For the Entente, the Italians finally did a good thing this time! Although it has limited military significance, the political role is too great!

What propaganda material, one of the three great powers of the Central Powers surrendered! Doesn't this mean that the Allies are about to be finished? We have to get more publicity!

It turned out to be four to three, but now it has become four to two, and I'm sorry for the audience if I can't win!

Anyway, if you brag and don't pay taxes, you naturally continue to brag!

Last year, everyone said that the war would end in 1917, and few people believed it, but now ordinary people believe it, and there is no reason why four against two will lose!

Oh, I'm sorry that the other current nations that participated in the war were ignored, but what's wrong with that? What qualifications does a small country have to come out and steal the limelight?

Of course, there is another exception, there is also a big power in the Entente that plays soy sauce - Japan, since they have been playing soy sauce all along, the European media naturally ignore them!

The most immediate benefit of Italy's surrender was that the peace faction within the Entente was suppressed, even in the Russian Empire.

Of course, the main reason for Russia is the purge of Nicholas II, many officials in the government were involved, and in the new round of power distribution, the military occupied a greater right to speak, and the main war faction naturally grew again!

Now it is difficult for even the Germans to negotiate peace, at least the conditions put forward by the black-clad prime minister are impossible to negotiate, unless they achieve a decisive victory on the Western Front!

Bulgaria was no exception, and the Propaganda Department began to act without Ferdinand's orders, and the Bulgarian Daily, the official royal media, published the news as quickly as possible.

They used a page and published a huge photograph of the scene where Valikot accepted the surrender of the Italians.

Of course, the person who surrendered on behalf of the Italian government could not be Vittorio Emanuele III, and besides, Valricot did not dare to let the Italian king surrender in person, and the two sides did not have a deep hatred, so why insult others?

The king of Europe may lack anything else, that is, he has many relatives, and he will affect the whole body, and preferential treatment is a must!

Therefore, even after the defeat and surrender of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele III's guard was still preserved, which was approved by Ferdinand, and naturally no one restricted his freedom!

There was no doubt that surrendering to the enemy was a chore, and the top of the Italian government avoided it, and the Prime Minister suddenly broke his leg, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer was still in a coma, and the Foreign Secretary had just been wounded by the Assassins......

In short, there has been a sudden accident in everyone recently, and the last one is the unlucky guy they found somewhere, who surrendered on behalf of the Italian government.

Well, it doesn't matter, as long as the Italians are willing to surrender, who does it matter who he represents?

For Valikot, it didn't matter if it was a matter of etiquette, it didn't matter if the Italians respected him or not, and it didn't matter if the identity of the person sent to surrender was equal, as long as the result was what he wanted.

Was this really what he wanted? The answer is no!

When the Italians surrendered after the completion of the surrender, Valikot suddenly found that he had been touched by the Italians, and he also touched the porcelain of the British, French and Bulgarian countries at one time!

Now millions of Italians are begging him for food with their mouths open, and the number continues to increase, and he can't refuse it!

To put it simply, a large group of Italians took the initiative to lay down their weapons and surrender to the forces of the Entente, and it was a forced surrender, and it was impossible to accept it!

A soldier captures a regiment, this is all a small scene, now a soldier can take as many people as he wants!

Even the Allied soldiers who had entered the Italian prisoner of war camp before had captured a large number of Italian soldiers in the circle, and they even directly threatened him to either accept everyone's surrender or die!

Then the composition of the people who surrendered was chaotic, there were all kinds of people in it, from the old man to the newborn baby, everything, and now everyone is coming to surrender!

And also handed in a dazzling array of weapons, such as: old muskets, rifle barrels, kitchen knives, hoes, scissors......

There was even an old man who handed him over his crutches, but it was so difficult that the soldier had to give it back to him again, and an argument broke out between the two sides.

No matter how they surrendered, since the soldiers of the Entente accepted their surrender, according to the rules, they were prisoners of war!

Although Valikot still hasn't figured out why a month-old baby could become a prisoner of war, could it be that the weapon they handed over was the legendary bottle? But now that he has accepted it, he has to pinch his nose and admit it!

It was clear that this was an organized mass surrender, and the Italian government had long known that there was a shortage of food in the country, but they had no solution, and they did not know who came up with such a bad idea in the end, and directly relied on the Entente.

Anyway, now they are all prisoners of war, and according to the provisions of the Geneva Conventions, the Entente must give them the treatment they deserve!

There is no doubt that the Italians are betting on whether Britain, France and Bulgaria will abide by the Geneva Conventions and treat them as prisoners of war in accordance with the Conventions.

Obviously, they have succeeded in meeting porcelain this time, and whether it is Britain, France or Bulgaria, they now attach great importance to their international image.

