From being severely punished by antitrust laws to now using this bill to punish others, only Sheffield can understand the hardships involved.

"Then you should respect me a little more in the future. Now you see that our Morgan family is not easy to mess with." Louisa Morgan was very proud, feeling that her brother showed his strength when necessary.

"If I respected you very much, we wouldn't have this child." Sheffield tilted his head and said in a long voice, "So should I respect you or shouldn't I respect you?

It is definitely not something that can be done in a short time to make the Mellon family feel the pressure. The slave owners in the United States are still thinking of using the Mellon family to pass the time, and the war is still in full swing outside the Americas.

The Italian army finally stopped worrying about the resistance in Tripoli and decided to clear out the Ottoman army in Benghazi first, and then consider dealing with the resistance of the local people. The army rushed towards Enver Pasha in Benghazi.

Defending Benghazi was the Ottoman army led by Enver Pasha. Kemal was also training the Ottoman army here. Benghazi, as the largest city currently controlled by the Ottomans, had a very important status.

Because of this, Enver Pasha attached great importance to Italy's actions. After all, this would be the first major battle between the Ottomans and Italians in Africa since the war, and Enver Pasha could not afford to miss anything.

The establishment of the Italian army is very complex, but due to geographical factors, it is not unfamiliar with the North African environment. Normally, Italian soldiers should be more adaptable to the local environment than soldiers from other countries. But so far, the Italian army has not

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Of course, just considering the data on paper, Enver Pasha no longer has to fight a war. On a larger scale, the Ottomans' current data on paper are far inferior to Italy, and there is no need for the Ottomans to resist.

Although he has no local support, Enver Pasha has always managed the North African troops well, so he still concentrated a lot of artillery to cover the upcoming battle. Many of the artillery were temporarily brought from the local army.

Enver Pasha and the local Arab troops were slightly unhappy about this.

At this unexpected time, the Italian attack began. It only took a quarter of an hour to prepare the artillery. This attack was not to kill many Ottoman troops, but to destroy the port of Benghazi and isolate the Ottoman army.

The first priority is to maintain the success and suddenness of the attack.

The Italian navy's naval guns made a deafening sound, tilting the naval gun shells at the port city. Enver Pasha, who simply expected this, was already out of the range of the naval guns, and it did not take long to bombard Benghazi's outer defense line.

, just ten minutes later, Italy mobilized in full force. Massive soldiers rushed out of the desert and followed the mobilized cars.

The Italian attack here is not violent. After all, no one would think that any soldiers would resist the bombardment of naval guns. From this, we can see what Italy's attitude towards the war is. It has been a long time since the war started, and there is still some wishful thinking.

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But even this was enough. One day later, the Italian attacking army was already exchanging fire with the Ottoman defending army.

The sudden artillery fire immediately plunged the few Ottoman soldiers into panic. The problems faced by the Ottoman army were actually more serious than those of the Italians. They had not received decent training and did not have good equipment. Compared with the Italian soldiers,

They are at a disadvantage in all aspects. Perhaps only in their belief in protecting their homeland and country, they surpass the Italians, but how much they can surpass is unknown.

Therefore, after receiving a sudden attack, the first reaction of most soldiers was to run away. A small number of soldiers bravely stayed in their strongholds and reported the situation here to their officers. However, these brave soldiers quickly

Drowned in the Italian attack.

After Benghazi was semi-sieged, Sheffield received a telegram from John Connor. The slave-owning mercenaries were still in good condition. They were less than 60 kilometers southwest of Benghazi, responding to the attacking forces from a distance.

The Italian army posed a threat to a certain extent.

Of course, Sheffield also knew that this statement was John Connor's way of covering up the ineffectiveness of the mercenaries.

The fighting in Benghazi is still relatively fierce, according to the level of Italians. What is a truly industrialized power that brings out all its power in the war? Just look at the Western Front of World War I and the Eastern Front of World War II.

, a big battle involving hundreds of thousands of people, a life-devouring meat grinder of war, a truly powerful country can support such a war.

The war between the Ottoman army and the Italians did not completely break away from the scope of agricultural society. After fighting for a long time, they rested enough before fighting the next battle. As a result, the Italian-Turkish war lasted for more than a year and ended.

Both sides suffered thousands of casualties each. The mobilization of this kind of war was similar to that of the Qing army fighting in 1840, but the intensity was increased.

