Faced with the secret message sent by the chief of the guard, Carlo looked at it as quickly as he could.

This is information detected by the Italian intelligence network in Istanbul, which shows that an arms dealer named Yuri Orlov has sold a large amount of arms to the Ottoman Empire.

The telegram showed that the arms were worth up to 50 million Ottoman lira, with a total of 87,000 Bodan rifles, nearly 100 artillery pieces of various types, and some other military supplies. At a glance, you can know who sent this batch of arms, so many Russian-style weapons, I didn't expect the Russians to be able to export arms to them in order not to let the Ottomans lose too much.

Seeing this, Carlo couldn't help but scold. "These damn Russians."

At this time, a phrase from the Russian ambassador Fedorovsky's previous visit to him came to Carlo's mind. "Your Majesty Carlo, since Russia is not enough to attract attention to your country, then please look forward to the following."

As for the arms dealer named Yuri Orlov, it is obvious that it is just a pretext, in order to give Russia an extra layer of identity and avoid causing domestic dissatisfaction.

After all, this is what the arms dealers do, what to do with the Russians.

Thinking of this, Carlo immediately spoke, "Call the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ask the others to test the attitude of Austria-Hungary and see how its attitude changes." ”

Although the small actions of the Russians were not enough to frighten Carlo, the change in attitude of their representatives made Italy have to pay attention.

As for asking about the attitude of the Austro-Hungarians, it is easy to understand that the country is an ally of Italy, and if their attitude changes, then it will also mean that the Triple Alliance, which has made a lot of money for Italy, has loosened, which Carlo absolutely does not want to see.

And with the Italian army, Bulgaria and Montenegro, two important allies, were also prepared. In Adrianople, 168,000 troops of the Bulgarian 1st, 2nd and 3rd armies gathered to confront the 210,000 Ottoman troops led by the new Ottoman army minister Hamad Riza.

That's right, it's a confrontation, although both sides are very cautious about large-scale decisive battles, and both are trying to solve each other after gaining an advantage.

On the Ottoman side, the main consideration is that although they have an advantage in their own troops, there are a lot of new soldiers, and it is very easy to trigger a chain reaction if they can't fight for a long time. Although Macedonia still had nearly 200,000 troops besieged, it was a matter of urgency, and if the reinforcements were defeated, they would be even more desperate.

In addition, the Ottoman side also has a careful thought, that is, the continuous recruitment of new recruits in its country, although the Ottoman mobilization efficiency is not high, but more than 20 million people are not something that Bulgaria can contend with, and after a while, their forces will gather more and more, until they occupy an absolute superiority.

As for the Bulgarian side, it goes without saying that their purpose is only to drag the other side, not to defeat the opponent. If so, they are willing, after all, after the settlement of Macedonia, they will be able to get reinforcements from Italy and Montenegro.

So the two sides are facing each other in Adrianople while reinforcing their positions, both trying to wait for the right moment. Whether the Ottomans waited until the forces were crushed, or Bulgaria waited until the reinforcements after the Macedonian settlement depended on which of the two sides was faster.

Therefore, the movements of the Italian Balkan Army Group fighting in Macedonia were extremely critical, and they needed to deal with the Macedonian enemy as soon as possible before they could reinforce the main Bulgarian force and crush the last Ottoman military force. It is believed that at that time, the Ottomans will know how much the price of breaking the treaty is.

Although the task was demanding and time was scarce, the three countries still had a tacit agreement to isolate Serbian and Greek armies from the war zone.

To the south, the Bulgarian Third Army left a division of troops, along the line of the Aliakamunk River, to keep the Greek army out of Macedonia. Although this is only the strength of a division, as long as the Greeks are not stupid, they know that they will not have good fruit to eat if they are mixed in.

As for the north, the Bulgarian army, which had sent troops from the country, had seized the valley of the upper Morava River, isolating Serbia from Macedonia, and making it impossible for it to follow this most convenient road to the east of Macedonia.

As for the other passage through Kosovo, under the overtime efforts of the three Italian divisions, nearly half of Kosovo has now fallen into Italian hands. In response, Italy has also warned that if it is not the Italian army in Kosovo, it will be ruthlessly attacked. It is self-evident to whom this sentence is spoken.

And when Italy and other countries were targeting Serbia and Greece, they did not just obediently obey, although they did not dare to send troops across the border, but they could still make a small move in private. This is especially effective when it comes to asking for help from the powers that support it behind it.

"Your Majesty, my country is deeply puzzled by your country's practice of excluding Serbia and Greece from the war, and I ask your Majesty to consider carefully whether your country's approach in this matter is appropriate."

In the royal palace in Rome, Flam, the British Empire's ambassador to Rome, expressed Britain's dissatisfaction to King Carlo with a serious face.

In the face of the British criticism, Carlo, who is the king of Italy, said with a smile. "That's right, Your Excellency. Since Italy had not had much contact with Serbia and Greece before, when facing Ottoman's sudden repentance, it was necessary to let him know the fate of the repudiation as quickly as possible. So we can only use the plan that we have made before, and since the Serbian and Greek countries are willing to contribute to this, I will let the military draw up a plan for the two countries to participate, and when we have made the plan, we will send it to the two countries. ”

Carlo's words are obviously shirking, and when the plan is formulated and the war is estimated to be over, what else will happen to the two countries at this time?

So in the face of Carlo's words, Ambassador Forham sighed and said directly. "Your Majesty, in fact, there is no need to be so troublesome, as long as your country agrees to the Serbian and Greek countries to send troops, they will obey your command. After all, your country has no disputes with them, and it still maintains good intentions towards Italy and the two countries. ”

For Ambassador Forham to say such a thing, it is still urgent for Serbia and Greece to say this. Although the first phase of the war had given the two countries some advantage, they were directly excluded from the war with the resumption of the war. This means that they will not have a chance to speak at all in the next negotiations.

So in order to be able to get an excuse to get to the negotiating table in the future, they preferred to put their army under Italian command.

However, in the face of the pleas of the two countries, Carlo was not interested at all. No matter how good Italy is to these two countries, it can compare with Britain and Russia behind it, so why should they offend Bulgaria, which is currently doing very well?