Chapter 1780 Preemptive Strike II
"Your Majesty, you are not a really good leader. Germany can win this war because of its strong national power and military power! The current way of ruling is not suitable for the future empire. We won this war, but we did not Not ready to receive the fruits of victory. In my opinion, your plan is simply terrible, whether it is allowing the Poles to form their own kingdom or supporting the Baltic Sea region to establish satellite states, this is a huge damage to the cohesion of the empire! Your grandfather has created a Bavaria with a big tail, but now, how many Bavarias do you plan to create?" Hindenburg asked rhetorically.
To be honest, personal interests accounted for less than 30% of Hindenburg and the Social Democratic Party in the end! In fact, as a senior official of the German army who climbed up from the grassroots, he has his own views and opinions on the entire German society. First of all, he does not like the current domestic political system in Germany. He prefers a national system that breaks down the barriers of religion and state and centralizes power. Because he believed that only in this way could the power of the empire be concentrated. Therefore, he could not be said to be full of hostility towards the Kingdom of Bavaria at the beginning, but he still had some criticisms.
Therefore, simply saying that the Social Democratic Party has always emphasized the need to strengthen parliamentary powers is in line with Hindenburg's political demands, and changing the composition of the German bureaucracy is also very attractive to Hindenburg. Especially at the beginning, Albert, who was in contact with Hindenburg, planned to continue to weaken the boundaries of the states and eventually integrate all the states into one. (Of course, the current strategic goal has been changed to only fight for the rights of Prussia.) These places are in line with Hindenburg's political demands and ideas, so it is only logical that Hindenburg was instigated!
Of course, the Kaiser didn't have the time and energy to discuss the future of Germany with Hindenburg. He has a lot to do now! Although William II's perception is very slow, but now, he also knows that a storm is about to sweep across Germany! His imperial power is in jeopardy! This time, the Kaiser showed rare decisiveness and decided to take a series of decisive measures to stifle the storm!
He first wanted to stabilize the army on the western front. At this time, he found Ruprecht's telegram again and found that the latter's vision was so accurate. Military control! At the same time, he also sent a telegram to Ruprecht, in which he rarely asked the Bavarian Army to assume the responsibility of maintaining the monarchy in a "pleading" tone.
But this time, the prince used the excuse that he was short of troops and needed to deal with the Hungarian issue, and was unable to mobilize enough troops to make the Kaiser hit a soft nail! In the reply, Ruprecht was dissatisfied with the Kaiser's "treachery" before, and pointed out that such a telegram was "insincere"! There was no acknowledgment of previous mistakes, and no compensation was made. The prince clearly stated in the letter: The Bavarian Army will never go to the battlefield just for a mere telegram!
If this letter had been sent under other circumstances, it would have been considered a rebellion for the Kaiser! But now, the Kaiser really can't do anything to Bavaria! And more importantly, if he can't quickly quell the rebellion, then Bavaria will still be the bargaining chip in deciding the outcome! He knew that Bavaria might be up for grabs in this German political upheaval! But there is no way, people have to bow their heads under the eaves!
At this time, the Kaiser was loyal to the loyal little Maoqi. He wanted to recall the little Maoqi as the chief of staff, but the latter rejected the Kaiser's kindness. Little Maoqi thought that at this time, let him stay in the country and prepare to suppress the possible situation at any time. The mutiny will be better, and in the letter of Moltke to the Kaiser, he asked to send more troops and equipment. He also suggested that ensuring the stability of the Western Front is the most important thing at this time! He believes that General Crook, commander of the First Army Group, is a good candidate to take over as chief of staff.
This time, the Kaiser's political and military wisdom exploded under the extremely crisis domestic political situation! With his efforts, military forces loyal to the royal family quickly took control of important areas in western Germany, at least allowing the German Western Front Army to maintain it for a while! At the same time, the Kaiser's response to the domestic situation was correct in principle. He concentrated his forces to prepare for forcible suppression, and sent a telegram to Prime Minister Holwig to prepare for offline action!
But what is there a word called? Plans can't keep up with changes! In other words, the Kaiser is still too optimistic about the domestic political situation!
If it is said that the refusal when asking for help from Bavaria is still expected by the Kaiser, after all, all high-ranking Germans know that the Crown Prince of Bavaria is not a master who repays grievances with virtue. Ability to solve domestic problems. Without the help of strong measures, the only way to gain the support of the other party is to use benefits or so-called "favors". Before, the Kaiser's reckless move almost brought the relationship between the two parties to a freezing point!
Then the next thing is difficult for the Kaiser to understand! The Kaiser asked Tirpitz to return to the port of Kiel immediately to mobilize the fleet to prepare to transfer Mackensen's army back home from the ice and snow on the Eastern Front! The Kaiser's order was passed on to Tirpitz smoothly, and Tirpitz also went to the port smoothly, but the naval personnel in the Port of Kiel were very uncooperative, and some troops were a little unstable!
And the most terrible thing is that at this time the main force of the German High Seas Fleet is in the Baltic Sea! Fleet operations require icebreakers, and almost all advanced icebreakers in Germany are now accompanying the fleet movement! In other words, even if Tirpitz can get enough transport ships from other means, he can never think about taking Mackensen's army back on the ice in the Gulf of Riga... .
This was a particularly serious blow to the Kaiser. It not only caused the Kaiser to lose the last large army that could be used in domestic political storms, but also made Wilhelm II wonder why the German High Seas Fleet he created with all his heart Will you betray yourself at a critical moment? ! Is it because I cut the navy's treatment before? However, no matter what, the lack of cooperation of the navy also caused the Kaiser to lose the last chance to solve domestic problems in the overall situation!
In this case, it also caused the Kaiser's tendency to let the Prime Minister Holwig strike first! He intends to let Holwig take the method of beheading to destroy the command system of the Social Democratic Party! Disintegrate your opponents from within!
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