Seeing that other European countries either made clear or agreed, Italy was full of confidence. After all, for the past 100 years, the Ottoman Turkish Empire had basically been bullied by European countries and won the nickname "Sick Man in West Asia". It is the orthodox successor of the Roman Empire and a dignified noodle country. Isn't it easy to deal with a mere sick man in West Asia?

The Italian army appeared in Tripoli on the evening of September 28, 1911, bombed the Tripoli port on October 3, and completed the occupation of the Tripoli city. On October 10, more than 20,000 Italian expeditions successfully landed in Tripoli. At this time, the Italians were very enthusiastic. They had begun to consider how to end decently after capturing Tripoli and Cyrenega.

But on October 23, an Italian army was surrounded and annihilated by Arab cavalry supporting the Ottoman Turkish Empire, casting a shadow on the Italian army, but not many troops were annihilated, so Italy didn't care.

On December 4, an Italian reinforcement army landed in Tobrook and met the Turkish army led by Mustafa Kemal, who was still a captain at the time. On December 22, Kemal led his army to defeat the Italian army, which frustrated Italy's advance.

Seeing that the war situation was in a deadlock, Italy was also a little surprised, because before the war started, the Italian script was not written like this. It should be where the Italian army went, and they were invincible and they only defeated the sick husband of Siya, lost the loss, surrendered, and ended with cede land and compensation. Why didn't the Ottoman Turkish Empire act according to this script!

But at this time, Italy could not stop, otherwise what would be the face of my Noodle Country? So Italy immediately launched a large-scale increase in troops from the country to Tripoli and Cyrenegafi to strengthen its troops. Moreover, Italy also decided to deploy its secret weapon - the plane in this battle.

There is no land connection between Italy and Tripoli, so the number of troops and transportation materials can only be transported by sea. If the Ottoman Turkish Empire had a reliable navy at this time, it could use the tactic of raid interference from sea to prevent, delay Italy's reinforcements and weaken Italy's power. But unfortunately, the Navy of the Ottoman Turkish Empire is unable to make any move at all, so it is naturally unable to pose a threat to Italy's maritime transportation lines. Therefore, Italy can increase troops and reinforcements to Tripoli and Cyrena.

At this moment, the East China Government informed the Ottoman Turkish Empire that two large cruisers had been launched for trial sailing among the eight warships they ordered, allowing the Ottoman Turkish Empire to participate in the trial sailing. The Ottoman Turkish Empire then remembered that it had 8 warships built in the distant east. Although only two were built, they were still in a hurry to seek medical treatment. So the Ottoman Turkish Empire immediately decided to send a group of naval personnel to receive the two warships and drive them back to China. At least it could withstand it for a while.

However, after the Navy personnel of the Ottoman Turkish Empire arrived at the East China Government and expressed their goals, the reply they received was impossible. First of all, these two warships were only trial sailing and were not completely completed. It would take at least 4-5 months to wait until they were completely completed. Secondly, even if they were completely completed, the crew would be familiar with the operation and training of warships, cooperate with each other, and the people and ships were skilled in running-in, which would take another 4-5 months. In addition, it would take more than a month to return to China. Therefore, it would take about 1 year for these two warships to fully form combat effectiveness, and this did not count the time for building ports, repairing factories, and training workers in the Ottoman Turkish Empire. Therefore, when the contract was signed, the time for the completion of the contract was 5 years.

After listening to the reply from the East China Government, the naval personnel of the Ottoman Turkish Empire suddenly felt a little cold, but there was no way. After all, the construction of warships and the construction of naval forces were all their own laws, and they were not something that was done in a slump, and they took time to accumulate.

But at this time, although Italy continued to increase its troops, the war in Tripoli and Cyreniga did not worsen. It was not because of how strong the Ottoman Turkish army was, but because of Italy's invasion of North Africa that attracted opposition from many Arab countries. Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt and other Arab countries organized guerrillas and volunteers to fight against the Italian army, causing heavy losses to the Italian army.

On the surface, Britain, France, Germany and Austria have adopted support or default attitudes towards Italy, but secretly they do not forget to stumbling over Italy. Because it is France, in fact, they have long been envious of Tripoli and Cyreniga, and of course they will not let Italy succeed easily. Therefore, the armies of Arab countries such as Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt actually have support from Britain and France, providing weapons and ammunition, and training the army. The Ottoman Turkish army also makes full use of this and cooperates closely with these Arab troops, so the war situation can still be stabilized at this time.

