Chapter 123: Afternoon Tea
As soon as Walter left, Elena frowned and said, "You want to betray Italy?" ”
Someone spurted out a mouthful of old blood, the play was so deep that even his own people misunderstood!
"Absolutely not!"
"But I just saw you give that Walter a hint! The other party's conditions are very good, two battleships! I don't believe you're not impressed. ”
Someone's pretending coercion technique was automatically turned on: "Haha, I'm not a three-year-old child, how can this promise be fulfilled?" Do you think I'll let you and Margaret go, two ready-made beauties, and run over to hug each other's stinky feet? I'm looking forward to bringing you both home in three years' time. ”
Elena couldn't stand this straightforward enthusiasm: "Maybe the other party gave you two better ones." ”
"Hehe, if it's the British who come today, and they have a lot of money, maybe I'll believe it, Austria-Hungary, they add up to ten prototype battleships, and most of them are small and broken, how can there be more than Italy? It's not enough to share it with my own people, how can I be an outsider? ”
Elena was not convinced, and was a little mocking: "Sure enough, it's still for herself." Pity Minerva and Eurydice, following such a selfish man as you. ”
The goddess of wisdom and the soul resurrection girl lie innocently on the gun, girl, although you have the same disease and a good relationship with them, you can't slander: "Isn't it good to be selfish?" At least I know that I just want my shipwives to survive this cruel world and live happily ever after. ”
"I hope you can do it."
"Assure you, my lady, I will do my best."
Support from both sides arrived soon after, Xu Zhonglin's teammates were also more effective, Zuwara supported a battle cruiser, Tripoli was two battleships, and three aircraft carriers had already maneuvered to the vicinity of Tripoli and were on standby.
Austria-Hungary knew that he had no chance, so he could only honestly watch the minelaying ship on Xu Zhonglin's side.
Xu Zhonglin took a traffic boat to support the friendly troops who came over to offer condolences. At this moment, there was a knock on the bridge hatch of the Elena.
Elena remotely controlled the door switch and knocked on the door, and saw the goddess of wisdom walking in with a plate of pastries: "Is it tea time?" But I don't have any fresh fruit to entertain you, unless you're willing to eat that damn lime. ”
The goddess of wisdom gave a blank look: "In the words of the Admiral, how do I feel that I am lying on the gun, such a big grievance, who made you unhappy?" If you don't welcome me, I'll go. Well, the puffs that Sissi made for you have four flavors: fresh milk, meat floss, matcha, and chocolate, and they have just been baked. ”
Seeing that the goddess of wisdom really turned around to leave, Elena was a little helpless: "Hey! How did you become so stingy! I just said that there was no fruit, and I didn't say that I couldn't bring you a good cup of coffee. ”
The goddess of wisdom ran over and hugged Elena and kissed each other on the face: "That's right, they've learned to be coquettish, it's very cute!" ”
"Put away your damn face, I've endured the same face all morning, and I've had enough of it! Sure enough, there is what kind of admiral there is, what kind of ship girl, that kind of shamelessness, you can learn it all. ”
The goddess of wisdom picked up a puff and stuffed it into Elena's mouth: "All right! Hurry up and eat, there are delicious foods that can't stop your mouth? ”
Elena closed her eyes and exclaimed, "Sissi is really good, the food she cooks is delicious, how do you know that I like to eat this?" ”
"We don't care if you live or die! It was the Admiral who noticed. The last time we had afternoon tea together, he said that you only ate one of the other things, only two puffs, and you must like it very much, so I asked Sissi to make several different flavors for you to try. ”
"Humph! That's also Sissi's awesome. ”
The goddess of wisdom learned to pinch Elena's nose as the admiral: "No! This was invented by the Admiral. While Fileneau was having tea with Madame Catherine de' Medici, the Admiral saw a cream puff similar to this one, and when he returned, he asked Sissi to try to make a different flavor. Usually you can only eat one or two flavors, but today I made four for you. ”
Elena asked rhetorically: "Envy me so much, haven't you ever enjoyed this kind of treatment?" ”
"Who said that? I enjoy this kind of treatment every day, every moment, and although the Admiral is cruel to the outside, he is very attentive to our sisters, don't you notice? He said that it was good for a man to stand when he went out and kneel when he came home. So ah, I'm enjoying it, are you envious? ”
"Phew! Shameless! ”
"Haha, I just like your face that can't get used to me and can't get rid of me." The goddess of wisdom shook Elena's neck affectionately.
"Hey! Don't you think that the more you are like this, the more deliberate it feels? ”
"Then I don't care, the Admiral commanded, he said, Margaret he is sure to stay, if she doesn't agree, the Admiral will go back and forcibly kidnap Brin. So she just had to keep her daily intimacy on her side, and Sissi and Theresa had already gone over to Mary for tea. And you, the Admiral said, need to be drugged, and you must be caught up in our sugar-coated cannonballs as soon as possible, and when you get used to this lively and intimate atmosphere, after three years, you will definitely be reluctant to leave. ”
Elena did not answer, but asked the goddess of wisdom: "Minerva, you say, did we do something wrong back then?" ”
The Goddess of Wisdom shook her head: "The Admiral said, we are not wrong. Italy is small in size and resource-poor, unlike the Eastern Empire and the United States, which are naturally great powers. Only after we have gathered all our forces and taken North Africa will we have the conditions to become a great power. Then, relying on the resources of North Africa, it continued to expand, and finally forged its own road to great power. I think the Admiral is right. ”
"But isn't the Middle East more abundant?"
"It's different, that part of the Middle East is too sensitive, everyone wants a piece of the pie, and the Suez Canal is in the hands of the British, and we in Italy don't have the strength to compete with the German Union and Britain and France at the same time. So the Admiral predicted that we would definitely fail and that we would be plucked by someone else. ”
Elena stood up suddenly: "Are you saying that what the British want is for us to charge into battle, and in the end they will grab the fruits of victory?!" ”
"That's what the Admiral said. Not only Britain, but also the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey would think the same. ”
"Then why didn't you say it earlier?!"
"Elena, don't bother, do you think it's useful? Will the military department listen to it? Will they take this as a joke or as advice? ”
Elena seemed to be very tired, and sat down again with difficulty: "Is it really not good?" ”
There are so many meanings in this question, can't you beat it? Can't be dissuaded?
"I believe in the admiral's judgment, the answer is yes, it can't be fought, from the beginning of the war to the present, this is a meat grinder-style war of attrition, Italy does not have such rich resource reserves, and there is no foundation that a great power that can withstand a protracted war, so it will definitely not be fought. As for dissuasion, I've already talked to Brin and Caprela, and they both said they did their best. ”
"Hey! Is the tragedy going to happen again? ”
The goddess of wisdom stroked Elena's back: "yes, I really don't want to go through it again, so ah, I decided to follow the Admiral, and everyone will work together to create our own utopia." ”