Chapter 1748 Response One
"Is there no other choice?" Chancellor Tirpitz asked.
"No, the High Seas Fleet has a chance to defeat the British only under the leadership of Crown Prince Ruprecht and with the full cooperation of the Bavarian Air Force. Now, we don't have any conditions." Admiral Scheer replied.
"However, you already know Ludendorff's threat. Under the current circumstances, the navy may be marginalized, our access to supplies will be reduced, the normal training and operations of the navy may be affected, and the fleet personnel will also be affected by it. There are some conflicts caused by the issue of wages and benefits, so well, everyone here, have you figured out how to deal with it?" Tirpitz asked.
"Would the Kaiser agree to this ridiculous proposal? Don't we have a chance to meet the Kaiser?" Hipper asked on the side.
"It is very possible, to be honest, the Kaiser used the navy more as a political tool and a totem. Although we have paid a lot and achieved a lot of success, the Kaiser still did not realize the importance of the navy to the future German Empire. nature, and the particularity of the navy." Tirpitz paused and continued: "Although it is very bad to say this, I have to say that His Majesty the Emperor doesn't understand the navy at all. If he can have Ruprecht We'd be much better off with half the naval training of the crown prince."
"I agree with your opinion, Your Excellency Marshal." Admiral Scheer said, and the others also nodded to express their agreement with the Marshal's opinion... If Crown Prince Ruprecht is here and hears what Tirpitz said, he may also despise the Admiral of the Navy, because the latter has a strong will, can get a budget, and is considered a very good naval officer. Apart from the bureaucracy, in history, the fleet plan made by this buddy is really quite bad...
However, what Tirpitz said earlier is correct. Although the Kaiser likes the navy and the High Seas Fleet very much, and is willing to invest in support, but before this fleet shows a strong strike capability, it is indeed just a political tool and The totem, the former is just to give more social personnel a channel to rise in the army, and at the same time serve as a symbol of the expansion of the empire, as for the latter? The Germans prefer to use the army to quickly bring down France, and then force the British to surrender with a relatively complete high seas fleet.
And up to now, the Kaiser still does not use the High Seas Fleet as a tool to determine the outcome. In his opinion, the Army may be more useful! So, coupled with the German fleet's refusal to attack, wouldn't it be a good decision to put aside things that are temporarily unused, and then supply limited supplies to land battles? At least the Kaiser thinks so!
"If the Kaiser must reduce the navy's supplies and the treatment of officers and soldiers, I hope you can try your best to fight for the navy." Faced with this situation, Scheer was completely speechless.
"I'll do my best," Tirpitz said.
"In addition, Your Excellency the Marshal, here we have a letter from the Crown Prince of Bavaria to the Kaiser, I hope you can hand it to His Majesty the Kaiser when you are alone with the Kaiser, and don't let anyone know, including Ludendorff and Chief of Staff Hindenburg After speaking, Scheer took out a sealed document bag from the document bag and sent it to Tirpitz.
"You actually had a private contact with His Royal Highness Ruprecht? Do you still want to act as a messenger for him?" Seeing Scheer's movements, Tirpitz said with some surprise, while speaking, he turned his gaze to Hipper , I want to get some information from the eyes of the latter! The meaning in the eyes is already very clear: "Speak! Did you instigate Sher to contact the Crown Prince?"
"Here is also a personal letter from General Maoqi, I hope you can read it, for the sake of confidentiality, I hope you can read it here,
Then destroy. I believe that after reading this letter, you will believe in our loyalty to the empire, and you can understand why there have been various problems in the recent military transfers of His Majesty the Emperor. "Scheer said, and sent another document to Tirpitz.
"Little Maoqi? This guy is indeed loyal to His Majesty, and it is indeed embarrassing to have such a result." To be honest, Tirpitz doesn't have a good impression of Little Maoqi, and this has nothing to do with character. Based on the fact that Tirpitz is fighting for the budget for the navy, and Moltke is fighting for the budget for the army, it is absolutely impossible for the relationship between the two parties to be so good! Is it easy to get along with money? !
But now, Little Maoqi has been "retired". The conflict between the two parties no longer exists, let's look at the current situation of little Moqi... Tirpitz also feels a bit sad about the death of a rabbit, and, as Scheer and others said, in terms of loyalty, Tirpitz also thinks that Little Maoqi is definitely the most loyal group!
Tirpitz was a little surprised that Moltke was involved in the navy. He really wanted to know what happened to make this retired guy still jump up and down like this? Is it because the pension is not enough? Or some other reason? No matter what, Tirpitz opened the letter suspiciously, and read Moltke's letter under the watchful eyes of Scheer and the others.
Little Moltke did not mention in his letter that he suspected that some people in Hindenburg or the General Staff might be bought by the Social Democratic Party. It was useless to mention this, but it made Tirpitz suspect that he was dissatisfied and was going to kill someone with a knife. In his letter, he only said that the high-level German High Seas Fleet, including Scheer and Hipper, was loyal to the Kaiser, and that Germany was very empty now. In order to deal with some possible changes, Tirpitz should try his best to serve the Navy. Strive for a larger "range of activities"! For example, actual control over all ports and docks! Another example is the control over some coastal cities!
"There's nothing wrong with this." Tirpitz thought for a while and then handed over the letter from Moltke in his hand to others. After Scheer and others read it, Tirpitz said.
"The Kaiser is also aware of the emptiness in Germany and has already begun to prepare for adjustments, but I am afraid it will be too late in a short time. I can suggest that the Kaiser take over the security of some port cities. After all, Ludendorff is not talking about the navy's empty supplies and no Is it useful? We will find something for the navy personnel to do, and let them take on some tasks that were originally undertaken by the military police and the police. At least, in the event of turmoil, we can guarantee that there will be no problems in the coastal areas of Germany.” Thirpy Ci said.
"No problem, I will try my best to arm the crew loyal to us and distribute weapons to them." Admiral Scheer said.
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