Chapter 1260： Squad and Fight II (1/2)
Slide 1260
And now? The decline in the proportion of Junker-born officers in the Prussian Legion made the noble officers dissatisfied, but at the same time it made the civilians and petty bourgeois very satisfied, because they had more channels for promotion. This is reflected in the Congress. The relationship between the emperor and the council is more harmonious. On this issue, the German emperor, the commoners, and the Kingdom of Bavaria are all beneficiaries, but some Junker nobles and capitalists suffer! Therefore, it is normal for some people in the General Staff to be hostile to Bavaria. This is also true including Heilingen.
However, there are many types of hostility. Some people want to eat flesh and skin, such as certain capitalists, but some people are wary or slightly hostile. They will try to weaken the power of the Bavarian Legion while considering the overall situation. General Root is the latter. Even General Heilingen thought that Little Maoqi wanted to do the same to some extent.
”Then why is the Chief of Staff Xiao Maoqi so ambiguous about this matter? If it is as we expected before, then the Chief of Staff Xiao Maoqi should be tougher even if he does not force it through a vote of the General Staff. For example, by reducing the forces originally used to support Poland's pocket campaign to force Bavaria to make concessions.” Hindenburg asked.
”Because this is not a political issue, but a military issue! There is no right or wrong in politics, only winning or losing, while the military is an objective issue. The interests of a political party or faction must not override military victory, otherwise it will definitely happen. There is a problem.” General Heilingen said.
This may seem incomprehensible, but to put it simply, that's it. The political issue is the tumult between different factions. Can you say who is right or wrong? No, people will only remember the last victor, but the military issue is an honest issue. You can't abandon the victory of the war because of your political likes and dislikes! This is going to happen!
”Including the Kaiser and the Chief of General Staff of Little Mochi, they all lacked understanding of the prospects of war. They didn't know how to end this war victoriously. At the beginning, we thought we could mobilize quickly and then lose France, and Going back to fight the Russians. But the facts proved that our plan was a failure, even before the Bavarian Army marched westward, we were struggling. On the contrary, Prince Ruprecht’s previous strategy of concentrating forces against Russia has received very good results. In the absence of a better solution, the Kaiser and Little Moch naturally believed in the Bavarian prince, who had never disappointed, and thus acquiesced to his strategy of destroying Russia this year!”
”Because this strategy has become the only strategy we can currently adopt, the entire Prussian General Staff has no way to force the prince to do anything. Because if this plan does not succeed, our situation will be very bad! No one dares to risk. This risk.” Heilingen said.
”But everyone didn't think about what would happen if the plan of Prince Ruprecht was followed and ultimately failed? Who would bear this responsibility?” Hindenburg asked.
”If the plan fails, then he will naturally bear the consequences. At that time, the Kaiser will not be merciful. He will lose command of the Eastern Front, and may even take his regiment to the Western Front. But this is a future. , We cannot make a decision now.”
”So what are the criteria for victory and defeat?” Hindenburg asked.