"Everyone, this is a budget meeting, not a quarrel. Please exercise restraint."
Although Carlo spoke softly, the weight of his words made the venue immediately fall silent.
Carlo waited until the venue became quiet, and then looked at the Minister of the Navy who had been silent. "Admiral Golek, how do you think the dispute between the two parties should be resolved?"
Carlo's words immediately made Admiral Golek the focus of the meeting. Army colleagues hoped that he would maintain a consistent attitude despite being part of the same military, while the government hoped that the Navy would not be as stubborn as the Army.
Admiral Gorek felt the attention from both sides, so he simply made the navy's attitude public.
"I think both sides are right, but we need to consider the development of the kingdom more and everyone needs to be calm. So I think we all need to calm down and have a good talk. As a member of the country's military, the Navy is very willing to serve
We are willing to reduce the number of personnel by 13,000 and the tonnage of naval ships by 43,000 tons."
Admiral Gorek's words immediately aroused a burst of warm applause from the government, while the army looked at the actions of the Minister of the Navy in stunned silence. Wasn't this putting their army on the fire? The navy must have taken the wrong medicine.
Prime Minister Despretis immediately took over. "Thank you to the Navy for their efforts. We all see the government's efforts in the Navy's national finances."
Admiral Golek stopped talking, because the Navy actually took advantage. It sounds like the Navy is going to reduce the number of personnel and ship tonnage. In fact, the personnel that the Navy is going to reduce are the Marine Corps. And where do these people come from? Isn’t it clear?
.At that time, the Marine Corps will be reduced by one division and the Praetorian Guard will be expanded by one division, and the problem will be solved.
As for reducing the tonnage of warships, this is also simple. At present, the Navy still has many steam warships built in the 1960s and 1970s. These warships that should have been retired long ago were retained because of the need to maintain the size of the fleet. Now we take this opportunity to directly
It's good to retire these old warships. The only difficulty is the officers and soldiers, but it's not difficult. The navy always has a place to arrange them. Whether it's a transport fleet or other warships, they can all be accommodated separately.
With the sudden statement of the navy, Admiral Saraget and others immediately felt a little uneasy. Now that they were blocked, how fierce the opposition was before, now they are so embarrassed.
As the government's second-ranking figure, Foreign Minister Bacona took the opportunity to say, "Since the navy can help relieve the kingdom's debt, I believe that the army, as the pillar of the country, will also be able to understand the kingdom's situation."
Upon hearing the words of the Foreign Minister, General Saraguet knew that it was impossible to escape unscathed, so he had to go against his will. "In fact, the army also wants to contribute to the kingdom's debt, but the army will be reduced to 200,000.
The scale is really impossible, we think 350,000 is a very reasonable number."
It is obvious that the Minister of War intends to lower his posture and talk about it. According to the scale in his heart, this slowly should be able to retain the size of 300,000 for the army.
"It is enough for the Army to retain just over 200,000 yuan. We need to prioritize solving a large number of debt problems."
However, General Saraguet's gesture did not make the government relent. On the contrary, Finance Minister Tejela insisted on a scale of just over two hundred thousand, without giving any chance for discussion.
Faced with the tough request of the Finance Minister, General Saraguet became angry. He slammed the table and said angrily, "You are basically bullying the army, and we will not agree to it."
As the Minister of War counterattacked, several other generals also stood up. "Yes, such a request is too unreasonable."
Just as several generals were rebuking the government, an inappropriate voice suddenly sounded. "Actually, I think an army of 200,000 people is currently sufficient for national defense needs."
These sudden words shocked several generals, because they came from behind them. They immediately turned around and found that the person who said these words was actually the Chief of General Staff, General Cadorna. They were all shocked.
Stayed.
As the Minister of War, General Saraguet glared at him and couldn't help but said, "General Cardorna, do you know what you are talking about?"
Facing the glare of the army leader, General Cardorna looked at him very calmly. "I know what I am talking about. I think two hundred thousand troops are enough to meet the current national defense needs."
As Admiral Cardorna's words fell, a group of burly guards walked into the venue with their waists pressed, looking at the admirals with serious faces. Although they did not make any other moves, the meaning behind it was that several admirals
The admiral knew it very well. As for the government, except for the Prime Minister, everyone else looked at the scene with shocked expressions.
King Carlo, who was presiding over the meeting, looked at the generals and said, "You generals are getting old. I think you should spend more time with your families. What do you think?"
Carlo's words made several generals look very ugly, because they were asked to retire. And what can they do now, reject it on the spot?
It was originally thought that Carlo's biggest suspect in the Army was Lieutenant General Simeone, but no one expected that it was actually one of them, Chief of General Staff General Cadorna.
Admiral Cardorna also felt uncomfortable. They had worked together for so many years, and now there was no way he could stand up and ask his old friend to leave. After all, the army was the armed force of the kingdom, and the king was very concerned about the army's travels in the country.
Fears beyond one's own control are extremely damaging to the army.
Especially since they are all older, the king is in his prime and will have at least thirty or forty years in power. Will the army still be able to fly into the sky by then? In addition, the king's political skills have become increasingly stronger in recent years, and Italy has become more and more powerful in the past few years.
Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, it is growing day by day. The army cannot resist it at all. This is the general trend.
There is another reason that cannot be said. Admiral Cardorna comes from a military family. Is he really going to hate the king and ruin the future of his family?
Carlo, who was being talked about by General Cadorna, was actually not too nervous. Although he used this method to win the army, it was because the army had to be rectified.
The reason why the army was not used before was because it needed to prepare for a war with the Ottomans. Look at the performance of the Italian army in the Balkan battlefield. It was worse than Bulgaria, whose weapons were inferior to its own. If Bulgaria, a powerful thug, had not been roped in, the battle with the Ottomans
The war is really going to be a bad war.
As for why we didn't take action immediately after the war, it was also because it was to paralyze these military leaders. In order to make today's situation, we have been preparing for several years, and we have not yet won over General Cadorna, but he gave
Duties of Secretary of War.
After such a big effort and preparation for such a long time, a military leader will not complain if he loses.
Faced with such a scene, the general's face was uncertain. There was no need to think too much. There was no chance to resist. Because it was a budget meeting, they did not bring weapons at all, and they even had only two or three attaches. As for whether the Army was in trouble because of their retirement.
There is turmoil, and with the traitor Cadorna, the Chief of General Staff, it is simply impossible.
They haven't spoken for a long time, mostly because they really didn't expect it and haven't been able to accept the reality of retirement.
"Alas~~"
General Saraget let out a long sigh. "I have been busy with military affairs these years, and it has been a long time since I enjoyed family happiness."
This was obviously an acceptance of the request to retire, and Admiral Saraget's words even shattered the resistance of others.
"Yes, I haven't seen my little granddaughter for a long time."
“It’s not bad to go back to my hometown to visit.”
Several military leaders were busy looking for excuses for themselves, and at the same time, the atmosphere in the venue was dampened.
No one expected that several military bosses would be dismissed from their posts in this way.
Of course there must be insiders, such as the Prime Minister and the Lord of the Admiralty.
