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Volume 1: On the Songhua River Chapter 3191: Conditional Surrender

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    In Reno, north of Carson City, the East Command headquarters welcomed a surrender negotiation delegation from the Italian Army. The leader was Major General Serna, Chief of Staff of the Sixth Army, and the deputy leader was Weiss, Chief of Staff of the Fifth Army.  Major General Ter, and more than ten general-level officers.

    Seeing several cars with white flags driving over from a distance, Yang Ketian, chief of staff of the East Point, smiled and said to Liu Tiehan: "Deputy Commander, I didn't expect the Italians to surrender so quickly. You used hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to replace them."  Hundreds of thousands of prisoners came, and even the infantry was not used. This is a really good deal! "

    "It's still the division commander's clever idea!" Liu Tiehan said with emotion: "Before the troops entered North America, the division commander had a talk with my commander and emphasized the difference between fighting the Italian army and fighting the Japanese army. Fighting the Japanese army means complete annihilation.  , without giving a chance to breathe, the Italian army is attacked when the strategic situation is favorable, especially when an encirclement is formed, the Italians will easily choose to surrender and will never resist to the end!"

    "The division commander said that this is determined by national characteristics" Liu Tiehan suddenly stopped talking because he saw several soldiers in straight military uniforms, shiny riding boots, and shining stars, as if they were surrendering at a banquet.  The Italian officer came over with his cane under his arm and looked like a gentleman. He "Plop!" was amused and muttered, "Weird!"

    The surrender negotiations did not go smoothly at the beginning. It was not that the Italians were unwilling to surrender and surrendered with reluctance, but the conditions put forward made Liu Tiehan and Yang Ketian stunned, and they even jumped up and cursed.  impulse.

    Major General Serna, chief representative of the Italian army's surrender negotiations and chief of staff of the Sixth Army, said: "We, the officers and soldiers of the Fifth and Sixth Army of the Royal Italian Army, decided to surrender honorably in order to avoid causing unnecessary casualties to soldiers on both sides.  Weapons, end this war!¡±

    "The conditions for our surrender are that all Italian officers and soldiers enjoy the treatment of prisoners of war stipulated in international conventions. Senior officers above the level of major general must have independent housing and dedicated cooks and orderlies in prisoner-of-war camps, as well as daily living conditions  To meet the standards of a senior officer of the same rank in your army, or even higher!¡±

    "In addition, the location of prisoner-of-war camps must not be located in areas with harsh natural conditions, preferably in places with geographical and climatic conditions similar to those along the Mediterranean coast. All officers above the rank of major should retain pistols for self-defense, as well as independent  .

    This Italian Army Major General talked eloquently about how he came to surrender, just like a wealthy tourist who came to travel with a critical heart. Liu Tiehan was so angry that he couldn't laugh or cry while listening to the translator. Yang Ketian was beside him.  His eyes were straightened, and he kept shouting in his heart - "Weird!"

    "That's enough!" Liu Tiehan shouted, stood up suddenly, and interrupted Major General Senal's words rudely.  He felt that if he continued to listen to it, he might go insane and suffer internal injuries.  We have been fighting for so many years, fighting against the Soviets and the British.  I have been fighting with the Japs for many years, and I have also experienced scenes of enemy surrender.  But I have never experienced such a scene.

    "You are here to surrender. You are treating me like a bartender in a tavern!" Liu Tiehan stood up and walked over to the Italian major general, and said fiercely: "You Italians must understand that your identity is a prisoner of war. You are not a prisoner of war."  No matter how much you negotiate terms, prisoners of war should have the consciousness of prisoners of war. I can only tell you that your treatment is much better than that of the Japanese!¡±

    "Do you want to know the treatment we give to Japanese prisoners of war?" At this point, Liu Tiehan's eyes flashed coldly, he made a gesture of wiping his neck, and then said: "Because we never keep Japanese prisoners of war, the reason is very simple, it is a waste of food.  It¡¯s not a waste to raise two-legged beasts, so you should be grateful that you are Italians. Chief of Staff, you are responsible for telling them the rules and how to surrender to the squadron!¡±

    Looking at the back of Liu Tiehan who walked away angrily, Major General Senard, the chief negotiator for the Italian surrender, immediately turned pale, with big beads of sweat on his forehead. He couldn't understand what had offended the Chinese general.  , What he said were normal requirements. He couldn't understand it. He could only attribute it to the fact that the Chinese were rude and ungentlemanly. The officers who came with him also looked at each other and felt uneasy.

    With the unconditional surrender of the Italian 5th and 6th armies surrounded on the line from San Francisco to Carson City, and the successive elimination of the remaining Japanese troops in the western United States, the purpose of the campaign for the East Point troops to enter the North American continent lasted for three years.  Within a few months, it was all accomplished.

    The East Point troops crossed the Bering Strait, landed in Alaska, and attacked the U.S-Mexico border area. They attacked nearly 10,000 kilometers in length and breadth, wiping out all the more than 80,000 troops of the Japanese North American Combat Command remaining on the west coast of the United States, and annihilating Italy and Asia.  The entire Third Army of the Expeditionary Force and more than 110,000 troops from the Fifth and Sixth Army were forced to land.?The main force of the Italian army was completely wiped out on the North American continent.

