Chapter 822 is over
"We are fighting on the Western Front, and the Kaiser will not lose our benefits, so on the Eastern Front, why does His Majesty Fritz think that he can avoid this issue?" The prince asked. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Hold the grass!" Or did Conrad overestimate the prince's frugality, or did he think that the Habsburg royal signs were too good? It was clear that the prince was going to talk about it later. In the face of this situation, don't say that he can't help it, and the Ao Huang can't help it!
"I can't answer that question, Your Highness the Crown Prince." Conrad was completely speechless. "You need to talk about this in Vienna."
"I'm not interested, I've always thought that the defeat in this battle would make His Majesty the Emperor realize the reality, but it doesn't seem to be there yet. In my plan, Russian Poland will become the territory of the Allies this year, but how Germany and Austria will divide it will be a very interesting thing, won't it? "The prince seemed to speak to himself, and as if he were speaking to someone." Well, I'm busy, and if it's a trivial issue, you can discuss it with my Chief of General Staff. ā
Conrad's purpose in personally visiting the prince was to get the prince to station part of his troops in Galicia to help the Russian army defend, or at least to hold the salient that was forming. But now it seems that the prince would rather give up the acquired territories than disperse his forces. Conrad's plan had already failed, and from the prince's words, he could still analyze that the Bavarian Legion would not cooperate with the Austro-Hungarian Legion in a short time, and this result was a bit bad for Conrad, but now in the middle of the battle, it seemed that there was still time to convince the prince?
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rejected our suggestion that their next attack would be in East Prussia." When Conrad returned, he immediately reported the matter to Emperor Fritz. "We have to do something to change the relationship between the two sides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is no longer just the commander of the Bavarian Army, but at the same time, he will also be the commander of Germany on the Eastern Front in the future."
"It's something that needs to be changed." Conrad, as a military strategist, didn't quite understand the subtext of the prince's words, but as an emperor who had been in charge of the empire for decades, how could Fritz not know what Ruprecht was talking about?
Russian Poland is a big piece of fat meat, whether it is Germany or Austria-Hungary want to eat it, but who eats how much, this needs to be discussed, although there will be some concessions between the two sides, but in general, who will fight down! What you can't get on the battlefield, you can't get at the negotiating table. And what did Austria-Hungary pay a huge price to "hire" the regiments of Bavaria? Isn't it just for profit?
"We still have time, don't we?" Emperor Ao muttered to himself. "I hope that our army can take over the salient that is currently being formed, and we can make some concessions on the replenishment of personnel and the transfer of supplies."
And just as the Emperor was ready to further reconcile the relationship between the two parties, the prince finally met his wife in Prague. After retiring from the others, the two began to discuss other matters.
"Ruprecht, in fact, if I could, I would like the Bavarian Army to attack in Galicia and not in East Prussia, after all, whether in the Viennese court or in the armies at the front, the forces that tend to us are superior." Princess Mary said.
"Depending on the situation, you do have an advantage, but until His Majesty the Emperor announces, everything is still uncertain, and don't just limit your vision to the court and the front line in Vienna, these are not big threats, compared to these politicians, I think the separatist tendencies in Austria-Hungary are more terrible, and if there is a problem, and the Bavarian Army does not have enough strength to suppress it, then the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire will eventually fall apart."
"This war is going to be more difficult than we imagined, so we have to keep our core as much as possible in order to deal with internal and external blows, and if we can achieve the same results at a smaller cost, why don't we work with the more reliable Mackensen?"
In the prince's opinion, his wife's ambition is still a little too big. Although the existence of the prince has made the battlefield situation much better, the Habsburg royal family's control of the empire is really bad, and the society will be in turmoil because of the protracted war, and all kinds of nominal separatist organizations and even armies may defect, what can the prince rely on at this time? Only the legions in their own hands! What's more, from a military point of view, Mackensen was indeed somewhat more reliable than the Austro-Hungarian army. With the same two teammates, it is naturally impossible to choose pig teammates.
"It is impossible to completely occupy Russian Poland in this campaign, this time William can only get the part of the north that is close to Prussia, and the south will belong to the Austro-Hungarian Empire that we inherit, and besides, I want to remind you not to think that the big picture is decided, there are still too many political variables, and Hungary may not like a strong Habsburg heir." The prince said.
Taking 10,000 steps back, even if there is no problem within the Kingdom of Austria, Hungary, as the one in the dual empire, definitely does not want Princess Mary to succeed to the throne. Since Princess Mary could get Bavaria's support in addition to Austria, Hungary's position at home would inevitably be suppressed, so Vienna might want a strong heir, but Budapest might not. So they may support Karl.
"We have to think more about the difficulties, the Austrians are inclined to us, but what about the attitude of the Hungarians, Magyars, Slavs? It's not good to jump too much at this time, what we need during the war is stability, not only politically, but even more militarily, the Czechs are not so reliable, our most determined base is Bavaria, and for a kingdom of only 13 million people, our human resources are very limited. So I decided to launch an offensive in East Prussia. The prince finally explained.
"If, then, one day, Hungary wants to secede from the Empire, will you help me?" Princess Mary asked.
"If I and my corps have any room left and Austria can stabilize, I will consider it." The prince gave an ambiguous answer, because the prince did not know how much power he could have in his hands when the internal contradictions of Austria-Hungary broke out!
If it really comes at that time, although it will not be possible to keep the whole of Hungary in the empire, there will still be a chance to make more "family property" when the family is divided!
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