Inside the Security Organization Allied Forces' command post, General Honorato di Ghiva, Commander-in-Chief of the Sardinia Legion, stared at the order in his hand for a long while before forcing out, "This... isn't that too long?
"Perhaps... I should return and report to His Majesty the King..."
The french officer before him smiled. "Please rest assured, General Staff has already obtained His Majesty Emmanuel IV's approval. I believe his Messenger Officer will arrive in Ancona very soon."
This officer was an official from the Mediterranean Security Organization General Staff Headquarters.
Just now, he had delivered the General Staff Headquarters' order to General Ghiva—both to prevent Naples from launching retaliation and to supervise their strict fulfillment of the Ceasefire Agreement, the Security Organization had decided to station troops in Ancona on a rotating basis.
Ancona was a city directly west of Abruzzo, only five or six days' journey away.
The Sardinia Legion had the honor of receiving the first garrison assignment. They would be stationed here for one year, after which Modena's troops would replace them. Yes, Joseph had not yet moved against Sardinia, the force behind this Northern Italy nationalist incident.
First, Sardinia would certainly insist that it was a frame-up by the Young Italy Organization—there were no recording devices in this era, so there was simply no way to produce ironclad evidence.
Second, even if the Sardinian Royal Family were forced to admit involvement, it would not be an especially grave offense when examined closely. The harshest punishment would be for Emmanuel IV to declare his own exile and let his younger brother succeed him as King.
To Sardinia, that was hardly even a scratch.
But Joseph intended to punish Sardinia, this Judas, severely—at the very least, it had to be split into two or three countries.
However, the