My Italy - Chapter 657 Indian Ocean Combined Fleet

The implementation of the wartime management system in Italy surprised other participating countries. At the same time, such thoughts flashed in their hearts, how can they still play like this? .

For Germany and Austria, Italy’s wartime management system is worthy of reference, and they can introduce a wartime management system that is more in line with their own country’s details.

For the Allied Powers, Britain and Russia, the Italian system is also of reference significance. As for France, which currently suffers the heaviest losses, after obtaining Italy’s wartime management system, it implemented it directly after simple modifications.

It seems that all countries participating in the war have the same understanding of the wartime management system, and each has promulgated or prepared to promulgate the system after referring to it.

While Italy was vigorously implementing the wartime management system in the country, a grand welcome ceremony was being held at the Port of Mogadishu in East Africa to welcome the original Union Pacific Fleet that had successfully arrived in Mogadishu after traveling more than 20,000 kilometers. Why say original?

Because the fleet was disbanded after entering the port of Mogadishu, they will all be incorporated into the Indian Ocean Combined Fleet. Lieutenant General Spee, who has made great achievements in combat, will also become the deputy of fleet commander Lieutenant General Hilma and continue to sail the sea.

Speaking of which, it was not easy for Spey to come back with the Pacific Combined Fleet. The attack on Wellington at that time was more serious than that of Sydney, and the fleet’s shells were hit until only two-fifths of the inventory was left. The firing of so many shells naturally caused a lot of casualties to Wellington, with a total of more than 2,000 casualties among Wellington soldiers and civilians.

This also angered Major General Craddock, who strengthened Spey’s view that he wanted to escape eastward. After successfully misleading Major General Craddock, Spey led the fleet back to the Tasman Sea from the southern section of the South Island. It stayed close to the Antarctic Circle and carefully crossed the Tasman Sea and entered the Indian Ocean.

The roaring westerly belt in the southern part of the Indian Ocean gave the officers and men of the Spey fleet a good experience of high winds and rough seas, and even caused many officers and men to become seasick. You must know that these are people who have been wandering in the sea all year round. Who has never seen strong winds and waves. But the west wind belt here is different, because it has no time to calm down, or it can only calm down for a short time.

After all these storms, the Spey Fleet’s good luck finally came. When passing near the waters of the Seychelles, they actually encountered four British merchant ships forming a small fleet. After thanking nature for the gift, the Spey Fleet obtained After getting enough supplies and fuel, we finally arrived in Mogadishu.

Under the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, Lieutenant General Spey not only led the fleet to fool the enemy, but also caused an uproar in Australia and New Zealand. This has exceeded the expectations of the alliance camp for him. Since he has made such a contribution, it is impossible not to reward him heavily. However, since he is in East Africa, there is no way to bring him back to the country, so he can only hold it locally.

“Lieutenant General Spey, thank you for your guerrilla actions in Southeast Asia and Oceania, which caused huge losses to Australia and New Zealand. In recognition of your achievements, your emperor specially awarded you the Grand Iron Cross and our country’s Silver Medal. Due to the war, the two monarchs cannot hold a grand ceremony for you, so I can only do it for you. “

As he spoke, Lieutenant General Hilma took out two medals from the tray beside him and put them on them one after another.

“salute.”

As a salute sounded, the officers and soldiers of the Indian Ocean Fleet present saluted uniformly to Lieutenant General Spey. At the same time, fireworks and ribbons were also thrown into the sky, making the scene grand and intense.

Facing such a grand scene, Lieutenant General Spey felt satisfied, and then he returned the salute heavily with his right hand.

Of course, in addition to the grand ceremony, there are also various delicacies and wines to reward the stomachs of these hard-working officers and soldiers, so that the Pacific Fleet officers and soldiers who have been drifting at sea for several months and are emotionally nervous are finally released. Singing, dancing, playing, etc. Today, the highly disciplined military port in Mogadishu has made special exceptions for these officers and soldiers who have returned from thousands of miles of fighting.

Ordinary officers and soldiers can do this, but the generals who were the top leaders of the former Pacific Fleet participated in another banquet. This is specially prepared for them.

