The Rise of the Empire

The British are good enough buddies. They recommended two second-class battleships to Italy. The firepower is quite brutal! Waiting for the Italians to pay now! These two warships, which are almost identical to the Agility class in history, are sold at a price of 1.1 million pounds, and they are existing ships, the kind that can be used directly after taking them away. As for the fact that after the British resold these two warships to the Italians, will the Chileans have any dissatisfaction? This is not within the scope of the British's consideration. When did the British Empire consider the proposal of a small country at this time?

And the payment terms offered by the British this time are also very generous, 1.1 million pounds, now as long as Italy pays half of the money first, the remaining money can be paid in 2 years, such a preferential price and payment method is absolutely unprecedented. ! Moreover, the Italians bought the British ships, and the money they spent was loans provided by the British!

"Since we have consumed millions of pounds and thousands of lives for this war, it is okay to add some more. But this time, I hope the Navy will not let me down!" Umberto I thought for a while For a quarter of an hour, it was finally decided to take out another 550,000 pounds from the Italian treasury, which was about to bottom out, to buy such a ship first.... As he said, all the previous money has been spent, so are you still afraid of such a trembling now?

"How about the army, do we need to increase our troops to deal with a group of Turks and African natives?" Umberto I asked with a straight face. If he still has a glimmer of hope for the navy, then there is no hope for the army. Whether it is an encounter battle, a siege battle, or a city defense battle, the two sides can say that they have played it all over again. The Italian army is always beaten by various slings when its strength is at least almost the same.... Although there is no shortage of elites who have performed well, such as the Italian Mountain Infantry Division. But when they meet the Germans, they still dare to be beaten or be beaten....

Now many warships in the Italian Navy are moored near important strongholds along the coast of Africa. Their role is to provide fire support. But the Italians decided to fight again....

"We are currently consolidating our coastal defenses and gradually advancing inward. It may take a long time to conquer the entire colony. In fact, I think it is better to force the other party to surrender through diplomatic channels when the situation permits. After all, we The Navy has occupied several islands off the coast of Turkey. If..." the Minister of War whispered.

"Okay, don't talk about it, if you can't get something on the battlefield, you can't get it through negotiation! Let's see it first!" Umberto I waved his hand impatiently.

The Italians are still struggling. Although the form is very bad, they still decided to wait and see. One of the most important factors is Britain and France! Now the loans from Britain and France have not been broken, and the Italians still have money to fight. Moreover, Germany is behind Turkey. After the political situation in Turkey changes, the influence of Britain and France will definitely be gradually squeezed out of Turkey. Therefore, Britain and France should take some actions, right? Whether it is to contain Germany or beat Turkey, the Italians are waiting for this opportunity!

But I have to say that this time the Italians think highly of themselves again. Although Britain and France are very dissatisfied with Germany's control of Turkey and want to take some action, neither Britain, which is mired in the quagmire of war, nor France, which has been beaten up, have the guts Challenge Germany at this time! Turkey is just scraps for these two countries, what they really want to win over is Russia!

"As long as Russia gives up its expansion in the Far East,

Then the British Empire can make friends with him, and Russia, which has lost hope in the Far East, will definitely turn its attention to Europe again. The conflict between Russia and Austria-Hungary will intensify, and Germany is an ally of Austria-Hungary. "Saltsbury has stated his strategy in parliament more than once. He has realized that the greatest enemy of the British Empire is not Russia, which is seeking expansion in the Far East, but Germany!

"In this case, why don't we provide more help to Italy so that it can stand on our side? The Italians are mercenary, as long as the benefits are enough, it is not a problem for them to turn their backs on Germany." Chamberlain just reported to the Prime Minister that the Italians In this document, the Italians asked the United Kingdom to help the Italian Navy seize the two "Turkish assault ships" that broke up on the high seas, and at the same time hoped that the British would provide more help, especially military help.

"Now we shouldn't have a complete fallout with Germany. Our situation is very bad. The Italians want to get the Turkish colonies and do it by themselves. Why should we help them at a high cost? Of course, if Italy needs We can help with that annoying armored cruiser. For so many years, the British Empire Navy has never faced a direct confrontation after the Battle of Trafalgar. We are inexperienced. We can let the Italians help us find out Find the way," Salisbury replied.

"Of course the most important thing is that now our evaluation of Italy's strength continues to decline. At the beginning, I thought Italy was a valuable partner and was worth wooing. But now most people think that Italy's joining will not be beneficial to the overall situation. If the impact is too great, it may even become our burden. Once a land war breaks out between the two sides, we will even send troops to help the Italians!"

The British are looking at the performance of the Italians to decide how to choose. Similarly, the Italians are also looking at the performance of Britain and France. If there is any power in this era with the most flexible diplomatic strategy, it must be Italy. They can betray Germany for their own interests. Austria, in the same way, when they think that Britain and France are not worth relying on, or that Germany and Austria are too strong, they will choose to continue to maintain the alliance, at least they are neutral.

And this time. The Italians found that the so-called support from Britain and France was so weak, and they did not seem to be as strong as imagined. Coupled with the economic deficit, although Britain and France are willing to provide loans, these loans need to be repaid! Under such circumstances, Italy's attitude towards war in the future will naturally be relatively conservative. Of course, these are all things to say later, so I won't mention them for now.

After going around the Bromfors shipyard, the prince was about to return to Bavaria, but before going back, he received a telegram. In the telegram, Little Moltke said that he was about to leave for Bavaria in his private capacity, hoping to see The state of aviation and armored formations in Bavaria.

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