Chapter 632： Changes in Italy

The news that Romania built the world’s first jet plane did not attract much attention. This is not the world's first successful plane test flight, unless Romania flies out of the atmosphere, this can cause a sensation in the world.

However, people who also study jet engines in other countries are very concerned about this, but their attention does not affect their governments. The reason is very simple. At present, the Jet is not practical. At most, don't let the Romanians lead too much next time.

And when the report was placed on the desk of Edel, the king who also served as Bulgaria dragged his exhausted body and looked at it seriously for a while, and then he gave an instruction to keep working hard and it was over.

There is no way that the current jet aircraft will not be available until the latter part of World War II. Now this report only shows that Romania has made progress in the development of jets.

Also, Edel is too busy these days. Not only does he have to meet people from all walks of life in Bulgaria, but he also has to investigate the actual situation in various parts of Bulgaria. He was busy all day long and didn't touch the ground at all. Even the death of Hindenburg, Edel just sent people to participate.

Actually, after Hitler became Chancellor, Edel knew that no one could stop Germany from rearranging. And the death of Hindenburg made him more and more monopolized.

Moreover, his actual ally, Italy, is becoming more and more restless. The ambassador to Italy reported to him, and more and more reports about Ethiopia in Italy. This makes Edel feel the leader's restless heart, and he is likely to turn his attention to this East African country.

This may be a chain reaction brought about by Edel becoming King of Bulgaria. Although the Italian government, which has obtained Libyan oil resources, has much better life than in history, the impact of the economic crisis on its citizens has not subsided. The main reason is that Italy's oil interests are divided up by the upper strata, and the interests left to the lower strata are not satisfactory. Moreover, Italy's economic recovery is also in the foreseeable future because of the lack of sufficient markets.

So in the face of domestic dissatisfaction, the regime headed by Mussolini thought of a way to divert national attention. In fact, within the Italian government, there is a lot of controversy as to which target to choose to start with. Some people think that the Kingdom of Albania in the Balkans should be a priority. Because this small country faces Italy across the sea, annexing this country will help Italy expand its influence in the Balkans.

But those who oppose it believe that it is because Albania is in the Balkans. If it is annexed, it is likely to cause strong opposition from Britain, France, Yugoslavia and Greece. Moreover, with Romania taking the lead to win Bulgaria, if Italy joins again, it will overreact Yugoslavia and Greece, which are already wary of abnormalities.

The people who hold these views mainly come from the steady factions in the Italian government. They believe that once the mountain country of Albania encounters resistance in the process of entering, it will be universally sympathized by European countries, which is very detrimental to Italy.

Also, Italy does not have enough legal basis to support it to convince other countries. Therefore, things like Edel's election by the Bulgarian people as the king cannot happen to the Albanians.

It is different for Ethiopia, because it is located in eastern Africa, and European countries will not contribute too much to it. Moreover, it is not the sphere of influence of Britain and France, nor will it touch the nerves of the two countries.

Yes, currently Europe generally has no sense for the African continent. For swarthy skin, there is no idea of ​​the same world.

The Italian government, after careful consideration, finally chose Ethiopia as the target of the people’s attention.

Its location in Africa is one side, and the ability to link the current Italian colony of Eritrea in East Africa with Italian Somalia is also related.

The current Italian colonies in East Africa are mainly Eritrea and Somalia, but there are British and French divided into two unconnected parts from the north. The current governor of East Africa, General E de Bono, also promoted the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. One of the pushers.

Under his leadership, the Italian army has repeatedly provoked and created friction in the border areas of the two sides, and took the opportunity to publicize that this is news of Ethiopia’s dissatisfaction with Italy.

Therefore, under the impetus of the upper echelons of Italy, its domestic newspapers and radio stations have been their platforms, as if Ethiopia is eyeing the Italian East African territories. This naturally attracted dissatisfaction from the Italian people, and it also pushed the Kingdom of Italy to step up military preparations.

However, the Italian government knows that it needs diplomatic public relations with Britain and France to win Ethiopia, so Mussolini signed the "Treaty of Italy and France" with French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval. The treaty stipulates that France grants Italy "freedom of movement" in Ethiopia.

The reason for France to do this is because France wants to focus Italy on Africa. In Germany, with Hitler coming to power and Romania doing things in the Balkans, France thought that Italy would also be excited, so instead of waiting for Italy to cause unrest in Europe, it is better to vent its energy to the mountainous country of East Africa. And Ethiopia is full of high mountains, which helps increase consumption in Italy.

And the Italian government is ecstatic after getting the guarantee from France thinks this has cleared a big obstacle.

However, Britain is opposed to it because it fears that Italy’s move may shake its rule in East Africa, Egypt and Sudan. For this reason, the Italian government continues to negotiate with it.

In the subsequent negotiations, Britain considered that the risk of a war with Italy was too great. Moreover, he can be brought over, and he believes that the sacrifice of Ethiopia can make Mussolini not ally with Germany, and finally hint to Italy that it will not interfere in aggression.

After Britain and France gave it the green light, the anti-Ethiopian remarks in Italy reached a climax. For this reason, a telegram from the ambassador to Italy came.

As for the decision of Italy to invade Ethiopia, Edel cannot say that he is not optimistic. However, in history, the Italian invasion was quite a failure. The 300,000 modern Italian army and the 450,000-500,000 backward tribal army in Ethiopia also required heavy casualties to win, which is amazing. Moreover, the Ethiopian army lags behind in tactics, and only knows that it is costly to play positional battles.

Although it is not the kind of javelin-holding unit on the previous life online, but even the rifle still has the kind of front-loading unit. The Italian army, which is equipped with aircraft, tanks, and poisonous gas, also made a lot of jokes about this.

But Edel does not intend to get involved. On the one hand, Italy would not like to see others intervene. On the other hand, let the leader see the Italian army fighting bravely, lest the leader mistakenly estimate his own strength.