The Rise of the Empire

"By the way, how is the situation in the Mediterranean Sea now?" Suddenly, the prince remembered that Europe is not at peace now, and the imperialism of the poor is still competing with a patient in a certain European sickbed. There has been no news for so long. I have handed over all the military matters to my uncle, and I have been busy with these matters recently, but I have somewhat ignored the situation in the Mediterranean Sea. \u003c/p\u003e"How to say? The current situation is probably stable. The Italians have an advantage at sea, although General Scheer used the cover of night to sweep out a waterway leading to the outside world with the help of minesweepers, and successfully An Italian cruiser and several transport ships were destroyed, but the impact on the overall situation is still relatively limited."\u003c/p\u003e"Swordfish pretended to attack the ship's mines deployed in the Adriatic Sea, but achieved great results. So far, according to our statistics, 15 ships of various types with a total of 40,000 tons have been destroyed by mines. However, this action has aroused the vigilance of the Italian Navy. They began to block the Adriatic Sea, and the captain of the Swordfish It can be regarded as a good response, disguised as a merchant ship and left the Eastern Mediterranean before the other party blocked it. Together with the Wave, it intercepted Italian merchant ships in the Atlantic Ocean. These two warships have intercepted 21 Italian merchant ships with naval guns so far, with a total tonnage of 70,000 tons!" said Earl Schelling. \u003c/p\u003e "It seems that the results of the camouflaged assault ship at sea are better than our armored cruiser." The prince joked. In fact, if there is no Prince Albert of Scheer to contain most of the power of the Italian Navy, I am afraid that the results of the two sea assault ships will not be so good. Sometimes the role of a battleship is not reflected in battle. Now, in order to block this giant beast, the Italians do not have enough strength to go to the Atlantic Ocean to find two camouflaged assault ships. This is the fundamental reason why Swordfish and Sea Wolf are able to escape until now.... \u003c/p\u003e "Where's the Italian army?" The prince asked after thinking for a while. \u003c/p\u003e"To be honest, I think that if you just look at the performance of the Italian Army, they are definitely not worthy of the word "powers". Up to now, the Italian Army in Africa has about 120,000 people, but it is different from our volunteers and Turkey. People are still fighting more than they lose, and the Italians are still very poor in terms of equipment and personnel quality. The most incredible thing is that the fighting will of the Italians is not as good as that of the Turks. Once we successfully captured an Italian The artillery company, this company still has a lot of shells, but the Italian soldiers chose to surrender because they couldn't open the ammunition box without a crowbar..." Earl Schelling said here and couldn't help laughing. It is not easy for such a country to be independent! \u003c/p\u003e "Very well, let's continue the fight, and strive to fight this war for more than 2 years, until Italy can't afford it." The prince said indifferently. "What is the internal political situation in Turkey now?"\u003c/p\u003e "Our partners have controlled Istanbul and the Turkish government in the name of military control. Although the old Sudan has not been overthrown, it has been emptied. The relationship between us and them The cooperation has already begun in full swing, and everything is going according to plan," said Earl Schelling. \u003c/p\u003eIn general, the current situation is not a small one, but a great one! Taking advantage of the war, the Turkish government has achieved a smooth transition, and its own plan to support this little brother can be officially launched, while Italy has fallen into the quagmire of war. You must know that Italy at this time in history has slowed down the development of the navy. The development of the economy and the improvement of the national strength to a certain extent led to the expansion of the dreadnoughts in the early stage of World War I, and the "armed to the bow, going to the whole world" written by a famous Italian poet. Such arrogance and confidence! But now? I can only hehe! \u003c/p\u003e Let’s talk about the country of Italy,

Among other things, they have some resilience. Their desire for colonies and their desire to become a powerful country are actually no worse than Germany, but their own strength is not enough. Whether it is the two invasions of Ethiopia in history, the Italian-Turkish war, or the participation in the Spanish Civil War before the Second World War, they all illustrate this point. Although they are not powerful enough, as long as they do not suffer a decisive defeat, (for example, Adu They will persevere, and such persistence will consume a lot of national power! \u003c/p\u003eThis is like a person with bad teeth insisting on competing with a mature tendon...  The navy is fully mobilized, and there are still 120,000 troops in Africa. The consumption of this scale must not be small, right? More than 250,000 pounds a month is not too much, right? The prince now wants to know how much money Italy can throw into this bottomless pit! \u003c/p\u003eThe so-called happy and sad, some people are happy, some people are naturally depressed. For example, the current Italian King Umberto I, the war has been fought for nearly half a year at this time, and neither the Italian army nor the navy is as proud as it was at the beginning of the war. The navy is better, except for being caught off guard by Scheer, and losing a cruiser and a few auxiliary ships, there is not much loss. If the news of the missing Italian transport ships can be automatically ignored, then take action. It can be regarded as fruitful.... At least it blocked the opponent, didn't it? \u003c/p\u003eBut the Italian Army is different. So far, it has been all kinds of giving away and losing. Even an officer of the British Royal Army who came to watch the battle once said sarcastically that if Turkey and Italy border , Then the current Italian palace may have hung the flag of the Ottoman Sultan! The Brits, annoyed by the Boers in Boer, found their confidence here. \u003c/p\u003e"This war can't go on like this anymore. The army's offensive must be stepped up, and our shipping lines at sea must also be guaranteed, especially the latter, Duke Abu Qiru, I don't care what you do, give me Find out those two assault ships that are rampant in the Atlantic Ocean! From the beginning of the war to the present, our losses on these two attack ships alone have reached more than 500,000 pounds! People in the country are panicked and have questioned the government's policies. And the Germans don't want to let go, we can only rely on ourselves!" said Umberto I. \u003c/p\u003e"Our current main fleet is divided into three batches, one is used to block the Dardanelles, the other is used to protect the sea lines of communication in the Mediterranean, and the other is preparing in the port. The Germans raided our port and destroyed two warships that were about to launch, which made our capital ships stretched. In order to deal with the fierce prince, we need at least 3 capital ships! Unless, we can buy a battleship now A battleship that can rival the Prince Albert-class armored cruiser!" said Duke Abziru. \u003c/p\u003eThanks to the book friend Wang Yao for the young guard rabbit, the first guard tank brigade, slowly traveling k, the sea is bounded, and the fat cow king\u003c/a\u003e~~~! , and the support of book friends Yipin Huangshan Smoking Harmful to Health, Stalker Alpha, Scattered Soldiers, Mao Welfare, Nanda Beika and other book friends~~~! Yesterday's subscription was good, and there is a book friend with a thousand rewards~~~! Three more today~~~! I hope you will support us a lot~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e