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    On the evening of May 19th, Rome, the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, Royal Palace of Caserta, Giovanni.  Giolitti and Army Deputy Chief of Staff Petro.  General Badoglio jointly met with King Vittorio of Italy.  Emanuele II.  The Chief of Staff of the Italian Army is directing operations in northern Italy. Most of the affairs of the Army are now handled by Deputy Chief of General Staff Petro.  General Badoglio was in charge, and the intelligence department was headed by Petro.  A department under the jurisdiction of General Badoglio!

    Although it has only been a year since Italy joined the war, the continuous defeats have plunged the entire country into a mood of pessimism and disappointment.  Not only was it defeated by the German-Austrian forces on the northern front, Sicily was occupied by the Chinese, and the entire Apennine Peninsula was threatened by the Chinese.  King Vittorio of Italy.  Emanuele II also became much more decadent.

    Vittorio.  Emanuele II was originally the king of the Kingdom of Sardinia, but after the unification of Italy, he was crowned king of all Italy, which also made him ambitious to restore the glory of the Roman era.  At the beginning, Italy and Germany allied and joined the Allied Powers. However, due to the contradiction between Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the temptation of the Allied Powers, Italy eventually turned its back on the Allied Powers and joined the Allied Powers to fight.  However, the situation on the battlefield was very unfavorable to Italy. Not only did Italy suffer successive defeats on the battlefield, but the situation of the entire Allied Powers seemed to be very difficult!  Among the major countries of the Allied Powers, the United States has been wiped out, France is about to be captured by the Germans in Paris, Russia is under siege by the Communist Party and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Britain is alone overseas, but the British navy has been severely damaged and basically  It cannot withstand the attack of the Chinese Navy!  It can be seen that it is inevitable for the Allied Powers to lose this war. When the time comes, Italy, which betrays the Allied Powers, will definitely be severely punished by the Allied Powers.  Thinking of this, Vittorio.  Emanuele II was very anxious.  If it had been known earlier, wouldn't Italy have had these problems if it had honestly fulfilled its alliance and cooperated with the Allies in fighting?  Maybe after the war is over, Italy, as the victorious country, will be able to share part of the war dividends!  But now, everything is over!  If there is a medicine for regret in the world, no matter how much it costs, I am afraid that Vittorio.  Even Emanuele II was willing to exchange it!

    "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, General Badoglio, what happened?" Vittorio.  Emanuele II asked.

    During this period, his will has been relatively depressed, as if he was a prisoner sentenced to death, waiting to be hanged!

    "His Majesty the King, General Petro Badoglio, has important information to report to you!" Giovanni.  Prime Minister Giolitti said!

    "Oh? What's going on? Has the frontline been defeated again?" Vittorio.  Emanuele II worked hard to cheer up and asked!

    "Your Majesty the King, the current war situation is relatively stable. Because the main forces of the Allied Powers are placed on the French battlefield and the Russian battlefield, there is currently no problem with our defense. However, our intelligence personnel have obtained reliable information from Germany  , the Chinese will launch an attack on us! The Chinese have already transferred the troops deployed in North America to Europe, and the target of the attack is likely to be us! Now our armies are concentrated in the north and south, and the defenses in other areas seem a bit empty.  Yes!" Petro.  Admiral Badoglio said.

    "What? Is this true? Are the Chinese really going to attack us?" Vittorio.  Emanuele II asked in a panic.

    "Your Majesty the King, the information should be true. Because this information was deliberately disclosed to us by the Germans! Just like the information they disclosed to the Spanish before!" Petro.  Admiral Badoglio said.  Now the reasons for the outbreak of the war between Spain and China are basically known to European countries.  Everyone also guessed the Germans' intentions.

    "Damn it, do the Germans plan to let us stop the Chinese and contain the Chinese military power for them?" Vittorio.  Emanuele II couldn't help but curse!

    "Your Majesty, if the Chinese really plan to attack us, I'm afraid we have no other way but to do our best to resist the Chinese attack! Otherwise, the United States will end up with us today!" Petro.  Admiral Badoglio said.  Obviously, he is not optimistic about the Italian Army and does not think that the Italian Army has the strength to withstand the attack of the Chinese army!

    "So, what should we do now? Should we bring back troops from the north and south?" Vittorio.  Emanuele II asked hesitantly.  The millions of troops in the north can barely withstand the attack of the German-Austrian Allied Forces. If the troops are mobilized, there will probably be a chain reaction that may result in the loss of the north!

