, at least along the railway is still good, but Italy is different, itself is not strong, and unwilling to let the Chinese build, the traffic is very inconvenient, plus the strength of the army is very poor, it took a week to complete the establishment of the expedition troops, and then rectify and set off, another half a month, and then, is the long marching period, conservatively estimated that it will take almost a month to reach the intended place.

It was Italy's delay that gave the Entente an opportunity, and after the Entente completely occupied Sicily, a steady stream of follow-up troops and supplies were constantly transported to the island, and the vanguard was completely ready for the landing without resting for too long.

After 12 days of occupying Sicily, while the Italian army was still struggling with who to send and who to send troops, the Sicilian occupation forces were already preparing to cross the channel. It's a straight shot at Italy.

Even if it is a strait 3 kilometers wide, it is still a strait. It was necessary to prepare for the landing, and fortunately Sicily had already been captured. With the help of the island's ports, the Allies could supply supplies faster and more smoothly, which was the biggest advantage, and the 3 km sea, when the sea was calm, did not need ocean-going merchant ships, ordinary flat-bottomed ships near the sea were sufficient, when at least 1,000 small ships. At the time of gathering near Sicily, the landing began.

This time, when the landing was carried out, it was a war, and even if the mobilization ability was poor, Italy still deployed about 4 divisions on the other side of the strait. Fortifications were constructed.

4 divisions, 60,000 people, not much, but the Entente can send 70,000 people at one time. An ordinary, flat boat that can accommodate 70 people, is not expensive in itself. There is no need to feel sorry if it is sunk, in the strait that is more than 30 kilometers wide. An unfocused offensive began, which Italy did not expect. They only made a key defense in a few easy landing spots, and under the fire of machine guns and artillery, a large number of ships were hit, and at least thousands of people fell into the sea forever, but many more rushed to the probe position, and at least 40,000 people landed on the Italian mainland.

At this moment, the Italian army panicked, two of the 4 divisions chose to retreat, and the rest also aimed at other directions, which is a big taboo, hitting the middle stream, once it is passed, if you fight again, it will be more passive, the advantage of the Entente in the navy is quite large, the Italian artillery, in the face of the superior firepower of the coalition forces, there is no way at all, more and more ships began to appear, the beachhead that had been occupied gradually became a landing field, and more and more troops went to the depth, When the number of landers reached 100,000, the Italians had no choice but to retreat.

Unexpectedly, this retreat has become the norm, the Entente troops, spending 10,000 casualties, finally crossed the Strait of Messina, and built a strong position, the entire Strait of Messina, became the territory of the Entente Navy, a large number of warships are concentrated here, with huge naval guns, for the landing force to support the artillery defense, and then after the reorganization of the army, began to follow the Italian seashore, quickly to the north, the overall image of Italy, like a person's feet, The Entente did not have time to occupy all the territory of Italy inch by inch, but the entire north is the essence of Italy, whether it is Turin, Milan, or Venice, as long as these are defeated, Italy is not far from the end of the country.

In the face of the aggressiveness of the Entente army, Italy retreated 75 kilometers in just 7 days, and then withdrew from a large area, the Entente troops, step by step, kept forcing Italy to retreat, after opening up the landing, a larger number of troops began to land on the Apennine Peninsula, and along the road opened by the vanguard, gradually deepening.

Originally, Italy's troops preparing to go south also stopped, the other party is so fast, rather than them slowly passing, it is better to wait for the Entente to come, they are prepared, and the Entente has a big war, the Entente currently has more than 1.1 million troops, and some troops need to guard, really come to the center, maybe only about 700,000, and their 1.5 million, there is a considerable difference, in terms of personnel, more than twice as much.

In this way, because the Entente opened up a second battlefield, a decisive battle between the Entente and Italy, just like that, ready to open at any time, Italy spent a lot of time, and finally concentrated 1.5 million troops in the central region, and they and the 700,000 troops of the Entente countries, showing a confrontational situation, a large-scale war is about to break out.

The eyes of the two major groups have noticed that the number of differences is doubled, but it is finally a grade, including Germany, most countries believe that Italy is impossible to win, but no matter what, it also has a numerical advantage of about double, plus the advantage of geographical advantages, it should be able to hold each other for a while.

But the development of things surprised Germany, 1.5 million Italian troops, really like pasta, the face is deadly, the first to attack is 4 American divisions, they are similar to Germany, strengthened firepower and automatic weapons, the ability to attack is extremely strong, facing the opposite 16 divisions of the Italian army, brazenly launched an attack, and under the firepower and bravery, in just one day, it broke through the defense of 12 divisions, and cut the Italian position through a huge hole from the middle, Then there was the continuous inward, where the cooperation of the Entente was unmistakable, and the limit and artillery fire and asymmetrical strikes made Italy defenseless, and the position of 1.5 million troops took only 12 days, and after losing half of the personnel, it broke and fled.

Million-level war, no special forces, no weapons beyond the times, just a conventional attack, let the Italian army of 1.5 million flee, such a result, I am afraid that even the main attacking US army did not realize that when the US army attacked, it also held the idea that it could not retreat, after all, he was facing Italy, an important member of the Allied Powers, but he did not expect that this was a balloon that was blown up, and it burst when it was poked.

The first appearance of the Entente in the Apennines, there was such a performance, which not only surprised Germany, but also beyond the expectations of the Entente, Britain had already received the news that the Italian army was very weak, but it was so weak that it was really surprising, originally the Italian campaign was scheduled to take 4 months to a year, and it may not be until 1916 to decide the winner, but now, in terms of the performance of the Italian army, at most 2 months, it can be completely over.

Although Italy has cobbled together another 1.2 million troops, the Entente army has increased from 700,000 to 900,000, and the balance of strength between the two sides has not decreased, but has increased, and an undercurrent has spread in Italy, and some people with good intentions have begun to spread that it is wrong to join the Central Powers, and Italy should not join the Central Powers.

If it weren't for the Allies, especially Germany, in the early days of the European War, the performance was particularly eye-catching, so that Italy saw the possibility of picking up cheap, Italy would not join the Allied Powers, this is the case historically, according to the relationship, the relationship between Germany and Italy is better, but Italy has always wavered, and under the diplomatic mediation of Britain, joined the camp of the Entente.

Now that history has changed, Italy has joined the Central Powers, although it did not show great strength, but it strengthened the strength of the Central Powers, allowing the Entente to launch an attack on Italy, open up the southern battlefield, and mobilize a large number of troops to come, who knows, Italy is actually a soft persimmon, and it is not fought at all.

After the Entente army won this battle, it routed more than 1.5 million Italian troops, more than 900,000 prisoners, and no more than 300,000 actually fled back to the north of Italy, and a large number of defeated troops escaped.

After the Entente army won this battle, it stopped in the center, but the pressure on Italy not only did not decrease at all, but became heavier and heavier, the 1.5 million army was paper-paste, not only did not cause great damage to the other side, but let the other side enter Italy's Forte, Italy, which had lost more than half of its territory, could not fight at all, and under some strange voices, Italy, which could bend and stretch, even sent diplomatic personnel to London, I went straight to the British.

In a state of hostility, personnel were sent to London, and the intention was self-evident, what was the Italian of soft-footed shrimp already prepared, at least to withdraw from the war with dignity, as for the lizi, as long as the face was there, the lizi didn't matter. (To be continued.) )