The rumbling train is speeding along the tracks and has crossed the Alps into Bavaria. The rolling hills along the line and the dotted farmland are filled with only women, the elderly, and children ploughing, which shows the great impact of the war on agriculture.

"Your Majesty, it's only twenty kilometers from Munich."

At this time, the chief of the guard, McLene, whispered to Carlo, who was lying down and resting.

"It's almost there!"

Carlo, who was woken up at this time, got up and walked out of the bedroom in reply.

"Where is the Prime Minister and Admiral Simeone?"

Faced with the king's inquiry, the chief of the guard immediately replied. "They're still resting in their rooms."

"Ask them to come over."

After a while, Prime Minister Cruz and War Secretary Simeone arrived.

"Two important ministers, please take a seat."

Without waiting for the two to speak, Carlo took the lead in letting them sit down.

"What do you think about this meeting in Germany?"

As for this Munich meeting, the senior Italian military and political officials have talked about it before.

Government officials generally believed that this was an attempt by Germany to establish itself as an ally. Of course, there must be a need to coordinate the exchange of resources among various countries, otherwise it will not be in line with the theme.

And the military side believes that the German army has just experienced a defeat and will definitely not ignore it. Then there is a very high possibility that the Italian side will use more troops to be responsible for containing France. It is also possible that naval assistance will allow the Combined Fleet to increase its control over the Western Mediterranean in order to cut off France's ties with North Africa.

Carlo also basically agreed with the predictions of the senior military and political officials, but the closer he got to Munich, the more uneasy he felt, so he summoned the prime minister and the war minister to ask questions.

In the face of the king's sudden inquiry, both of them were a little surprised.

At this time, the prime minister, who reacted quickly, had already spoken. "Your Majesty, I still have a little opinion at the moment."

As soon as the prime minister said that he had an opinion, Carlo became interested. "Tell me, what do you think?"

"I think that the main goal of the conference in Germany is our country. First of all, grain, the 1.5 million tons of grain that our country currently has in reserve is much better than that of our allies. As far as I know, there is already a food shortage in Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary. According to the information we have received, there is no longer enough food for the rural population, and there are already food ration restrictions in the cities.

The Ottoman side was better with Germany, but not much better. This year, their grain production has been greatly reduced, and the German side has purchased more than 50,000 agricultural machinery from the Naples Machinery Factory this year, which has accounted for 40% of Naples' output......"

As the Prime Minister's words came out, Carlo immediately conjured up images of countries producing less next year.

Italy is doing a little better, with grain production stabilizing at 90 percent this year, and there are two main reasons for the small decline in grain. First, the promotion of small agricultural machinery in Italy is very powerful, after men go to join the army, women can also use agricultural machinery to farm. Second, Italy's military expansion is not fast, and so far, Italy's total military strength has only reached more than 2.4 million.

Compared with other countries, this is already the slowest group of military expansion.

As the three of them talked, the train arrived at the Munich train station with a puff.

As the train entered the platform, Carlo suddenly saw a familiar figure, it was Kaiser Wilhelm II, and next to him was Ludwig III of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

At this time, the Italian delegation was very surprised, and the Kaiser actually greeted them personally, which made everyone feel the importance of them.

Only Carlo chuckled inwardly, because he was familiar with him, and if he put his posture so low this time, there must be a need for a bad mouth.

But at this time, he suppressed this idea in his heart, and walked towards the Kaiser with a smile on his face.

"William, I'm so happy to see you on the platform, I didn't expect that we hadn't seen each other for more than a year, and we both lost some weight."

After getting out of the car, Carlo stepped forward to hand the Kaiser, and said that his friends were reunited.

"Carlo, it's been a long time since I saw you, so I can't wait to wait for you at the station."

Neither of them is a fuel-efficient lamp, and they will meet good talents when they play half a catty and eight taels of chess.

At this point, after a brief conversation, the group got into the car to greet them. As the host, the Kaiser even pulled Carlo in the same car.

The speeding car carried the group towards Newfenburg, while inside the car, the Kaiser ventilated in advance in Carlo.

"Carlo, the defeat in the Battle of Paris hit me hard. I thought I could achieve the same accomplishments as my grandfather, but the battle between Britain and France in Paris shattered my illusions and left me with a frenzy of impotence. I approached the military, and they said that if they wanted to defeat the Anglo-French forces and get France out of the fighting, the German alone was no longer enough.

Although my army is strong, we are exhausted by fighting on both eastern and western fronts, and we cannot solve the problem in one direction alone. So they found me and tried to get me to ask you for help. Can we put Italy's focus on France, and let our two defeat France? ”

Faced with the information that William broke out, Carlo was shocked in his heart. He thought about it with the military and political officials for a long time, but he didn't expect that the Germans were actually talking with such thoughts.

"Isn't it more advantageous to attack the Russians on the Eastern Front?"

At this time, Carlo's mind was still a little confused, and he did not wake up from the Kaiser's words, and casually proposed the Eastern Front.

Faced with Carlo's words, Wilhelm II was surprised. There is no way not to be surprised that a country that is also facing the threat of British and French troops actually shouts that it is a priority to solve the eastern front faced by Germany and Austria. This made him a little incomprehensible, and he even forgot about the expression control.

Faced with the Kaiser's surprised expression, Carlo spoke. "I think Russia on the Eastern Front is weaker, and I think it would be easier for you and the Austrians to defeat Russia if we concentrated our forces on the attack."

"Ha~~"

At this time, the Kaiser laughed loudly, and then he shook his head and said. "Carlo is very good, but Russia is not so easy to fight, and Napoleon has taught us enough lessons. If we concentrate our forces on Russia, what if Russia does not surrender all the time, and if we do not surrender until St. Petersburg and Moscow, we will need too many troops just to maintain law and order on the ground. ”

The Kaiser's words reflected Germany's view of Russia, that is, it was afraid of falling into the quagmire of Russia and making it impossible for it to advance or retreat.

If you look at the First World War in the original history, you can see that Germany has been reluctantly attacking the Eastern Front after its head was broken and bloodied on the Western Front. This shows that Napoleon's failure to attack Russia has made European countries always afraid of attacking the Russian hinterland. (Don't talk about the Crimean War, this is Britain and France preventing Russia from seizing the Black Sea straits into the Mediterranean)

In the face of the Kaiser's words, Carlo didn't know what to say, could it be that the Russian army this time was quite unbeatable, and as long as the heavy attack would definitely make civil strife?

What do you think? Carlo could not have changed the direction of the German attack with a single word, he was not so capable. Besides, if Russia really withdrew from the war, or let the great Russian man return to China, the Eastern Front was completed.

At this point, Carlo didn't know how to answer, so he could only say. "This situation is too serious, I can't give you an answer right now, how about a few days?"

"I'm waiting for your good news."

Wilhelm II, of course, knew that it was impossible to get a reply from Carlo at this time, and he was quite patient, and thought that it was impossible for Italy to refuse.

(End of chapter)