Mediterranean Hegemony Road

For the Allies, the Italians finally did a good thing this time, although the military significance is limited, but the political effect is too great.

What a good propaganda material, one of the three major powers of the Allied Powers surrendered. This does not mean that the Allied Powers are about to die, so we must increase the propaganda.

It used to be four-on-three, but now it has become four-on-two. If you can't win, I'm sorry for the audience.

Anyway, bragging and no tax, naturally continue to blow

Last year, everyone said that the war would end in 1917, but not many people believed it, but now ordinary people believe it. There is no reason to lose four to two.

Oh, I'm sorry that the other countries participating in the war were ignored, but what's the problem with this? Small countries, what qualifications do they have to come out to steal the limelight?

Of course there is an exception. There is also a soy sauce power Japan in the Allied countries. Since they have been making soy sauce, the European media will naturally ignore them.

The most direct benefit brought by the surrender of Italy was that the peace faction within the Entente was suppressed, and even the Russian Empire was no exception.

Of course, the main reason for Russia was Nicholas II's purge. Many officials in the government were involved. In the new round of power distribution, the military occupied a greater right to speak, and the main war faction would naturally once again grown up

Now it is difficult for even the Germans to negotiate peace, at least the conditions proposed by the prime minister in black are impossible to negotiate unless they achieve a decisive victory on the Western Front

Bulgaria is no exception. Without Ferdinand's instructions, the Propaganda Department began to act, and the Bulgarian Daily, the official royal media, published the news as quickly as possible.

They just used a page and published a huge photo, which is undoubtedly the scene of Wallikot accepting the surrender of the Italians.

Of course, the person who surrendered on behalf of the Italian government could not be Vittorio Emanuele III. Besides, Wallicot did not dare to let the Italian king surrender himself. There is no deep hatred between the two sides, so why insult others?

European kings may lack other things, that is, they only have many relatives, and they affect the whole body, and preferential treatment is necessary

Therefore, even if Italy was defeated and surrendered, the guard of Vittorio Emanuele III was still retained, which was approved by Ferdinand, and naturally no one restricted his freedom.

There is no doubt that surrendering to the enemy is a chore, and the upper echelons of the Italian government are shunned. Phase suddenly broke his leg, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is still in a coma, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs has just been injured by an assassin

In short, recently everyone suddenly had an accident, and the last one was the unfortunate person they found, who surrendered on behalf of the Italian government.

Well, it doesn't matter, as long as the Italian surrenders, whoever he is representing

For Wallicot, it doesn't matter if it's a matter of etiquette, it doesn't matter if the Italians respect him or not, and it doesn't matter if the identity of the people sent to surrender is equal or not, as long as the result is what he wants.

Is the result really what he wanted? The answer is no

When the Italians surrendered, Wallicot suddenly found out that he had been touched by the Italians, and he also touched the porcelain of the three countries of Britain, France and the three countries at one time.

Now millions of Italians are begging him for food with their mouths open, and the number is still increasing, and he cannot refuse it.

Simply put, it was a large group of Italians who took the initiative to put down their weapons and surrendered to the troops of the Allied Powers, and they were forced to surrender.

A soldier captures a regiment. This is a small scene. Now a soldier can capture as many people as he wants.

Even the Allied soldiers who entered the Italian prisoner of war camp before captured a lot of Italian soldiers in the Mongolian circle, and they even directly threatened him to accept everyone's surrender or die.

Then the composition of the people who surrendered was chaotic. There were all kinds of people here, ranging from old-fashioned old people to newborn babies. Now everyone has come to surrender.

And also handed in a dizzying array of weapons,

For example: old-fashioned muskets, rifle barrels, kitchen knives, hoes, scissors

There was even an old man who handed in his crutches, but it was really difficult for him to move, and the soldiers had to give it back to him again, and there was a dispute between the two sides.

No matter how they surrendered, since the soldiers of the Allied countries accepted their surrender, according to the rules they were prisoners of war

Although Wallycott has not yet figured out why a few months old baby can become a prisoner of war, is the weapon they handed over a legendary baby bottle, but since he has accepted it, he has to pinch his nose and recognize it

Obviously, this was an organized mass surrender. The Italian government had long known that there was a shortage of food in the country, but they had no solution, and they didn't know who came up with such a sinister idea in the end. Allied Powers.

Anyway, now they are all prisoners of war. According to the provisions of the Geneva Convention, the Allied Powers must give them the treatment they deserve as prisoners of war.

There is no doubt that the Italians are betting that the British, French, and Pauline Nations will not abide by the Geneva Convention and treat them as prisoners of war in accordance with the Convention.

Obviously, they have succeeded in touching porcelain this time. Whether it is Britain, France or Bulgaria, they all value their international image very much now.

