My Italian: Chapter 605 Battle of Carragher Pass Part 2

Italian paratroopers parachuted behind the mountain pass, which is undoubtedly quite shocking news for the French army.

Because this will mean that the very important pass of the Karaage Pass will fall into a situation where the enemy is on the back. And if the mountain pass is lost, the Italian army will continue to enter the Savoy region through here.

This is definitely not good news for the French army. So on the day of getting the news, a regiment of the 39th Division of the French Army stationed in Modana hurried over.

Want to drive away the Italian paratroopers who fell from the sky.

At this time, Vasco Slope, an important location, has been occupied by Italian paratroopers. The heroic paratroopers used this **** to deal with the incoming French army.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The French infantry regiment, which came with artillery, pushed the proud 75mm rapid-fire gun, and launched an artillery attack on the Italian paratroopers who were standing on the **** of Vasco.

However, the distance of the shelling is very subtle, and it is three kilometers away from the position. This cannot hit the most lethal shrapnel of the French army, because the paratroopers stationed on the slopes of Vasco also have their own artillery, which is the 81mm mortar.

Although this gun can't be compared with Miss 75 at all, it can at least prevent the approaching shooting of French artillery.

That's right, the special skill of the French army's 75mm rapid-fire gun is to shoot at close range. At a distance of one kilometer from the enemy, it uses a super high rate of fire to tear the enemy apart.

Although these cowards dare not fight with the heroic French soldiers, this does not mean that the French army has no way to take it. The use of cannons has been understood by the French army as early as the Napoleon era.

Of course, the biggest role of the 75mm artillery now is to clear the most deterrent machine guns in the hands of paratroopers who hold their positions.

That's right, for the French army, which currently advocates bayonet charge, the power of machine guns has long been experienced. For the French army, there is also a way to solve the machine gun as a fire support point, and that is to use the advantage of artillery to name it.

This trick is still very effective against the heavy machine gun headed by Maxim. After all, a Maxim heavy machine gun weighs nearly a hundred catties, and the bullets it fires are enough to scare the bravest soldiers.

Therefore, the artillery of the French army needs to eliminate those machine guns that block the soldiers' charge first, and then other targets.

So this explains why the French artillery will give priority to firing at firepower points such as machine guns.

Of course, Miss 75 is essentially a cannon, and it also has the characteristics of a cannon. Its straight trajectory and long range are its advantages, which is also doomed to its poor ability to attack trenches.

So after an artillery attack, there were not many machine guns on the ground.

"Let the first battalion attack."

Seeing that the artillery was useless to wash the ground, Lieutenant Colonel Millepie, who led the team, could only let the infantry attack. As for why only one battalion was placed to attack, the reason is very simple, that is, the battlefield is not wide enough, so only one battalion can be placed, and too much is a waste.

Following his order, the dark crowd of French soldiers rushed over with strides, leaning their bodies and trotting all the way.

"Fire."

The paratroopers stationed in the position, under the order of the officer, lay down on the position and shot at the attacking French soldiers.

"Bah..."

The small-caliber 8 Carcano lance makes a crisp gunshot. Although this Carcano lance is shorter than the rifle, its accuracy does not decrease much. In addition, the small-caliber ballistic trajectory is relatively straight. Although On the weak side in terms of lethality, but still a very good gun.

In addition, the paratroopers are trained by elite soldiers drawn from various troops, and their marksmanship is generally good. , not to mention the shooting of Ravelli light machine guns and Maxim heavy machine guns along the way.

This also caused the attacking French officers and soldiers to suffer heavy casualties during the charge. When the charge reached 200 meters, more than half of the attacking French battalion had suffered casualties.

Suffering such huge casualties, the attacking French soldiers couldn't take it anymore. They ignored the officer's scolding and retreated directly.

In fact, the officers who led the team were not much better. It can even be said that under the precise marksmanship of the paratroopers, the officers suffered more casualties than the soldiers, so after pretending to reprimand them, the officers also retreated.

Looking at the retreating soldiers, Lieutenant Colonel Milleppi looked gloomy.

"Order the second battalion to attack, the third battalion to prepare, attack immediately when the second battalion retreats, and the first battalion is ready to take over the second battalion's attack."

Lieutenant Colonel Milleppi's words surprised the deputy head on the side.

"Commander Millepie, doing so can easily cause the soldiers to backlash."

As a person who knows soldiers, how could Lieutenant Colonel Millepie not know that it would dissatisfy him to let the soldiers take turns attacking non-stop, but now he had to do it.

"I know the soldiers here are displeased, but we have no time to waste. The Italians have worked so hard to block the Carragher Pass from us in order to take it. If we don't get through to the Carragher Pass today connection, then the Italians will definitely cross the mountain pass, and we will be blamed by our superiors."

