Chapter 614: The Austrian Attitude
"It seems that Wilhelm wants us to take on the Eastern Front with Bavaria, what do you think about this?" King Fritz put aside the papers in his hand and began to question Archduke Ferdinand and the chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff, Conrad. Feng. Hertzdorf. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Moltke Jr. was still very interesting, and after the Kaiser's confession, Moltke Jr. immediately summoned the Austro-Hungarian military attache in Germany and conveyed to him Germany's opinion that in the future, the Bavarian Army would be responsible for the middle and southern ends of the Eastern Front together with the Austro-Hungarian Army, while the Prussian Army would only be responsible for the East Prussian section of the Northern Front. Ruprecht will be responsible for all cooperation agreements with the Austro-Hungarian Corps, including, but not limited to, military and economic assistance to Austria-Hungary, the development of battle plans, and the overall strategy.
If we look at the completion of the Kaiser's orders alone, Moltke said that the task was already completed here, but then the German chief of the General Staff helped the prince: "I need to emphasize again that Prince Ruprecht is responsible for all military negotiations with the return country. Do not try to obtain foreign aid by contacting the Prussian General Staff, and as long as I am Chief of the General Staff, I will not interfere in any military matter of your country, and to some extent the opinion of the prince is the opinion of Germany, at least until His Majesty the Kaiser has a new order. ”
Moltke Jr. is still very interesting, although the Kaiser did not give the prince an authorization, but the attitude of the German General Staff is equivalent to indirectly giving authorization, and from the perspective of the military, the possibility of Austria-Hungary looking for trouble is eliminated. Of course, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Germany can still meet the Kaiser directly, but not to mention whether the Kaiser is willing to see you, it is a bit unreasonable to go to the Kaiser to complain about something big. What a big deal.
"That's fine, we're still a family after all, Bavaria is closer to us, our traditional friendship has lasted for hundreds of years, and the Bavarian Army is very strong, no weaker than any German army group." Archduke Ferdinand didn't seem to mind much.
"Hehe, you guys, underestimate our future King of Bavaria, to be honest, he is much more difficult to deal with than his father, he is used to planning and then acting, when he decides to do something, he will make a fairly detailed possible plan, and he will never stop until the goal is achieved." King Fritz continued.
"From a few talks, I think you can tell that the future king has a lot of ideas about the Austro-Hungarian army, and is keen to improve our army along the lines of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Some of these conditions are difficult to accept, if the previous **** was just talking, then this time he has the power to change, he has all the aid that Germany has given us. ”
"In fact, it is not impossible to reorganize the army and replace equipment according to their requirements, and some of our weapons really need to be replaced." Conrad said.
"These are really not problems, but what if they were going to change our established strategy? And what if you want the command of the army? What are we going to do? King Fritz asked rhetorically.
"It's absolutely impossible." Archduke Ferdinand replied very simply, in his opinion Germany and Austria were allies, even the German Kaiser could only ask Austria-Hungary what to do, not directly order, Prussia could not do it, then Bavaria even worse. According to Archduke Ferdinand's idea, since the Bavarian legion was there to help Austria-Hungary share the pressure, it should be placed directly under the command of Austria-Hungary, let alone the other way around.
"In the future Eastern Front, the Austro-Hungarian regiments are the main body, and they should be subordinate to us. And military aid cannot be used as an excuse to blackmail us! Ruprecht represents a kingdom, and we are an empire! Archduke Ferdinand reacted violently.
"I also think so, the Austro-Hungarian Legion can only be in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor and the Crown Prince, and the others, even if they are our friends, we cannot concede. And we have a complete battle plan, and if Bavaria wants to change it, our years of hard work will probably come to naught, and the new plan, and the adjustments made for the sake of the plan, will take years! Conrad also voiced his objections.
"Then you can talk to Ruprecht on behalf of Austria-Hungary and see what the outcome is." King Fritz reacted with unusual calm. As if dealing with a very ordinary matter.
"Your Majesty doesn't seem to have much confidence in us." As he left the Hoffmann Palace, Conrad whispered to Crown Prince Ferdinand next to him.
"It's not that there is no confidence, but His Majesty the Emperor has his own considerations in his heart, if there are no major accidents, our negotiations with Ruprecht are more just an attitude, and the final decision His Majesty the Emperor may have been ready." Crown Prince Ferdinand said, maybe it is said that the king of Fritz is not good at war, but if you talk about political skills, it is definitely above the level, otherwise you will not be able to rebuild the Austrian Empire after the Austro-Prussian War.
"So does our negotiation still make sense?" Conrad said with a slight dissatisfaction.
"Of course, we have to find out Ruprecht's cards, his purpose, his plans, and the impact of doing so on Austria-Hungary." The crown prince said. "And for me, it is to tell the arrogant **** His Highness who is the real leader on the Eastern Front."
No king wants others to share power, this is the so-called one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, Rupresit and Princess Mary are because of one male and one female. Prussia has already said that it will stay out of the matter, then the leadership of the Eastern Front is in the hands of Ruprecht and Ferdinand, and who will subdue whom will be known for some time to come.
"And how are you going to convince this prince? If you just want to rely on your identity and status to forcibly suppress it, I'm afraid it won't work, this **** sometimes doesn't even buy the face of the Kaiser. Conrad asked.
"Quite simply, don't we already have a battle plan? Take out our plans, I am sure that the plans drawn up by the General Staff of Austria-Hungary will definitely be better than those of Bavaria, and we need to tell Ruprecht **** that if he does what we say, we can achieve victory. Crown Prince Ferdinand said confidently.
"I didn't expect that before we could beat the Russians, we needed to beat the Bavarians first." Conrad said with a smile.
"I like this very much, well, my chief of the general staff, get ready." The crown prince was very pleased with Conrad's description.
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