It was an era of mercenary motives, and the farce that suddenly erupted in the Entente quickly faded into obscurity as the foreign policy of the British changed.

But the impact was far-reaching, and the first to be unlucky were the Italians, who themselves don't know what to do.

Jump back to the Entente, right? The attitude of the people is obvious, they are not welcome! With the Protectorate coalition occupying Rome, who would dare to believe that John Bull's promised benefits could be fulfilled?

No, there was not even a chance to join the Entente, the Bulgarians and the French had a tough attitude, either surrender unconditionally or continue to fight!

Well, the enemy has seen the reality of Italy. There is no need to attack at all, the food crisis is already here, and in a few months Italy itself will collapse.

Stay in the Allies? I'm sorry, I became a traitor once, and it was not so easy to turn back, at least when I asked the Germans for help, I was already lacking in confidence!

For the Italian government, it doesn't matter which side it joins now, the tragedy is already doomed anyway!

If the Entente wins, they are the defeated countries, and if the Allies win, they will liquidate the traitors, they are no longer human inside and out!

Vittorio Emanuele III is now truly broken, and there is a split within the Italian government.

The main war faction advocated fighting to the end with the Entente, they had the support of most of the Italians, and they had just been put together by the British, how could they not retaliate?

The Lords and Peacers advocated an end to the war, and now that it is like this, no matter who wins or loses, Italy will not have good fruit to eat, so simply admit it!

Well, the Lords and factions are now capitulators, and they are pessimistic about the war, believing that Italy will have nothing to gain if it continues the war except to increase casualties!

After more than a year of entering the war, Italy not only paid millions of casualties, but also the domestic economy was also greatly damaged, and it was difficult for them to fill their stomachs without overseas trade.

Personally, Vittorio Emanuele III was the main fighter. The Allies had not yet been defeated, and Italy was bullied by the Allies; If the Allies were finished, would Italy not be partitioned?

But intellectually, Italy could no longer continue the war. The reason why he agreed to the conditions of the British was not because Italy was short of food, and this winter could not be passed.

Moreover, the entire Central Powers are now short of food, otherwise why would Germany and Austria-Hungary leave Bulgaria alone and run to grab food?

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The Minister of War said excitedly: "Your Majesty, the actions of the Entente have aroused the hatred of the Italian people, and now the morale of our army is very strong, as long as you give an order, we can take back Rome and drive the enemy into the sea!" ”

Vittorio Emanuele III nodded with a wry smile, there is no way to just want a truce now, and after taking back Rome, he will have the confidence to negotiate with the Entente.

At the same time, he is also desperate for the Italian Army, Nima is now in high morale, why did he go earlier? As long as they had worked a little harder, they wouldn't have let Rome fall in a day!

As everyone knows, the escape of him and the Italian government is the main culprit for the loss of Rome. If they had organized an army to resist in time, it would have been impossible for more than 200,000 Italian troops to be unable to stop the enemy for a day!

Vittorio Emanuele III asked helplessly: "What did the British representative Gilmour say?" ”

The Foreign Secretary replied embarrassedly: "Gilmour has apologized to us, he has already contacted the country and there is nothing they can do about what is happening."

He suggested that we surrender directly to the Entente, and that the British government would do its best to protect the interests of the Kingdom of Italy! ”

Vittorio Emanuele III sneered and said, "One apology is over? Don't they even have a reasonable explanation?

Let's surrender? Does he think we're all stupid? Do you dare to believe them anymore? ”

In the end, he was disillusioned, even if the Entente now told him that it was just a misunderstanding, and then gave up Rome, he would act as if nothing had happened.

It's a pity that John Bull didn't even bother to do the perfunctory work, and directly put the dominance of Italy in the hands of France and Bulgaria.

The prime minister said angrily: "Your Majesty, give the order to attack!" Now the enemy in Rome is less than 200,000 men, and we have now gathered 800,000 troops, and we will soon be able to drive the enemy out to sea! ”

Vittorio Emanuele III knew that the Italian government was now under the control of the main war faction, and even if someone wanted an armistice, he did not dare to say it directly.

"Okay, then attack, at all costs, we must recover Rome as soon as possible!"

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And now in the city of Rome, Valikot was busy dividing the spoils with the French, and the British did not want to attack Rome, so they were sent by him to pick up the railroad, and the spoils of war naturally did not have their share.

After conquering Rome, in addition to arranging defenses, the most important thing was naturally robbery, the banks and gold shops were the first to suffer, then the machine factories, shops, and finally the mansions of the nobles and capitalists.

Even the royal palace of Vittorio Emanuele III was not spared, and now the spoils of war that had been collected were piled up in a small mountain.

The only fly in the ointment is that he spared the church, which is the stronghold of Catholicism, and Ferdinand was still a "devout Catholic", so Valikot naturally could not make a mistake.

If conditions permit, he really doesn't mind robbing the Vatican together, of course, this kind of thing can only be thought about, if he really does it, don't mix in Europe.

