Chapter 476： Go its own way (1/2)
”Your Royal Highness, a letter from General Little Mochi.” Earl Schelling first saluted Prince Leopold and the prince who were sitting aside, and then sent a letter from Berlin.
”How is the situation?” Prince Leopold looked at the prince and put away the letter after reading, and asked with concern.
”What else? The German emperor is hesitating. Schlieffen is unwilling to change his plan by adding a variable, and Tirpitz is unwilling to affect the navy's military expenditure. Krupp has a huge investment in this kind of weapon with unknown prospects. Be cautious. It's hard for Little Mochi to applaud!” The prince sighed after passing the letter to Prince Leopold.
”It seems that our road ahead is not smooth.” Prince Leopold probably smiled bitterly after reading the letter. There is no problem with machine guns or rapid-fire guns, because these are generally minor changes in the original military system. The cost is low and the difficulty is high, but if you want to engage in mechanization and armored forces, the difficulty is too great. A Bavarian area is not even half of Hebei Province. Why can you support such a force? Do you have so much money?
Prussia will not be equipped with this kind of vehicle, or people would rather do it according to their own wishes than learn from your Bavarian advanced combat posture. Let alone the Austro-Hungarian Empire, how can such a country with two parliaments spend so much money on a bunch of weapons whose prospects are unknown? If Bavaria were to equip this tank by itself, how high would it cost! Of course, the most important thing is that it is too small to use this thing by yourself, it is useless!
”You must have a way, right?” Prince Leopold said.
”Uncle, first of all you have to help, help me persuade grandpa and father. We must at least build a complete armored battalion with 45 tanks! And they are all breakthrough tanks.” The prince said.
”Haha.” Prince Leopold smiled slightly. ”If there are so many grants, I am afraid it will be a little difficult. There will be no problem within 3 years. Of course, if you can get more income, then the grants will be more.”
”I thought about it, but I didn't have any money at the time!” No matter how good the prince is, he is a little dissatisfied in his heart. Now he can almost think of all the ways to make money, and Bavaria's national strength has increased. , But still far from my goal. Especially in terms of funding, if you really encounter a big project, it is really not enough! The prince’s plan was for each army to get one first, which would take about 4 to 5 tank battalions, and then keep 2 spares in his own hands.
”Aren't you going to sell some of the weapons in the domestic inventory to the Russians? In addition to the cost, there should be a lot of income?” Prince Leopold asked.
”There are some, but not many. After all, there are even 1880 ammunition in our ammunition. It's unclear whether it can be used. Since you want to tie-in these items, then the price can't be high.” The prince said depressed. . Since it is processing, then it must be dealt with bad things, and these things are naturally not sold at high prices.
”Then you can't sell some novel and valuable things to the Russians?” Prince Leopold said slightly jokingly. The prince is 100% sure that Prince Leopold is joking!