"The commander of the local Ottoman army is named Kemal?" Sheffield received the telegram sent back by Black Gold Company and was surprised. The founding father of modern Turkey turned out to have served on the battlefield in North Africa.

Anyway, with the current size of the Ottoman army in North Africa, the Italians cannot hope to achieve the victory they hope for. The illusion that it is possible this time is just an illusion. Has Italy ever achieved a famous victory in its independent war?

Sheffield could not recall that even the Italian-Turkish War and the penetration of Imperial Russia into the Balkans to form the Balkan Alliance forced the Ottomans to deal with the threat under their noses and give up on continuing to fight the Italians.

"The boss seems to be familiar with this person?" Jesra asked curiously. He seemed to rarely hear his boss and was very interested in a foreigner. This time he actually asked about the Ottoman.

"Sometimes we must admit that talents also exist in other civilizations. It is not like what the newspapers say, and Western civilization needs to be taught. Can you trust the things in the newspapers? They are all things that attract attention and earn sales. If citizens like it

Look at the murders. All the headlines on the front page are homicides." Sheffield smiled and said, "At least in modern Italy, it seems that there is no impressive record yet? In the Crimean War, the main force was the British and French forces. In the Italian-Austrian War, the main force was

It is the Prussian army, and the greatest skill of the Italians is to stand next to the winner."

But this time Sheffield didn't even want to give this role to Italy. The Italian navy had a slight advantage over the Austro-Hungarian navy, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire had too few coastlines. Italy's geographical advantage was so great that the Italian navy could easily overwhelm the Austro-Hungarian navy.

The Imperial Navy blocked the port and could not get out.

Therefore, if Italy stands in the Allied camp, it will be a disaster for the Allies' maritime lifeline. But if it is in the Allied camp, the balance of naval power in the Mediterranean will be that the Allies have the advantage. If Britain wants to maintain the balance of power, it must deploy its fleet to help France's Mediterranean fleet

.

Is this good for Sheffield? Of course it is. At least with the right to freedom of navigation, when the time comes to do business with countries in the two camps, there will be no need to be affected by the British Empire. Only God knows, in the original world war,

How many fewer marks have the capitalists of the United States made?

The Allies are too strong and will definitely affect the bargaining power of the joint company in the future. This is intolerable for a monopoly capitalist. The slave owner has always shaped the company to be like Qualcomm and Intel, and has never thought of becoming Xiaomi Lenovo.

"Send a telegram to Madam and just say I miss him. Forget it, I'll go myself." Sheffield originally wanted to ask the head of the bodyguard to send the telegram, but then he thought that he didn't know how to do it, so there was no need to let others do it for him.

Sheffield felt sorry for always leaving his wife in Europe. Moreover, once the war started, Europe would actually be unsafe. Although he felt in his heart that a war would not break out because of the struggle for colonies. The start of the world war must be because of the internal conflict in Europe.

things, but it’s always right to be careful.

The teasing now is actually enough. Anne doesn't have to keep an eye on it in Paris and discuss it with Sheffield at any time. When it reaches this point, it can be handed over to a local manager in Europe to continue following up.

During the full half month since Italy landed in North Africa, apart from gaining an undefended port, the Italian army and the Ottoman army did not engage in actual exchanges of fire. The Italian navy was continuously transporting soldiers from the Apennine Peninsula.

, after half a month of transportation, the number of Italian soldiers who landed in North Africa has reached 20,000.

This efficiency even prevented Sheffield from sending telegrams to Rome, because the news sent back had no value at all except for the Italians themselves to brag. On the contrary, the Ottoman capital could still dig for gold in the manure to see if there was any important news.

It took only half a month to transport 20,000 soldiers to such a close enclave. This efficiency of Italy, which claims to be one of the six major powers in Europe, too tarnishes the reputation of the imperialist powers. Moreover, after Italy launched a military adventure, France and Germany discussed the third

Negotiations on the second Moroccan crisis suddenly entered the fast lane.

Of course Sheffield was well aware of this. Together with his wife's activities in Paris, during this operation, the slave owners had spent more than 10 million in Europe. It can be said that it was enough for the Italians to fight the Italian-Turkish War for a year.

Military expenditures were spent. When Italy's 100,000-strong army was fighting fiercely in North Africa, its military expenditures for a month were only 800,000 lire.

