Chapter 1719 Meeting the Austrian Emperor 1
Chapter 1719 Meeting the Austrian Emperor 1
Immediately after the talks were over, he was ready to leave for Vienna, the capital of Austria. Under the coordination of the foreign ministries of the two countries, the whole process went very smoothly. At noon three days later, the Grand Duke of Baden and his entourage came to Hoffmann In the palace.
"It's full of respect, and at the same time reveals a taste of alienation." Looking at the meticulous staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire next to them and their businesslike expressions, the Grand Duke of Baden felt a little uncomfortable. In fact, as a prince of the Prussian line, the Grand Duke of Baden knows that he is not popular now. It's a completely different feeling from when he came to Vienna a few years ago. As for the reason? It can only be said that before Crown Prince Ferdinand was still there, the Crown Prince and the Kaiser were very good friends, so he and himself were also treated well, but this time, the Austrian side showed a strong alienation.
Of course, as a grand duke, he is very clear that the root cause of this alienation is the deviation of the interests of the two sides. Let alone the turmoil in Hungary, the Kaiser banned the Bavarian army from entering the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Very upset, after all, the fighting power of the Bavarian army is sufficient. The Grand Duke of Baden estimated that if the Kaiser did not intervene horizontally, the Hungarian problem may have been resolved now.
If we want to talk about the actual situation now, it is not so much that the German Empire helped the Austro-Hungarian Empire to take down such a huge territory, it is better to say that the Bavarian Army fought the entire field on the Eastern Front and together with the Austro-Hungarian Empire beat the Russians to death. As for the East Prussian Army? It would be unobjective to say that there was no contribution at all, but seeing the less than 400,000 combat troops of the East Prussian Army taking half of the spoils, it is impossible to say that Fritz has no objections!
"Your Excellency, Your Majesty is inside, please come in." Just as the Grand Duke of Baden was thinking wildly, a waiter whispered. Then the Grand Duke nodded and walked into the hall.
"The Emperor Austria is in a good state of mind?!" Looking at Emperor Fritz sitting upright, the Grand Duke of Baden's left eye twitched slightly. This person is in his 80s, and his mental state seems to be better than in previous years. It seems that the recent old emperor is doing well. Grand Duke Baden said in his heart.
Facing the Kaiser's special envoy, the Austrian Emperor's reception was also considered to be courteous. However, the Archduke Baden's visit this time was obviously not for eating, drinking and chatting. After a short greeting, the two sides wanted to see each other for real!
"His Majesty the Kaiser is very dissatisfied with your country's recent actions in Poland. The unauthorized defense change between your country and the Bavarian military directly damaged the interests of the German Empire. It also violated the agreement reached between us in advance." Baden The Grand Duke said as tactfully as possible.
"First of all, the defense change operation was carried out in accordance with the order of the Eastern Front Command of the Allied Powers. There is no arbitrariness in this. If there is some misunderstanding between the Eastern Front Command and your country's General Staff, then your country should first The General Staff Headquarters communicated with the Eastern Front Headquarters,
Instead of looking for me. "
"Secondly, as for the agreement reached in advance that His Excellency the Grand Duke mentioned? I just want to say that this is a verbal agreement after all, and the responsibility for really breaking this balance does not lie with me, or even with Bavaria. Do you agree?" Austrian Emperor said solemnly.
"Damn it, old fox!" Grand Duke Baden cursed in his heart. With a few words from the other party, his responsibility was completely removed! And I couldn't say anything! Because people also act according to procedures, and the Bohemian Army also acts according to the orders of Shangfeng. If you have the ability, you let Germany from the General Staff to veto the orders of the Eastern Front Command! Be more powerful, you have the ability to replace Ruprecht!
In fact, not to mention the General Staff, even the Kaiser dared not remove Ruprecht's position as commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front, because it meant a complete fallout between the two sides! Therefore, in this case, as long as Ruprecht ignores the orders of the General Staff, then the Austro-Hungarian Empire's defense change is completely legal. Their boss is the Eastern Front Command, not the German General Staff ....
As for the second point, it is true that the Kaiser first broke the consensus among the three parties to carve up Russian Poland. This is what it means to say that if you do the first grade of junior high school, you can't blame the other party for doing the fifteenth grade.
"However, after all, this has seriously damaged the relationship between the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and it is obviously very irrational for you to intervene in the disputes within the empire." The Grand Duke of Baden decided not to reason with the other party, and directly pointed out the German Empire. The banner of the empire came to suppress people.
"The German Empire is powerful, but being strong is not a reason to arbitrarily invade other people's interests." Austrian Emperor said leisurely. "Of course, for you and me, things like politics are only for profit, and all kinds of methods are also for their own interests, but no matter what, the cooperation between us must maintain the most basic bottom line, and mutual benefit can be a win-win situation , otherwise, if one shoots and two breaks up, everyone will not get any benefits."
"Hehe, you still have the nerve to talk about mutual benefit? Hungary has also participated in the war. Let's see how Hungary has been repaired by you now?" the Grand Duke of Baden said in his heart. Of course, his conclusion is actually somewhat biased. Don't say that the Austrian Emperor will not agree because of the butt problem, even if it is taken to the German General Staff, the German generals will not agree. According to the current mainstream view of the German military, even if Ruprecht did not help like protecting the Austrian army Hungarians, but they did not deal with Hungary subjectively in their approach. As for providing help? It is a favor that people are willing to help. It’s not wrong to be unable to help, or it’s inconvenient to help because of special circumstances. After all, after taking Romania, the Hungarian army also herded sheep, and it also violated Ruprecht’s order. If you die by yourself, you have to finish it with tears in your eyes!
"You want to uphold justice for the Kingdom of Bavaria?" the Grand Duke of Baden said with a smile.
"Rupprecht's justice will naturally be returned to the Kaiser. I am still confident in his ability. I can tell you clearly that this time, the territory received by the Bohemian Army is not for Bavaria. , but for Bohemia and Moravia!" Austrian Emperor said seriously.
"What do you mean?!" Austrian Emperor's words hit Grand Duke Baden's heart like a bombshell, and now he suddenly felt that he was a little uncertain about Fritz's attitude! The Grand Duke is a little confused now. He clearly talked about Prussia, Bavaria, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Why did Bohemia appear again?
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