The Rise of the Empire

"His Majesty the Emperor is very annoyed by the betrayal of the Italians, but due to the current international situation and domestic environment, it is not convenient for us to take strong actions on the surface. After all, Germany is the core of the Allied Power system, and directly suppresses the influence of internal members. Very bad." This time, the German central government sent personnel with very high standards, and the famous little Mao Qi came to Bavaria in person. \u003c/p\u003e"However, we must not ignore this kind of betrayal. The empire will take all non-direct confrontation methods to help our allies who are about to join the alliance, and punish this restless Apennine country by the way. And Scheer and I The general's arrival is to cooperate with the Bavarian royal family to do this." Little Maoqi said. \u003c/p\u003e "It is impossible to complete this matter simply by relying on the Bavarian royal family. Our strength is too weak. And the most important thing is that our supplies cannot be sent to Libya. The west of Libya is a French colony, and the east Next is Egypt, a British vassal. Once the war starts, the sea passages will be easily controlled by the Italian fleet. Tell me, how will this battle be fought?" the prince asked rhetorically. \u003c/p\u003e"You don't need to worry about supplies and expenses. The imperial government is responsible for this matter. What we need are professional and reliable fighters, such as your Blue Legion." Xiao Maoqi said indifferently . \u003c/p\u003e "Hoard supplies in advance? How long do you think these supplies can last?" The prince smiled wryly. \u003c/p\u003e "According to our intelligence, the Turks have a total of 25,000 people in this area, but only 8,000 of them are regular troops, and the rest are tribal nomadic cavalry. We will give the latter some equipment, but not much. Really need The supply is 8,000 Turkish troops, and we ship directly at the coastal ports of the Adriatic Sea, and we can transport 2,000 tons of various materials at a time, and it will not be a problem to support the Turks to fight for 3 months to half a year." Xiao Maoqi thought for a while and said. \u003c/p\u003e"Half a year, that's too little. What if the Italians plan to fight for one year?" the prince asked. Historically, both Italy and the Ottoman Empire were persistent enough for Libya. more than 1 year. Italy finally mobilized as many as 100,000 troops, and the navy also bombarded Turkish ports including Beirut. Aircraft, warships, armored vehicles, and new weapons were all used once, and Turkey carried the Balkan Alliance in the Balkans. It took 1 year for Italy to die! \u003c/p\u003e"The Italians have won the support of Britain and France, so they are not short of money, think about their dedication to Ethiopia. We must be prepared to fight a long-term battle, at least 1 year. Who can tell me , How can the army in Africa support it for such a long time?"\u003c/p\u003e"Material transportation is a threshold that cannot be bypassed, and this time we are dealing with the Italians at the door of Italy, who knows that they will eventually send How many troops? 50,000 or 100,000? How many troops do we need to send to fight a campaign similar to the scale of Adwa and make the Italians give up completely?" A series of questions from the prince made the two present realize for the first time that the problem is very different Simple, yeah, what's the bottom line for Italians? And is Germany willing to pay so much for Turkey? \u003c/p\u003e "Gentlemen, before we proceed to discuss this matter, I would like to obtain full authorization from the Kaiser, as we did against the Portuguese and the French last time. Our opponents this time are no stronger than last time. But I need support!" said the prince. \u003c/p\u003e"I will contact Berlin immediately, and I believe the order will be conveyed soon. In at most three days, the central government will definitely give His Highness a clear answer." Little Maoqi said. \u003c/p\u003e "Then I wait for the good news.

"After the prince finished speaking, he motioned for Earl Schelling to see him off.\u003c/p\u003eNow the prince can be sure that the Kaiser wants to deal with this disobedient younger brother, and his attitude is very firm. Take all actions. But some things in this world are not what you want to do. I have to say that the war in Libya is very unfavorable to Turkey. The colonies hanging overseas and without a navy, you let Turkey How does the government fight?\u003c/p\u003e There are only two ways to make the Italians stop. The first way is to directly launch a war of annihilation larger than that of Adwa, so that the Italians realize that conquest is impossible, or In other words, it is through the long-term war of attrition and guerrilla warfare that the Italians feel that the loss outweighs the gain.\u003c/p\u003e But unfortunately, these two things are not easy to do. Don’t look down on Ethiopia. At the beginning, they also concentrated 100,000 troops. There are also 25,000 King's Guards who have been trained by European instructors. Let's not talk about their combat effectiveness, but at least they know how to fight. Then 108,000 people besieged the 17,000 Italian army to achieve such a big victory. Libya, where can you find 100,000 troops?\u003c/p\u003eYour side is subtraction, but the Italian side is addition. Historically, Italy was able to deploy and support a total of less than 20,000 troops in distant East Africa But this time, it was fought at the door of someone's house. In history, 100,000 troops were sent, even if the Italians were softer. How can you hit such a huge heavy army group at once? And they can get ships in coastal ports The protection of the guns...... Let me ask, how can a force mainly composed of nomadic cavalry attack a coastal stronghold covered by naval guns?\u003c/p\u003eThe prince is very confused and confused. The Italians fight like the British and French Help pay the bill, don't wait until the end, the Kaiser said he would not play, so should Bavaria continue to fight or not? Money and other things are small things, the key is that thousands of elite Bavarian veterans can't just This is the end!\u003c/p\u003e "I will be your king in the future, you will be loyal to me, and I will give you a life of glory and abundance. "The prince has never forgotten the oath he made to these loyal veterans when the Blue Legion was first established and headed to the Far East.\u003c/p\u003e As a traveler, Bavaria can have what it is today because of myself and a group of like-minded people. , Whether it is Prince Leopold, Schmidt, Earl Schelling, who belonged to the Bavarian system from the very beginning, or armor technicians who jumped from Krupp to follow him, or "Vittorio" International friends", they are all comrades-in-arms of the prince. They have paid loyalty and blood and sweat, and the prince must let them live better, at least not to die in a foreign country!\u003c/p\u003eThe prince thinks this is really difficult, and the benefits seem to be too small Not much. So he also began to hesitate, whether to accept this matter or not.\u003c/p\u003e The third update is here~~~! Please subscribe and please\u003c/a\u003e~~~!\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e