    The price paid by the East Point troops was extremely light. This was also the battlefield where Liu Tiehan fought the easiest and had the smallest casualties since he led the troops in the battle, because the opponent he faced was the Italian army, a hard-core pig.  Teammate, a double weirdo who is famous in both history and reality.

    In late April, after finishing the work on hundreds of thousands of Italian prisoners of war, Liu Tiehan led the East Point Command and stationed in downtown San Francisco. Of course, these Italian prisoners of war could not have independent residences and a prisoner of war camp like a leisure resort.  He was taken to Siberia to work as a laborer because his master had not yet given instructions.

    Liu Tiehan was very annoyed by these Italian young soldiers and prisoners of war. Suddenly, there were hundreds of thousands more mouths to eat and do nothing. The food supply immediately became tense. Fortunately, the maritime logistics supply line from Pearl Harbor to the West Coast of the United States was established in advance.  They got up and unloaded a steady stream of food and supplies at ports such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, so that the troops did not suffer from food shortages.

    Liu Tiehan also considered that once the food supply was really unavailable, he would definitely ask the soldiers of his own army first. As long as hundreds of thousands of Italian prisoners of war starved to death, he would rather let his soldiers tighten their belts.  He had never thought about feeding the prisoners of war.

    At the same time, the southward column composed of four mechanized infantry brigades, two tank brigades, eight self-propelled artillery regiments and eight rocket launcher battalions in the East Point quickly continued to advance southward under the command of Major General Zhao Yi, commander of the 1st Brigade.  Crossing the US-Mexico border, along the west coast of Mexico, entering the narrow Central American region, and attacking in the direction of San Jose.

    The headquarters of the Italian Asian Expeditionary Force is located in San Jose, with more than 10,000 troops, and San Jose is very close to Panama, the waist of the wasp in Central America. This is the reason why Tang Qiuli had a close relationship with the German head of state Hitler before launching the North American campaign.  It was negotiated in advance, so the East Point troops continued to move southward into Central America without any obstacles or obstructions.

    The East Point Command was stationed in San Francisco. After handling some complicated matters, Liu Tiehan, who had a little leisure time, immediately sent a telegram to the division commander Tang Qiuli, "Division Commander, the war in the North American battlefield has ended today, and the main force of the Italian army has been completely lost.  The Japanese army in North America no longer exists. The German army adopts a wait-and-see attitude and has no intention of intervening. At present, the situation in the area west of the Deillera Mountains in the western United States is determined! "

    "Therefore, I think it is no longer necessary to retain such a large force on the North American continent. Should the division commander consider leaving five brigades of troops in the area west of the Dellera Mountains in the western United States to maintain the presence of the Chinese Army?  Will the remaining troops of the East Command be transferred to the battlefield to attack the Japanese mainland and participate in this battle? Is the above suggestion appropriate? Please give your approval as soon as possible!"

    Although he commanded more than 400,000 troops in the Eastern Command, annihilated the Japanese-occupied areas of the western United States, wiped out more than 80,000 Japanese troops, and made an emergency landing of more than 100,000 Italian troops, which could be said to have swept through thousands of troops, Liu Tiehan did not have the satisfaction of winning the battle.  The overwhelming feeling was that his opponent was too weak, leaving him no room to perform.

    Liu Tiehan really wanted to participate in the battle to attack the Japanese mainland. When he formed the East Point Force, it was for the purpose of recovering the Northeastern territory and attacking the Japanese mainland. He knew very well that after this battle, the independent division troops would have no big battles to fight.  This is the last battle that I can catch up with in my more than ten years of battlefield career. It is still a battle against the little devil's lair. Thinking about it, I can't help but feel excited.

    After the telegram to the division commander was sent, Liu Tiehan began to wait anxiously for the division commander's reply. At the same time, he also made preliminary preparations for most of the East Point troops on the North American continent to return to the country.  .  .  .  .  .

    The Asian Expeditionary Force was completely wiped out. The army of more than 200,000 people, more than 90,000 people were killed in battle, and more than 100,000 people surrendered. This bad news was spread back to Italy, causing shouts of fighting and warlike sentiments.  The Italian high-level officials and the domestic people who were in a rage gave a blow to the head, which made stars shine in their eyes and made them unable to breathe for a long time. It also made the Italian people's heads boil, and the temperature dropped from the boiling point to the freezing point.

    The major radio stations and newspapers in Italy can no longer see or hear many bellicose remarks and clamor to defeat the Chinese. Italians seem to understand one thing overnight, the poverty in their own eyes.  Not everyone can be bullied by the backward, ancient Eastern countries that have been weak for centuries, at least not Italy.

    The mood of the Italian people has turned from fanaticism to frustration, and it is difficult to accept the fact that the Asian Expeditionary Force was annihilated. The accusations and doubts about the Nazi Party and Prime Minister Mussolini continue to ferment.

    The leader of the Italian Nazi Party, Prime Minister Mussolini, locked himself in the Prime Minister's Office and stayed behind closed doors. According to his previous practice, whenever he encountered similar incidents, he would frequently appear in front of the public to encourage such things as  He used his glib tongue to confuse people's hearts, but now he has chosen to escape. It seems that the proud and arrogant Prime Minister, who does not know the heights of the sky, has been hit even more seriously.(To be continued) (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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