My Italian Chapter 502

The state of war between Germany and France caused by Morocco has subsided under the mediation of various countries, but the impact is very far-reaching. For countries, because of the Moroccan crisis, the lining up behavior of countries has been accelerated. Smart people can feel the smoke of gunpowder currently floating over Europe, so all countries have begun to make some necessary preparations.

Other countries aside, Italy, as one of the main participating countries, can certainly feel this atmosphere even more. Therefore, just after the easing of relations between Germany and France, a parliament related to national defense and security is being held.

"Your Majesty, my colleagues, at present, our army has 18 division-level establishments, 6 brigade-level establishments, and several regiment-level establishments, with a total force of only 193,000 people. Its military strength, weaponry and equipment are the weakest among all countries. It has also led to a lot of pressure on the land of our country. As the situation in Europe becomes more and more uncertain, in the east of us is AustriHungary, which has a strong army of 410,000 troops. Although our country and AustriHungary are allies, we cannot pin our hopes on it. On the ally. Besides, my country and AustriHungary have conflict of interests in the Balkans, and it cannot be ruled out that my country will cause conflicts in the future.

To the west of us, my country is currently the main threat to France. France has 530,000 troops, more than 300,000 more than my country. Fortunately, the main focus of the French is on the German-French border, so we can withstand its pressure. But in view of the current complicated diplomatic situation, our country cannot rule out that the French will pay attention to our country.

In addition, my country currently has military needs in the Balkans, North Africa, East Africa and the Far East, so the army in these places is also indispensable. Therefore, our army believes that the strength of our army must be no less than 60% of France, or 80% of AustriHungary, in order to meet the basic defense tasks. "

In the conference room, an army officer was talking impassively about the pressure of the Italian army, but he was saying one word inside and outside the words, lack of funds.

In these years, the army is Wang Xiaoer celebrating the New Year, and one year is not as good as one year. Although the army funding has not decreased or even increased in recent years, the proportion of funding has been decreasing year by year.

The ratio of army expenditure to military expenditure has dropped from a high of 79% (the Tunisia crisis) to 39% now. So far, the Italian Army still has some early post-installation guns that have not been retired.

Looking at the prosperous movements of the navy next door, no one in the army said that they would not show envious eyes. There is even a small-scale rumor in the army that the king is not satisfied with the army, so he has ignored the army that has paid silently all these years.

And these rumors can also be seen as the Army's complaints about not being taken seriously in recent years. But now, His Majesty the King finally remembered the Army, as evidenced by this meeting.

Because this meeting is about the Army.

In fact, over the years, the government and Carlo know that the Army has had a hard time. But who makes the army not like the navy, it cannot **** the Italian economy. Therefore, for the purely expensive army, it is difficult for the Italian government, which focuses on economic development, to give money to the army.

After all, Italy is not financially rich, and in order to develop the economy, it can only reduce military spending. As an army that cannot **** the Italian economy, it is naturally at the point of giving priority to compression.

However, in the face of the army's complaints, the government has long been prepared. Although the army is suffering, and His Majesty also intends to increase military expenditures for the army, but how much to increase is a university question. You must know that the current total military expenditure of the navy and army is nearly 400 million liras, which has taken up more than 20% of the fiscal revenue, which is not a small sum.

So I saw the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Antonin Aldini, who stood up and said. "Everyone, I just listened to the speech of the Army, and I have a lot of feelings from the bottom of my heart. We all see the contribution of the Army, so the issue of increasing the cost of the Army is also imminent. I propose to increase the Army's cost by 50 million lire every year. to help the Army develop."

Aldini's words surprised many people. In particular, General Simeone, the chief of the general staff as the representative of the army, showed a shocked expression. He also knew how difficult the former Chancellor of the Exchequer Tejera was when the Navy wanted to build ships two years ago. And the new Aldini didn't squeeze the government's money bag?

It is completely normal for Simone and others to think this way. People in charge of finance have never been easy to deal with, because lenient entry and strict exit are the thoughts of everyone in charge of finance.

In fact, for Aldini, who has been in office for more than a year, he must have his own ideas to be able to give 50 million lire a year.

First of all, as a newcomer to take over, although Aldini has worked in the bank and the Ministry of Finance for more than 20 years, he has only become a senior executive of the Ministry of Finance for four or five years. Compared with his predecessor, Tejera, his prestige is insufficient. In addition, as a candidate recommended by the Prime Minister and hand-picked by His Majesty, how could Aldini go against His Majesty's temper after receiving an almost explicit hint.

In addition, perhaps because of the bank's experience, Aldini is not as perverted as Teyera when it comes to money bags. As long as it is determined that it is urgently needed, he will be willing to allocate funds.

Of course, there is actually a core problem, that is, the increase in Italian fiscal revenue is relatively large. Simply put, the Italian government has money. Yes, this is the key to the new chancellor's generosity.

As for why the Italian government is rich, it is very simple, because the rapid development of the Italian internal combustion engine industry has led to the great development of the Italian petrochemical industry and related industries.

Many of these industries are operated by the government, such as the Italian oil company, and the Naples machinery factory, which has a monopoly on diesel engines and related manufacturing. Take the Italian oil company as an example. Last year, the company extracted 4.73 million tons of oil. At present, most of the oil in Europe is supplied by Italy. The profits and taxes paid by Italian oil companies have exceeded the 100 million lire mark in one fell swoop.

As for the Naples Machinery Factory, not to mention, it monopolizes the production of diesel engines in the world, and the factory also uses the characteristics of diesel engines to produce various special vehicles. Life is prosperous. Although the profits and taxes paid are not as high as those of oil companies, they are also more than 30 million lire. This is still to ensure the development of the enterprise, under the premise that the government only takes half of the profits.

As for Fiat, the largest private enterprise in China~www.mtlnovel.com~, it also pays a lot of taxes. The tax of 15 million lire is the highest among private enterprises.

And it is the large-scale development of these enterprises that has made Italy's finances grow very rapidly in recent years. So much so that Aldini, the new finance minister, was dubbed by many as picking up a political dividend.

However, in the face of Aldini's 50 million lire increase in military spending, although Simeone was excited for a while, he did not agree, but continued to speak. "50 million lire is still not enough for the current army. Among them, the army needs to be expanded to more than 390,000, and its procurement of equipment and personnel expenses are not small at all, so our army believes that an increase of 100 million lire is needed every year. , is a very realistic number."

Simeone's words shocked everyone present. The appetite is also very good. As soon as he opened his mouth, he wanted 100 million lire, and he was not afraid of the wind flashing his tongue.

And Simeone's words scared Aldini. Although the revenue of the Ministry of Finance has increased a lot, the army has too much appetite. How can this be accepted.

"No, 100 million lire can't be provided by the Ministry of Finance, at most 60 million lire, no more."

"Our army owes too much debt before, and the funds are too small."

"Only 60 million lire, it is impossible to increase it for you."

"Sixty million is not enough, we..."

"Only sixty million lire..."

"Our army..."

"Sixty million..."

After a battle of words, in the end, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer killed 60 million lire, Simeone on behalf of the Army had to accept this condition.

Well, the Italian Army is finally here!

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