Chapter 2260 Rising Storm II

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"To put it more clearly, we must prevent the British from falling to the United States. The British have vast colonies, and the Americans are the most powerful industrial industry in the world. Once these two countries join forces, it will be terrible. The American The national strength can be seen from the support to us in this war. They have reasons for cooperation. The British need the Americans to fight against us, and the Americans need the United Kingdom as a bridgehead to contain Germany. The British colonies also have a very important role for the Americans. Attractiveness. So at this time, we can no longer give them an incentive to approach!" Grand Duke Baden said.

"If I entrust this task to you, can you do it well?" The Kaiser asked after thinking for a while, implying that it would be okay if the Grand Duke of Baden was in charge of the negotiations. In fact, apart from the final signing of the negotiation between hostile countries, the real bosses will not always be on duty. If the Kaiser does not go back, Ruprecht will not actually talk about this matter for a long time. , After all, the bosses still have a lot to do, how can there be time for marathon negotiations? The Grand Duke of Baden is fine, after all, the Grand Duchy of Baden is actually not that big... Things are less.

As for the Social Democrats? That is impossible! What a historic event it was to sign the victorious armistice agreement! For such a glorious thing, how could the Kaiser agree to let the parliament send his head? For the Kaiser, he would rather fulfill Bavaria, and absolutely not let the parliament faction who is a traitor in his eyes take away this honor!

"The negotiation issue will not last for too long. After all, the British have no bargaining power. But before the negotiation, we need to communicate with Crown Prince Ruprecht on some matters. I think I am not as good as His Royal Highness in this regard, so I can As a representative, but the fundamental issue must listen to the opinion of His Royal Highness Ruprecht." The Grand Duke of Baden thought for a while and said. "Of course, as the emperor of the German Empire, your opinion must also be taken seriously. I will seek a balance between the two."

"What you said is very reasonable. In fact, on the issue of negotiating with the Allied Powers, we are the same as Bavaria and even the parliamentary faction on many issues. The only difference lies in the degree of punishment for Britain, and this is not impossible. Talk." William II paused and said: "Compared to the negotiations with the British, I think the most difficult thing is the distribution of benefits after the war. The current German Empire is no longer the time when Prussia had an absolute advantage in the past. Now, any interests will eventually be divided among the three, and it is very difficult to deal with any matter once interests are involved. Moreover, it is impossible for the empire to monopolize all overseas colonies. We can not give it to Turkey, but Austria-Hungary is absolutely unavoidable. past."

When it comes to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, William II's mood is very complicated. If there is no marriage between Ruprecht and Princess Mary, then the two parties can just do business. But the problem now is that, to some extent, Bavaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire are one! At least for decades. So the question is, what is Ruprecht's view on this issue? Can the interests of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the interests of Bavaria really be so clearly divided? This marriage is like a glue, connecting Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire that had been separated. Therefore, many things are more troublesome!

"We must at least set aside a symbolic colony in Africa to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, although they only participated in the final attack. Even if it is to pay the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the Eastern Front, and give Bavaria a face." Baden thought I want to say.

What is remuneration for the Eastern Front? This is easy to understand! To be honest, looking at the entire Eastern Front, the largest number of Prussian troops did not exceed the strength of 2 army groups. Bavaria started with 2 army groups and upwards.

In the end, it is more than enough to even form 4 army groups. And the Austro-Hungarian Empire has done its best on the Eastern Front. In fact, if the principle of equal pay for equal work is followed, other German states will never be able to allocate so many territories, and these things are not free. If the front line took more things, then also, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Bavarian Legion will be compensated for the issue of the Western Front against Britain and France. Otherwise, how can everyone have fun in the future?

In fact, judging from the contacts with the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Bavaria, Ruprecht is not very interested in allowing the Austro-Hungarian Empire to occupy African colonies. After all, there are too few people in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but 48 million (compared to This time, the population has devoured a large amount of land in Russia, and the core ethnic group is seriously insufficient. In this case, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is not so obsessed with the territory of remote Africa, and it may be more a matter of face.

Therefore, the issue of colonies is the easiest to negotiate. It is precisely for this reason that the Grand Duke of Baden answered so simply.

The real core issue lies in the distribution of compensation! You must know that even Germany and Austria, the victorious countries, suffered heavy losses in this war. Military expenditures, bonds, and loans have to be repaid. These things are to some extent more powerful than British and French aircraft and cannons! And want to count on the reparations from Britain and France after the war to fully make up for the war losses of Germany and Austria? It's better to wash and sleep. In fact, even if the amount stipulated in the treaty exceeds the war expenditure of Germany and Austria, it is impossible to get these things back in practice!

If you look at the part of the Versailles Peace Treaty against Germany in history, the war indemnity that the Germans had to pay, and then look at the continuous reduction and reduction later, and Germany continued to pay the war indemnity for World War I after World War II, you can clearly understand this problem! The British simply can't afford so much money, even if they sell Buckingham Palace! To put it bluntly, to raise so much money in a short period of time, even the British could not do it with the help of the United States. After all, the currency of this era is linked to precious metals, and the total amount of precious metals is limited !

Well, in the case of limited compensation, how to distribute these compensations has become a very serious problem. This is not only a problem between the three giants and the younger brothers in Germany, but also involves the relationship between Germany and Austria. question. The so-called brothers settle accounts clearly, individuals can break up because of money, let alone the country? Especially when a brother in my family and the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the other side are still in the same family.... Sometimes the Kaiser really wanted to ask Ruprecht, are you German or Austro-Hungarian?

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