Chapter 334: Confrontation 2
This point is also very clear to the prince, even if the prince does too much, will Italy dare to dissolve the Triple Alliance Treaty at this time? Franco-Italian relations have not improved, can Italy turn against old friends without new friends? What do you think? Don't want to live anymore?
"What I'm talking about, what I'm doing, I know very well myself, and if you think I'm just venting, then you can ignore it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 I just want to say that Germany is very dissatisfied with this kind of behavior of your country, and it is even difficult to understand it, and it is completely unprofitable for your country to do so, and Britain and France will not give benefits because of your country's verbal support, but will incur Germany's disgust and even hostility. ”
"Or do you think we can tolerate your rebellion? Isn't it a bit naïve to think that France and Germany are enemies, and that you openly help our enemies, but want to stay out of it? ”
"Well, I see, perhaps your country wants to use the Triple Alliance as a bargaining chip to gain a room for maneuver among the great powers, because now the vast majority of relations between the great powers of Europe are fixed, and Italy is one of the few countries with a greater choice. Use this option in exchange for more benefits, am I right? The prince asked.
Historically, Italy did this, and soon after the opening of the film between the two sides, the Italian parliament set a policy of neutrality, and then, according to the bids of both sides, Italy finally chose the Entente, on the one hand, it got a part of the territory from France, and "recovered" part of the land from Austria-Hungary, which was really good.
But it's a pity that at this time and then, everyone has already started the film, and Italy is naturally a strange commodity to live in, although there is not much difference between the performance of the army and the ....... However, the naval side allowed the Entente to occupy sea supremacy in the Mediterranean. But now? That's it.
"This incident was only an accident, and the Italian government's statement was only for the sake of a peaceful solution, after all, war means destruction and death. What's more, Britain and France have made similar statements, and your country is probably not right to just accuse Italy? Luigi wiped the cold sweat from his head and said.
It was not very difficult for the Germans to guess Italy's idea, but what made the Italians uneasy was that Germany really planned to talk to Italy about it this time, so it would be different, how could there be a sentence? Everything is afraid of the word serious, and this time, the Germans are going to be serious.......
"So the French fleet was beaten by us in North Africa! And the British are also restoring relations with the German government after the fact, so well, what is Italy doing now? There is no action on the part of your country's institutions in Berlin. And you are still arguing with me that Italy's actions are justified and that we need to forgive me?! The prince said with some amusement. I thought, don't worry about anything else, even Britain and France have made concessions, where can you get the confidence in Italy to continue to be stubborn?
Is Germany really going to take this opportunity to do anything to Italy? This is actually unrealistic, not to mention that Italy is still an ally, and it is also a great power anyway. It's not a big deal. What the German government means is that you can just admit it. Be careful in the future.
But this request is also very uncomfortable for Italy, because once the precedent of this matter is set, what will Italy do next time it encounters something similar? Will they follow the baton of the Germans, or will they continue to swing at both ends in exchange for benefits? And the Italians could also think that the Germans would not do anything to Italy, and that the Triple Alliance would at least give Germany a superficial absolute advantage over France. The Italians do not care about punishments that do not harm the interests of Italy.
"It is impossible for your country to use pressure to bring Italy to its knees, and the submission of Britain and France does not mean that Italy will submit." Luigi feels a little too much to say useless, now put on a posture of a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, Lao Tzu is not convinced, what can you do?
"Then the battleships under construction in your country may only be able to use steel and iron armor." The prince said with a smile.
"We can go buy Harvey hardened armor." Duke Abu Qilu on the side said in a deep voice.
"Let's not talk about how much extra money your country will need to spend to buy these warships, but judging from the current US armor production capacity, these armor are not very sufficient for the US Navy, which is rapidly expanding its army, and the surplus may not be enough for your country. And I still have this in my hands. The prince took a check from his bosom.
"It's a cheque that can be signed up to £600,000! As long as I want, as long as I am happy, I can completely use this money to order a batch of supplies from the United States. You don't think that the boss behind the Harvey Hardened Armor Plant only makes armor, right? It's nothing more than a matter of exchange of interests, for them, whether it's armor or oil or other items, it's money, if you're the boss, will you sell me a face? "The prince is now more and more fond of smashing his opponents with money!
The prince almost threw the check in the other person's face now, and then asked the opponent loudly, believe it or not! Believe it or not! Importing oil from the United States, and establishing oil reserves is the prince's established national policy, similarly, Germany, as a leader in the electrical industry, also imports a large amount of copper ore, these are all bargaining chips, can be traded with the Americans, Harvey's armor sales are relatively small, and it is not easy to expand production, and it is necessary to meet the needs of the United States first, so the prince really has a way to let the Italians build battleships with steel and iron armor .......
"You're a threat!" Luigi did not expect the Germans to come back, and said with some anger, feeling that the prince's behavior was completely unreasonable. This is obviously detrimental to people, just such a thing, as for it? What benefits did Bavaria gain from using Prussia as a gunman in this way? "This will not benefit you and your kingdom, but it will only be a battle of wills."
"I do, £600,000 is a lot? Although Bavaria is small, it still doesn't care about this amount of money. What is money for? Isn't it just to make people's lives more comfortable, or to make some people's lives uncomfortable? Do you say? The prince's smiling face was so terrifying to the Italians, of course, that the prince would not have made it clear that the oil order from the United States was ...... in return for American support for the German operation. Eventually, the German central government reimburses .......
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