The prince needed more than just reserve soldiers and weapons, because these things were easy to handle, and he might not have much combat power after he got them, what he really needed was experienced officers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and the army does not expand, the training and reserve of officers is always a problem! An army without officers is an army without a soul. So far, the only way the prince can come up with to expand the army is to fight for it with the Kaiser and win over Austria, but the former wants to expand the resistance is very large, the latter? The prince always distrusted ...... the fighting power of the Austro-Hungarian regiments.

"I am well aware of your concerns, for I had met with General Moltke the Younger before I came to meet you, and he knew very well what you were thinking, and that the reserve officers were the key to limiting the expansion of the army. Fortunately, General Moltke Jr. was in favor of expanding the army. And he is willing to help in any way he can. "Arnold. Siemens said with a smile.

"As you can imagine, it may be difficult to change the size of the regular army under normal circumstances, and it is of limited significance to increase the number of reserves. You need a large number of experienced officers, but there are still loopholes in the training and appointment of this officer, for example, technical officers. Quite a few officers in the navy are technicians themselves. And the navy is also a place where the Junker aristocracy is not easy to meddle in, and we can completely follow this example. ”

"If the German Empire were to create a new establishment of armored forces, or to establish an air force, then a large number of technical personnel would have to be added, and we could have increased the number of officers in the name of technical officers. Reservists and supplies are readily available, and with Bavaria's national strength, it is probably not a problem to correspond to a reserve army for each army. What do you think of this condition? "Arnold. Siemens asked.

"The question is what you can do. I've been in contact with General Moltke Jr. in the hope that this weapon will make its way into the German legions. What is the value of working with you? And what will we get. Honestly, I've done my job and I could have done it without your help. "The prince knew what the other party was thinking, and made an opening in the reserves, increasing the number of reserve officers, and preparing for the expansion of the army in wartime, the question is that the prince himself can try to implement this thing, so where is the role of the Prussian consortium headed by Siemens? They didn't help for nothing!

"First of all, I believe that you can finally convince General Moltke Jr. or even the Prussian General Staff to equip this weapon, but how much equipment is probably a problem, maybe there will be 10 in an army, maybe 20 in a division, this is not a concept at all, don't you say? You are not Prussian, after all, and when it comes to contacts, you will not be more extensive than we are. ”

"Of course, the biggest problem is that even if you have the best product, you can't form a monopoly at all, because His Majesty the Kaiser simply won't allow it, as the last tender for warships was an example, and in terms of performance, you could have taken all the orders, but in fact you had to take half of them, and that half would have to be shared with the Kaiser and the Brom-Fox shipyard. So I think what we need to do is not just to distribute this small cake, but to make it bigger, so that everyone will distribute more. You say so, right? His Royal Highness the Prince? "Arnold. Siemens asked.

"That being said, it's too early to talk about cooperation, because I'm paying real money or real technology, and it's hard to say how much your so-called connections can help. I was struggling. "The prince's attitude seems to be a little relaxed, but he still hasn't let go of his mouth on key issues, you always have to give me a guarantee, right? Didn't talk about anything, do you want technology? What do you think?

"You are now working on three projects at once, one is an armored combat vehicle, one is an aircraft, and one is a submarine, is that so?" Arnold. Siemens asked.

"That's right, you've got a good job of intelligence." The prince nodded.

"Okay, let's do this, the aircraft project and the submarine project will not be done first, we can do the armored combat vehicle project first, according to the documents provided by General Moltke Jr., you now have 4 test vehicles, we will choose 2 from them, as the object of joint research and development, and then for each test vehicle we will provide the Kingdom of Bavaria with an interest-free loan of 10 million marks, which will be paid off in 3 years, what do you think?" Arnold. Siemens said.

"A loan of 20 million is about 250,000 marks at an annual interest rate of 2.5% per annum, which adds up to about 1.5 million. And I also need money to build a fleet now, which is still more cost-effective. The prince began to calculate his surplus and gains and losses quickly.

"Well, if I exclude Bavaria's market share, how much of the rest of the market in Germany can I have?" The prince thought for a moment and asked.

"Except for Bavaria, you can't have more than a quarter of the remaining tank market. Because if nothing else, Austria-Hungary will buy this equipment from you, and it is clear that these new equipment cannot be exported, and the current size of the entire German army is so large that all the relevant enterprises in Prussia, Württemberg and Saxony can get a share of the remaining two-thirds. You've got a lot of that. "Arnold. Siemens thought for a moment and said.

That's right, because now Bavaria's military strength has accounted for about 18% of Germany's total, and this part of the market share is already the prince's, 18% plus 18%, which is almost 36%, and the remaining German enterprises are divided into 64%, isn't it about two-thirds? Think about it, the Kaiser can always break half of his own navy. It's good that the army can make itself a little stronger by a third.

"Now there's a question, is this what you mean, or is it what the Kaiser means?" The prince smiled slightly, in fact, Siemens' offer was already very good, close to his bottom line, but they agreed that it was useless, the Kaiser had the final say!

"The Kaiser just asked us to contact you, and as for the outcome of the negotiations, he does not care, His Majesty the Kaiser just thinks that we should work together to contribute to the future of the Empire. In fact, our purpose is the same as that of the empire, only when the empire wins, we will have more markets, and only when the empire expands the army will we have more business. If you agree to a joint R&D, our PR work can start next week. "Arnold. Siemens said.

"Trust me, Your Royal Highness, Prince, we work together, and you will definitely earn more."

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