For the Entente, the Italians had finally done something right this time! Though its military significance was limited, its political impact was enormous!
What perfect propaganda material—one of the Alliance's three great powers had surrendered! Didn't that mean the Alliance was about to be finished? They had to step up the propaganda!
It had been four against three before; now it was four against two. If they still couldn't win, they would be letting the audience down!
Bragging wasn't taxed anyway, so naturally they kept bragging!
Last year, when people said the war would end in 1917, hardly anyone believed it. But now even ordinary people believed it. There was no way four against two could lose!
Oh, sorry—the other countries in the war had been ignored. But what was wrong with that? What right did small countries have to steal the spotlight?
Of course, there was one exception. Among the Entente powers, there was also Japan, a great power that had been merely making up the numbers. Since they had been doing nothing but making up the numbers all along, the European media naturally overlooked them!
The most immediate benefit brought by Italy's surrender was that the peace faction within the Entente had been suppressed. Even the Russian Empire was no exception.
Of course, Russia's main reason was Nicholas II's great purge. Many government officials had been implicated. In the new round of power redistribution, the military gained a greater voice, and the war faction naturally swelled once more!
Now, even if the Germans wanted peace talks, it would be difficult. At the very least, the terms previously proposed by the Black-Clad Chancellor could no longer be negotiated—unless they achieved a decisive victory on the Western Front!
Bulgaria was no exception. Without even needing Ferdinand's orders, the propaganda department