The Sun Never Sets In Spain

Diego was obviously wrong in his estimation, and the endless bombing continued until the next morning.

When the amount of ammunition reaches a certain level, Catalonia no longer considers the cost, even if it is to let the other party listen to it and interfere with the quality of sleep.

The next day, Garcia got up early at 5 in the morning. At this time, the sky was still dark, and he needed to prepare for the war before the soldiers.

The real attack will begin at 7 o'clock, and after a night of tentative shelling, they will advance into the enemy's range and start a real exchange of fire.

Garcia is not a military genius, and neither is Alfonso. Although he comes from later generations, he can't give any reliable military advice.

They can only adopt the rules of war of this era and fight steadily. As long as they are better than their opponents in every aspect, they can win the war without risk.

During the traditional war of attrition in Aragon,

A dialogue about the Spanish Civil War also took place in Florence, Italy. Now that Rome has not yet been reclaimed, Florence has become a temporary capital, and most of the palace nobles gather here.

At this time, the founding king of Italy, Vittorio Emmanuel II looked helplessly at his son Amedio de Savoye.

Some time ago, during Primm's time, the free government had close contacts with them, showing signs of wanting his son to be a candidate for the King of Spain. However, recently, after Francisco was fully in power, the ties between the two sides gradually weakened.

Amedio was very dissatisfied with this. He did not have a chance to hand over the Italian throne to his brother.

Suddenly a Spanish throne was placed in front of him, and he naturally looked forward to it day and night. He didn't expect that the throne that was about to be acquired would fly away, so he hurried to ask his father to find a way.

"Isn't Prime Minister Francisco still very supportive of me some time ago? Father, please discuss with him again to see if there is any misunderstanding." Amedio pleaded.

Vittorio didn't answer. He hesitated. He knew the reason for the weakening of the contact. Before Francesco asked Italy to send volunteers to support Spain, he refused.

Then the other party asked for a loan, but the amount was too large, and he only agreed to a small part of it.

In this way, Francisco will of course feel unhappy. There is only one throne and there are so many princes to be elected. If you refuse to pay the price, then choose someone else.

Vittorio originally didn't care about this, the family's basic set is in Italy, Spain has better, it doesn't matter if it doesn't.

In case of too much investment, but ultimately suffered a failure, it will be a big blow to the newly born Kingdom of Italy.

But Amedio was able to come twice a day in the past few days, which was so annoying that he had to consider the possibility of supporting Francisco.

"Please, this is also for the Savoy family. The situation in Spain is now chaotic, and it is a good opportunity to intervene!"

"..." Vittorio still didn't speak, he considered it carefully, and said: "I want to discuss with the ministers first."

………

The next day, Vittorio called Amedio and told him, "Italy will fully support you ascending the Spanish throne."

The reason is naturally not entirely Amedio’s request, but the pope once again expressed his support for Alfonso in public two days ago. He and many ministers are worried that Catalonia will unite with the Papal State, which will be serious. Hit the fundamental interests of Italy.

In addition, the relationship between the Savoy royal family and the Bourbon royal family is not good.

Eight years ago, Garibaldi led his army to annihilate the two kingdoms of Sicily, the largest in the Italian region. The two kingdoms of Sicily were Bourbon countries.

Originally, this was nothing. Spanish Bourbon and Italian Bourbon had little relationship. Bourbon ruled more territories, and it was not worse than this one.

But by coincidence, Alfonso’s sister Isabella married Gaetano, the younger brother of the two Sicilian kings, and they murdered Alfonso’s sister’s family in exile, which is a bit private.

Therefore, under Amedio's repeated plea, Vittorio discussed with many ministers and determined to intervene in the Spanish Civil War and not let Alfonso live so comfortably.

...

On October 9th, Francisco suddenly heard the Italian ambassador asking for a meeting. He was surprised by this. Aren't the two sides already drifting away in a tacit understanding.

In addition to Italy’s unwillingness to pay, he also considered the strength of the Italian army. This was undoubtedly revealed during the Battle of Prussia. Of course, he had to hug a thicker thigh. He was more inclined to the relatives of the King of Prussia. Prince Opod.

As soon as the ambassador came in, he went straight to the point: "We agreed to all the conditions you offered some time ago, including a loan of 1 million pounds and helping Spain issue national debt in Italy.

In addition, we will send no less than 20,000 volunteers to assist in the fight. Of course, you need to pay for the military.

In exchange, you have to publicly announce your support for Prince Amedio to become the King of Spain. "

Francisco was taken aback. Why did Vittorio suddenly change his mind? This somewhat undermined his plan. He had written all the speeches supporting Prince Leopold.

But Prussia’s support is still far away, but Italy has already offered such generous terms...

Prussia is of course far stronger than Italy, but it is hard to say how much the other side is willing to pay.

Moreover, once Prussia is destroyed in the upcoming battle of French popularization, their support will no longer be useful, but Italy cannot see who it will fight in a short period of time, and the position of the great powers is firmly seated.

Francisco is not an indecisive person. He gritted his teeth and agreed: "I will post tomorrow, and I hope your support will be delivered as soon as possible."