The Rise of the Empire

"Zhou Cao, if this is the case, if the two Wittelsbach families merge, it would be terrible!" Thinking of this, the Crown Prince couldn't help but shuddered. The current Kingdom of Bavaria is already so unbelievable. According to Xiao Maoqi Based on the inference, the Bavarian Army at this time can at least reach about 22% of the overall strength of the Imperial Army! For the Air Force, let’s take it as 78%….

"No, this is where Fritz is brilliant." William II smiled and shook his head. "We will not allow the Kingdom of Bavaria to split. In the same way, Fritz will never allow the new unit to split from the empire. Even after the war, he will need this unit to contain Hungary and stabilize the situation of the empire, so You can rest assured of this. Moreover, the prince and Princess Mary cannot have only one descendant. They can inherit two kingdoms respectively. This is also precedent."

"But one thing that is certain is that during Ruprecht's reign, the power of the Wittelsbach family will be greatly improved. Even if the German Empire has made great progress, we still cannot obtain the right to control it. Absolute control over other empires, at least not Bavaria,” the Kaiser said with a wry smile.

Any king is a black man when exposed. Who doesn’t want to be the only one in a country? Over the years, Prussia has used various names to assimilate other kingdoms, not to mention military power, and transportation has begun. Prussia won in the Kingdom of Saxony and the Kingdom of Württemberg, but it couldn't do it when it encountered the leverage of Bavaria. ! Even historically, the Bavarian Legion was commanded by princes, and the Bavarian Air Force was independent of the Imperial Air Force. This has been true throughout history, and with the time travellers, of course it must be even more so.

"Don't think that Ruprecht doesn't understand politics. It's just that he has no interest in these words. He will do whatever he thinks is necessary! This kind of person is the most terrifying. He knows that once the Eastern Front is won, If Bavaria cannot achieve rapid development, then the central government of the empire will form a crushing situation on other kingdoms and grand duchies. Their privileges and status will no longer exist. Therefore, he will choose to cooperate with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Once Wittelsbach The family owns two crowns, do you dare to touch them?" the Kaiser asked.

"Do you know? The people of the German Empire are directly loyal to their lord, and the vassals of the vassals are not my vassals! It was precisely because my grandfather and Bismarck saw this problem that they allowed other kingdoms to be given special privileges, and once After the war, Fritz may not be willing to let the German Empire completely occupy Bavaria."

"And think about it, the two Bavarian kingdoms, coupled with such a powerful army, as long as they don't seek death, who dares to move? If Bavaria had the ability now during the Austro-Prussian War, we would never dare to take action ." The Kaiser trembled a little when he said this.

The barrel of a gun is always the most direct and effective means of threat. In later generations, when the United States encounters something, it will first ask where its aircraft carrier battle group is, and the Russians will wave their nuclear stick if they have nothing to do. Bavaria hides its secrets, and today's exercise was an eye-opener. At least let the Kaiser know that trying to eat the Kingdom of Saxony or Württemberg is not an option. If you really dare to take action, everyone will be killed together! The Kaiser was not a fool, so he would never take action. Not only did the Kaiser not want to take action, he also wanted to remind his son not to think about it, at least not while Ruprecht was alive.

"Then what should we do now?" the crown prince asked.

"The fundamental reason why this situation is difficult to handle is because he is scheming. You can understand it, but you just can't do anything about it. Emperor Fritz will not listen to us for the benefit of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

As long as the Bavarian Legion can fight well, they will not be stingy with their rewards. "

"As for us? There is no better choice besides studying. Since everyone wants to compete for the spoils of the Eastern Front, we naturally need to leave a relatively strong legion on the Eastern Front." The Kaiser said.

"Actually, we have two ways. The first way is to transfer the Bavarian Army to the Western Front, and the second way is to send the Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Front." The Crown Prince thought for a while and said.

"Transfer Ruprecht to the Western Front? Theoretically, there is no problem. It is just a matter of a transfer order, but this will cause problems in the military. No officer with a brain will agree! I really think that Luprecht will be transferred to the Western Front." Precht has never thought about this problem? He has thought of this problem many years ago! Didn't you notice? Bavaria's medium-caliber artillery is different from ours. Ours is a 77MM gun, and theirs is a 75MM gun. . How to handle this logistics?"

"Let me tell you, Little Maoqi is still very good. Especially in terms of technology, they have done a lot of research. Maybe the overall view is not as good as that of Old Moltke, but in terms of technology and planning, Little Maoqi is very strong." The Kaiser revealed With a helpless expression on his face, he didn't expect that his son would actually choose the most unreliable method.

"From a military point of view, the Bavarian army is the most unsuitable army to enter the Western Front. First of all, the Kingdom of Bavaria is relatively far from the front line, and the equipment standards are not the same as those of the Empire, so if they want to enter the Western Front, they need Providing two different logistics systems is causing trouble for yourself. From the perspective of material requirements, the consumption of a Prussian division on a combat day is about 120 tons, while the consumption of a Bavaria division on a combat day is about 180 tons. If that's the case, we can barely afford the supply, but think about how difficult it would be to transport those tanks and armored vehicles by rail to the French border? This would occupy a large amount of transportation capacity, which is not feasible at all. It can be achieved in this stage!”

"And Ruprecht mentioned very explicitly in the report that it is impossible to use the current railway system to quickly move hundreds of tanks and a large number of self-propelled artillery through the occupied areas and then engage in battle 400 kilometers away from the national border. Imagine! This is the fact, and you can’t change it if you want to. Little Maoqi has no way, and no one can quickly transfer such a heavy-armed force to the Western Front under wartime mobilization. So we can only compromise .”

These things were told by Little Moltke to the Kaiser. When the Kaiser found out, he was still a little unwilling. He once asked for other people's opinions. If there was a chance, even in theory, the transportation and logistics on the Western Front could support the Bavarian Army's operations. Then he would also keep it on the Western Front, but unfortunately, there is no possibility, not at all!

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