    ¡°Your Majesty, I think this is most likely a German conspiracy.?.  If the Germans leaked this news to us on purpose, let us draw troops from the north so they can attack us!  In this case, we are likely to lose the entire north!  " said Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti. His instinct told him that the Germans were not good-hearted this time.

    "Your Majesty, it is indeed possible! However, the Germans have stated that they will immediately withdraw their troops from the north, and the Austro-Hungarian Army will do the same! They probably want to withdraw from the Italian battlefield and let us fight to the death with the Chinese!"  Petro.  Admiral Badoglio said.

    Vittorio.  Emanuele II thought for a few minutes, and then said: "Let's do this! Our troops in the northern battlefield will not retreat until the German and Austrian allied forces really withdraw from Italy, and then return to support! However, the troops in the south  Half a million people can be mobilized to strengthen some of the troops in other areas. In addition, the army across the country is ordered to enter a state of emergency combat readiness to prevent being attacked by the Chinese!" The Italian navy suffered a complete defeat in the battle of the Ionian Sea, which made the Italian navy completely defeated.  Italy's defenses with its long coastline are full of loopholes and are easily attacked by the Chinese army!

    "Yes, Your Majesty!" Petro.  Admiral Badoglio nodded, this seemed to be the safest way!  However, it is a long way from northern Italy to the vicinity of Rome. Once Rome is attacked by the Chinese, it may be difficult to mobilize the troops back in time.  There are only 200,000 people around Rome. It is almost impossible to resist the Chinese who are armed to the teeth!

    At 5 o'clock in the morning on May 20, when the sky was still gray, densely packed ships already appeared on the sea twenty kilometers west of Rome.  The Army's 7th Army and 8th Army, escorted by the main force of the Chinese Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet, have arrived off the coast of Rome!  According to the previously formulated combat plan, in half an hour, eight battleships of the Indian Ocean Fleet will launch artillery bombardment on the western coast of Rome to cover the landing of the troops!  Thus launching a raid on Rome!

    In this battle, time is very important. We must surround this place before the Italian king and government officials escape from Rome, and then arrest these Italian high-level officials, and then force Italy to surrender to China, thus quickly ending this war.  .  To this end, troops from the 81st Marine Regiment will be responsible for seizing coastal port facilities in order to speed up the disembarkation of troops as much as possible.  Moreover, the cavalry troops and armored troops will be the first to disembark. They will use their speed advantage to raid Rome, which is about 25 kilometers away from the sea!

    Last night, Italian Army Deputy Chief of Staff Petro.  General Badoglio had already ordered the troops around Rome to enter a state of combat readiness.  However, it is almost impossible for the Italian Army, which is accustomed to being lax and lazy, to become the same as the German Army or the Chinese Army.  In addition, many Italian army generals do not believe that China will attack Italy in such a short period of time, so their defense is almost zero!

    Fiumicino and Lido di Rome are two port cities on the western coast of Rome. They are the most important sea channels around Rome and have complete port facilities!  And these two cities have become the main targets of this attack by the Chinese army!

    At 5:30 in the morning, eight battleships of the Chinese Navy¡¯s Indian Ocean Fleet (the other four were still in Spain) were divided into two groups and launched artillery attacks on the two cities.  The main targets of the bombardment are urban areas, and the port area is no longer included in the scope of the bombardment this time.  Moreover, when the bombardment had just begun, two battalions of the 81st Marine Regiment had already launched landing operations in these two port cities.  They will seize the port before the Italian army destroys it!

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Violent explosions sounded in the two cities of Fiumicino and Lido di Roma. Countless Italians who were still sleeping were awakened. People rushed out in panic and found that the entire city  There was already thick smoke inside.

    "The war has come to us! God! Please save us!" Many Italians immediately fled inland with their families, and many people were directly killed in the fierce shelling of the Chinese navy.

    The 14th Infantry Division of the Italian Army is stationed in Fiumicino and Lido di Rome. The division has more than 12,000 people and is stationed in these two cities, which are less than 6 kilometers apart.  The sudden attack stunned the 14th Infantry Division of the Italian Army. The division commander, Major General Gaspare, quickly ordered the troops to enter the defense line and asked Rome for help!
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