As Prince Heinrich said, before this prince walked, Arnold. Siemens arrived on the back foot, Prussia moved quite quickly this time, and its attitude was relatively low, and it chose the Siemens Group, which has a good cooperative relationship with itself, rather than the Krupp family, which has been fighting openly and secretly with itself. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info This makes the prince feel a little kindness, but if they want to make the prince back down with this kindness, that is also because they think too much, there is no benefit, there is no what the prince wants, how can they give in?

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, after the prince had retired from the others, Arnold finally explained his intentions, "I am here on behalf of most of the merchants in Prussia who have intersected with your business. We hope that we can reduce the differences and friction between us through some communication and coordination, you are a future king, you must have other needs besides money, right? We can talk. ”

"Need anything else? For example? As the dominant party in the negotiations, it is naturally impossible for the prince to directly throw out his demands. He now prefers to play the game "Guess Guess"!

"Let's say you want to have more military posts, and let's say you want to build an air force." Arnold paused and continued: "You want not only Bavaria to have an air force, but also Prussia to build an air force to prepare for future battles, and there is no doubt that you are doing this for the sake of the country, but it is a pity that some old diehards in the Prussian General Staff have ignored this, and not only you, but even we regret it." "Arnold. Siemens made an angry face.

"Damn, what you said is what I want, but is this thing worth discussing with you? Lao Tzu completed the expansion of the army for the first time, and it took a long time to break his wrist with the Kaiser. Any major changes in armaments would need to be carried out through the Prussian General Staff. Even if I want to get it, I'll coordinate with people like Moltke. It has something to do with you Siemens? The prince frowned, and said in his heart.

"Although you are a prince of Bavaria, and you have a good relationship with His Majesty the Emperor, you are not a Prussian after all, and it was Prussia from the General Staff who really handled things and established the plan, and you must have recognized this, so you gave some new ideas to General Moltke Jr. It is hoped that he will convince His Majesty the Kaiser and the Prussian General Staff. But alas, both airplanes and armored vehicles seem to have failed. So I think you need help. Looking at the silent prince, Arnold continued.

"Well, if I give you 5 million marks, will you be able to convince Schlieffen to add another army to Bavaria? If you can, then the sale is closed. The prince continued to beat the soy sauce. Before the other party shows his hole cards, he is not ready to negotiate on any core issues.

"Well, we really can't add an active army group, because it's not just a matter for the Prussian General Staff, His Majesty the Emperor is also very concerned about it. But I think there's a little bit of a workaround that we can do, yes, a workaround. We can change the mechanism of mobilization. You are a soldier, and you should understand what I mean. "Arnold. Siemens said.

"I understand the! If the current loophole is so easy to exploit, I still can't get along with the Kaiser with a dead breath? The prince rolled his eyes. Secretly scolding each other's cunning in their hearts!

The active and reserve system of the Prussian army was in fact similar to that of other European powers, and in general, active soldiers were recruited from young people between the ages of 20 and 21. After 2 to 3 years of infantry service training. Artillery and cavalry have the option to be discharged after about 3 to 4 years of service and training, and after being discharged from the army, they can be integrated into the reserve army. This is generally 13 to 17 years old. After the expiration of the reserve period, they will be integrated into the civilian army. Once the war began, the reservists quickly moved into the active corps, while the civilian army took care of the logistics.

From this point of view, in fact, there are very many people in Germany who have received military training, and there are 4.9 million people who received military training before the outbreak of the war! It is second only to Russia with 5.6 million and France with 5.067 million. Far more than the 3 million in Austria-Hungary and the 1,203,000 in Britain (a moment of silence for the size of the British Army...... The reason why France can have more soldiers with a smaller population is largely due to the lowering of the minimum age limit for service personnel to 18 years and the extension of the two-year service period to three years.

Of course, this number is theoretically this number, but in practice how much can be mobilized is another situation, after the outbreak of World War 1, Germany only expanded from 24 infantry corps before the war to 26 corps and 13 reserve corps. The total number of troops is less than 1.9 million. Of these, there were 22 regular armies and 12 reserve armies on the Western Front, and 4 corps and 1 reserve corps on the Eastern Front. (Cavalry Corps, Garrison Divisions and Brigades or something)

In addition to the impact of this expansion on the scale of military material reserves, another problem is the issue of commanders. If you don't have enough supplies, you can reserve them, because the Bavarian army pays out of their own pockets, and if you want, you can reserve twice as many supplies, and no one cares about you, but the problem of supplies can be solved, and how can you solve the problem of reserve officers?

The number of troops in the Bavarian Corps is not up to you, but to the Prussian General Staff, and the number of your troops cannot exceed a certain percentage, that is, your size is limited by the Prussian Corps in disguise. And now, Prussia is not very fond of army expansion. Among them was the Prussian Minister of War Josius. Feng. General Herringen. And the reason is also quite absurd, if the army is expanded, the number of officers will be increased, and the number of Junker nobles is limited, so a large number of other classes will enter the army, which will affect the interests of the Junker nobles in the army....... This properly puts the interests of the class above the interests of the country!

And in fact the composition of officers in the German army at that time was exactly that, in all regiments, noble officers accounted for 48% of the total number of infantry officers, 41% of artillery and 87% of cavalry! And if it is among high-ranking officers, then the proportion of noble officers will be higher, and among the colonel-level officers, the number of noble officers will reach more than 8 percent!

Well, then, since the number of noble officers is certain, then the size of the army is also certain, then the size of the Bavarian army is also certain. Therefore, every time the prince asks Bavaria to expand its army, he is changing this ratio, and the resistance he encounters is indeed great. Of course, if Germany expands its army as a whole, Bavaria can naturally expand its army according to proportion, but now it is a pity that the Junkers of Prussia do not want to expand their army, look at the French, and then look at the German ....... Don't say anything--!

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