Chapter 500: Let's see what happens
The British are also buddies, they recommended two second-class battleships to Italy, and the firepower is quite ferocious! Now wait for the Italians to pay! These two ships, which are almost identical to the Agile class in history, are sold for Ā£1.1 million, and they are the kind that can be used directly after taking them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoAs for the fact that after the British resold these two battleships to the Italians, would the Chileans have any dissatisfaction? This was not considered by the British, when did the British Empire at this time consider the proposal of small countries?
And this time the British gave a very generous payment terms, 1.1 million pounds, now as long as Italy pays half of the money first, the rest of the money can be paid in 2 years, such a favorable price and payment method is absolutely unprecedented! And the Italians bought the ships of the British, and the money spent was still the loans provided by the British!
"Since we've spent millions of pounds and thousands of life forces for this war, it's okay to add a few. But this time, I hope the Navy does not disappoint me! Umberto I thought about it for a quarter of an hour, and finally decided to spend another 550,000 pounds in the Italian treasury, which was already about to bottom, to buy such a ship and return ....... As he said, the money in front of him has been spent, are you still afraid of such a tremor now?
"What about the army, do we need to increase our forces in order to deal with a group of Turks and natives of Africa?" Umberto I asked with a straight face. If he still has a glimmer of hope for the navy, then there is no hope for the army. Whether it is an encounter, a siege battle, or a defense battle, the two sides can be said to have played it all over again. The Italian Army was always beaten by all sorts of beatings when the superiority of the troops was at least about ....... Although there is no shortage of elite people who have performed well, such as the Italian Mountain Infantry Division. But when they ran into the Germans, they still dared to be beaten or beaten .......
At present, many warships in the Italian Navy are anchored near important strongholds off the coast of Africa, and their role is to provide fire support, in short, Italy's performance is worse than in history, and the end of the war is even more far away! But the Italians decided to take a second look at .......
"We are currently consolidating our coastal defenses and gradually advancing inward, and it may take a long time to conquer the entire colony, but I think it would be better to force the other side to submit diplomatically when the situation allows, since our navy has occupied several islands off the coast of Turkey. If....... The Secretary of War whispered.
"Well, don't say it, if you can't get it on the battlefield, then you can't get it by negotiating either! Let's take a look first! Umberto I said with an impatient wave of his hand.
The Italians were still struggling, and although the form was very bad, they decided to wait and see, and one of the most important factors was Britain and France! Now the loans of Britain and France have not been broken, and the Italians still have money to fight. Moreover, behind Turkey is Germany, and after the change in the political situation in Turkey, the power of Britain and France will definitely be gradually squeezed out of Turkey, so Britain and France should always take some action, right? Whether to contain Germany or to knock Turkey, and the Italians are waiting for this opportunity!
But I have to say that this time the Italians think highly of themselves again, although Britain and France are very dissatisfied with Germany's control of Turkey and want to take some action, but neither Britain, which is mired in war, nor France, which has been beaten violently, has the courage to challenge Germany at this time! Turkey is just scraps for these two countries, and what they really want to win over is Russia!
"As long as Russia abandons its expansion in the Far East, then the British Empire can make friends with him, and Russia, which has lost hope in the Far East, will certainly look back to Europe, and the contradictions between Russia and Austria-Hungary will intensify, and Germany is an ally of Austria-Hungary." Salzburi stated his strategy in parliament more than once that he had realized that the greatest enemy of the British Empire was not Russia, which was seeking expansion in the Far East, but Germany!
"In that case, why don't we help Italy more so that it can be on our side? The Italians are mercenary, and as long as the interests are sufficient, it is not a problem for them to turn their backs on Germany. Chamberlain had just reported to the Prime Minister the request of the Italians, in which the Italians asked Britain to help the Italian Navy seize the two "Turkish assault ships" that had broken diplomatic relations on the high seas, and at the same time hoped that the British would provide more help, especially military help.
"Now we should not fall out completely with Germany. Our situation is very bad, the Italians want to get the Turkish colonies, just do it themselves, why should we spend a lot of money to help them? Of course, if Italy needed to deal with that annoying armored cruiser, we could do something to help, for for so many years, the British Imperial Navy had never faced a head-on confrontation after the Battle of Trafalgar, and we were inexperienced. We can let the Italians help us find our way. Salspoy replied.
"Of course, the most important thing is that now our evaluation of Italy's strength continues to decline, and at first I thought that Italy was a valuable partner to be wooed. And now most people think that the entry of Italy will not have much impact on the whole situation, and may even become a burden for us, and if a land war breaks out between the two sides, we will even have to send troops to help the Italians! ā
The British are looking at the performance of the Italians and thus decide how to choose, and in the same way, the Italians are also looking at the performance of Britain and France, if there is one of the most flexible diplomatic strategies of this era, it must be Italy, they can turn their backs on Germany and Austria for the sake of interests, then in the same way, when they think that Britain and France are not worth relying on, or think that Germany and Austria are too strong, they will choose to continue to maintain an alliance, or at least neutrality.
And this time. The Italians found that the so-called support of Britain and France was so weak, and they did not seem to be as strong as they imagined, coupled with the economic deficit, although Britain and France were willing to provide loans, but these loans needed to be repaid! In this case, Italy's attitude towards the war in the future is naturally relatively conservative, of course, these are all later words, not mentioned for the time being.
After a round trip to the Brom-Forss shipyard, the prince was about to return to Bavaria, and before returning he received a telegram in which Moltke the Younger said that he was about to leave for Bavaria in a private capacity, hoping to see how Bavaria was building up aviation and armored forces.
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