Chapter 2401： Italy Three

Although this paragraph is a bit exaggerated, the Italian army in history is not without the existence that can fight, but overall, the poor performance of the Italian military is beyond doubt. From national strength, strategy and tactics, to weapons and equipment, to combat training and fighting will, the level of Italy is really not good!

Even Ruprecht is not without malice that it would be better for Italy to not directly participate in the war during the war, and then use its neutral status to build some warships and parts for Germany? After all, the Italians’ shipbuilding technology was good until the end of World War II. Take the example of World War II, whether it’s the Veneto-class battleship, the Raza heavy cruiser, or the Duke of Abruci-class light cruiser are all wars. The boutique of the period!

(If you compare the same kind, the Duke of Abruzzi-class light cruiser can be regarded as the strongest existence in the 2nd battle light cruiser, especially the defensive power is even more terrible! The Duke of Abuqilu-class light cruiser is one of the few cruisers used The warship with a "belt-off" design, the side armor thickness is M hardened armor, which can completely narrow the immune zone to 6-inch guns to within 10 kilometers! As for underwater defense, don’t attack a standard platoon. A light cruiser of less than 10,000 tons is too demanding, but in actual combat, this class of light cruiser also has the performance of slipping back after a torpedo...)

However, considering the long construction period and protracted work of the Italian Navy's warships, this advantage has been greatly reduced. How can I say? Ruprecht feels that Italy, a country from top to bottom, is only suitable for stealing chickens, not for fighting tough battles. Let's make a metaphor. If the United States, Germany, Britain and Russia are professional players in the "World War online". Japan and France are high-end players with little spare capacity. So Italy is purely amusement player... This attitude and preparation is totally funny!

Italy is a real speculator on the issue of war. They hope to improve their status through war and ease internal conflicts, but they do not have enough awareness of the cruelty of war. In addition, it is not a first-class power, so the "ethics" aspect is also very low. When the situation is good, go up and get a piece of the pie, when the situation is bad, decisively surrender.

The Italian army is not suitable for the world war in terms of equipment, personnel quality, and will. If you can find a lot of reasons for defeating Britain and the United States in the second war, then in the second invasion of Ethiopia, it will fight a backward Africa. The country, the Italian army actually paid the price of 20,000 people killed and 188,000 injured! This is completely incompatible with the equipment and military advantages that Italy has!

Therefore, Ruprecht believes that Italy's advantage as a military ally is really small. Even if there is no possibility of betrayal in Italy, Ruprecht will be very cautious when using the Italian army... . The combat effectiveness of most Italian troops is really unreliable!

"From the current point of view, Italy is not a suitable military ally. I have always believed that as a military ally, we must put all military forces under the grand strategy. Each ally has its own mission, army and logistics. The system should achieve a certain degree of unity. In order to be more efficient, each ally must make certain sacrifices and concessions in order to meet the strategy. But unfortunately, Italy currently does not want to connect with us militarily."

"Furthermore, due to the performance of the Italian armed forces in previous wars, we do not trust the combat effectiveness of the Italian army, and it is difficult to complete the current military tasks we have assigned to Italy. The Italian government and society are also very low in their ability to bear war damage. "The crown prince said.

"I personally have some opinions on the Italian issue." At this moment, Buhler, who was sitting at the bottom, suddenly spoke, and his words caught everyone's attention like lights in the night.

"Whether it is ultimately whether Italy is willing to truly become our ally, we all need to firmly tie Italy to us economically and politically. When necessary, we can even use political and economic pressure to force Italy to submit! We! The Italian market is needed, and Italian human resources are needed, and because of Italy's previous performance, we don't need to adopt a gentle policy toward Italy!" Buhler said.

"Need Italian market and human resources?" Prince Albert frowned slightly, a little dissatisfied with Buhler, who was killed halfway.

"Yes, it is human resources and the market. I recently studied the situation of Parliament in Prussia carefully. We occupy a large amount of territory, and there are more than tens of millions of square kilometers of colonies. In order to develop these places, we need a large number of experienced Workers and sufficient labor, but unfortunately, our local population is not enough. This will severely restrict our development."

"I have checked relevant information. Before the war, a large number of Italians, especially skilled workers, worked in Austria. The number even exceeded six figures. Even during the war, there were still many Italians working in Austrian factories. The above has alleviated the shortage of staff in Austria. The reason why a large number of Italians choose to work in Austria is largely because of higher salaries and benefits. I feel that we now need to introduce the door of labor Open more to make up for our lack of labor." Buhler said.

"There is this kind of operation?" After listening to it, Prince Albert had to admit that Buhler's brain was indeed a bit novel! Immediately, he looked at Crown Prince Ruprecht.

"Yes, although Italian industry is low-level among the big powers, some of the technologies are still good, and Italian skilled workers benefit from the special Italian small workshop-style production methods. Their personal level is very good, so it is not only Austrian. , Bavaria also has a certain number of Italians working, even during the war.” Ruprecht said.

After all, Italy still bears the name of a great power. The military industry, such as the Andorsha factory, Fiat's cars and Machi's aerospace design, are also well-known brands in World War I. Therefore, the crown prince paid great attention to the introduction of Italian technicians and skilled workers before. And their presence has indeed played a role in the development of Bavaria and Austria.

However, this kind of personnel flow is destined to be small-scale. On the one hand, the gap of technicians in Bavaria and Austria was relatively small, and on the other hand, it was because of the later restrictions in Italy. The crown prince did not consider this issue, but he did not expect that Buhler actually thought of it, and it was very interesting!

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