Romanian Eagle

"You said Italy wants another batch of supplies?"

Having just returned to Eder in Bucharest, he was shocked by the news brought by the Prime Minister and a group of ministers.

No way, Romania is not an open shantang, just supporting Italy. Besides, Romania is still at war, so how can I support a neutral Italy.

Just when Edel wanted to refuse, he suddenly stopped.

"Italy asked for supplies at this time, is it going to join the war?"

"Sure enough, you can't hide it from Your Majesty. Indeed, Italy intends to join us, but Prime Minister Mussolini requested that they need to provide them with a batch of materials. Because Italy was not well prepared before, many materials were lacking."

The Prime Minister's words made Edel finally let go of his worried heart. Mussolini finally intends to end, as long as Italy ends, then Romania and Germany will get a good helper.

Yes, this is not only what Eder thought, but also Hitler. It's just that compared with Germany, Romania has a higher demand for Italy, so the cunning Hitler will win over Italy's work, mainly by Romania. In order to better coordinate the interests of the two countries in the Mediterranean.

As for Romania's proximity to Italy, Hitler doesn't care now, because Germany is inherently stronger than the two countries, but what he does will inevitably make the relationship between the two countries better. And Germany's great enemy, France, is on the side, and he has no extra energy to manage these things.

Edel, who wanted to understand this, said immediately. "How much supplies do our Italian friends want this time?"

Edel's questioning did not get a response, which made him feel a little strange.

"Your Majesty, let's see for yourself."

Prime Minister Miharakai took out a list and put it in front of Edel.

Edel leaned forward to see it. "310 tanks of various types, 40,000 tons of shells of various types, 312 artillery pieces of various calibers, 841 anti-aircraft guns, and 1,000 engines of various types. A total of 3,000 tons of various chemical products such as hydrochloric acid, potassium, and sulfuric acid, and 200,000 tons of ordinary steel. 15,000 tons of high-quality armored steel, and 2,000 machines of various types.”

Edel didn't know what to say with this endless list. Mussolini came to eat a big family. Don't underestimate the list of supplies, which are worth more than $300 million.

No wonder the Prime Minister and others dare not speak, such a list must be spoken by oneself.

Eder's first thought was to negotiate with Italy to lower the number on the list. It's just that as soon as this thought appeared in his mind, it was dismissed by him. There is no way that others don't know the strength of the Italian Army, how can he not know?

This seemingly good army was exposed as soon as it encountered the British army, and was beaten by the British army, which restored the morale of the British army. And that's not what Edel wants to see. He needs the Italian army that can always contain the British army temporarily, even if it is only contained in Romania to prepare for the landing.

So after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said. "According to Italy's request, we can give these supplies."

And Edel's words shocked the Prime Minister and others immediately, and Foreign Minister Costell couldn't help but said. "Your Majesty, just agree."

Edel nodded in reply. "Yes, that's the promise."

Seeing in Edel, it is better to agree now than to bargain. This allowed Romania to shorten the preparation time, because Eder planned to take advantage of the British Navy's lack of the Eastern Mediterranean opportunity to cause Romania's landing in the Middle East as soon as possible, so it needed the help of the Italian Navy to contain the French Navy.

Despite the fact that the French Navy was silent in World War II in history, it still has a navy of more than 700,000 gross tonnages, including 1 aircraft carrier, 5 battleships, and 7 heavy cruisers. The Richelieu-class battleships (2 ships) and the Alsace-class battleships (2 ships) are the backbone of the Italian Navy.

Among them, the premature Richelieu-class battleships were two 380MM caliber battleships built in a naval competition with Italy.

As for the Alsace-class battleships, it was to deal with. Later, Italy built three 406MM caliber Emperor-class and prepared.

This warship is equipped with three 3-mounted 406mm main guns, with a standard 44,000 tons and a full load of 53,125 tons. The class is 251 meters long, 35.5 meters wide, and has a speed of 30 knots.

This is also why Eder needs to pull Italy into the camp. Because of the increase in Romanian naval strength, it will naturally affect the shipbuilding of other countries. Not to mention that after obtaining Libyan oil, Italy has an impatient ship-building plan, which has also spawned a different Richer class retention. As for the latter Alsace class, it was also because of the response made by France after Italy obtained the 406-caliber main gun.

Therefore, in the face of the British and French navies whose strength has increased, the Romanian navy must have allies. There is no better ally than Italy, and Eder must bring Italy into the water before he can conquer the Middle East. The two are complementary to each other. For the sake of the future industrial blood, what is the harm of Edel's atmosphere for a while? Anyway, Italy will know by then that the benefits of Romania are not so easy to take, and they are still very hot.

It's just that Edel understands this, but the government doesn't. When the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister heard Edel's words, if they didn't know that their king was from Germany, they would have thought it was from Italy. Your Majesty is very kind to Italy. This is the first time that you have given supplies.

It's just that Eder is the one who makes the decision. Even if they object, they can't object, so they can only acquiesce to Eder's decision. Although I can't object, I still want Your Majesty to know my attitude.

Seeing that his prime minister and others were silent, Eder felt that it would be better for them to clear the way, after all, they are the backbone of the government.

"Prime Minister, are you wondering about my decision?"

Edel was talking about the Prime Minister in name, but who knew that this included himself.

"Yes, Your Majesty. The Italians are so greedy, they always want more than they should, without fulfilling their confederate duties."

In the face of Edel's inquiry, Miharakai bluntly pointed out his dissatisfaction.

"Yes, Italians are not to be trusted."

At this time, Deputy Prime Minister Krstoff also opened his mouth to agree.

The words of the two prime ministers made everyone else nod secretly.

Edel saw the situation in front of him and knew that if he didn't convince them, it would have a bad impact on the next work, so he immediately said. "I know that everyone is dissatisfied with Italy's repeated requests for supplies, but I am actually not satisfied."

Edel's words made the people present feel incredible. Didn't His Majesty agree with the aid?

Edel was very satisfied, and he continued to talk about the performance of the top management. "But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction. Now is the time of war, and we must put all these emotions away. In order to defeat Britain and France and seize sufficient interests, we cannot push Italy to the British and French side. Everyone knows the process of the last war, and naturally knows The importance of Italy to us."

Although Edel's remarks did not dispel their dissatisfaction, at least it will not affect the following work.

After Eder agreed to provide material assistance to Italy, Mussolini's preparations accelerated, and now the Italian government is not only collecting various materials, but also conducting military mobilization.

Britain and France were alarmed by Italy's mobilization move and asked their ambassadors to test the Italian government's tone more than once. The excuse given by the Italian government is that, in response to the current tense situation in Europe, Italy must have a military force sufficient to deter the enemy.

Although Britain and France did not say anything, it is an indisputable fact that France has increased its troops to the border between the two countries. Not only that, Britain and France are also speeding up the deployment of troops to Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Tanzania and other places.

But all this could not stop Italy's determination. By October 30, Italy officially announced to join the Axis camp and declared war on Britain and France.

Since then, the European battlefield will become more blurred.