Chapter 1828: Generals One
"Why do you think that someone would be able to invite the commanders of four armies here? Could it be that the Crown Prince really has that much influence?" Grand Duke Baden asked.
"It's really possible, after all, in the military, especially in wartime, winning battles means everything, and if they have some human touch, they can easily win the favor of those soldiers. Look at the Navy, you can do everything Understood. The Kaiser said hesitantly.
However, what the Kaiser didn't expect was that this time, the generals got more news than the German emperor knew. At least, the four German army commanders who were outside Brussels at this time knew that this time Leopold The issue that the prince wants to discuss here is not the division of future territories and interests, but an invitation letter! An invitation letter inviting Germany to attend the ceremony of the Austrian crown prince! But this time, in addition to the 4 German generals, another important person also came, that is the former Chief of Staff of Crown Prince Ruprecht, Lieutenant General Hall of the Bavarian Army. Before the Prussian generals arrived, the lieutenant general had already told them about the canonization ceremony of the Austrian crown prince.
In fact, except for the crown prince, most army commanders already knew about this. Although they were shocked, they didn't react too much. This part of the reason was naturally that they couldn't control these things. After all, the Austrian emperor's canonization of the crown prince had nothing to do with them. While another group of people realize that this will be a huge political event, but they really don't know what to do. On the one hand, they don't know what Bavaria wants to do. On the other hand, they don't have the power to do so now!
The commander of the Ninth Army on the Western Front was General Herlingen, the former Prussian Minister of War. He is almost the general who has the least favorable impression of Bavaria in the entire Western Front, but even so, after hearing the news, he can only write in his diary: "Unless Bavaria announces its merger with Austria, otherwise, I really couldn't convince my men to fight the Bavarian Army."
Therefore, after several group army leaders had some private exchanges, they thought it necessary to use the opportunity of Prince Leopold to come to Brussels to meet with the Bavarian high-level. At least, they must be clear that the Kingdom of Bavaria What exactly do you want to do? As a result, 4 of the 8 army commanders who received the news were selected, namely Admiral Crook, Admiral Pinov, Admiral Hausen, and Grand Duke Albrecht of Württemberg. The first three are all core personnel in the Prussian military, while the Grand Duke can be regarded as the representative of other southern states in the military circles!
As for why Lieutenant General Hall followed, on the one hand, the Prussian generals believed that they needed to obtain enough information from this Lieutenant General before facing Prince Leopold. On the other hand, it is because whether it is Crook or others, it will be very rude if there are no other generals of Bavaria next to him after meeting Prince Leopold. That's right, it's a faux pas! Even though this incident caused some friction between the top German officers and the Bavarian royal family, the generals still believed that they must show enough respect and courtesy to this excellent marshal from Bavaria.
The Kaiser guessed it right. In this era, the top officers of the German military corps were relatively simple. For the Bavarian army that could win battles during the war and let the imperial army's boots directly reach the banks of the Volga River, they were still very good. dear.
Of course, respect is one aspect, and serious things still have to be done. And now, in a meeting room in Frederick the Great's barracks on the outskirts of Brussels, four generals are sitting together to discuss how to face Prince Leopold and the Kingdom of Bavaria behind him this time!
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I chatted with Lieutenant General Hall, and I asked whether we could continue to fight under the eagle flag of the German Empire after this war was over. Lieutenant General Hall was very surprised at the time. He said at the time: Bavaria will not be separated from the German Empire. If Bavaria has this idea, will it supply more than half of the weapons and ammunition produced by the kingdom to the Western Front? ? Look at us fighting side by side now, still fighting under the banner of the Black Hawk. He was very shocked by this statement, and there was a trace of anger. "General Howson said. "In a word, under the instigation of you old bastards, I did all the things that offended people. Let me talk about your views. "
"I think we think a little too much. In terms of inheritance, Princess Mary can wear the Austrian crown, and his son can also wear it. After all, Albrecht has been a Hungarian citizen since he was born. But Rupre At most, Hitt is just a title of regent, which can have some influence, but he is definitely not related to the throne. With Bavaria's current status in the empire, he is already a giant, not weaker than the Kaiser. Since they are all empires Why does he insist on changing the sect?" Grand Duke Albrecht of Württemberg said.
"Rupprecht's generation is impossible, but what I worry about is, in the future, will Princess Mary's eldest son inherit Austria and Bavaria at the same time? If so, Bavaria will definitely be separated from the empire." Pi General Nove said.
"From the perspective of inheritance, the Kingdom of Bavaria may be given to the second son. And if the two families merge as you imagined? This is almost impossible. After the war, Bavaria is no worse than Austria. Let's not talk about anything else, I think whether it is Ruprecht or the Austrian Emperor, they don't want to create a dual empire, right? And if there are only two power cores in an empire, then their relationship will definitely not be harmonious, as before the Austro-Hungarian Empire," said the Grand Duke.
"But now, they're a family!" said General Pinov.
"If the two countries can be merged simply by marriage, then there will not be so many wars in Europe. There are many marriages between Austria and Bavaria. If the merger can be achieved through marriage, then Bavaria is absolutely impossible. Still independent. As for the annexation of Austria by Bavaria? Can we take this as a joke?" Crook glanced at General Pinov and said.
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