Italy's ambitions for Abyssinia have become obvious. It is just an excuse for large-scale invasions. Mussolini also frequently threatened in Rome to teach Abyssinia a lesson and let these African barbarians taste the power of Italy.

Compared with Italy, Abyssinia, which still retains serfdom, is indeed a very backward country. The emperors who rule Abyssinia are Haier and Selasi. This emperor once visited Europe and carried zebras and lions with him, which greatly attracted the attention of Europeans and became a joke.

In fact, the top Chinese leaders do not appreciate such a country. Jiang Baili and others believe that the Italian army can turn Abyssinia into its own colony as long as it goes by. There is no need for China to offend Italy for such a country.

You should know that Italy is currently a recognized power, with no shortage of aircraft, cannons, tanks and warships, and even chemical weapons. Another important factor is that Italy is too close to Abyssinia. Although China dares to compete with any country in the Far East, the main reason is that China has a home advantage, while Abyssinia is located in East Africa, 108,000 miles away from China. It is too difficult for China to interfere.

However, Qiao Yu definitely doesn't think so. Qiao Yu, who is familiar with history, knows very well that Italy is a typical silver-like forging gun tip, which is not useful. Abyssinia's confrontation is beyond the imagination of the world. This war, which was originally unsurprising, lasted for seven months.

In the end, although the Italians occupied Addis Ababa, the capital of Abyssinia, there were still a large number of guerrillas, which continued to consume the Italians' combat effectiveness.

For Qiao Yu, as long as this country still knows how to resist, it is not hopeless and is definitely worth a bunch. However, this time, Qiao Yu's old assistant Jiang Baili was extremely opposed.

"President, Italy has no colonial interests in the Far East and does not have direct conflict with us. There is no need for us to make too many enemies; and Abyssinia does not even have regular troops, and most of the weapons are big swords and spears. How much wealth does it take to arm them? How many tanks and cannons are needed? These weapons still need to be transported through the Strait of Malacca to be transported to Africa. Will the British agree? Even if we shipped over, will there be enough people in Abyssinia to rush to the throne? Will we still send volunteer troops?"

China has sent volunteer soldiers in Vietnam and other places. In fact, China's regular army was forced to retire and joined the Vietnamese army under the banner of volunteers. Jiang Baili undoubtedly supports this in the surrounding areas of China, because China also intends to travel across the ocean and let the soldiers sprinkle blood in Africa, Jiang Baili is absolutely unwilling to do so!

"Brother Baili, you were wrong this time. I never intended to arm the Abissini witch's army with advanced weapons. This would have no value except for spending a lot of money in vain. Moreover, as you analyzed, it would be difficult for us to pass the restrictions on the Strait of Malacca. Moreover, China would not spend huge sums of money for an irrelevant country."

After hearing what Qiao Yu said, Jiang Baili was relieved. The president was indeed not mentally irritated, but he immediately had bigger questions.

"President, how can we fight against the Italian army if we don't arm them? It's not possible to rely on statements alone!"

"Brother Baili, you are smart and confused for a lifetime. When will I face the Italian army head-on? I don't expect them to defeat the Italians, but let them persevere. What we want to fight is an asymmetric war!"

The style of conduct between major powers is based on World War II, and there is a big gap between them. Before World War II, countries are straightforward. Whoever has a big fist makes sense. Except for Europe and the United States, most of the other regions are colonies and semi-colonies, and they are completely mermaid meat and have no room for resistance.

After World War II, the situation suddenly changed, and all countries had a nuclear sword hanging on their heads. Moreover, with the rise of nationalism, even the most powerful countries in the world could not easily expand their territory. Other major powers would definitely use various means to hold back.

Qiao Yu is very clear about the strength comparison between Italy and Abyssinia. In addition, the gap in personnel quality between the two countries is unimaginable. Although Italy is a waste among the great powers, it is enough to bully Abyssinia, which is in a semi-primitive state.

Since this is the case, why did Qiao Yu support Abyssinia, which is doomed to fail? In fact, the mystery is to continue to fight. As long as Abyssinia insists on fighting, the Italians will not be able to escape from the war, they will continue to consume arms and wealth, and will continue to sacrifice soldiers. They will be in an absolute passive international morality and will continue to persevere. Sooner or later, there will be a day that Italy cannot bear.

This method has been repeatedly proved in later generations. Wasn’t the Red Se Empire also dragged down by a small Afghanistan?

