My Italy

In any case, the Roman Treaty finally silenced the war in the Balkans. How countries should respond to the current situation will be a matter for the future.

But in any case, with the end of the war, countries have time to clean up the squeezed affairs in their hands.

Italy, which has made the most profits this time, now has time to rectify many things that have been caused by this war.

Of course, no matter what happens, it can't compare to the post-war summary meeting held this time.

Today in the palace, a large number of high-ranking military and political officials gathered together, all of whom came to attend this meeting.

Many senior military and political officials gathered together, and everyone naturally took this opportunity to communicate among themselves.

As the absolute main force of the military, all five generals of the army came this time. In a corner of the venue, five generals representing the army were chatting quietly, but judging from their expressions, the result of the discussion was not very good.

Because a piece of news was told to the other four people by the Minister of War, they were not happy, including General Cardorna, who had made great contributions this time.

Because His Excellency, the Minister of War, brought them bad news.

In view of the performance in this war, the government decided to expand the size of the Guards from the current three regiments to two divisions.

Although the Guards are also under the jurisdiction of the Army, the relationship between the Army and the Guards can be seen from the expressions of several generals. It is no wonder that they are happy.

"Is this news confirmed?"

As one of the most outstanding generals in the army during this war, General Cardorna knew that he had asked a stupid question as soon as he asked this question.

Sure enough, before he could finish his words, Admiral Saragate, who brought the news, looked at him and said. "The news I got is that this matter has basically been determined. The reason is to reward the Army for its outstanding performance in this war."

The reason given by Admiral Saraget made everyone feel anxious even if they were thick-skinned. Using this reason to expand the Praetorian Guards is simply murderous and heartbreaking.

"Is there no way to change it?"

Faced with the words of the Minister of War, some people wanted to try to prevent the expansion of the Guards.

Faced with this sentence, Admiral Saragate asked rhetorically. "How to block this, and for what reason?"

General Saragat was right. The army had no reason to stop it this time. The performance of the Guards on the battlefield this time was obvious to all. Captured the island of Crete and captured Salonica together with the Bulgarian army, making a great contribution to the encirclement of the main Ottoman force. Then he landed on the Asia Minor Peninsula and blocked the Ottoman attack on the Bulgarian army from the flanks. Everything about this can be seen by everyone, and the Army has no excuse to say that the Guards did not fight well.

As for the Marine Corps, although its performance was not bad, it did not get the opportunity to expand due to the suppression of the Navy. (Everyone from Admiral Golek to the Minister of the Navy can see clearly that the Italian Navy is still in a weak position. If the Marine Corps expands, conflicts between land and sea will be stimulated, and currently the Navy does not have the ability to expand its influence on land. Their main purpose is to expand the size of the fleet so that the Italian Navy can show its influence in the Mediterranean. If the Marine Corps is expanded, the speed of fleet expansion will inevitably be squeezed.)

Just when the big bosses of the army were worrying about the expansion of the Imperial Guard, they heard a report. "Your Majesty, here you come!"

As these words came, everyone immediately lined up to welcome Carlo's arrival according to their respective duties.

After briefly greeting those present, everyone took their seats, and as the Prime Minister stated the purpose of the meeting, he officially announced that the meeting had begun.

Since it is a post-war summary meeting, we first need to understand the cost of this war. After all, everyone present wants to know how much it costs.

"Your Majesty... Everyone, this war is now over. According to statistics from the Ministry of Finance, the current war with the Ottomans has cost a total of 997 million lire. Among them, the cost of purchasing various weapons and ammunition materials is 537 million lire to support the allies. The total cost of construction, maintenance, security and procurement of the occupied area is 272 million lire, and the total cost of medical treatment, funeral and other expenses is 221 million lire, and the total expenditure is 1.119 billion lire. After the confiscation of various Ottoman properties totaled 122 million lire, we still have a balance of 203 million lire from the war funds we have raised.”

With the words of Finance Minister Tejela, everyone present knew that the funds for this war have not been spent yet. Regarding this, people at the scene basically have estimates, but the specific figures are only known now.

After all, no one expected that the Ottomans performed so poorly in this war. Although there were ups and downs later, it was still very smooth.

You must know that before the war, the Italian military believed that in order to deal with the Ottomans, Italy would need to pay 50,000 to 80,000 casualties. The actual situation is that Italy only suffered more than 30,000 casualties, which was much lower than expected.

After the finance minister finished speaking, other ministers then announced their departments' performance in this war. After everyone from the government had spoken, Admiral Golek, the Minister of the Navy, was the first to speak. "In this war, the navy organized more than 30 operations and dispatched 759 ships of various types. It sank 79 Ottoman warships and transport ships of various types, successfully completing various mission indicators."

Since the Ottomans' weak navy avoided fighting, the Italian navy's performance in this war was not very good. So after Admiral Gorek finished speaking, he sat back and waited for the next person's report.

Needless to say, the army must be next. Facing everyone's attention, General Saraget, as the Minister of War, stood up naturally. "The Army mobilized a total of 590,000 troops in this war, of which 319,000 were mobilized to fight the Ottomans, annihilating a total of 179,500 enemies and capturing 179,500 enemies. In addition, our army also suffered losses of 31,200 .”

After saying what he should report, Admiral Saraget sat back just like Admiral Gorek.

After everyone reported, Carlo spoke. "This victory over the powerful Ottoman enemy could not have been achieved without the cooperation of all departments, as well as the bloody battles of the officers and soldiers of the army and the navy. The victory of this war is the best reward for us. But the war is over. Then our focus will shift to the planning and construction of new territories.”

As Carlo took the topic to new territories, everyone present naturally understood.

Before Carlo could continue to speak, Prime Minister Despretis spoke. "Your Majesty, our government has made a detailed plan. I wonder if Your Majesty is interested in hearing it."

"Prime Minister, please speak."

With Carlo's permission, Prime Minister Despretis revealed the government's plan.

“In view of the fact that in the large territory currently acquired by our country, a large amount of coal has been discovered in Kosovo, as well as lead, zinc, chromium and its original silver mines that can be commercially mined, so our government believes that in order to develop these minerals, our country needs Building a load-carrying railway from the Port of Durrës to Pristina. In addition, in view of the efficiency of railway transportation, we believe that it is also necessary to build various smelting plants nearby to make reasonable use of the resources in the area..."

Following Prime Minister Despretis's speech, the government's plan for the newly occupied territory was also released. Currently, Italy's main investments are in Albania and Kosovo. Among them, the chromium ore resources discovered in Albania surprised the explorers. The nearly 30 million tons of chromium ore reserves are extremely rare in Europe.

Therefore, the government places 93% of its investment in these two places, and the remaining 7% is divided between Libya and the Southern Dodecan Islands. Don't blame the Italian government for being so discriminatory. Who makes Libya look like a barren land? Apart from producing some livestock, dates and other agricultural products, the only decent product is well salt. This adds up to an export volume of less than 5 million lire. Who knows? Can you take it seriously?

In addition to this development plan, the military also talked about public security and security plans.

It was not until the meeting came to an end that Carlo asked another question. "What are your plans for those locals?"