The campaign between Corsica and Tunisia was not only to satisfy Italy's own needs, but also to contain France for its ally Germany.

However, in these two battles, the French army did not reinforce them, but was determined to retake Paris.

This put a lot of pressure on the defending German army, and although the Germans threw 920,000 troops into the Paris area, their front was slowly pushed back. The fact that Germany invested far more troops than expected was, on the one hand, that the entire duration of the campaign was extended due to the fierce resistance of the German army. It's been more than three months now. Mobilized troops within Germany were already taking part in the fighting.

On the other hand, Germany transferred troops from the Eastern Front. Thanks to Russia's hasty attack, although it targeted the Austro-Hungarian army in soft persimmons, the opponent stabilized the defensive line with the help of the Germans, and the attack ended in failure.

With the idle German troops on the Eastern Front, naturally it will not be forgotten by the Chief of the General Staff, Moltke Jr. It transferred 100,000 troops from Germany on the Eastern Front, consisting of six divisions and two armies, to reinforce the Paris area.

Germany received far more troops than expected to participate in the Battle of Paris, so it was natural that Britain and France, as its opponents, would not be left behind. In addition to throwing their reserves into the battlefield, the British and French put into the battlefield the troops drawn from the colonies, and they also put their new troops into the meat grinder of Paris.

That's right, it's a meat grinder, according to the statistics made by the British and French, the average British and French soldiers survive for only 24 hours, and the officers are three days. Britain and France, on the other hand, have so far committed 1.37 million troops.

Now the situation of the battle of Paris is like a bull, and no one dares to take a step back, for fear of losing the battle.

And Germany felt the most pressure in this battle, so in addition to tapping into its own potential, it was only natural to seek foreign help.

"Your Majesty Carlo, my country is very desperately in need of your country's help, and I hope that your country can give sufficient support from the flank, this is a personal letter from His Majesty William."

After receiving the letter from the guards, Carlo spoke to the German ambassador, Vangelis. "Your Excellency, please rest assured, our army is almost ready, and within a week it will attack the French from the Alps."

Ambassador Vangelis was also relieved by Carlo's personal assurances. Considering that Berlin sent him telegrams almost every day asking about progress, the pressure on him can be imagined.

After Ambassador Vangelis left, Carlo got up and headed to the large conference room. Italy's high-ranking military and political officials have long been gathered here, but the majority are still military.

As soon as Carlo entered the door, the noise of the scene immediately stopped.

"Let's start now." As soon as Carlo sat on his throne, he announced the convening of the Imperial Council. This is a meeting held every 10 days, mainly to let the ministers know about the current situation

As soon as Carlo announced, the first person to speak was the head of the Intelligence Agency, Crow. The bureau was formed in 1910 when, in view of the possible outbreak of war in Morocco, the Second Moroccan had Carlo merge the government with the army's intelligence agencies in pursuit of a strong alliance.

The merger of the government's and military's intelligence services has increased its intelligence-gathering capabilities and domestic counterintelligence by about 20 percent. As a result, Chief Crowe went from being the head of military intelligence to being a member of the cabinet. Although he is at the bottom of the ranking, he is also a cabinet minister, which is much better than being a major general.

"Your Majesty, colleagues, let me first tell you about the situation of all parties during this time. The first is the most crucial battle in Paris, where the fighting between Britain and France and our ally Germany is still fierce. However, on the front, our allies have lost the front line of Bontailu and Seri, and the battle between the two sides has now reached the front line of Zhisol and Shercy.

According to the battle line, we can see that Britain and France have semi-encircled the Paris area. In addition, we have received information that the British and French have set their final targets from Ponte Puen to Saint-Denis on the outskirts of Paris. ”

"It's normal, both sides have lost millions of people, and the perimeter of Paris has been shattered. It is quite unwise to hear that there are cases of refusal to carry out orders in both armies, and that Pontpuan is also targeted. ”

These words can be regarded as the Minister of War, Admiral Simone, to solve everyone's doubts, and also let everyone understand the tragedy on both sides in the Paris area.

Of course, many people present also knew from the mouth of the Crow pattern that the current ally Germany is in the Paris area.

"So, we can't continue to prepare for the operation in the Nice area?"

"Yes, I have promised Germany that the Battle of Nice will begin within a week."

At this point, Carlo spoke out about his commitment to the German ambassador.

In the face of the king's opening, and outside of the people present, the preparations for the battle of Nice could only end here, and the next battle would surely begin within a week.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, our army's preparations for the Battle of Nice are almost complete, and they will begin within a week."

As the absolute main force in the Battle of Nice at this time, the Minister of War took the lead in making guarantees.