After landing in North Africa, although there has not yet been a formal battle, the local environment has made the Italians feel uncomfortable. To seize the Ottoman enclave, the Italian government is very sincere. All the cars and armored vehicles of the army have been transported over, and the cars are in the desert.

During the difficult advance, cars often got stuck in the sand and skidded. Fortunately, there were armored vehicles, which were used to tow the trapped cars, and the effect was quite good.

An airstrip was even built in the camp of the Italian army to serve reconnaissance aircraft. On the surface, pauper imperialism is also imperialism, at least now it is quite imperialist.

The first battle occurred near the port where Italian soldiers landed. A full month after the Italian troops landed in North Africa, this battle came belatedly. Arab cavalry riding camels, after entering the twentieth century, rarely found

It felt like the peak of the Arab Empire, surrounded a battalion of Italian soldiers, and launched an attack with the support of the Ottoman regular army. They used carbines and sabers to let these invaders know that in order to win the war, they must at least show some attitude.

The Ottoman army was responsible for cutting off the support of the Italian army. In fact, it simply dug some trenches and other fortifications, and then waited for other Italian armies to find that the raided army was missing.

In fact, they did not wait for reinforcements, and the Arab cavalry strangled the lone Italian unit. The battle continued until evening. The setting sun shone softly on the desert, and the battlefield was full of gravel stained red by blood.

There were corpses scattered everywhere, guns scattered everywhere, and the broken Italian flag whistling in the evening wind.

"The symbolic resistance of the locals will not have any impact on the great Italy. In fact, everyone in the kingdom knows that this military operation has more of a symbolic meaning. The Italian army will use a negligible price to

Seize the land that belongs to the Italians."

The Roman newspapers on this day understated the attack on the Italian troops yesterday, and described the resistance of the local armed forces as simple and instinctive resistance. But compared to the understatement in the newspapers, the ports in southern Italy suddenly

It became busy. Without the previous sloppiness, a large number of Italian soldiers boarded the ship and headed for North Africa. Compared with the sloppy movement of 20,000 soldiers more than half a month ago, it can be said that the efficiency has increased countless times.

"That's it?" The sluggish moves of the Italian army were clearly observed by the French who had ended the second Moroccan crisis and were free. After the incident in France was over, it became a matter of men and women to observe how the Italians fought.

The political circle, especially members of the Radical Socialist Party, asked each other whether the Italian Cointreau had made any progress after the boring parliamentary issues were over.

"If all the German allies were like this, then we wouldn't worry about the strength of the entire Allies at all."

"It is such an army that has always wanted to compete with us for territory in North Africa. I heard what Congressman Philip said. He said that if the Italian army has no results in North Africa within half a year, our troops stationed in North Africa cannot

If we continue to sit idly by, the Italians simply cannot defeat any country. If you don’t have the ability, don’t do it. Just be an ordinary country, like Spain, which is good.”

"You can't say that, war is always bad, but then again, if it takes half a year to build an enclave without local support, it doesn't matter if it is given to a more capable country."

"Recently, Congressman Philip is active and wants to gain greater influence in Congress. I wonder if it is related to the good results achieved in negotiations with Germany this time?"

In the chaotic Congress, these well-dressed members are actually no different from ordinary people. In the always turbulent French political arena, the most attractive thing is nothing more than blaming each other. Now there is finally something that can free them from blaming each other.

Being able to watch a show with peace of mind is very hard-won.

"It's too slow!" The German General Staff sighed one after another. They were all paying attention to the same thing, but they had completely different moods. The inefficiency of the Italian actions made many senior staff officials angry.

Shocking. This is just like the capabilities that an army participating in a war should have.

In the New York port, Sheffield stood under the cold wind of November, watching a giant ship slowly docking, and the passengers on it were filing out. Not long after, a team was surrounded by many bodyguards, and almost all the passengers disembarked.

Appears only when time comes.

A little head poked out from the human wall. When she saw her husband coming to greet her, Anne smiled like a flower. She got out among the several female bodyguards and rushed into the arms of the slave owner.

"It's cold!" Sheffield reached out and took the prepared mink coat from someone else, put it on his wife, and said softly, "The crazy weather in New York, don't let my wife freeze to death."

Anne stood obediently, letting her husband manipulate her like a puppet, and said warmly in her heart, "Aren't you cold?"
Chapter completed!