My Italian: Chapter 572 sorry french

Cosenz has a bigger stage to display his ambitions.

For the whole of Europe, even ordinary people can see the dark clouds of war.

Although the Moroccan crisis has been resolved, the preparations of various countries have reached a new level.

The British Empire, which provoked France to toughen Germany on the Morocco issue, announced at the beginning of the year that it will start construction of seven large warships this year, five of which will be new battleships equipped with 380mm main guns. In addition, the British Empire was also dissatisfied with its small army and announced that it would expand the army to 238,000 this year.

The British Empire's preparations for war also affected Russia, one of its allies. The Russians have announced that they will build three 13.5-inch (343 mm) ultra-dreadnoughts to deal with the current complex form.

Unlike the 305mm main gun equipped on the Queen Maria class in history, in this time and space, due to the pressure from Britain and France on German and Italian shipbuilding, the British decided to share their 343mm main gun with their allies. As for Britain's move, France and Russia are of course very happy. Russia is also supported by the British 343mm main gun, so it decided to use this main gun for its next-level battleship.

In addition to this naval expansion, Russia also expanded its huge army. The Russians announced that they will expand the total strength of the Russian Army from 940,000 to 1.024 million this year.

The actions of Britain and Russia made the Allied powers unable to sit still. Not to mention Italy. Germany decided to expand its army from 571,000 to 653,000. Austria-Hungary expanded from 254,000 to 314,000.

The major European countries are all gearing up, glaring at each other from different camps.

Here we seem to forget that there is another country, and that is France.

Speaking of which, in this time and space, the pressure on French defense is no less than that of Germany. The pressure of the Germans on the border alone is enough for the French. In addition, Italy is also eyeing the south of it, so that the pressure on France's defense cannot be underestimated.

In addition to land pressure, the French are also very stressed at sea.

Although the alliance with the United Kingdom allows France to rely on the navy of the British Empire at sea. But this was limited to the German Navy in the North Sea. In the Mediterranean, the British Empire Mediterranean Fleet is stationed in Alexandria, Egypt.

If you look at the map of the Mediterranean Sea, you will find that Egypt and France are more than 2,000 kilometers apart, let alone Italy.

On the plus side, the French Navy and the British Mediterranean Fleet can attack the Italian Navy. But on the downside, they are very easy to be defeated by the Italian navy. The changes in this completely depend on the strength comparison of the two parties. From the current point of view, the strength of France and the United Kingdom in the Mediterranean is very likely to be the latter.

In fact, for Britain and France, the current situation in the Mediterranean Sea is well known to the two countries, but it is not easy to solve this problem.

In fact, it cannot be said that it is not easy. There is one way, that is, the two countries will increase their naval strength in the Mediterranean Sea to the point where they can compete with the Italian Navy. Make it impossible to solve either party in a short period of time. If it can't be done, it can barely hurt its vitality.

Because as long as Italy is without the protection of the navy, the advantage of a long coastline will immediately become a disadvantage. At that time, relying on the navy alone will make the Italians sit on pins and needles and end their hot-headed moves.

However, it is too difficult to achieve this. France is already struggling to build four Guba-class ships. However, under the constant urging of its ally, the United Kingdom, it took out funds to build three Breton-class ships.

The French navy can't follow up, so what about the British Empire?

Sorry, although the docks of the British Empire are full of all kinds of warships, it is also a fantasy to suppress the German and Italian navies.

Moreover, the British Empire also needs to ensure the security of the homeland and the task of suppressing the German fleet in the North Sea. Then the strength of the fleet that stays at home must be higher than that of Germany's high seas fleet.

Therefore, there cannot be too many warships left for the Mediterranean Fleet.

As for the idea of ​​combining the British and French fleets in the Mediterranean Sea, it was only discussed once by the two countries and then shelved.

Although this allows the British and French fleets to have the strength to compete with the Italian navy, there is a key problem that the two countries cannot solve.

Where should this fleet be based?

Is it Toulon in mainland France or Alexandria in Egypt?

In other words, should we give up the coastal cities in southern France, or give up the Suez Canal?

No one dares to make this decision, and no one can make this decision.

In this regard, the two countries can only continue to expand their naval strength in the Mediterranean, while negotiating how to cooperate.

The problem of how to suppress the Italian navy left the British and French navies a little helpless.

But soon a smart person thought that since it was difficult to solve at the naval level, it would be much easier to change it. And this method is not complicated, that is, since it is difficult to solve, then pull it over and become an ally. Isn't the problem between the two countries in the Mediterranean solved now, and it can also relieve the pressure on the French land.

Of course, for the two countries, it is not an easy matter to pull them over, or to break up the alliance between Germany and Italy.

You must know that the French side has discovered this problem since a few years ago, and has always wanted to improve the tense relationship with Italy. Subsequently, various acts of goodwill emerged one after another. The biggest act of goodwill was to give half of the Tunisian colony to Italy during the first Moroccan crisis.

Although the southern part of Tunisia is basically deserted and the Gobi is very desolate, its population is less than 100,000, and it has no economic value. But in any case, it is still half a colony, and valuable minerals may be discovered at some point, just like the Libyan province in Italy.

But it's a pity that the Italians are not interested in the goodwill that the French continue to release, and they eat up the benefits they give, and they don't give you a chance for reconciliation at all.

Although he was annoyed at such shameless actions by the Italians, considering the situation he was facing, the proud French could only continue to release their goodwill, intending to impress Italy.

Of course, the possibility of relying on words alone is not high, but in view of the current extremely tense situation in Europe, the French decided to offer a gift that the other party could not refuse. And the requirements are not high, as long as the other party can be neutral when a war breaks out between itself and Germany.

So what makes the French think Italy can't refuse ~www.mtlnovel.com~ That is the remaining northern Tunisian colony.

Needless to say the geographical location, if Italy occupies Tunisia, the entire Tunisian Strait will be in its hands, and every ship passing through the Mediterranean Sea needs to look at the faces of the Italians. The reason why France seized Tunisia first was because of concerns in this regard, and of course it was also acquiesced by other countries.

In addition, Tunisia in the north is also its essence. There is a large amount of arable land and grasslands distributed here, and the olives exported by Tunisia in large quantities are in the north of Tunisia.

And according to French calculations, Tunisia has 9 million hectares of arable land, enough to feed a large population. For Italy, where there are many people and few lands, it is definitely an irresistible temptation.

Since such a generous gift was offered, of course it could not be brought by a few diplomats to talk to the Italians. This time the French side sent a No. 3 figure, and Parliament President Ribes was in charge of talking with the Italians.

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