"Snatch air supremacy in Gustav and use rocket missile groups and continuous felt bombing from the air force to annihilate the British and American allies coming to aid!"

"At the same time, some of the troops were used to disperse and restrain the attention of the British and American allies, so that their forces could not gather in the areas of Cassino and Gustav to carry out superior forces to fight against superior forces!"

"Put the troops in a comprehensive state of elastic defense, and try to consume the vitality of the coming British and American troops, especially the British 10th Army, the main killer target of Kesseling!"

About an hour later, Kesseling's latest order was transmitted to the front-line troops on Gustav's front line and the generals in the Cassino area, and notified and implemented them.

As for Keseling's new order, General Edward Dieter, the Nordic commander who was responsible for the Gustav area, quickly received and immediately gave the order to General Egerzer Mountain Infantry Commander, General Viktor Infantry Commander, and other generals to issue a full order and immediately implement supervision and conduct operational supervision.

As the air force that communicates with them to support the air combat, the second German Air Force commanded by Kesselin, the commander of this air force is still the commander of Kesselin himself.

In other words, if the Nordic commander General Edward Dieter needs to bomb the British and American forces in the air, he needs to communicate directly with Kesseling himself.

The Gustav Line is a preset defense line established by the German army that stretches through central Italy for more than 100 kilometers. It is guarded by the C Group Army commanded by Marshal Kesselin. The center and commanding heights of the Gustav Line are Mount Casino, and there is a small town at the foot of the mountain - the town of Casino.

However, the C Group Army at this moment was not a unit composed of 17 divisions in May 1940, led by Erwin von Witzleben and the Seventh Army commanded by Friedrich Dorman, nor was it a new army group formed by the original history of the German Southern Army Group and the remnants of the German Army Group B Group in November 1943, or the Italian Ligurian Army commanded by Marshal Rudolf Graziani in August 1944, and the current command of Kesselin was formed by Chen Yanlong from the B Group, and a reserve recruit unit of more than 25 divisions, plus a new army group formed by the 200,000 troops commanded by the Nordic commander General Edward Dieter.

Edward Dieter, the famous German mountain infantry general, was later praised as the General of the North Country, who was known as Rommel, one of the three famous generals of the German army in World War II.

In his original history, he was dispatched by Hitler to the 20th German Army in Norway and Finland to serve as a general and was responsible for military affairs there.

For the 20th Mountain Army, the guard Pesamo had no war at all, and it was very leisurely.

So when this unit, which was renamed by the Lapland Army, arrived at the increasingly fierce battle of Gustav from a comfortable and comfortable environment, their casualties and combat effectiveness were not very good.

If the Nordic Commander General Edward Dieter had not relaxed in rigorous military training for them, and before arriving in Italy to fight, Chen Yanlong had always insisted that General Edward Dieter had replaced all the officers and soldiers of the 20th Mountain Army and conducted two and a half months of hell-style training, I'm afraid that this time the 20th Mountain Army, who had no war, would have suffered more casualties.

However, for Admiral Edward Dieter, who has rich combat experience, such a bad thing did not happen.

"Drag the casualties of our troops to me immediately. I need to know our current combat damages and the enemy's combat damages!"

"Of course, it also includes their troops deployment and their support!"

"Anyway, I want to know myself and the enemy immediately to deal with the next new combat situation!"

When General Edward Dieter conveyed Keselin's order and reached the various officers of his own troops, he immediately shouted to his adjutant, Weissel, commander of the 18th Mountain Infantry Army, General Egerzer, and General Vikde, commander of the 10th Infantry Army.

"Yes! Commander!"

In response to this, the three of them immediately nodded in unison and agreed.

Because for them, the current battle situation is gradually entering a fierce situation beyond their expectations, and the Gustav defense line they are now in charge is also one of the most important defensive lines in the winter defense line.

In winter, there are many bunkers on the defense line, gun cellars, concrete underground bunkers, rotatable machine gun mounts, barbed wire positions and mine positions, etc., all of which are deployed in a wide range.

For this reason, in the eyes of many German officers and soldiers, the Gustav defense line guarded by General Edward Dieter, as well as the Bernhard defense line in front of the Gustav defense line and the Hitler defense line 5 miles behind, are the most powerful defense lines south of Rome, because at this moment, more than 60 German divisions were deployed throughout the winter defense line, which was more than 50 more divisions than the 15 German armed divisions in history.

The total strength of the Gustav Line, which was stationed by General Edward Dieter alone, was more than 20 divisions, and was also a full-scale division equipped with a lot of new weapons and equipment.

So before the battle began, General Edward Dieter and all the generals under him were very confident.

But shortly after the battle began, General Edward Dieter and his generals discovered something wrong, because the casualties of their troops were gradually increasing beyond their imagination.
Chapter completed!