Wallicot had to be thankful that he took the initiative to attack, otherwise if it took a little longer, maybe everyone in Italy would surrender

When Wallicot was worrying about the Italians' meal, New Winster, the commander-in-chief of the British Colonial Force, came over and said with a sad face: "Your Excellency, the Italians are making trouble again, they We're gathering to protest our mistreatment of captives

The Italians asked us to give them the treatment that matched their status, and even listed a detailed food list. Take a look. From ordinary soldiers to marshals, the food lists of their officers and soldiers at all levels are listed.”

Wallycott took it over and scanned the food list. The daily food of ordinary soldiers: bread 4oo grams, pasta: 4oo grams, butter: 4oo grams, vegetables: 4oo grams, meat: 24o grams, fish: 3o grams, wine: 25o grams, beer: 25o grams, fruit: 3oo grams, snacks: 65 grams

Well, the officer's Wallitt just didn't look at it and said with a sneer: "Tell the Italians that they are not here to enjoy themselves. If there is any opinion, I can announce it now: the mastermind of this war is the Italian government, Nothing to do with them, all acquitted"

Winster said with a wry smile: "Yes"

Obviously, he is not less annoying to Italians. The main reason why he came to Wallicot was to change his job and guard the Italian prisoners. It was really hard to do.

At present, Winster has only 80,000 British colonial troops, but he is detaining more than 3.5 million Italian "prisoners of war", and this number continues to increase by tens of thousands of people every day.

Of course, his trouble was not that the Italian "prisoners of war" would escape, in fact even if they all surrendered, the Allies did not have so many prisons to hold them.

Therefore, they were directly arranged to live in the city of Rome. The so-called guards are now doing the usual police work and are responsible for maintaining order. If they want to leave, no one will intervene.

And the Italians do not have the slightest sense of prisoners of war, and they are probably regarded as police officers, and they are responsible for mediating many trivial matters.

The problem is that the language barrier is not clear. Now the translators in the British army are afraid to go out, and they are directly intimidated by the terrifying workload.

But it doesn't matter, most of these "prisoners of war" are also in Rome or the surrounding area. There are still many high-quality talents. They can make their own translations. Anyway, there are many people who can speak English.

That's enough, Winster can endure it, deal with it if he can, and send them all back to the "POW camp" if he can't deal with it.

But the problem is that because the Italians disliked the low standard of food, they directly pulled up banners and marched on the streets to protest their abuse of prisoners.

This is a headache, and the suppression cannot be suppressed, and it is even more impossible to meet their conditions. Now that the soldiers of the Allied countries do not have this treatment, how can it be possible to provide this treatment to prisoners of war?

Winster thinks he has found a suitable reason: "Your Excellency Commander, can you give us a different job, always let us guard the Italian prisoners, and the soldiers also need to rest."

Wallicot smiled slightly and said: "You all know that these Italian prisoners of war are basically a group of refugees. Except for the trivial matters of guarding them, there are no other problems, and you don't have to worry about them escaping.

So the soldiers need to rest, you can also take turns, or you can divide the Italians and let them elect their own POW management committee, you are only responsible for coordinating

There is no way to do this. Your language is widely spread. Except for you, other troops can’t understand the language. Now we can’t find so many translators, so you should continue to persist and wait for your domestic dispatch. After the reinforcements come, you can rotate."

"Language barrier" is a very powerful reason, and Winster can't refute it at all. For the first time, he thinks that this language is too widely spread is not necessarily a good thing

Of course, in addition to English, the French next door is also widely circulated in Europe, especially in the aristocratic circle, and it is almost known to everyone. Italy is no exception. Most of their aristocrats can speak this basic language.

However, Winster couldn't let these aristocratic gentlemen come out as translators. People couldn't afford to lose him, and Winster didn't dare to say that he would force them to do it.

After all, the European Big Six is ​​still dominated by the nobility, and he is also a member of a vested interest group. Naturally, he cannot do things that harm his own interest class.

Winster said with some embarrassment: "Then, Your Excellency, Commander, should we increase the supply of food for Italian prisoners of war?"

Wallicot sighed and said: "You know, our logistics and transportation have always been in charge of your country's fleet. It would be more than enough to supply our coalition, but now there are millions of mouths added. Why don't you urge the country again?"

Winster can't wait to slap himself, call you cheap, and dig a hole to bury himself. Now the Allied countries are not rich in transportation capacity. If there is an increase here, other places will naturally decrease.

Where can the material supply be reduced now? Both the western and southern fronts are in full swing, and the Russians on the eastern front are in need of recovery. Anyway, Winster didn't see it. Either of these aspects can reduce the material supply.

