For example, Germany had more than 1.6 million troops at the beginning of World War I, but before mobilization, it was obviously impossible for the standing army to have so many people, and the general conventional force was less than 900,000. The same is true www.biquge.info of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, so a group army is about 100,000 people in peacetime, and it is nearly doubled in wartime! Historically, before the Bavarian Army started the war, the main force of the three armies, that is, 100,000 people, but this did not prevent Ruprecht from directly leading more than 200,000 troops to the front line in the Schlieffen plan.

"In peacetime, your country has a very small price, and in wartime you can have a fast army, and we choose to cooperate with your country because we are close to each other and have a very deep friendship. In all fairness, do you want to cooperate with the Bavarian Legion or with other Prussian legions? What is the point of us raising money, convincing the Kaiser, and bringing out the best equipment and the best tactics of our time to help your country strengthen its defenses, but we don't even have a friendly army to work with? The prince said earnestly.

If the Kingdom of Bavaria thinks that such cooperation is meaningless, then it is very likely that it will choose to abandon cooperation, and Austria-Hungary will go to whoever it wants, and it is certain that it will never be easy to talk about a German corps, because they obey the orders of the Prussian General Staff, and the commander of the corps has no right to decide on matters related to cooperation, and if Prussia wants to allocate a complete corps to Austria-Hungary, it is absolutely impossible. Austria-Hungary itself took so many benefits from Bavaria and was unwilling to give the command of a corps, if it was replaced by Prussia, why should they give it to you?

Ferdinand could figure it out on his knees that if Bavaria finally decided not to do it, then maybe the Kaiser would come over with another legion, but after the change, the most it would be to cooperate with the battle, and Austria-Hungary would not be able to command at all, and in the worst case, just defend Germany itself and not provide military assistance to Austria-Hungary. After all, when Moltke and Conrad negotiated before, they mentioned that Austria-Hungary would be in charge of the Eastern Front, but they didn't say that they would provide a lot of military aid!

If Austria-Hungary really did not pull out such a dime, then it was possible to participate in the battle on the Western Front first, and the Bavarian railway system and Prussia had not yet been completed, so it was unlikely that he would participate in the main offensive task of the Schlieffen plan, and the greatest possibility was to directly defend the Alsace-Lorraine region as in history. The losses in defensive operations will not be very large, and wait until Austria-Hungary is taught to be a man by the Russians, and then it will pass, and then everything will be easy to talk about! And if nothing else, his uncle, Prince Leopold, will be the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front of the German-Austrian forces sooner or later! At that time, whether Fritz wanted it or not, the command would have to be handed over.

The only disadvantage of this for the prince is that the Austro-Hungarian losses are too great at the beginning, and the losses of the nobles loyal to the Habsburgs are too great, which is not conducive to the control of Austria in the future, and after the loss of a large number of experienced combatants, even if the prince pacifies Austria and makes his wife the empress, it is estimated that it will not be able to give himself much help, no way, Austria-Hungary ...... experienced soldiers on this point.

But even if there are many disadvantages, the prince will never allow his troops to be used as cannon fodder, the so-called pig teammates are more terrible than the enemy army, if this pig teammate is still his own top boss, then there is no need to fight, the combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian army is really not good in the eyes of His Royal Highness ****, anyway, it is impossible to give his back to these people with peace of mind!

"If we can't negotiate this time, then next time Fritz wants to negotiate on this issue, he will have to go to Munich." If Ruprecht would have been gentler because of the twists and turns in his heart, then Prince Leopold had no intention of accommodating at all. I came to help you because we have a good relationship and are connected by blood. Don't be embarrassed. And as soon as the prince's words came out, this negotiation naturally could not be continued. Even without Ferdinand's **** statement, this meeting was put on hold indefinitely, and the Bavarian delegation naturally would not wait forever, according to the prince's wishes, in Vienna for half a month, if there was still no concession, then forget it!

"They are willing to help us build a new army group, but they are demanding to have the command of this army group. And demanded the right of veto on the campaign. On the evening after the talks, Crown Prince Ferdinand and Chief of the General Staff Conrad went to meet with Emperor Fritz.

"This result is normal." Emperor Fritz said calmly.

"This is tantamount to allowing the empire and a kingdom to cooperate on an equal footing, and our military strength accounts for about eighty percent of the total military strength! And there is no dominance of the war! Crown Prince Ferdinand said angrily. In his mind, the only one who could cooperate with Austria-Hungary on an equal footing was the Kingdom of Prussia, and Bavaria was only a powerful helper but definitely not an equal partner.

"Eighty percent? No, Ferdinand, believe me, if the war really goes on for a long time, those people in Hungary are simply not worth relying on! They are always looking at their own interests, not the whole empire, and if independence can be gained, they will easily turn their backs on us, and they will retreat at the slightest setback, and we can't pin our hopes on them! And the Czechs in our country, they are not very reliable, if the war lasts for more than a year, we can only rely on ourselves and the Germans, the empire is not as impregnable as you think. King Fritz said helplessly.

Fritz, who personally established the dual empire, has an old emperor who has been in charge of this empire for decades, but he knows how unreliable this so-called alliance is, whether it is the establishment of the dual empire or the compromise with the Czechs, it reflects the weakness of the empire, and the fundamental reason why the old emperor still wants to plot the Balkans in this situation is that he hopes to rebuild the confidence and cohesion of the empire through a victory. It's a game to the death, so he's more hungry for help than anyone else.

"Actually, if it were to be replaced by other German regiments, they would not obey our arrangement either, but you will have a lot of balance in your heart, because they have Prussia behind them." Emperor Fritz continued.

"As long as they are willing to take the corresponding responsibility and can make our losses smaller, then it is okay to give them a group army."

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