The talks between the three countries on the first day were mainly between governments, and the discussions were basically about the division of future interests and cooperation in industry.
Because the enemies faced by the three countries are extremely powerful, and the discussions basically do not involve core interests, but more about the future, this also creates the feeling that the three countries are getting along harmoniously.
However, this feeling disappeared immediately after one night, because what the three countries need to talk about next is more pragmatic.
"Your Excellency Simeone, our country needs your country to carry out a flank attack on Serbia in the Kosovo region in order to disperse the power of the Serbians. At present, our country has assembled 200,000 people and will cross the Sava River from the north to attack the country.
We need the support of your country's 80,000 people in Kosovo to defeat the Serbs."
In the one-day talks, this time the militaries of various countries played the leading role, and it was the Chief of General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, General Herzendorf, who spoke now.
It was the needs of the Austro-Hungarian military that he was talking about.
The main content of today's discussions is to coordinate the strategic consistency of the three countries. Naturally, this involves discussing military plans that require the cooperation of allies. As Austria-Hungary was the first to start the war, it naturally needed to be the first to put forward its own requirements.
proposed.
What he first raised was the fact that Austria-Hungary needed Italian assistance when attacking Serbia.
"Your Excellency Herzendorf, your country's request is currently a bit difficult for our country to handle, because our country is currently behind about 60,000 people in the Balkan territories. Can the additional troops now catch up with your country's offensive?"
Simeone opened his mouth to talk about the current problem of insufficient Italian troops. This was the time when Italy maintained the largest number of troops in the Balkans after the war with Turkey. On weekdays, the Chinese military only left 20,000 to 30,000 people stationed here. Even during the Balkan War,
There are only 50,000 troops stationed in Italy. Currently, there are more than 60,000 troops stationed in Italy, which is already a peak for the Italian army.
Some people may ask why Italy does not station more troops in advance. The stationing of this army is not that simple. Before the mobilization order was issued, the total strength of the Italian Army was just over 600,000. Please remember that this is the total strength of the Army of the Kingdom of Italy.
In terms of military strength, we first need to deduct the more than 80,000 people stationed in overseas colonies.
(There are more than 10,000 people in Borneo and more than 70,000 in East Africa. You can’t tell from the garrison who receives more attention. Of course, this is also because East Africa is also responsible for driving nails for Italy in the Indian Ocean, so that Britain and France cannot use the Indian Ocean casually.
Surrounding colonies reinforce the homeland)
Secondly, Libya is an important oil and iron base in Italy, and it also needs to send troops to protect it, which removes more than 60,000 people. Next, whether heavy troops need to be stationed on the French border, this removes another 240,000, and then whether it needs to be stationed in various parts of the kingdom, and another 60,000 people are removed.
The important areas of Ding Island and Sicily also need troops. If this is divided, another hundred thousand will be lost.
Then, does the military need to reserve some mobile troops and the seeds to expand the army? It just happens to be completely used. Therefore, as long as this force is used, there will never be enough.
Of course, the troops we are talking about here are the troops formed by the Kingdom of Italy. As for the troops formed by the colonial governments using local people, they are not included in the calculation.
The reason is simple. The combat effectiveness of the colonial army is worrying. Even the British Empire, which has always liked to use colonial armies, only used a large amount of these cannon fodder to fill trenches after the local army could not bear the high losses.
Admiral Herzendorf, who knew something about the situation in Italy, did not care too much about this. Instead, he asked, "So how many troops can your country send to support our country in a week?"
Faced with the inquiry from the Austro-Hungarian Chief of Staff, Simeone immediately said, "After a week, our Italian army can mobilize 60,000 people to cooperate with your country's actions."
Since the Italians were quite cooperative, Admiral Herzendorf did not ask too many questions. Next, he and Admiral Moltke discussed the cooperation between the two countries on the Eastern Front.
After the head of the Austro-Hungarian military finished talking, Moltke stood up and started talking about Germany's combat needs.
"General Simeone, I wonder how many troops your country can mobilize to launch a diversionary attack on France in three days?"
As soon as Moltke said these words, Simeone was shocked. In three days, there will be a direct war with France. It seems that Germany has also been planning for a long time.
"We can mobilize 300,000 troops on the French border to launch an offensive against it."
Although he was surprised, Simeone was quite generous when he said this. In the process of army expansion, he was able to bring out 300,000 well-trained elite troops to cooperate with Germany's military operations. How could it not be described as heroic?
Moltke was very satisfied with Simonyi's words. After muttering with other German generals, he took out a map and said, "Admiral Simonyi, can I ask your country to launch an attack on France on the Alps?"
A month-long offensive to contain the strength of the French army?"
What Little Moltke said was a request for help from Italy.
Because in these years, Moltke has been modifying and promoting Schlieffen's battle plan, which is regarded as a treasure by the German military. Because this requires the German army to take risks and use risks to lure the French army to attack.
Moltke had always been worried about the thin left wing and wanted to strengthen the thickness of the left wing. Therefore, if the Italian army can contain the 200,000 French troops with the help of the Italian army, the success rate of the Schlieffen Plan will be greatly improved.
This is also the reason why Germany did not modify any other conditions of Italy's requirements except that the Suez Canal was too involved and had to intervene.
When you ask for help from others, you must be courteous and courteous.
Although the Germans don't understand these words, they do understand the meaning.
"No problem. We can launch an offensive against the French army in three days. However, given the complex terrain on the border between our country and France, our country can only contain the French army in the area."
Simeone wants to dispel some of Germany's illusions first. The Alps are not that easy to pass. He can be restrained. If the other party has any more extreme demands, then I'm sorry.
In response to what Simone said, Moltke and other high-level German military officials did not offer any rebuttal.
Although many of them have never been to the terrain of the French-Italian border, the German military has also investigated it. The terrain is rolling hills and crisscrossing valleys, which is very suitable for defense. As for attacking, it is very difficult. Even the German army itself
Come, it won't be any better than the Italian army.
Since both Germany and Austria have made demands for cooperation, and Italy has met their demands, when Italy comes to raise conditions, it cannot favor one over the other.
Moreover, Italy's requirements are different from theirs. Italy has more needs for the navy.
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Sorry, I overestimated myself today and could only code two chapters. Can I make up the third chapter tomorrow?
