Toulon, Southern Alps Cluster Command.
"Your Excellency, the Japanese troops attacking Milan suffered heavy losses.
The 14th and 15th Divisions have suffered more than 70 casualties.
The 4th Division is holding its ground and waiting for reinforcements.
Now General Akiyama Yoshiko is leading the 8th and 9th Divisions to rush for reinforcements. , and at the same time he asked us to send additional reinforcements."
Chief of Staff Major General Gan Molin took the newly sent battle report and reported to the cluster commander Xiafeihui with a frown.
"How come the Japanese were beaten so badly?"
Xiafei was stunned for a moment and said with some surprise: "Who is commanding how many troops the Italians sent?"
Gamelin replied: "The Italian commander is General Luigi Cadorna.
He commands the Italian Second Army, with a total of 10 divisions."
"Your Excellency, according to reports from our observers in the Japanese army, the Italian army showed extremely high morale and unimaginable courage in this battle.
Major Renault said in the report that many Italian soldiers were not injured even if they were seriously injured.
Don't back down.
He saw with his own eyes that an Italian soldier even dragged his intestines and launched a counterattack against the Japanese army."
He said with an expression of disbelief and handed over the report from the frontline observer.
Xiafei immediately took the report and read it.
The more he looked at him, the more surprised he became.
Finally, he exclaimed: "Oh, my God, are the troops they encountered really Italians?
I read it several times before I was sure they said Those brave men are not our French soldiers."
Those frontline reports were all filled with praise for the courage of the Italian army, almost to the sky.
"Cadorna, as far as I know, is a capable, but not particularly imaginative, general.
I don't think he can transform the Italian army into an army full of courage in a short time.
Is it because of the clothes he wears?"
"Germans in Italian military uniforms, no, they don't have to pretend to be Italians."
Xiafei felt that his brain was a little weak.
He felt that the way he got up must be wrong today.
"Hurry up and investigate to see what's going on."
He felt that it was better to investigate this matter first before talking about it.
"Yes, Your Excellency.
I have ordered the relevant departments to investigate.
But what about the reinforcements that the Japanese want?"
Xiafei thought for a while and said: "We can still free up 2 Indochinese divisions and 5 African divisions.
Well, we will leave only one Indochinese division and send the others to Akiyama Haogu."
At this time, Akiyama Hoku, who was on the front line, was already pale.
After receiving an emergency report from the front, he quickly led the 8th and 9th Divisions to come for reinforcements.
However, this time the Italian army did not look like Italians at all.
They showed unimaginable courage and morale.
When the two armies began to melee, the Japanese decided to use their best meat-and-egg attack to defeat their opponents.
Four regiments of Japanese troops launched an onboard charge towards the Italians.
Tens of thousands of Japanese troops shouted "onboard" and rushed towards the Italians.
According to previous experience, the Italians should flee or surrender at this time.
But this time it was different.
Akiyama Yoshiko saw a scene he would never forget on the front line.
Not only did the Italians on the opposite side not panic at all, but they jumped out of the trenches and launched a countercharge towards the Japanese army.
They roared wildly and rushed towards the Japanese army with rifles with bayonets fixed, and then the two sides began a brutal hand-to-hand battle.
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Hand-to-hand combat is the cruelest and most testing method of combat effectiveness of troops.
This kind of combat does not last too long.
Because in such a battle, one side will collapse quickly.
The Japanese have learned a lot about this.
During the Russo-Japanese War, they had thousands of hand-to-hand combats with Russia, and they were fucked so well by the furry bears.
In hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese usually win with a ratio of five to one.
After the war, the Japanese began to sum up their experience.
Of course, the Japanese are not lacking in courage.
The reason why they were so miserable by Lao Maozi was first of all because of racial disadvantage.
Russians are generally a head taller than Japanese.
Russians who are taller, have longer arms and have greater strength naturally have an advantage in fighting.
Then there are the weapons.
At that time, the Russian army was equipped with the Mosin-Nagant rifle.
The spear of this gun was relatively long and the front section of the gun was naturally narrowed.
It was very comfortable to use and was conducive to assassination.
At that time, the Japanese army still used golden hook rifles.
This kind of gun was relatively short and the bayonet was also relatively short, which was not conducive to assassination.
Finally, the Japanese army's stabbing technology was still insufficient.
So the Japanese immediately started to improve it.
