1890 King of Southeast Asia

Italy demanded Trentino, Tyrol, Trieste, the entire Istria and the Dalmatian coast from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

In fact, Italy's attitude before the war was already very ambiguous. After the war began, it directly abandoned the Three Emperors' Alliance and remained neutral.

The Italian people had a hostile attitude towards the Austrian Empire, the predecessor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the two sides also had traditional territorial disputes.

If Italy had not needed the support of Germany and Austria to compete with France in Africa, Italy would not have participated in the Three Emperors' Alliance at all.

When Italy went to war with the Ottoman Empire, it received help from the South China Empire, and the two sides maintained good relations.

At this time, the Three Emperors' Alliance had a much smaller effect on Italy, because of the relationship with the South France Alliance, South China played a buffering role between Italy and France.

After signing the cordial agreement in 1904, France's main goal changed from colonial expansion to confrontation with Germany, and began to shrink strategically.

After the war between Italy and the Ottoman Empire ended, France simply restarted negotiations with Italy and divided the spheres of influence of both sides in Africa.

In this way, there was no reason for Italy to stay in the Three Emperors' Alliance.

Italy's last attempt at the Three Emperors' Alliance was to threaten war and demand that the Austro-Hungarian Empire hand over nearly 20,000 square kilometers of land.

This is 20,000 square kilometers of land in Europe. Although it is in southern Europe, it is not far from the Mediterranean. Compared with poor Northern Europe and barbaric Eastern Europe, this place is still good.

ps: The prosperity of Northern Europe also depends on the two world wars and the Cold War. Before that, this was just a barren land that was not suitable for survival.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was certainly unwilling, but under the insistence of Germany, it still agreed to most of the Italians' demands, but only changed some of the conditions.

It was not a rejection, but a change of conditions with the establishment of free cities, or the recognition of Italian sovereignty, or the guarantee of non-interference in things as suffixes.

For example, Italy also wanted to establish a Grand Duchy in Romania, a Grand Duchy that was not governed by Romania. The Austro-Hungarian Empire did not give a direct answer, but promised not to interfere in Romanian affairs and expressed no ambition for Albania.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire had almost retreated to the Caspian Sea, and many people in Italy were also tempted. After all, the request of Germany and Austria was just to hope that Italy would not participate in the war.

Italy had actually almost agreed to this condition. Giolitti, the leader of the Italian neutral faction, opposed participating in the war and demanded that the conditions of Germany and Austria be agreed to, and Italy would just sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor.

However, Italy was already controlled by the war faction at this time, and Prime Minister Salandra, with the support of the monopoly class, had "prepared" for war.

On the third day after Xu Sunming arrived in London, Italy issued an ultimatum to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, demanding full agreement with all the conditions of Italy, otherwise there would be war.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire also saw that Italy was just looking for an excuse. If it agreed this time, it would have other demands in a few days.

It would be better to fight Italy now, when there are certain fortifications on the border and there are certain terrain advantages.

However, Italy moved too fast.

The ultimatum was issued the day before, and the war was declared 24 hours later. At the same time, the army had already launched an attack.

At this time, the Third Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was withdrawn from the front line, and the four newly formed divisions had not yet boarded the train to the west.

It seems that the Austro-Hungarian Empire will suffer.

"Does Chang'an know about this? Does His Majesty have any instructions?" Luo Yu looked at the newspaper worriedly and coughed twice from time to time.

"Ambassador Hu Xihua has sent the telegram. Even if he didn't send it, the country should have received the news of Italy's participation in the war."

Xu Sunming touched his nose and smiled bitterly.

Two days ago, the British were still asking about their well-being every day, with at least ten banquet invitations a day.

But just yesterday afternoon, after Italy issued an ultimatum to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the number of British who came to the visiting group's accommodation last night suddenly dropped by 90%.

The remaining 10% are the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who are responsible for arranging the daily life of the visiting group. To put it bluntly, they are receptionists.

Today, it was already lunch time, and only one secretary from the British Foreign Office came, which was very different from the dozens of people who usually came.

In just four or five days, the gap was ridiculous.

Just these, Xu Sunming didn't care, he even thought these people were annoying, and every day was a banquet, is it interesting?

The important thing is that the attitude shown by the British means that they don't need China anymore? Then will the conditions agreed before still work?

If not, then what should we do with so many war preparations made in the country?

Xu Sunming has heard about the strength of the Italians. The army has 1.7 million people, but there is a lack of ammunition and weapons, and the number of new artillery is not large.

The most important thing is that the Italians' tactics are very old. Even after the Italo-Turkish War, they were beaten by the natives and could not leave the city, and Italy did not make fundamental improvements.

The Navy has four new battleships, three of which are battleships with a displacement of 20,000 tons and equipped with four triple 305mm gun turrets, and one is a super battleship equipped with four twin 381mm main guns.

