The Rise of the Empire

"Congratulations on your victory, Ruprecht, my son-in-law." When the prince met the Austrian Emperor, the Austrian Emperor said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ruprecht said with the same smile. "The Kingdom of Bavaria is willing to use iron and fire to consolidate the friendship between the two sides, and your country will also give us something in return, isn't it?"

"That depends on how far you have gone." Ferdinand said expressionlessly.

"We can fully take charge of the line from Bomisia to Moravia. I guarantee that as long as the garrisons in Bomisia and Moravia obey our arrangements, the Austro-Hungarian Empire will not lose an inch of land!" Rupresi said Te said.

"It seems like we can't defend it." Crown Prince Ferdinand sneered.

"Nonsense, of course we can't hold on anymore! If Germany hadn't sent hundreds of thousands of troops later, the Russian army would have held military parades in Prague and Vienna within half a year! Not to mention fighting the Russians, the worst thing would have been a beating by Serbia. Shameful." Ruprecht cursed in his mind.

"Yes, there is nothing certain about the battlefield. Well, if the Austro-Hungarian Empire can guarantee that the Russian military boots will not step on its territory, then how about invalidating my request?" said the prince.

"You are showing contempt for the imperial army!" Ferdinand said loudly. In his opinion, as a big country, he could not bear the other party's naked contempt for its own military power.

"You are too excited. The military matter is not because you are the crown prince, so what you said must be right. I am the prince, so what I said must be wrong. And isn't the request I made very valuable? If it is expensive If Fang wins, my work will be in vain." Ruprecht said nonchalantly.

"That's enough, Ruprecht, your attitude is very unfriendly and too arrogant!" the Austrian Emperor said with a sullen face.

"I'm just stating a fact. This war in the future will be very difficult to fight. This is already the consensus of the top military leaders of the German Empire. You don't think that the Kaiser's sudden decision to hold this exercise was a whim, right? If we talk about the Western Front The question is whether it can be captured, then starting from the Eastern Front is whether it can be defended!"

"You are very aware of the recent Eastern Front plan made by the Prussian General Staff. In addition to my Bavarian Army, Moltke also left another army. These two armies can reach 500,000 troops in wartime! Austria How many troops could the Hungarian Empire maintain on the Eastern Front when the war first started? I don’t think this number exceeds 900,000.”

"Well, you don't think that Moltke and I are fools for leaving a large number of troops to rest on the eastern border, do you? I think you can have a correct assessment of the combat effectiveness of the 500,000 Prussian and Bavarian legions. If we only ensure the security of eastern Prussia, can you ensure your own security? And based on recent data analysis, there is an 80% chance that the Russians will concentrate their forces to attack the Austro-Hungarian Empire!" Ruprecht said.

As the saying goes, Germany has used practical actions to express its dissatisfaction with the combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian Army. Although Moltke and Conrad have negotiated that the Eastern Front will be dominated by the Austro-Hungarian Army, the current situation is obviously that Germany There is still a considerable military force deployed on the Eastern Front. Even though the Bavarian Army is strong, East Prussia still has one army left behind. You can figure out the reason for this with your knees. Obviously he can't trust Austria-Hungary.

Moreover, the prince’s estimate of the size of the Austro-Hungarian army was pretty much the same.

Judging from the current plan, the Austro-Hungarian Empire can indeed only concentrate about 870,000 troops from four armies on the northern front. With 500,000 German troops confronting 870,000 Austro-Hungarian troops, the latter will probably be crushed, right? Since Germany can ensure its own safety by making such an arrangement, the four armies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire are completely inadequate. If the Russians remain on the defensive in the northwest and concentrate their efforts on launching an offensive against the Austro-Hungarian Army, the Austrian Emperor and others will People have no idea.

"Say your request." The Austrian Emperor really didn't want to get entangled with Ruprecht on the military front, so he decided to get to the point directly.

"I would like to give my wife, your daughter, Her Royal Highness Princess Mary, the title and power of the Grand Duchess of Bohemia and Moravia. And in the future, she will have both the blood of the Habsburg royal family and the Wittelsbach family. The descendants of the bloodline will inherit the position of the Grand Duke."

"My wife does not participate in the domestic politics of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and is subordinate to the Kingdom of Austria, but should have comprehensive internal powers, military, financial, and personnel powers. And the imperial government should allow the relationship between the Kingdom of Bavaria and Bohemia and Moravia There are more comprehensive channels for the circulation of personnel and materials. The Grand Duke should use his own sword to safeguard the rights and interests of the Empire, but the Empire must pay sufficient compensation." Ruprecht thought for a while and then said: "The Bohemian government has With considerable autonomy, if the local leaders are directly related to the Habsburg family and have the ability to control the situation, it will be a good thing for the empire itself, right?"

"You want to establish a Kingdom of Bavaria within the Austro-Hungarian Empire?" Archduke Ferdinand sneered.

"Actually, within the German Empire, the Kingdom of Bavaria has greater autonomy. At least we still have diplomats in some countries, and we have voting rights in the Federal Parliament. The German Empire can allow the existence of the Kingdom of Bavaria, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire National autonomy can be allowed, so what are my demands that cannot be passed?”

"And in my opinion, if your country really has an internal country like Bavaria, it would be more convenient if you want to do something. At least I don't have to stand here." Ruprecht didn't mind the other party at all. Attitude.

"You have met the Kaiser. Does the Kaiser agree with your idea?" Fritz asked.

"Why doesn't the Kaiser agree? Anyway, this is an internal matter of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. These two provinces are still within the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A kingdom and a grand duchy under the name of the Wittelsbach family have always belonged to two What else do the Reich, the Kaiser, and you have to worry about?" Ruprecht asked rhetorically.

"Change another condition. The price offered for this condition is too high." Ao Huang said.

"The conditions are not high at all. Bohemia is a need, and Moravia is the reward." The prince shook his head and insisted.

"Now that General Conrad is here too, I think everything will be much more convenient. Militarily speaking, whether you like it or not, if you want to increase the combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian Army as much as possible, then the Czech troops in Bomisia It must be incorporated into our combat system." The prince still decided to defeat his opponent in the field he was best at!

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