"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a budget meeting, not a quarrel competition, and please refrain from it."

Although Carlo spoke softly, the weight of his words made the room immediately quiet.

Carlo waited until the room was quiet, and then looked at the Admiralt, who had not spoken. "Admiral Golek, how do you think the dispute between the two sides should be resolved?"

Carlo's words immediately put Admiral Golek in the center of attention, and the Army colleagues hoped that he would maintain a consistent attitude despite the fact that he belonged to the same military, while the government hoped that the Navy would not be as stubborn as the Army.

Admiral Golek felt the attention of both sides, and he simply made the attitude of the Navy public.

"I think both sides are right, but we need to think more about the development of the kingdom, and we need everyone to be calm. So I think we all need to calm down and talk about it. As part of the national army, the Navy is more than willing to contribute to this end. At present, the navy has 860,000 people and the tonnage of naval ships is 3.97 million tons, and we are willing to reduce the tonnage of naval ships by 130,000 and 430,000 tons. ”

Admiral Goleck's words immediately drew a round of applause from the government side, while the Army side watched in amazement at the actions of the Admiralty. Didn't they roast their army on the fire, the navy took the wrong medicine.

Prime Minister De Pretis immediately picked up. "Thanks to the efforts of the Navy, we are all aware of the government's efforts for the Navy's national finances."

Admiral Golek stopped talking, because the navy actually took advantage. It sounds like the Navy is going to reduce the number of personnel and the tonnage of ships, but in fact the Navy is going to reduce the number of personnel in the Marine Corps, and who doesn't know where these people come from? When the time came, the Marine Corps was reduced by one division, and the Janissaries were expanded by one division, and the problem was solved.

As for reducing the tonnage of warships, this is also simple. At present, there are many steam warships built in the sixties and seventies in the Navy, and these warships, which should have been retired long ago, were retained because of the need to maintain the size of the fleet. And now take this opportunity to directly retire these old warships, the only difficulty is those officers and soldiers, but this is not difficult, the navy always has a place to arrange, whether it is a transport fleet, or other warships, they can be placed a little bit.

With the sudden statement of the navy, Admiral Saragate and others immediately felt a little uncomfortable. Now they are framed, how fierce the opposition was before, how embarrassing it is now.

As the number two person in the government, Foreign Minister Bakona took the opportunity to say. "Since the navy can solve the country's debts, I believe that the army, as the pillar of the country, will also be able to understand the kingdom's situation."

As soon as he heard the Foreign Secretary's words, Admiral Saragait knew that it was impossible to get out of the way, so he had to go against his will. "In fact, the army also wants to do its part for the kingdom's debt, but it is really impossible to reduce the army to 200,000, and we think 350,000 is a very reasonable number."

It is evident that His Excellency the Minister of War intends to put down his posture and talk about it, according to the scale in his heart, so that the scale of the army should be retained for the army.

"It's enough for the Army to keep more than 200,000, and we need to prioritize solving the massive debt problem."

It's just that Admiral Saragait's posture did not let the government relax, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer Tejera insisted on the scale of more than 200,000 yuan, and did not give a chance to discuss it at all.

Faced with the Chancellor's tough request, Admiral Saragate suddenly became angry, and he slapped the table and said angrily. "You are simply bullying the Army, and we will not agree to it."

And as the Minister of War counterattacked, several other generals also stepped forward. "That's right, such a request is unreasonable."

Just as several generals were reprimanding the government, suddenly an inopportune voice sounded. "In fact, I think the 200,000-strong army is enough for national defense needs at present."

This sudden remark surprised several admirals, because it was from behind them. Several people immediately turned their heads to look and found that it was actually the chief of the General Staff, General Cadnar, who said this, and they were all stunned.

Admiral Saragate, who was the Minister of War, glared at him angrily and couldn't help but speak. "Admiral Kadolna, do you know what you're talking about?"

Faced with the glaring glare of the army leader, Admiral Kadolna looked at him very calmly. "I know what I'm talking about. I think 200,000 troops are enough to meet the current defense needs. ”

As Admiral Kadolna's words fell, a team of guards with big shoulders and round waists walked into the meeting hall with their waists pressed and looked at the generals with serious faces. Although they didn't make any other moves, the meaning of this was very clear to the admirals. As for the government, except for the prime minister, everyone else looked at the scene with shocked faces.

And the kingdom Carlo, who was presiding over this meeting, looked at several generals and spoke. "The admirals are getting old, I think you should spend more time with your family, what do you say?"

Carlo's words made several admirals look very ugly, because it was to ask them to retire. And what can they do now, refuse on the spot?

Originally, I thought that the biggest suspect in Carlo's reach to the army was Lieutenant General Simeone, but no one expected that it would be one of them, the chief of the general staff, General Cadorna.

Admiral Kadolna is also uncomfortable, they are all people who have worked together for so many years, and now they have to stand up and let the old man go, which is also a helpless thing. After all, the army is the armed force of the kingdom, and the king's fear of the army being outside his control is a great disservice to the army.

Especially since they are all old, the king is in the prime of life, and he still has at least thirty or forty years in power, and will the army still be able to fly into the sky at that time. In addition, the king's political skills have become stronger and stronger in recent years, and Italy has grown stronger and stronger under his leadership. The army simply cannot resist, this is the general trend.

There is another reason that cannot be spoken, Admiral Kadorna is a military family, is it really going to hate the king and cut off the future of the family?

Carlo, who was nagged by Admiral Cadore, was actually not too nervous, although he used this method to take the army, it was also because the army had to rectify it.

Before the army was not moved, it was because it was necessary to prepare for war with the Ottomans. Look at the performance of the Italian army in the Balkan theater, it is worse than Bulgaria, which is inferior in weapons to its own, if it is not for Bulgaria, a strong thug. The war with the Ottomans was really going to be a bad one.

As for why they didn't do it immediately after the end of the war, there was also a reason why they were trying to paralyze these military leaders at that time. It had been several years of preparation for the present bureau, and he had not been able to win over Admiral Kadolna, who had given him the post of Minister of War.

With such a big effort and such a long time to prepare, the head of the army will not complain about the loss.

Faced with such a scene, Admiral Yigan's face was cloudy, and he didn't have to think about it, he had no chance to resist if he wanted to. Because it was a budget meeting, they didn't have weapons at all, and they even had only two or three attachés, and as for whether the army was in turmoil because of their retirement, it was impossible to have the traitor Kadolna, the chief of the General Staff, there.

They didn't speak for a long time, more because they really didn't expect it, and they haven't been able to accept the reality of retirement.

"Ah~~"

Admiral Saragate let out a long sigh. "I've been busy with military affairs all these years, and I haven't enjoyed the joy of family for a long time."

This was clearly an acceptance of the demand for retirement, and Admiral Saragate's words broke the resistance of others.

"yes, I haven't seen my little granddaughter in a long time."

"It's good to go back to your hometown."

Several military leaders were babbling to find reasons for themselves, and at the same time, the atmosphere of the venue was calmed down.

No one thought that several military bigwigs would be dismissed from their posts like this.

Of course, there must be people in the know, such as the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Navy.