"Brother Baili, the key to the so-called asymmetric war is that we use relatively simple weapons to make the Italians pay a greater price. For example, we don't have to give Abyssinian tanks, but we can give them landmines and teach them to use native methods to make landmines. We don't have to send them guns and cannons on a large scale, but we can provide them with a small amount of sniper rifles and select a small amount of jingle from their army. After training, we can cause continuous losses to the Italians. We don't have to teach them to fight head-on, but we can give them the destruction of water sources, poison and medicine..."

Qiao Yu said what he thought, and Jiang Baili instantly figured it out. He is not a stupid person. In history, Jiang Baili proposed the theory of national defense. Among them, the core of dealing with Ri himself is also three words. As long as he does not surrender, he will eventually drag down Ri himself. For the weak, this is indeed a very good way.

"President, what you said is a good idea, but do the Abyssinians have such a strong determination to resist? I am worried that they will collapse at once, and they will not be able to help them!"

"This is for you to evaluate. If the people of Abyssinians are available, we might as well make this place a trap, so that the Italians can't extricate themselves!"

There is an amazing amount of resources buried under the rich continent of Africa. In China's industrialization process, Africa's resources are absolutely indispensable. However, Africa has been divided up long ago, and it becomes extremely difficult for China to intervene. Therefore, Qiao Yu is definitely unwilling to miss this opportunity. As long as China helps Abyssinia resist Italian invasion, China will successfully build a solid stronghold in East Africa.

The Chinese intelligence agencies also conducted detailed investigations and finally concluded that Abyssinia was even more tenacious than expected. Emperor Haier and Selasi were also a strong leader. After all this was determined, China quickly finalized the policy of aiding Abyssinia.

This is why the Chinese representative strongly condemned Italy in Ri Neva. China's attitude surprised Britain, France and other countries. In fact, Britain, France and other countries also had predictions about war, but the painful memories of World War I made them afraid to face the war at all, and the current international order was also very beneficial to them.

Therefore, they are just condemning Italy's expansion actions. No matter how nice it sounds, the top leaders of these two countries have been scared by the war and they dare not face the challenges of the war.

Silasi, who had some expectations for international justice, hoped that Britain and France could uphold justice. He also went to Rineva personally to seek support, but the situation went against his wishes. Britain and France were only willing to provide some favorable and easy help, and nothing else could do.

At this time, China stood up and took a strong condemnation towards Italy. At the same time, it also expressed its willingness to support Abyssinia's just struggle. This was undoubtedly great news for Selasi, and the two countries quickly reached an agreement.

China sent a group of less than a hundred officers to train Abyssinian troops, and at the same time transported large quantities of landmines through secret channels. China also sent some military experts to teach them to produce bombs and gunpowder using native methods.

Mussolini is definitely one of the few arrogances and does not take China's sue seriously. In recent years, China's strength has been increasing, and Britain, France and other countries have suffered losses in the hands of China. However, in Mussolini's view, this is just that Britain and France are cowardly and incompetent, and Italy will never be scared by the yellow-skinned monkey.

In particular, the Italians did not find that China provided weapons to Abyssinia, so he felt more at ease. The Italians were prepared for this invasion, and concentrated a total of 300,000 troops into Abyssinia from the north, east and south.

At this time, Abyssinia mobilized a total of more than 400,000 troops, but 95% of them were temporary militias. They had more courage and lacked experience, and their equipment was even worse. A considerable number of soldiers did not have their own rifles, and the artillery was even scarce.

In the initial battle, Selasi insisted on a regular battle with the Italians! In less than a dozen days, although the Afghan army fought bravely and suffered great losses to Italy, the Italians were well equipped and the militia suffered even more heavy losses, with corpses spreading all over the battlefield.

At this time, Selassi deserved to take Chinese advice, decisively shifted the focus of the war, and focused on the raid war. The focus of the attack also became the Italian logistics line. At the same time, the Afghan army also adopted a scorched earth strategy, destroying the wells during retreat and poisoning the streams.

You should know that Abyssinia is in the plateau area of ​​East Africa, and its water source is very scarce. Now that it is destroyed, Italy's situation will suddenly become worse. Even if these Italians want to cook noodles, there will be no water!

In addition, the mines secretly sent by China played an incomparable role. At the beginning of the war, more than 20 tanks of Italians were destroyed by mines, especially the Italians' tank defense capabilities were indeed not very good. Many tanks directly turned into a pile of scrap iron, and even burned and exploded, giving Italy a headache.

They tried to use engineers to clear mines, but China would never let them have a good time. Under anti-tank mines, anti-infantry jumped into mines. Some major intersections even formed a large number of them. Often, engineers excitedly dug out mines, but what awaited them was a series of violent explosions, and instantly they were dead and became tank scapegoats!
Chapter completed!