My Italian: Chapter 505 Mount Vesuvius

The Royal Palace in the center of Rome is the center of Italian power. Many decisions that affect Italy and the world are published or shaped from this.

And as the helm of Italy, Carlo has a lot to do every day.

"Preliminary results of the Army division-level pilot reform."

Carlo picked up a document, looked at the title on the cover and read it out.

Carlo really doesn't really understand the military reform of the army that Simone and Dalkion have tinkered with. Although the three-three system was famous in later generations, it is also a historical trend to withdraw the brigade and change the regiment. But Carlo has no in-depth knowledge at all except to know some simple fur.

The army is the most taboo for laymen to guide experts, so Carlo, a military layman, has what ability to guide the reform of the army. Is it really like a no-brainer novel, the protagonist casually talks about the benefits of the three-thirds system, and then the military is like a treasure, and then carries out reforms like crazy, how can there be such a good thing. Even if it is the correct idea, if it is not in the right era, it may also cause a reform failure.

Therefore, as long as reform is involved, it must be cautious and fully considered.

The same is true for the reforms carried out by the Army. Take a unit to carry out pilot reforms, see if the results are suitable, and then decide whether to carry out major reforms.

As for submitting the report to Carlo, it is very simple. On the one hand, it is to be loyal to His Majesty, and any actions of the Army are reported to His Majesty.

The second is also planning for a rainy day. The reason is simple, any military reform requires adequate funding. At present, although the army has increased some funds, it is not known whether it will be enough for military reform in the future. If you don't do some preparations in advance, won't you be blind when it really reaches that point in the future.

Although Carlo may not be able to see through the army's careful thinking, he does understand somewhat.

For Carlo, as long as the army's combat effectiveness can be improved, it is not impossible to let go of the funding issue. Of course, all this must be done by the army under his control.

The report handed in by the army looks good. The 6th Infantry Division, which is undergoing pilot reforms, has reduced its total strength by 27% after some slimming, but its combat effectiveness has only dropped by about 10%. Of course, for the pilot 6th Infantry Division, changes in technical arms are also required. After all, the sixth division now has 72 guns alone. For the Italian army, it feels a bit too much and may need to be changed.

One more thing to say here, the 6th Infantry Division was selected as a pilot, which was a big surprise. Because of the effect of the experiment, the 6th Infantry Division is currently the only fully-staffed unit of the Italian Army. The scale of its more than 14,000 people can be ranked first in the army, and even the division-level troops of the Guards are not as large as its scale.

"not bad!"

Carlo looked at the contents of the report and gave a rare compliment.

The Army's changes, which seem to be effective, are why Carlo praised it.

Just when Carlo wanted to pick up the next document, he saw his chief guard trotting over in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, ash and blanketed Naples."

Carlo's expression tightened at the words of the captain of the bodyguard, McClen. This volcano is 11 kilometers southeast of Naples, so don't erupt too much.

It needs to be explained here that Mount Vesuvius is also famous in history. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Roman times buried the cities of Pompeii and Stabiy in volcanic ash and volcanic rubble, and the city of Herculaneum was also buried in mudflows.

And the volcano is also very active. From 1660 to 1872, the volcano erupted 17 times, which is simply too active. And this sudden eruption also announced to the world that the active period of the volcano has not ended.

As for Carlo, he grabbed the telegram from the head of the guard, and immediately looked at it with ten lines at a glance. The telegram was sent by Cliff Giorio, a senior official in the province of Campania, saying that the Italian volcano Vesuvius, which had been dormant this morning, suddenly erupted, and the eruption of volcanic ash could be felt in Naples.

In view of the current emergency, he has ordered people within 10 kilometers of Mount Vesuvius to evacuate immediately. In addition, the Naples power plant has suffered power failures due to volcanic ash, and many factories have also been shut down. Now he has ordered the police to maintain local law and order, and organized a rescue team to rescue people around the volcano.

Now he hopes that Rome will provide support, whether it is material or human support, he wants this high-ranking Jorio official.

After reading the telegram, Carlo immediately ordered the captain of the guard. "Immediately notify the government and the military of the request of senior officials of Jorio, and ask them to immediately send manpower and material resources to support the Naples area."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After receiving the order from Carlo, the chief guard hurried to inform the Prime Minister and the military.

After waiting for the chief guard to leave, Carlo slammed the table heavily to vent his dissatisfaction. It's really not the right time for this volcano to erupt, and it's still in Naples.

In recent years, Rome's investment in Naples is not small at all. The continuous investment capital and technology of petrochemical, machinery manufacturing, textile dyes and other industries have made Naples, the largest city in the south, no worse than the three cities in the north. And to put it bluntly, Naples said that no one dared to be the first in the level of support of various cities in Rome over the years.

That's why Carlo was so dissatisfied after hearing that Mount Vesuvius erupted again. But it is useless to be dissatisfied now, and I can only hope that this volcanic eruption will not be too big, otherwise Rome will come to clean up the mess again.

Speaking of Naples, the city location is not good, and it is too dangerous to have an active volcano next to it. But who made the ash-covered soil around Vesuvius so fertile that Italians risked their lives to farm here. So the towns that Vesuvius destroyed every time it erupted would soon be filled with bold people again.

That's right, in such a situation, Carlo can't do anything as a king.

As the government and the military, the news of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius will not be much later than Carlo, so when Carlo's order arrives, both sides have already started preparations.

On the government's side, Prime Minister Antonio sent Interior Secretary Cruz as a government representative and immediately went to Naples to direct and coordinate disaster relief operations.

On the military side, the army and navy also transferred a large number of tents, cooking utensils, water filters and other relief supplies from the warehouse to the disaster area. In addition, the navy and the army have dispatched engineering troops to march towards Naples.

Before the arrival of support from Rome, senior officials of Jorio organized personnel to rescue them. They first evacuated the old and weak near the volcano area~www.mtlnovel.com~ and then placed them in various churches in the northern suburbs of Naples far from the volcano. , schools, etc. During this period, various parties and enthusiasts also formed rescue teams to assist in rescue and logistical work.

It needs to be pointed out here that the harm of volcanic eruptions is not only the slow magma, in fact, the more deadly is the hot volcanic ash. The volcanic ash from these eruptions is extremely hot, and as long as it is inhaled by a person, it is very easy to burn the lungs.

Four years ago, Mount Peret in the Caribbean erupted. The hot volcanic ash almost wiped out the neighboring city of Saint-Pierre. Except for three lucky people, more than 30,000 people in the city were killed in just five minutes. This is the power of volcanic ash. Of course, the energy of the eruption of Mount Pelei was dozens of times stronger than that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, so it caused a huge disaster.

After Cruz arrived the next day, the interior minister with a large amount of relief supplies immediately carried out disaster relief work. First of all, in order to avoid possible riots, the interior minister strengthened the supervision of Naples. In addition, it was still the disaster relief. After all, everything that can be used is used, but it is a bit larger in scale.

After everyone's efforts, Mount Vesuvius subsided three days after the eruption. It seems that the scale of this eruption is not too big.

According to the statistics of scientists, this time Vesuvius only erupted 0.13 cubic kilometers of energy, which directly caused disasters to the surrounding area of ​​20,000 square kilometers.

As for casualties, hundreds of people in the town of Ottaviano failed to escape, and some roofs collapsed due to the gravity of the volcanic ash, causing some casualties. However, according to government statistics, the total number of casualties was 739, of which 54 were injured.

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