The Rise of the Empire

"What you said makes sense, so why don't you plan to let this fresh blood flow throughout the empire? If I don't cooperate, it is not impossible for you to become the chief of the empire's general staff or the minister of war one day. asked the Kaiser. \u003c/p\u003eHehe, empty-handed white wolf, the prince doesn't know whether the Emperor's promise can be realized. After all, there is no precedent in history for a high-level chief of staff of another kingdom to serve as the chief of staff. But the prince can be sure that if the prince lets go, the fresh blood of the Bavarian army will definitely be polluted. Prussia is too strong, their military power is too strong, the final result is that Prussia will not be transformed, and Prussia will in turn affect Bavaria! \u003c/p\u003e"Your Majesty, you can't expect to irrigate a desert with a puddle of clear water, let alone turn the desert into an oasis in a day. You should be very aware of this, so you use the power of other kingdoms to slowly improve Prussia military structure," said the prince. \u003c/p\u003e "Hehe, you have always been like this, you can always add so-called righteousness to those unreasonable things! I have already bought it, and I can give you the establishment of 4 mobile divisions, but the premise Yes, you must help me establish a complete mobile force system for Prussia!" The Kaiser said angrily with a grim expression on his face! But the prince was not afraid, because he knew that the Kaiser had agreed to make concessions, and what he did was just to take care of his own face. \u003c/p\u003ePrussia uses 60% of its national power to support nearly 80% of its military power. In fact, the pressure is still relatively high. After Schlieffen and others returned, the Kaiser planned to establish a mechanized army, but unfortunately, the German General Staff headed by Schlieffen did not agree with this suggestion. \u003c/p\u003eThe reason is simple, it is too expensive, the Bavarian family is very rich, and almost all the vehicles are locally produced in Bavaria. Part of the cost has been reduced, so people just get a mobile division, but the initial investment of this mobile division is still more than twice that of an ordinary infantry division. And if the Kaiser wants to get a division, the cost will be even higher. According to the calculations of Schlieffen and others, if the Kaiser wants to get an army, it will cost more than three times the investment of a normal army! This is not what Prussia can afford now. \u003c/p\u003eOf course, you can say that when the automobile industry develops, the scale will increase, and the cost will decrease, but that will be a matter of the future, and it will definitely not work now. It is also a problem to want to pass these military appropriations in the Prussian Parliament. It is no problem to increase the money, but how to increase and how to spend the money is a matter for the Prussian War Department and the General Staff. The Kaiser does not understand this matter! \u003c/p\u003eSo the final result is that the Kaiser's request can't be ignored. Sometimes the Kaiser really wants to replace Schlieffen directly, but think about it, it may not be better to replace it with a new one, so bear with it. The inability of his own teammates in his own country is also one of the important reasons why the Kaiser was able to indulge Prince Ruprecht. Because it is really difficult for him to find a like-minded partner with sufficient status and ability. \u003c/p\u003e "It is impossible for me to give you the establishment of the 4 divisions at once. They must be divided into at least two batches. The empire will not issue a mark for the relevant funds. How to share them between Bavaria and Austria-Hungary is your business. In return, you I need to train my 6 guard regiments into mobile regiments!" The Kaiser finally made a decision. \u003c/p\u003e"Okay, no problem." The prince nodded in agreement. Prussia couldn't launch a mobile army in a hurry, so it was even more impossible for Bavaria to launch 4 mobile divisions at the same time. Not bad, and then the Austro-Hungarian Empire will help complete one, and the remaining two will probably have to wait until around 1904, depending on how the prince sells arms in Russia.... \u003c/p\u003eAs for helping the Kaiser train a mobile force? This is nothing,

Anyway, in history, the Kaiser used his own pocket to equip the Guards with machine guns. This time it was nothing more than buying a car out of his pocket. All he needs to provide is some officers and training. The economic cost is almost none. As for whether the Kaiser can continue to promote this policy, it depends on the battle between the imperial power and the Junker nobles. Anyway, the prince does not intend to get involved in these things in the short term. \u003c/p\u003eThe final result is not bad. The establishment of mobile divisions is slightly larger than that of ordinary infantry divisions. A division can have a maximum of about 15,000 people. And 4 divisions are 60,000. Even considering that these troops may have elements of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, after completing this phase of reorganization, Bavaria will be able to have at least one more army establishment. The 4 armies accounted for almost one-sixth of the 25 armies commonly used in Prussia! This ratio is already high. \u003c/p\u003eAfter completing his own army plan, the prince should think about how to help his father-in-law in the future! The combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian army is really a problem, but fortunately, the internal chaos makes it easy to intervene. If the Austrian emperor is willing to provide military expenses, I might as well help them improve. \u003c/p\u003eSo, the date of this matter was finally determined. The Kaiser promised that within half a year at most, the Kaiser would push Prussia to agree to Bavaria's army plan from the General Staff, but before that, there is one more important thing for both sides Things to do, Portugal's colonies in Africa should also change their masters! \u003c/p\u003e"The British lost their troops in the war with the Boers, and the Boers are now almost in control of the entire Eastern Cape area, and there are even signs of attacking Cape Town. The blacks can also try to get rid of the British During this period of time, the possibility of the British meddling is very small."\u003c/p\u003e"The General Staff discussed the plan to fight against Portugal and believed that not many troops are needed to face Portugal. Their estimates The result is that Angola needs 5,000 people, and Mozambique needs 3,000 people to disintegrate the local Portuguese resistance. Schlieffen even thinks that there is no need for the navy to participate, as long as we can send the army there before. What do you think?" asked the Kaiser. \u003c/p\u003e"This is true from a purely military point of view. The Portuguese garrison in Angola is no more than 3,000 people. I didn't use 5,000 people to fight them to flatter them, but the problem may not be so simple! Behind this military What about politics!" the prince thought for a while and said. \u003c/p\u003e"I am not worried about the form of Mozambique. Mozambique is surrounded by British and German colonies. The French have very few troops stationed in Madagascar, and Mozambique is not very big. In the case of the British not intervening, we It can be easily occupied."\u003c/p\u003e"But Angola is different. Angola is more than 50% larger than Mozambique, and to the north is the Belgian colony and French Equatorial Africa. It would be a waste of time to advance southward from Namibia under the circumstances!" The prince expressed his concerns. \u003c/p\u003eThanks to book friends flyDoomhammer, xiaotang246, bighill1982, Sea Boundary\u003c/a\u003e~~~, and book friends Yipin Huangshan Smoking is harmful to health, happy army, gray and domineering people, Leng Huanyue , Purple de Sandalwood's \u003c/a\u003e support ~~~! Yesterday, the author has completed the 6-day third update~~~, it can be regarded as fulfilling the promise, but yesterday's result is very bad--! Subscriptions doing one more day than this month are down 700--! The author burst into tears--! 2 more today-! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e