My Italian: Chapter 590 Negotiation on

After the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary only held various rallies to mourn the death of the Crown Prince on the surface. But in secret, Austria-Hungary is doing various preparations for war.

The support of the two allies obtained is particularly critical to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Therefore, Vienna has also spent some careful thought on this, especially for Italy.

Today's Vienna Central Railway Station is surrounded by military police, and no one is allowed to break in. Because there is a noble person who wants to leave here by car. What happened to the crown prince before made these military police not dare to relax their vigilance, because if something happened to this noble man, it would be more terrifying than the assassination of the crown prince.

So who is this gentleman?

That's right, Queen Maria of Italy, the Italian queen who was born in the Habsburg family, should have appeared at Ferdinand's funeral when she died, let alone her brother's funeral.

Yes, Queen Maria and Archduke Ferdinand share a common father, Archduke Karl Ludwig. However, the two were born by the Grand Duke's second and third wives respectively, coupled with the generation gap brought about by the age gap (the difference between the two is 13 years old), so this also makes the relationship between the two not very close .

And after Maria married into the Savoy family. The contact with Habsburg is much less, basically limited to more than ten letters to my mother every year.

Even his son Vittorio has only seen his grandfather and grandmother a few times since he was a child.

The reason for all this is the delicate relationship between Rome and Vienna. The relationship between the two countries is far less intimate than with Germany. That's right, both Italy and Austria have a close relationship with Germany, but the relationship between them has become difficult to handle. This is caused by many reasons.

The first is historical reasons. When the Habsburg family was glorious, it ruled half of Italy. Everyone knows the subsequent results. After the decline of Habsburg, Italy took the opportunity to obtain independence and unity. Of course, this is in other countries. completed with the help of.

As we all know, being independent with the help of others is definitely not so satisfactory. The fact is exactly the same. Italy and Austria still have many disputed territories. The most important of these is known as the Tyrol region. Although this mountainous area is sparsely populated, it is like a prominent corner inlaid in northern Italy, allowing it to directly overlook the Po River Plain, the most important food and industrial area in northern Italy.

Such an important place is controlled by the Austrians, how can you let the Italians sleep.

This also makes it difficult to have trust between the two countries. Even if Carlo married Maria, it would only make the relationship between the two countries more friendly.

And this time Austria-Hungary wants to seek the support of Italy, so it needs to make some concessions in the Tyrol region.

Of course, Vienna is also mentally prepared for this, otherwise the special envoy to Italy, the Deputy Foreign Minister Zolny, would not secretly pretend to be Queen Maria's entourage and go to Rome with her.

"Queen, please first."

On the platform, Count Zolny stood behind the queen, reminding her in a low voice.

"Then I will wrong Your Excellency the Earl."

"For the sake of the Habsburgs and the Empire, all this is as it should be."

Then a group of people boarded the train back (to) Rome, and this special train for the Italian royal family was very luxurious, enough for them to live very comfortably on the train.

The speed of the special train is very fast, because it does not need to stop at any platform, and the trains along the line need to avoid it.

So early the next morning, the train arrived in Rome.

Then the long convoy pulled the queen, the Austro-Hungarian envoy and others into the palace together. Of course, the queen and her entourage went home, while Earl Zolny and his party went to the meeting room under the leadership of the entourage. Here, King Carlo, the Prime Minister, the military and others have been waiting for a long time.

After the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his death, Italy held discussions among military and political officials. Regarding the assassination of the grand duke, many people believed that it would lead to a war between the great powers.

That's right, unlike Austria-Hungary who believed that relying on the support of Germany and Italy, Russia did not dare to act rashly. Italy believes that this is very likely to cause confrontation between the two camps. The reason is simple, Russia cannot afford to lose Serbia, which would have devastating consequences for its influence in the Balkans.

Just as Russia did not dare to let go of Serbia, France also did not dare to let go of Russia. Because this will lead to a reversal of its strategy, from two countries that can make Germany fight on two fronts, to let France face Germany alone.

For Italy, the outbreak of war in Europe also meets Italy's needs. Because Italy's combat readiness is almost done, although there are still some combat readiness plans that have not fully achieved the planned goals.

But another saying is good, everything is afraid of comparison. Compared with Germany, Italy and Austria, which are not yet fully prepared, Britain, France and Russia should be preparing. At present, among the three countries of the Entente, France is considered to be the most well-prepared. Only this year, France changed the two-year military service system to three years, and the service age was also changed from 21 to 45 years old to 20 to 48 years old.

According to the plan of the French military, France will complete its war preparations in 1915. This is not bad for France. Russia needs to complete its preparations for war and needs to wait until 1916.

And from this, we can see who is more fully prepared for the battle between the two parties.

Based on this understanding, senior Italian military and political officials believe that it cannot be delayed any longer. It is necessary to strike first before the three countries of the Allies are ready. Even the place has been discussed, that is the island of Crete where the civil war broke out~www.mtlnovel.com~ Italy forcibly dared to fight the civil war on the island, and then merged the island into the Kingdom of Italy. The two countries of Britain and Greece will never watch Italy annex Crete, and they will use this to make a big fight to detonate the great war in Europe.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and Austria-Hungary took the lead in triggering its conflict with Serbia, and even took the life of its own crown prince.

That being the case, it is Italy's turn to negotiate demands. After all, who doesn't know about Austria-Hungary's ambition to annex Serbia.

Besides, Italy has territory in the Balkans, and it happens to face Austria and Hungary across Serbia from north to south. In every respect, Austria-Hungary needs the support of Italy. Otherwise, it would not be able to annex Serbia at all.

"Count Zolny, Your Excellency is welcome."

Carlo took a group of military and political officials to welcome the arrival of the special envoy.

Looking at the Italian king and his senior military and political officials who welcomed him, Count Zolny felt a lot of pressure.

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