The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

As a time-traveler, after being familiar with the performance of this unreliable ally in the two world wars, Andrews really can't trust Itduli.

In World War I, Yi Tuoli originally joined the Central Powers and took a lot of benefits from the German and Italian Zhi Empire, but when the war broke out, he immediately rebelled and joined the Entente side, which made the situation on the side of the Central Powers even worse.

The overall strength of the Central Powers was already inferior to that of the Entente, and coupled with the sluggish rebellion, their hopes of victory became even more slim.

So, instead of wasting time trying to win over this treacherous villain, it is better to spend some time on other countries and win over allies who will not betray.

"Oh, what does the little prince think is inappropriate?"

Old Moltke saw that it was Prince Andrews who spoke, and he did not have any displeasure.

He had long heard William I and Bismarck mention Andrews, and knew that he was a very intelligent young man, and although he was very young, he could not be despised for him.

The man who could make both Bismarck and the Emperor praise him, the elder Moltke believed that he must be exceptional.

Therefore, for Andrews's opposition, old Moltke had no anger in his heart, only curiosity.

He wondered why Prince Andrews didn't think Idully was fit to be their new ally

"Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, I think there are three main reasons why it is not suitable:

First, Italy is located on the Apennine Peninsula, and their coastline is very long, which makes them vulnerable to threats from the sea.

And the navy, on which the sun never sets, stands alone and also has their fleet in the Mediterranean, and the main naval force of Gaul is in the Mediterranean.

In this case, as soon as Idulli joins our side, the sun never sets and the Gallic fleet will immediately descend on the city, and Idulli will either surrender or defect, in either case, it will have a very serious impact on us. "

Old Moltke nodded slightly, what Andrews said was very reasonable, and the special geographical location of Yili led them to choose to join the stronger side of the navy, otherwise, they would kill themselves.

Both the German-Italian and Austro-Hungarian empires were army powers, but their naval strength was very weak, and because of their geographical isolation, the navy of the German-Italian Empire could not reach the Mediterranean Sea at all, and could not give any support to Italy.

So Yi Duli will not join them, and even if they do, they will eventually defect.

"The second point is that the Italian army is very weak, as it was proven in the last Austro-Prussian war.

Even if they do not defect and stand firmly on our side, with their military strength, to win them over, it will not help us much, and they may even become our oil bottles. "

This is the lesson learned by the Third Reich in the Second World War, and the Führer's words make a lot of sense:

If the Itali were our enemy, we would only need five divisions to defeat them, but if they were our allies, we would have to spend 20 divisions to protect it!

Of course, this statement is an exaggeration, but it does point out the characteristics of the weak combat effectiveness of the Italian army.

Several generals present, as well as the elder Moltke himself, were quite touched by Andrews's words.

It's true that the fighting power of the Italians is not very good, at least compared to the military strength of several top European powers, they are a lot worse.

"Thirdly, and most importantly, we have more suitable allies to choose from, and instead of wasting time and energy on the Duli, we should spend this energy on this more worthy ally!"

"Oh, which country is Your Highness the Prince talking about?"

"Is there really a better country than Italy?".

"Could it be the Ottoman Empire to the east?".

"I'm by no means, Osman does have a great hatred for the woolly bear, but Ottoman's combat effectiveness may not be stronger than that of Yiduli!".

"At least the Ottomans won't surrender!"

"But His Royal Highness the Prince clearly said that it is a more suitable and worthy country, do you think the Ottoman Empire is qualified?"

Everyone talked about it, full of curiosity about the country that Andrews was talking about, but they guessed for a long time, but they didn't guess which country it was!

It was not only the ministers and generals present who were curious, but also Kaiser Wilhelm I himself who was intrigued.

He looked at Bismarck with inquiring eyes, as if he felt that what Andrews had just said was from Bismarck's hand, but only through Andrews's mouth.

After all, how could a twelve-year-old child have such an outstanding view of the international situation?

Bismarck shook his head when he saw the emperor's inquiring eyes, indicating that it had nothing to do with him, and that these words were completely summed up by Andrews himself.

The emperor was surprised, stared at Andrews for a long time, and finally had to sigh: This son is extraordinary!

Thinking about it like this, he couldn't help but compare Andrews with his grandson Wilhelm II, this comparison, which he thought was the eldest grandson who was okay with the past, was suddenly useless!

Although William II is twice as old as Andrews, the vision and ability of the two are so different that William II is not even worthy of carrying shoes for Andrews!

Thinking of this, the emperor naturally involuntarily preferred Andrews.

Everyone guessed for a long time, but they didn't guess, and finally old Moltke asked

"The country that His Royal Highness the Prince is talking about is the one on the west coast of the Atlantic?"

Andrews nodded approvingly, worthy of being the chief of the general staff of the empire, old Moltke really thought of Eagle Sauce for the first time, this sense of smell is indeed better than others.

No wonder Bismarck praised him as the best strategist since Clausewitz.

When I saw it today, it really lived up to its name.

"Yes, Mr. Chief of the General Staff!".

Andrews nodded, explaining in detail why he thought Eagle Sauce was a better fit than Idoli.

Compared with Yiduli, Eagle Sauce has a larger population, stronger economic strength, and even more comprehensive industrial strength.

Moreover, in the civil war more than 20 years ago, the combined number of troops mobilized by the North and the South exceeded 2 million, which was the largest number of troops mobilized in human history so far.

And Eagle Sauce, which has the ability to mobilize such a large army, has definitely no war potential that can be compared with Yiduli.

On top of that, Eagle Sauce's navy is far stronger than that of Italy, and Eagle Sauce also missed the Great Voyage Period, and like the Second Empire, they hope to break the world pattern of the sun never setting and Gaul control, and get a piece of the pie.

Therefore, the two countries naturally have the basis for an alliance because their interests are aligned!

Moreover, if they join the alliance, they will be in big trouble if the sun does not set on the sea!

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