"Our Navy will also send warships to provide naval fire support to the Army."

Admiral Yagill, the Minister of the Admiralty, also gave assurances.

Now that both military bigwigs have given assurances, the topic of the Battle of Nice has come to an end here.

I saw that the chief of the Crow pattern continued. "In addition to the Battle of Paris, negotiations between our ally Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria have come to an end, and we have heard that Vienna has made a number of concessions. In addition to the promise to give Serbian Macedonia to Bulgaria, it was also willing to give the southern part of Niš to the other side, and Bulgaria had already agreed to enter the war.

In addition, we have received information that the Greek side is already showing signs of turning against the Entente. According to the information we received from Athens, Greek Prime Minister Venizelos has the support of the military and parliament, and they are ready to replace King Constantine, who did not agree to enter the war, and intend to have the king's second son, Prince Alexander, succeed to the throne. ”

"Are the Greeks crazy?"

At this time, Interior Minister Brugg exclaimed. In his opinion, the current situation in the Mediterranean is so clear, and there are still Balkan countries so bold.

"There are huge pro-British forces in Greece, and the situation of Britain in the Eastern Mediterranean is not good, so it is normal to pull a country back."

At this time, the Foreign Minister also knew Bacona of Greece better, and analyzed to him the situation of Greece's imminent accession to the Entente camp.

Bacona's analysis was quite thorough, and it was really the case that Britain drew Greece into the Entente camp.

At this time, Admiral Yagill, the Minister of the Navy, spoke. "It looks like the Bulgarians were so lucky to be able to take back both Serbian-occupied North Macedonia and Greek-occupied South Macedonia. But if Greece dares to join the Entente, then we will let it know the consequences. ”

"I couldn't agree more with your words."

Admiral Simeone, on behalf of the Army, endorsed the words of the Secretary of the Admiralty.

After the ministers had expressed their views on Greece, Kroger continued. "The 100,000 troops of the Japanese dispatch army have arrived in Egypt, and their commander is Admiral Kuroki Harushi. This led to the number of Entente troops in Egypt climbing to 370,000. ”

"The Japanese soldiers, we have not touched before, and their tactics are not much better than those of the Russians."

As for the Japanese army, Simeone did not think that it could not have much combat effectiveness. Although the Japanese army proved itself through the Russo-Japanese War, it was a situation when all countries came together to defeat Russia. Although Japan defeated Russia, its backward crowd tactics really did not interest Simeone. He will have to wait for the battle of Egypt, and the greatly changed Japanese army will surprise him.

"According to our intelligence, it was only after the Japanese troops arrived in Egypt that they were provided with machine guns and mortars by the British."

At this time, the chief of the Crow pattern also came to make up for it.

Well, now the ministers present have an impression of the Japanese army.

Although Carlo felt that something was wrong, his own Italian army was stronger, and at this time, asking the military to pay attention to the Japanese army was not a blow to the military that had high morale and had been winning.

So Carlo didn't speak, and besides, there were 100,000 people, and these troops could be reimbursed for a single campaign.

Kroger then continued. In East Africa, the British and French transported more than 60,000 people to Kenya, and the current British and French troops in Kenya are as high as 290,000, half of which are British and Indian divisions, and a quarter are African colonial troops, followed by ANZ troops, and the least are British and French native troops. In addition, in Sudan, Britain and France have gathered 180,000 people here. At present, the number of enemies facing our East African colonies has grown to 470,000, and this is a great test for our East African colonial divisions. ”

"East Africa and Egypt are one, and after we need to fight the Battle of Nice, it's time to prepare for the Egyptian Campaign."

"Greece's fall into the Entente camp has had a great impact on our preparations."

At this time, the two ministers of the navy and army saw the danger facing the East African colonies. But they also knew that the Egyptian campaign would have to be launched after the capture of Tunisia and Corsica-Nice.

After talking about the situation in East Africa, Kroger talked about some situations in Asia and the Americas. The focus is on Southeast Asia and U.S. intelligence.

For the United States, the most important neutral country in the world, both camps are trying to win it over. However, the two sides had different purposes, the Entente wanted the other side to join, while the Alliance camp wanted the other side not to join the Entente.

In addition to receiving information from abroad, the cabinet meeting is also a summary of domestic situations and work. For example, which department has any difficulties, who has not completed the task, two or more departments have disputes, etc. These problems need to be solved one by one, and of course, Carlo, as the king and the supreme ruler, also needs to adjudicate some issues.

In any case, the Kingdom of Italy has already decided that the third and most important battle of Nice will take place in the near future.