Li Ningyu, who had been laughing with Chen Fang just now, immediately turned serious and sat upright and said: "Read!".
"Army 31 and 33 of the African Far East Army have advanced to the northern Somali city of Galkayo! Commander-in-Chief Zhang Dahu asked if the troops can start to rest!"
Then Li Ningyu and Chen Fang looked at the map, but Li Ningyu's next sentence was: "Tell Zhang Dahu that he has only advanced 15 kilometers in 3 hours. If there is anything good to rest, tell him where Li Xihua is."
The war has begun. He must control the entire territory of North Somalia tomorrow night, otherwise the whole plan will be ruined. In addition, he must order the 32nd Army to rush to the vicinity of Beira Port in the early morning and cooperate with the special operations brigade to land. That's it.
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"Yes!" After receiving Li Ningyu's instructions, the staff officer immediately left the command room to send a telegram, and then Chen Fang chatted with Li Ningyu again in the command room.
"Master, although I don't know much about military matters, the army advances 50 kilometers in one day. Isn't it a bit too fast? Can the soldiers bear it?"
Hearing Chen Fang's words, Li Ningyu actually didn't know the intensity of advancing 50 kilometers, but he still gritted his teeth and insisted: "I have no choice, because at the latest tomorrow afternoon, navies from various countries will arrive near the waters of Somalia. If
Once there are any changes, we will be attacked by land and sea. I can only hope that Ethiopia and Li Xihua can eat up all the Italian troops as soon as possible!"
After Li Ningyu explained like this, Chen Fang stopped talking for a short time, but the laughter of the two people continued to appear in the command room. That night, the two of them were laughing and serious.
At this time, the Italian army in Egypt did not know that the Far East had declared war on them, and that their rear area, Northern Somalia, would soon become their enemy. Everything was changing as time went by.
But that night, countless people stayed awake all night because of this sudden war. Among them, those far away in the east were Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang, because after receiving such news, they were all stupid, because their first reaction was
Is Li Ningyu crazy? He finally gained some strength, but it didn't take long before he started a war directly on other people's territory.
Ethiopia is mostly composed of hills and plateaus, so there are many commanding heights that can be used. After leading the troops into Ethiopia, the expeditionary force finally found the first group of enemies. They had about one division of troops, about 10,000 people.
However, the commander of the Italian army seems to be a smart guy. He set up the temporary camp of the troops in a low-lying place on all sides with a protruding center, so that even if the enemy comes, they can be discovered early. But they forgot one thing, that
If they were covered by a large number of artillery, they would be in trouble, but they knew that the Egyptian army did not have a large number of artillery.
After several consecutive scouts reported, Li Xihua excitedly began to arrange the task. First, he ordered to concentrate all the mountain artillery of the three legions, and ordered three more field divisions to set up ambushes around the Italian army camp, waiting for the artillery fire before rushing forward.
Clean up this Italian army.
Night shrouded a high slope in the quiet southeastern Ethiopia. The 6th Division of the Italian Army, which was sleeping soundly at this time, did not know that they had been covered by the firepower of 650 101mm mountain artillery from the expeditionary force. Then they
Just after the expedition commander Li Xihua roared, everyone fell asleep in a sea of fire, and the sea of fire and the loud rumbling sound could be seen from several kilometers away.
However, due to the large number of new soldiers joining them, many artillery shells still missed the target, and not all hit the target. Instead, they still scared the Italian soldiers to death. Later, the Italian soldiers who were not killed were killed by three divisions.
8,000 expeditionary force soldiers surrounded them, but they all faced the same result, either death in battle or surrender. However, the quality of these Italian soldiers was really not very good, because after only 3 minutes of artillery coverage, they saw countless collisions
After getting on board with the murderous expeditionary force soldiers armed with rifles, the remaining several thousand Italian soldiers all surrendered, including their supreme commander, the division commander.
Then the Italian division commander was brought to Li Xihua. Li Xihua didn't need to ask any more questions. He told everything. It turned out that they were just a garrison division stationed here. Their commander had already led
With two field divisions, they advanced towards the Oromo region, the heart of Ethiopia.
Later, when Li Xihua saw that he could not ask anything, he immediately sent a telegram to Li Ningyu to ask what to do next. However, after receiving the telegram that Li Xihua had won the first battle, he should have been happy, but he frowned because more than 4,000 Italians
What should be done with the surrendered soldiers?
Originally, Li Ningyu wanted Li Xihua to execute them all on the spot, but after thinking about it, it still didn't make sense. Then he had to ask Li Xihua to leave two regiments to send these surrendered soldiers to the border, and Li Ningyu had to send a troop to receive these soldiers.
Italian soldiers surrendering.
In the early hours of midnight, the African Far East Army's 31, 32, and 33 Homeland Garrison Forces led by Zhang Dahu launched a surprise attack on the port of Beira in northern Somalia. However, amid Italy's stubborn resistance, the African Far East Army's 31, 32, and 33 Homeland Garrison Forces
They retreated at 5 o'clock in the morning, but just when the Italian army was cheering for their first victory, a hugely unfortunate news came. That is, at 8 o'clock in the morning, the governor of North Somalia Huldo and two deputy governors were killed.
He died in his mansion, and chaos ensued in northern Somalia.
At this time, the three homeland garrison armies of the African Far East Army 31, 32, and 33 began to fully penetrate into the northern Somali region belonging to Italy. A large number of soldiers and well-organized Italian troops surrendered. The African Far East Army was very busy for a while.
Almost at the same time, at 5 pm on the second day after the Far East and Italy declared war, Bismarck, the representative of the Far East, announced the situation of the previous day's war.
As an important free trade port in South Somalia, Marka gathered a large number of reporters from various countries that day. Bismarck, who was standing on the podium, arranged his clothes, glanced around, and then looked at the
The speech began to be read out: "Dear guests! Good afternoon, sir, ladies!...".
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