Chapter 499: Die-supported Italy

"By the way, how is the situation in the Mediterranean now?" Suddenly, the prince remembered that Europe is not peaceful now. The imperialism of the poor is still competing with a patient on a European sickbed. No news has been heard for so long. I left the military affairs to my uncle. I have been busy with these things recently, but I have somewhat overlooked the situation in the Mediterranean.

"How do you say? The situation is probably stable now. The Italians have an advantage at sea, although General Scheer used the cover of the night to sweep out a waterway to the outside world with the help of minesweepers, and successfully destroyed a ship. Italian cruisers and several transport ships, but the impact on the overall situation is still relatively limited."

“The Swordfish’s camouflage attack on the ships’ mines deployed in the Adriatic Sea has achieved great results. So far, according to our statistics, 15 ships of various types with a total of 40,000 tons of ships have been destroyed by mines, but This action aroused the alert of the Italian navy. They began to blockade the Adriatic Sea, and the Captain of the Swordfish was also able to deal with it properly, disguising as a merchant ship and leaving the Eastern Mediterranean before the blockade. Together with the Wave, intercepted Italy in the Atlantic These two warships have intercepted 21 Italian merchant ships with naval guns so far, with a gross tonnage of 70,000 tons!" said Earl Schelling.

"It seems that the results of the sea camouflage assault ship are better than our armored cruiser." The prince joked. In fact, if the Prince Albert without Scheer contained most of the Italian navy's power, I am afraid that the results of these two sea assault ships would not be so good. Sometimes the role of warships is not just for combat. Now, in order to blockade this giant beast, the Italians do not have enough power to search for two disguised assault ships in the Atlantic Ocean. This is also the fundamental reason why the swordfish and sea wolf are so far away...

"What about the Italian army?" the prince thought for a while and asked.

"To be honest, I think if you look at the performance of the Italian army alone, they are definitely not worthy of the word "Great Powers". Up to now, the Italian army in Africa has about 120,000 people, but it is still fighting against our volunteers and the Turks. More defeats and less victory. The Italians are poor in terms of equipment and personnel. The most incredible thing is that the Italians’ fighting will is not as good as the Turks. Once we successfully captured an Italian artillery company. The company still has a large number of shells, but the Italian soldiers chose to surrender because they couldn't open the ammunition box without a crowbar..." Count Schelling said that he couldn't help but laugh. It is not easy for such a country to be independent!

"Very well, let's continue fighting, and fight for this war to be fought for more than two years, until Italy can't afford it." The prince said indifferently. "How is Turkey's internal politics now?"

"Our partners have taken control of the Istanbul and Turkish governments in the name of military control. Although they have not overthrown the old Sudan, they have also been emptied. The cooperation between us and them has begun in full swing, and everything is proceeding according to plan." Said the earl.

Generally speaking, the current situation is not small, but great! Taking advantage of the war, the Turkish government made 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 at this time in history, Italy slowed down the development of the navy. The development of the economy has allowed the national power to increase to a certain extent before the expansion of the dreadnoughts in the early stage of World War I, as well as the "armed to the bow of the ship and the world" written by a famous Italian poet. Such pride and confidence! But now? Only hehe!

Let's talk about Italy as a country, and nothing else, it has some resilience. Their thirst for a colony and desire to become a powerful country are actually not worse than Germany, but their own strength is not enough. Whether it was 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 showed this point. Although they were not strong enough, they did not suffer a decisive defeat, (for example, Adu They will persevere in the War of War, and such perseverance will consume a lot of national power!

This is like a person with a bad mouth must compete with a mature beef tendon.... The navy is fully mobilized and there are still 120,000 troops in Africa. This scale of consumption must not be small, right? More than £250,000 a month is not too much, right? The prince now wants to know how much money there is in Italy to throw in this bottomless pit!

The so-called happy and sad, some people are happy, and naturally some people are deflated. For example, the current King Umberto I of Italy, the war has been fought for nearly half a year at this time, and neither the Italian army nor the navy has the arrogance at the beginning of the war. The navy is better. Except for being caught off guard by Scheer and losing a cruiser and several auxiliary ships, there is not much loss. If you can automatically ignore the news of the missing Italian transport ship, then act. It is also very effective... At least it blocked the opponent?

But the Italian Army is different. So far, it has been all kinds of gifts and losses. Even an officer of the Royal Army who came to watch the battle once said ironically that if Turkey and Italy bordered~www.wuxiaspot .com~Then the current Italian palace may have the banner of the Ottoman Sultan! The British, who was annoyed by the Boers in Boer, found confidence here.

"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 Qilu. I don’t care what you do. Give me those two The raid ships running across the Atlantic Ocean have found out! From the beginning of the war, our losses on these two raid ships alone have been as high as 500,000 pounds or more! The domestic panic has raised questions about the government's policy. And the Germans again We don't want to let go, we can only rely on ourselves!" Umberto I said.

"Our current main fleet is divided into three batches, one for the blockade of the Dardanelles, one for the protection of the sea lines of communication in the Mediterranean, and another for the maintenance in the port. At the beginning, the Germans raided us. Destroyed two battleships about to be launched, which made our capital ships stretched out. In order to deal with the fierce prince, we must have at least 3 capital ships! Unless, we can now buy one that can rival Al A battleship of the Prince Bert-class armored cruiser!" said the Duke of Abuqilu.

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