My Italian: Chapter 671 cabinet meeting

The battle between Corsica and Tunisia, in addition to meeting Italy's own needs, also had the intention of containing France for its ally Germany.

However, in these two battles, the French army did not reinforce it, but was determined to recapture Paris.

And this put a lot of pressure on the defending German army. Although the German army invested 920,000 troops in the Paris area, its front was slowly pushed back. Let Germany invest far more troops than expected. On the one hand, the duration of the entire battle was prolonged due to the fierce resistance of the German army. It has been more than three months now. Waves of mobilized troops in Germany have been involved in the battle.

On the other hand, Germany transferred troops from the Eastern Front. Thanks to Russia's hastily launched offensive, although it aimed at the soft persimmon Austro-Hungarian army, the opponent stabilized the line of defense with the help of the German army, resulting in the offensive ending without a problem.

With the idle German army on the Eastern Front, it will naturally not be forgotten by the chief of the general staff, Mao Qi. It deployed two armies consisting of six divisions totaling 100,000 troops from Germany on the Eastern Front to reinforce the Paris area.

Germany received far more troops than expected to participate in the Battle of Paris, so its opponents, Britain and France, would naturally not fall behind. Putting the reserves in their hands into the battlefield, Britain and France will put the troops drawn from the colonies into the battlefield. In addition, they also continue to put the new troops they formed into the meat grinder in Paris.

That's right, the meat grinder. According to the statistics made by the British and French, the average survival time of each British and French soldier is only 24 hours, and that of an officer is three days. As the attacking parties, Britain and France have invested 1.37 million troops so far.

The current situation in the Battle of Paris is like a top cow. No one dares to take a step back for fear of losing the battle.

In this battle, Germany feels the most pressure, so in addition to tapping its own potential, seeking foreign aid is what it should be.

"Your Majesty Carlo, our country urgently needs your country's help, and I hope your country can provide sufficient support from the flanks. This is a personal letter from His Majesty William."

After receiving the letter from the guard, Carlo spoke to the German ambassador Vangelis. "Your Excellency, please rest assured that our army is almost ready. Within a week, we will attack the French army from the Alps."

Facing Carlo's personal assurance, Ambassador Vangelis also breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing that Berlin sent him telegrams almost every day asking about the progress, one can imagine the pressure on him.

After Ambassador Vangelis left, Carlo got up and went to the big conference room. Italy's senior military and political officials have already gathered here, but the military is still the majority.

As soon as Carlo entered the door, the noisy sound at the scene stopped immediately.

"Let's start now." Carlo announced the convening of the imperial meeting as soon as he took his seat. This is a meeting held once every ten days, mainly to let the ministers understand the current situation

As soon as Carlo announced, the first person to speak was the head of the Intelligence Bureau, Crowe. The bureau was formed in 1910, when the second Morocco, in view of the possible outbreak of war, asked Carlo to merge the intelligence agencies of the government and the army to pursue the result of a strong alliance.

In fact, this is a very wise decision. After merging the intelligence departments of the government and the military, its intelligence collection capabilities and domestic anti-espionage effects have increased by about 20%. As a result, Chief Crowe became a member of the cabinet from the chief of military intelligence under the military. Although the ranking is at the bottom, he is also a cabinet minister, which is much better than being a major general.

"Your Majesty, colleagues, let me first tell you about the situation of all parties during this period. First of all, the most critical battle in the Paris area. At present, the battle between Britain and France and our ally Germany in this area is still fierce. But on the front line, we The allies have lost the front line of Bontelu and Seri, and the current battle between the two parties has reached the front line of Risol and Shersey.

According to the front line, we can see that Britain and France have already semi-encircled the Paris area. In addition, we have received information that Britain and France have set their final target from Pont-Te-Pouin to Saint-Denis on the outskirts of Paris. "

"This is normal. The two sides lost millions of people, and the surrounding areas of Paris were destroyed. I heard that there were cases where the troops on both sides refused to carry out orders, and Pontepouin was also targeted. Unwise."

These words can be regarded as the Minister of War, Admiral Simeone, who will clarify everyone's doubts, and let everyone understand the tragic situation on both sides in the Paris area.

Of course, many people present also learned about the unfavorable situation of the current ally Germany in the Paris area from Crowe's mouth.

"So, we can no longer continue to prepare for the battle in the Nice area?"

"Yes, I have promised Germany that the Battle of Nice will begin within a week."

At this time, Carlo stated his commitment to the German ambassador.

Facing the king's opening, except for everyone present, the preparations for the Battle of Nice can only end here, and the next battle will surely start within a week.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that our army is almost ready for the Battle of Nice and will definitely start within a week."