Since the war situation in North Africa has stabilized, the Ottoman Turkish Empire is not in a hurry to return warships, so it ordered the officers to stay in China, participate in the trial and acceptance of warships, and learn about warship operations.

At the same time, the Ottoman Turkish Empire made a request to the East China Government, hoping to buy aircraft from the East China Government. In fact, when the Ottoman Turkish Empire came to buy warships, the East China Government recommended aircraft to them and asked them to visit the flight performance. However, at that time, the Ottoman Turkish Empire only focused on warships and was not interested in aircraft, so the following was lost.

During this Italian-Turkish war, the Italian army used about 20 aircraft for air reconnaissance, dispersing leaflets and other work, and also threw bombs from the air for air bombing. The Italian army was able to maintain the situation under the joint attack of the Turkish and Arab forces. Although the aircraft participated in the war directly for few times, it also played a significant role.

At this time, the Ottoman Turkish Empire could not help but regret it. If I had known this, I should have purchased several aircraft from the East China Government. Now it would not have allowed the Italian Air Force to show off its power, so I hurriedly proposed to the East China Government to purchase aircraft.

Although the East China government would not refuse to sell aircraft to the Ottoman Turkish Empire, it also told them that aircraft cannot be used just by buying them back. Not only does it take time to learn to drive aircraft, but the aircraft relies more on logistics maintenance than the navy. It will take at least one year to form combat effectiveness.

However, the East China Government still suggested that the Ottoman Turkish Empire should buy some aircraft immediately. This Italian-Turkey War cannot catch up, but it can be used in the next war. Otherwise, it will be too late to buy it when the next war breaks out. Moreover, using the purchased batch of aircraft, a large number of pilots and a complete ground service system can be trained in China. When the war breaks out, purchasing a new aircraft can quickly form combat effectiveness.

The news came back to Ottoman Turkey, and the ruling Turkish Youth Party also believed that this suggestion made sense. After all, weapons and ammunition in modern wars depended on daily life, and we cannot wait until the war came before thinking about purchasing and manufacturing. Moreover, the Ottoman Turkish Empire has found out that after the outbreak of the Italian-Turkish War, the Balkans began to become unstable.

It turned out that after the Far East War, Russia's focus turned to Europe, with two main goals, one was the Bosphorus Strait of the Ottoman Turkish Empire; the other was the Balkan Peninsula. During the last Bosnian crisis, Russia wanted to obtain the Bosphorus Strait. Now that the Italian-Turkish War broke out, Russia believed that the opportunity had come, so it instigated Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and other countries to take advantage of the Italian-Turkish war to seize the territory of the Ottoman Turkish Empire on the Balkan Peninsula. Therefore, it was completely necessary for the Ottoman Turkish Empire to prepare early now, and even if it could not catch up with this Italian-Turkish war, it would definitely be used immediately. So the Ottoman Turkish Empire immediately ordered the naval officers who received the warships and the consul of the Ottoman Turkish Empire to negotiate with the East China Government to purchase aircraft.

The East China Government immediately arranged for the Ottoman Turkish personnel to visit the aircraft manufacturing plant, flight training, air combat, air bombing performances, and took off from water. This opened the eyes of the Turks, so they decided to buy the aircraft.

In the end, the two sides negotiated and decided that the Ottoman Turkish Empire would purchase 20 aircraft from the East China government, as well as supporting maintenance technical equipment and accessories, including 8 single-person reconnaissance aircraft, 4 single-person fighter jets, 4 twin-person fighter bombers, and 4 maritime reconnaissance aircraft.

Pilots and ground crews first selected the naval soldiers and mechanics who received the warships this time, and then selected them from the country. Because of receiving the warships, the Ottoman Turkish Empire sent a total of more than 500 naval soldiers, and 2 or 30 were drawn from them, which was not a big impact. Moreover, naval soldiers and mechanics were all modern education and mastered considerable modern machinery, which was also a must-have quality for pilots and ground crews. Otherwise, it would be at least 2 months after they were selected from China.

Moreover, of the 20 aircraft purchased this time, 10 were selected from the active aircraft of the East China Government. Once the pilot and ground crew selection were completed, training could be carried out immediately. The purpose of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was to do this, and it was also hoped that the air force could form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!