The Sun Never Sets In Spain

Since he did not refuse, Alfonso followed his promise and began to assemble the army.

In his plan, Spain will mobilize 150,000 troops to France. If the number is too small, it is hard to get paid, nor can it serve the purpose of mobilizing soldiers as an excuse to delay participation in the war.

The total strength of Spain's current domestic and overseas forces does not add up to 150,000. If it is temporarily mobilized, it is normal to drag it for a month.

Eugenie understood this, and no one could have imagined that France would be defeated in just one or two months.

In addition to preparing troops for France, Spain also needs to maintain a military presence of more than 50,000 people on the east coast to ensure a deterrent against Italy.

In general, Alfonso’s three-month war participation period is really not bluffing Eugenie. This preparation efficiency can only be said to be relatively low, but it cannot be said to be a deliberate delay.

On September 4th, the anti-insurgency troops in Cuba began to return one after another, leaving only 6,000 people to assist the interim government to maintain order.

This is enough for Cuba now. In addition to the founding of the parliament to soothe the people's emotions, the 40,000 young laborers with the most radical ideas and the most enthusiastic about reforms were brought to Spain.

These people will spend a month or two in temporary prisons in Spain, and then be assigned to various heavy physical industries as needed.

It was also on this day that Alfonso learned of the basket that Assania and the others stabbed. This is a big thing, but it is not a small thing. It is a bit of a sign that it will be endangered by the foreign ruler.

Seeing Rajoy and Assania trembling in front of him, Alfonso had some headaches. What to do with him? According to the advice given by Adolf, that is to deprive the army of his post and retire on the spot.

Alfonso feels a bit heavier...Especially when Assania won the Battle of Lleida, he was vigorously promoted as a hero throughout the country, and he was well-known throughout Europe.

On weekdays, he was loyal, and Lleida did not surrender in such a dangerous situation. Alfonso really couldn't bear to send him back home when he was suddenly embarrassed.

"Campos, what do you think." Alfonso wanted to hear the Prime Minister's opinion.

Campos' complexion relaxed, and it seemed that the king did not intend to deal with it seriously.

Although I didn't have this idea, officials and generals from Catalonia unconsciously formed a political group, and they would take care of everything on weekdays, and they would interact with each other a lot.

Campos naturally wanted to protect the two, but Alfonso didn't express his opinion just now, and he didn't say anything because he was afraid of burning himself.

"This incident must have been a major mistake. The army can't stay, and all the rewards for counter-insurgency have been cancelled." In response to the two pleading gazes, Campos changed his words:

"But considering that the two of them did not get any benefit from this incident, their subjective maliciousness is limited, and the follow-up treatment is relatively in place, my suggestion is to transfer the two of them to the prison department."

"Recently, we have captured too many prisoners. The total number of prisoners is nearly 100,000, most of whom are young adults.

For this batch of labor, we need to properly manage it. Rajoy and Assania's military backgrounds should be able to do well.

If you make another mistake, deal with it again this time. Campos said seriously.

Alfonso looked at Campos with a smile and a smile. The punishment was lower than he thought. If there is no selfishness in this, he would not believe it.

But it doesn't matter to him, it's a trivial matter, just follow the prime minister's will.

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The army returning from Cuba went directly to Catalonia through the Strait of Gibraltar.

Deployed in this location, both to Rome and Paris are very fast.

Armies from all over the country are also mobilizing here, plus the original West-French border garrison, in a short period of time, the number of troops in the Catalan-Valencia area has reached as much as 100,000.

The large-scale mobilization of the army can't hide from the eyes of the caring people, and Prussia only tried to delay Spain's participation in the war through the lobbying of the ambassador overtly and secretly.

Italy responded directly with partial mobilization. As the Prussian-Austro-Prussian War had not yet been recaptured, the number of Italian troops was still relatively large. This mobilization actually reached 200,000.

Bluffing is quite bluffing, but Alfonso is happy to see this picture.

Italy’s economy is about the same size as Spain. It can maintain 200,000 troops without war. Not only is the economy unbearable, but domestic politicians will not allow it.

With such a big battle, it means that the time for them to attack Rome is just around the corner.

Sure enough, as soon as Italy began to mobilize, the Pope sent an envoy to Spain to invite Alfonso to Rome for discussion.

Alfonso readily agreed that the Rome issue should be resolved in the near future. In case Spain is focused on the Franco-Prussian battlefield and Italy stabbed in the back, it would be no fun. Fortunately, Italy has no patience.

The speed from Madrid to the border is now much faster than before in exile. The railway is limited by the cost of not building much, but the highway is expanding rapidly.

Asphalt roads link all major cities in Spain. It only takes two days to travel from Madrid to Valencia by carriage, and only one day by boat to Rome.

Even so, it was already September 7 when Alfonso arrived in Rome.

He was welcomed by the Papal State this time, and the scene was much more solemn than when he first came.

Alfonso was wondering, it was more normal than when he came before. After all, he only controlled Catalonia before, but this is too solemn, right?

In the past, there were not a few kings and emperors who came to Rome to visit, and they were not so formal. How can he be a Spanish king?

But he soon knew why—there was no French soldier on the scene!

You must know that you can meet the French on patrol by taking two steps.

Based on the information obtained before, it was these two days that France withdrew the Roman garrison.

Losing the protection of France, Rome wanted to put some pressure on Italy through him, which temporarily changed his reception arrangements.

"France's service is weak..." Alfonso thoughtfully, it is not a coincidence that France just withdrew its garrison in the past two days.

It must have been Italy's hard-line attitude to directly mobilize the army, and France was unwilling to open a second front for Rome, which allowed the soldiers to withdraw to the country.

In this way, it is equivalent to Paris giving up Rome, and the only thing that can save the Pope is Spain... The conclusion of this treaty may be easier than he thought.