Chapter 1262: Game 1
"If that's the case, little Moltke, look at our reserves on the Western Front and the troops that are resting in the rear, and draw up a table. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" the Kaiser said to Moltke Jr.
"Holwig, you contact the Bavarian side and let Prince Ruprecht prepare, we need to talk about something." The Kaiser turned to his chancellor and said.
"It seems that there are some issues that I still need to discuss with Ruprecht." The Kaiser said in his heart. He now enjoys this feeling a little, if the major affairs of the military can be allowed to sit together and talk about the affairs of the military, then what is the use of having an emperor? This feeling of being in the middle balance, arbitrating everything, is fantastic! At present, it seems that the Prussian Junker aristocracy controlled the Western Front, and the Bavarian Legion, mainly the troops, controlled the Western Front, and this arrangement achieved a military balance that would not allow one side to grow bigger or let itself be hollowed out.
Long before Ruprecht came, the Kaiser had already considered the need to discuss the meeting between the two sides, and under the condition of ensuring that the strategy of the Eastern Front remained unchanged, it was not impossible for the Kaiser to temporarily transfer part of his troops from the Western Front to the Balkans, in fact, the pressure was not great, after all, during the Battle of the Dardanelles in history, Mackensen led the German army to get Serbia. And in this plane, the situation in Germany is better, and even to put it bluntly, if it really reaches the point where the Turks can't bear it, it's okay to send 15 divisions over in one go.
Well, why did the Kaiser put up such a big battle on this question when he clearly had the answer? The reason is simple, the Kaiser needs to make Prince Ruprecht understand that there are many people within the Prussian General Staff who are not used to you. Therefore, you have to rely on the Kaiser, rely on the imperial family, which is also a kind of beating in disguise. The icing on the cake is that no one will remember your benefits, but giving charcoal in the snow is different!
You see, when everyone asked the Bavarian Legion to bleed, it was my brother who helped you resist the pressure and let your plan be completed. You must surround yourself with the Kaiser as the core of leadership, otherwise, be careful that the Junker aristocracy in Prussia will settle accounts for you later, well, that's what it means!
Another purpose, of course, was to get a ...... out of the Bavarian legion. How strong is the prince's legion? It is estimated that people, including Moltke Jr., can only answer very strongly. But there is absolutely no concrete convincing information, although the prince's report on the formation and equipment of the Bavarian Legion is quite true. Bavaria's military-industrial production is also controllable.
However, the Kaiser did not know about the other regiment of the prince, the Bohemia-Moravian Legion, which was not even known to the Austro-Hungarian General Staff, because the prince's wife, Her Royal Highness Princess Marie, was the Grand Duchess of Bohemian-Moravia. The army nominally belonged to her, and Germany would definitely not be able to directly obtain relevant information, as for Austria-Hungary?
How so? The Kaiser could sense the current chaos in the Viennese court. It has been a year since Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated, and now Fritz still has not confirmed an heir, and several distant archdukes are eyeing him. At this time, the identity of Princess Mary, the Bohemian-Moravian Grand Duchess, and the Bavarian Crown Princess is naturally the key to winning over in all aspects, so no one will delve into some things that the former is unwilling to explain clearly!
And for this inexplicable situation, the Kaiser felt a little uncomfortable. Or, to put it more plainly, the Kaiser would have been more uncomfortable knowing that these powers were being held in the hands of ......the prince rather than used. So the Kaiser laid it all out. And as always, what was laid out did little for Ruprecht, a man who was hard enough to a certain extent.
"That is, in March, the landing battle on the Gulf of Riga will begin, and at the same time, the Bavarian and Austro-Hungarian corps, deployed on the north and south sides of the front, will be put into battle, and our troops in the winter will try to form two blockade lines to stop the retreat of the Russian army, is that so?" At the beginning of their conversation, the Kaiser once again took the trouble to listen to the prince's report on the Battle of the Polish Pocket.
"That's right, the whole campaign will last from a month to a month and a half, during this time, we will encircle and annihilate the Russian army of nearly one million, we will mobilize at least more than 300,000 troops for long-distance interspersed operations, and the materials and logistics they need will be astronomical, but for the upcoming victory, it will all be worth it." The prince said.
"If this campaign goes well, then after the encirclement and annihilation of the Russian Polish Front, the Eastern Front will enter a long period of recuperation, right? And given the traffic situation in Poland, if the troops are to continue to advance, then it will be necessary to set up military stations in the newly occupied areas, repair railways and roads, which may take longer, and because of the flattening of the battle line, you will accumulate a large number of mobile troops in your hands, and if these troops are not used, it is a waste, isn't it? The Kaiser asked rhetorically.
"The Bavarian Corps will not intervene in the Turkish war before and during the Battle of the Polish Pocket. But if the campaign can be successfully completed, then my corps can permanently garrison no less than 6 divisions in the Balkans. "The prince is naturally aware of the Kaiser's opinion, and he is not unwilling to take responsibility, but it is a matter of priority, and after the Kaiser has indicated that the deployment can be suspended, then according to the principle of negotiation, the prince must make appropriate concessions. The strength of the six divisions is nearly 100,000, and both the pure-blooded Bavarian Army and the Bohemian Army are a formidable force.
"However, these forces are not enough to solve the problems in the Balkans." The Kaiser shook his head and said. "The Serbs are poorly equipped, but they are very capable of fighting, and they are completely different from the Romanians you are up against. Now add a Greece. And a large number of Anglo-French troops, and by the way, the Japanese! After this war is over, I will definitely find an opportunity to clean up the dwarfs of the Far East. ”
The forces provided by Japan in this war had already been sent to the fourth place of the Entente, and the absence of a hundred thousand Japanese troops and the presence of the Japanese Mediterranean fleet caused Germany some problems. This was enough to disgust the Kaiser, and as a backward country in the Far East, it actually intervened in the affairs of Europe, which made the Kaiser feel that Japan was unforgivable.
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