(It's always a pleasure to uncover the mystery, but the Battle of the Mediterranean is destined not to be written too much. The outline of the Battle of the Riokney Islands is the highlight. Also, after the end of this chapter, it should be the last volume, the last one.)

"General House thinks this is a good idea, what about you?"

Wang Heidi's eyes skipped over the Turkish Navy Commander Sorochin, and froze on the face of the Italian Navy Commander on his left, and asked casually.

"If four Austro-Hungarian Empire's joint force-class battleships were incorporated into the second squad, it would be wonderful news." The Italian naval commander slowly took out his cigar and threw out a hint of softness and hardness.

"Oh, is this the final decision?"

Wang Heidi was not as panicked as the Italian navy commander had imagined. The former German Admiral picked up the documents on the conference table and quickly turned over the pages about the formation of the joint fleet. Feng Qingyun said:

"Then, let's leave the issue of organization to the thirteenth Navy liaison meeting."

"Without the exchange of interests and compromises, the talk was broken so simply?" The Italian naval commander shook his hand with a cigar in his arms, half open his mouth to curse a reckless man, but he also felt that Wang Heidi, who was known as the most outstanding naval strategist in Germany's history, could not be a superficial person.

Wang Heidi did not leave Italy with time to show their erotic appearance, so she winked at her assistant Gunther Lütjens, who was sitting beside her, and then moved to the next issue.

"The next thing to discuss is the issue of joint fleet command and coordinated operations."

Accompanied by Wang Heidi's short and capable voice, Gunther Lütjens distributed the command system map drawn up by the Joint Fleet Staff to each officer attending the liaison meeting, and then explained one by one:

"Before the joint fleet was formed, the preparatory team had already set up the rack of the joint fleet command. In order to avoid command chaos, the headquarters was not prepared to make major changes to the command organization. The highest command organization of the joint fleet is the Navy Liaison Committee, which is responsible for reviewing personnel appointments, combat and training plans for fleet commanders and department heads, and holds military meetings every half month. The Navy Liaison Department has a base staff department and a fleet command to handle daily affairs. The base staff department is mainly responsible for combat planning, coordination, logistics, intelligence and

The corresponding institutions are the Operations Department, the Coordination Liaison Department, the Logistics Department, the Intelligence Department and the Personnel Department. The Fleet Command is under the jurisdiction of three battleship teams, two reconnaissance teams, two destroyer teams and a minesweeper boat team. Each team and detachment set up their respective commands to be responsible for fleet training, patrol and combat. In addition, the Fleet Command and the Staff Department can set up temporary special-mix fleets according to the needs of the situation. In principle, the commander is the officer with the highest position in the Special Mixed Fleet. "

The command system design of the Fleet General Staff is still a re-projection, although it is quite perfect. However, the key to the problem is how to balance the power of the three countries. If the Allied Three Mediterraneans cannot coordinate the interests of the joint fleet, I am afraid that there will be another ten contact meetings, and this design will still not be passed.

The conflict is in a tendency to erupt again. Wang Heidi waved her hand to calm everyone down and continue the topic.

"The work of the Operations Department is to coordinate the training of each fleet, carry out adaptive training and combat cruise, and at the same time divide the defense zones. Complete the defense handover with the Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman fleets. The task of the Contact Department is to send liaison officers to every department of the Joint Fleet Command, every warship, as well as the Italian Taranto Municipal Department and the Taranto Naval Base to handle fleet affairs. The Logistics Department must grasp the service status of each warship as soon as possible, clear hidden dangers, and ensure that the fleet can respond to the battle at any time. The Intelligence Department needs to improve the flag, lights and radio password contact methods of the Joint Fleet, and grasp all the dynamics of the British and French naval guarded in Malta, Alexander, Toulon. The Personnel Department is responsible for receiving the files of the fleet officers and soldiers."

The officers of the multinational troops listened to the old tunes of replay with great perseverance. Wang Heidi smiled faintly and joked at the right time to adjust the weird atmosphere in the conference room.

"It is worth noting that the Port of Taranto is not under the jurisdiction of the Joint Fleet. So we do not set up a military police headquarters. Gentlemen, this means that the officers and soldiers of our Joint Fleet must at least speak a few Italian words when they are on the dock and two to four, such as 'Please find change' or 'Police Taranto, please come to my steward'."

The tranquility before the storm was continued. Although the translators had different interpretations of sailor jargons such as "relying on the dock" and "two into four", the officers present still laughed knowingly.

The alienation and diaphragm were pulled in at once, at least the navy present were all navy members!

"General Sileme, I want to know how to allocate the quota of members of the Navy Liaison Committee?" The Italian Navy commander looked up and asked.

"General Sorochin, what do you think?" Wang Heidi did not directly answer the Italian question, but turned to see Sorochin.

Sorochin's lips moved. Some words were almost about to say, but they were forced to press into his throat.

