"We spend hundreds of millions of marks of financial appropriations every year to build the navy, not to make the navy an existing fleet, the empire should be able to bear certain risks and losses in order to pursue victory, and in my personal opinion, this battle is less dangerous than any of the battles we have launched before! Because I started thinking about it long before the war. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info We have no intention of calculating, and the situation of the fast fleet is unprecedentedly favorable to us, and we have no reason to give up this opportunity. ”

"What's more, I'm also one of the few people with actual combat experience in the German high-level, I'll lay it out myself, can you support me on the record that I've never missed?" The prince said.

"Combat experience?!" The Kaiser's expression when he heard this word can be described as wonderful, and the awkward feeling cannot be described in words. But in any case, the prince is really right, did Tirpitz fight a naval battle? No! Did Pol participate in naval battles? No! Not to mention Liao Le!

None of the generals of the highest ranks of the German Empire participated. Hipper, Scheer, they have fought. Then there's Prince Ruprecht, although the last naval battle was almost 20 years ago....... However, even so, the Kaiser was still not very optimistic about the level of the prince, and it was no problem for the prince to guide the construction of the navy, after all, the products of the Bavarian Ship Design Bureau had been tested many times. So the Kaiser agreed. But to say that the prince really commanded a large-scale naval battle, the Kaiser really has no score.

"Let's listen to the senior commander of the fleet." The Kaiser said suddenly. "Hipper, tell me your point. After the meeting of Tirpitz is over, you may ask for the opinion of Scheer and Count Spee again. Now the Kaiser was really embarrassed, and he had no good reason to refute Ruprecht's request, let alone refuse it rudely. Not only because the prince had just won a war, but also because the identity of the commander of the Eastern Front and the crown prince of Bavaria was not a joke. So, naturally, the Kaiser wanted to change the subject.

"If His Highness participates in the battle, I am very willing to obey. Although His Royal Highness does not have a diploma from the Kiel Naval University, he is also educated in related fields, and the details can be left to the other generals. Hipper was the first to speak. It's not just that he's Bavarian, but that Hipper thinks the prince can really open things up.

Hipper is a typical practical person! He served in the Navy for many years, participated in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle and the naval battle against the French, never served in the Admiralty, and hardly stayed in the office for long periods of time. And this buddy, as in history, has likewise not been gilded at the Naval University. In his opinion, it is better to discuss how to fight a naval war with Admiral Boer and Admiral Tirpitz than with the prince, the former has no real combat experience and too much political atmosphere. Hipper once privately said that Tirpitz is a good hand at budgeting, and Bol is not bad as a manager in peacetime, but how can he fight war? Forget it.......

"Tirpitz, immediately after the meeting, contact Scheer and Count Spee. Su Xiong will forget it, it is estimated that it may be at sea now. The Kaiser looked at Hipper, and then said to Tirpitz again.

"Wait a minute, you must try your best to tell Su Xiong and let him be careful of the queen who may appear in the Indian Ocean! If it does, then even if it can't return to the Persian Gulf, it must not be fought hard. Tell him that time is on his side! The prince said suddenly.

"Ruprecht, who do you entrust to the Eastern Front?" The Kaiser said with some tears and laughter.

"The Eastern Front? I have authorized Prince Leopold to mobilize about 7 divisions to aid the Austro-Hungarian legions, as for the rest? I can only say that in the next 2 months, the Bavarian Corps is not suitable for a large-scale offensive, because my most elite armored units lost almost 40% on the Western Front! I need time to add. The prince said.

"Okay, okay, okay. That's it for today. The Kaiser was a little speechless, and now the topic of the meeting was no longer to discuss Tirpitz's plans, but the question of whether the Kaiser would agree to Ruprecht's request to command the navy. The Kaiser disagreed, but there was no reason to refuse, and the front-line generals seemed to buy it. That's a real problem!

"Father, why does Prince Ruprecht have to command the navy?" After the meeting, Prince Albert asked.

"What do you want to say? Do you feel that Bavaria's hand is stretched too long? The Kaiser asked.

"I just don't understand why, he's just an army general, and although he has led the construction of the navy, the construction of naval ships and fleet operations are completely different things." Prince Albert said cautiously.

"Hehe, that's the case, do you know why I'm hesitating? Because I was really worried that Ruprecht had wrecked the Navy's precious warship. The navy is a hope, a sign, and a bargaining chip for us, and I really didn't want the High Seas Fleet to challenge the British Grand Fleet. ”

"I'm not worried about what he thinks, because for him and the Bavarian kingdom behind him, the Wittelsbach family, the armies of Bavaria, Moravia, Bohemia and the three regions are the foundation, and as a smart man, he doesn't put the cart before the horse." The Kaiser said.

"Then why does he have to command the navy?" Crown Prince William on the side suddenly asked.

"Because he was in a hurry, didn't you see what he said before the meeting? He was very concerned about the recent decrease in the flow of goods into the Empire, and he was very worried! This is a protracted war, and without enough supplies, it is simply unimaginable for the Empire! I'm scared too. Because he and I both want to control the overall economic and military situation. So we can be aware of the horror behind this phenomenon. ”

"The only difference is that I can't think of a good way right now, so I'm more conservative. Ruprecht, on the other hand, wanted to change that. And I have doubts about the prince's ability at sea. The Navy is not the same as the Army, and the Army may not be able to tell the difference between victory and defeat for two or three years. The loss of a few divisions is not a big deal, it can be replenished quickly, but the navy is different, perhaps, if we are not careful, we can make years of preparation go to waste in one afternoon! The Kaiser said with some bitterness.

"If Scheer and Count Spee agree with Prince Ruprecht, then what shall we do?" Prince Albert asked.

"Then let him try, what Ruprecht said makes a lot of sense, as a person who has never missed, we must always give him a chance, and also give ourselves a chance." The Kaiser said.

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