Chapter 1364: Kaiser's Response II
Chapter 1364 The Kaiser’s Response 2
In fact, Ruprecht did have this level of consideration in doing such a thing. After all, he knows what it means to be a master of high merit. And after this war is over, the Bavarian Legion will enter a rest period and can accept new equipment... Give the old one first. And this is also an opportunity for transformation. In the future, the Bavarian Legion will not have many tasks to attack, and the more important thing is to run fast... The number of tanks and heavy artillery should be reduced as much as possible, and the number of transport vehicles and light equipment should be increased.
In fact, Ruprecht's approach can be regarded as avoiding suspicion and giving the Kaiser a face. In exchange for the top Prussian leaders not to make trouble for themselves. This can be regarded as advancing with retreat, and giving these things has a very limited impact on the overall combat effectiveness of the Bavarian Legion. As Falkenhayn said, Prussia has lost the ability to impose hard punishments on Bavaria, and it doesn't matter whether it is given or not. Besides, after a round of slimming, it will be easier to play later.
And to give the Kaiser face, then the Kaiser must also give Ruprecht face. In fact, up to now, the Kaiser has not rewarded Ruprecht to the extent that he has no rewards. The double marshal of the navy and army, and the big iron cross have also been obtained. Command authority on the Eastern Front, supply rights, military orders, everything you need, what do you think Ruprecht lacks? It's almost the last point, the distribution of benefits after the war. After the war, territories were added to the Eastern Front. How should Prussia, Bavaria, and Austria-Hungary be divided? !
"All awards and promotions must be done in accordance with the prior agreement, and Ruprecht must be satisfied. Tell Mackensen to let him urge Ruprecht to move faster. After all, he is required to go in the direction of Ukraine and the Balkans. Do it." The Kaiser thought for a while, then changed the subject! "That's it. Except for the prince, everyone else goes out. We have something to say."
"Fuck! What's the situation?!" Everyone present felt that the painting style had changed suddenly. Why did this meeting end before it even started? ! In fact, only Little Mao Qi, who had worked with William II for decades, knew that the military and foreign issues had been resolved because of the prince's second telegram. The military issue is actually not a problem, it has reached the level of lying and winning. Impossible to lose. As for external issues, Ruprecht decided to show his favor with a full hand of cards. What else could the Kaiser do? Push your nose to your face? Therefore, as long as Ruprecht continues to do what he agreed with the Kaiser before, there is nothing to say.
As for saying, everyone is gone, what are the emperor and the prince talking about, ha ha. Then it's not up to Xiao Moqi and others to decide! And little Moltke has a feeling that this time, the dialogue between the Kaiser and the prince may target some people in the country, and after getting Ruprecht, the second largest mountain in Germany, especially In the current situation where the prestige and strength are relatively close to those of Prussia, if the prince agrees or acquiesces in something, I am afraid the means will be more radical! After all, politics depends on guns and money! Xiao Maoqi is very clear about how much trouble some people in China have caused the Kaiser recently!
And not only the domestic political parties or the financial groups behind it, but also some people from the Junker nobles participated! As a member of the aristocrats, Little Maoqi knew very well that the loyalty of the Junkers to the Kaiser was conditional and situational! As for why the Kaiser would tell Ruprecht,
Instead of talking to Xiao Maoqi, Helingen and others? The reason is simple, the Kaiser and Ruprecht are the major shareholders, and the nobles are the management and middle management. Can this status be the same?
"I plan to reform the domestic political system in the last stage of the war!" The Kaiser said when only the Kaiser and the Crown Prince were left in the room.
"We are too indulgent to the Junker nobles and the capitalists. The Junker nobles control the army and a considerable part of the grassroots regime. No matter who comes to power, they must get their support. And no matter what turmoil happens in this country, the army belongs to them Private land, so for some nobles, whether they are loyal to the empire is not that important."
"As for the capitalists and those political parties? They control the imperial parliament and use the country and the army to gain their own interests, but they lack the awareness to make due contributions to the empire. It can even be said that the current sudden rise of the Bavarian Legion is due to their passive sabotage The result." The Kaiser's calm words contained dissatisfaction, and it could even be said to be anger!
"What about Bavaria? They have already become too big to lose." The crown prince thought for a while and said. To be honest, the boss and the second child in a team are inherently hostile. The Kaiser has actually been paying attention to Bavaria. If there is no vigilance, it is impossible. The reason why no action is taken is because the situation and the current interests of the two sides are mostly the same. For example, both sides hope to win the war, and both are dissatisfied with the blessings of the domestic military, capitalists, and political parties. They all insisted on maintaining the authority of the emperor. As for other issues, the distribution of benefits is a trivial issue. At least in the view of the Kaiser, the solution to this problem will be after the war, and it will take decades of games after the war to decide the winner. After all, with Bavaria's current skills, you can't do it with a knife, right?
"If it was just Bavaria, there would be no problem," said the Kaiser.
"But there are Bohemia and Moravia in Austria-Hungary, as well as the territories that Bavaria wants to acquire in the future. These compensations are what I have to give. I don't know what His Majesty Fritz thinks. He simply It is splitting the Austro-Hungarian Empire! Turning a dual empire into a triple empire! And if you want to count the territory given to Bavaria as compensation, I think the territory of Bavaria may exceed 300,000 square kilometers!" The crown prince said worriedly.
This is definitely not alarmist. Bavaria is 78,000 square kilometers, Bohemia and Moravia are at least 80,000, which is nearly 160,000 square kilometers. Judging from the current situation in the future, Russian Poland, the coast around the Baltic Sea, parts of Belarus, and most of Ukraine will all become trophies of the empire in the future. How big are these places?
The Baltic Sea coast is at least 300,000 square kilometers (not only the three Baltic countries), and Russian Poland is 120,000. Half of Belarus must have at least 100,000 square kilometers, and half of Ukraine may be around 300,000 square kilometers. This is not counting other occupied territories and the Transcaucasus region far east of the Black Sea. This is more than 800,000 square kilometers of land. Bavaria, as the main force of the entire Eastern Front, accounts for at least 40% of its combat power. People take 150,000 square kilometers. Isn't this a high requirement? After all, if it is based on the record, it should be 300,000!
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