Vol 4 Chapter 107: Culture store

This is an era of profit-making. The sudden farce of the Allies has quickly disappeared with the change of British foreign policy.
But the impact is far-reaching. The first is the Italians, and now they can't figure out what to do?
Jump back to the Allies? People's attitude is very obvious, not welcome! The French and French forces have occupied Rome. Who can believe that the benefits promised by John Niu can still be fulfilled?
No, there is not even a chance to join the Allies. Bulgarians and French have very tough attitudes, either surrender unconditionally or continue to fight!
Well, the enemies can see Italy's reality. No offense is needed at all. The food crisis is here. In a few months, Italy will collapse.
Stay in the ally? Sorry, when a traitor wanted to turn back, it was not easy, at least when he asked the Germans for assistance, he was out of luck!
For the Italian government, it is not important which party to join now, anyway, the tragedy is doomed!
The Allies win, they are defeated, and the Allies win, they also have to liquidate the traitors. They are no longer inside or out!
Vittorio Emanuele III is now truly unbroken, and there have been divisions within the Italian government.
The main faction advocates that the Allies should die to the end. They have received the support of most Italians. They have just been put together by the British. How can they not retaliate?
Lord and faction advocate ending the war. Anyway, now, no matter who loses or wins, Italy cannot have good fruit. Just let it go!
Well, the main faction is now a surrender. They are pessimistic about this war, thinking that if Italy continues the war, there will be no gains other than increasing casualties!
After participating in the war for more than a year, in addition to millions of casualties in Italy, the domestic economy has also been seriously injured. Without overseas trade, it will be difficult for them to fill their stomachs.
Personally speaking, Vittorio Emmanuel III is the main battle. The allies have not yet been defeated, so Italy is bullied by the allies; if the allies are finished, Italy is not to be divided up?
But intellectually, Italy can no longer continue this war. The reason why he promised the British was not because Italy was short of food, and this winter could not pass.
Moreover, the entire Confederate is now short of food. Otherwise, why should Germany and Austria-Hungary leave Bulgaria without fighting and run to grab food?
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The Secretary of the Army said excitedly: "His Majesty, the allies' approach has aroused the hatred of the Italian people. Now our army is very strong. As long as you give us an order, we can take back Rome and drive the enemy to the sea!"
Vittorio Emanuele III nodded with a bitter smile. There was no way he could just want to stop the truce and recover Rome afterwards, and then he would have the confidence to negotiate with the Allies.
At the same time, he was also desperate for the Italian Army. Nima is now very morale. Why did he go early? As long as they worked a little harder before, they would not let Rome fall for a day!
Little did he know that his escape with the Italian government was the main culprit in the loss of Rome. If they organize the army to resist in time, how can the 200,000 Italian army not be able to stop the enemy for a day!
Vittorio Emanuele III reluctantly asked, "What did the British representative Gilmore say?"
The Minister of Foreign Affairs replied in distress: "Gillmore has apologized to us. He has already contacted the country and they cannot do anything about what is happening now.
He suggested that we surrender directly to the Allies, and that the British Government would do its best to protect the interests of the Kingdom of Italy! "
Vittorio Emanuele III sneered and said, "One apology is over? Do they rarely give a reasonable explanation?
Let us surrender? Does he think we are all idiots? Still dare to believe their words? "
The last illusion is disillusioned, even if the Allies now tell him that this is just a misunderstanding, and then give up Rome, what he would do nothing happened.
Unfortunately, John Niu was too lazy to do the perfunctory work and directly passed Italy's dominance into the hands of France and Bulgaria.
The Prime Minister said angrily: "Your Majesty, order an attack! Now there are less than 200,000 enemies in Rome. We have gathered 800,000 troops now, and we can soon drive them out to sea!"
Vittorio Emanuele III knew that the Italian government was now the main faction of the war, and even if anyone wanted a truce, he would not dare to say it directly.
"Okay, then attack. At any cost, you must regain Rome as soon as possible!"
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Now in the city of Rome, Wallicot was busy sharing the loot with the French. The British did not want to attack Rome, so he was sent to pick up the railway. Naturally, the booty was not their share.
After conquering Rome, in addition to the defense, the most important thing was robberies. Banks and gold shops were ruined for the first time, then machine factories, shops, and finally the mansions of nobles and capitalists.
Even the palace of Vittorio Emmanuel III has not been let go, and the spoils from the collection are now piled up into hills.
The only flaw is that the church has been overlooked. This is the base camp of Catholicism. Ferdinand is also a "religious Catholic." Naturally, Valicotte could not make it.
If conditions permit, he really doesn't mind robbing the Vatican together. Of course, you can only think about this kind of thing. If you do, don't confuse in Europe.
Walcott said enthusiastically: "Mr. James, I think this allocation is very reasonable, this is already taking care of you!"
