My Italian: Chapter 457 end of the victorian era

Now that it is decided to build a new type of battleship, of course preliminary preparations are required. First of all, the drawing work must first check for gaps and make up for omissions, and then the construction stage of the shipyard.

At present, the new warship is still in the stage of checking for gaps and making up for omissions, so it has not yet entered the formal construction.

At this time, a major event that caused a sensation in the world spread. That is, Alexandrina Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of India, who ruled the British Empire for 64 years and led the British Empire to its peak, died on January 22, 1901.

This news is a sensation for the whole world, and it is the same for Italy.

"Then the Prime Minister will lead the team to London."

In the palace, Carlo looked at the prime minister and the foreign minister in front of him, and stated the specifications for the diplomatic mission sent by Italy this time.

For this trip to London, Carlo will certainly not underestimate it. In addition to the funeral of Queen Victoria, who is worth remembering by the British, it will also be the enthronement ceremony of the new king Edward VII.

This is the time when political leaders from various countries gather, and Italy, as one of the few powers, certainly cannot be shabby. It is necessary to send high-level diplomatic missions, at least at the level of the foreign minister, or else they will deliberately despise the British Empire.

Of course, if it is higher, the prime minister can lead the team. If it is more important, it will be led by Carlo himself.

However, Carlo himself was not interested at all. First, he was unwilling to stay in the UK for such a long time. Second, there were many dignitaries from various countries in the book, but it was unlikely that he wanted to talk about anything. Moreover, the Savoy family did not marry the British royal family, so why rush there. Therefore, the best candidate is the Prime Minister, whoever else.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Regarding Carlo's roll call, Prime Minister Antonio had already expected it. Basically, it was only suitable for him to lead the team. After all, it was a bit inappropriate for his own monarch to go.

Leading the team to London to attend the funeral of the old king and the enthronement of the new king is actually not that important to Italy.

To be honest, the current relationship between Italy and the United Kingdom is a bit delicate. The rapid development of Italy in recent years has made the relationship between Britain and Italy a bit delicate. The relationship between the two countries has been relatively close since the beginning, and gradually turned into a normal relationship. Especially after Italy won the war with Ottomans, the diplomatic relations between the two countries dropped significantly.

You must know that many Italian weapon technologies can be obtained from the British Empire at the beginning. For example, the 460mm main gun used on the Galio-class battleship is Armstrong's masterpiece. In terms of subsequent technologies such as naval guns and even power, the United Kingdom has helped a lot.

However, in recent years, as Italy has become more and more inclined to Germany and Austria, its relationship with the United Kingdom has gradually changed from friendly to normal. It has become a difficult thing to obtain technology from the British Empire.

Of course, this is also a very normal thing. The substantial increase in Italy's strength certainly made the British Empire feel threatened by its position in the Mediterranean.

"By the way, what's the current situation in the Far East?"

At this time Carlo suddenly asked about the Far East.

Let him ask such a question, naturally there is a new situation in the Far East. This time, the countries jointly taught the empress dowager, and there was no difficulty in combat at all. The total strength of the Intervention Army (this is the actual strength of the troops participating in the war) of more than 70,000 in various countries is simply not something they can resist.

The army is invincible in the Far East, and it is simply not something the old-style army in the hands of the empress dowager can resist. Not to mention the ambiguous attitude of the southern provinces, and the declaration of neutrality, which can also reveal many problems.

In addition, in this coalition operation, the French army finally used its secret new 75mm rapid-fire gun, which has a rate of fire of up to 15 rounds per minute, which shocked the officers of other countries.

The German officer who finally saw the new French 75mm rapid-fire gun hurriedly informed Berlin of the situation. And this made the German Army put pressure on Krupp again, asking it to produce artillery with a rate of fire comparable to that of its opponents as soon as possible. As for Italy, the Ministry of the Army also requires major arsenals to come up with designs comparable to their opponents. But in addition, the Ministry of the Army also requires countries to come up with plans for large-caliber long-range artillery.

At present, the issue of the new French artillery is not too urgent, after all, there is still time.

At present, in the Far East, the most urgent thing for all countries is the problem of the Russians.

That's right, the Russians. The Russians are not honest at all in this intervening war in which all countries are involved.