Although Lieutenant Colonel Millepie didn't elaborate, the deputy head knew what he meant. If they don't work hard today, then the crime of sitting on the sidelines and annihilating friendly troops for poor rescue is very likely to fall on the two of them.

In order to prevent the enemy from breaking through the mountain pass, and for their military rank, they had to work hard. Even if they lost, they could confidently say that they had tried their best.

Lieutenant Colonel Millepie and others can do their best, but for Colonel Bielsa, the commander of the garrison at Karage Pass, trying his best cannot describe the current situation of his unit, it must be described as despair.

That's right, for the defenders of Karage Pass, today is really a day of despair. The troops of a division on the front are attacking them in turn. The continuous offensive put a lot of pressure on the French army defending the mountain pass.

But the front can be described as pressure, so the attack from behind can be described as despair.

More than a thousand Italian soldiers somehow bypassed the mountain pass and appeared behind them. Facing the sudden enemy, when the defenders were caught off guard, they captured many fortifications behind them.

In addition to the enemies that appeared before and after, there were several airships hovering above the mountain pass at any time today. The bombs and bullet rain it dropped made the defending French officers and soldiers terrified. No one could ignore the threat above their heads and concentrate on dealing with the invading enemy.

This ground-air combat method made the French defenders at the Karage Pass not know what to do. It's okay to be attacked from the back and belly, and there are machine guns and bombs above the head. How can you make the defending officers and soldiers bear it.

Faced with this situation, let alone ordinary officers and soldiers, even Colonel Bielsa, the commander of the position, was also at a loss. He could only order the soldiers to resist desperately while sending out a rescue telegram.

However, the external distress telegram did not bring good news. The first is Modana, which is the closest. The defenders stationed there have already rushed towards them, but they have been blocked by the Italian army on the **** of Vasco, and there is no way to approach them.

As for the 39th Infantry Division stationed in Grenoble, they were required to hold out for two days.

As far as the current attitude of the Italian army is fighting for their lives, let alone two days, they can persist for one day in the siege on all sides, all because of the officers and soldiers fighting their lives.

After all, the officers and soldiers of the defenders are not Rambo, who can hit the enemy steadily without changing his expression in the rain of enemy bullets. With enemies in front and behind, mountains on both sides that are difficult to climb, and airships attacking overhead, it is too difficult for everyone to respond calmly and calmly.

In this desperate situation, it is normal for officers and soldiers to panic.

So in the end at four o'clock in the afternoon, the defenders finally couldn't take it anymore. Under the persecution of these officers and soldiers, Colonel Bielsa, the commander of the position, surrendered to him with more than a thousand French officers and soldiers after the Italian side promised to abide by the Geneva Convention .

That's right, there are only more than 1,000 French defenders now. You must know that they still had 3,000 people yesterday. In less than a day, its losses were more than half.

But if the French army in Yamaguchi knew what the Italian army was preparing for them, then they should be proud.

In order to take the mountain pass by surprise, the Italian military prepared tens of thousands of troops and thousands of tons of ammunition. In addition, more than half of the most elite paratroopers came, with more than 80 airships.

In addition to preparations, in order to capture the mountain pass, the Italian army also suffered a lot of losses. There were 1537 people killed in battle alone, 2976 people were injured, and 49 people were missing.

From the comparison of casualties, it can be seen that even if the Italian army has a sufficient advantage, the attack on the mountain pass will cause much greater losses than the defenders.

This also fully shows that in such a dangerous place, it is useless to rely on manpower consumption without some new methods.

After receiving the news of the surrender of the defenders, Lieutenant General Pascal, the commander of the 9th Army, who was in charge of commanding the offensive, immediately reported the good news to Prince Philippeto, the commander of the army group.

Of course, in addition to reporting the news, Lieutenant General Pascal immediately ordered the 21st Division~www.mtlnovel.com~ who was going to take over the attack to immediately cross the mountain pass and march towards Modana. He wanted to occupy the first stronghold in the Savoy area for the Italian army before the enemy reacted.

And his order was actually very timely. When the 21st Division crossed the Karage Pass and marched towards Modana, it first defeated most of the French regiments that were attacking the Vasco Slope in one fell swoop.

Immediately afterwards, the division organized an elite unit and rushed to Modana overnight. At dawn the next day, they finally arrived at Modana, and then wiped out the remaining French troops in the town in one fell swoop.

After the Ministry occupied Modana, the vanguard of the 39th Division of the French Army appeared on the outskirts of Modana.

For Modana flying the Italian flag, the 39th Division retreated immediately after a tentative attack.

Obviously, the commander of the 39th Division was very cautious and had no intention of taking back Modana while the Italian army was not gaining a stable foothold.

Of course, no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that the Italian army's tentacles are extending to the Savoy region.

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