Battle of the Third Reich

Now there is such an Italian "anti-fascist warrior" in front of Captain Conrad, who is now squatting happily on the side of the road to check the debris thrown away by the Italian soldiers when they fled.

"Fabrizo! Mr. Emilio Fabrizo! Please come to me!" Conrad cried out with his hands close to his mouth. The other looked up at the armored captain, and Conrad beckoned at the Italian.

"Okay, Mr. Captain." Fabrizo hurriedly stuffed some items into his carrying bag before throwing the Italian Air Force rucksack into the grass beside the road.

"Are you ready to go? Mr. Captain." The Italian carried his carcano m38 carbine that he picked up and trot all the way to the armored captain.

"It seems that your harvest is good, Mr. Fabrizo." Conrad smiled and glanced at the Italian's swollen shoulder bag.

"Mr. Captain, life is not good now. You see I have six children to support. The youngest daughter is only three months old." The Italian smiled face-to-face against the German.

"You can ask around Kramal, who doesn't know the most credit-worthy Fabrizo, I tell you that there is an air force airport here, you didn't believe it at first, now you look again." The Italian is proud Pointing at the rammed runway that was full of German tanks.

"I have reported your help to the National Defense Force to the superiors, and we will send you some bonuses accordingly."

"I helped you not for your money, but to overthrow the fascist rule of Mussolini." The Italians said righteously.

Immediately, he looked to the left and right, and leaned in front of Conrad and asked in a low voice: "Speaking of it, how much will you give me this time?"

"It is estimated that there is always a hundred marks, converted to about * hundred lira." Conrad replied seriously.

"There are so many?" The Italian widened his eyes.

"Okay, I said that money is not the key. Next, where are we going? I know there is a barracks to the south." Fabrizo became energetic.

"There is another barracks? Come and show me!" Conrad took the map from the master chief and laid it on the front cover of a barrel truck beside him.

"We should be in this position now. Can you point out where the barracks are?" the armored captain asked.

"Well, probably here, there is a small forest nearby. You haven't painted it. I said that I can understand the map, don't look at what I am like now, I also went to Spain to fight."

"Italian Army?"

"Which side do you think it will be? I am not a socialist, and I have seen those international columns on the battlefield. These poor guys have a terrible ending." Fabrizo took a cigarette from Conrad , Sniffed it under the nose first, and then lit up the cigarette lighter on the lighter passed by the German captain.

"Let's go to this barracks now? There are at least three hundred people living there, and there is a large warehouse." The Germans were unexpectedly generous, and Fabrizo is now eager to perform again.

"No, no, we report the approximate location of the barracks to our superiors and give them to other forces to deal with. Our current goal is San Martino Ben Arlberg, can you point us to a quick way?" Conra De asked the map.

"That's going to cross the Adige River. I know there is a very close road. It's not marked on your map. Here is a newly built road. It was just completed in June this year."

"Is it here? Thank you very much, Mr. Fabrizo. You still take the Sergeant Leman's car and show us the way ahead. Are you ready to go? Well, three rows in the beginning, four rows and the company In the middle, two rows and one row of tails, set off immediately!" Conrad handed the map back to the sergeant, and turned around to give orders to the surrounding platoon leaders.

Just as the first company re-started and started outswinging east of Rottweiler, the four companies of the one-third battalion of the 33rd Armored Regiment were rushing out of a guard in the city of Verona on the west side of the German front The troops fought a fierce **** battle, which is the official record in the history of war. In fact, the soldiers who participated in this battle all agreed that this was not a battle at all, but a pure unilateral crush. In some ways, it could even be called a massacre.

"Go forward! Brave Italians! Go forward! My children! Don't be afraid, don't hesitate! Go forward, go forward! Follow me! Let the German look at the spirit of Italian men! Stand up, soldiers! Drive these despicable Germans into hell!"

Colonel Orlando de Bernafini carried his ancestral command knife in the middle of the slash line. The old man encouraged his soldiers with passionate words and led the twenty-fifth Bergamo The soldiers of a battalion of the infantry regiment arranged a long line of scattered troops and launched the first impact on the German troops in the distance.

Stationed in Verona is the 25th Bergamo Infantry Regiment of the 15th Bergamo Infantry Division of Italy. Colonel Bernafini is the commander of this regiment.

When Germany declared war on Italy, the Bergamo Infantry Division was moving towards the northeast border. They were originally scheduled to go to Albania to participate in the battle against Greece.

At that time, the shortage of the 15th Infantry Division in Italy was also very serious, but finally the artillery personnel needed before the departure were gathered, so the Division took the 26th Infantry Regiment, 89 Artillery Regiment and the 15th The motorized battalion departed ahead of time. From the intelligence point of view, it should have reached the eastern border of Italy.

The 25th Infantry Regiment stayed at the station and took a step late, waiting for some of the soldiers who were too late to return. Together with the 25th Infantry Regiment, there were two field hospitals assigned to the Bergamo Division and engineers and signal troops.

Colonel Bernafini would not admit that he was taken aback when he learned that the Germans had broken through the Alps and that the vanguard was approaching Verona. After repeatedly confirming the authenticity of the situation, he quickly reported this terrible news to Rome, and at the same time asked the General Staff for reinforcements.

In order to confirm the information before, he wasted a precious half hour in vain. When the colonel discovered this problem, no matter how regretful it was, it didn't help, and he didn't have much time to arrange the peripheral defense.

The twenty-fifth infantry regiment was short of more than one third at this time. There were only 1,600 infantry in full combat. The first battalion with 720 officers and soldiers was the only infantry with a normal combat capability in Bernafini’s hands. Units, the remaining two battalions not only have serious shortages, but even the basic equipment is not fully equipped.

The division artillery and the heavy machine gun battalion set off with the division headquarters. The original 25th Regiment played the role of a containment team, and they never thought they would fight in the local area. The Infantry Regiment is currently only equipped with 20 heavy machine guns, 66 light machine guns, and four 61 mm mortars, as well as 33 45 mm mortars that are assigned to each platoon Here, these are the only "heavy firepower" of the 25th regiment.

Colonel De Bernafini arranged for the deputy commander to lead the staff to organize the defense in the urban area. He left all heavy machine guns and medium mortars in the urban area, and then carried only a battalion of soldiers. Light weapons attacked outside the city.

The colonel’s plan was to take advantage of the German striker’s unsteady footing and launch a sudden attack from the front to disrupt the German deployment. Perhaps a battalion soldier could be sacrificed to gain some time for the defense in the city. Following these attacking soldiers, some people may survive if they are lucky. As for the colonel himself, he has already put his life and death away. It seemed to the 67-year-old soldier that God gave him the opportunity. The eldest son of Baron de Bernafini was destined to sacrifice his blood for the country.

The fall of Verona is only a matter of time. Even if his plan succeeds, it can only delay some time. Unless the reinforcements can arrive as soon as possible, Verona cannot escape the robbery, but the colonel is well aware that in the twenty-fifth regiment Before the annihilation, there can be no reinforcements coming.

"Go ahead! Let's get rid of those Germans! Children, you are all good! Your parents will be proud of you!" The colonel loudly inspired the young soldiers around him, taking these 720 soldiers to **** go ahead.

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Thank you. (To be continued.)

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