My Italy

Sure enough, a week later the Admiralty announced that it needed to develop new battleships. This made major shipyards take notice and find their own ways to explore the various requirements of the new warship.

The actions of these shipyards caused excitement in the Admiralty for a long time, and even the Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Anthony Golek, was very annoyed. So less than seven days after the news was released, the Navy Ministry sent bidding requirements for new warships to major shipyards. Now Vittorio and Brin were not the only ones who were surprised. All the ship designers in Italy were shocked.

Faced with such high demands from the Navy, major shipyards were dumbfounded. Some even asserted that no one could fulfill the demands of the Navy within five years.

But no matter how noisy the shipyards were outside, the Admiralty had no intention of changing its mind. Seeing that the Navy did not waver in its demands, the major shipyards were able to disperse. Since the Navy Ministry did not lower its demands, it could only find a way to come up with a solution that satisfied it. However, it is unknown how many designers among them cannot keep their hair.

In fact, Admiral Golek, as the Minister of the Navy, was sweating when the plan for a new warship was given this time, because in his opinion, the requirements were indeed a bit high. However, there was someone else who proposed the construction plan for the new warship this time. Admiral Gorek could only hold his nose and admit it.

As for the candidate who proposed the new battleship, there is no need to guess, that is our prophetic Majesty Carlo.

Carlo also had his own purpose in making this request. The first is to bring the navy into the pre-dreadnought era ahead of schedule. Carlo has long disliked the current era of armored ships, which is full of demons.

Fortunately, Carlo had some memories of the pre-Dauntless era. Combined with the Navy's current tracking and outlook on new technologies, Carlo believed that it was time to enter the pre-Dauntless era.

Therefore, the navy's new battleship technical standards this time were completely formulated by Carlo alone. Faced with the King's strong intervention in the research and development of the Navy's new warships, Admiral Golek, who was originally the head of the Navy, refused. However, after Carlo raised the topic of funding, this veteran who has worked for the Navy for most of his life suddenly agreed. Changed attitude.

The indicator of Carlo's new battleship immediately became what he said was his excellent strategic vision, laying a good foundation for the navy's future battleship development.

You see, the admiral speaks at a high level, and directly sets Carlo's new battleship indicators as the direction of naval development.

Carlo was not a fool and could certainly see through Admiral Gorek's disapproval. However, he believes that according to the level of Italian designers, although this indicator is a bit difficult, it will not force outstanding Italian warship designers.

In fact, Italian warship designers are very skilled. Of course, this is a cheap and practical method forced by the navy.

In this era, with basically the same tonnage, Italian warships are always stronger than warships from other countries, either in terms of firepower, protection or speed, or it is reflected in the cost.

That being the case, why not test the limits of these warship designers?

Of course, Carlo would not favor one over the other, exerting influence on the Navy and changing its indicators, and the same was true for the Army. However, compared with the navy which only needs warships, the army is much more troublesome.

"General Saragat, what do your army think of this victory in the Abyssinian War?"

In his office, Carlo looked at the Minister of War in front of him and opened the topic.

"Your Majesty, this Abyssinian War has tested the combat level and equipment of our army. I think it is still very good."

Facing Carlo's inquiry, General Saraguet, as the Minister of Army, seriously praised the army's performance. As for the actual situation, he could not reveal it in front of Carlo.

But privately, Admiral Saraguet was not very satisfied with the outcome of this war. Because of the concentration of more than 50,000 elite Italian troops, a war with the African natives resulted in more than 4,000 casualties. Such a high casualty rate naturally made him, the Minister of War, look disgraceful.

As for his commander, Lieutenant General Simeone, although his command performance is still good, but he has such an unsightly report card, don't expect to be promoted. He can continue to serve as the commander of the Third Army because of his merits. For the sake of my ministers.

Well, the army still has high self-esteem and believes that it will cause such a large number of casualties. As a commander, it is also responsible. Of course, they also took into account the harsh traffic environment on the Abyssinian Plateau, otherwise they would not ask for people or things to give.

However, in front of Carlo, General Saraguet certainly would not say this. Instead, he praised the Army's performance in this war.

Faced with the praise from the Secretary of War, Carlo did not refute. In Carlo's view, this war was a textbook battle, both in terms of the performance of the army and the commander's on-the-spot command.

Of course, this is for the Italian Army, because Carlo knows the various problems of the current Army.

But there are some things that you know, but you don’t know how to solve them.

For Carlo, this is currently the case with the Italian Army. Although he knew that there were many factions within the Army, as long as Carlo revealed his idea of ​​controlling the Army, these people would immediately unite with the outside world. It would be difficult to even divide and disintegrate, and the effect would not be very good.

Don't ask Carlo why he knows this.

In fact, the royal family still had a certain influence on the Army before. When his father Umberto was alive, the Army was still a little afraid of the royal family. After Carlo came to power, the army completely let itself go, and the government lacked enough reputation to extend its hands.

Of course, Carlo was still a minor, so between Umberto's death and Carlo's coming to power, the Army, which lacked supervision, was basically growing in a barbaric state. The Army Minister in front of him was also one of the culprits.

But even though he knew this, Carlo still couldn't touch him because he represented the Army. Of course, he is not the only one. Chief of Staff General Raffaele Cadorna, Deputy Minister General Paco Tapea and others. The top army officials composed of these people basically all made great achievements in the Italian Unification War. .

However, after gaining military exploits and gaining power, they gradually developed some unrealistic ideas. The previous two kings were able to suppress their ideas. After Carlo took over, due to his age, the army was out of control.

It is very difficult for Carlo to regain control of the army now.

Because these senators cannot easily touch them. Without irrefutable evidence, there is no way to touch them. And small crimes are not enough. It is not that easy to get big evidence. So long. Carlo also collected no evidence from these veterans.

And just one person’s evidence is not enough, because it would trigger a backlash. If it causes unrest in the army, that would be the worst thing. It took many years for this kind of turmoil to fully recover.

This is something Carlo will never allow, so he can only continue to be patient and wait for a good time.

But this time he was looking for this man, not just to ask the Minister of War for his views on the Abyssinian War, he had a more important purpose.

"Your Excellency, General, how is the current development of the Army's new rifle?"