However, the Italians are not stupid, they can't stay on the battlefield, they can play speculation and they are not lost to Yang Feng, the current situation in Europe, it is still difficult to see who wins or loses, and it is still very dangerous to bet now, and they are now waiting for the price to sell, the antiques at the auction, it depends on who bids high.

The Entente promised them that after the war, Italy could get Tyrol, Trieste, and Dalmatia, that is, basically all the Adriatic coasts that Austria-Hungary now owned, but there were not many promises of Italy's expansion into African colonies, especially in the distribution of German colonies, which Italy was most concerned about. Speaking of the Entente's offer is already very sincere, after all, although Italy is a great power, it is the bottom one, and now with the gradual increase in the strength of Sweden and Spain, it is also difficult to say whether they are the bottom of the list, for example, industrial strength, if you do not consider the dependence of industry, Sweden alone will not know how many streets Italy has thrown off.

But Italy has a population of 30 million, and its ability to mobilize for war is not comparable to Sweden's.

The value of Italy's participation in the war to the Entente bloc was only to blockade the Adriatic Sea and attack Austria-Hungary from behind, but considering the Alps between the two countries, the value of this attack was very limited.

What kind of value matches what kind of price, Italy is worth so much, and the Entente group will naturally not offer a higher price.

The Italians, however, did not think so, believing that if they entered the war, they would surely cross the Alps with ease, and that the area was like a sacrificial search, since only 100,000 Austro-Hungarian troops were stationed in front of them. In other words, they are confident that they will be able to grab these places, and these alone are a bit too little.

The Allied bloc offered them a piece to divide up the African colonies, but it is difficult to say which ones to give them at this time, after all, the issue is too complicated, but such promises are too general, lack sufficient visual impact, and Austria-Hungary and Italy themselves have territorial contradictions, so it is difficult for Italy to determine whether to fulfill their responsibilities.

After the Second Battle of the Strait of Otranto, Italians felt more and more valuable to them. Now it is completely in a posture that the two groups are settled, waiting for them to further increase the price.

The war has been fought until now, in fact, the vast majority of the remaining countries in Europe are also in the mentality of Italy waiting for the price to sell, but anyone who has a little brain, can see that neither of the two major groups can eat each other, and it is inevitable to pull helpers everywhere, at this time, if you don't sell to a good price, when will it wait, and the hungry British even ran to fool Denmark. They were encouraged to join the war for Schleswig and Holstein, which shows how tight the market is.

But at this time, no one bothered Yang Feng, whether it was Britain, France, Russia or Germany and Austria, they all had little hope for him, knowing that this unscrupulous profiteer would not fill his pockets before. It's definitely not going to go into battle to get the last vote.

During this time, there was not much movement on the land battlefield in Europe, and after the first few months of madness, both the Entente and the Central Powers began to lie down and lick their wounds, and for the time being, no one had the strength to launch a new round of large-scale offensives. Even the sound of gunfire on the Romanian battlefield calmed down.

In the first few months of this bloody period, Germany lost nearly 600,000 troops, and Austria-Hungary lost the same number. As for their opponents, the British suffered the fewest losses, but more than 150,000 British troops fell on the battlefield, mainly because they were less involved in the battlefield, but the British casualties would certainly skyrocket in the future, because the number of British troops on the Western Front had reached 600,000.

The Russian army lost more than 700,000, Nikolai's good buddies the French suffered the heaviest losses, the army casualties alone were close to 800,000, if you count the civilian casualties of more than one million, it is very easy, and more importantly, a large area of the country fell into the hands of Germany, and it is also the territory with the richest coal and iron resources, the capital Paris is almost in ruins, and there is still a regiment of German troops stationed on the north bank of the Seine River.

Whatever the final outcome of this war, the wounds on the French Republic will probably not heal in 20 years.

Such a heavy loss, even Nikolai, who didn't care about the life or death of the gray cattle, also felt a little unbearable, and took advantage of the opportunity to rest and breathe when he couldn't break through the other party now, study new tactics, arm and train more soldiers, and then continue to fight to the death after he has enough strength.

