In any case, the Rome Contract finally silenced the war in the Balkans. How countries should deal with the current situation will be a matter for the future.
But in any case, with the end of the war, countries have time to clean up the affairs that are squeezed in their hands.
Italy, which has made the most profits this time, now has time to rectify many things caused by this war.
Of course, no matter what happens, it cannot compare to the post-war summary meeting held this time.
Today in the palace, a large number of high-ranking military and political officials gathered together, all of whom came to attend this meeting.
Many senior military and political officials gathered together, and everyone naturally took this opportunity to communicate among themselves.
As the absolute main force of the military, the five generals of the army are here this time. In a corner of the venue, the five generals representing the army are talking quietly, but judging from their expressions, the result of the discussion is not too serious.
good.
Because a piece of news was told to the other four people by the Minister of War, they were not happy, including General Cadorna, who had made great contributions this time.
Because His Excellency, the Minister of War, brought them bad news.
In view of the performance in this war, the government decided to expand the size of the Guards from the current three regiments to two divisions.
Although the Praetorian Guards are also under the jurisdiction of the Army, the relationship between the Army and the Praetorian Guards can be seen from the expressions of several generals. It is strange that they are happy.
"Is this news confirmed?"
As one of the most outstanding generals in the army during this war, General Cardorna knew that he had asked a stupid question as soon as he asked this question.
Sure enough, before he could finish his words, General Saraguet, who brought the news, glanced at him and said. "The news I got, this matter has basically been confirmed, and the reason is to reward the Army for its success in this war."
Excellent performance.”
The reason given by General Saraget made everyone feel panicked even if they were thick-skinned. Using this reason to expand the Praetorian Guards was simply murderous.
"Is there no way to change it?"
Faced with the words of the Minister of War, some people wanted to try to prevent the expansion of the Guards.
Faced with this sentence, Admiral Saragat asked, "How can this be blocked and for what reason?"
General Saragat was right. The army had no reason to stop it this time. The performance of the Guards on the battlefield was obvious to all. Capture Crete and capture Saloniga together with the Bulgarian army to lay the foundation for the encirclement.
The main Ottoman force made a huge contribution. Then they landed on the Asia Minor Peninsula and blocked the Ottoman attack on the Bulgarian army from the flanks. Everyone can see this, and the army has no excuse to say that the Janissaries did a poor job.
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As for the Marine Corps, although its performance is not bad, it has not been given the opportunity to expand due to the suppression of the Navy. (Everyone from Admiral Golek to the Minister of the Navy can see clearly that the Italian Navy is still in a weak position. If
The expansion of the Marine Corps will stimulate conflicts between land and sea, and currently the Navy does not have the ability to expand its influence on land. Their main purpose is to expand the size of the fleet so that the Italian Navy can show its influence in the Mediterranean. If the Marine Corps is expanded,
Then it will inevitably squeeze the speed of fleet expansion.)
Just when the big bosses of the army were worrying about the expansion of the Guards, they heard a warning sound coming. "Your Majesty, here you come!"
As these words came, everyone immediately lined up to welcome Carlo's arrival according to their respective duties.
After briefly greeting the people present, everyone took their seats, and as the Prime Minister stated the purpose of the meeting, he officially announced that the meeting had begun.
Since it is a post-war summary meeting, we first need to understand the cost of this war. After all, everyone present wants to know how much it cost.
"Your Majesty... Everyone, this war is now over. According to statistics from the Ministry of Finance, the current war with the Ottomans has cost a total of 997 million lire. Among them, the cost of purchasing various weapons and ammunition materials is 537 million lire to support the allies.
The cost is 89 million lire, in addition to the construction, maintenance, security and procurement costs of the occupied area.
The total expenses for medical treatment of injuries, funerals and other expenses were 221 million lire, and the total expenditure was 1.119 billion lire. In this war, we confiscated various Ottoman properties totaling 122 million lire. After offsetting this, we currently raise
There is currently a balance of 203 million lire in war funds.”
Following the words of Finance Minister Tejela, everyone present knew that the funds for this war have not been spent yet. Regarding this, people present basically have an estimate, but the specific figures are only known now.
After all, no one expected that the Ottomans performed so poorly in this war. Although there were ups and downs later, it was still very smooth.
You must know that before the war, the Italian military believed that in order to deal with the Ottomans, Italy would need to pay 50,000 to 80,000 casualties. However, the actual situation was that Italy only suffered more than 30,000 casualties, which was much lower than expected.
After the Finance Minister finished speaking, other ministers then announced the performance of their departments in this war. After the government had spoken, Admiral Golek, the Secretary of the Navy, was the first to speak. "In this war,
, the navy organized more than 30 operations, dispatched 759 ships of various types, and sank 79 Ottoman warships and transport ships of various types, successfully completing various mission indicators."
Since the Ottoman navy avoided fighting, the Italian navy did not perform very well in this war. So after Admiral Gorek finished speaking, he sat back and waited for the next person's report.
Needless to say, the Army must be next. Facing the attention of everyone, General Saraguet, the Minister of War, stood up naturally. "The Army mobilized a total of 590,000 troops in this war, of which
In the battle against the Ottomans, 319,000 troops were dispatched, and a total of 179,500 enemies were annihilated and captured. In addition, our army also suffered losses of 31,200 people."
After finishing what he should report, Admiral Saraget sat back just like Admiral Gorek.
After everyone reported, Carlo spoke. "This victory over the Ottomans, a powerful enemy, was inseparable from the cooperation of all departments, as well as from the bloody battles of the officers and soldiers of the navy and the army. The victory of this war
This is the best reward for us. But the war is over, so our focus will shift to the planning and construction of new territories."
As Carlo took the topic to new territories, everyone present naturally understood it.
Before Carlo could continue to speak, Prime Minister Despretis said, "Your Majesty, our government has made a detailed plan. I wonder if your Majesty is interested in hearing it."
"Prime Minister, please speak."
With Carlo's permission, Prime Minister Despretis revealed the government's plan.
“In view of the fact that in the large territory currently acquired by our country, a large amount of coal has been discovered in Kosovo, as well as lead, zinc, chromium and its original silver mines that can be commercially mined, so our government believes that in order to develop these minerals, our country needs
Build a load-carrying railway from the Port of Durrës to Pristina. In addition, in view of the efficiency of railway transportation, we believe that it is also necessary to build various smelting plants nearby in the area to make reasonable use of the resources in the area..."
Following the speech of Prime Minister Depretis, the government's plan for the newly occupied territories was also released. Currently, Italy's main investments are in Albania and Kosovo. Among them, the chromium ore resources discovered in Albania surprised the explorers.
Thirty million tons of chromium ore reserves are extremely rare in Europe.
Therefore, the government places 93% of its investment in these two places. As for the remaining 7%, it is divided between Libya and the Southern Twelve Islands. Don’t blame the Italian government for being so selective. Who makes Libya look barren at present?
In addition to producing some agricultural products such as livestock, dates, and palms, the only decent product in this land is well salt. The total export volume is less than 5 million lire. Who can take it seriously?
In addition to this development plan, the military also talked about public security and security plans.
When the meeting came to an end, Carlo asked another question. "What are your plans for those local people?"
