As early as a year before everyone in the team entered this world, the Allied forces had already launched a war plan against Italy.
At that time, the Allies had two options. One was to attack Sardinia from Tunisia to the north, and then drive directly from Sardinia to the Italian mainland. The other was to attack Sicily eastward and land in Italy through Sicily.
It is difficult to say which of the two combat strategies is better. However, the upper echelons of the Allied forces at that time still chose the route of attacking Italy from Sicily.
In order to make the Allied landings smoother, in May 1943, the Allied forces threw a body with confidential documents into the Mediterranean Sea and let it float along the waves to the coast of Spain.
As a neutral country, Spain did not want to be involved, so it returned the body to the Allies along with the documents.
This false information about the Allied forces preparing to launch a large-scale attack on Sardinia returned to the hands of the Allied forces intact.
Until the moment before the Allied forces landed in Sicily, the intelligence coming from Italy was still that the Germans were increasing their troops in Sicily.
However, the Allies firmly believed that the content of this intelligence had been discovered by the other party, and they attacked Sicily as planned.
In fact, the Allies made the right bet, and the Germans were completely deceived by this false information. In fact, when the Allies landed in the early morning, only a very small number of defenders were stationed in Sicily, and the Allies established it without much effort. landing field.
On July 10, 1943, the Allied landing in Sicily contributed to the collapse of Mussolini's government. At the same time, Pietro Badoglio emerged from Italy and overthrew Mussolini's government. Later, he served as Prime Minister of the new government, dissolved the Fascist Party, signed an armistice agreement with the British and American Allied Forces, and then officially declared war on Germany.
At this time, Mussolini had been imprisoned by Badoglio. Italy's actions obviously made Germany, its ally, very angry. The Germans had to send more troops to garrison the southern gate.
On September 12, 1943, Adolf sent an airborne commando to rescue Mussolini. The rescue operation was codenamed "Oak" and was the most daring rescue operation in the history of the German army.
This operation not only successfully rescued Mussolini, but no one in the German army was injured, setting a precedent for special operations.
Adolf then helped Mussolini establish a new fascist regime, and continued to confront the Allies with the Gustav Line as the boundary.
However, at this time, the Germans could only take a defensive stance, and it was already extremely difficult to counterattack.
In January 1944, the U.S. military attempted to land at Anzio and outflank the Gustav Line from the rear, but the Germans turned it into a large slaughterhouse.
From October 1943 to the spring of 1944, the Allies had been trying to break through the Gustav Line, but naturally they all ended in failure.
Just two days before everyone in the team entered this game, the Allies finally advanced into the Gustav Line and liberated Rome.
Just two days after the liberation of Rome, the Allied forces decisively completed the Normandy landings, opening up the second battlefield in Europe.
But bad weather once again stopped the Allied forces, and now the two sides faced off at the Goethe Line north of Florence.
To the north is the fascist regime headed by Mussolini, and to the south is the Badoglio regime controlled by the Allies.
The team landed in Rome this time, and they wanted to go north from here and find a way to enter Germany.
Listening to Mark's background story all the way on the plane, the team didn't feel bored at all.
In fact, who would know such details if they didn't understand it carefully?
At this time, everyone in the team finally understood why Mussolini was specifically mentioned in the newspaper at that time. It turned out that this was a mission clue deliberately left for the team.
"The distance from Rome to Munich is more than 700 kilometers. We have to find a way ourselves." Mark shouted, but his voice was instantly drowned out by the roar of the transport plane engine.
"Where is the Allied front now?" Qi Zhen asked, pointing to the map.
Mark's finger crossed the map: "Pisa, Florence, San Marino, but the Allied forces can guarantee our safety only as far as Perugia. There will be cars to take us to Perugia, and the rest of the way depends on us." By myself."
"Are they with us?!" Qi Zhen gestured around with her eyes.
Not far from the team, a group of Allied soldiers in straight military uniforms were sitting on the seats of the plane.
"It's all the way. They are communications troops. Their mission this time is to set up radio stations on the front lines of the battle." Mark patted the military green box next to him, which was the military supplies on the plane. "Here are military antennas and other equipment. .”
"Do we have the duty to protect them?" Qi Zhen asked again.
"No, we can leave at any time. After arriving in Rome, we can go our separate ways." Mark replied.
Qi Zhen nodded.
"Can the Allies find a way to give us a German identity?" Lin Biao asked.