In essence, such a war between Italy and the Ottomans was considered a routine operation of the old-style armies.

If there were French people sneaking into the area where the two sides were fighting, and seeing such a fight, they would probably have greater confidence in the backstab operation. The slave owners guessed that there must be French people sneaking into the area now.

The terrain in Benghazi is not complicated, and there are not many huge buildings in the city. Generally speaking, it is not a city suitable for street fighting, but it is better than nothing. Anyone with some military knowledge knows that the location is advantageous.

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After the Italian Army approached Benghazi, the Ottoman soldiers who had avoided naval gunfire returned to their positions and used the built defense lines for defense.

In general, the current battle is like this. After reading the telegram, Sheffield muttered, "At least Enver Pasha has more common sense than Chang Gong and did not do the stupid thing of asking soldiers to fight with battleship guns.

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When he thought of the Chinese soldiers defending against the battleship's main guns in the Battle of Songhu, Enver Pasha's image in the eyes of the slave owners suddenly became wise and mighty.

"The Rockefeller family announced that they will invest in the electrolytic aluminum industry?" When Blair, CEO of Union Bank, came to visit the slave owners, he brought the latest news over.

"John, a man who appears to be well-educated, is actually no less aggressive than little Morgan. What does it mean to send out this news in the name of Standard Oil at this time?" Sheffield chuckled, and little Rockefeller usually looked academic.

He looks like a bad person, but he is actually a bad person.

Little Morgan was a person who put his words into words, but what about Little Rockefeller? He showed his words through actions.

"Boss, Heinze and Morse also have ideas about whether to speculate on the Mellon family's industry." Blair hesitated and asked, "Of course, it depends on what you mean."

"Wait a minute, people like Andrew Mellon will not give in so easily. You actually don't quite understand what an outstanding person means to a company and a country." Sheffield shook his head slightly, letting himself be in the mood.

Institutions in the financial industry should not act rashly yet.

The slave owner does not completely agree with the heroic view of history, but some outstanding figures really have nothing to do with the times in creating heroes. Using many powerful figures in the East and the West as examples is not representative. Let’s take the black people he has been suppressing as an example.

In Rwanda, where the Rwandan genocide occurred, President Kagame of this country is a very powerful figure. Before Kagame turned 50, he maintained a record of overthrowing a country's government for five years. In his youth, he participated in the overthrow of Amin.

The war in Uganda was followed by Burundi, Rwanda, and two Congolese wars.

As a Tutsi, after the Rwandan genocide severely damaged this ethnic group with a small population, he successfully took back Rwanda to rule. On the surface, Rwanda only has 20,000 square kilometers and a population of 10 million. Under his rule

, actually occupied hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of Congolese land, and many places that were still in Congolese territory on the map have long since become places controlled by Rwanda.

Being able to reverse an unfavorable situation when encountering a crisis is an outstanding ability. Kagame, who was born in the Tutsi ethnic group, understands this very well. As a member of the victimized group in Rwanda, he is very able to take advantage of this victim role.

The whole world knows about the Rwandan genocide that killed one million people, but Kagame intervened in the Congolese civil war, resulting in nearly 10 million casualties, and occupied hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of Congolese territory, but no one cared about it.

This is evident from the terrifying nature of Game.

Sheffield also wanted to see if Andrew Mellon, who had suffered losses for both the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family, could still mount an eye-catching counterattack?

At the same time that the three major companies in the United States took action in unison, the distant European continent was also performing a good show of cooperation. The countries of the Balkan Alliance have begun to mobilize and communicate with each other about combat plans.

The Bulgarian army consists of three armies as the main group in the direction of Istanbul. The main force of Serbia is also the three armies to deal with the Turkish army group in Macedonia. The Greek Vsalia Army and the Epirus Army are respectively preparing to deal with Thessaloniki.

and the army of Yanina. The Greek navy is preparing to take action against the Turkish navy to ensure the allies' sea control in the Mediterranean. The task of the Montenegro army is to cooperate with the Serbian army to fight in Macedonia.

The Battle of Benghazi was still in full swing. Montenegro, as the weakest country in the Balkan Alliance, first declared war on the Ottoman Empire and demanded that all Ottoman troops withdraw from the Balkan Peninsula.

Montenegro's declaration of war brought Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia into the final state of mobilization. Echoing Montenegro's claims, they jointly declared that the Ottoman Empire had given up its sovereignty over the Balkan Peninsula.
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