The name of the Super Battleship is Francisco Cara Bridge -only half of the construction work at this time in history, but due to the butterfly effect, Italy did not participate in the war in advance and did not fall into the shortage of steel. Essence

In addition, the Columbus of the No. 2 ship of the Franco Cara Bridge class has completed 70%of the construction work, and the hull has been completed, leaving only the installation work.

The completion of the No. 3 and No. 3 ships is also close to 50%.

The relationship between Huaxia and Italy has always been good. The cooperation between the two sides, especially the naval cooperation, is almost all aspects, so Xu Sunming knows many Italians' information.

Italy is strong, at least on the navy ... at least on paper.

Therefore, Xu Sunming is worried about what impact will Italy's participation in the war on China.

Deduction!

Papa.

The door was opened, and Hu Xihua came in.

"Ambassador, why are you here?" Xu Sun Ming stood up and greeted.

"There is a reply in China." Hu Xihua handed the telegram to Xu Sunming, and then took off his coat herself.

The toxic industrial exhaust gas and coal ash in London's air are dirty every time he goes out.

"So fast?" Xu Sun Ming picked up the telegram in surprise.

"Her Majesty also heard, so we just sent the telegram, and I gave a reply over there." Hu Xihua said a little before.

Hu Xihua uses intelligence lines instead of ordinary telegraphs, so it is faster, but this kind of thing cannot be told others.

In addition to the identity of the ambassador, Hu Xihua is also the chief of the research section of the European Social and Civil sentiment, or the identity of the ambassador to cover another identity.

This situation is related to the direct interests of Huaxia. It is relatively urgent that Hu Xihua used the secret telegram.

"What did you say?" Luo Yu looked at Xu Sunming, who was staring at the telegram, and asked anxiously.

"Her Majesty said that we don't have to worry, let's go to the countryside of London to raise a body." Xu Sun Ming opened his mouth and finally said briefly.

"What?" Luo Yu stretched out his head to read the telegram.

"I know, everything is always, if the British are not in a hurry, you don't have to worry."

"I have been to London, where the environment is very bad. It is easy to get sick after a long time. The visiting group can go to the countryside around London.

"If you don't go, you can find my old friend Charles. He will arrange your residence ..."

Luo Yu read it twice, and finally understood why Xu Sun Ming had performed this.

"Ambassador Hu, are you sure there is no translation wrong? Will it be the wrong password?" Luo Yu couldn't help asking.

"Luo Yu!"

"It's okay. At first we thought it was the same. We used all the passwords that had been unblocked, and the next round of passwords to translate. It turned out that we didn't get it wrong.

Hu Xihua waved his hand towards Xu Sunming, motioning for him not to be angry.

"What exactly does His Majesty? The Austro -Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire were jointly transferred by the Russian Empire. Now add a Italian, wouldn't it soon lose?"

The more anxious Luo Yu, the more he had no rhythm. He was sick, and he began to cough when the breathing rhythm was chaotic.

"Don't worry, His Majesty must have its intention. For more than 20 years, His Majesty has never made mistakes in the judgment of major events. There must be any reasons for what we have not considered." Xu Sunming patted Luo Yu's back and asked him calm.

"I have studied the history of the Italians. Generally speaking, they are in a state of division in history. It has always been a region. It did not become a complete kingdom until nearly fifty years."

"Some of the territories of the original Italian region are still under the rule of the Austro -Hungarian Empire ruled by the Habsburg dynasty, so it is normal for Italy and the Austro -Hungarian Empire to contradict."

"In the process of unifying Italy, the Italians showed a tenacious will to fight, and it was a bit of a taste that the Roman Empire could fight for good war."

"But after the unification, the Italian's fighting spirit was reduced a lot. They were more free and scattered and did not like war. This can be seen from the Italian colonial war that the soldiers' fighting spirit is not strong."

"If you don't encounter a desperate situation, the Battle will of the Italian soldiers is relatively fragile. When encountering the attacks of people, they will choose to retreat instead of a big step attack."

"In addition to the economic development of Italy in recent years, when we choose overseas manufacturing bases, we chose Portugal, and Italy rejected us, and they did not get much orders."

Orders and industrial capabilities are directly matched with industrial raw materials, otherwise there is no manufacturing capacity and making raw materials for orders.

Italian raw materials are not many, and the industrial capacity is relatively poor, and the economy is not good. Let's put it this way. At the same time, Japan and Italian in Japan and Italian have come back on paper data.

"Therefore, Italy is likely to encounter setbacks in the war, especially the soldiers of the Austro -Hungarian Empire already have combat experience, and 70%of the Kingdom of Italy is a newly called reserve, and the combat effectiveness is not strong."

With Hu Xihua's understanding of Europe, it is not difficult to guess Liu Yiming's plan, but Hu Xihua did not have such a sufficient confidence.

After all, the volume of 37 million people is placed there, and the Austro -Hungarian Empire still has to deal with the main forces of the Russian Empire. Can the energy be able to resist Italy?

The same question, Xu Hui is also asking ...