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"The evil Chinese have begun to attack the Western world, and the war related to the survival of the Western world has begun! Italian youths, join the army and fight to defend the motherland and the Western world!" This can be seen everywhere in cities in Italy. Such a slogan! Among the member states of the Holy Alliance, the Kingdom of Italy is undoubtedly the frontline in dealing with China!
Before the last world war, the Kingdom of Italy was originally one of the top powers in Europe! Although Italy's military is weak, its industry is developed and its industrial manufacturing capabilities rank among the best in the world. At the same time, Italy's superior geographical location gives this country a huge influence around the Mediterranean! However, during the last world war, Italy took the wrong side and brought disaster to this country! After the defeat, two districts in northeastern Italy were occupied by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and two important islands in the south were ceded to the Chinese. At the same time, Taranto, the most important port in the south, also belonged to China!
The King of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele III, has always wanted revenge! Although the Beijing Peace Conference stipulated that Italy was not allowed to have an air force or navy, the army could only retain a size of 50,000 people! However, with the connivance of Germany, the Italian Army still grew to 500,000 people in the name of Germany! In order to evade pursuit by China and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the name of the Italian Army was directly changed to the German Army in Italy! In fact, all of this unit, from ordinary soldiers to commanders, are Italians! It's just that there are many more instructors from Germany in the army! During the last war. The performance of the Italian Army made Vittorio Emanuele III very dissatisfied. The introduction of weapons, equipment and instructors from Germany became the only option for the Kingdom of Italy to improve the combat effectiveness of its troops!
In addition, the Prime Minister of the Italian government has also changed. Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti stepped down after attending the Beijing Peace Conference. The new man in power is named Mussolini, an ambitious politician! After Mussolini came to power, he used the slogan of preparing for war and avenging previous humiliation. He received the full support of Vittorio Emanuele III, and now he has complete control over the government of the Kingdom of Italy!
After the Holy Alliance was established. The Kingdom of Italy openly began to expand its army! Not only has the army expanded to one million people at once, but it is also expanding by 300,000 people every month. At the same time, the Italian Army was building airports across the country! Although the Italian Air Force is almost blank, they also know the importance of the Air Force! Almost all of these airports are prepared for the German Air Force! This time the Luftwaffe launched a sneak attack on the bases of the Chinese Air Force and Naval Air Force in Corsica, Sicily and Sardinia. All fighter planes passed through Italian airports before bombing! Otherwise, with the range of the German Air Force, if they take off from the German mainland, they will not be able to bomb the bases of the Chinese Air Force and Naval Air Force!
On the evening of January 4, General Wang Qiuyan, Commander of the 20th Group Army of the Chinese Army, General Wu Zhiyuan, Commander of the Third Navy Fleet, and Lieutenant General Jiang Shaozhong, Commander of the 4th Air Force of the Air Force, held a meeting in Catania, Sicily!
The meeting was chaired by Admiral Wu Zhiyuan, Commander of the Third Fleet. Although the three men come from different military services, General Wu Zhiyuan is the nominal commander of the Mediterranean Theater! It's just that they don't usually interfere with the specific affairs of the army and navy! After the war broke out, the army, navy and air force needed to be under unified command!
"I won't say much else. This time we were exploited by the Germans and suffered heavy losses! His Majesty the Emperor was furious! Although our losses were lighter than those on the island of Ireland, this does not mean that we can Passed! His Majesty the Emperor has issued an order, requiring us to use our existing strength to fight back! Reinforcements sent by the Air Force and Navy are also on the way!" said General Wu Zhiyuan!
"Commander Wu, just give the order directly if you want to fight! This time I have to make those Germans pay the price!" Lieutenant General Jiang Shaozhong, commander of the 4th Air Force of the Air Force, said through gritted teeth! This time the 4th Air Force suffered heavy losses, with nearly two hundred fighter jets and bombers lost. This almost caused the 4th Air Force to lose one-third of its combat power! If not for the timely support of naval aviation and carrier-based aircraft units. Maybe the losses of the 4th Air Force will be even greater! The Chinese Air Force has always considered itself to be the best in the world. Whether it is the performance of the aircraft, the quality of the pilots, or even the strategic and tactical thinking, it is significantly ahead of other countries! But this time, the Germans used practical actions to give the Chinese Air Force a slap in the face! Although it caused heavy losses to the Chinese Air Force, it did wake up the generals of the Chinese Air Force from their complacency! They began to officially compete against each other. In this case,If the Chinese Air Force wants to conduct a sneak attack again, it will be almost impossible!
