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"Your Majesty, Rome is already surrounded by the Chinese! I ordered the 15th Infantry Division to attack, but it was defeated by the Chinese! We have no way to leave Rome! "Petro. Admiral Badoglio said with great frustration. If Vittorio. If Emmanuele III had agreed to evacuate Rome earlier, perhaps they would have been able to flee before the Chinese surrounded Rome. But now, everything is over, and they can't ask for it all!

"General Badoglio, can't you think of another way? The encirclement of the Chinese has just formed, maybe we still have a chance! "Giovanni. Prime Minister Jolitti said. If Rome cannot be evacuated, then the Italian royal family and high-ranking government officials can be regarded as being served by the Chinese! This will be a devastating blow to Italy, and this war can be said to be over!

"Your Excellency, no more! The 15th Infantry Division was bombarded by the Chinese, suffered heavy losses and has collapsed, we already do not have enough forces to break through the encirclement of the Chinese! In addition, now that a steady stream of Chinese is marching towards Rome, their encirclement will become more and more solid, and we have lost the best time to evacuate Rome! "Petro. Admiral Badoglio said.

"It's over, we can't go, those Chinese will kill us all!" Vittorio. Emmanuele II was now completely devoid of the appearance of a monarch, like a dying old man.

Giovanni. Prime Minister Jolitti and Petro. Admiral Badoglio was also silent, they all knew it. This time, I'm afraid it's a catastrophe. The Chinese built an encirclement outside the city of Rome. The Italians in Rome don't want to leave. Once the large army of the Chinese arrived in Rome. I am afraid that they will march on Rome, and when the time comes, I am afraid that they will all fall into the hands of the Chinese. Even if the Chinese do not really kill them, I am afraid that they will be forced to sign a humiliating treaty, and even the whole of Italy will fall apart because of this. This is nothing short of a disaster for the whole of Italy!

After a brief silence, Giovanni. Prime Minister Giolitti suddenly said: "Your Majesty, General Badoglio. Maybe there's a place where we can get away with it! ”

"Where?" Vittorio. Emmanuele II and Petro. Admiral Badogglio looked at Giovanni. Prime Minister Jolitti, his eyes were full of hope. They absolutely do not want to fall into the hands of the Chinese!

"Vatican! We could have taken refuge in the Vatican! Although the Chinese are arrogant, if they don't want to be the enemy of the whole world, they don't care about attacking the Vatican! We'll have plenty of time to schedule! When our armies from the north and south arrive in Rome, we will be able to take it in stride, whether it is war or peace! "Giovanni. Prime Minister Jolitti said.

"The Vatican? But will Pius X allow us to take refuge? That seems unlikely, right? "Petro. Admiral Badogglio looked incredulous, Vittorio. Emmanuele III was also gloomy. The relationship between the Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican was very bad. They want to take refuge in the Vatican, that's almost impossible!

"Your Majesty, we don't have any other way now! Although there are contradictions between us and the Vatican. But this is a contradiction between us Caucasians! Pius X will not see us slaughtered by the infidels! "Giovanni. Prime Minister Jolitti said.

Vittorio. Emmanuele II hesitated for a moment, then said: "All right. Your Excellency, please contact the Vatican to see if they agree to our asylum! ”

"Okay, Your Majesty!" Giovanni. Prime Minister Giolitti immediately left the palace, and now they have no time.

Look at Giovanni. Prime Minister Giolletti leaves the back, Vittorio. Emmanuele II shook his head speechlessly. He believes that Giovanni. Prime Minister Jolitti will certainly make a trip in vain. The Vatican, hoping that the Kingdom of Italy would be destroyed, would it promise to save their lives?

The Vatican means "land of the prophets" in Latin. The Vatican was originally the center of the Papal State in the Middle Ages. As early as the 4th century, the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great built the Basilica of Constantine in the northwest corner of Rome at the martyrdom of St. Peter, a disciple of Jesus. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the Basilica of Constantine was transformed into what is now St. Peter's Basilica, where the Catholic Church held its most solemn ceremonies.