It only sent one division of troops to participate in the coalition forces (more than 13,000 people), and it can only rank fourth in the number of troops sent by various countries. (Because of the Philippines, Germany sent more than 24,000 troops, followed by Japan with 18,000 troops, Italy with 14,000 troops, Britain with 12,000 troops, and France with 3,500 troops. people; eight hundred in the United States, four hundred in Austria-Hungary.)

However, compared with only sending 13,000 troops to participate in the coalition forces, Russia sent more than a dozen troops into the northeastern region of the Qing Dynasty. In the name of punishing the Qing Dynasty, these Russian troops not only occupied various cities in the Northeast, but also wiped out all the information such as the local government's household registration, fields and acres of minerals. In addition, the Russian army claimed that in order to facilitate the maintenance of local law and order, it also tried to send officials to the local area in the name of managing the local Russian army and its own people.

Everyone is a thousand-year-old fox, and no one knows who. Such an obvious move by the Russians has made all countries very dissatisfied. Co-authored us to intervene in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, is it working for you Russians?

Facing the actions of the Russians in the Northeast, all countries agreed that the Russian troops in the Northeast must be included in the coalition forces.

Obviously, this is an intention to restrain the Russian troops in the Northeast. When the countries withdraw their troops, these Russian troops in the Northeast will also retreat together.

As for the unanimous attitude of all countries, the Russian side strongly opposed it, claiming that the troops in the Northeast cannot be included in the coalition forces.

At present, various countries are negotiating with the Russians, and this is what Carlo asked about.

"Your Majesty, the attitude of the Russians in the Far East is very vague, but they still do not agree that the troops in the Northeast should be included in the coalition forces. Therefore, the attitudes of the countries are also inconsistent."

The inconsistencies in the attitudes that Bacona said mainly came from Germany and France, who were unwilling to express a tough attitude towards Russia.

Among them, France will not be mentioned. France and Russia are allies, and they are unwilling to offend Russia on the issue of the Far East. As for Germany, the same is true, there is only one sentence to describe it.

Looking at Germany's attitude towards Russia's eastward expansion, it is basically instigation, which is to reduce the pressure on its east.

"We don't care about other countries, but our country must insist on ensuring the territorial unity of the Far East on the issue of the Far East, and we can also let our ministers in the Far East publicly express their views. Our country firmly resists the move to split the Qing Dynasty."

"As you order, Your Majesty, I will power Minister Jia Liwen as soon as I get back."

Carlo's attitude is easy to understand, because this matter not only satisfies the feelings of the previous life, but also benefits Italy. The joint intervention of various countries in the Qing Dynasty this time will definitely affect the perception of Italy by the people of the Qing Dynasty. At this time, publicly declaring that they want to protect the territorial integrity of the Qing Dynasty is a show of favor.

Although I was involved in this intervening war this time, it was only because I was forced to do so. In fact, I still wanted to make friends with the Qing Dynasty in my heart. Of course, the deep-seated reason is that Italy does not want to fall out with its largest overseas market, which is all caused by economic interests. Although the Qing Dynasty will face the situation of the largest compensation in the future, the market in the Far East will not decrease at all, but it will accelerate the country's industrial development.

Thinking of the compensation, Carlo couldn't help asking. "How is UU Reading www.uukanshu.com talking about the Qing Dynasty's indemnity?"

"At present, the total amount of compensation has been negotiated by various countries. Calculated by paying one tael of silver to each person in the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty will compensate 450 million taels of silver."

This is consistent with history, this high compensation is also a kind of humiliation, everyone lost a tael of silver. At present, the annual financial revenue of the Qing Dynasty is almost only 100 million taels, which directly requires four and a half years of financial revenue to compensate. This has far exceeded the losses of various countries and the cost of sending troops, and the weak and the strong are vividly displayed.

However, I saw Bacona continue to talk about it afterwards. "At present, all countries have reached a consensus on the compensation, that is, if Russia announces its withdrawal from the Northeast, then it can get the first share of the compensation."

When Bacona said this, Carlo immediately understood. This is spending the money of the Qing people to let the Russians evacuate.

This abacus is pretty good, but it's a pity that Maozi is a guy who doesn't remember what to eat. I'm afraid it will be difficult to satisfy St. Petersburg. It can't be said that just like in history, he announced the withdrawal of the army and got the first share of the compensation, but the result was delayed. , just do not withdraw. In the end, the British Empire sent thugs to Japan, and it took a lot of education to make the Russians take back their claws.

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