There was no way not to shock Eder, because Romania had already supplied a lot of supplies to the Italian army, and Italy was much better off economically than it had historically.

Let him think that after Italy is strengthened, it is better not to say where to fight, at least not to block the enemy. It's just that Italy's strength has increased a lot, but Mussolini has a big heart, and he wants to seize Egypt and fight Tunisia, so the more than 400,000 troops in Libya are divided into two groups, attacking both Egypt and Tunisia.

Nearly 200,000 Italian troops under Graziani attacked Egypt, and after they occupied the Rani area of Dubai, they encountered 60,000 British troops under the command of General Wavell, the commander-in-chief of the British army in the Middle East, and the Italian army was exposed in front of the British army, and nearly 100,000 people were annihilated, and only more than 60,000 retreated to Libya.

I heard that Britain is gathering at the border, intending to storm Libya and seize the oil-producing area.

In fact, this is not bad, and it is even worse when the Italian army attacked Tunisia. They, under the leadership of the old marshal Badoglio, attacked Tunisia. However, they were attacked by 80,000 French troops, who, under the leadership of General Georges Catroux, managed to annihilate nearly 100,000 Italian troops, leaving Badoglio with more than 20,000 Italian troops to retreat.

It's just that the French army did not have the concerns of the British army, they immediately broke into Libya after annihilating most of the Italian army, and now the peak of the army is about to arrive in Tripoli, if it is not for the Italian navy to block the artillery bombardment in time, let the French army know that it is powerful, and it is difficult for the French army to directly attack Tripoli.

And the two defeats of the Italian army in Libya made Mussolini angry. He didn't expect his general to bring him such a result, so he wanted to fly to Libya and shoot these two guys. It's just that after calming down, he knew that he couldn't do this, because the support from the army was the key to making him prime minister.

And he can't even turn it into a reserve, he can only transfer it to other regions. However, now was not the time to complain about the defeat of his army, because the French army had already entered Libya, which made Mussolini particularly concerned about the safety of this colony, and he immediately mobilized eight divisions of nearly 100,000 troops from the mainland to immediately reinforce it.

Of course, these troops alone could not give him the confidence to repel the British and French troops. However, at present, Italy's existing troops are either defending the coastline or deploying along the border with France, and these eight divisions were originally prepared for Malta. Now there are no more combat-ready units in the country. There are still many mobilized troops, and they have not even been equipped with enough guns, where will the combat effectiveness come from.

Now, if he doesn't want Libya to be lost, there is only one way in front of him, and that is rescue.

There is basically no consideration of who to ask for help, and asking Romania for help is the only choice. Because Romania had good relations with Italy, and Romania had just conquered Greece and had troops to support it.

On the German side, apart from the fact that its forces are basically concentrated on the French front, it is not in Italy's interest to let it intervene in North Africa. So, naturally, this telegram came to Eder.

In the face of Mussolini's request for help, Eder was not only surprised, but also had a headache. It was not that he was not going to ignore Mussolini's pleas for help, and the moment the telegram reached him, the reinforcement of Italy had already been decided.

It's just that how to rescue also has to talk about methods, first of all, the command must not fall into the hands of the Italians. Such a record made Eder not trust the Italian generals at all.

Second, the number of troops to be sent should also be skillful. First of all, the troops sent should not influence the rest of the battle in Romania, just enough to repel their enemy. Secondly, the choice of commander is also very important, and a general with independent combat experience is needed to understand the true meaning of this operation.

Of course, these are a few points that Eder briefly summarized in a short period of time, and everything needs to wait for the military to make a decision.

Thinking of this, Edel glanced at the telegram again and called one of the guards to speak to him. "Call Admiral Fereitt, Admiral Lomodan, and Admiral Ancrera at once, and say that I have something urgent to find them."

Although the guards didn't know what was going on, when they heard His Majesty call so many military bigwigs over, they knew that things must not be simple, so they hurriedly answered and left in a hurry.

And Eder can only wait for the arrival of the military to discuss the issue.

Without making Edeldo wait, the three admirals arrived at the palace in less than an hour.

When the three generals arrived, looking at them with an unaware face, Eder was not polite, and directly took the Italian telegram for help to them.

The three generals had different expressions on this telegram asking for help, but they were all shocked by it, and they did not expect Italy to fight so badly.

"Alright, now let's talk about how we can save the Italians."

In the face of Eder's words, Admiral Lomodan, who was the first to speak, saw the Minister of the Navy speak. "Your Majesty, our navy can provide ship transportation for reinforcements at any time, and can also provide warship escort."

The navy is the most confident in saying this, because at present, the navy in the eastern Mediterranean is dominant, and the road from Romania to Libya is under its own waters, so there is no need to worry about being attacked.

Of course, British submarines still have to be worried, and Malta is still in the hands of the British. Lomodan did not panic at all, because Romanian small warships are sufficient, and it is still possible to provide them with anti-submarine escort.

As for the island of Malta, it is believed that Italy will be able to suppress the planes on the island from taking to the skies. It is said that it has been almost two months since the start of the war, and Italy has not yet taken the island of Malta, which is a sign of dereliction of duty. Or, on the other hand, Italy's preparations are not yet complete.

Unlike the Navy, Admiral Ankdra, the Minister of the Air Force, spoke. "Your Majesty, our air force currently has many tasks, and if we form a reinforcement force to reinforce Italy, we can only provide a maximum of about 300 fighters of two wings in the early stage."

The Air Force minister is right when he says that among the three armed services, the air force is the one with the heaviest combat mission. The Air Force is present in every battle, so don't look at the Air Force currently has more than 4,000 fighters of various types, but at present it can only be supported by more than 300 fighters.

Eder didn't heed Admiral Ankdra's words, because the Air Force was exactly what he said. After both the naval and air forces took a stand, only Admiral Fereit remained.

The old admiral spoke. "I don't know Your Majesty, for what purpose are the reinforcements appearing?"

"Expel British and French troops from Libya and protect the oil fields."

Edel didn't hesitate to say what he thought.

After hearing what Eder was talking about, Fereit thought for a while and said. "Then we can send a fast mobile force, mainly motorized units of armored divisions, to help Italy achieve this goal. In terms of scale, considering that there is no shortage of battles that our country needs next, then the scale of 8-90,000 is the best. ”

It seems that Admiral Fereit was still concerned about the British and French forces, and gave such a large scale.

Eder didn't know about this, but he continued now that Admiral Fereit had told him about the size of the troops. "Then you want to make a plan."

After sending the three admirals away, he called Kostel. "Now send a telegram to Italy and tell them that they want our country to come to the rescue, but we need command. If we can't, we can't send troops out with confidence. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After seeing off the Foreign Secretary, Eder looked out the window at the sky and couldn't help but sigh. "Italians, what the hell are you doing?"