Nationalist uproar in Rome

Leone class in the Mediterranean Sea
Photo by an anonimous spotter

Rumors about nationalist dissidents has swept Italy in the last few weeks.

The Italian population had not been very happy with the way their leaders have been leading military issues, and that sentiment had been shown in the polls recently.

The main worries, however, are centered around rumours of an upcoming campaign to capture important territories in Turkey by the fleet in the Ionian sea. The lack of defences of such territories make it a tempting objective to Italian high officers, who apparently can't seem to conquer anything but defenceless territories.

Right-wing groups, while happy about the perspective of a campaign to reflect the "Italian lake" status the Mediterranean sea should hold, believe that the timing for fleets leaving the seas bordering their homeland couldn't be worst.

"Turkey should belong to us" an important nationalist leader, who asked his identity not to be disclosed, declared "but the moment couldn't possibly be worst".

Their problem with timing is the proximity of URRR troops around Italian borders.

"While we'd see with great pleasure having our fleets remove those damn communist from rule in Turkey, we can't afford to send that fleet away when those same communist are at our doorstep."

While the URRR has yet to attack Italy, and hasn't even taken territories near its borders, these groups consider the fall of Austria in the near future a fact, and THAT would mean having URRR troops in position to launch an attack on northern Italy and then even into Rome itself.

"We understand the necessity to get new territories... but we need to start thinking about defending from foreign invasion."

Could they have it their way, right-wing groups would see that same fleet raiding north Africa this very spring, before the English troops get there and pose some opposition, because, as they state "quite frankly, we don't believe our commanders can handle any sort of opposition, even if such opposition came from such an incompetent army as the English is."

That course of action, they argue "could provide us with the gains we need while keeping a fleet in a good position to defend our homeland." There is also the problem of long-term planning. While Turkey is largely undefended, the communist devils have yet managed to assemble a fleet in Sevastopol, and with the gains expected from the conquer of Austria another one can be expected shortly. Moreover, after Austria's fall, there will be plenty of idle red armies in the area, so Italian incursion in Turkey isn't likely to last for long. An invasion in North Africa could likely we hold in the long-term, specially with the new fleet gains there will likely allow to be assembled.

The Italian new government has yet to disclose any information regarding their actual plans for their fleet, and had declined any comments since such information would be of a great benefit to potential invaders.