When Europe was plunged into disputes, time entered the end of 1912. During this year, many things happened in the world, but the most important thing was that the major European countries had formed two camps to collectively prepare for war.
Before, it was possible for the smoke to dissipate, but after the Moroccan crisis, it has turned into a sparking explosive barrel. The only question now is when this explosive barrel will explode.
No one knows when it will explode. But for Italy, strengthening the military strength of its kingdom is the most important thing.
In this year, the Italian Army added more than 80,000 people, forming 6 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry brigade, and 1 heavy artillery regiment. In addition, the reform of the Army's three-regiment division system also accelerated.
Originally, there were one-third of the divisions left that had not been reorganized. After this year's efforts, only two divisions were left that had not yet completed the reorganization.
In addition, the Army is also strengthening its firepower for battalions and companies. Thanks to sufficient funds, the Army has purchased 2,000 Maxims, 4,000 Revery light machine guns, 1,200 mortars of various types, and
Corresponding ammunition.
This large order was a surprise to several arsenals, and it even expanded the scale to provide them with the weapons on the order. Because the Army was in a hurry and the time was very tight, and it had to complete this order within a year, so it
There are arsenals to expand production capacity.
Some people may ask, what should I do after this order is completed?
Someone will definitely knock you on the head. Didn’t you see that Europe is going to war? Are you afraid that the weapons you produce will not be available to anyone?
Anyone with any brains can see that a war is about to break out in Europe, but everyone is still addicted to past experience. Everyone gathers the army, and the winner can be determined in a few months, or even in a day, and then the victorious country is defeated.
If the country takes away enough benefits, then the world will be at peace again.
In addition to Italy's army expanding its strength, the navy is also not lagging behind. Currently, the navy has accepted three super-dreadnoughts this year: Count of Cavour, Giulio, and Duilio. The current total number of new dreadnoughts in the Italian Navy
From 8 ships to 11 now, it is definitely a big improvement.
Not only that, this year the Navy has also ordered a total of 87 destroyers, cruisers, torpedo boats, submarines and other ships, with a total tonnage of more than 70,000 tons. Two-thirds of the tonnage is for new cruisers and destroyers.
Because they have the most tasks regardless of whether there is a war or a war on weekdays.
As for why the Italian Navy has ordered so many warships, it seems that this is still making up for the navy. In the past, due to insufficient funds, the navy chose to build large warships first. As for small and medium-sized warships, the number needs to be reduced.
It will be added when funds are sufficient or when the construction of large battleships is almost complete.
As we all know, a navy must have all kinds of warships, because their roles are irreplaceable. The lack of small and medium-sized warships has caused a large number of old-fashioned small warships in Italy to not be decommissioned, and they are still dragging their old feet to perform the tasks of the navy.
Fortunately, no naval war has broken out in the past few years. Otherwise, after the Italian Navy has built an outstanding main fleet, the ones guarding the rear or performing other tasks are all old-fashioned warships, which would be embarrassing.
So now that there is sufficient funding, this shortcoming must be addressed. Therefore, the Navy has made up for this shortcoming in a large amount of the funds it received this year.
As everyone knows, the cost per ton of small and medium-sized warships is much higher than that of large warships (the lower the tonnage, the higher the cost, and the larger the tonnage, the lower the construction cost per ton), so these small warships can be built at the same price.
Three Cavour class ships.
The construction of these small and medium-sized warships is also necessary, because next year the Navy will take over the service of the Cavour IV ship Doria and two Milan-class battle cruisers. As for the year after that, the four powerful Rome-class ships will also
Enter the Navy.
What next?
Gone.
This is a bit unacceptable to the current Italian Navy.
Therefore, the Navy has begun to think about designing new warships. The Navy has secretly promoted the research and development of 410 mm naval guns. However, in view of the slow development of 410 mm naval guns, some people have proposed improving the 380 mm naval guns, shells, propellants, etc., in order to
Looking for a more powerful main gun.
Of course, artillery is only one aspect. In addition, power, armor, communications, unified shooters, etc., all the equipment required by a warship need to be considered.
This is not to consider whether it is the latest technology, but to ensure that it is the latest technology with reliability.
The navy dares to start considering new ships now. On the one hand, it is affected by the situation. The Italian Navy's main rivals in the Mediterranean, Britain and France, have started construction of multiple super-dreadnought ships. It is unreasonable for the Italian Navy not to follow up.
Secondly, it’s because the Navy has money in its pocket. As a qualified military branch, if you don’t use the money in your pocket to build ships, do you want to keep it for future generations?
The reason why the Navy has money in its pocket is because the Navy has received the exact news that their funding will increase next year, and the same goes for the Army.
As for the one who gave them this news, it was our wise and mighty His Majesty Carlo.
For the current Italy, preparations for war cannot be stopped, so military expenditures should be increased. Military expenditures have been increased from the current 1.37 billion lire to 1.89 billion lire.
You read that right, that’s why it improved so much at once.
Of course, this military expenditure has once again increased significantly, and the complaints from the government have become more serious. But unfortunately, Carlo can no longer care about the complaints from the government. If history goes by, this is the last complete military operation before the war.
fiscal year. Therefore, Italy must make good use of this fiscal year and do more things.
Of course, if the little history girl doesn't follow the script, it's easy. Carlo will do it by himself when the time comes. At worst, he will fire the first shot.
Because the Italian economy could not afford to drag on, the kingdom was turned into a large military camp, and the Italian family could not sustain it for long. If the war had not broken out in 1916, the Italian government could have declared financial bankruptcy.
Although the Italian economy is currently doing well, this is a large number of orders from the military industry. If you put aside these military industry orders and then put aside the state-owned enterprises, you will find that in the current Italian private economy, except for a few key industries, other industries have already
Entering an era of declining profits.
The reason for this is that the Italian industrial market has been saturated, yes it is saturated. Due to the political turmoil in the Far East, the sales of Italian products in the region have dropped significantly. In fact, this is not only the case in other countries in Italy.
The sharp drop in market sales will naturally make it difficult for the factories selling goods, and then the factories will lay off employees. The next thing everyone knows, the economic crisis is coming.
For a country that is expanding its military aggressively, the economic crisis can only divert conflicts, and war is the best diversion target.
So at this time, if Italy doesn't expand itself quickly, how long will it wait?
