That's right, the colonial income. The Eastern Front was almost fought by the Bavarian Legion and Austro-Hungarian Legion, and Prussia could share a large part. Similarly, although the Western Front was mainly the army of Prussia and other federal members who were fighting, the Bavarian Legion had participated in large-scale attacks and had never cut off various support. At least at present, there are more than 500 hornet assault guns retained by the armies of the Western Front! The Bavarian Air Force has thrown more than 2,000 aircraft on the Western Front! This loss is more than other fronts combined, so Bavaria also has the right to get a share of the future African colonies!

Of course, as for how to divide it, it will take until the war is over before we know it. After all, it is not even clear how many African colonies can be obtained after the war. How many colonies can be obtained depends entirely on how miserable the British Royal Navy can be defeated this time. After thinking about this, the German Emperor and the parliamentary factions can only place their hopes on Crown Prince Ruprecht and the High Seas Fleet.

Well, after discussing how to end this war, now you will discuss the last question of this meeting, that is, how the army will deal with it after the war is over!

Whether in terms of politics or in terms of adapting to future war needs, the German military system needs to be changed. In terms of military composition, before World War I, Germany had two main military forces, one was the Prussian Legion and the other was the Bavarian Legion. The former had an overwhelming advantage, accounting for about 70% of Germany's total military power in peacetime! Bavaria accounted for less than 20%. As for the rest, other countries.

According to this proportion, in peacetime, the Prussian army can undertake the main tasks. The Bavarian army is just an auxiliary. As for other state legions, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a so-called legion. However, the situation after the war was different. Because the originally powerful Prussia was destined to be divided into two parts, and according to the Basic Law of Germany, the army belongs to the state. The original Prussian army was destined to be divided into two parts. However, the Bavarian Kingdom took advantage of the opportunity of World War I to emerge! In this way, no other country has an absolute advantage in military strength!

The basis of military strength is national strength and population. If this principle is followed, then in the future, the three major states within the Imperial Army, Bavaria, the Federation Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia, will be three countries with roughly the same area and national strength. The power of these three families accounts for almost 80% of the empire, so theoretically, each of these three families should account for about 30% of the empire!

Well, it’s okay for each country to maintain its own army, but how to bear the national defense responsibility? How to deal with the management of the army? You must know that there is actually no national command system within Germany. Prussia and Bavaria have their own general staff during peacetime. However, because Prussia is very strong, during wartime, the Prussian General Staff directly became the Imperial General Staff. But now? The three companies are similar, and they have their own general staff during peacetime. How to do the command system of the Imperial Army during wartime? Is it like the one played in the parliament, and directly hold an election? What are you thinking?

There are also the normal national defense obligations of the Imperial Army. How to deal with the border garrison? How to deal with the colonial garrison? Who is responsible for the naval construction? Should the air force be done? How to deal with it? These are all problems! It turned out that there were extremely powerful Prussia to bear most of the responsibilities, but now what? The three families bear together? How to coordinate the relationship? These are all headaches, and to some extent, it is even more headache than winning the battle.

"In terms of future military structure, I think it is still necessary to establish an army independent of other states and subordinate to the imperial government at the level of the imperial government. This army will undertake tasks that other states cannot undertake, such as responding to emergencies and suppressing colonial rebellions. Now the empire has more than 4 million square kilometers of land in Africa. In the future, this area is likely to more than double. It is unlikely that countries will deploy a large number of troops in distant Africa. It is necessary to deploy some gendarmerie forces in normal times and mobilize a mobile force to carry out operations when there is turmoil."

"And politically, we belong to an empire after all, united under a banner, but if the empire does not have a unified army, we will be more like a confederate than a unified country," Albert said.

"So how does the army of this empire form? Where does the military expenditure come from? How to establish a command organization? Who is subordinate to?" asked Grand Duke Baden.

"Military expenses are naturally distributed by the central government, and the imperial army is subordinate to the prime minister and cabinet. The imperial army's command system is the Ministry of Defense. The minister of defense is a civil servant, nominated by the prime minister, and is responsible to the prime minister." Albert said.

"Isn't this the British who made the move?" Grand Duke Baden sneered. "And the British and French who implemented this move were beaten up by us. What kind of military is a civil servant? Look at the navy under Churchill, haha, I don't know if those former British naval ancestors would jump out of the grave when they saw the achievements of the British Royal Navy today!" Grand Duke Baden mocked without mercy.

"But soldiers have proven unreliable. If they want to use the sword in their hands to influence politics, the consequences must be very serious." Bart said.

"But if a civil servant who knows nothing can be allowed to serve as the Minister of Defense, can he do this well? Everything is more efficient. Those who can serve as the Minister of Defense must understand military affairs!" said Grand Duke Baden.

"That's not letting the military take charge of the army?" Barth said. "We're back to the starting point."

"Different soldiers are different. Some soldiers do not care about politics. If such people are appointed as ministers of national defense, then the problem of military intervention in politics can be solved well. What about some people? They have both military and politicians, but because of their detached identity and fair work, they can also serve as ministers of national defense. However, only those who have never taken a gun cannot serve as ministers of national defense!" Grand Duke Baden said meaningfully.

Soldiers and soldiers are different. Military personnel like Crook are unacceptable to the intervention of politics by Grand Duke Baden and Albert, because Crook is a soldier. But it is okay for Duke Ruprecht or Albrecht to interfere in politics, because soldiers are just their identity labels, and they are essentially politicians. In politics, they will consider it from a political perspective, rather than thinking about problems with the head of a soldier!
Chapter completed!