As a German soldier, Sorochin is often slow to react to politics. Sorochin felt that the Turks did not need to take any position - although Turkey was weak, a quota could still be protected. It was not until the moment he spoke that Sorochin reacted.

His German compatriots gave the Turks a multiple-choice question, either to let the Avos join the battle line and gain glory in order to be more confident in the feast of the wealthy families that divide the world after the war, or to join the reconnaissance fleet, and the commander used the quota of the committee to make up for the lost Turks.

The former is a vision of nothingness, while the latter is a real interest, and the answer is unquestionable. However, Sorochin was curious about how King Heidi convinced the Italians and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

"Türkiye supports any decision of General Silem." Sorochin spread his hands.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire has surrendered, and the Turks have now fallen. Now there is only one ungrateful Italy, and Italy is also an opponent?

Wang Heidi continued to play his trump card.

"Nine members of the Navy Liaison Committee, I temporarily take over the post of chairman. The Ottoman Empire can send two people and three people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire."

"Then, Italy has only three places?!"

The Italian naval commander's good mood was wiped out.

According to the previous plan of the Italian Commander-in-Chief, the chairman belonged to Heidi Sileme. Although the Turks were not strong enough, they still had to give a quota. The Austro-Hungarian Navy's naval strength and contribution to the joint fleet were relatively considerable, and the two quotas were enough to appease them. As the well-deserved leader of the Mediterranean Combined Fleet, the Italian Navy had four quotas impeccable. But now it seems that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was the biggest winner. They not only hoped to get the highest-ranking third team, but also could compete with them at the Navy Liaison Conference, the command core of the joint fleet.

“This is not fair!”

The Kingdom of Italy assumed almost 60% of the combat power of the joint fleet, and it was their attention to choosing Heidi Silem as the commander of the joint fleet. But now it seems that whether it was Heidi Silem or the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire regarded Italy as the sucker.

The Italian navy commander stared at the rebellious king Heidi in his eyes and roared. The Italian officer also stood up, and it was dark.

"General. Let's discuss this matter at the thirteenth Navy Liaison Conference!"

The Italian naval commander turned around and wanted to leave. His subordinates followed their naval leaders while bowing their heads and making noises.

"The thirteenth time? I'm afraid it won't work!"

The Italians flocked to the conference room, and Wang Heidi did not look back, but just left a cold sentence: "General, do you really think that the maritime power of the Allies in the Eastern Mediterranean will collapse with France's defeat?!"

The footsteps came to an abrupt end.

"The Western Front War exhausted the French. If it weren't for the blood transfusion of the British Empire, the French would have no ability to complete the three Brittany-class battleships and would have no ability to buy three Spanish-class battleships!"

Wang Heidi stood up, pressed her fist-shaped hand on the conference table, facing her back to the Italian naval commander who was about to step out of the door, and raised her head and said loudly:

"In other words, the French Navy in 1916 was completely armed by the British! General, do you think the British would be the kind of sucker who spends money on the enemy?!"

"So..." The Italian navy commander asked with his legs weakened and he forced himself to support him along the door of the conference room.

"The British paid to arm the French Navy and handed over the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean to the French. As a letter of submission, the French sent all their main ships to the Eastern Mediterranean and entered the Alexandria controlled by the British." Wang Heidi turned around and played his trump card: "So even if France was defeated, their navy would not surrender. Even if they surrender, they would only be disarmed by the British and would continue to fight with the rice flag of the British Empire."

Wang Heidi's explanation was like a basin of cold and cold water, pouring the excited Italian officers cold hands and feet. At the same time, the meeting room was filled with the sound of Turks and Austro-Hungarian officials gasping. The former was worried about the future of Italy, and then understood how ridiculous they were when facing Wang Heidi. The latter could finally feel Wang Heidi's peak strength as the most outstanding naval commander on the planet, and was glad that they could work under Wang Heidi.

The Italians finally panicked. France's defeat and surrender were good news for Germany, Austro-Hungarian Empire, and even the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, but Italy may no longer be listed:

Once France is defeated, the Allies will surely find ways to preserve their domestic resistance and establish exile regimes and resistance troops near the French mainland. The Americas are too far away and the British Islands are too close. Algeria and Morocco, a French colonies separated from France from the Mediterranean, are obviously the best places.

Algeria and Morocco are blessed places for the French and the birthplace of the Italian disaster. Just some third-rate French colonial troops can chase the Italian army armed to their teeth like ducks. When the French defeated soldiers who escaped from the Western Front were re-armed by the British, how scary should their combat effectiveness be?

The Italian naval commander could have foreseen that Italy would lose all their territory in North Africa, and according to the post-war spoils agreement, they would not receive any compensation. The Italian naval commander walked into the conference room without caring about face and dignity, waving his arms to make the strongest voice ever on the Apennines:

"War! War!"
Chapter completed!