Chapter 2332 Banquet in Sanssouci Palace II

"Let's adapt, at least, we have to ensure the atmosphere of the banquet." Naturally, the Grand Duke of Baden could not analyze Mackensen's attitude through Xiao Maoqi's few words, but he reminded Xiao Maoqi that he must pay attention to controlling the atmosphere of the banquet tonight , It really doesn't work, everyone just eats and drinks.

Before the banquet started, the Grand Duke of Baden coordinated his position with the Kaiser for the last time, and after explaining the precautions, the banquet began. The Kaiser naturally sat at the main seat, with the Archduke of Baden first on the left, Moltke the second, Mackensen first on the right, and Albrecht second. This is not to say that the current chief of staff candidate Mackensen is higher than the latter. This is entirely proposed by the Duke himself. After all, during the war before, Mackensen had a higher status than the Duke. No more wars, but let's give my former colleagues a face! Anyway, this is an informal banquet, so there is no need to be so serious.

After a brief exchange of greetings and a few symbolic bites and drinks, the Kaiser signaled to the Grand Duke of Baden that it was time to start, and the Grand Duke stabilized his mood and was ready to bring up today's topic.

"Just two days ago, the German Empire once again achieved a major victory. The British have agreed to our request in principle and have given the first compensation according to our plan. Within a month, the Empire will receive more than 1 billions of pounds in capital, raw materials and equipment."

"So, how to allocate this fund has become a very important issue. On behalf of His Majesty the Kaiser, I have discussed with representatives of various parties and obtained the support of the Imperial Parliament, but in the end some discussions with Bavaria emerged. Question." After the Grand Duke of Baden finished speaking, he paused for a while, and then looked at the reactions of Mackensen and Albrecht sitting opposite him.

"Of course, we have not compressed the part due to the Kingdom of Bavaria, and we will not start with other German countries on the issue of reparations. We just think that the reparations from the Western Front should be used in the countries participating in the war on the Western Front, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire obviously did not." How much contribution has been made on the Western Front. His Royal Highness Ruprecht disagrees with this." The expressions of the two on the opposite side were flat, making the Grand Duke unable to see their attitude, so the Grand Duke continued.

"In Your Majesty's plan, how much can the Austro-Hungarian Empire get from the Western Front reparations?" Mackensen suddenly spoke. His question surprised the Grand Duke. The Grand Duke always thought that it should be the Grand Duke Albrecht who asked. Myself, after all, the latter is more political, and Mackensen, isn't he a soldier? A soldier who doesn't like politics.

"We give 5% of the reparation to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 5% of the 4.5 billion pounds." Baden said openly and honestly.

"If calculated according to the pre-war exchange rate, then it is about 200 million pounds, and it is 4.5 to 5 billion marks if it is converted into marks." Mackensen said after wiping his mouth with a napkin. There was a strange tone in the tone.

"During my combat career on the Eastern Front, not counting the Bavarian Army that I fought under my command, but the Bohemian Army and the Austro-Hungarian Army, they suffered at least 200,000 casualties. The war materials consumed were at least 2 billion marks. We seem to have earned a lot." Marshal Mackensen's words changed the atmosphere of the entire venue!

"Fuck! What's the situation?!" The Kaiser glanced at Marshal Mackensen in shock, and then at the Grand Duke of Baden, expressing his incomprehension of the situation!

"Damn it, how did this happen?" The Grand Duke of Baden was also dumbfounded. He didn't expect Mackensen to stand on the side of the Austro-Hungarian Empire! If it is understandable that Crown Prince Ruprecht is close to Austria because he is the husband of Crown Prince Mary, then you, a native German military officer, a nobleman loyal to the Kaiser,

Why are you so close to Austria? They didn't do you any favors! This shit shouldn't be! As a politician, the Grand Duke of Baden expressed his incomprehension.

"I can understand what your Excellency thinks." After paying half the salary, Little Mao Qi said to Mackensen with a complicated expression: "Do you think that the actions of the empire have shamed the colleagues who fought together on the Eastern Front? Is that so? We are all soldiers , I hope to give the officers and soldiers who died in the war a decent funeral, and hope to give the officers and soldiers who survived the war a fairly happy future. I understand you very well, but sometimes, such personal feelings should be transferred to the interests of the country. "

As a little Maoqi who also led the army, he naturally knew the root cause of Mackensen's attitude close to "jumping back". How should I put it, World War I can be said to be the continuation of the last chivalry. For example, Lawrence, known as Arabia in history, this buddy refused to accept the British official canon because the British refused to give the Arabs the promise to stand in front of the war. .

And now, for Mackensen, if he agrees with the Kaiser's distribution method, then he really can't face his colleagues from the Austro-Hungarian Empire who fought side by side with him before, just like Ruprecht As I said, the reason why the gangs of the German Empire were able to share the territory of the Eastern Front on the map a few months ago, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Bohemian Army definitely made great contributions!

After the Polish Pocket Battle, a large number of German troops on the Eastern Front returned to the Western Front. After that, Ruprecht led troops into the Balkan Peninsula to fight against Turkey. The remaining Bavarian elites were used for frontal combat, so they could be assigned to Mackensen’s subordinates The only ones left are the Bohemian Army and the Austrian Army. The Bohemian Legion is an elite army with very high combat effectiveness. Although the Austrians are worse, they have worked hard without credit. Therefore, in the mind of Marshal Mackensen, Germany's compensation is not even enough for the price paid by the Austro-Hungarian Empire for the German territory. This is too harsh for the allies.

Mackensen is also a traditional German military aristocrat. He will not interfere too much in politics. He will be dissatisfied, but he will not ask the empire to increase compensation to Austria-Hungary. After all, he has no such right and does not want to interfere in politics, but , If someone wants to persuade someone through him, then sorry, this kind of behavior has touched Mackensen's moral bottom line, and he is unwilling to do it.

"Is it national interest? I don't know what the money can bring to the empire, but I can be sure that after a few years, when the war resumes, no one will be willing to help the empire, because this is a loss-making business. "Mackenson said coldly.

"However, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has gained a lot of benefits on the Eastern Front. Without the support of the Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would have been killed by the Russians long ago. Isn't the Bavarian Army an Imperial Army?" the Grand Duke of Baden said patiently. He found that Mackensen's brain circuit was really similar to Ruprecht's.

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