Western Algeria and Morocco are both dominated by Berbers. Therefore, Krim's Moroccan elite troops entered Algeria without the inconvenience of fighting on the outside. What made the French government panic even more was that they did not originally think that Krim would either attack
The French troops who landed in Spanish Morocco would either attack French Morocco in retaliation.
Therefore, when they were short of troops, they transferred most of Algeria's garrison to French Morocco to prepare for Krem's attack. As a result, Krem's army of more than 10,000 troops was invincible in the huge Algeria. In just over a month
Tens of thousands of French troops were wiped out within a week, almost completely overturning France's rule over Algeria.
Inspired by Kerim's series of victories, the national consciousness of the Algerian Berbers quickly awakened. They took the initiative to gather under Kerim's banner, causing the number of troops under his command to rapidly expand to more than 30,000. At this time, Kerim took over
After receiving the report from the guerrillas, he discovered that the French army pursuing him was out of touch because he was marching too hastily. He immediately returned to the division decisively and launched an unexpected attack on a division of the French army that was charging too hard.
Unexpected attacks, and after annihilating most of the enemy, they used the strategy of "encirclement and reinforcements" to expand the results. A total of more than 30,000 enemies were annihilated, but the losses of the rebel army were only more than 5,000. Kerry, who had lost his freedom for nearly 20 years,
Within a few months of Mu's reappearance, the whole of Europe was once again shocked. For a while, major mainstream media published articles exclaiming that "the 'Anual Tragedy' is happening again!" But this was just the beginning.
A series of victories not only made Kerim's prestige among his own people unprecedentedly high, but also shared the same blood with the Berbers (except for Egypt, other North African Arabs were originally Arabized Berbers.), and their culture and language also increased.
Very similar, most North African Arabs also regard it as the hope of getting rid of Western colonial rule. Many tribes
He sent people to get in touch with the rebels and expressed his hope for them to advance eastward. At this time, Krim was also inspired by his consecutive victories. He also knew that with the strength of France's comprehensive national strength, the current uprising could not be fought head-on, so he continued to lead
The soldiers moved eastward into the Arab-inhabited areas of Algeria and quickly grew the army to more than 100,000.
Pétain, the commander-in-chief of the French army who was suppressing the Moroccan rebel army, was not surprised but overjoyed when he learned the news. He thought that now it was time for Kerim to return to the army and fight him decisively, so that the French army could end this hellish and painful march.
, as a result, Krim unexpectedly once again sent his troops eastward into Libya, which was still an Italian colony at that time.
"Is he crazy? Two great powers are not enough, he actually wants to provoke a third great power?" Pétain asked in confusion. But Krim's unexpected advance eastward forced the French army to stop.
pursuit, because the Italian government did not extend an invitation to France like the Spanish did [
Less than a month later, Pétain understood Krim's intentions. During this period, Krim first defeated the Italian garrison in Libya. Then he defeated hundreds of thousands of Italian troops sent from the mainland.
The total number of enemies annihilated was more than 400,000, of which more than 360,000 were captured, while the Krim rebels suffered less than 20,000 casualties. And more than half of them were caused by Italian aircraft, artillery and other technical arms.
The difference in combat effectiveness of the Italian Army was thus completely exposed to the eyes of the world.
In fact, Klim didn't know that Italy, one of the great powers, had such a weak army. This was mentioned in Hu Weidong's letter. When he was chased by the French army and had no choice, he decided to take a risk. Anyway, even if a
France is difficult for his rebels to contend with, so having one more enemy will not make any essential difference.
(That is, as the saying goes, "There are too many lice but it doesn't itch."). You won't know the result until you fight it. Once you fight it, you will be shocked. The combat effectiveness of the Italian army is actually far inferior to that of Spain, and even though the rebels under the command of Kerim
Even if they encounter the Spanish army in a frontal battle, they can defeat one against three, and the result will naturally be a tragedy for the Italians.
Krim's great victory in the anti-Italian struggle in Libya greatly inspired the courage of the Arab and even African people to resist the Western colonizers. Nearby Libyans and even Algerians, Egyptians and North Sudanese came to surrender one after another. When the rebels were basically liberated
After conquering the entire territory of Libya, its total military strength has grown to a shocking 150,000 people, and what is even more frightening is that the
Thanks to the massive captures they made during the previous annihilation of hundreds of thousands of Italian troops, the Krem rebels now have thousands of artillery pieces (including mortars), hundreds of aircraft, and dozens of tanks, and they can control them
Most of them were Italian prisoners of war. In addition, the Communist International also sent hundreds of volunteers to help Krim train technical troops, and even directly participated in the war.
The reason why so many Italian prisoners of war are willing to fight for the rebels is, of course, because of Kerim's unique personality charm, but also because he made full use of the power of faith. It would be best if the prisoners of war could be persuaded to convert to Islam.
There is no compulsion to believe in religion, the red theistic thoughts are prepared for them, there are two completely opposite thoughts, there is always one suitable for you
In fact, Krim's cooperation with the Comintern had already begun during his first uprising. Although Krim was a Muslim and his beliefs were completely opposed to the Red ideology based on theism, neither Krim nor
Stalin was a very realistic politician. Since Western countries are the common enemy of both sides, as the saying goes, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend," cooperation is natural.
However, during the last uprising, because the strength of the Communist International was still very weak, it could only provide indirect support through methods such as the French Communist Party organizing anti-war demonstrations, and the effect was naturally very limited. Now the Soviet Union is already the second largest industrial country in the world.
The support that can be provided is naturally much greater. Even if Stalin does not want to completely break up with Britain and France yet, there is still no problem in sending some volunteers. And just these volunteers are already very helpful to the rebels.
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Krim, whose strength had greatly increased, took advantage of the opportunity before France's second batch of additional troops was sent out, and decisively led the main force of the rebel army back to Algeria. At this time, although the North African army had a total strength of no less than 300,000,
In order to protect transportation lines and large and medium-sized cities from guerrilla attacks and destruction, a considerable amount of equipment had to be
The troops were divided and stationed in various places. The field troops available to Pétain were only 150,000. The rebels brought back west by Krim and the Italian officers and soldiers willing to fight for the rebels totaled about the same number. Both sides had equal strength. A battle
An unprecedented war in modern African history is about to begin (to be continued...)