"I remember that His Highness the Crown Prince restricted the expansion of the navy. Most of the first batch of new battleships were armored cruisers rather than battleships." Admiral Hausen nodded and said.

"However, with the passing of the old emperor and the departure of Prime Minister Bismarck, they all entered an irreversible path. The German Emperor wanted to challenge his opponents in all respects and established an allied system. By that time, the road to war was inevitable." Lieutenant General Hall said.

"That's right, the expansion of the Bavarian army also began at the beginning of this century. The prince should be uneasy. His Majesty the Emperor wanted to expand his army, but he was opposed by General Helingen, who was the Minister of Prussian War at that time. Therefore, his Majesty and His Highness hit it off at that time. Bavaria increased its troops by one army at that time." General Hausen obviously did his homework and was very clear about this process.

"However, Bavaria was still too weak at that time. We had a population of just over 10 million and our industrial capacity was very limited. Bavaria was mainly strong in military industry and its own market capacity was limited. If we entered Prussia, various restrictions and competition would make us difficult. I think you and I are very clear about the local protectionism and political restrictions in Prussia. Our hornet assault guns are very useful, but before the war started, the Prussian army had very little equipment. After being beaten up by the French ft10, the Prussian army remembered us." Lieutenant General Hall's words were filled with resentment.

"I'm sorry." General Hausen naturally understood this kind of thing. As a senior officer, he was very clear about the situation of military purchases. Prussia actually started to protect its military industry very early. For example, after Bavaria launched a rapid-fire gun, Prussia forced to buy out. Later, Bavaria developed various weapons. If he wanted to equip the Prussian army, he had to sell technical patents or production licenses. Companies such as Krupp and Rheinmetallurgy could just leave some benefits.

Everyone has complaints about this! And not only Bavaria has complaints, but the Prussian army is also dissatisfied with not having enough equipment! Even General Hausen has complained more than once that the biggest enemy of the Prussian army is Britain and France, and the second largest enemy is the black-hearted arms dealer. They are even more powerful than the Russians! So Hausen expressed his empathy for what General Hall said...

The so-called first step to convince others is to create feelings and find resonance. If you change it to the game strategy, it is to improve your favorability. When the favorability comes, everything else will come naturally. Now, Admiral Hausen has begun to think about the following content.

"His Crown Prince has realized the threat of war and needs sufficient funds to expand his army. Prussian policies and regulations are not good for outsiders at all. So, at this time, what would you do when faced with the olive branch extended by Vienna?" Lieutenant General Hall asked back.

"So, after that exercise, His Majesty the Emperor of the O'Nei realized the strength of the Bavarian Legion, so he was willing to conduct an exchange of interests?" said Admiral Hausen.

"Yes, so at that time, Princess Mary became the female grand duke of Bohemia and Moravia. His Royal Highness could use this to excuse the Austrian market and gain industrial partners and new markets. Therefore, the later Bavarian and Bohemia-moravian legions were found." Lieutenant General Hall said.

"Anyway, at least before the war began, the Kingdom of Bavaria and His Highness did a very good job, and there was no place to blame. I agree with what His Highness did. He is a true strategist." However, General Hausen changed his subject: "So, Lieutenant General Hall, please tell me when did His Highness's ambitions start to expand?"

"Princess Mary's rise to power is definitely not something that can be facilitated in a short period of time. Not to mention that His Highness the Princess is shallow in China, even His Majesty Franz may not be optimistic about Princess Mary, because he married a foreign crown prince. So, if His Highness and His Majesty the Crown Prince and His Majesty the O'Nei will not be too late to consider this issue, I personally feel that it only started after the assassination of the Crown Prince Ferdinand?"

"The Crown Prince Ferdinand is Grand Duke Carl. In fact, you and I are both soldiers. You and I should be very clear that under the Eastern Front, if the Bavarian Legion is willing, Grand Duke Carl will not have such a crushing defeat like that. His Highness the Crown Prince has already planned to help his wife become the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then the Grand Duke Carl will naturally become hostile. Therefore, under the operation, Grand Duke Carl lost the opportunity to compete for the crown prince because of successive defeats. Then, when the family was left alone, His Majesty Franz could only consider Princess Mary. Then, in this way, His Highness the Crown Prince won the support of the Austro-Emperor and gradually paved the way for His Highness to take office. This plan is really good." After saying that, General Hausen stared at the other party, like a leopard preparing to hunt.

"Then I want to ask now, what is the ambition of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? The crown of the Vettelsbach family already owns Bavaria, Bohemia and Moravia, with an area of ​​more than 150,000 square kilometers. You have the second largest industrial area in the German Empire and the largest industrial area in the Austro-Hungarian Empire! What else do you have to be dissatisfied with? Do you really want to replace the Hohenzollern family? Do you know how much risk is behind doing this? The empire belongs to the kings, but it is difficult for me to understand why the Bavarian royal family, who is already a top noble, is willing to risk the empire burning with jade and stone to do such a dangerous thing?! In your eyes, you really only have your own rights and crown, no empire and nation?" At this point, General Hausen was already angry!

Although he is a soldier, General Hausen himself has a high political literacy. His sensitivity and mind are much higher than that of the German Emperor. After this series of events occurred, General Hausen carefully sorted out the future and outs of the future, his inferences were already very close to the truth! However, he did not want to directly ask Prince Leopold or Crown Prince Ruprecht, because the latter's political ability is stronger than him and he is easily fooled by the latter! Therefore, at this critical moment, he decided to find a person who can contact the core link and is easier to deal with General Hall as a breakthrough point. He must find the truth!
Chapter completed!