"It's a bit difficult. I'll ask when I get to Rome." After experiencing the battle in Caen City, Mark instantly understood what Lin Biao meant and said.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the plane landed slowly in Rome, and everyone finally arrived in Italy.
Speaking of which, the natural environment and landscape here are actually similar to those in Greece where the team has been, and the climate is also very similar, which always gives people an unexpected feeling of intertwining time and space.
There is abundant rain in Rome, but the temperature is much higher than that in London. As soon as we got off the plane, a heat wave hit us. After all, it was the hottest weather in Rome at this time, even though the team had experienced it in several big furnaces in the country. Yes, I still couldn’t help grinning.
When everyone got off the plane, they did not receive a warm welcome from the Allied forces. Only a few military vehicles that were obviously transporting supplies stopped on the tarmac and began to unload.
The allied troops, whom Mark called the communication troops, did not greet the team, and it seemed that they did not receive the order to perform the mission together with the team.
Mark told everyone to stay where they were and rest, while he hurried to solve the suggestions made by Lin Biao on the plane.
After a while, Mark came back and brought back some good news.
"The Allied Forces can handle the identity, but they can't help but check it, and it's easy to expose the secret."
"Where should we go now?" Liang Sicheng asked.
"The Allies can send vehicles directly. We can march to Perugia now. Of course, we can also wait here overnight. Those communications troops will set off early tomorrow morning, and we can go with them." Mark said.
"It's better to land by air. It's 700 kilometers, my God, and it takes a whole day to drive." Zhang Qi said.
"You are talking about the cars of our era. A car of this era would probably have to run for two to three days." Qi Zhen said, "This still requires ensuring that the road is smooth and the speed is high."
"No, airborne landing is too dangerous. It is equivalent to blatantly carrying out activities on top of the Germans' heads. If the plane is raised higher, we may be able to escape. We will definitely become a target." Mark waved his hand.
"That's what I said." Seeing that the two people were targeting him, Zhang Qi quickly explained.
"Cai Fan, would you like to make an idea?" Wang Jianguo said.
"I think following those communications soldiers might be a trap." Lin Biao suddenly said.
"I have the same idea as you." Qi Zhen nodded, "They carry so much equipment, so they won't be able to move very fast, and they must not only ensure the safety of these supplies, but also their own personal safety along the way. I don’t think it’s going to be smooth sailing for them.”
"You mean, these supplies might be attacked by the Germans?" Zhang Chi asked.
"It's not possible, it's certain, otherwise there would be no need for them to appear on the same plane as us." Qi Zhen replied.
"So what do you mean, we're going to Perugia now?" Liang Sicheng asked.
"No, on the contrary, we have to follow them." Qi Zhen said with a smile.
Except for Lin Biao, everyone else looked confused.
"Think about it, once we pass through the defense line in northern Florence, even if we enter enemy-occupied territory, we will not be able to walk hundreds of kilometers on two legs," Qi Zhen said.
"Mark, please help us prepare a new identity. We still have to use this method to sneak into enemy lines this time, and we will find a solution when we encounter problems." Qi Zhen said, "Since the system has put down its pockets and deliberately let us go inside Drill, then I would like to see how much appetite the Germans have and whether they can eat us."
"Do you want to buy a car from the Germans?" Zhang Chi asked.
Qi Zhen nodded.
Everyone in the team had this opinion, and a military vehicle quickly pulled them to a resting place. Coincidentally, the place where they rested and the communication soldiers were actually next to each other. It seemed that the system was determined to bind them together.
After a tiring journey all the way, it was one of the few days when we could still sleep soundly. The team simply did not go wandering around the city of Rome and just rested in a resting place to catch up on their sleep.
There was no talking all night, and everyone had breakfast the next morning. Under Mark's greeting, they boarded the military vehicle. A huge motorcade slowly started and drove towards Perugia.
There is no absolutely safe place during war, not to mention that the team is not doing a secret operation this time, but is escorting supplies in an open and honest manner. Not to mention anything else, the configuration of the four supply transport vehicles in a row makes the whole team The line of military vehicles became extremely eye-catching.
A team of communications soldiers, four vehicles of communications supplies, plus Qi Zhen and the others, a total of six military trucks roared on the road.
The distance from Rome to Perugia is 150 kilometers, and it takes Moyo two and a half hours to walk. Before departure, Mark relayed the words of the colonel in Rome who was responsible for docking. The colonel patted his chest and said that the road was very safe and there would be no accidents. .
It would have been better not to say this. Once he said it, everyone in the team felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
The flag flew up, something was going to happen!
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