Mediterranean Hegemony Road

One wave is not flat, another wave is rising!

The alternative Italy among the powers jumped out again, as Bismarck described "the teeth are worm-eaten, but the appetite is not small!"

Since July 17, 1894, Italy invaded Ethiopia and occupied Tigray in the north; in March 1895, Italy continued to launch a war of aggression and occupied Adiugra, Aduwa and other places.

If you think this is the end, that's too much to underestimate our Italian appetite! At the same time as the invasion of Ethiopia, the Italians were also very interested in the British plan to divide up Turkey.

However, the Italians have a bigger appetite. In the British plan, Albania was added, and the British agreed!

However, this obviously aroused the dissatisfaction of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and this hand reached out to his own backyard!

Does Albania matter? In essence, for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, that's what happened, not worth mentioning! In the hands of the fading Ottoman Empire, it can be independent, and Austria-Hungary has no plans to annex Albania.

But the premise is that it cannot fall into the hands of foreign powers, which will weaken the influence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Balkans!

In the Balkans, it is enough to have the Austro-Hungarian Empire as a great power, and it is enough for the Russian Empire to stretch out a tentacle. It is a European road roller, and labor and capital have to endure it!

What qualifications do you have in Italy? ? Could it be that just because you are allies, I can tolerate you reaching into my back garden?

The Germans were also dissatisfied. Baron Holstein believed that it was the British who created conflicts in the "German-Austrian-Italian Tripartite Alliance", thereby disintegrating the Tri-Power Alliance, so he instructed the German representative to express that Germany had no interest in the Near East and refused to participate. The British plan to divide Turkey!

Without the participation of the Germans, the Austro-Hungarian Empire naturally also withdrew. The Italians are still inseparable from the support of the Germans, and reluctantly expressed their non-participation!

Don't worry, things in Italy are not over yet. Although Ethiopia is a weak chicken, it depends on who to compare with?

Against the European powers, or ordinary European countries, the Ethiopian army is really not good. But if you encounter an alternative among the powers like Italy, everything will be different!

At the beginning, the Ethiopian government was frightened by the name of the Italian powers and retreated step by step, and finally the Ethiopian government could no longer bear it.

On September 17, 1895, the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II published the "Edict to the People" which shocked the world.

Don't get me wrong, the edict itself can only be said to be quite satisfactory, but the influence it caused afterwards shocked the world.

Italy has set another world record, a record that can only be broken by the Italians themselves!

On December 7, 1895, Duke Maconan commanded 30,000 Ethiopian troops to conduct a decisive battle with the Italian troops in Pingding Mountain, Araji.

The result shocked the world. For the first time, the Egyptian army re-created the creative army on the Pingding Mountain of Araji, annihilated 2,400 people, and recovered Merkle in January of the following year. The Italians were defeated so neatly!

This is not over yet. On March 1, 1896, the Battle of Adua broke out. Menelik II personally led an army of 100,000 troops to fight the Italian army again in Adua.

There is no doubt that the Italian army played at a normal level this time.

Unsurprisingly, the Italian army was defeated again! But his casualty rate is the highest in the Italian wars. It can be seen that the Italians are not really that incompetent, they will also work hard!

The Egyptian army used the tactics of interspersed and divided, each attack, combined frontal assault and flank detours, annihilated 17,000 enemies (more than 12,000 people were killed and wounded, and more than 4,000 people were captured), and seized a large number of weapons and equipment.

After the Battle of Adua, Italy was unable to fight again, and was forced to conclude the Addis Ababa Peace Treaty with Egypt in October of the same year.

Recognize Ethiopia's independence and pay 10 million liras in reparations. This war was the first victory for the African people in modern times against the colonialist invasion.

Well, none of this is the point! There are not a few examples of failed invasions by foreign powers. The Italians were simply defeated a little bit!

The point is that the Italians actually conceded defeat. It was already a shame to lose, but as long as you win back later and win the final victory, it's no big deal!

The Anglo-Boer War is an example. No matter how much the losses were, the British persevered. In the end, they exhausted the Boers to death and won the war, without compromising the reputation of the empire on which the sun never sets!

But the Italian government didn't know what was going on, and was actually frightened. It directly conceded defeat to Ethiopia, recognized Ethiopia's independence, and paid 10 million liras of war reparations.

The Italian government cannot be completely blamed either. The Crisby government fell after the defeat of the war, and there is no chance for revenge! Not to mention the new government, knowing that Ethiopia is a hard bone, why should it be chewed? ?

Isn't keeping it just to show the incompetence of the previous government? Only when there is contrast can there be harm. Only the incompetence of the previous session can bring out the shrewdness and ability of this session! Why risk failure to wipe the ass of the previous government?

This is incredible, the European powers can't beat the African chiefs! The whole world is watching the Italian joke, hence the name Italian Pasta Army!

Ferdinand knew that the consequences were more than that. After this battle, the soul of the Italian Army was gone!

Any country in Europe is fighting against the Italian army, as long as you think that the Italian army can't even handle the African chiefs, the morale will be high and the combat effectiveness will be bursting.

Then in the next Europa Universalis, the Italian Army has always been the role of soy sauce, always the enemy's favorite opponent, and the allies' most troublesome teammate!

In any case, the Italians did a good thing and successfully attracted the attention of the powers. The aftermath of the Bulgarian War was suppressed, in line with Ferdinand's low-key personality!

It's not so easy for the British to admit defeat. The Triple Alliance did not pass, isn't it the Franco-Russian alliance?

In this era, the Franco-Russian alliance still has the advantage over the three-nation alliance! As long as the support of France and Russia is obtained, the purpose of the British to stabilize the rear can still be accomplished!

It is a pity that the French are not interested in the Armenian issue. Gabriel Arnotto, the French foreign minister who served in Constantinople, said: Without the intervention of the foreign powers, the Armenian issue will be better resolved!

The attitude of the French is obvious. They have no interest in carving up the Ottoman Empire. At most, they have some economic interests. The Armenian issue has chosen to stand with its ally, the Russians, diplomatically.