Chapter 1,789 The Ambition of the Poles
The British and French offensive could not last too long, because winter was supposed to be a time for everyone to rest. Two consecutive attacks by the British and French consumed 7788% of the originally accumulated strength. Why should they maintain the offensive? Therefore, in the Kaiser's view, time is on their side. As long as peace is restored on the Western Front, even if Crown Prince William can only bring back one-third of the army's troops, it will be enough to crush the parliamentary faction!
At the same time, Albert and others in Berlin were also discussing the current situation. The confrontation was not the result they wanted. The superficial calm was just to accumulate strength for the subsequent outbreak! And now they are also looking for military power they can rely on as much as possible!
"Okay, I think everyone has a general understanding of the current situation. We failed to win the first wave of offensive. We formed a confrontation with the Kaiser, and this confrontation is unstable. The West Once the line eases, we will immediately become at a disadvantage. According to the estimates of our military department, the British and French offensives will only last for about 10 days at most. Well, now, we must come up with a solution within 10 days. The solution to the problem is to at least obtain foreign aid to balance the situation," Albert said.
"Let's talk about the situation in the Kiel region first. Mr. Knowles." After speaking, Albert looked at the head of the Kiel region of the Social Democratic Party.
"Our strength in Kiel can be described as the annihilation of the entire army. I did not expect that the High Seas Fleet had such great energy. They controlled the entire Port of Kiel. Not only did we fail to obtain the troops, equipment and equipment we needed from the Port of Kiel, Materials, and our personnel in Kiel have also lost more than 70%. And now, the navy that controls the northern German ports has an ambiguous attitude. They turned a deaf ear to our demands, and directly supported the Kaiser in action!" Knowles felt quite ashamed. said.
"That means that the navy has no hope for the time being? The conditions we proposed cannot make them happy?" Landsberg, sitting opposite Knowles, said in disbelief.
"It is now basically confirmed that the navy must have received the support of the Kingdom of Bavaria, and they have reached some conditions with Crown Prince Ruprecht. This makes our plan to control the navy come to nothing, but at the same time, we can also count We are relieved, at least with the Crown Prince standing behind us, we don’t have to worry about the navy moving too quickly towards the Kaiser!” said Scheidemann, who had just been freed to take over the intelligence department.
"How many troops can we mobilize now?" Albert asked.
"There are still 30,000 troops that can be mobilized, but these troops will soon be deployed to areas near East Prussia to scare Mackensen. He is loyal to the Kaiser and does not have enough troops to block the main artery leading to the Eastern Front. , God knows what Mackensen will do. Coupled with the troops on the southern front used to fight against Moltke, it will be very difficult for us to concentrate our mobile forces now. But there is an exception for one unit. His leader is trying to fight with Let’s get in touch and reach some agreement!” At that moment, Balth, a centrist representative of the Social Democratic Party, said.
"Another force? Who are they? What are the conditions?" Albert frowned. He did not remember that Germany had such an armed force system that was independent of the armies of various kingdoms and the navy and air force.
"It's the Poles! Or Piłsudski, the commander of the Polish Second Army. He expressed his willingness to support the parliament and can gather at least 50,000 troops to help us fight against the Kaiser." Bart said.
"An army of 50,000? Are you kidding? From what I understand, he can have at most 20,000, which is pretty good!" Scheidemann said with a sneer. After the Allies took control of Poland, the German military once formed Polish troops to fight against the Russians.
Although the Poles had hatred against Russia, Germany, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they had the greatest hatred for the Russians. Moreover, there was talk of Poland becoming an independent country at that time, so some Poles were willing to help the Germans fight the Russians. This is also the reason why the so-called Polish Second Army appeared.
Of course, such an army cannot be compared with the Allied regular army. According to the intelligence collected by Scheideman and the information within the German Army, although the Poles cannot know their exact equipment level because they use a large number of Russian captured weapons, but The total strength of the entire Polish Army is only about 70,000, of which at least 40,000 are on the Eastern Front. The maximum number of Polish armed personnel in the entire Prussia and Bavaria areas does not exceed 30,000. Therefore, Scheideman’s estimate of the number 50,000 is Absolutely don't believe it!
"So what are their conditions?" Albert asked. "Let Russian Poland become an independent country? I don't have the ability, and even the previous Kaiser couldn't do it."
"This, their conditions are even more extreme. They want parts of Silesia and the province of Posen! Plus the areas controlled by Prussia and Bavaria. In this case, they have a country of at least 100,000 square kilometers. They ask for this The country has an independence comparable to Bavaria," Balth said.
"Are they crazy?!" Albert said in shock. "This is simply unacceptable! Does Prussia want to allocate another piece of money to reward their speculation?!"
"They can ask for huge amounts of money, and we can just sit back and pay back the money. And Mr. Albert, don't forget that before this, the Kaiser was preparing to establish a Polish state. This matter was fundamentally the Kaiser's mistake. " Hasay, another big figure in the Social Democratic Party centrist group, said.
"You and I both know that it is just a pretense to weaken the Kingdom of Bavaria. And even if the Kaiser finally fulfills his promise, it will only be the former Russian Polish area controlled by Prussia and Bavaria. The territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire will not be moved. Let alone give them territory from the provinces of Posen and Silesia, which Prussia has ruled for hundreds of years," Albert said.
"So, if the Kaiser is willing to abide by his previous commitments at this time, then whose side will the Poles be on?" Hasse asked.
"If the Kaiser is willing to establish a Polish state subordinate to Berlin, even if it does not exclude Bavaria's gains, even if it is only tens of thousands of square kilometers, then do you think the Poles will be on our side or the Kaiser's side? Do you think? , if they accept the Kaiser's order, then how can we resist these Poles?" Hasay's words hit everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer.
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