Walikot said enthusiastically: "Mr. James, I think this distribution is very reasonable, this is already taking care of you!" ”

Major General James retorted: "No, we are allies, I represent the French Republic, and we should divide the spoils equally!" ”

Valikot just stared at him and smiled, but didn't answer.

After a moment of silence, James shrugged his shoulders again and said, "At least four or six, we have already made concessions!" ”

Valikot said calmly: "No, or just don't divide it, whoever of us grabs it is whoever!" You see that there are so many soldiers now, if someone hides secrets, we don't know, even if the distribution ratio is determined, no one knows if everyone doesn't take it out! ”

James said angrily: "No, you have won the city first, and you have robbed all the good things first, and we are left with some scraps!"

Thirty-seven points, this is our bottom line, otherwise let the foreign ministries of the two countries come to the lawsuit! ”

Valikot said calmly: "Are you sure? If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs intervenes, will you still have your share of the spoils?

It doesn't matter if we get there, when all the spoils of war fall into the hands of the government, will you still be able to get them back? ”

James's face changed, the troops in his hands were all colonial cannon fodder troops, and it was undoubtedly a fool's dream to pull out these trophies from the government!

The war has been going on until now, and the French government is also poor, even if it is a French regular army, it may not be able to take it out of the hands of the government!

James said unwillingly, "Hell! At least we'll have to take a quarter of it, otherwise we won't talk about it! ”

Valikot smiled and said, "Good! That's a quarter, happy to work with! ”

The two of them looked at each other with a ghostly smile, and as the commander of the coalition forces, Valikot naturally leaned towards the Bulgarian army when he arranged combat missions.

This is already a common practice, anyway, now the French are in the hands of colonial troops, except for more than a thousand French officers, the rest of Uncle Black is not worth anything, and Major General James is naturally too lazy to care about their life or death.

This time is no exception, but James is too lazy to care, if they are really in charge of the main attack, it is estimated that Rome is still in the hands of the Italians?

If the strength is insufficient, the distribution of the spoils will naturally suffer. But it doesn't matter, at least he still made a lot of money personally, and the French officers who came with him all made money, and as for Uncle Black, they still want to share the money?

Except for a part that had to be handed over to the military, the rest was divided among more than 1,000 of them. The total amount is not as big as the Bulgarian harvest, but their per capita harvest is great!

And Valikot is even more indifferent, Bulgaria's military law is strict, and it is necessary to lose your head if you hide the spoils of war. In any case, it must be handed over uniformly before it can be distributed.

For most soldiers, they did not want to divide the money directly, and it was better to convert it into land after the war.

Of course, the most important thing is that everyone takes out and distributes large items that cannot be hidden, such as small gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., of course, in whose hands is who's own, anyway, most of them will not admit it, and they can't search the other party's barracks!

For example, when the Bulgarian army ransacked the bank vaults, the gold in them was gone, leaving only a bunch of Italian currency, and some krona and mark.

Valikot smiled and asked, "Have we counted our harvest?" ”

The chief of logistics replied: "It is roughly counted, but it is still difficult to estimate the specific value." Even those piles of calligraphy and paintings and jars and jars are cultural relics, we have no way to count! ”

Valikot nodded with satisfaction and said, "Don't care so much, keep it all for me as cultural relics, and send it back to China for the government to deal with!" ”

I have to say that the Italians still have a family, they sacked a Rome, and the goods they obtained could build a British royal fleet.

Of course, this refers to the value before the outbreak of the war, and after the outbreak of the war, it was greatly depreciated. As a historical capital, the most valuable thing in Rome is not gold, nor machinery, but works of art and antiques!

But now these are not worth much, just cheap Ferdinand, and his cultural company arrived at the front with the logistics department before the attack on Rome.

Now, of course, it is open for business, specializing in the purchase of the spoils of war in the hands of the French army, and waiting for the Italians themselves to sell it.

Anyway, the spoils of war embezzled by the French officers will not see the light, and of course they must be realized as soon as possible. In line with the idea that one can be counted as one, it doesn't matter if you can't get it, the current antique cultural relics are all cabbage prices.

As for the Italians, the food in the city is now regulated, three hundred grams of rye per person a day, which is all their ration.

Of course, this can still be insisted on for the poor, and three hundred grams of rye can still make six or seven hundred grams of black bread, which can be made for a day.

For the rich, this day is unbearable, who can stand eating black bread every day?

Naturally, they could only buy other food, and anyway, as long as they had money, they could buy almost any kind of food from the state-run stores opened in Bulgaria, and they could still live the same luxurious life as before the war.

When you are hungry, rich people can only pay for it obediently, after all, stomach can't deceive people. The Italian lira cannot be spent, the pound, franc, and lev are the normal currencies in circulation, and of course gold is better.

Then Ferdinand's cultural company began to do business, buying a large number of antique artifacts at the price of cabbage, and no matter which country it was, they did not refuse to come.

In the end, he didn't even bother to distinguish between the real and the fake, anyway, there was no way to distinguish the real from the fake, and Ferdinand couldn't find so many experts in antiques and cultural relics, as long as they were aged, they were all accepted.