Romanian Eagle

There is no way not to shock Edel, because Romania has already supplied a lot of materials to the Italian army, and Italy is much better economically than historically.

Let him think that after Italy has been strengthened, not to mention where to fight, at least not to block the enemy. It's just that Italy's strength has increased a lot, but Mussolini has a big heart. He wants to seize Egypt and Tunisia, so the more than 400,000 troops in Libya are divided into two groups, both attacking Egypt and Tunisia. .

Under the leadership of Graziani, nearly 200,000 Italian troops attacked Egypt. After they occupied the Dubai Rani area, they encountered 60,000 British troops under the command of General Wavell, the commander-in-chief of the British army in the Middle East. The rift in front of the British army was exposed, nearly 100,000 people were wiped out, and only 60,000 people returned to Libya.

I heard that the British are gathering at the border, intending to invade Libya to seize the oil-producing areas.

In fact, this is not too bad. It was even worse when the Italian army attacked Tunisia. Under the leadership of the old Marshal Badoglio, they attacked Tunisia. However, they were attacked by 80,000 French troops. These French troops, led by General Georges Catroull, successfully annihilated nearly 100,000 Italian troops, only allowing Badoglio to return with more than 20,000 Italian troops.

It's just that the French army had no concerns about the British army. After annihilating most of the Italian army, they immediately rushed into Libya. At present, the peak of the army is about to arrive in Tripoli. If the Italian navy blocked the artillery in time and let the French army know how powerful, Maybe the French army will directly attack Tripoli.

The Italian army's two defeats in Libya made Mussolini blown up. He didn't expect that his general would bring him such a result, so he wanted to fly to Libya and shoot these two guys. But after calming down, he knew that he couldn't do it, because the support from the army was the key to making him the prime minister.

And he can't even transfer it to the reserve, he can only transfer it to other regions. But now is not the time to complain about the fiasco of his army, because the French army has entered Libya, which makes Mussolini particularly concerned about the safety of this colony. He immediately mobilized eight divisions from the mainland with nearly 100,000 troops, Reinforcement past.

Of course, these troops alone could not give him the confidence to repel the British and French troops. It's just that the existing Italian troops are either defending the coastline or deploying on the border with France. These eight divisions were originally prepared for Malta. Now there are no combat troops in the country. There are so many troops mobilized that they don't even have enough guns. Where does the combat power come from?

Now if he doesn't want Libya to be lost, there is only one way in front of him, and that is rescue.

In terms of who to ask for help, there is basically no consideration, and it is the only choice to ask Romania for help. Because Romania has a good relationship with Italy, and Romania has just beaten Greece just to have troops to support itself.

As for Germany,

In addition to the fact that its troops are basically concentrated on the front line of France, it is not in Italy's interest to let it have a foot in North Africa. Therefore, this telegram naturally came to Edel.

In the face of Mussolini's request for help, Edel was surprised, but had a headache. It wasn't that he didn't intend to ignore Mussolini's request for help. The moment the telegram arrived in his hands, reinforcements to Italy had been decided.

It's just that there is a way to rescue. First of all, the command must not fall into the hands of the Italians. Such a record made Eder distrust the Italian generals at all.

Second, how many troops are prepared to be dispatched also needs to be skillful. First of all, the troops sent cannot affect Romania's next battle, just enough to repel its enemy. Secondly, the selection of the commander is also very important. A general with independent combat experience is needed to understand the true meaning of this operation.

Of course, these are the points that Edel briefly summarized in a short time. Everything needs to wait for the military to make a decision.

Thinking of this, Edel glanced at the telegram again and called a guard to speak to it. "Immediately call Admiral Fereit, Admiral Lomodan, and Admiral Anchorage, and say I have an urgent matter to find them."

Although the guards didn't know what was going on, when they heard that His Majesty had called so many military bosses to come over, they knew that the matter must not be easy, so they hurriedly left after answering quickly.

And Edel can only discuss this issue after the arrival of the military.

Without letting Edeldo wait, the three generals arrived at the palace in less than an hour.

When the three generals arrived, and looking at them who were unaware, Eder was not polite, and directly gave them the Italian telegram for help.

Regarding this telegram asking for help, the three generals had different expressions, but they were all shocked, and they did not expect Italy to play so badly.

"Okay, now let's talk about how we can rescue the Italians."

In the face of Edel's words, Admiral Lomodan was the first to speak, and the Minister of the Navy said so. "Your Majesty, our navy can provide ship transportation for reinforcements at any time, and can also provide warship escort."

The navy said this with the most confidence, because the navy is currently the only one in the Eastern Mediterranean, and all the way from Romania to Libya is under its own waters, so there is no need to worry about being attacked.

Of course, British submarines still have to be worried, and Malta is still in British hands. Lomodan is not at all panic about this, because there are enough small Romanian warships, and it is still possible to provide anti-submarine escort for them.

As for the island of Malta, I believe that Italy will be able to suppress the planes on its island from launching. In other words, it has been almost two months since the war began, and Italy has not yet captured the island of Malta, which is the performance of negligence. Or, on the other hand, the preparations for Italy are not yet complete.

Unlike the Navy, Air Force Secretary Adm. Anchorage said. "Your Majesty, our Air Force currently has a lot of tasks. If we form reinforcements for Italy, we can only provide about 300 fighter planes for two wing groups in the early stage."

The Minister of the Air Force was right. Among the three armed forces, the most important combat task is the Air Force. The Air Force is present in any battle, so don't look at the fact that the Air Force currently has more than 4,000 fighters of various types, but currently it can only deploy more than 300 fighters to support it.

Edel did not care about Admiral Anchorage's words, because the Air Force did exactly what he said. After both the navy and the air force have expressed their opinions, only Admiral Freiit remains.

This is what the old admiral said. "I don't know, Your Majesty, what is the purpose of preparing the reinforcements?"

"Expel the British and French troops from Libya and protect the safety of the oil fields."

As for what he thought, Edel said it without hesitation.

After hearing the goal mentioned by Edel, Freiit said it after thinking for a while. "Then we can mobilize a fast-moving force, mainly the motorized troops of the armored division, to help Italy achieve this goal. In terms of scale, considering that there will be a lot of battles that our country needs in the future, then the scale of 80,000-90,000 will be used. most."

It seems that Admiral Freiette still has concerns about the British and French troops, giving such a large scale.

Edel didn't know about this, but since Admiral Freiit said the scale of the troops, he continued to say it. "Then you want to make a plan."

After sending the three generals away, he called Costel. "Now send electricity to Italy and tell them that it's okay to want our country's rescue, but we need command. If we can't do that, we can't safely send troops out."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After sending the foreign minister away, Edel looked at the sky outside the window and couldn't help but sigh. "Italians, what are you doing?"