The long table was filled with a variety of food and drinks, and a military band played cheerful music. There are also girls from local tribes dancing local dances, which are so graceful and graceful that it is really pleasing to the eye.

The captains in formal attire were holding various fine wines and chatting while drinking. This is like holding a cocktail party, and of course the attendees are at least the captain level.

Of course, everyone who came to the cocktail party was not stupid, and knew that this was a good opportunity for them to get to know each other, so at this time of the cocktail party, the captains continued to introduce each other. After all, I don’t know when to perform tasks with the other party. If I don’t even know the person, how can I cooperate?

As for several fleet executives, they gathered in a small circle to chat.

“Lieutenant General Spey, I admire your actions in Australia and New Zealand very much. Our Indian Ocean Fleet has simulated your tactics before, and they are perfect.”

“Thank you for your praise. At that time, the disparity in strength between the enemy and us was too great. I had to take a lot of trouble to come up with a way for the fleet. I didn’t expect it to work out.”

Regarding Lieutenant General Hilma’s praise, Spey was quite polite at this time. After all, the two of them will live together in the future. Compared with the German Navy, which was the only one in the Pacific Fleet, and now the Italian Fleet, which is the only one, they must be given the respect they deserve.

A fleet commander cannot just understand military affairs, otherwise he will not be able to continue to be promoted.

Lieutenant General Hilma was quite satisfied with Lieutenant General Spey’s answer. It could be seen from his words that he also respected him very much, because he did not want to cause problems with the cooperation between the two in the future. So he planned to tell some things in advance.

“Lieutenant Admiral Spey, I originally wanted to tell you in a few days, but considering the current situation of our Indian Ocean Fleet, I will inform you in advance.”

“Commander, please speak frankly.”

“Currently, our fleet is mainly stationed in Massawa and Mogadishu Port, and our enemy is quite strong. The British Indian Ocean Fleet has 8 pre-dreadnought battleships, 16 cruisers, 27 cruisers and other destroyers, submarines, and torpedo boats More than a hundred ships. It is more than three times stronger than us in terms of strength. At present, the main task of our Indian Ocean Fleet is to contain this fleet and threaten the opponent’s transportation lines at any time…”

Lieutenant General Hilma’s introduction gave Lieutenant General Spee some understanding of the current situation of the Indian Ocean Combined Fleet. Just when he wanted to thank Lieutenant General Hilma for his introduction, an officer handed him a telegram. .

Lieutenant General Hilma took the telegram and read it. His brows changed from nervousness at the beginning to relief. It seemed to be good news.

After reading the telegram, Lieutenant General Hilma waved to the military band. The music stopped and the dancing tribal girls also stopped.

At this time, Lieutenant General Hilma walked to the middle of the venue and said loudly. “Everyone, let me tell you some good news. Our country’s intelligence department has just cooperated with King Ayasu of Abyssinia to defeat a conspiracy that attempted to overthrow the kingdom. Princess Zoditu and Hajime, who were trying to overthrow the kingdom with the British, will be killed. The governor of Lal Province, Tafari, and others were arrested.”

“These damn British are everywhere!”

“Yes, these damn British bugs know how to conspire.”

“The kingdom’s intelligence department did a great job!”

Lieutenant General Hilma’s words caused the officers present to shout loudly. Some were cursing the British who played a role behind the scenes, while others were praising the intelligence department. For a moment, the scene almost turned into a denunciation meeting of the British.

“Okay, everyone, let’s drink to our staunch ally, King Ayasu of Abyssinia.”

“A toast to Ayasu.”

Following Lieutenant General Hilma’s words, everyone present raised their wine glasses and took a swig.

The Kingdom of Abyssinia uncovered a rebellion case, and this incident was extremely beneficial to King Ejasu. With the help of the heads of the two princesses and the governor, the other governors and dukes put away their little thoughts.

At this time, unless the Italian East African army was defeated and important cities such as Massawa and Mogadishu were captured, no one would dare to contact the British.

Of course, this also relieved the Italians in East Africa from their worries. Now they are united and just waiting for the British army to come and try the results of Italy’s military construction in East Africa for more than 20 years.