"By the way, what's the situation in the Mediterranean now?" Suddenly, the prince remembered that Europe is not peaceful now. The poor imperialism is still competing with a patient on a European sickbed. No news has been heard for so long. He has handed over all the military affairs to his uncle. He has been busy with these things recently and has ignored the situation in the Mediterranean.

"How to say it? The current situation is probably stable. The Italians have an advantage at sea. Although General Schell used the cover of the night to sweep out a waterway leading to the outside world with the help of minesweepers and successfully destroyed an Italian cruiser and several transport ships, the impact on the entire situation is still relatively limited."

"The Swordfish has achieved great results in its disguise to attack the mines deployed in the Adriatic Sea. According to our statistics, 15 ships of various ships of a total of 40,000 tons have been destroyed by mines. However, this action has aroused the alert from the Italian Navy. They began to blockade the Adriatic Sea. The Swordfish captain was also properly responded. Before the other party blocked, he disguised himself as a merchant ship and left the Eastern Mediterranean. Together with the Sway, he intercepted Italian merchant ships in the Atlantic. So far, these two warships have intercepted 21 Italian merchant ships with naval guns, with a total tonnage of 70,000 tons!" Earl Schelling said.

"It seems that the results of the camouflage attack ships at sea are better than our armored cruisers." The prince joked. In fact, if Prince Albert of Schell had not restrained most of the Italian Navy's power, I'm afraid the results of the two masculine attack ships would not be so good. Sometimes the role of the warships is not reflected in combat. Now, in order to block the giant beast, the Italians do not have sufficient strength to search for two camouflage attack ships in the Atlantic Ocean. This is also the fundamental reason why swordfish and sea wolf can be free until now.

"Where is the Italian army?" the prince thought about it and asked.

"To be honest, I think if we look at the performance of the Italian army alone, they are definitely not worthy of the great powers. Until now, the Italian army in Africa has about 120,000 people, but when fighting with our volunteer army and the Turks, they still have more defeats and fewer wins. The Italians are still very poor in terms of equipment and personnel quality. The most incredible thing is that the Italians' fighting will is not as good as the Turks. Once we successfully captured an Italian artillery company, which also had a large number of shells, but the Italian soldiers chose to surrender because they could not open the ammunition box without a pry stick." Earl Schelling couldn't help laughing here. It's really not easy for such a country to be independent!

"Very good, then continue to fight, and strive for this war to last more than two years until Italy can't afford it." The prince said indifferently. "How is the internal political situation in Turkey now?"

"Our partners have controlled the Istanbul and the Turkish governments in the name of military control. Although they have not overthrew the old Sudan, they have also been undermined. The cooperation between us and them has begun to be fully launched and everything is going according to the plan." Earl Schelling said.

Overall, the current situation is not small, but great! Taking advantage of the war period, the Turkish government has achieved a smooth transition, and its plan to support this little brother can be officially launched, while Italy is trapped in the quagmire of war. You should know that in history, Italy slowed down the development of the navy, devoted itself to developing the economy, and improved its national strength to a certain extent before it had the expansion of the dreadnought in the early stage of the War, as well as the heroic and confidence of a famous Italian poet, "Armed to the bow of the ship, go to the whole world." But now? I can only laugh!

Let’s talk about Italy, not to mention anything else, but they are somewhat resilient. Their desire for colonies and their desire to become a strong country are actually not worse than that of Germany, but their own strength is not enough. Whether it is the two invasions of Ethiopia in history, the Italian-Turkey War, or the participation in the Spanish Civil War before the Second World War, it shows this point. Although their strength is not strong enough, as long as they are not decisively defeated (such as the Battle of Aduva), they will persist, and such persistence will consume a lot of national strength!

This is like a person with poor teeth and insisting on competing with a mature beef tendon. The navy has fully mobilized, and there is still a 120,000 army in Africa. The consumption of this scale must be quite large, right? It is not an exaggeration to have more than 250,000 pounds a month? The prince is now wondering how much money Italy still has to throw in this bottomless pit!

Some are happy and some are sad. Some are happy, but some are naturally defeated. For example, the current Italian king Umberto I had been fighting for nearly half a year at this time. Both the Italian army and the navy had no more heroic spirit at the beginning of the war. The navy was better. It was a bite by Scher and lost a cruiser and several auxiliary ships. If the news of the constantly missing Italian transport ships could be automatically ignored, then the action would be considered effective. At least it blocked the opponent, right?

But the Italian Army is different. So far, it has given away all kinds of heads and lost. Even an officer from the Royal British Army who came to watch the battle once said sarcastically that if Turkey and Italy bordered, then the current Italian palace might have been hung with the flag of the Ottoman Sultan! The British, who were a little annoyed by the Boers, found confidence here.

"This war cannot continue like this. The army's offensive must be stepped up, and our transportation lines at sea must also be guaranteed, especially the latter, Duke Abuqilu, I don't care what method you use to find out the two attack ships that were rampant in the Atlantic Ocean! From the start of the war to now, our losses on these two attack ships have reached more than 500,000 pounds! The people in the country are panic and question the government's policies. The Germans do not want to let go, we can only rely on ourselves!" said Umberto I.

"Our current main fleet is divided into three batches, one for blockade of the Dardanelles, one for protecting the sea transportation lines in the Mediterranean, and one for preparing in the port. At the beginning, the Germans raided our port and destroyed two warships that were about to be launched, which made our main ships stretched. In order to deal with the fierce prince, we must have at least three main ships! Unless we can now buy a warship that is enough to match the Prince Albert-class armored cruiser!" said the Duke of Abuqilu.
Chapter completed!