Chapter 577
Then if you have to say that it is not enough, there is only one possibility. Germany wants to fight a war! Fight a big war! Ruprecht was shocked by his own inference! "It seems that history has been changed too much by me!" His Highness **** completely figured it out in an instant. He at least knew that his efforts over the years had finally achieved certain results!
The German Emperor was scared now! From some point on, he was no longer the arrogant man who said arrogantly when he saw off the troops, "You will return to your hometown in autumn." He no longer hoped to end the war with a quick battle! He began to see it as a crisis that was enough to overturn the German Empire, and he began to seriously consider the long-term war and how to fight.
Maybe someone asks if it is just two years ahead of time? It will be not easy to be two years ahead of time, because the German Emperor has realized that if a certain limit is exceeded, time will be on the side of the Allies. With the reconciliation between Britain and France, the defense strategies of the two countries will be adjusted for the allies. The Russian government needs time to recover from the failure of the Russo-Japanese War.
As time goes by, the power of the Three Kingdoms will become stronger and stronger, while Germany and Austria's strength changes very little. Germany's economic ability determines its upper limit of force. Did the Austro-Hungarian Empire? Well, their political system determines their preparations for war are also sloppy. If the military expenditure increases, military growth, and equipment replacement is the slowest before the war, Austro-Hungarian will be the first to be... Don't look down on Russia, Russia's naval military expenditure in 1913 was close to Germany! It's enough to have such a weak ally and a slut, Germany is also a bit of a burden.
Of course, at the beginning, the German power was still faster than the allies. Russia should not say that after the war, the Russian government would buy it and make it impossible for the Russian government to do nothing in the past few years. Needless to say, the French have been preparing for a war of revenge since the Franco-Prussian War. And the British? The Boer War is not over yet, and they need to solve the South African problem before they can manage Europe. As for why Germany doesn’t take action now, because Germany itself is not ready. In history, in 1910, Germany did not dare to take action, let alone now...
However, the German Emperor knew that he must start a war before Russia was on track, or in the early stages of getting on track, and he must take action when his strength increased greatly and the relative gap between the two sides was the largest. At present, the German Emperor meant that in 1912, in less than 8 years, the German Navy and Army must make all preparations, and then give the other party a fatal blow before the other party has completed its combat preparations!
"Haha, I finally took the initiative." After thinking about this problem, **** thought helplessly. It seems that the inertia of history is huge. When traveling to this era, it will eventually be impossible to escape this battle. After the end of the war, whether to turn a carp into a dragon or be knocked down by the mortal world is in the last few years. Fortunately, Germany's combat readiness process is almost followed by the route set by the prince, and the prince has to admit that the timetable set by William II is very suitable for the Kingdom of Bavaria.
In order to fight the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians purchased a large amount of arms from Bavaria and ordered warships. These orders greatly stimulated the military industry of Bavaria and its shipbuilding industry. However, with the end of the Japanese war, this external stimulus would disappear. The Russians would no longer buy a large amount of equipment from Germany, which was already a potential enemy, and Germany would not sell it casually. The military production and industries that had begun to expand would not stop there.
Therefore, in order to maintain the current production capacity and vitality, someone must take over, and the buyer can only be the government! The government needs to use these new types of artillery and machine guns, otherwise why should it be placed in the warehouse? It won’t take long to fall behind again. In the view of His Highness ****, because of Germany’s military expansion and preparation for war, it directly added a fire to the Bavarian military industry, which has gradually been extinguished, so that the entire military system can continue to operate efficiently. In this way, Germany will maintain its best state when entering the war.
It is good that the German Emperor had this meaning, but it was still far from the requirements of the war. According to His Highness ****'s estimate, this war will have to be fought for more than three years, right? The Eastern Front took one and a half years to smooth out the problems of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in half a year... (Okay, His Highness **** is already thinking about the legacy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.) Then it took more than a year to force Britain and France to pacify the United Kingdom. It is hard to say if the time is longer. After all, the attitude of the Americans may change over time.
In order to deal with this protracted national war, Germany also needs to establish a relatively complete national reserve system, and use this period to consolidate the channel with Turkey, and help Turkey develop agriculture to achieve food self-sufficiency within the alliance. The latter's requirements are even higher than the former. After all, having food in hand, it is not panic. The Austro-Hungarian Empire can ensure self-sufficiency during the war, which is a high incense, and Germany will definitely not be able to guarantee it, whether it is a good year or a bad year.
Turkey is the real potential. Turkey now has at least Asia Minor and the Mesopotamia Basin, as well as Syria, Lebanon and other places in later generations. Especially the former, there are still many places that can produce grain. The key is that Turkey has only 30 million people, which is only half of Germany. They are fully capable of being a food exporter, as long as farming is more affordable, and road traffic can be kept smooth.
Therefore, if you have time, the prince will also talk to the German Emperor. In addition to the Eastern and Western lines, Germany should also pay attention to the Balkans, and even now it will protect Turkey's territory in the Balkans, such as the later Balkan War. In this way, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey can use the existing 3B railway alliance to form a domestic supply system!
Then I will find a way to do some tricks on the British North Sea blockade line. It is impossible for the British main ships to patrol and blockade at the northern end of the North Sea all day long, so don’t do anything else. Even armored cruisers are not good. Most of them are auxiliary cruisers and are not very strong, which means there is room for tricks. Well, Your Highness **** has an idea.
But before that, he needed to let Tirpitz completely accept his strategic and tactical ideas. For this reason, he also called General Feng Boer. After all, he was the commander of the High Seas Fleet, and as long as Liao Le was tied up. The three giants of the Navy called two, and the remaining one was not good. But the prince also sent someone to pass the message, meaning, you can just listen. What we discussed this time is not a personnel issue...
The German Emperor obviously wanted to hand over the major policies of the navy to ****. At this time, Liao Le would not jump out of the trouble, and he would be against the German Emperor and the general trend?
Chapter completed!