"According to our analysis, the main fighter Hurricane IV equipped by the German Air Force has a combat radius of only more than 400 kilometers, and the combat radius of the J1 bomber is only more than 500 kilometers! Therefore, the German Air Force must use Italian, French and Spanish aircraft Only the airport poses a threat to us! Among them, Italy poses the greatest threat! Italy is only more than two hundred kilometers away from our Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily! The main force of the Air Force Before arriving, we need to destroy these airports in Italy and contact them to threaten us!" Admiral Wu Zhiyuan said! Only in this way can the threat posed by the German Air Force to the Chinese army in the Mediterranean direction be minimized!
"Commander Wu! The Fourth Air Force still has more than 80 F11 'Vulture' fighter jets, more than 190 F10 'Lightning' heavy fighter jets and more than 150 H10 'Kunpeng' long-range bombers that can be put into battle! We still have enough strength to give The Germans and Italians will give you a severe blow!" Lieutenant General Jiang Shaozhong said!
"Naval aviation can invest two groups of F11B 'Vulture' fighters, a wing of dive bombers and a wing of torpedo attack aircraft! The carrier-based aircraft force of the Third Fleet is also basically intact and can participate in this attack. !" General Wu Zhiyuan said!
"According to the intelligence we have obtained, there are a total of 25 large airports, 42 medium-sized airports and more than 60 small airports in Italy! This time, we will devote all our strength to attack the large airports in Italy first! Destroy these large airports After that, we will attack the medium-sized airports and small airports in Italy in turn! Try to clear out all the airports in Italy within two days! By then, the air force will have arrived, and the next step is to retaliate against the Germans. It¡¯s time!¡± General Wu Zhiyuan said! With his position, he naturally knows that the main task of the Air Force is to carry out strategic strikes! When the time comes, a large number of long-range bombers, escorted by heavy fighter jets, will bomb important cities and industrial areas in Germany, and the Germans will definitely pay a heavy price!
"I said, according to what you two said, this cooperation has nothing to do with our army, right? The Army Aviation Corps also has a wing of fighters and attack aircraft, right?" Lieutenant General Wang Qiuyan, commander of the Army's 20th Group Army, said with some dissatisfaction. !
"Haha! Old Wang, how could we leave the army aside? After we solve the Italian airport, it's your turn! Last time we landed directly in Rome and captured the Italian royal family and senior government officials in one fell swoop, this time we Another landing will make Italy the first country to be killed in the Holy Alliance!" Admiral Wu Zhiyuan said!
"That's great! If nothing else, just the strength of the Italian Army. Although they are currently expanding their army crazily, with the strength of the 20th Army, as long as we have the support of the navy and air force, we are enough to defeat them!" Lieutenant General Wang Qiuyan He also said it proudly!
General Wu Zhiyuan and Lieutenant General Jiang Shaozhong both laughed! The airport was blown up, Italy can fix it. If we want to solve the problem once and for all, we have to kill Italy! And this obviously depends on the army! Neither the navy nor the air force can bring battleships ashore or defeat Italy with air strikes alone!
That night, the Chinese Air Force, Chinese Naval Aviation and Carrier-based Air Force began to prepare! All airports are brightly lit, and ground crews are overhauling fighter jets overnight. According to the drawn up plan, three wings of the Chinese Air Force's 4th Air Force and Naval Air Force, as well as four wings of the carrier-based aircraft force, will take off before dawn. , strike against airports in Italy! Try to clear all large and medium-sized airports in Italy within one day! Then spend another day solving small airports in Italy and consolidating the results! After that, the 20th Army of the Army will launch a landing operation in Italy!
At 5 a.m. on January 5, an H10 ¡®Kunpeng¡¯ long-range fighter jet from the 4th Air Force of the Chinese Air Force took off, kicking off this counterattack! Within the next half hour, more than 200 fighter jets and more than 150 bombers of the 4th Air Force will take off! There are also two groups of naval aviation fighters, a group of dive bombers and a group of torpedo attack aircraft! Torpedo attack aircraft will also carry aerial bombs and perform horizontal bombing missions!
The four aircraft carrier battle groups of the Navy¡¯s Third Fleet have also been deployed to relevant sea areas. Starting at 5 a.m., the carrier-based aircraft on the four aircraft carriers took off one after another and flew towards the assigned targets!