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    After capturing Naples, the 20th Group Army of the Chinese Army began a large-scale landing.  In addition to the 20th Armored Brigade, which landed first, there are also the 124th Mechanized Infantry Division, the 125th Motorized Infantry Division, the 126th Motorized Infantry Division, and the following three infantry divisions and a few directly under the group army, totaling more than 20  With tens of thousands of people, it is expected to take about two days to get them all ashore!  Before that, the Chinese Navy's 33rd Task Force, the Navy's 32nd Task Force, and the Army Aviation will provide them with full cover!

    General Wang Qiuyan, commander of the 20th Group Army of the Chinese Army, and Lieutenant General Shi Deyou, chief of staff, also came ashore immediately!  After the troops land in Italy, they will be commanding the main battle!  As for the navy, air force and army aviation, they mainly only provide support for them!

    The Chinese army landed in Naples, southern Italy, which caused an uproar among the members of the Holy Alliance!  This is the first time that the Chinese army has landed on the European continent during this world war. This also means that the Chinese army's iron hooves have set foot on the European continent!  If the Holy Alliance cannot defeat China, then the European continent will sink under the iron heel of the Chinese army!

    To this end, Kaiser Wilhelm II even held an emergency meeting to discuss the next step of deployment!  The loss of air supremacy in the Mediterranean, coupled with the landing of the Chinese Army in Italy, wiped out the advantage Germany had gained through sneak attacks at the beginning of the war!

    "Marshal Falkenhayn, with the strength of the Italian Army, can they withstand the Chinese attack?" William II asked with some uncertainty!  According to the intelligence obtained by Germany, the Chinese troops landing in Italy only had one army group, which was only more than 200,000 people!  And within a short period of time.  There won¡¯t be many troops landing in Italy either!  The Italian Army has 1.3 million people, and this number is still increasing by 300,000 every month.  Although the equipment of the Italian Army is not as good as that of the German Army, it has been greatly improved compared to the last world war!  therefore.  William II believed that if the Italian Army could perform well, a miracle might happen!

    "Your Majesty! I am not optimistic about the Italian Army! After deduction, the General Staff concluded that if the Imperial Army does not enter Italy to help them, the Italian Army can last for up to a month!" Marshal Falkenhayn said!

    "A month? How can millions of Italian Army soldiers only be able to hold on for so long under the attack of more than 200,000 Chinese?" Crown Prince William exclaimed!  To know.  The current Italian Army has undergone rigorous training by German instructors. Compared with the last world war, it has undergone radical changes!  Although it cannot be compared with the great German Army, Crown Prince William believes that the combat power of these Italian Army can at least be compared with those of the short Chinese!

    "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! The Chinese have absolute sea and air superiority in the Mediterranean region! The Italian sky has been completely shrouded by Chinese fighter planes! Moreover, the terrain of Italy is unique, and many important coastal areas are surrounded by large-caliber Chinese naval ships.  Within the range of the artillery! Although the Chinese Army has not invested many troops in Italy, they are well-equipped. It is indeed very difficult for the Italian Army to resist the garrison!" Marshal Falkenhayn said!  Although the German Army has not yet fought against the Chinese Army.  However, the intelligence obtained from the German Army General Staff and the performance of the Chinese Army in the last World War have enabled the German Army General Staff to give a rough evaluation!  The German Army General Staff believes.  The quality of individual soldiers of the Chinese Army is only slightly worse than that of the German Army. If the German Army is one hundred, then the Chinese Army is probably ninety!  In terms of weapons and equipment, the German Army lags behind the Chinese Army. Whether it is heavy weapons such as tanks, armored vehicles, or individual soldier equipment, the German Army is catching up with the Chinese Army!  Coupled with the advantages of the Chinese army in the air force, the German Army General Staff believes that the German Army can at best be tied with the Chinese Army!  This is still the case when the numbers of both parties are roughly the same!  What really scares the German Army General Staff is the huge source of troops of the Chinese Army.  Without the help of other members of the Holy Alliance.  It is almost impossible for Germany to win!

    "Your Majesty, we must help Italy and cannot let the Chinese destroy Italy easily! Otherwise, if the Chinese deploy a large number of combat aircraft in northern Italy, they can directly threaten the German mainland! Even the entire Germany will be under the control of the Chinese  Within the strike range of long-range bombers! Before the new fighter jets of the Imperial Air Force can be fielded, it will be difficult for the Imperial Air Force to defend our airspace!" said German Air Force Commander General Schulz!  The Chinese Air Force takes off from islands in the Mediterranean. Due to flight range and other reasons, the Chinese Air Force can only take off long-range bombers and heavy fighter jets to carry out attacks on the German mainland.Attack!  If the Chinese Air Force obtains the airport in northern Italy, the pressure on the German Air Force will at least double!

