Mediterranean Hegemony Road

This is an era of profit-seeking, and the sudden outbreak of farce in the Allied Powers quickly disappeared with the change of British foreign policy.

But the impact is far-reaching. First of all, the Italians are unlucky, and now they themselves can't figure out what to do?

Jump back to the Allies? People's attitude is very obvious, not welcome! The Allied Forces have occupied Rome. Who would dare to believe that the benefits promised by John Bull could still be fulfilled?

No, there is no chance to join the Entente. The Bulgarians and the French have a very tough attitude. Either surrender unconditionally or continue to fight!

Well, the enemy has seen the reality of Italy. There is no need to attack at all, the food crisis is already here, and in a few months, Italy will collapse on its own.

Stay in the Allies? I'm sorry, it's not so easy to turn back after being a traitor once, at least when I asked the Germans for assistance, I was already underpowered!

For the Italian government, it doesn't matter which side it joins now, the tragedy is doomed anyway!

If the Allied Powers won, they would be defeated, and if the Allied Powers won, they would have to liquidate the traitors. They are no longer human!

Vittorio Emanuele III is really not broken now, and there is a split within the Italian government.

The main war faction advocates fighting to the end with the Allied Powers. They have the support of most Italians, and they have just been put together by the British. How can they do it without revenge?

The Lord Hepai advocates ending the war, which is now the case anyway, no matter who wins or loses, Italy will never have good fruit to eat, so let it go!

Well, the Lord Peace faction is now a capitulation faction, and they are pessimistic about this war, thinking that if Italy continues the war, there will be nothing to gain except increased casualties!

After participating in the war for more than a year, in addition to paying millions of casualties, Italy's domestic economy has also been severely damaged. Without overseas trade, it is difficult for them to fill their stomachs.

From a personal emotional point of view, Vittorio Emanuele III is the main battle. The Allies have not yet been defeated, and Italy has been bullied by the Allies; if the Allies are finished, should Italy be divided up?

But intellectually, Italy can no longer continue the war. The reason why he agreed to the British conditions was not because Italy was short of food and could not survive this winter.

Moreover, the entire Allied countries are now short of food,

Otherwise, why would Germany and Austria-Hungary leave Bulgaria without fighting and go to grab food?

...

The Minister of War said excitedly: "Your Majesty, the actions of the Allied Powers have aroused the hatred of the Italian people. Now our army's morale is very strong. As long as you give an order, we can take back Rome and drive the enemy to the sea!"

Vittorio Emanuele III nodded with a wry smile. There is no way that he wants to stop the war now, and he has to take back Rome before he has the confidence to negotiate with the Entente.

At the same time, he is also desperate for the Italian Army. Nima is now in high morale. Why did he go earlier? As long as they tried a little bit before, they wouldn't let Rome fall in one day!

Little do they know that his escape with the Italian government was the culprit behind the loss of Rome. If they organize an army to resist in time, it is impossible for more than 200,000 Italian troops to be unable to stop the enemy for a day!

Vittorio Emanuele III asked helplessly: "What does the British representative Gilmour say?"

The Foreign Secretary replied in embarrassment: "Gillmore has apologised to us, he has been in contact with the country and there is nothing they can do about what is happening now.

He suggested that we surrender directly to the Entente, and the British government will do its best to protect the interests of the Kingdom of Italy! "

Vittorio Emanuele III sneered and said: "An apology is enough? Don't they even give a reasonable explanation?

Let's surrender? Does he think we're all idiots? Dare to believe their words? "

The final disillusionment was disillusioned, even if the Allies told him that it was just a misunderstanding, and then gave up Rome, he would think that nothing happened.

It is a pity that John Niu didn't even bother to do the perfunctory work, and directly handed over the dominance of Italy to the two countries.

The Prime Minister said angrily: "Your Majesty, order an attack! There are less than 200,000 enemies in the city of Rome. We have now gathered 800,000 troops, and we will soon be able to drive the enemy into the sea!"

Vittorio Emanuele III knew that the Italian government was now dominated by the main war faction, and even if some people wished for a truce, they would not dare to say it directly.

"Okay, then let's attack. At all costs, we must recover Rome as soon as possible!"

...

Now in the city of Rome, Wallicot is busy dividing the spoils with the French. The British did not want to attack Rome, so he was sent to pick up the railway, and the spoils naturally did not have their share.

After conquering Rome, apart from arranging defense, the most important thing was robbery. Banks and gold shops were ruined for the first time, followed by machine factories and shops, and finally the mansions of nobles and capitalists.

Even the palace of Vittorio Emanuele III has not been spared, and now the spoils from the collection are piled up into hills.

The only fly in the ointment is that the church was spared. This is the stronghold of Catholicism. Ferdinand is still a "devout Catholic", so Wallycott is naturally unable to make mistakes.

If conditions permit, he really doesn't mind even robbing the Vatican. Of course, this kind of thing can only be thought about. If it really does, don't mess around in Europe.

