My Italy

The navy's bombardment of Durrës was just the first shot of the Italian-Turkish War (let's call it the Italian-Turkish War. In Italian terms, I thought it was fighting Austria-Hungary).

However, there is no need to guess the outcome of this bombardment. With the old-fashioned artillery of Durres, they can be the opponent of the Italian battleship formation.

Of course, since the Italian military prioritized sending battleship formations to bombard Durres, it must have its own purpose.

In seaport cities such as Bari, Brindisi, and Taranto in Italy, things have become quite different during this period. Because the military camp outside the city was full of soldiers, even the military camp could not accommodate them, and they were arranged to build temporary barracks.

Of course, these energetic soldiers stationed in these cities will naturally provide city-specific consumption. You can see officers and soldiers wearing gray-green military uniforms everywhere regardless of the catering and entertainment venues. However, while they are increasing revenue for the city, they are also doing a lot of shitty things. But fortunately, considering the domestic influence and the fear of the military police, it was basically jealousy, fights and other things.

But even so, the occurrence of twenty or thirty incidents a day is still a headache for the local government. However, considering that these officers and soldiers were about to go to the battlefield, the local government did not make trouble with the garrison.

As for Lieutenant General Simeone, who commanded these armies, for the same reason, he did not manage these bad things very much. After all, the military discipline of European armies is just like that. It is a bit difficult for him to be as disciplined as the Chinese army in later generations.

This time Lieutenant General Simeone was able to get the role of commander of the first wave of landing troops. In addition to his record, there were also factors such as the goodwill of the old military leaders.

Moreover, this time he was no longer facing African natives. Not only did he have many things to do, but he was also under a lot of pressure. So as long as those officers and soldiers don't go too far, then he will not prohibit the officers and soldiers from traveling. After all, if you are going to the battlefield, you have to relax.

In the temporary headquarters outside Bari, Lieutenant General Simeone was also doing the last inspection before the war.

"Are you prepared with enough ammunition?"

"We have already loaded the ammunition on the ship in advance according to the configuration of two bases for soldiers, four bases for artillery, and two bases for machine guns. Just waiting for the signal from the navy, we can transport it directly with the soldiers."

The person who answered Simone was Colonel Harper, the logistics officer, who was responsible for allocating and counting the various supplies and ammunition that needed to be carried.

After hearing the words of the logistics chief, Lieutenant General Simeone nodded secretly, expressing his recognition. The importance of logistics to the army cannot be overemphasized, let alone the modern army that relies most on logistics.

“What about shovels, raincoats, tents and other supplies?”

After asking about weapons and ammunition, Simeone turned to other supplies.

"Currently we have prepared 13,000 shovels, and another 5,000 can be delivered within two days. There are now 43,000 raincoats, 4,500 tents, and we have also prepared more than 4,000 Steel drills and matching hammers, as well as 50 tons of explosives, 30,000 meters of telephone wires, and 15 sets of field telephone systems..."

In Colonel Harper's detailed report, Simone more intuitively understood how much supplies he needed. These supplies are all necessary for him to command the army. Fortunately, the climate in Albania where he is about to fight is still good, otherwise he would need to carry more things.

But the report was not only good news, Colonel Harper also talked about some not-so-good news.

"In addition, we inspected the military boots that were delivered and found that 3,000 pairs had quality problems. Many of the boots had cracked before they were worn. We also found that 2,000 pairs of gloves had quality problems."

After listening to Colonel Harper's words, Simone's face became unsightly, but then he calmed down and said casually. "Report these situations to the Army Logistics Department. As for the items with quality problems, just keep them. In the future, materials with quality problems will be handled in this way. In addition, ask your people to check more and don't let these inferior products be sent to In the hands of the soldiers, as long as you do these things, the credit will be yours."

Simone used credit as a reward for his hard work, and Colonel Harper didn't know how to answer. "Please rest assured, I will carefully check every delivered material."

Faced with Colonel Harper's words, Simone patted his shoulder as encouragement.

As for why there are so many inferior products in the supplies, Simone doesn't want to get angry and ask, because if this thing is investigated seriously, a large number of people will be involved. But he can't do that at the moment, especially when he still needs the support of those old generals.

In addition, this matter is no secret in the military. As a senior officer, Simeone does not have the ability or qualifications to solve these problems. However, the common practice is just like him, throwing these inferior products in the warehouse. Finally, after being stored for too long, they lose moisture and are scrapped.

So after discovering these inferior products, Simone continued to check the materials in the warehouse, and then brought people to prepare to go back.

But at this time, he almost collided with a messenger, and the messenger brought him a message.

"Lieutenant General, the Chief of Staff asked you to go back quickly. There is news coming from Durrës."

Upon hearing the words of the messenger, Simeone immediately hurried back to the headquarters. This was also the most important thing related to him leading the troops to land.

"How's it going, Chief of Staff."

Simeone, who rushed all the way back to the headquarters, burst into the door and asked Major General Bartlett who was waiting for him.

Yes, they are paired up again this time. Mainly because they worked well together in East Africa, and the first wave of landing operations was very important, they were still paired together.

For Simeone and Bartlett, this is better. They are all acquaintances who have worked together before, which saves the running-in period and they can each do what they want to do as soon as they get started.

"Half an hour ago, the naval liaison ship arrived in Bari. They brought the news that the navy had removed the obstacles in the port of Durrës."

"How fast?"

Simone was a little surprised when he heard the news. He knew that according to the plan, the naval ship formation should have arrived in the sea off Durrës yesterday. It only took one day and one night to level the Ottoman coastal defenses there, which was indeed a bit fast.

"This is the battle report."

The chief of staff handed him the battle report, and Simeone read it at a glance. After reading it, he praised it. "I didn't expect that the navy's contribution this time was so great that it pulled the battleship to Durrës."

"yes."

Now that the Navy has smoothed the path for itself, there's not much to say.

Simone immediately spoke. "Issuing an order that all officers and soldiers must return to camp before dark. We will set off tomorrow."

"sure no problem."

After answering Simeone's order, Bartlett continued to ask. "Then which troop will be allowed to board the ship first tomorrow?"

Bartlett's question was very level, and its meaning was basically the same as who should play forward.

After thinking about it for a while, Simone said. "Let the 8th Division go up first, just to see if Pascal is lying."

In this case, Simeone still gives priority to reliable troops. After all, the 8th Division is a unit that I have led before, and I still know its capabilities well.