My Italian: Chapter 578 End of 1912

As Europe fell into strife, the time entered the end of 1912. During this year, many things have happened in the world, but the most important thing is that two major camps have been formed among the major European countries to prepare for the battle collectively.

Before this, it was possible that the gunpowder smoke would be blown away, but after the Morocco crisis, it has become a explosive keg emitting sparks. Now the only question is when will this explosive keg explode.

When it will explode, no one knows now. But for Italy, strengthening the military strength of its own kingdom is the most important thing.

In this year, the Italian Army increased by more than 80,000 people, forming 6 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry brigade, and 1 heavy artillery regiment in one go. In addition, the reform of the army's third regiment division system has also accelerated. Originally, one-third of the divisions remained unchanged. After this year's hard work, only two divisions remained unreformed.

In addition, the army's firepower enhancement for battalions and companies is also in progress. Thanks to sufficient funds, the army purchased 2,000 Maxims, 4,000 Reverie light machine guns, 1,200 mortars of various types and corresponding ammunition.

For several arsenals, this large order was simply overjoyed, and they expanded their scale to provide them with the weapons on the order. Because the army is in a hurry and the time is tight, the order must be completed within one year, so the arsenal has to expand its production capacity.

Some people may ask, what should I do after this list is made?

Someone is definitely coming to knock you on the head. Didn’t you see that Europe is going to war? Are you afraid that no one will produce weapons?

Anyone with a brain can see that a war is about to break out in Europe, but everyone is still obsessed with past experience. When everyone gathers an army, the winner can be determined in a few months, or even in a day, and then the victorious country will be defeated. If the country takes enough benefits, the world will be peaceful again.

In addition to Italy's army expanding its strength, the navy is also not behind. At present, the Navy has accepted three super dreadnought ships, the Earl of Cavour, the Julio, and the Duilio this year. At present, the total number of new dreadnought ships of the Italian Navy has changed from 8 to the current 11 ships, which is definitely a big improvement.

Not only that, this year the Navy has also ordered 87 destroyers, cruisers, torpedo boats, submarines and other ships, with a total tonnage of more than 70,000 tons. Two-thirds of the tonnage is given to the new cruisers and destroyers, because they have the most missions no matter on weekdays or in wars.

As for why the Italian Navy ordered so many warships, speaking of it, this is still making up for the Navy. In the past, due to insufficient funds, the Navy chose to build large warships first. As for small and medium-sized warships, it is necessary to reduce the number of them and make up for them when the funds are sufficient or when the construction of large warships is almost complete.

As we all know, a navy must have all kinds of warships, because their roles are irreplaceable. However, the lack of small and medium-sized warships has prevented a large number of old-fashioned small warships from being retired in Italy, and they are still dragging their old pace to perform naval tasks.

Fortunately, there have been no naval battles in the past few years. Otherwise, after the Italian Navy pulled out an excellent main fleet, it would be embarrassing to guard the rear or perform other tasks with old-fashioned warships.

So now that there is sufficient funding, this shortcoming must be fixed. Therefore, in this year, the navy received a large amount of funds to make up for this shortcoming.

And everyone knows that the cost per ton of small and medium-sized warships is much higher than that of large warships (the lower the tonnage, the higher the cost, and the larger the tonnage, the lower the construction cost per ton), so these small warships can be built at a reasonable price Three Cavour-class ships.

The construction of these small and medium-sized warships is also necessary, because the Navy will take over the service of the fourth ship of Cavour, the Doria, and the two Milan-class battle cruisers next year. As for the following year, four powerful Roman-class ships will also enter the navy.

And then what?

Gone.

For the current Italian navy, this is a bit unacceptable.

Therefore, the Navy has moved to design a new type of warship. The Navy has secretly promoted the research and development of the 410mm naval gun. However, in view of the slow development of the 410mm naval gun, some people proposed to improve the 380mm naval gun, shells, propellants, etc., so as to Seek to obtain a more powerful main gun.

Of course, artillery is only one aspect. In addition, power, armor, communication, unified shooting equipment, etc., the equipment required by a warship, all need to be considered.

This is not to consider whether it is the latest technology, but to ensure the latest technology with reliability.

The navy dares to start considering new ships now. On the one hand, affected by the situation, the main rivals of the Italian navy in the Mediterranean, Britain and France, have started construction of many super dreadnought ships. It is a bit unreasonable for the Italian Navy not to follow up.

Second, it is because the navy has money in its pocket. As a qualified military branch, if you have money in your pocket, don't use it to build ships. Do you want to keep the cubs?

The reason why the Navy has money in their pockets is because the Navy has received definite news that their funding will increase next year, and so will the Army.

As for the one who gave them the news, it was our wise and mighty His Majesty Carlo.

For the current Italy, preparations for war cannot be stopped, so military spending should also increase. The military expenditure has increased from the current 1.37 billion lire to 1.89 billion lire.

You read that right, this is a one-time increase.

Of course, the military expenditure has increased significantly again, and the complaints from the government have become heavier. But it is a pity that now Carlo can no longer take care of the government's complaints. If history goes by, it was the last full fiscal year before the war. Therefore, Italy must make good use of this fiscal year and do more.

Of course, if the little girl of history doesn't follow the script, it's easy. When the time comes, Carlo will come by himself, and at worst, he will fire the first shot first.

Because the Italian economy can't afford ~www.mtlnovel.com~ to turn the kingdom into a big military camp, and the Italian family can't last long. Had war not broken out in 1916, the Italian government could have declared financial bankruptcy.

Regardless of the fact that the Italian economy is doing well at the moment, this is a large number of orders from the military industry. If you put aside these military industry orders, and then put aside the state-owned enterprises, you will find that the current private economy in Italy, except for a few key industries, other industries have already Enter the era of declining profits.

And the reason for this is that the market for Italian industry is saturated, yes it is saturated. Due to the political turmoil in the Far East, the sales of Italian products in the region have been greatly reduced. In fact, it is not only Italy, but also other countries.

The sharp drop in market sales naturally makes it difficult for factories that sell goods, and then factories will lay off workers. The next thing everyone knows, the economic crisis came like a shadow.

For a country that is expanding its military, the economic crisis can only divert conflicts, and war is the best diversion target.

So at this time, if Italy doesn't rush to expand itself, when will it wait.

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