Wallycott said enthusiastically: "Mr. James, I think this distribution is very reasonable. This is already taking care of you!"

Major General James retorted: "No, you are allies, I represent the French Republic, we should distribute the spoils evenly!"

Wallycott just stared at him and smiled without answering.

After a moment of silence, James shrugged again and said, "At least four or six, we have made concessions!"

Wallycott said calmly: "No, or we just don't divide it, whoever grabs it is whoever we grab! Look at so many soldiers now, we don't know if someone is hiding it, even if the distribution ratio is determined, No one will know if you don't take it out!"

James said angrily: "No, you won the city first, and all the good things were taken away by you first, and we are left with some scraps!

Thirty-seven points, this is our bottom line, otherwise let the foreign ministries of the two countries file a lawsuit! "

Wallycott said calmly: "Are you sure? If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is involved, will these spoils still have your share?

It doesn't matter whether we are or not. When all the spoils fall into the hands of the government, can you still get them back? "

James' face changed, the troops in his hands were all colonial cannon fodder troops, and it was a fool's dream to want to pick out these spoils from the government!

The war has come to an end, and the French government is still poor, and even the French regular army may not be able to take it out from the government!

James said reluctantly: "Damn it! At least we have to take a quarter, otherwise we won't talk about it!"

Wallycott smiled and said, "Okay! That's a quarter, happy cooperation!"

The two of them looked at each other and smiled. As the commander of the coalition, Wallikot naturally preferred the Bulgarian army when he arranged the combat mission.

This is already a practice. Anyway, the French are all colonial troops now. Except for more than a thousand French officers, the rest of the black uncles are worthless. Major General James is naturally too lazy to care about their lives.

This time is no exception, but James is too lazy to care about it. If they are really in charge of the main attack, it is estimated that Rome is still in the hands of the Italians?

If the strength is insufficient, the distribution of the spoils will naturally suffer. But it doesn't matter, at least he personally made a lot of money, and the French officers who came with him made a lot of money. As for Uncle Black, they still want to split the money?

Except for a part to be turned over to the military, the rest are divided by more than 1,000 of them. The total amount is not as big as Bulgaria's harvest, but their per capita harvest is huge!

And Wallikot is even more indifferent. Bulgaria's military law is strict, and it is necessary to lose his head when he hides the spoils of war. In any case, it must be turned over to be unified before it can be distributed.

For most soldiers, they do not want to share the money directly, and it is more cost-effective to convert it into land after the war.

Of course, the most important thing is that what everyone takes out and distributes are large goods that cannot be hidden, such as small gold and silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc. Of course, it belongs to whose hands, anyway, most of them will not recognize the account. , you can't go to search the other side's barracks!

For example, the Bulgarian army ransacked the bank vault, and the gold in it disappeared. Only a pile of Italian currency was left, and some krona and marks were gone.

Wallycott smiled and asked, "Have our harvests been counted?"

The head of the logistics department replied: "It has been roughly calculated, but the specific value is still difficult to estimate. Even if the pile of calligraphy and paintings and pots and jars are cultural relics, we have no way to count them!"

Wallycott nodded with satisfaction and said, "Don't worry about it so much, keep them as cultural relics for me, and transport them back to China for the government to handle!"

It has to be said that the Italians still have a family background. After looting a Rome, the wealth obtained can be used to build a British Royal Fleet.

Of course, this refers to the value before the outbreak of the war, which will be greatly depreciated after the outbreak of the war. As an ancient capital of history, the most valuable things in Rome are not gold, nor machinery and equipment, but works of art and antiques!

But these are worthless now, and it is just cheaper for Ferdinand. Before attacking Rome, his cultural company arrived at the front line with the logistics department.

Now it is naturally open for business, specializing in buying the spoils of war in the hands of the French army, and waiting for the Italians to sell it themselves.

Anyway, the spoils of war that the French officers stole can't be seen, of course, it must be realized as soon as possible. In line with the fact that one can count as one, it doesn't matter if you can't, the current antique cultural relics are all cabbage prices.

As for the Italians, the food in the city is now regulated, three hundred grams of rye per person a day, that's all their rations.

Of course, for the poor, this can still be persevered. Three hundred grams of rye can still make six or seven hundred grams of black bread, which can be used for a day.

For the rich, these days are impossible. Who can stand eating black bread every day?

Naturally, other food can only be bought. Anyway, as long as you have money, basically any food can be bought from the state-run store opened in Bulgaria. They can still live the same luxurious life as before the war.

Hungry in a hurry, rich people naturally can only buy it obediently, after all, the stomach can't deceive people. The Italian lira can't be spent. The pound, franc, and lev are the normal currencies in circulation. Of course, gold is better.

Then Ferdinand's cultural company began to do a lot of business, and bought a large number of antique cultural relics at the price of cabbage, no matter which country they came from, they were all willing to come.

In the end, I didn't even bother to distinguish the true from the false. Anyway, there was no way to distinguish the true from the false, and Ferdinand couldn't find so many experts in antiques and cultural relics, as long as they were old.