"Your Highness, in order to thank you for your contribution to the friendship between the United States and Germany, I bring you the most sincere blessings, but also bring you the due reward, and at the same time to congratulate you on becoming the **** of the Kingdom of Bavaria. The Government of the United States of www.biquge.info is willing to provide Bavaria with interest-free loans of up to $20 million per year. Beginning in 1903, ten years are expected. After a period of greetings and politeness, Benson gave a big gift to His Royal Highness Ruprecht ****!

This is not to say that the relationship between the United States and Germany is more real than real money, but the fundamental reason why the Americans agreed to give Bavaria a loan is that Bavaria imports a lot of non-ferrous metals and oil from the United States every year. In order to expand imports, the Americans, of course, must give some benefits, otherwise, if nothing else, once the oil fields in the two river basins are exploited, the Americans will not have any advantage in oil.

The Americans hoped that the prince would persuade the Kaiser to give more help to the United States and Russia in the Far East, while the prince hinted that the Japanese would do it in advance, and the United States also needed to prepare in advance.

"Your country is ready to provide Russia with a batch of new warships before the war between Japan and Russia?" The prince asked.

"That's right, we plan to provide Russia with 2 battleships and 2 cruisers in the form of loans within 1 month before Russia declares war. In this way, the number of the main fleet of the Russian Navy reached 20 ships, and under the command of the veteran general General Makanov, there was every chance to defeat Japan in a naval battle, and then settle Japan once and for all. Benson said.

"But one month is simply not enough time for the Russians to adapt to the new warship. It is best to advance this time by about three months, so that you will have time to familiarize yourself with the battleship and arrange tactics. The prince suggested.

"We have also thought about this problem, there is no problem with early delivery, because these warships are our active warships, but such an act will definitely stimulate the British, and they can also use the same method against us, so our plan is to deliver it to the Russians immediately, and then before Britain replenishes the Japanese warships, the Russian fleet will take the lead in a decisive battle with the Japanese fleet, we all know that the scale of the British Far East Fleet is limited, and the warships that can be provided to Japan are even more limited, so, We can take advantage of this time difference to seal the win! Benson explained.

"It's a good idea, one ring after another, taking into account the reaction of the British and the preparation time, and avoiding direct involvement in the war. It's really good. "The prince gave half a thumbs up to the Americans in his heart, and as for the fundamental reason for not giving a thumbs up, they didn't think about what would happen if Japan went to war ahead of schedule? Although now from a diplomatic point of view, Japan is trying to repair relations with Russia and ease the contradictions, but only the prince knows that the more smiling the Japanese, the closer the knife they hide to you!

"What would you do if Japan launched an offensive ahead of schedule, as it did in the Battle of the Philippines?" The prince asked a very sharp question.

"We can send the fleet to Vladivostok, it is impossible for the Japanese to attack in winter, because the northeast is too cold. If our four battleships and the four Rurik-class battleships of the Vladivostok detachment converge, they could still pose a great threat to Japan. And we don't mind that the war is a little longer. Benson sneered at this.

"Everyone's not a good thing." The prince made a face that you and I both knew. "But have you ever thought about this situation? The Russian fleet, on its way to the Far East, was attacked by the Japanese? ”

"This is unlikely, the Japanese Army is not ready, and the Russian fleet will be able to go to the Far East in May next year. It is impossible for their navy to start a war without the consent of the Army. Benson vetoed.

"Whether the Japanese Army is ready or not, it's just that you don't think it's okay, it's hard to say what the situation is. And even if the preparation is not good, from a strategic point of view, if the Russian fleet can be severely damaged as soon as the war starts, then it does not matter if the army is almost prepared, because Japan is an island country and can allow the army to lose temporarily. Even if it is suppressed on the Korean Peninsula at the beginning because of poor logistics, it doesn't matter, because the battlefield is destined to be two, one is the Korean Peninsula and the other is the Liaodong Peninsula. The prince said.

"But we still don't think the Japanese will do that." Benson's statement is already very explicit, in other words, it is not very good: "Maybe you have a point, but sorry, for some reason, we can't." ”

"Well, this is a matter for the United States and Russia, and it is inconvenient for me to meddle, but I hope that after the Makanov fleet enters the South China Sea, the United States will be able to deliver some of them, even if they cannot deliver all the warships." That's all the prince said, as for whether the other party listens or not, it's up to them.

"I will convey your opinion to Congress and consider it carefully." Looking at the prince's rather serious and solemn expression, Benson hesitated for a moment and said, in fact, at this time, the United States and Russia had already finalized the details of various cooperation. The Russian fleet set out in May, and if it took the Suez Canal, it could reach the Far East in June, and then wait until August, when the Americans delivered the ships. There are so many changes to make if you plan ahead. It's not something Benson can decide.

"That's all you have to say, you can do it yourself." The prince can't say anything more, he can help if he can, it's really non-stop, God can't help it, relatively speaking, the prince still needs to do his own things, if nothing else, the heavy artillery that Skoda made should be almost good now, right?

Regardless of whether Germany will defeat Russia and then draw Britain and France as its own strategy, the troops deployed on the Western Front must be the largest, which is determined by the pressure faced by the Western Front, the pressure brought by Britain and France is much greater than that of Russia, even if it is on the defensive, the Germans still have to deploy a large number of heavy artillery and troops on the Western Front. Most of the railway capacity will also be concentrated on the Western Front, and even if the Kaiser tilts the Eastern Front further, it is almost impossible to fight a firepower battle like the Western Front, and a big war will knock out tens of millions of shells. Therefore, the prince has been thinking about how to use his heavy weapons more effectively.

Artillery combat does not depend on how many guns you have, but on how many guns you are able to use on the front line. A small number of heavy guns with a longer range and easier maneuverability are even better than those that are bulky but more numerous! After all, there weren't so many bunkers like the Fortress of the Sun on the Western Front for you to fight, and Austria-Hungary, as a great power, had enough train guns and heavy artillery to use (after all, there were almost no super heavy artillery in Russia.) So the prince positioned his artillery as maneuver and range!

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