African Nationhood

Long-distance raids test the physical strength and endurance of soldiers the most. After an army of 10,000 people landed, it was impossible to hide.

Therefore, they were all killed along the way. When the South Chinese Army arrived outside Mogadishu, the Italians here had long been awakened by the sound of gunfire and were ready.

Today, there are only a few thousand soldiers in Mogadishu, most of whom are indigenous soldiers, and the pure Italian army only has a few hundred people.

How could an indigenous army with thousands of backward weapons be the opponent of the elite armed South China Army? It was only a matter of time before Mogadishu fell.

The Duke of Abruzzo, who was still in the Somali colony, was confused by Nanhua's sudden attack. He contacted Nanhua urgently, but there was no response.

In desperation, he could only contact the local area and ask for countermeasures.

King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy and Prime Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando were both stunned.

Why did Nan Hua take action even after a disagreement?

Didn’t we agree on 72 hours?
While calling Nanhua, they notified the leaders of Britain and France as well as the Allied Commander Foch.

Marshal Foch said directly that there was nothing I could do.

Therefore, troops were sent to capture Mogadishu. Now Mogadishu is under the control of the South China Army.

I sent another telegram, and Prime Minister Ouyang Geng responded directly this time.

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In addition, our Chairman Shi asked me to tell the Italians that if the warships are not withdrawn, Nanhua will directly launch an attack once the 72-hour time limit is up.

Unexpectedly, this country dominated by Chinese is so sharp and too powerful.

The Duke of Abruzzo has also become a prisoner of Nanhua. His personal safety is not in danger, but his movement is restricted.

Although Prime Minister Lloyd George was deeply moved, his desire to weaken Nanhua was not extinguished.

Britain has strongly condemned South China's bad behavior against its allies, and Britain absolutely supports Italy.

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They also did not forget to instruct the naval ships parked in the port of Trieste to pay attention to safety and prevent being attacked by the South China Army.

Prime Minister Lloyd George called the King and Prime Minister of Italy and told them not to be afraid.

They asked the leaders of Britain and France to quickly stop South China's invasion of Mogadishu.

Prime Minister Ouyang Geng called back and said that he was not sure about the matter and needed to verify it. Please wait patiently.

This decisive and ruthless style shocked and frightened the leaders of Britain and France. They wanted to test Nanhua.

The two heads of state waited for several hours with no results, and finally realized that Nanhua was stalling for time.

Since you want to mediate, you have to see how the two sides are fighting.

The leaders of Britain and France sent a question telegram just as they had warned Italy before.

Saying that he had verified it, Chairman Nan Hua Shi was very angry at the Italians' provocative behavior and decided to teach the Italians a lesson.

The Italians had no choice but to pin their hopes on the leaders of Britain and France.

The leaders of Britain and France did not expect that Nanhua would be so violent. Before Italy could do anything, they took the lead.

The leaders of Britain and France naturally agreed, but who knew that Prime Minister Ouyang Geng's verification had disappeared.

The King of Italy and the Prime Minister looked at each other. What about the support that the British guy promised?
They refused to give up and contacted French President Raymond Poincaré. Unexpectedly, the French President's words were exactly the same as those of the British Prime Minister.

The Italians were completely speechless now, and they quickly figured it out.

Britain and France did not dare to get involved with Nanhua at this time, otherwise something would definitely happen on the Western Front battlefield. Their top priority was to kill the Germans. They had asked them to confront Nanhua before, purely to test Nanhua's attitude.

Now that Nan Hua has reacted so strongly, they are cowed and don't dare to provoke Nan Hua at all.

What to do next?

By withdrawing the warships, it is clear that they are afraid of Nanhua. If they do not withdraw, they will really dare to fight.

Now fight with Nan Hua for a while?
Italy's national strength has long been exhausted, and another war with Nanhua is simply courting death.

The Italians are not fools. The troops sent by Nanhua to Europe were able to kill less than 40 people, and their local army was definitely 2 to 3 times larger.

Although this political system has only been in power for a few decades, their population has been growing rapidly.

Although there is no exact figure for the total population, there must be tens of millions of people.

With such a large population base, if it is widely mobilized, the number of troops will definitely crush Italy.

Britain and France were once defeated by Nanhua, and now they have conquered the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire with the help of armored vehicles, rocket launchers and submarines.

Italy really does not have the courage to fight Nanhua to the end, so the most important thing now is to get Britain and France to intervene in mediation.

With the intervention of Britain and France, Italy also had an excuse to withdraw its warships from the port of Trieste and take back Mogadishu from South China.

Otherwise they wouldn't be able to end it.

Italian Prime Minister Orlando once again called the leaders of Britain and France to express his intention.

Britain and France made good verbal promises, but they put aside the matter of contacting Nanhua. They planned to continue to wait and see.

The Italians waited for the result, but there was no result.

