Give myself and the other army commander's in Africa an army, and we will give you a lake which you might pleasure cruse your yacht's, Il Duce.
General Antonio Cesare
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General Antonio Cesare
Our submarine victories are encouraging, I recommend expanding research and production in that department.
Our failed assault on Malta is a disappointment, but if the British are determined to defend it we may be able to use that to our advantage. When we launch our second invasion attempt the British will send their fleet to stop us again, when that happens our entire navy and all the aircraft not defending the French border must be sent against them. We will take Malta and destroy their Med fleet in one crushing blow.
When we control Malta our campaign in Africa will be much easier for us and much harder for the British.
My Duce, more intelligence reports would greatly aid my planning. How does Germany fair against France and Poland? Has our airforce engaged the fighters of another major power? If so, how did it compare? And finally, how fortified of our border with France, is there a danger of invasion?
Field Marshal Badogli
Our failed assault on Malta is a disappointment, but if the British are determined to defend it we may be able to use that to our advantage. When we launch our second invasion attempt the British will send their fleet to stop us again, when that happens our entire navy and all the aircraft not defending the French border must be sent against them. We will take Malta and destroy their Med fleet in one crushing blow.
When we control Malta our campaign in Africa will be much easier for us and much harder for the British.
My Duce, more intelligence reports would greatly aid my planning. How does Germany fair against France and Poland? Has our airforce engaged the fighters of another major power? If so, how did it compare? And finally, how fortified of our border with France, is there a danger of invasion?
Field Marshal Badogli
nor do I. We must attack and be on the offensive, If we are to do so Il Duce it must be in North Africa.
I agree, and taking Malta while destroying the British fleet will be a great step towards this goal.
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DiColumbo stood up from his desk, eyes upon fire. For a brief second he clearly resembed an ancestor who never was. Forcing back his anger, he visably calmed.
"General, your lack of trust in the Italian military deeply distrubs me. We suffer one defeat, a mere pin-prick and you are filled with dread at the ensuing destruction of Italy. Defeat is a part of war, unfortunatly, but I will tell you this. Those who, in the end, conquer are those who have managed to handle defeat, to learn from it, and turn it to victory."
"What have we learned from this 'failure', you ask? That the British hold Malta with an iron fist. So be it, for the time being we have no hope to conqure the isle. Iron, however, does rust and, as the Germans become an even greater threat to the British they may very well be forced to leave their compound and turn to the North Sea."
"Untill then, we should attempt to make the British's stay as...uncomfortable as possible. We will keep them constantly on their toes with small raids, keep them bottled upon in their fortress unable to strike out from it. Meanwhile, we shall maintain manuverability."
"With the British held up, we can attack South into North Africa, gaining Egypt and Seuz which should be out constant goal. We should not rely only upon our forces alone. Let us turn to diplomacy to help us in our crusade. Let us attempt to prusuade the Turk and Spainards to join our cause. Spain shall be able to attack the British in Gibralter, cutting Mare Nostrum off from them, while Turkey can help strike against their interests in the Middle East."
"If we can gain control of Middle Eastern oil, and force the Seuz canal, we can striek at virtually any of our foes; Greece, Yugoslavia, and many more. We may even be able to create the African Emprie that is our dream!"
"General, your lack of trust in the Italian military deeply distrubs me. We suffer one defeat, a mere pin-prick and you are filled with dread at the ensuing destruction of Italy. Defeat is a part of war, unfortunatly, but I will tell you this. Those who, in the end, conquer are those who have managed to handle defeat, to learn from it, and turn it to victory."
"What have we learned from this 'failure', you ask? That the British hold Malta with an iron fist. So be it, for the time being we have no hope to conqure the isle. Iron, however, does rust and, as the Germans become an even greater threat to the British they may very well be forced to leave their compound and turn to the North Sea."
"Untill then, we should attempt to make the British's stay as...uncomfortable as possible. We will keep them constantly on their toes with small raids, keep them bottled upon in their fortress unable to strike out from it. Meanwhile, we shall maintain manuverability."
