Compared to the palace in Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm II preferred to stay here.
In William II's office, the German Emperor William II and a few of the Empire's most powerful people were gathered.
"Gentlemen, everyone has seen Minister Harhausen's telegram. So, what do you think?" William II looked at everyone.
"Father! The country in the Far East was extremely weak and poor. In recent decades, it had been defeated by the powerful western countries many times. How much military power do they have left? "At that time, not only might he not be able to help us, but he might even become a burden to us.”Crown Prince William's face was filled with disdain.
"Your Royal Highness, although China is far behind the West. But over the years, there was still some progress. At the very least, they had built a modern army. Moreover, they had a huge advantage in terms of population, which could provide them with sufficient soldiers.”Prime Minister Holwig offered his opinion.
"The Chinese army? Could it be called a modern army? Although they were equipped with western weapons, their combat strength was too weak. The German army only needed to send five divisions to sweep through the entire Huaxia!”The Chief of Staff of the German Army, Little Mao Qi, had a confident look on his face.
After defeating France in the Franco-Princes War, the army of the country of Dé claimed to be the number one in the world.
"Your Majesty, the current situation is very unfavorable for us. Britain, France, and Russia had already come together, and the Americans had a vague attitude. Perhaps we need an ally in the Far East. Just like what Minister Harhausen had said, if China could build a military system and have a powerful army, it would be impossible for them to survive. Whether they attacked Russia or the colonies of Britain and France in the Far East and South Asia, it was a heavy blow to the allied countries. To the empire, it was also a huge benefit.”Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Delbruck suggested.
Admiral Tyrbitz did not express his opinion. That was because China's navy was already dead.
"If war breaks out, can the Imperium really win?”William II emphasized. This was undoubtedly the most important point.
"Your Majesty, according to our plan. Once the war starts, we will implement the Schlieffen Plan and defeat France first. As long as we can defeat France, then we will definitely win this war!”Little Xiaoqi said.
" Schliefen Plan " was a plan planned by the former Chief of Staff of the German army to attack France. It emphasized the advantage of the country's railway transportation and concentrated forces to defeat France at the beginning of the war.
As long as he defeated France, he could turn around and defeat Russia. Even if the French navy was not a match for the Ying navy.
However, after France and Russia failed one after another, the Ying country had no choice but to acknowledge the dominance of the country on the European continent.
Everything was so perfect!
However, after the war broke out, would everything really go as smoothly as they had imagined?
William II had doubts about this.
"Everyone, perhaps we should help the Chinese. After the war broke out, having an ally in the Far East would be beneficial to the empire.”William II made his decision.
"But, Imperial Father. The appetite of the Chinese was too big. They actually asked for a loan of 2 billion marks! Even if most of the loans were used to purchase weapons and industrial equipment of the Imperium, it was still too much.”
Crown Prince William complained.
Currently, the country was preparing for war with all its might. There were places where money was needed everywhere.
"Indeed, 2 billion Mark is too much. Your Majesty, we can get the bank group to work together to provide loans to China. As for the amount, I think one billion marks is enough.
If the Chinese want to build their own industrial system, we can help them. "This way, not only can we increase their industrial strength, but we can also let our factory owners make a fortune.
Prime Minister Holwig said with a smile.
"Yes! Then let's make it a billion!" William II nodded.
"Chief of Staff, send a team of instructors to China as soon as possible to help the Chinese government train the army. I hope that when the war breaks out, China will have a strong army that can fight.”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Little Xiaoqi replied.
Although Moltke looked down on the combat strength of the Chinese army, it was just as Prime Minister Holwig had said. China had a huge population advantage! Even if 10 Chinese soldiers were equivalent to a single soldier of the French army, once China mobilized 10 million soldiers, they could provide a huge boost to the French army.
As for whether or not they would join the French side in the war, that would depend on the actual situation.
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