Of course, the European battlefield is calm, it does not mean that other places are also calm, Africa, Asian colonies, the fighting is still ongoing, Britain and France concentrated three divisions of troops to attack the German colony of Cameroon, the German troops stationed in Cameroon are not many, but it is better than the Nigerian who have fled in the past, the two sides are fighting to the death in the hot and humid jungle, and further away in German southwest Africa, the British also sent troops to help the there resist the Germans, Fighting is also intensifying across the continent.

As for the Asian battlefield, the Anglo-Russian coalition army in the Philippines is still in the jungle and continues to kill with the monkeys, and even the British army has added two divisions to the Philippines again in order to help its allies, of course, it is certainly not a British division.

In fact, at this time, even on the European battlefield, a large number of colonial armies have begun to appear, such as Canada, Australia, not to mention the soldiers of the British Commonwealth, the French also armed a lot of to the battlefield, anyway, they are just cannon fodder, and some people are better than no one.

With cheap cannon fodder like Ah San, the Russian army has made some progress in the Philippine battlefield, and they have finally cleared most of Negros Island with tens of thousands of casualties, but this does not mean anything to them, because Chinese merchant ships transporting arms to the Germans can dock at any port controlled by the Germans. As long as the Chinese do not stop transporting arms to the Germans, Waldzer can continue to arm more monkeys in a steady stream, anyway, it is not the Germans who die, and it is not the money of the German government, whether it is life or money, he is very indifferent, and the two divisions of German troops in his hands only need to protect Mindanao, the German expatriates and rubber plantations on the island.

But compared with this little gain of the Russians, the trouble on Luzon Island is the real fatal, the Philippine People's Liberation Army led by Aguinaldo and Liu Hengzhen burned the anger of resistance to most of Luzon Island in a very short time, and the remaining Russian troops could only rely on poison gas bombs to hold on to a few major cities, as for the rubber plantations that continuously created them zào wealth, they could only be left to waste, which undoubtedly increased Nikolai's financial burden, after all, exporting rubber to China was also an important means for him to exchange for arms.

Compared with the wars of half the world, China at this time is still peaceful and prosperous, under the rule of the great emperor His Majesty, this ancient country is gradually washing away the dust on its body, and shining again in the sun with the brilliance of civilization, in the grid of railways and highways, a modern city is showing its embryonic form, countless high-rise buildings, factories, and schools are rising from the ground, rolling up the unstoppable torrent of industrial civilization to encroach on the surrounding green representing the agricultural era, and the city walls in some places have even become eye-catching. Examples of tearing down the walls began to appear in the newspapers.

This news made Emperor Yang very pleased.

"This is a symbol, a symbol of the common people's identification with the concept of the country, why do the common people need a wall to enclose themselves, because they have no sense of security, they are afraid of neighboring provinces, neighboring cities, and even neighboring counties, afraid that one day their neighbors will suddenly become enemies, and such examples abound in thousands of years of feudal melee.

But now our people are no longer afraid, because they know that the state will protect them, and they no longer need to use an additional wall to protect themselves, and at this time, we can really say that we are a country. This guy said to Xue Fucheng with emotion.

"And what about the Beijing city wall?" Xue Fucheng asked, Beijing's development is too fast, the city wall has indeed become a strict constraint, you must know that the number of registered cars in the city has exceeded 50,000, you can imagine how crowded those city gates will be every time they commute to work.

"I won't care about this, and the cabinet shouldn't care either, legally the land outside the imperial city of Beijing belongs to the city of Beijing, as long as the Beijing Municipal Council is clear, then the outer city and the inner city wall can be demolished at will." Yang Feng said indifferently, according to the law, the remaining Imperial City and the Forbidden City are his private territory, and whether these are demolished or not has nothing to do with the Beijing Municipal Council, in fact, Yang Feng is not ready to demolish, this is a symbol, a symbol of the emperor's strict authority.

Xue Fucheng nodded, he actually said this to the Beijing Municipal Council, he knew very well that His Majesty the Emperor was very respectful of the law, but the members of the Beijing Municipal Council were not at ease, in the final analysis, Beijing was still the capital, and the capital city wall was stripped away, and he would not dare to do it without the nod of the emperor's majesty, of course, the Beijing Municipal Council did not want to completely rip off the Beijing city wall, they just wanted to open a few more openings in the city wall to make the road directly open to Guò, but as long as there was this start, It's not far from them eating away at the city walls. (To be continued......)

PS: Cold, so uncomfortable