Italy - HOI4 - A Hot Summer

29 Jun 1938 brings good news. My National Focus Special Forces is completed :)
For my next Focus I select Armored Effort which will boost my research beyond the junk.
A new Dockyard has been constructed - (blue alert button upper-centre).
It's time to start increasing the number of convoys Italy has. Only 170 at present.
01 Jul 1938: Now that is a surprise! The Romanians have told Adolf "to go to hell".
01 Jul 1938: Now that is a problem for me because I don't want to be forced into a war which may easily escalate. Romania could join the Allies!
Strange that there is no date....
Poland is not reacting.
France is still defensive....
…but the British are taking an interest in the Balkans and that includes Romania.
The Soviets are looking dangerous too. I see Anti-Fascist Diplomacy there and it could be next.
07 July and Germany already has invasion plans. Not looking good.
It is strange that neither France nor Britain are guaranteeing Romanian independence.
On the 11th of July I receive a new armoured division which I place in Training Army.
Then I leave the Axis. That will have consequences.
Yep. I am a faction traitor.
Notice that most of the German units have become 'invisible'. They no longer have access to Italy. But where are they? Hitler is asking for a non-aggression pact. I decline.
19 Jul 1938: I cancel Messe's orders to defend the border with Poland.
I order his forces to our border with Germany.
24 Jul 1938: Uncertain times indeed!
27 Jul 1938: I use 50 PPs to discredit Mussolini's Government.
The PPI (democrats) now have 40% popularity. Other good news is that the Wehrmacht is not massing on my border.
Badoglio doesn't need to garrison Czechoslovakia any more.
So I order his forces to assemble in Vienna instead as a reserve.
Big changes in this post. I'm more worried now what the British will do next. Until soon.

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