    "Marshal Falkenhayn, the Army has drawn up a plan to support Italy! If the Italian war situation shows an irreversible decline, then the Imperial Army will send troops to northern Italy to control northern Italy! To defend the Empire!" William II said!  The tall Alps are not enough to block the Chinese fighter planes!  To ensure the security of Germany itself, we can only build another line of defense in northern Italy to block the Chinese in southern Italy!  Northern Italy has rugged terrain and inconvenient transportation. The Chinese Army's mechanized equipment cannot be deployed. The German Army only needs to invest a small number of mountain troops to guard the transportation arteries in northern Italy.

    Marshal Falkenhayn nodded. Germany's approach is obviously giving up on Italy!  However, there is no way to help it. Compared with other countries in the Holy Alliance, Italy is already within the attack range of China!  Italy, surrounded by sea on three sides, is completely unable to defend itself against the powerful Chinese army!  After research, the German General Staff made a plan to mobilize the Italians as much as possible to hold back the strength of the Chinese!  Let the Chinese fall into the quagmire of war in Italy!

    As for the German Navy, they are of little help to the Italian battlefield!  Now the German naval aviation and carrier-based aircraft forces are competing with the Chinese Air Force and naval aviation for air supremacy over the British Isles and the English Channel!  However, with the arrival of the main forces of the Chinese Air Force and Naval Aviation, the pressure on the German Naval Aviation is also increasing!  Not to mention capturing the island of Ireland, even defending Britain has become a problem!  When the gap in strength is too obvious, it will be very difficult for the German Navy to win!

    After that, William II issued instructions, requiring the German army that invaded the Austro-Hungarian Empire to speed up its progress, capture the Maritime Province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and include the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire under German occupation!  The Chinese Army's landing in Italy will not pose much of a threat to Germany because it is blocked by the Alps!  But if the Chinese Army lands in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then the German Army will have to deploy heavy troops in the Austro-Hungarian Empire!  Once the Chinese army breaks through the German defense line, it may pose a serious threat to the German homeland!

    At noon on January 10, the Italian Army, which set out from Rome, had arrived north of Naples!  Reinforcements from the Italian Army's 2nd Armored Division and ten infantry divisions were transported to the north of Naples via the railway that was not bombed, less than 30 kilometers away from Naples!

    Facing the incoming reinforcements of the Italian Army, General Wang Qiuyan, commander of the 20th Group Army of the Chinese Army, ordered a counterattack!  The main force of the 20th Group Army, the 20th Armored Brigade, the Artillery Brigade directly under the Group Army, the 124th Mechanized Infantry Division, the 125th Motorized Infantry Division and the 126th Motorized Infantry Division, with a total of more than 80,000 troops, on January 10  Attack at 1pm!

    At two o'clock in the afternoon, before the attack of the 20th Group Army of the Chinese Army, two groups of H9C 'Cang Hu' dive bombers taking off from two aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy's 32nd Task Force were flying in the air of a group of F11B 'Vulture' fighter jets.  Under cover, a fierce bombing was carried out against the Italian Army. The 2nd Armored Division of the Italian Army was undoubtedly the key target.  The Italian Army's 2nd Armored Division lost more than fifty tanks and armored vehicles during the precision bombing of the H9C "Cang Hu" dive bombers.  In addition, the infantry deployed along the railway line was also bombed and strafed, suffering heavy losses!

    At 2:30 in the afternoon, a group of H9C ¡®Canghu¡¯ dive bombers from the Chinese Army Aviation Corps also came again, causing heavy losses to the Italian army!  The commander of this Italian army, Italian Army General Enrico Caviglia, was furious.  But facing the Chinese aircraft, they had no means of counterattack!

    At 3 p.m., the 20th Armored Brigade of the 20th Group Army of the Chinese Army, with the cooperation of the 124th Mechanized Infantry Division, launched an attack on the Italian army!  The 5 tank battalions of the 20th Armored Brigade, with a total of 180 Leopard tanks, took the lead and rushed towards the Italian army at high speed.  Behind them are the armored vehicles of the 124th Mechanized Infantry Division.  The other two motorized infantry divisions launched a roundabout attempt to annihilate the more than 100,000 Italian Army troops!

    More than a hundred ¡®Leopard¡¯ tanks formed a torrent of steel, exuding an indomitable momentum!  This is also the first time that the 'Leopard' tank equipped by the Chinese Army has been put into actual combat!
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