Chapter 1764 Bavarian Naval Task Force 2
"Send a telegram to Markensen, saying that in order to support friendly forces, Bavaria is willing to provide the Markensen Legion with a batch of armored vehicles suitable for the Eastern Front. These vehicles are first transported to Port Kiel, and then take the sea to the Bay of Riga." The prince said with a smile.
"Damn." The prince solved the question of Earl Kariput in one sentence. He was flexible and quickly figured out the reason. Markensen would definitely not refuse this request, and the German Army General Staff would never refuse. After all, no one would want the things given for free! However, if such a batch of vehicles wanted to be transported to the front line, it would be difficult to take the railway. After all, the Markenen army has grown a circle now, and the railways in Russia are very bad, or in winter... Whether it is the road situation or the capacity situation, it is definitely a bit troublesome for railway transportation capacity.
Then it doesn't matter, you can get transported by sea. Now the shipping to the Baltic Sea is controlled by the navy. It's not that there are no ships under the legion to which Markens belongs, but because some areas of the Baltic Sea have been frozen now, and only the navy has enough icebreakers... So it's absolutely smooth to hand over these vehicles to the navy first and then transport them over.
Then, is it necessary to say? After these things were sent to the Navy, Schell found a way to delay the transportation of these materials and then until the incident broke out? Or cause some "accident" such as the ship responsible for transporting the vehicle was damaged due to a collision with the floe, or some other reason. Schell could definitely handle these things anyway.
"If that's the case, we can actually add some tanks." Earl Schmidt said. Anyway, is it a gift? Isn't it the same to send armored vehicles and tanks?
"You can send a little tank, but there is no need to send too much. If you don't use it, it's too eye-catching." The prince thought for a while and said. At this time, we must downplay the existence of Bavaria, so some things naturally cannot be done.
"Other thing is that we need to give them an additional radio station that can be directly contacted by our superiors, and tell Colonel Coles, who is in charge of the contingent that before the headquarters makes the opposite opinion, in theory, he can completely obey Admiral Schell's arrangements, and the safety of important naval materials must be guaranteed. Once we decide to enter a state of emergency, we must take decisive measures for anyone who wants to take advantage of the situation." The prince thought for a while and said.
"Also, prepare some k6 bombers, according to the standard of at least 80. In winter, bombers are used less in the air. Change these aircraft and use them as necessary to use them for the release of materials or paratroopers..." The prince decided to play a big one. What? You said that the bombers at that time could not transport paratroopers? Please, the transportation problem is really not big. If the v1500 transports ordinary personnel, it can carry 65 people. Although the k-6 bombers are smaller, it is still okay to carry 20 fully armed soldiers at a time. As for how these paratroopers fight after they go down, will there be any accidents? This, the prince can only say that it depends on the situation...
"Are you paratroopers? This, our new recruit seems to have just finished training." Earl of Caripot said.
"Yes, it's paratroopers. Now is a special period. We must be fully prepared. And sometimes, we must be prepared to behead the enemy's leadership!" The prince nodded and said. In fact, the Bavarian paratrooper unit with a size of 3,000 people was actually prepared for this incident. Don't expect these paratroopers to bring weapons such as the recoilless cannons, 50mm anti-tank guns, and heavy mortars in World War II. Just bring their respective light weapons and bring two extra light mortars and some tools. Otherwise, what else do you want?!
"By the way, do we have any new information about our intelligence personnel in the Kiel area?" asked the prince.
"Yesterday our intelligence personnel sent a list of people who have connections with the Social Democratic Party. There are also some armed personnel. Should we prepare first and take down these people?" said the staff officer in charge of intelligence.
"No need, wait until the other places are found out and they will act together. Now we are a little surprised. In addition, let's not worry about the navy personnel and hand over the list to General Scher and let him deal with these matters." The prince thought for a while and said.
"In addition, our troops are also ready to shrink. Let's push the front to its current position first. We must leave enough troops to respond." Crown Prince Ruprecht said.
"Treat the German Emperor or the Social Democratic Party?" asked Count Schmidt.
"It is to deal with the Western Front. Remember, when we do anything, we must put the safety of the empire first." The prince said in a deep voice.
The cooperation between the Bavarian Legion and the Navy was soon launched. Admiral Scher received a telegram from the prince a day later, in which the telegram described in detail the composition and main tasks of the force. At the same time, the Bavarian air force in Kiel, who received the order from the prince, was also preparing for the arrival of their compatriots. They needed to replace some of the machine guns and ammunition in stock with suitable gun frames for use by infantry and armored vehicles. At the same time, some materials from the warehouses affiliated to the high seas fleet were also transported out.
Admiral Schell also paid special attention to the "unstable" factors sent by the prince in the port of Kiel and other cities where the naval garrison were stationed, especially within the naval system, and the personnel within the fleet made arrangements early, either to issue orders to carry out long-distance operations, or to arrange special people to be responsible for stalking, or to temporarily transfer some important positions under other excuses. In short, in the next period of time, Admiral Schell tried to minimize all internal instability factors.
Just after Scher was busy dealing with the possible outbreak, the retired General Moltke was not idle either. As the former chief of staff of Germany, with his understanding of the German military and political circles, he was almost the first person in the Prussian army to realize the crisis. Although he no longer has any position and has even returned to the rear from the Western Front, if you say that he was squatting in a place and doing nothing, you would underestimate the German general. At this time, the little Moltke was in the Grand Duchy of Baden. When the German Emperor could no longer see it, the only one who was the most powerful and inclined to the German Emperor was the most powerful among all kingdoms and countries!
Of course, Moltke also had some contact with the other three kingdoms, but the results of contact were not good! On the one hand, their strength was limited, and on the other hand, Württemberg and Saxony were still a little resistant to contact with Moltke!
Chapter completed!