A wave has not settled, and a wave has risen!

Italy is the alternative among the great powers, and as Bismarck described it, "the teeth are moth-eaten, but the appetite is not small!" ”

Since July 17, 1894, after the Italian invasion of Ethiopia and the occupation of Tigray in the north; In March 1895, Italy continued its war of aggression and occupied Adiugra and Adua.

You think that's the end of it, that's underestimating our Italian appetite! At the same time as the invasion of Ethiopia, the Italians were also very interested in the British plan to carve up Turkey.

But the Italians had a bigger appetite, and in the plans of the British, Albania was added, and the British agreed!

But this apparently aroused the displeasure of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and this hand reached out to its own backyard!

Albania heavy or? In essence, for Austria-Hungary, that's it, it's not worth mentioning! In the hands of the declining Ottoman Empire, it was okay to be independent, and Austria-Hungary had no plans to annex Albania.

But the premise is that it does not fall into the hands of the Great Powers, which weakens the influence of Austria-Hungary in the Balkans!

In the Balkans, it is enough to have Austria-Hungary as a great power, and the Russian Empire just stretches out a tentacle, which is a European steamroller, and labor and capital have to endure it!

What qualifications do you have in Italy? Is it because you're allies that I can tolerate you putting your hand in my back garden?

Also dissatisfied were the Germans, Baron Holstey, who believed that it was the British who created contradictions in the "German-Austrian-Italian Triple Alliance" and thus broke up the Triple Alliance, so he instructed the German representatives, saying that Germany had no interest in the Near East and refused to participate in the British plan for the partition of Turkey!

Without the participation of the Germans, Austria-Hungary naturally withdrew, and the Italians are now inseparable from the support of the Germans, and reluctantly expressed their non-participation!

Don't worry, Italy's affairs are not over yet, although Ethiopia is a weak chicken, but it also depends on who it is compared with?

Against the European powers, or ordinary European countries, Ethiopia's army is really not good. But if you come across an alternative among the great powers of Italy, everything is different!

At first, the Ethiopian government was frightened by the name of the Italian powers, and retreated step by step, and finally the Ethiopian government could not bear it anymore.

On September 17, 1895, the Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia issued the "Edict to the People" that shocked the world.

Don't get me wrong, the edict itself can only be said to be decent, but the impact it caused after the fact shocked the world.

Italy has set another world record, one that can only be broken by the Italians themselves!

On December 7, 1895, Duke Maconnan commanded 30,000 Ethiopian troops in a decisive battle with the Italian army at the Araji Flats.

The result shocked the world, the Egyptian army recreated the army for the first time in the Alaji Pingdingshan, annihilated 2,400 enemies, and recaptured Mekelle in January of the following year, and the Italians were defeated so neatly!

On March 1, 1896, the Battle of Adua broke out, and Menelik II personally led 100,000 troops to fight the Italian army again in Adua.

There is no doubt that this time the Italian army is still playing at a normal level, and it should be playing at a super level!

The Italian army, unsurprisingly, was defeated again! But his casualty rate is the highest in the history of the Italian army, and it can be seen that the Italians are not really so incompetent, and they will also fight hard!

The Egyptian army adopted the tactics of interspersed division and various breakthroughs, combining frontal assault and flank detours, destroying 17,000 enemies (more than 12,000 killed and wounded, and capturing more than 4,000), and captured a large number of weapons and equipment.

After the Battle of Adwa, Italy was unable to fight any longer, and in October of the same year, it was forced to conclude the Peace Treaty of Addis Ababa with Egypt, recognizing Ethiopia's independence and paying an indemnity of 10 million lire. This war was the first victory of the African people against the colonizers' invasion in modern times.

Well, that's not the point! There are not a few examples of failed invasions by the great powers, and the Italians were nothing more than a little miserable!

The point is that the Italians actually admit defeat, and it is already very embarrassing to lose the battle, but as long as you win it back later and get the final victory, it is not a big deal!

The Anglo-Boer War is an example, no matter how big the losses, the British persevered, and in the end they simply killed the Boers and won the war, without damaging the prestige of the empire on which the sun never sets!

But the Italian government didn't know what was going on, so it was frightened, and directly admitted defeat to Ethiopia, recognized Ethiopia's independence, and paid 10 million lire in war reparations.

The Italian government cannot be blamed entirely either, the government of Crispby fell after the defeat in the war, and there is no chance of revenge! Not to mention the new government, knowing that Ethiopia is a hard bone, why should it gnaw it??

Isn't it just a good way to show the incompetence of the previous government? There is harm in comparison, and the incompetence of the previous session can bring out the shrewdness and ability of our current session! Why risk failure to wipe the ass of the previous government?

It's a shame that the European powers can't beat the African chiefs! The whole world is watching the Italian joke, hence the name of the spaghetti army!

Ferdinand knew that the consequences were not only that, but that the Italian Army was gone!

Any country in Europe fights against the Italian Army, as long as you think that the Italian Army can't even do the African chieftains, the morale will be high and the combat effectiveness will be bursting, no matter how bad we are, we are better than the African chiefs, right?

Then in the next European storm, the Italian Army has always been a soy sauce character, always the enemy's favorite opponent, and the allies' most troublesome teammates!

In any case, the Italians managed to do a good thing, and they succeeded in attracting the attention of the Great Powers. The aftermath of the Paussey War, which was suppressed, was in line with Ferdinand's low-key personality!

The British didn't admit defeat so easily, the Triple Alliance didn't pass on its side, wasn't it the Franco-Russian Alliance?

The Franco-Russian alliance in this era still presses the Triple Alliance and has a stable advantage! As long as they have the support of France and Russia, the goal of the British to stabilize the rear can still be accomplished!

It is a pity that the French are not interested in the Armenian question, and the French Foreign Minister who served in Constantinople - Gabriel Arnotto said: Without the intervention of the Great Powers, the Armenian problem would be better solved!

The attitude of the French was obvious, they had no interest in partitioning the Ottoman Empire, at most some economic interests, and the diplomatic choice of Armenia was on the side of their allies, the Russians.