readytorunbook Chapter 255
Chapter 255
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After more than a year of turmoil, Mussolini’s march into Rome finally ended, and the world’s first French government appeared in Italy.
After Mussolini came to power, he began to strengthen his armaments and prepare to start external expansion.
They have two main targets.
One is the country of Ethiopia in Africa.
This country is currently the only country in Africa that has not been colonized.
Therefore, for the Italians who are in urgent need of external expansion, Ethiopia is a good choice!
Italy’s second target is a large group of countries in the Balkan Peninsula.
These countries are right at the doorstep of Italy.
It would be more convenient for Italy to send troops here.
In addition, this large group of countries has also experienced many wars within themselves.
This place has always been considered the powder keg of the Balkan Peninsula, so Italy can take advantage of the internal disunity of the other side to send troops to attack here!
Of course, because this is a powder keg, the Italians are a little scared. They are worried that sending troops to attack the Balkan countries will attract intervention from other powers. After all, the Balkans have always been a battleground for the major powers. If it weren’t for the major powers fanning the flames behind the scenes, the war here would not have lasted so long!
Therefore, the Italians decided to try a little first, not to attack the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the Balkan Peninsula directly, but to attack the small country next to them that has not been absorbed by Yugoslavia-Albania!
The area of Albania is not very large, only 28,000 square kilometers, but no matter how small the area is, it is still a lot of land. What’s more, the area of Italy’s own homeland is only 300,000 square kilometers. If they can eat Albania, they can expand nearly 10% of the land.
This is a big piece of fat!
And there is another convenient place for Italy to attack Albania.
That is, after the First World War, Italy and several countries such as the Allied Powers once jointly ruled Albania for a period of time.
This region was independent from the hands of the Ottoman Turks.
Their domestic political power was very weak.
At this time, the domestic bourgeoisie also broke out a coup and overthrew the government that came to power in 1922.
The overthrown feudal government also had considerable power, so a civil war broke out in Albania!
It’s also funny to say that a small country with an area of less than 30,000 square kilometers and a total population of only more than 1.
8 million people broke out in a civil war.
As a result, the number of troops on both sides was less than 10,000.
The war was no different from a rural fight, making a large number of surrounding countries watch the show like a joke!
The Italians observed that except for the Turks who were eyeing the Albanian country in civil strife, other countries were not interested in this place and had no intention of sending troops to interfere here!
So, Moyu slapped his thigh and decided to send 20,000 soldiers into Alba to protect his citizens on the grounds of protecting the personal safety and property safety of Italian expatriates in Alba!
This practice is simply shameless!
The total strength of the two sides of the civil war in other countries is less than 20,000, and they are all a group of rabble who can’t even get weapons and equipment together. If you want to protect the personal safety of expatriates in your own country, sending a few hundred people is enough, so why send 20,000 people?
Sending 20,000 people to protect less than 100 expatriates, are the Italians treating the governments of all countries in the world as fools?
All countries naturally like to see through people’s intentions at the first time, but the Italians acted quickly. On August 10, 1923, his army had already landed in the Balkan Peninsula!
Needless to say, relying on the less than 20,000 rabble of Alba, how could they stop the Italian army?
Although everyone has been complaining about the poor combat capability of the Italian army, this poor ability also depends on who it is compared with.
If compared with the armies of Hans, Gaul and the British Empire, Italy is indeed a hopeless case. It is definitely at the bottom of the list and there is no comparison!
But compared with some other countries that don’t even have regular armies, the Italian army is naturally like a god descending from heaven, killing gods and Buddhas! The Italian army landed on August 10 and took control of the entire Alba Kingdom on August 18. The two political parties fighting for power in Alba fled one after another. One hid in Audili to seek refuge from Hans, and the other hid in the Iron Tower City to seek refuge from Gaul.
Now, things began to get complicated! On
August 20, 1923, Mainz, who had just returned to Berlin, received a document from the Ministry of Foreign Religion. This was a formal letter from the Ministry of Foreign Religion to the Prime Minister about the Albanian government in exile requesting Hans for asylum and begging Hans to send troops to help them to uphold justice and help them restore their country! When
Mainz saw this letter, his expression became strange.
Looking at the map, Alba is really far from Hans’s homeland. The straight-line distance is more than 1,500 kilometers. In addition, there is the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Alps in between. The most important thing is that Alba is poor and white. There are no people, no mines, and the land is all mountainous. There is almost no industry and agriculture is extremely backward. Such a poor country, even if it is squeezed dry, can’t squeeze out a drop of oil.
Mainz really doesn’t want to wade into this muddy water!
However, political matters cannot be judged so simply.
After all, if the situation in Alba is still fermenting, no one can say what it will eventually develop into. After all, how many people can predict that the gunshot in Sarajevo that year actually led to the First World War?
At present, the Italian invasion of Alba is no longer just a matter between the two countries. As the two exiled governments of Alba fled to Hans and Gaul respectively, this matter may eventually evolve into a conflict between Hans and Gaul, plus an Italian, three countries!
Don’t forget that there is an Empire on which the sun never sets, eyeing the edge of Europe, so the Empire on which the sun never sets will definitely not stand idly by, and will definitely give full play to their ability to stir up trouble!
Therefore, this matter that seems to have nothing to do with Hans may eventually affect Hans’ national interests!
Therefore, Mainz did not reject the request of the Albanian government-in-exile, but wrote a reply to the other party, comforting the other party, and implicitly stated that Hans might provide help to the best of his ability!
The words”to the best of one’s ability” have rich connotations. For Hans, how far they can go to the best of their ability, only they themselves know!
After writing a reply to the Albanian government-in-exile, Mainz immediately summoned Himmler.
“In the past few days, I have been closely watching the movements of the Gauls and the British, especially their private meetings! I don’t want this incident to become a new Moroccan crisis!”
When Himmler heard Mainz’s words, his face became serious:”Don’t worry, General, I will follow up on this matter personally, and I will never let the British and the Gauls secretly form an alliance against us!”
The Moroccan crisis in 1905 was caused by the Second Empire’s second-rate emperor William II. This crisis completely deteriorated Hans’ diplomatic environment. Gaul and the British secretly formed a military alliance, and then formed an entente with the bears, completely blocking Hans’ way out. This crisis laid the hidden danger for the First World War ten years later, and at this time, Mainz also smelled the same danger from the Alba crisis!
However, Mainz will never make the same mistake as William II! _Feilu reminds you: Three things to do when reading-