In 756 AD, King Pepin of the Frankish Kingdom gave the city of Rome and its surrounding area to the Pope (known as "Pepin Consecration in the history of the Church"), which later became the center of church and political life in Western Europe, and established the Papal State with Rome as the capital in Italy, with a direct territory of more than 40,000 square kilometers. In the 19th century, with the rise of nationalism in Europe, the Italian national unification movement made the Holy See less and less in Italy, and the Kingdom of Sardinia in the north of the peninsula became the leader of the Italian unification movement, and led the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy. The city of Rome, the capital of the Papal State, was on the verge of reunification, and the French Emperor Napoleon III sent troops to protect the city in the name of being the "protector of the Church". When the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870, Napoleon III repatriated the troops stationed in Rome, allowing the troops of the Kingdom of Italy to march into Rome, and the unification of Italy was officially completed, and the Pope was forced to retreat to the Vatican Palace in the northwest corner of Rome. Successive popes were hostile to the new Kingdom of Italy and even forbade the faithful to participate in the public office of the Kingdom of Italy.

For these reasons, the relationship between the Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican can be described as very bad, and now the Italian royal family and government are desperate and want to take refuge in the Vatican.

At the Vatican, the top of the tower of St. Peter's Basilica overlooks the whole of Rome, and the current Pope Pius X (known as Pope Pius X in China and Japan and South Korea) is standing in a room at the top of the tower, looking at Rome in the smoke of gunfire. As early as when the squadron landed on the western coast of Rome, the Vatican learned that the Chinese had begun to attack Rome. However, none of these church personnel paid attention to the attacks of the Chinese. The Vatican is the spiritual center of Catholic believers, and even if the Chinese are pagans in their eyes, they believe that the Chinese do not dare to do anything to the Vatican. If the Chinese dare to attack the Vatican, they are enemies of the entire Western world! Although the Vatican's territory is now only 0.44 square kilometers, their status is still transcendent!

The current pope is Pius X, formerly known as Giuseppe. Melquiore. Sa. On August 9, 1903, Salto was crowned the 258th Pope of the Catholic Church at St. Peter's Basilica (St. Peter's Basilica) in Rome, and was named "Pius X", in recognition of the traditionalism of the former Pope Pius IX and his commitment to the strength and indomitability of the world. The full title of the Pope is: "Bishop of Rome, Representative of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Presiding Apostles, Supreme Imam of the Universal Church, Presiding Bishop of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Diocese of Rome, Head of the Vatican City-State and Servant of God's Servants"

On July 20, 1903, Pope Leo XIII died of illness; The College of Cardinals then held a secret election ceremony in the Sistine Chapel at the end of July; The previous most vocal was the Pontifical Secretary of State Mariano. Cardinal Rambora; He had promoted the improvement of relations between the Holy See and France. In the first two rounds of voting, he was well ahead of the other candidates.

At this time, the Austro-Khanic Emperor Franz. Joseph I, who was in opposition to France, openly expressed his opposition to the election of Cardinal Rampola and exercised his right of veto; Soon after, the French government also intervened in the elections, making them difficult.

Despite the strong protest of the Cardinals of the Holy See; But under this influence, the situation began to change; On August 4, 1903, at the end of the fifth round of elections, Cardinal Sarto was elected as the new Pope.

At this time, Salto was deeply saddened by the repeated interference of European monarchs in the affairs of the Church since the 10th century, and refused to accept the Holy See of Peter, and strongly demanded that the leakers in the electoral council be investigated and severely punished. After the College of Cardinals and Mariano. Cardinal Rampora's persuasion reluctantly accepted the presidency.

After becoming pope, Pius X was bent on reviving the Papal States, going out from the tiny Vatican and expanding its territory. However, the hostility and wariness of the Kingdom of Italy towards the Vatican did not leave the Vatican with any chance. This has kept Pius X haunted!

"The military strength of the Chinese is too strong, and it seems that the Kingdom of Italy is finished this time." It's a pity that the Chinese are not the people of the Lord, otherwise, the Vatican would have been able to achieve rapid development with the help of the strength of the Chinese! Pius X said with some regret.

"Your Majesty, the Chinese are all infidels, and they have destroyed the United States in this war and killed many of the Lord's people!" Secretary of State Mariano. Rambora said in disgust. He was full of disgust for China, a country that had killed many white people.

Pius X nodded, he didn't have a good impression of China. In China, imperial power is far from being comparable to theocracy. The Holy See has already declined in the West, let alone the East, so there is no market for them at all!

"Your Excellency, it seems that we can strengthen our ties with Germany and Austria-Hungary, and they will win this war, and I think the Vatican should congratulate them! If they can support the Vatican's new expansion, it will be great! Pius X said with a smile! (To be continued......)