WWII military commentator? Even a dog could be one.

79 Italy staged a desperate, early invasion of Greece

The little painter in the Observer's newspaper had his beard flying up and down.

He glared fiercely at every general in the Supreme Command.

"What is Italy doing? Didn't we tell them not to take any action recently?"

The little painter waved his fist, extremely excited, spitting as he spoke. His hair, parted in a side part, was askew due to his excitement, obscuring his bloodshot eyes.

The German High Command remained silent.

At this moment, they are celebrating the takeover of France and are even preparing for the Sea Lion plan to invade Britain.

If Germany conquers Britain, it can then seize a large amount of North Africa's resources; this is a consensus among all.

But now, Italy has unilaterally launched a sneak attack.

This disrupted the entire plan of the German High Command.

"Where is the respect of the Italians? They didn't even notify Germany!" the young painter roared angrily, his voice echoing in the corridor outside the meeting room.

Everyone's in pain.

"Sir Sean Wayne is right, we may need to protect Italy."

Upon hearing this, the Supreme Command remained silent.

The young painter glared angrily at Manstein. "What did you say?"

The genius Manstein placed his hands on the map, looked down at it, and pointed at Eleah.

"The roads in the Greek border region are rugged, just like in the Ardennes. Italian medium tanks like the M13/40 cannot pass through easily, and even the smallest light tanks like the L3/35, which are two-man tanks with only a machine gun, cannot pass smoothly."

Manstein pointed to the coastal area. "It's the same here. The roads are mostly dirt, and the Mediterranean rainy season makes it difficult for armored units to move around."

Italy has a small number of tank and armored forces, and its light tanks are very easy to destroy. Most importantly, they have poor mobility.

Italy lacks a large number of tractors and can only use livestock and tractors to transport artillery, which will give Greece enough time to prepare.

Their aircraft were also subpar, consisting mostly of biplanes with poor combat effectiveness.

The Italian advance force consisted entirely of Albanian troops, lacking the necessary training in new weapons, although it included many World War I veterans and generals.

But times have changed, and their tactical thinking is outdated.

I'm pretty sure they'll be defeated by Greece.

Defeated by Greece?

So that means we have to help? Isn't this what Lord Sean meant by protecting them?

Manstein's analysis was too conservative. If it were Sean, he would have told them that Greece would push back against Italy to the border, and even take half of Albania. This was not as simple as just being unable to defeat them.

"These idiots!" The young painter raised his fists, clenching them under his armpits, and shouted angrily. "Hilem, contact Bulgaria for me. I hate this mess."

The young painter stormed out of the meeting room.

Manstein stared at the map in silence, when suddenly a bold idea struck him: should they take the Balkans before defeating Britain?

This gave Germany access to the Mediterranean Sea and a stable rear area.

Being close to the Turkish Straits could also force neutral Türkiye to make a choice.

He frowned and thought quietly, since it had already happened, he might as well let nature take its course.

To change the situation for the better.

Unlike the army's frustration, the air force commander Göring had been officially appointed as the German Air Force Marshal by the young painter, and was now a true general.

Goring was in a good mood; he was hiding in his office, laughing incessantly while holding a strange, one-piece metal rifle.

This rifle is the STG44 assault rifle, which embodies the most advanced concepts of World War II.

It was also the only assault rifle of that era.

"You mean it's called MP44 now?"

"Yes, Your Excellency, we were actually researching this rifle before the Polish campaign. We submitted the design at the time, but as you know, His Majesty the Führer didn't like it. However, the designers and we thought it was a very good weapon."

We renamed it MP44, added it to the list of submachine guns, obtained the Führer's approval, and secretly began development.

The engineer looked at the rifle in Göring's hand with a face full of satisfaction.

"If it weren't for you, this weapon would probably still be stuck in the project plan. We didn't expect to be able to make it so quickly."

Although it still has many flaws and a somewhat high failure rate, its powerful firepower and portability are enough to demonstrate the power of fully automatic weapons.

Goring looked on with satisfaction. This was the assault rifle Sean had mentioned. Haha, the day of the Air Force's complete rise had arrived. First-class citizens, he was now a first-class citizen.

"Very good, you can change the name back, and the designer and developer will be rewarded."

"Thank you, sir."

Goring put down the assault rifle in his hand. "No, you should thank Lord Sean for his comments. It was because of him that this weapon was able to be presented to the world in its original form."

"Sir Sean certainly understands its power. Thank you, our hero."

"Yes!" Goring happily raised his hand and clenched his fist. "Thank you, our hero."

Now, I demand that you produce immediately. I want to equip the entire Wayne Assault Division, no, I want to equip all the rapid reaction forces.

With assault rifles and submachine guns, airborne troops will demonstrate unparalleled firepower superiority.

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

Italy is energized, while the Germans are frustrated.

Sean remained silent.

I just bought a piece of land a couple of days ago, and I'm in a great mood.

Eating my homemade fried egg and ham, along with fried dough sticks and soy milk from Chinatown, this feeling of happiness vanished without a trace the moment I picked up the newspaper.

Italy attacks Greece

How is that possible?

History has played another trick on us, and things have gone astray.

Sean looked at the newspaper to make sure he wasn't mistaken.

Today is only June 16th, and there are still more than four months until Italy attacks Greece. It should be October 28th of this year. They have started the war ahead of schedule. Germany's Operation Sea Lion and the Battle of Britain have not even started yet.

What are you guys doing?

Should the western route be opened ahead of schedule?

Sean's hand holding the fried dough stick froze in mid-air.

But then another possibility came to mind: if Germany had intervened earlier, would the outcome of the Battle of Crete have been different under the unprecedentedly powerful German air force?

Germany lost a large number of aircraft in the Battle of Britain, but now it is in full operational condition.

Oh my God!

It's worth noting that the Greek campaign was originally scheduled for May of next year, but it has now been brought forward by more than four months.

In other words, Germany may have already ended its campaign in Greece by the beginning of next year.

There is ample time to prepare for Plan Barbarossa.

This is going to be interesting.

Italy, this terrible teammate, actually turned out to be a lucky break this time. Although it was a tactical hindrance, it was a huge strategic help.

Sean was both amused and exasperated; the adorable Italian was indeed quite adorable.

"Sir, the infrastructure contract for the house has been signed."

Sean shook his head, interrupting Hanni's attempt to hand over the contract.

"I have a favor to ask you: go to the military industry in Czechoslovakia. It's all your people there now, right?"

"Yes, Your Excellency, is there anything you wish for?" Hanni carefully noted everything down.

"Go find me a type of explosive that's still under research, a plastic explosive. It's an explosive with added binders and plasticizers, made from a mixture of explosives like TNT and white powder. I need it."

The main component of this explosive is RDX (trimethylene trinitramine), developed by German scientists. Find it for me.

It may be called C1 now, but it is not the real C4. The United States perfected it into C4 after World War II. Although C1 is easy to soften in high temperature environments, it also has great advantages.

That is, it is easy to carry and sticky, and its biggest advantage is stability. It is the best explosive weapon for special operations, also known as a chewing gum bomb.

Sean wants to get it, even its formula and patent.

"Your Excellency, I will do everything in my power."

"Find it for me as soon as possible."

"Yes, I will certainly not let you down."

A woman with a lump on her head.