v3 Chapter 149： Italy is a laughing stock

After the Battle of Harrell, Giuseppe Garibaldi decided to suspend the attack in order to avoid further defeat.

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But this made Italian Prime Minister Luigi Carlo Farini feel the pressure on his shoulders, the ridicule of his European counterparts came in waves, and he saw Emmanuel II several times. Your Majesty, although the other party did not blame him, his tone was no longer as friendly as before.

So on January 12, 1863, he telegraphed an order for Giuseppe Garibaldi to take Harrell as soon as possible and then advance towards Addis Ababa.

Giuseppe Garibaldi did not obey Prime Minister Luigi's orders, but adopted a policy of appeasement, asking the Ethiopians in Harar to accept the advanced Italian rule, which would bring them a better life. Instead of living like a slave like now.

However, this attacking strategy did not have any effect.

The Ethiopians shouted unyielding slogans and cooperated with the army to continue to fight against the Italian invaders.

The combat effectiveness of the Italian invaders was greatly weakened by the lack of food and fresh water resources.

After the failure of Giuseppe Garibaldi's appeasement policy, at the repeated urging of Prime Minister Luigi, when 3,000 people from Djibouti arrived, a group of 6,500 people launched a direct attack on Harrell on January 14. total attack.

As a result, it was stubbornly resisted by the Ethiopian army under the command of Crown Prince Menelik of Ethiopia. After three days of fierce fighting, Giuseppe Garibaldi occupied the city on the evening of January 17 with a one-to-one battle. , but due to heavy casualties, the troops were not replenished with nuclear weapons and equipment, and they lost the ability to continue to advance Addis Ababa to the capital.

At this time, the Western Front was also hindered, because in Desai they met De Boser, the Ethiopian Minister of War, who led 15,000 men against Alfonso Ferrero La Marmera's 1,000 Although the weapons were advanced, the manpower gap was too great. From the very beginning, the Italian army was at a disadvantage.

This is why Luigi has repeatedly urged the Eastern Front to move forward.

On January 19, when the royal families of Europe all sent their members to participate in the engagement of William IV of the Netherlands, Italian Prime Minister Luigi, when Italy again sent the Evans army to the eastern front and south from Djibouti, joined Giuseppe. When Garibaldi was in the army, Prime Minister Luigi sent an order again, requesting Giuseppe Garibaldi to advance to Addis Ababa immediately after capturing Harar.

However, Giuseppe Garibaldi again refused to carry out Luigi's orders.

However, when Emmanuel II's order arrived, the military veteran still carried out the king's order.

However, when the army was not fully accommodated, when Gota was occupied again, the Ethiopian military-civilian integration model caused the Italian army to lose more than 2,000 people, and it was instantly reduced to 20,000 people. Chiara, the losses add up to more than 5000, the closer you get, the stronger the resistance, the loss of Joda, when it reaches Nazret in front of Addis Ababa, this Italian army is left with only 15000 people.

On January 25, in just 20 days from 30,000 people to the present, more than half of the losses have been made.

Such a loss has never happened since Giuseppe Garibaldi joined the army, and even when he fought against Austrian rule that year, there was no such great loss.

The strength of this African native is evident.

By this time, Europe viewed the Italian invasion as a joke.

The western front is still keeping 20,000 Ethiopian troops there, but the eastern front cannot grasp such an opportunity.

Many insiders feel sorry for this, and at the same time they are shocked by Ethiopia's combat power.

But when one side of the news reported by the Italian newspaper "Milan" appeared, all countries were stunned.

Because this report said that there were Prussians in the Ethiopian army training them, and many of the weapons they used were purchased from the Netherlands.

As this article has been read by more and more people, other newspapers have followed suit.

Countries finally understood that Ethiopia had received support from Prussia and the Netherlands after paying a lot of price.

Prime Minister Bismarck said when asked about it in Berlin: "I don't know what you want to know, but what I can tell you is that Prussia was already developing relations there long before Italy attacked Ethiopia. , Ethiopia has even handed over a lot of places in the eastern part of the country to Prussia in order to conduct military exchanges with us and convince Prussia of their sincerity.

And Prussia started to teach Ethiopia military training for self-protection half a year ago in accordance with the practice of courtesy and exchange. As a result, everyone is probably clear now. Once again, we are not targeting anyone or any country. We are trading, remember Live, we're willing to trade, including anyone"

"Prime Minister Bismarck meant that even if Italy wanted to, Prussia would be willing to send instructors to Italy to teach Prussian experience. Is that what he said?"

"Yes, you can understand that"

Dutch Prime Minister Tolbeck was also asked about the matter said: "The Netherlands has a very wide range of transactions. We now have transactions with various countries, including the United Kingdom. We have business in the north and south of the United States. We are all doing it. Some time ago, we just sold 10,000 guns and 10 cannons to the North. The South is also buying from the UK, and at the same time, it is also asking us for prices and doing business. You're a fool if you don't make money, right?

The Netherlands has a huge military industry, and it does not control the mainland. In the Far East, our arms business is also good. Some time ago, France bought 100,000 rounds of ammunition from the arms dealer in our East India because of the shortage of ammunition during the South Vietnam War. To this end, we have also added a lot of jobs.

As the global arms business is getting bigger and bigger, we have begun to develop various arms production chains in the Australian mainland. The arms produced there will be built into an arms depot dedicated to supplying buyers in Africa, the Far East, and North and South America. Ethiopia's arms are the arms produced in Jakarta, the Far East Dutch East India. As for the war between Italy and Ethiopia, we will not participate in it, we are just doing business."

Just doing business?

Just yet?

Selling arms is still sold in such a large amount, and it is called not participating in the war?

The words of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands made both Emmanuel II of Italy and Prime Minister Luigi angry, and both had the urge to curse.

Bismarck's words, at least the time was stated, set for half a year ago, but the Netherlands still unabashedly expressed that they didn't mind the time point. Obviously, the Netherlands didn't care about Italy's reaction, which made them look very embarrassed. Click to download this site APP, massive novels, free to read!