The Rise of the Empire

Just like what Prince Heinrich said, Arnold Siemens will come after this prince. Prussia is quite fast this time, and its attitude is relatively low. It has chosen to have a good cooperation with itself. The Siemens Group, which is related to the relationship, is not the Krupp family who has been fighting openly and secretly with itself. This made the prince feel a little bit of goodwill, but if they want to make the prince back down with this little kindness, they are thinking too much. There is no benefit, and there is nothing the prince wants. How can they give in? \u003c/p\u003eAfter a short greeting, after the prince dismissed the others, Arnold finally explained his intention, "I am here on behalf of most of the businessmen in Prussia who have intersected with your business. We hope that through some exchanges and coordination to reduce our differences and frictions, you are a future king, you must have other needs besides money? We can talk about it.”\u003c/p\u003e “Any other needs? For example What do you say?" As the dominant party in the negotiation, it is naturally impossible for the prince to directly throw out his request. He now prefers to play the "guess it" game! \u003c/p\u003e"For example, you want to have more military posts, and for example, you want to build an air force." Arnold paused and continued: "You not only want Bavaria to have an air force strength, and at the same time want Prussia to build an air force to prepare for future battles. There is no doubt that this is a sophisticated move by you, but it is a pity that some old stubborn people in the Prussian General Staff ignored this point, Not only you, but even us are sorry." Arnold Siemens made an angry expression. \u003c/p\u003e "Fuck, what you said is what I want, but is this thing worth discussing with you? The first time I got the army expansion was done after a long time with the Kaiser. The armament wants Any major changes need to be implemented through the Prussian General Staff. Even if I want to do it, I will coordinate with people like Xiao Moqi. Is there a half-cent relationship with your Siemens?" The prince frowned and said in his heart. \u003c/p\u003e"Although you are the prince of Bavaria and have a good relationship with His Majesty the Emperor, you are not a Prussian after all, and it is the Prussian General Staff who really handle things and establish plans, and you must have realized that This, so you handed some new ideas to General Moltke Jr. Hope he can convince His Majesty the Kaiser and the Prussian General Staff. But alas, neither aircraft nor armored vehicles seem to have failed. So I think You need help." Looking at the silent prince, Arnold continued. \u003c/p\u003e "Okay, if I give you 5 million marks, can you persuade Schlieffen to let Bavaria add another army? If you can, then this deal will be concluded." The prince continued to make soy sauce. Before the opponent showed his hole cards, he was not going to negotiate any core issues. \u003c/p\u003e "Well, we really can't increase the configuration of an active group army, because this is not only a matter of the Prussian General Staff, His Majesty the Emperor is also very concerned about this. But I think that under our operation, we can carry out Make a change, yes, it is a change. We can change the mobilization mechanism. You are a soldier, and you should understand what I mean." Arnold Siemens said. \u003c/p\u003e"I understand what a bastard! If the current loophole is so easy to take advantage of, I still have to fight the Kaiser in a dead-faced manner?" The prince rolled his eyes. He secretly scolded the other party for his cunning! \u003c/p\u003ePrussia’s military active and reserve systems are actually similar to those of other major European countries. Generally speaking, active soldiers are recruited from young people aged 20 to 21. After 2 to 3 years of service training in the infantry. The artillery and cavalry can choose to retire after about 3 to 4 years of service and training, and they will be incorporated into the reserve army after discharge.

This editing time is generally 13 to 17 years. After the reserve period expires, they will be incorporated into the civilian army. Once the war broke out, the reservists quickly entered the active army, while the civilian army was responsible for logistics. \u003c/p\u003eFrom this point of view, there are actually a lot of people who have received military training in Germany. There were 4.9 million people who received military training before the outbreak of the war! It is second only to Russia's 5.6 million and France's 5.067 million. Far more than the 3 million of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the 1.203 million of the United Kingdom (a moment of silence for the size of the British Army...) Among them, the reason why France can have more soldiers with a smaller population is largely due to Because the minimum age limit for service members is lowered to 18 years old, and the two-year service period is extended to three years. \u003c/p\u003eOf course, this is the number in theory, but how much can actually be mobilized is another situation. After the outbreak of World War I in Germany, it only expanded from 24 infantry corps before the war to 26 corps plus 13 reserve troops. The total force is less than 1.9 million. Among them, there are 22 regular troops and 12 reserve troops on the western front, and 4 regular troops and 1 reserve army on the eastern front. (Cavalry, garrison divisions, etc. are counted separately)\u003c/p\u003e In addition to the impact of military material reserves, another problem is the issue of commander personnel. If you don’t have enough supplies, you can stockpile them, because the Bavarian army pays for itself. If you want, you can store twice as much supplies and no one cares about you, but the supply problem can be solved. How can you solve the problem of reserve officers? \u003c/p\u003eThe number of troops in the Bavarian Legion is not decided by you, but by the Prussian General Staff. The number of your troops cannot exceed a certain percentage. . Now, Prussia doesn't like military expansion very much. Among them was the Prussian Minister of War, General Josias von Hellingen. And the reason is quite absurd. If the army is expanded, the number of officers will increase, and the number of Junker nobles is limited, so a large number of other classes will enter the army and affect the interests of the Junker nobles in the army... . This properly puts class interests above national interests! \u003c/p\u003eIn fact, the composition of officers in the German army at that time was indeed the case. Among all legions, noble officers accounted for 48% of the total infantry officers, 41% of artillery and 87% of cavalry! And if it is among high-level officers, the proportion of noble officers will be even higher. Among the school-level officers, the number of noble officers must reach more than 80%! \u003c/p\u003eWell, since the number of noble officers is certain, the size of the army is also certain, and the size of the Bavarian army is also certain. So every time the prince asked Bavaria to expand its army, it was changing this ratio, and the resistance encountered was indeed great. Of course, if Germany expands its army as a whole, Bavaria can naturally expand its army in proportion, but it is a pity that the Prussian Junkers do not want to expand their army. Look at the French, and then look at Germany... . Don't say anything--! \u003c/p\u003eThe second one is here~~~! Ask for a subscription\u003c/a\u003e~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e