Chapter 1830: Generals Three
"Pinov, forgive us. I participated in the incident of the Ninth Army. I was really scared at that moment when I faced the disobedient officers and soldiers. I can't imagine that when one of us gave the order to point the guns at civilians and What will happen to the army during the Bavarian Legion. And as an imperial soldier, it is impossible for us to cause a massacre or a large-scale civil war in Germany. Loyalty to the country is more than personal. Me and the other four I have the same attitude as the commander who did not attend the meeting, maybe we will be liquidated by some people in the end, but we do not regret the decision we made today." The highly respected Crook finally said.
"I will go and explain this matter to His Majesty." Admiral Pinov said with a long sigh. After finishing speaking, Admiral Pinov had no intention of staying here any longer. After all, in today's meeting, he was a minority and an isolated party. I originally had two purposes. The first purpose was to deter Bavaria through the German army, and the second purpose was to let the army unify and support the Kaiser. Neither of these goals was achieved, however. That being the case, he also felt that there was no point in staying here.
"General Pinov, please wait a moment." Just as Pinov was about to leave, the Grand Duke of Württemberg stopped him again. "I feel that it is very rare for us to be able to sit here together this time and gather together the top leaders of the German first-line army. Therefore, we must consider some issues first. I think that after this incident, whether it is Prussia, Or that the German officer corps can never return to what it was before the First World War."
"What do you mean?!" Admiral Howson frowned and said.
"Politically speaking, even if His Majesty the Kaiser returns to Berlin this time, it is impossible to completely liquidate the Social Democratic Party, and his own prestige and rights cannot return to before World War I. Because, all of us here cannot face ourselves Bombing the cities indiscriminately. The Social Democratic Party has a certain mass base this time, while the navy and most of the army tend to be neutral. Therefore, the most likely solution is peace talks. What is the result of the peace talks? That's hard to say."
"From a military point of view, the history of the officer corps controlling the German Army may be a thing of the past. I don't want to talk about other reasons. Only one is enough. In this war, thousands of military aristocrats will become extinct. We Too many people died in the battle, the vacant positions must be filled, and the number of Junker nobles is not enough. Judging from the current situation, the large-scale disobedience of middle and low-level officers has already illustrated this problem." Albrecht Grand Duke said.
"It seems that we won the war, but lost the army." Pinov hesitated, and sat back again. Although the Grand Duke of Württemberg has been targeting himself since the beginning of the meeting, but now, Pinov The admiral's impression of the Grand Duke is not bad, because what the Grand Duke said just now has no self-interest at all, and he really considers the generals of the German Army.
After the war, the status of soldiers will definitely decline, but it is nothing to Albrecht, Grand Duke of Württemberg. They are the authentic Württemberg royal family, even without their military ranks, they are still the top nobles in Germany. Coupled with the experience of serving in the army, the benefits obtained will definitely not be small. And what about the officers themselves? After the war, there could not be so many generals left in the army, and quite a few of them had to retire. Everyone here is a big shot in the military. Even if they don't need to pay attention to their own gains and losses, who can make it this far without a bunch of old students? Who doesn't have some social connections? As nobles with swords, they also have to think about themselves.
"Did Your Excellency the Grand Duke get some new news?" Pinov hesitated for a moment, and for the first time used a respectful speech when facing the Grand Duke of Württemberg. To be honest, for this high-ranking noble from the southern kingdom,
Admiral Pinov himself did not have any good impressions.
"While chatting with General Hall, he mentioned some of Crown Prince Ruprecht's ideas about the post-war period. I think some views are very interesting. Of course, I am not sure that some of them are correct, so I would like to post here Discuss it with everyone," said the Grand Duke.
"First of all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince believes that after the war, the size of the army will indeed be reduced, but a large-scale recovery in a short period of time is not good for the entire empire. Because a large number of labor forces engaged in military production have to be transferred to Civilian enterprises and the social system need to absorb this part of the labor force first, and then they can become the army. Therefore, after the war, the level of military equipment will drop in a short period of time, but the number of Bavarian legions will not decline quickly," said the Grand Duke. .
"Sealing up or disposing of equipment can indeed reduce military expenditure standards, but again, so many soldiers still need to spend a lot of money, and keeping them alone is not an option." Crook thought for a while and said.
"So, Bavaria's approach is to build some military farms. Or some new national projects. We have a large number of colonies in the east. The infrastructure and industries in these places need to be built. Therefore, use national capital and the army to build these On the one hand, the project has reduced the social pressure brought about by the large-scale recovery of the army, and on the other hand, it has created employment and social wealth." The Grand Duke said.
"Bavaria can do this, but I'm afraid Prussia can't, because relatively speaking, Prussia's national funds are not as abundant as Bavaria's. A considerable part of our income has flowed into the hands of capitalists, and Bavaria does not have a strong monopoly oligarchy, so their national income Relatively high." General Howson said.
"I also asked about what to do with the armies of Prussia and other kingdoms. General Hall's suggestion is that this part of the army can still be retained and used for the development of new colonies in Africa! Crown Prince Ruprecht He said that in the future Federal Parliament and the Reichstag, the Kingdom of Bavaria can promote the adoption of this decision, and is willing to contribute funds to support this work, and, if possible, he also wants to promote the migration of native residents to the colonies.” The Grand Duke finished. Then look at the reactions of everyone present.
"I have to say that at this point, Crown Prince Ruprecht has really solved the big problem of the army." Pinov touched his chin and said, among other things, if the infrastructure is rolled out on a large scale in the colony, And if it is carried out by military personnel, then at least the military status of these troops is guaranteed, and the treatment is also guaranteed...
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