Chapter 632: Changes in Italy

The news about the construction of the world's first jet aircraft in Romania did not attract much attention. Again, this is not the world's first successful test flight of an airplane, unless Romania flies out of the atmosphere, which can cause a sensation in the world.

But people in other countries who also work on jet engines are unusually concerned, but their concerns do not affect their governments. The reason is very simple, the jet is not practical at the moment, at most the next allocation should not let the Romanians lead too much.

And when this report was placed on Eder's desk, the king who was also the king of Bulgaria dragged his tired body and looked at it carefully for a while, and then he gave a sentence to make persistent efforts.

There is no way that the current jet aircraft will not be available until the end of World War II, and the current report is just an indication that Romania has made progress in the development of jets.

And Eder is so busy these days that he not only has to meet with people from all walks of life in Bulgaria, but also to see what is actually happening in various parts of Bulgaria. I was so busy all day and night that I didn't touch the ground at all. Even for such a major event as Hindenburg's death, Eder only sent people to attend.

In fact, after Hitler became chancellor, Eder knew that no one could stop Germany from rearming. And Hindenburg's death made it unrestrained and more and more monopolistic.

Moreover, Italy, his de facto ally, is also becoming more and more restless, and the ambassador to Italy reports to himself that more and more Ethiopian news is being reported in Italy. This made Edel feel that the restless heart of the leader was likely to turn his attention to the East African country.

This may have been a knock-on effect of Eder's ascension to the king of Bulgaria. Although the Italian government, which now receives Libya's oil resources, is much better off than it was in history, the impact of the economic crisis on its citizens has not subsided. The main thing is that the interests of Italian oil are divided between the top, and the interests left to the bottom are not satisfactory. And Italy's economic recovery is also far from being due to the lack of an adequate market.

Therefore, in the face of the voices of discontent in the country, the *** regime led by Mussolini thought of a way to divert the attention of the nation. In fact, within the Italian government, there is a lot of controversy over which target to choose. It has been argued that the Kingdom of Albania in the Balkans should be given priority. Because this small country is across the sea from Italy, the annexation of this country will allow Italy to expand its influence in the Balkans.

However, opponents argue that it is precisely because Albania is located in the Balkans. If it were to be annexed, it would likely provoke strong opposition from Britain and France, as well as Yugoslavia and Greece. Moreover, in the case of Romania taking the lead in taking Bulgaria, if Italy joins again, it will make Yugoslavia and Greece, which have long been wary of anomalies, overreact.

The main proponents of these views came mainly from the conservative wing of the Italian government, who believed that the resistance of the mountainous country of Albaria in the process of entering the country would be very detrimental to Italy if it encountered resistance in the process.

And Italy does not have enough legal support to convince other countries. So it is impossible for an Albanian, like Eder, to be elected as a king by the Bulgarian people.

This is not the case with Ethiopia, which is located in eastern Africa and European countries do not contribute too much. And it is not the British and French sphere of influence, and it is not very likely to touch the nerves of the two countries.

True, at the moment Europe generally has little sense of the African continent. For swarthy skin, there is no idea of world unity.

The Italian government, on the other hand, after careful consideration, finally chose Ethiopia as the target of public distraction.

Its location in Africa is one side, and it also has a lot to do with the fact that it can link Eritrea, the current Italian colony in East Africa, and Italian Somalia.

The current Italian colonies in East Africa are mainly Eritrea and Somalia, but there are two disconnected parts divided by Britain and France from the north, and General E. de Bono, who is currently the Governor of East Africa, is also one of the driving forces behind the Italian invasion of Ethiopia.

Under his leadership, the Italian army repeatedly provoked friction in the border areas between the two sides, and took the opportunity to publicize that this was Ethiopia's dissatisfaction with foreign Italy.

Therefore, under the impetus of the Italian upper echelons, its domestic newspapers and radio stations have stood for it, as if Ethiopia is eyeing the Italian territory of East Africa. This naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the Italian people, and pushed the Kingdom of Italy to step up military preparations.

However, the Italian government knew that it would require diplomatic relations with Britain and France to take Ethiopia, so Mussolini signed the Italian-French Treaty with French Foreign Minister Pierre Reival for this purpose. The treaty provided for France to grant Italy "freedom of movement" in Ethiopia.

The reason why France did this was because France wanted to focus Italy's attention on Africa. In Germany, with Hitler coming to power and Romania doing things in the Balkans, the French people thought that Italy would also be tempted, so it was better to vent its energy on the mountainous country of East Africa than to wait for Italy to cause unrest in Europe. Moreover, Ethiopia is surrounded by mountains, which helps to increase Italian consumption.

The Italian government, on the other hand, was ecstatic after receiving assurances from France, believing that this had removed a major obstacle.

However, Britain opposed Italy's move because it feared that it might shake its rule in East Africa, Egypt and Sudan. To that end, the Italian Government continues to negotiate with it.

In the ensuing negotiations, Britain considered the risk of war with Italy to be too great. Moreover, he was able to win him over, believing that sacrificing Ethiopia would keep Mussolini from ally with Germany, and eventually give Italy a hint that it would not intervene in the aggression.

After Britain and France gave the green light, anti-Ethiopian rhetoric in Italy reached a climax. That's why there was a telegram from the ambassador to Italy.

And for the decision of Italy to invade Ethiopia, Eder cannot be said to be unfavorable. However, the Italian invasion in history can be described as quite a failure, and it is amazing that the 300,000 modern Italian army, the 45-500,000 backward tribal army of Ethiopia, also needs heavy casualties to win. Moreover, the tactics of the Ethiopian army are backward, and they only know how to play positional battles and attrition.

Although it is not the kind of army with javelins on the Internet in the previous life, even the rifles still have the kind of troops that have front-loading guns. The Italian army, which had aircraft, tanks, poison gas and other equipment, also made a lot of jokes about this.

But Eder wasn't going to get involved. First, Italy would not want to see others intervene, and secondly, let the leader see the Italian army that fought bravely, lest His Excellency the leader misestimate his own strength.