Major General James countered: "No, everyone is an ally. I represent the French Republic. We should evenly share the spoils!"
Wallicot just stared at him with a smile and didn't answer.
After a moment of silence, James shrugged again and said, "At least forty-six, we have made concessions!"
Wallicot said calmly: "No, or we simply do n’t distinguish, whoever we grab is who! You see that there are so many soldiers now, if someone is hiding, we do n’t know, even if the distribution ratio is determined, No one knows if you don't take it out! "
James said angrily: "No, you are so advanced, you have all the good things taken away first, and we have some residue left!
Thirty-seven points, this is our bottom line, otherwise let the foreign ministries of the two countries come to court! "
Wallicot calmly said, "Are you sure? If the foreign ministry is involved, are these spoils still yours?
It doesn't matter if we are in the hands of the government, can you still get it back? "
James's face changed. The troops in his hands were colonial cannon fodder troops. It was no wonder that he wanted to pull out these trophies from the government!
Now that the war has progressed, the French government is still clanging. Even the regular French army may not be able to take it out of the government!
James reluctantly said, "Hell! At least we have to take a quarter, otherwise we won't talk!"
Wallicot said with a smile: "Okay! Then a quarter, happy cooperation!"
The two men gave each other a smile, and as a commander of the coalition, Walekot naturally inclined the Bulgarian army.
This is already the practice. Anyway, the French are now colonial troops. Except for more than a thousand French officers, the remaining uncle Black is worthless. Major General James is too lazy to care about their lives.
This time is no exception, but James is too lazy to care about it. If they were to be responsible for the main attack, it is estimated that Rome is still in the hands of the Italians?
Insufficient strength, naturally the distribution of loot is also a loss. But it doesn't matter. At least he personally made a lot of money. The French officers who came with him made money. As for Uncle Black, they still want to share money?
Except for a part to be turned over to the military, the rest were divided by more than a thousand of them. The total is not as big as Bulgaria's harvest, but their per capita harvest is big!
And Walicot is even more indifferent. Bulgaria's military law is strict, and private loot should be lost. Anyway, the distribution can only be made after it has been turned in uniformly.
For most soldiers, they don't want to share money directly. It is better to convert land into land after the war.
Of course, the most important thing is that everyone takes out large items that cannot be hidden, such as small gold and silver jewelry, antique calligraphy and painting, etc. Of course, it is in whose hands it is, and most people will not recognize it. You can't search the other's barracks!
For example, the Bulgarian army ransacked the bank vault, and the gold in it disappeared, leaving only a bunch of Italian currency, and some of the Krona and Mark were gone.
Wallicot asked with a smile: "Are we harvesting statistics?"
The Chief Logistics Officer replied: "It is roughly calculated, but the specific value is still difficult to estimate. Even the pile of calligraphy and paintings and pots are not cultural relics, we have no way to count!"
Walcott nodded with satisfaction, saying, "Don't worry about that much, keep it as a cultural relic for me, and transport it back to the country to let the government handle it!"
I have to say that the Italians still have a family. They ransacked a Roman, and the goods obtained could build a British Royal Fleet.
Of course, this refers to the value before the outbreak of the war, which has been greatly devalued after the outbreak of the war. As a historical capital, the most valuable thing in Rome is not gold or machinery, but art and antiques!
But now these are not worth it. Ferdinand is just cheap. Before the attack on Rome, his cultural company followed the logistics department to the front.
Naturally, it is now open for business, buying loot in the hands of the French army, and waiting for the Italians to sell it themselves.
Anyway, the loot swallowed by French officers can't be seen, of course, it must be realized as soon as possible. In order to be able to count one by one, it doesn't matter if you don't, the current antique relics are all cabbage prices.
As for the Italians, the food in the city is now controlled. Every day, three hundred grams of rye ~ EbookFREE.me ~ This is their ration.
Of course, for the poor, it can still be persisted. Three hundred grams of rye can still make six or seven hundred grams of black bread, which can be dealt with for one day.
For rich people, this day will not be able to pass, who can afford black bread every day?
Other foods can only be bought naturally. Anyway, as long as they have money, basically any food can be bought from the state-run stores opened in Bulgaria, and they can still live the same luxurious life as before the war.
Hungry, naturally, the rich can only obediently pay for it. After all, the stomach cannot lie to people. Italian lira can't spend it. Sterling, franc, and lev are the normal currency. Of course, gold is better.
Then Ferdinand's cultural company began to do business, and bought a large number of antique cultural relics at the price of cabbage, no matter which country it is, they are unstoppable.
In the end, I was too lazy to distinguish between true and false. There was no way to distinguish between true and false, and Ferdinand could not find so many antique relic experts, as long as they were old, they were collected.