"With the British held up, we can attack South into North Africa, gaining Egypt and Seuz which should be out constant goal. We should not rely only upon our forces alone. Let us turn to diplomacy to help us in our crusade. Let us attempt to prusuade the Turk and Spainards to join our cause. Spain shall be able to attack the British in Gibralter, cutting Mare Nostrum off from them, while Turkey can help strike against their interests in the Middle East."
"If we can gain control of Middle Eastern oil, and force the Seuz canal, we can striek at virtually any of our foes; Greece, Yugoslavia, and many more. We may even be able to create the African Emprie that is our dream!"
"We are doing well with our attacks in North Africa, and in East Africa as well, but those forces need supplies. For that we require a secure supply line, and the line of supply will only be secure when an Italian flag is flying over Malta."
"The coming battle will require every submarine and surface ship to defend the transports, every available aircraft to bomb the enemy and keep the skies clear of enemy fighters. This is going to be an historic battle by which the course of the war will be determined."
"The coming battle will require every submarine and surface ship to defend the transports, every available aircraft to bomb the enemy and keep the skies clear of enemy fighters. This is going to be an historic battle by which the course of the war will be determined."
I agree, if the Naval or the Airforce can not take Malta now, let us bottle it and move onto the real battle for the suez and the African Oil.
I have read of this book Gurderian wrote about tank tactics. It sounds like these tactics would suit us well in the deserts of NA. I trust that we do not have the time to research these techniques for ourselves now... so.. Il Duce it gives me great pain to ask this of you but can we ask the Germans for 1-2 of there Armoured divisions? They would be invaluable assistance for our attacks in NA.
General Antonio Cesare
"I must question the viability of the acquisition of Africa. What is there of value that we can gain in the short term? While is possible that there are resources in the desert that we can use, I doubt it. But if some one can show me staistics indicating that Africa can pump resources into our war machine, I welcome them."
/ooc Maximillian, some help on what, if any, oil is being produced in the mideast, north africa, and other resources from the region would be appreciated.
/ooc Maximillian, some help on what, if any, oil is being produced in the mideast, north africa, and other resources from the region would be appreciated.
Gentlemen. Have you all forgotten that the Allies have planes which, based from Southern France, could very well bomb Rome or Milan right this very instant?
Why don't they?
Because our interceptors are too modern, and they know they would incur prohibitive casualties.
Why don't they?
Because our interceptors are too modern, and they know they would incur prohibitive casualties.
Therefore we can be content with our current level of air technology, and invest more industrial output into the submarine technology, desert and mountain warfare sectors, no?
If you can get the French and British to swear on their sainted mothers' graves not to improve their airplane technology, sure.
"I will be content knowing that we have taken one more place that they can't base their bombers from. Not to mention that controlling the Suez canal will cut the overextended British from their vast colonial supplies. We would effectively cut the head off at the neck, allowing Germany to win the western war."
"Which will have the added effect of leaving their colonies defenseless for our empire. The Balkans, Africa, Arabia...it will all be open to our exploitation."
"Gentlemen, please. Let us not bicker and quarrel amongst ourselves. We are Italians, after all. Such attitudes are below us. Let us compromise. Research will be diverted to submarines as well as planes, but not to capital ships."
"We still need to improve our naval and torpedo bombers so they can do even more damage to the British forces, our dive and tactical bombers so they can support our brave Italian soldiers in north and east Africa, transports so we can add paratroopers to our invasion force of Malta and make it even harder to defend against."
Yes this would be the way to go, provided that we can also put some research into better weapons and desert warfare equipment.
I think we need to concentrate our efforts a little more, we can't research everthing or can we? We seem to need interceptors, Naval bombers and tactical bombers most. I admit that Paratroopers do sound interesting but there are other more important things. Plus getting them development equiped and trained could take years.
Now what of our military strategy now that research as been desided? Do we have a consences on where to go next?