In fact, it’s not that Italians are making trouble out of nowhere. In fact, their current food supply is insufficient, and they really can’t fill their stomachs. Now each adult’s daily food supply is only 2oo grams of flour, and they can add a potato every other day.

As for meat, I'm sorry that even the soldiers of the colonial army can only eat it twice a week, and each time it is only 100 grams. How could they have a share?

Because of the food, it is inevitable that Italians will not be full. If two hundred grams of flour are added with some materials, they can still make four or five hundred grams of bread. Anyway, they will not starve to death.

As for the question of materials, this requires the Italians to go out and find a way. It is up to their own ability to find them. Anyway, the Allied forces have no control.

Wallicot's troubles have just begun. Although he seized a batch of food when he occupied Rome, he couldn't bear the consumption of so many people.

Now that the Allied countries are limited by transport capacity and provide limited food, it is impossible to meet the consumption of prisoner of war camps.

Of course, even if there is sufficient transportation capacity, it will not be able to get so much food. Due to the world war, almost all the food exported by the world has been consumed by the warring countries, and there is no surplus food to supply Italy.

Even if the supply of rations was cut, the current food could not last for long. In the end, Wallycott asked the quartermaster again: "How much food do we have?"

The quartermaster thought for a while and said, "In addition to the two shipments of grain delivered today, the total amount of grain we currently have is about 400,000 tons."

Wallycott's face became gloomy. Calculated based on the current consumption, it is more than a month's amount. Even if there are more supplements later, it will last for two or three months at most.

He knew that Rome couldn't stay any longer. It had become a ticking time bomb. Once the food supply was not available, the Italians would fry the pot.

In the spirit of the dead Taoist friend and the impoverished Taoist, Wallicot finally decided to advance to northern Italy to stab the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The big deal is that the logistics supplies are shipped directly from France, or the navy is sent directly to Venice.

As for the glorious and arduous task of guarding Rome, it is naturally Winster's turn. Anyway, only the British are the most suitable for guarding prisoners, and they cannot refuse them.

Wallycott has always acted resolutely, not to mention this time, taking advantage of the fact that Winster is busy with the prisoners, and this hidden crisis has not yet emerged, do things as soon as possible, otherwise he will react once Come here, it won't be easy

At the military meeting, Wallikot solemnly announced: "To call you here today, the main reason is that I decided to take the coalition troops to northern Italy and stab the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the abdomen, in order to end the battle on the southern front as soon as possible.

Compared to everyone who knows the significance of this battle on the southern front to the Allies, once we win this battle, the countdown to the withdrawal of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from the war will begin.

Without the Austro-Hungarian Empire, no matter how powerful the remaining Germans are, they are still unable to support themselves. Perhaps the war can be ended in the second half of this year.

Now I announce: to appoint General Winster as the Roman garrison commander of the Entente, responsible for guarding the Italian prisoners, leaving all the Indian colonial divisions in charge of garrison tasks.

The rest of the troops, all ready immediately, will be dispatched two days later to attack the Austro-Hungarian Empire.”

Wallicot has to admire his wit now. He has found such a classic reason. It was originally to dump the blame, but now it has been sublimated to end this war as soon as possible.

Britain and France will obviously support this reason. Although he is full of selfishness and puts Bulgaria's interests first, it is indeed related to the direction of the war.

Whether it is the southern or western front, as long as one side has made a breakthrough, the war will enter the countdown. This is in the overall interests of the Allied Powers. At this time, no one will hold back.

Winster asked hesitantly: "Your Excellency Commander, did your order get the approval of the Allied Joint Command?"

Well, this joint command is simply the existence of a coordination relationship. Winster is actually asking if Walliccott has been authorized by the London government. After all, he has not been notified yet.

Also, the chore of guarding the prisoners, Winster is the resistance from the heart. It should be done well, people will say: What's so difficult about such a simple thing

If you make a problem, you will be held accountable. A general of the British Empire can't even do a good job of guarding prisoners. Isn't this a blackmail for them?

Wallycott knew in his heart that what he was doing this time was a bit inauthentic, so he explained patiently: "I have already typed the report, and I am waiting for instructions. It is still urgent. If there is no accident, I will report it tomorrow afternoon at the latest. there will be results

Is there any problem?"

The right to speak is all played. No matter what the Italians surrendered for, they were all surrendered by the Allied forces. As the commander-in-chief, Wallikot's influence in the Allied countries naturally increased greatly.

Let the British and French governments quickly pass this resolution, Wallycott is still confident that he can do it

God of War, after the outbreak of the World War, the decision-making efficiency of various countries has increased a lot. In normal times, it may be difficult to pass a resolution without a few months of wrangling.

But now, it only takes a day or two, or even just a few hours, for the government to make a decision, which was forced out by the war

Winster reluctantly replied, "No."

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