Faced with what happened in the new territory, Edel did not know everything. This strategy was basically his own. Now facing the increasingly intense war atmosphere, he just wanted to make Romania, a small Balkan country, as soon as possible.
Make preparations.
"This news is really surprising."
Edel took the information he had just obtained and told the captain of the guard, Kaluster, who sent it.
Carruther also said a little unbelievably. "Yes, Your Highness, I didn't expect that Britain would actually propose a 'Naval Holiday' proposal to suspend the construction of warships for one year. And this proposal was also proposed by the British Minister of the Navy. This is really surprising, isn't it?
What?"
In fact, Caroust is not the only one to think so. The image that most people in Europe have of Britain today is still the image of the flourishing Victorian era. In fact, most people have been deceived by the glorious image of Britain before. This started from its 1913 fiscal year.
This can be seen from the year's shipbuilding plan.
Starting from the 1913 fiscal year, the British Royal Navy formulated a construction plan for 8 Revenge-class super-dreadnoughts (5 were actually built, 2 were converted into battlecruisers, and 1 was cancelled). However, the Revenge-class battleships are different from their predecessors, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships.
In comparison, there has been considerable technical regression: the full load displacement has dropped by 500 tons, the speed has dropped to 23 knots, and the endurance has dropped from 8,600 nautical miles to 4,200 nautical miles. Obviously, while reducing the cost, this is also very consistent with the British Royal Navy.
Requirements for fighting the German Navy in the North Sea.
And Edel vaguely remembers that in World War I, Britain concentrated all its main dreadnoughts on the mainland to deal with the German navy. So the Mediterranean should have been jointly taken over by the French and Italian navies at that time. In fact, there was actually a lack of allies with the Italian navy in the Mediterranean.
There is absolutely no room for improvement. The combined strength of the four ships of Austria and Hungary is not enough to fight France alone, let alone Italy. The Allied Powers, which have mastered the sea, are actually invincible. A war can last four years.
It relied on Germany's powerful army, which was why Edel was unwilling to join.
Regarding the results of Romania's participation in the war in 1916, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now believes that 1918 is actually a good time to gain maximum benefits for Romania. Austria-Hungary is already dying, Tsarist Russia has been overthrown, and Red Russia has also signed the Brest-Litovsk Treaty
The treaty withdrew from World War I and was busy with civil war. The two countries that threatened Romania the most had collapsed. Romania could take advantage of this period to seize the heritage of these two countries and then concentrate on dealing with the power from the red.
Thinking of this, Edel suddenly remembered a piece of news that would be widely spread in later generations, that is, "Kolchak Gold". Kolchak was born in a well-known aristocratic family in St. Petersburg. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Naval Academy in 1894.
During the Russian War, he participated in the battle at Lushunkou.
In 1916, he was appointed commander of the Black Sea Fleet. In 1917, he was promoted to admiral. In 1918, he was appointed as the Minister of Army and Navy of the "Siberian Government". Then he launched a coup with the support of foreign armed forces, established a military dictatorship, and proclaimed himself "the supreme ruler of Russia" and
Supreme Commander of the Russian Army and Navy Armed Forces. He then became the Commander-in-Chief of the White Guards during the Allied Powers' first armed intervention in Soviet Russia, and once occupied Siberia, the Urals and the Volga River. He was arrested after being defeated by the Red Army at the end of 1919, and was captured in Iraq in 1920.
Irkutsk was executed. Now it seems that he is serving as the captain of the mine team in the Baltic Sea.
As for the approximately 600 tons of gold he owned in the original time and space, it came from the Russian Reserve Bank in Kazan. In World War I, due to the heroic performance of the German army, Tsar Nicholas II ordered most of Russia's gold reserves to be transferred
Transfer to Kazan, located in the middle reaches of the Volga River. This has always been Russia's rear area, with convenient transportation and rich products nearby.
Kolchak discovered the gold from the Reserve Bank after seizing Kazan in 1918, and then transferred the gold to his capital Omtsk in Siberia.
As for some people in the original time and space who said that the Soviet government had transferred the gold here, Edel has always scoffed. If the Soviet government really knew about the nearly 600 tons of gold, it could have been transported away by train in half a day. Where would it be left?
To Kolchak. This is now worth more than 80 million pounds of gold hard currency, which can completely build a new German High Seas Fleet. Considering the early financial difficulties of the Soviet Russian government, it is completely unknown.
Thinking of this batch of gold, which is now worth more than 80 million pounds, Edel thought that he should do something about it. However, considering that the place where gold is usually stored is tightly guarded, he needs to be prepared in advance.
Thinking of this, Edel couldn't sit still. This is Romania's current fiscal revenue for four years. If he can transfer this money to Romania, he can do a lot of things.
"Caluster, go and call Mirok over. I have something I need him to do."
"Okay, Your Highness."
When he heard that the Crown Prince had received a request from the British to stop the naval holiday for a year, and suddenly asked for the intelligence chief Milok, he immediately agreed without thinking too much. He had no idea that Edel's thoughts would spread so quickly, and he was already thinking about the Russian Civil War.
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While Edel was waiting patiently, Milok, who looked ordinary and unattractive, was also sitting in his office thinking about his future. Although the sun was shining brightly outside, inside his office due to the thick curtains
The curtains still look relatively dark. This is also because he has done too much intelligence work and doesn't like the light to be too bright.
He has done many things for the old king and knows too much. He has no intention of retiring and can only work in this position until he dies of old age. Now the crown prince rarely uses them and usually asks his captain of the guard to handle it. This makes Mi
Locke has deep worries. If an intelligence department is not used, it will not be too far away from being disbanded. Others may at most change departments. Only his own final outcome, no one knows.
While Milok was thinking about his way out, a subordinate came in and said softly. "Boss, the man named Kalust is here. He said that the crown prince summoned you."
Due to Edel's relationship, the royal family now has two intelligence departments, and most of the side led by Milok are not used by the crown prince. Therefore, the relationship between the two intelligence departments can be known from the tone of this Milok's subordinate.
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Although he was worried about his future, Milok would not show it in front of his subordinates. He said in a calm tone without any emotion, "Invite him in."
PS Some people actually refused to update because I didn't update and he was depressed. This excuse is terrible. I express my strong contempt for those authors who don't update.