Time was passing. When the leaders of Britain and France were asked, they said that Nanhua had not responded yet.

Now the Italian is sweating on his forehead, what should he do?
In the end, it was the Italian Prime Minister who came up with the idea. Let's hold on until the 71st hour, if there is no news from Britain and France.

We will withdraw the warships again, so that we can answer the questions to the people at home. Just say that we got mediation from Britain and France and took the lead in withdrawing warships to show our sincerity.

It would be better if we get news from Britain and France before this.

After listening to the Prime Minister's suggestion, the King of Italy thought it would be okay to do this.

But he immediately rejected the previous idea and said hesitantly: "These despicable yellow-skinned monkeys have no trustworthiness at all.

It was said to be 72 hours, but who knew that they captured Mogadishu in just over 48 hours.

Now that Mogadishu and the Duke of Abruzzo are in their hands, is there any point in holding on? "

The Italian Prime Minister thought for a while and said resolutely: "Your Majesty, this is related to the dignity of the country. We cannot retreat. Once we retreat, what will the people think of us?
Even if we question the South China government, they will definitely argue that the war in Africa has nothing to do with Europe.

If we withdraw the warships early, it means that we are really afraid of them.

In that case, we will always be at a disadvantage in subsequent negotiations and will not be able to negotiate with them on an equal footing. "

While the prime minister is right, the Italian king is even more pessimistic.

"Whether we withdraw the warships or not, we have already lost. Those Chinese monkeys will not show us any mercy at all.

This attempt was a mistake and we should stop the loss in time. "

But Prime Minister Orlando feels that he should keep the beginning and end, and must tighten the situation and not let those South Chinese people continue to despise Italy.

But to be on the safe side, he ordered his men to constantly urge the leaders of Britain and France, hoping that they could stop the development of subsequent events in time.

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The time is gradually approaching 71 hours, and the 72-hour deadline will be reached in more than an hour.

The captain of the Italian Navy's dreadnought ship "Giulio Caesar", Berlusoni Battista, was in a state of panic at the moment. He didn't know what was going on above him, but he still hadn't given the order to retreat after so long.

Do we really want to fight Nanhua to the end?
Nanhua's submarines have active sonar, so they can walk on the bottom of the sea without any problems.

They hunted down dozens of German and Austro-Hungarian submarines, and more than a dozen Austro-Hungarian warships.

Once a conflict starts, they have no chance of winning.

At 71 hours, a signal soldier quickly ran into the bridge.

"Report to captain, Admiralty telegram."

Captain Batista hurriedly took the telegram and checked it. After reading it, a smile appeared on his face.

"Give the order to go down and prepare to weigh anchor."

After hearing the captain's order, all the sailors and soldiers on the ship breathed a sigh of relief. They smiled and could finally leave.

I thought the higher-ups wanted us to be buried here. Fortunately, the guys above were not stupid enough.

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Standing on the coastal defense turret, Ou Haiwa looked at the time and told her submarine captains to be ready to sink the enemy warships when the time came.

A lookout soldier ran over quickly, "Report, the enemy wants to escape."

"Escaped? These guys are really worthless."

Ou Haiwa muttered a few words, and finally tilted her mouth and gave an order to the men behind her: "Order the submarine to dispatch and sink this dreadnought."

The officers under him hesitated, "Deputy Commander, this?"

Ou Haiwa chuckled and said, "It's okay. I've been told by superiors that this time we are going to explore the Italians' background and carry out the orders."

"Yes!"

After the order was given, the submarine formation dived urgently and soon disappeared on the sea.

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With a smile on his face, Batista walked out of the bridge and planned to enjoy the sea breeze and relax his body and mind.

Suddenly the soldier in charge of the lookout shouted: "Torpedo, torpedo, avoid it quickly."

Batista stiffened when he heard this. His face was full of disbelief. Are these South Chinese people crazy?

The lookout soldiers kept shouting, "Warning, torpedoes, there are torpedoes!"

"Bang~"

Violent shaking was heard, and the entire ship shook violently because it was hit by a torpedo. Many naval soldiers had despair on their faces. They didn't know why they suffered such a disaster.

Many soldiers shouted, "The bottom cabin is broken and the water is serious. Please help, please help quickly!"

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Two hours later, the "Giulio Caesar" sank off the coast of Trieste.

Nanhua and Italy immediately became tense, but Italy never dared to declare war on Nanhua, while Nanhua remained silent.

The leaders of Britain and France saw Italy's weakness, no longer waited and watched, and directly sent a telegram to Chairman Shi to inquire about Nanhua's intentions.

Chairman Shi told the two leaders that the matter was a complete misunderstanding because the frontline commander's watch was broken and it was actually an hour faster.

Without knowing it, he directly ordered the sinking of the Italian warship according to the planned plan.

However, Nanhua was not at fault in this matter. The Italians were provocative, and Italy was entirely to blame for this result. (End of chapter)