The Rise of the Empire

"It seems that William wants us and Bavaria to shoulder the burden of the Eastern Front. What do you think about this matter?" King Fritz put the documents in his hand aside, and then began to ask Archduke Ferdinand And Konrad von Herzdorf, chief of the general staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Little Moltke is still very interesting. After the Kaiser confessed, Little Moltke immediately summoned the military attache of the Austro-Hungarian Empire stationed in Germany and conveyed Germany's opinion to him, that is, in the future, the Bavarian Army and the Austro-Hungarian Army will be in charge of the Eastern Front. The middle section and the southern end of the battle, while the Prussian Army is only responsible for the East Prussian section of the northern line. Ruprecht will be responsible for all cooperation agreements with the Austro-Hungarian Army, including but not limited to military and economic assistance to Austria-Hungary, formulation of combat plans, and overall strategy.

If it is only from the completion of the Kaiser's order, Xiao Moqi said that the task has been completed here, but then the German chief of staff still helped the prince: "I need to emphasize that Ruprecht The prince is responsible for all military negotiations with the return. Your country should not try to obtain foreign aid by contacting the Prussian General Staff. As long as I am the chief of the general staff, I will not interfere in any military-related matters of your country. To a certain extent, the opinion of the prince is the opinion of Germany, at least until the new orders of His Majesty the Kaiser."

Little Moltke is still very interesting. Although the Kaiser did not authorize the prince, the attitude of the German General Staff is equivalent to indirect authorization, which prevented the Austro-Hungarian Empire from making trouble from the military point of view. Of course, the ambassador of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Germany can still meet with the Kaiser directly, but let alone whether the Kaiser is willing to see you, it is a bit unreasonable to go to the Kaiser to file a complaint against the Kaiser just for something big. What a big deal.

"That's fine, we are still a family after all, Bavaria is closer to us, the traditional friendship between us has lasted for hundreds of years, and the Bavarian Legion is also very strong, not weaker than any German army." Archduke Ferdinand said I don't really mind.

"Hehe, you guys, you underestimate our future King of Bavaria. To be honest, he is much more difficult to deal with than his father. He is used to making decisions before acting. When he decides to do something, he will make a plan. A very detailed and possible plan, and it will never stop until the goal is achieved." King Fritz continued.

"From several talks, I think you should be able to see that the future king has a lot of ideas about the Austro-Hungarian army, and he is trying his best to improve our army according to the routine of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Some of the conditions are difficult to accept Yes, if the **** was just talking about it before, then this time he has the power to change, and he has all the aid from Germany in his hands."

"Actually, it is not impossible to reorganize the army and replace equipment according to their requirements. Some of our weapons do need to be replaced." Conrad said.

"These are really not problems, but what if they want to change our established strategy? What if they want the command of the army? What should we do?" King Fritz asked.

"It's absolutely impossible." Archduke Ferdinand replied very simply. In his opinion, Germany and Austria are allies. Even the Kaiser can only ask the Austro-Hungarian Empire to do what to do instead of direct orders. Prussia can't do it either. Then Bavaria is even worse. According to Archduke Ferdinand, since the Bavarian Army came to help the Austro-Hungarian Empire share the pressure, it should be placed directly under the command of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, let alone the other way around.

"In the future battlefield on the Eastern Front, the Austro-Hungarian Army will be the main body,

They should obey us. Instead of using military aid as an excuse, use it as a means of blackmailing us! Ruprecht represents a kingdom, and we are an empire! ” Archduke Ferdinand reacted very fiercely to this.

"I also think so. The Austro-Hungarian Army can only be in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor and the Crown Prince. Others, even if they are our friends, we cannot budge. And we have formulated a complete battle plan. If Bavaria wants to To change it, our years of hard work may be in vain, and the new plan and adjustments to the plan may take years!" Conrad also expressed his objection.

"Then you can talk to Ruprecht on behalf of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and see what happens." King Fritz responded unusually calmly. It seems to be dealing with a very ordinary thing.

"Your Majesty doesn't seem to have much confidence in us." Conrad whispered to Crown Prince Ferdinand next to him when he left the Hoffman Palace.

"It's not that there is no confidence, but His Majesty the Emperor has his own considerations in his heart. If there is no major accident, our negotiation with Ruprecht is more of an attitude. The final decision His Majesty the Emperor may have Done." Crown Prince Ferdinand said, maybe King Fritz can't fight a war, but if you talk about political skills, it is definitely above the standard, otherwise the Austrian Empire would not be able to be rebuilt after the Prussian-Austro-Prussian War.

"So is our negotiation still meaningful?" Conrad said slightly dissatisfied.

"Of course, we need to find out Ruprecht's hole cards, his purpose, his plan, and the impact of doing so on the Austro-Hungarian Empire." The crown prince said. "As for me, it is to tell that proud and arrogant His Royal 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 accommodate two tigers. Ruprecht and Princess Mary are because of one male and one female. Prussia has already stated that it will stay out of the matter, so the leadership of the Eastern Front is in the hands of Ruprecht and Ferdinand, who will subdue whom will be decided in the future.

"Then how do you plan to persuade this prince? If you just want to rely on your status and status to forcefully suppress it, I'm afraid it won't work. Sometimes this **** doesn't even buy the face of the Kaiser." Conrad asked. .

"It's very simple. Haven't we already formulated a battle plan? Take out our plan. I believe that the plan formulated by the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire will definitely be better than that of Bavaria. We need to tell Ruprech Special, as long as he does what we say, we can win." Crown Prince Ferdinand said confidently.

"Unexpectedly, before we beat the Russians, we need to beat the Bavarians first." Conrad said with a smile.

"I like this statement very much. Well, my Chief of Staff, prepare well." The crown prince was very satisfied with Conrad's description.

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