Chapter 629： News from Italy (thanks to Xiaoxing's leader and full stop...

"You said Italy wants another batch of supplies?"

Edel, who had just returned to Bucharest, was surprised by the news brought by the Prime Minister and a number of ministers.

No way, Romania is not opening a shantang, just casually supporting Italy. Besides, Romania is still at war, so there is no time to support neutral Italy.

Just when Edel wanted to refuse, he suddenly stopped.

"Italy proposes to ask for supplies at this time, is it planning to participate in the war?"

"Sure enough, your Majesty. Indeed, Italy intends to join us, but Prime Minister Mussolini requested that they need to provide them with a batch of supplies. Because Italy had insufficient preparations before, many supplies had gaps."

The Prime Minister's words made Edel finally let go of his worry. Mussolini finally plans to end, as long as Italy is off, then Romania and Germany will get a good helper.

That's right, this is not only what Edel thought but also Hitler thought. Only compared with Germany, Romania has a higher demand for Italy, so the cunning Hitler will win over Italy's work, mainly by Romania. The name is called so that the two countries can better coordinate their interests in the Mediterranean.

As for Romania's closeness to Italy, Hitler does not care now, because Germany is naturally stronger than the two countries, but what he does will definitely make the relationship between the two countries better. Moreover, Germany's arch enemy France is on the side, so he has no extra energy to take care of these things.

Edel wanted to understand this, and then he said. "How much supplies does our Italian friend want this time?"

There was no response to Edel's question, which made him feel a little strange.

"Your Majesty, let's see for yourself."

Prime Minister Mihalaki took out a list and placed it in front of Edel.

Edel leaned forward to see it. "310 tanks of various types, 40,000 tons of various artillery shells, 312 artillery of various calibers, 841 anti-aircraft guns, and 1,000 engines. Various chemical products such as hydrochloric acid, potassium, and sulfuric acid total 3,000 tons, and ordinary steel materials are 200,000 tons. Tons, 15,000 tons of high-quality armored steel, and 2,000 machines of various types."

This long list of lists made Edel not know what to say, and the feeling that Mussolini is here to eat. Don't underestimate these lists of supplies, which are worth more than 300 million U.S. dollars.

No wonder the prime minister dare not speak, such a list must be opened by yourself.

Edel's first thought was to negotiate with Italy to reduce the number on the list. It's just that as soon as this idea appeared in his mind, it was dismissed by him. There is no way that others do not know the strength of the Italian army, can he still not know.

This looking good army was exposed after encountering the British army, and was beaten up by the British army, which restored the morale of the British army. And this is not what Edel wants to see. He needs the Italian army that has been able to temporarily contain the British army, even if it only contains Romania to prepare for landing.

So after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said. "According to Italy's request, we can give these supplies."

And Edel's words shocked the prime minister and the people immediately, and the Foreign Secretary Costel couldn't help but speak. "Your Majesty, just agree to it."

Edel nodded and answered. "Yes, just agree to it."

Seen in Edel, it is better to agree now than to bargain. This allowed Romania to shorten the preparation time, because Edel intends to take advantage of the British navy’s lack of opportunity in the Eastern Mediterranean to cause Romania’s landing in the Middle East as soon as possible, so the Italian navy’s help is needed to contain the French navy.

Despite the fact that the French navy was silent in World War II in history, it still has a navy of more than 700,000 gross tonnage, including 1 aircraft carrier, 5 battleships and 7 heavy cruisers. The Richelieu class battleship (2 ships) and the Alsace class battleship (2 ships) are the backbone of the Italian navy.

Among them, the premature Richelieu-class battleships are two 380mm-caliber battleships built for naval competition with Italy. As for the Alsace-class battleship, it was to deal with it. Later, Italy built three 406MM-caliber Emperor-class and prepared.

This warship is equipped with 3 3-piece 406 mm main guns, with a standard of 44,000 tons and a full load of 53,125 tons. This class is 251 meters long, 35.5 meters wide, and has a speed of 30 knots.

This is why Edel needs to bring Italy into the camp. Because of the increase in Romanian naval power, it will naturally affect the shipbuilding of other countries. Not to mention that after Italy obtained Libyan oil, it was an impatient shipbuilding plan, and it gave birth to a different Richelieu class. As for the Alsace class behind, it was also because of the French response after Italy obtained the 406-caliber gun.

Therefore, facing the increasing strength of the British and French navies, the Romanian navy must have allies. There is no better ally than Italy, and Edel must pull Italy into the water before he can attack the Middle East. The two are complementary to each other. For the future of industrial blood, what does it matter if Edel is now atmospheric for a while, anyway, then Italy will know that the benefits of Romania are not so easy to take, and it is very hot.

It's just that Edel knows this, but the government doesn't. After hearing Edel's words, the prime minister and foreign minister thought they were from Italy if they didn't know that their king was from Germany. Your Majesty is very kind to Italy. This is the first time I have given supplies.

It's just Edel who makes the decision. They can't even object to it, so they can only acquiesce in Edel's decision. Although I can't object to it, I still need your Majesty to know his attitude.

Seeing that his prime minister was silent, Edel thought it would be better to clear them up, after all, they are the backbone of the government.

"Prime Minister, are you confused about my decision?"

Edel was talking about the Prime Minister in name, but who knows that this includes himself.

"Yes, Your Majesty. The Italians are too greedy. They always ask for nothing, and they have not fulfilled the duties of the alliance."

Facing Edel's inquiry, Mihalaki bluntly pointed out his dissatisfaction.

"Yes, Italians are not trustworthy and at this time, Deputy Chief Kelsteff also agreed.

The words of the two prime ministers made everyone else nod to themselves.

Edel saw the situation before him and knew that not persuading them would have a bad influence on the next work, so he immediately spoke. "I know that everyone is dissatisfied with the several requests for supplies from Italy, but in fact I am not satisfied inside."

Edel's words made the people present feel incredible. Didn't your majesty nod and agree with the aid?

Edel was very satisfied, and saw him continue to talk about the performance of the senior management. "But dissatisfaction returns to dissatisfaction. Now is the time of war. We must put all these emotions away. In order to defeat Britain and France and seize sufficient benefits, we cannot push Italy to Britain and France. Everyone knows the process of the last war. The importance of Italy to us."

Although Edel's remarks did not dispel their dissatisfaction, at least it would not affect the next work.

After Edel agreed to provide material assistance to Italy, Mussolini's preparations accelerated, and the Italian government is now carrying out military mobilization in addition to collecting various materials.

Britain and France were shocked by Italy's mobilization, and asked its ambassador to test the Italian government's tone more than once. The Italian government gave an excuse that in response to the current tensions in Europe, Italy must have a military force sufficient to deter the enemy.

Although Britain and France did not say anything, it is an indisputable fact that France is adding troops to the border between the two countries. Not only that, Britain and France are also speeding up the deployment of troops to Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Tanzania and other places.

But none of this can stop Italy's determination. By October 30, Italy officially announced its participation in the Axis camp and declared war on Britain and France.

Since then, the European battlefield will become even more confusing.