As the absolute main force in the Battle of Nice at this time, the Minister of War took the lead in making a guarantee.

"Our navy will also send warships to provide maritime fire support for the army."

The Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Yagir, also gave assurances.

Now that the two military leaders have given assurances, the topic of the Battle of Nice comes to an end here.

I saw Chief Crowe continue to speak. "In addition to the Battle of Paris, the negotiations between our allies Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria have also come to an end. I heard that Vienna has made a lot of concessions. In addition to agreeing to give Bulgaria the Serbian Macedonian region, it is also willing to give the southern region of Nis Also to the other side, Bulgaria has agreed to join the war.

In addition, we have also received information that Greece has shown signs of falling to the Allies. According to the news we got from Athens, Greek Prime Minister Venizelos has received the support of the military and the parliament. They are planning to replace King Constantine who disagrees with participating in the war, and intend to let the king's second son, Prince Alexander, succeed him. "

"Are the Greeks crazy?"

At this time, the Minister of the Interior, Brugge, exclaimed. In his view, the current situation in the Mediterranean Sea is so clear that there are even Balkan countries so bold.

"The pro-British forces in Greece are huge, and the situation of Britain in the Eastern Mediterranean is not good. It is normal to pull a country behind."

At this time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs also knew Bacona of Greece better, and analyzed to him the situation that Greece was about to join the Allied camp.

Bacona's analysis is quite thorough, and it is true that Britain pulled Greece into the Allied camp.

At this time Admiral Yagier, Minister of the Navy, spoke. "It seems that the Bulgarians are very lucky. They can take back North Macedonia occupied by Serbia and South Macedonia occupied by Greece. But since Greece dares to join the agreement, we will let it know the consequences."

"I very much agree with your words."

On behalf of the Army, Admiral Simeone agreed with the Secretary of the Navy.

After the ministers expressed their views on Greece, Kroger continued to speak. "One hundred thousand troops of the Japanese dispatched army has arrived in Egypt, and its commander is Admiral Kuroki. This has caused the number of Allied forces in Egypt to climb to 370,000."

"It's not like we haven't encountered Japanese soldiers before. Their tactics are not much better than the Russians."

For the Japanese army, Simeone does not think that it cannot have a high combat effectiveness. Although the Japanese army proved itself through the Russo-Japanese War, it was a situation where all countries worked together to pit Russia. Although Japan defeated Russia, the backward crowd tactics really couldn't make Simeone interested. He had to wait for the Battle of Egypt before the drastically changed Japanese army would surprise him.

"According to our information, the Japanese dispatched troops arrived in Egypt before they received equipment such as machine guns and mortars from the British army."

At this time, Chief Crowe also came to make up for it.

Well, now all the ministers present have an impression of the Japanese army.

Although Carlo felt something was wrong, but his own Italian army was stronger. At this time, he called the military to pay attention to the Japanese army. Isn't this a blow to the military with high morale and has been winning?

That's why Carlo didn't say anything. Besides, there are only 100,000 people, and these troops can be reimbursed in one battle.

Then Kroger continued. "In East Africa, Britain and France transported more than 60,000 people to Kenya. Currently, there are 290,000 British and French troops in Kenya, half of which are British and Indian troops, and a quarter of them are African colonial troops. Then It is the Australian and New Zealand troops, and the least is the British and French native troops. In addition, in Sudan, the British and French have assembled 180,000 people here. Now the number of enemies facing our East African colonies has grown to 470,000. This is a big challenge for our East African colonial division. Big test."

"East Africa and Egypt are one. After we need to finish the Battle of Nice, it is time to prepare for the Battle of Egypt."

"Greece's fall to the Entente camp ~www.mtlnovel.com~ has a great impact on our preparations."

At this time, the two ministers of the navy and army saw the danger facing the East African colonies. But the two also know that launching the Egyptian campaign now must be based on the capture of Tunisia and Corsica-Nice.

After talking about the situation in East Africa, Kroger talked about some situations in Asia and America. It focuses on the intelligence of Southeast Asia and the United States.

For the United States, the most important neutral country in the world, both camps are trying to win over. However, the purposes of the two sides are different. The Allied camp wants the other party to join, while the Allied camp wants the other party not to join the Allied Powers.

In addition to listening to foreign intelligence, cabinet meetings are also a summary of domestic situations and work. For example, which department has any difficulties, who has not completed the task, two or more departments have disputes, and so on. These issues all need to be resolved one by one. Of course, Carlo, who is the king and the supreme ruler, also needs to adjudicate some issues.

But in any case, the Kingdom of Italy has already decided, and the third battle is about to start in the near future, which is also the most important Battle of Nice.

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