The racial factors are innate and there is basically no way to improve them.
The Japanese worked hard on the latter two items, so they switched to the Type 38 rifle, which is probably the longest rifle in the world today.
With its long bayonet, it is very suitable for stabbing.
Then they will work harder to improve their "gun and sword skills", that is, their stabbing skills.
It should be said that the Japanese army today has made great progress in hand-to-hand combat compared to that time.
Of course, during the Sino-Japanese War, their hand-to-hand combat capabilities were basically not displayed, but that was mainly because the Chinese were too cunning, not because the Japanese soldiers were too weak.
Because the Chinese actually used a large number of submachine guns and pistols in hand-to-hand combat.
Facing the Chinese soldiers with one pistol in each hand, the Japanese were so aggrieved that they almost cried.
This was simply cheating.
It was a promised bayonet fight.
However, there was something obviously wrong with the Italians in front of me.
The Italians were of the Mediterranean race in southern Europe, and their bodies were far inferior to those of the gray cattle in Russia.
They did not seem to have much of a height advantage over the Japanese.
The 1891 rifle is no longer than the Type 38.
And they don't have a pistol like the Chinese infantry.
But what's going on now The hand-to-hand combat was very fast.
The two armies shouted and fought together.
Almost in the blink of an eye, countless people screamed and fell down.
To Akiyama's disbelief, most of those who fell were Japanese.
At this time, the Italians showed unimaginable hand-to-hand combat capabilities.
Not only did they have amazing courage and high morale, their own strength, speed and reaction were much better than the Japanese army.
Therefore, as soon as the battle began, the Japanese suffered a heavy loss.
The most important thing is that those Italians are like the berserkers in ancient legends.
As long as they are not killed on the spot, they will continue to fight.
Akiyama Yoshiko saw with his own eyes that an Italian soldier whose belly was stabbed with a bayonet and his intestines leaked out still persisted in fighting and killed two more Japanese soldiers before finally dying together with a Japanese soldier.
Facing an enemy whose strength, speed and reaction were significantly higher than their own, and who had gone completely berserk, no matter how tough the Japanese horses were, they would not be able to withstand it.
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Under the desperate bayonet assault of the Italians, the Japanese finally collapsed.
The remaining Japanese soldiers fled in terror.
They were completely scared to death by the demonic Italians.
Many Japanese soldiers were so frightened that they dropped their weapons, screamed in terror, turned around and ran away.
They only hate their parents for giving them two fewer legs.
It would be great if they were centipedes.
Those who could run were pretty good, but some Japanese soldiers were so frightened that their legs weakened and they couldn't run away at all, so they simply knelt on the ground and surrendered with their hands raised high.
This really cannot be blamed on the incompetence of the Japanese army.
Facing such a monster that knows no pain and is not afraid of death, it is not easy for them to be able to sustain it for so long.
The Italians caught up immediately.
For those Japanese soldiers who knelt down and surrendered, the Italians, who were red-eyed, ignored this and stabbed them with a bayonet, knocking them to the ground.
As for the escaping Japanese troops, although they had already used all their strength, the Italian troops chased them faster.
They caught up with them in the blink of an eye and easily killed them with a bayonet.
What kind of monsters are these?
Qiu Shanhaogu's eyes almost fell out.
Monster images such as "Tengu", "Shura" and "Rakshasa" have appeared in his mind, and they are overlapping with the Italians online.
Not only him, but almost all the officers and soldiers who saw the Italians' performance were stunned.
A French officer was a little insane.
His face was pale and he was muttering: "Is the Roman Empire going to reappear?
Is it because Caesar has come to the world again?"
However, this time the Italians did not retreat after killing most of the Japanese soldiers, and continued to roar towards the Japanese positions.
Akiyama Yoshiko was also battle-hardened.
He immediately ordered: "Order the machine gunners to shoot at the Italians."
More than a hundred light and heavy machine guns in front of the Japanese position began to fire immediately.
Then, they saw an incredible scene.
The Italians did not take any evasion at all, and just charged straight towards the torrential rain of bullets.
"This is this" Qiu Shan Haogu was completely stunned.
This is no longer the era of queuing up to kill, okay?
Are these Italians all fools when they charge into the heavy machine gun emplacements?
There was no suspense in the final outcome.
Amidst the roar of heavy machine guns, the Italians fell like wheat.