Valikot had to rejoice that he had taken the initiative to attack, otherwise if it had taken a little longer, all of Italy would have surrendered!

While Valikot was worried about the problem of feeding the Italians, New Winster, the commander-in-chief of the British colonial forces, came up and said with a sad face: "Your Excellency, the Italians are making trouble again, they are gathering to protest against our mistreatment of the prisoners!"

The Italians demanded that we be treated in a way that matched their status, and even made a detailed list of food! Look at it, from ordinary soldiers all the way to marshals, the food lists of their officers and soldiers at all levels are listed! ”

Walikot took it and scanned the food list, the food of the average soldier every day: 400 grams of bread, 400 grams of pasta, 40 grams of butter, 400 grams of vegetables, 240 grams of meat, 30 grams of fish, 250 grams of wine, 250 grams of beer, 300 grams of fruit, 65 grams of snacks

Well, the officer's Valitte just didn't look at it, and said with a sneer: "Tell the Italians that they are not here to enjoy themselves, and if there is an opinion, I can declare now: the mastermind of this war is the Italian government, it has nothing to do with them, and all are acquitted!" ”

Winster smiled wryly and said, "Yes! ”

Obviously, he was not annoyed by the Italians, and the main reason he came to Valikot was to hope that he could change his job, and the errand of guarding the Italian prisoners was too difficult to do!

Winster now has only 80,000 British colonial troops in his hands, but he is holding more than 3.5 million Italian "prisoners of war", and this number continues to increase at a rate of tens of thousands every day.

Of course, his concern was not that he was afraid that the Italian "prisoners of war" would escape, in fact, even if they all surrendered, the Entente would not have so many prisons to hold them.

So, they were placed directly in the city of Rome, and the so-called guards are now doing the usual work of the police, responsible for maintaining order, and no one will ask if they want to leave.

The Italians did not have the slightest awareness of prisoners of war, and they probably regarded them as policemen, and they had to be responsible for mediation in many trivial matters.

Here's the problem, the language barrier! Now the translators in the British army are afraid to go out, and they are directly frightened by the terrible workload.

But it doesn't matter, most of these "prisoners of war" are also from Rome or the surrounding areas, and there are still a lot of high-quality talents, they can translate by themselves, and there are many people who can speak English anyway.

Forget about these alone, Winster can endure it, deal with it if he can, and drive them all back to the "prisoner of war camp" if he can't handle it.

But the problem is that because the Italians dislike the low standard of food, they directly pulled up banners and took to the streets to demonstrate against their mistreatment of prisoners!

This is a headache, and the repression cannot be suppressed, and it is even more impossible to meet their conditions, and now the soldiers of the Entente countries do not have this treatment, how can it be possible to provide this treatment to prisoners of war?

Winster thought he had found a suitable reason: "Your Excellency, can you give us a different job, always let us guard the Italian prisoners, and the soldiers need to rest?" ”

Valikot smiled and said: "You all know that these Italian prisoners of war are simply a group of refugees, and the work of guarding them has no other problems except for a little more trivial things, and you don't have to worry about them escaping."

So the soldiers need to rest, you can also take turns, or you can divide the Italians and let them elect their own 'prisoner of war management committee', you can just be responsible for coordination!

This is also a matter of no way, your Chinese language is widely spread, except for you, the other troops do not understand the language, and now we can't find so many translators, so you still continue to hold on, and when you send reinforcements from your country, you can rotate! ”

"Language barrier", this reason is very strong, Winster can't refute it at all, he thinks for the first time that this language is too widely spread is not necessarily a good thing!

Of course, in addition to English, the French language next door is also widely spoken in Europe, especially in aristocratic circles, and Italy is no exception, most of their aristocrats know this basic language.

However, Winster can't let these aristocratic lords come out as translators! No one could afford to lose this man, and Winster didn't dare to say that he was going to force them to do it!

After all, the European continent is still the world of the aristocracy, and he himself is a member of a vested interest group, so naturally he cannot do anything that harms his own interests and class.

Winster was a little embarrassed and said, "Then Your Excellency, are we going to give the Italian prisoners of war a little more food supply?" ”

Valikot sighed, and then said: "You know, our logistics and transportation have always been in the responsibility of your fleet, if it is more than enough to supply our coalition forces, but now that there are so many millions of mouths, why don't you urge the country again!" ”

Winster can't wait to slap himself, call you cheap, dig a pit and bury yourself! Now the capacity of the Entente is not rich, and if it increases here, it will naturally decrease in other places.

Where can supplies be reduced now? Both the Western Front and the Southern Front are in full swing, and the Russians on the Eastern Front are in need of recovery, but Winster doesn't see it anyway, any of these aspects can cut supplies!

In fact, it's not that the Italians are making trouble, in fact, their current food supply is insufficient, and they really can't fill their stomachs, and now each adult's daily food supply is only 200 grams of flour, and you can add a potato every other day!

As for meat, I'm sorry! Even the soldiers of the colonial army usually only ate 100 grams twice a week, so how could they have their share?

It's inevitable that the Italians won't have enough to eat because of the grain! Of course, if you add some ingredients to 200 grams of flour, you can still make 4 or 500 grams of bread, and you won't starve to death anyway.

As for the problem of materials, this needs to be done by the Italians themselves, and if they can find it, they will have their own ability, and the Allied army will not be able to control it anyway.

Valikot's troubles have just begun, and although a batch of food was captured during the occupation of Rome, it can't stand the consumption of so many people!

Now that the Entente is limited by transportation capacity and the food they provide is limited, it is simply impossible to meet the consumption of prisoner of war camps!

Of course, even if there was sufficient transportation capacity, it was impossible to get so much food, and due to the world war, almost all the grain exported from the world was consumed by the belligerents, and there was no surplus food to supply Italy.

Even with the cut in rations, the current food still didn't last long, and finally Walikot called the quartermaster again and asked, "How much more food do we have?" ”

The quartermaster thought for a moment and said, "Together with the two truckloads of grain that came today, the total amount of grain we have at hand is about 400,000 tons. ”

Valikot's face became gloomy, based on the current consumption, that is, the amount of more than a month, even if there is a supplement later, it will last for two or three months at most.

He knew that Rome could not stay any longer, that it had become a time bomb, and that the Italians would soon fry the pot as soon as the food was out of supply.

In the spirit of the dead and the poor, Valicott finally decided to march to northern Italy in advance to stab Austria-Hungary in the eye, and the logistical supplies were not to be shipped directly from France, or the navy should be sent directly to Venice.

As for the glorious and arduous task of defending Rome, it was naturally Winster's turn, and anyway, now only the British were best suited to take prisoners, and they were not allowed to refuse!

Valikot has always acted resolutely, not to mention this time, taking advantage of the hidden crisis that Winster is busy with the prisoners and has not yet discovered, he should have done it as soon as possible, otherwise it will not be easy to do it once he reacts!

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At the military meeting, Valikot cautiously announced: "I have summoned you here today, mainly because I have decided to march to northern Italy with the allied forces and stab Austria-Hungary in the abdomen, so as to end the battle on the southern front as soon as possible!"

Everyone knows the significance of this battle on the Southern Front to the Entente! Once we won the war, the countdown to Austria-Hungary's withdrawal from the war began!

Without Austria-Hungary, the remaining Germans, no matter how strong they are, will be unable to support themselves, and perhaps the war will be ended in the second half of this year!

Now I announce the appointment of General Winster as commander of the Roman garrison of the Entente powers, to guard the Italian prisoners, leaving all the Indian colonial divisions in charge of the garrison.

The rest of the troops, all ready at once, will be drawn in two days to attack Austria-Hungary! ”

Valikot now has to admire his wit, such a classic reason has been found for him, originally to shake off the pot, but now it has been sublimated to end this war as soon as possible!

Britain and France will obviously support this reason, although he is full of selfishness and puts the interests of Bulgaria first, but it is indeed related to the direction of this war!

Whether it is the southern front or the western front, as long as one side makes a breakthrough, the countdown to this war will begin, which is in the overall interests of the Entente, and everyone will not be holding back at this time!

Winster asked with some hesitation: "Your Excellency, Commander, has your order been approved by the Allied Joint Command?" ”

Well, this joint command is simply the existence of a coordination relationship, and Winster is actually asking if Walikot has been authorized by the London government, after all, he himself has not been notified.

Also, the drudgery of guarding the captives, Winster resisted from the bottom of his heart. If it is done well, people will say: What's so difficult about such a simple thing?

If you make a problem, you will be held accountable, a general of the British Empire can't even do a good job of guarding prisoners, isn't this a dark thing for them?

Valikot knew in his heart that what he was doing this time was a little inauthentic, so he patiently explained: "The report has been typed, and I am waiting for instructions, or urgent, if nothing else, the results will come out tomorrow afternoon at the latest!"

Still have questions? ”

The right to speak is all played, no matter what the Italians surrendered for, but they were all surrendered by the Allied forces, and as the commander-in-chief, Valikot's influence in the Entente naturally increased greatly.

Let the British and French governments quickly pass this resolution, Valikot is still confident that it can be done!

After the outbreak of the world war, the decision-making efficiency of various countries has increased a lot, and if it is a normal period, it may be difficult to pass a resolution without a few months!

But now, it only takes a day or two, or even just a few hours, for the government to make a decision, which is forced out by the war!

Winster replied very reluctantly, "No! ”

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