When the last Italian soldier fell, the Allied officers and soldiers breathed a long sigh of relief as if they had had a nightmare.
The Japanese military headquarters was in a state of silence, and no one on the Allied side knew how to evaluate their opponents.
If it were in the era of cold weapons, or in an era before the invention of machine guns, the Japanese army might be on the streets today.
There is no way, that kind of monster that knows no pain, is not afraid of life and death, and has superior qualities in all aspects is really terrifying.
It is not something that normal people can deal with.
"Report to your Excellency, Deputy Commander, we have captured several prisoners."
At this time, a Japanese officer came to report excitedly.
"Hurry up and interrogate, what is going on?"
After calming down, Akiyama Haogu also felt that today's Italian army was too abnormal.
If the Italian army was really so capable, it would be their time to show off their power in France.
"Your Excellency, let me go and take a look," Chief Staff Officer Hisashi Terauchi said quickly.
"Okay, let's ask carefully, there seems to be something wrong with those Italians," Akiyama Yoshigu said with a gloomy face.
Today he was so distressed that his liver trembled.
The 14th and 15th Divisions had been crippled, and together with the 4th Division, they were still clinging to the hillside ahead.
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The loss of the Fourth Division was not small.
According to reports from the front, the casualties exceeded 50,000, of which almost 40,000 were killed or missing.
It was almost 10,000 more just now.
Damn it, it’s only been one day, and 60,000 people were just gone.
Not long after, Juichi Terauchi ran back and shouted excitedly: "Something is wrong, something is really wrong, Deputy Commander, there is something very wrong with those Italians."
Akiyama Yoshiko quickly followed him to the tent where the prisoners were held.
"Nani" Akiyama Hoku took a closer look at the tied-up Italian soldiers.
These Italians were captured after being shot in the legs and feet and unable to move.
At this time, Japanese military doctors had already treated them and the injured areas had been wrapped.
Of course this is not the point.
As expected, these Italians had straight eyes, dull eyes, and flushed skin.
This was not normal.
This is considered an injury to the legs and feet, but it shouldn't be like this.
"Your Excellency, Deputy Commander, these prisoners are quite cooperative, but their reactions are extremely slow.
During the questioning just now, they could forget the topic we just asked at any time."
Major Aoi, who was in charge of the interrogation, reported the results of the interrogation to Akiyama Yoshiko.
They claimed that the prisoners were in a very depressed mood.
This is normal.
Being a prisoner and suffering serious injuries would make anyone feel depressed.
If you can still be full of emotions under such circumstances, there is definitely something wrong.
Moreover, these prisoners were very cooperative, and they answered whatever was asked of them.
It's just that sometimes they are so distracted that they don't even hear the question.
Akiyama Yoshiko frowned and said, "Could it be that they are just pretending?
Have they been trained in counter-interrogation?"
At this time, military doctor Furukawa came over and said: "It's not like it's fake, we've tested it.
These people's heart rates are high and low, their pulses are very disordered, and their pupils' reaction to bright light is slower than normal.
As for why this is the case, We don’t know the reason either.”
Furukawa thought for a while and whispered: "However, their spirits are extremely abnormal and their reactions are very slow.
Even when they were operated on, they seemed to be slow to react, and their attention state was also very poor, as if they had not been there for several days.
As if sleeping."
Major Aoi paused, and then said in a suspicious tone: "Oh, by the way, Your Excellency.
They just said that when they went into battle, their commander gave them something called the Source of Courage to drink."
"Is there such a thing as the source of courage?"
Akiyama Haogu turned to the military doctor curiously.
"I've never heard of such a thing" Furukawa shook his head.
At this time, Touichi Terauchi came over and said: "Your Excellency, when we were cleaning the battlefield at the front, we found this kind of thing on some Italian soldiers."
Here are several pill bottles and packaging cartons.
The medicine bottle is not big, about the same size as a finger.
There is also a label on the medicine bottle.
The pattern on the medicine bottle is of a Viking warrior wearing a horn helmet, holding an axe, shouting and fighting fiercely.
The Italian words "Source of Courage" are written in a row of eye-catching red fonts on the pattern.
The content on the packaging carton is similar to that of the medicine bottle, but there are additional instructions and precautions on the back.
"Is there really such a thing?"
After seeing this pile of things, Akiyama's face suddenly turned green
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