Chapter 198: An Unexpected Candidate This day can be said to be an exciting day in the Prussian army, because on this day William will announce the selection of generals to be stationed in Western Lithuania, and for this, the Prussian generals with lofty ideals can't help but secretly pray to God in their hearts to hope that they can be hit by this huge pie.
To tell the truth, for the candidate for the chief general of the West Lithuania garrison, William is interested in Blucher, in history Blucher is the later Prussian Optimus Pillar, but because Blucher's current military rank is only colonel, and the chief general of the army stationed in West Lithuania must be a lieutenant general no matter what, and Blucher is still young after all.
Of course, if in order for Blucher to be able to take up more important posts in the future, the garrison of Western Lithuania is indeed a more glorious qualification, so it is really a headache who can be the main general.
Suddenly, a figure flashed through William's mind.
By the way, why didn't you think of him....
What Wilhelm remembered was that day of the meeting, the first to express negotiations with the Russians, the commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment in Brandenburg, although he was a regiment commander who was not very valued, but because Krauntz's seniority was relatively old, the regiment commander for eight years, so that Kraunz's military rank had stepped into the ranks of generals, although his authority was still only regimental commander.
Krautz is a major general, and no one should object to his promotion to lieutenant general, after all, Krauntz's qualifications are there, and if he is appointed as the commander of the West Lithuania garrison, although it will be surprising, it is not too promoted, thinking about it, William himself feels that this Krautz is the best candidate for the commander of the West Lithuania garrison.
However, before the appointment was issued, William must also understand all aspects of this Kraunz's military quality and character, otherwise, rashly promoting him to an important post will only make the subordinates dissatisfied with his appointment.
In the previous discussions with Henry and Ferdinand, they only said some vague things to William, and when they mentioned the specific candidates, neither of them spoke, who made the two of them powerful enough in the army, if they rashly interfered in the selection of the chief general of Western Lithuania, it was really uncertain whether William would be jealous.
In this way, the matter of the commander-in-chief of Western Lithuania was completely up to William himself.
When it was time to announce the garrison of Western Lithuania, William looked at the many officers below who had eager anticipation in their eyes and said: "In view of the complexity of the situation in Western Lithuania, I hereby announce that one division and three regiments of troops will be stationed in the region of Western Lithuania, and these troops will be selected from among the troops drawn from all over the country, and as for the commander-in-chief of Western Lithuania, I have decided to be the commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment in Brandenburg, Major General Kraunz!"
After hearing William's words, everyone looked at Kraunz for a moment, but Kraunz had not yet reacted.
It wasn't until the colleagues around Kraunz began to congratulate him that the overwhelmed Kraunz reacted, first smirking and then thanking the congratulating colleagues around him.
The officers who were a little farther away were jealous of this guy who was only a regiment commander not long ago, from the regiment commander to the commander of a division and three regiments, Kraunz can be said to have ascended to the sky in one step, and fortunately he had the foreshadowing of the eight-year regiment commander, otherwise, the jealousy in the eyes of the officers would be enough to kill him.
"The troops mobilized from all over the country do not need to be demobilized for the time being, because the damage of our army in the war is extremely great, so I am ready to officially convert the conscripts from all over the country into a standing army, and these new standing armies will be sent to Western Lithuania as a priority to maintain local order, General Kraunz, I hope you will not disappoint my hopes" "Your Majesty, the minister will not let your Majesty down, and the minister will do his best to create a new Lithuania that obeys the royal family, has a stable order, and prospers for Your Majesty."
In this case, Kraunz's chest is naturally beaten!
"Hmm" William nodded approvingly, then he turned to Henry and said: "Prince Henry, I plan to redivide the garrison throughout Prussia, I wonder what the Prince thinks" "Your Majesty, the plan to redivide the garrison has always been on the record in our military department, but because the affairs are really cumbersome, in the absence of accurate, effective, and feasible conditions, the minister thinks that more consideration should be given."
"What His Royal Highness said is indeed a wise word, so why don't you do it, and when I return to Potsdam, the Prince will hand me the plan, and then we will discuss it together."
"Your Majesty said, the minister has no objection" Looking at the respectful Henry, William bowed his head, and then he said to Ferdinand: "Prince Ferdinand, right now I'm going to set up a staff department outside the military department, so you might as well be in charge of this department first!"
Ferdinand listened as if he couldn't believe his ears, Ferdinand, who had heard about it from Henry's mouth, naturally knew the importance of this staff department, and his efforts in the war before were not for the position of the staff department, and now that his efforts have become a reality, this made Ferdinand overjoyed.
Your Majesty, the minister will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations."
A spirited Ferdinand spoke loudly, and William smiled back.
Originally, William's heart was extremely dissatisfied because of Ferdinand's rash entry into East Prussia, but then, Ferdinand's series of performances can be called good, and more importantly, William has no available people in his hands.
Wilhelm believed in Hans very much, but Hans was now the head of the Military Economic Bureau of the Military Ministry, and such a position was also quite important, and if there was no suitable person to take over, the Prussian army would be in chaos.
Although Prussia has carried out a certain degree of military reform, it is undeniable that the old forces in the army are still strong, and even so strong that Wilhelm sometimes has to make appropriate compromises.
Morakot's defection has made William understand the seriousness of the reform and is not ready to give up the reform, but the way of reform, William is ready to change, if blindly suppressed by force, it will not achieve any effect at all.
Not only that, but excessive reforms will not only not bring benefits to Prussia, but will even make Prussia pay a heavy price, for example, this time, if it were not for the great changes in East Prussia, maybe Denmark would have been Prussian by now, every time I think of this, Wilhelm has an urge to cry.
"Blucher, after these years of training, you must have improved, and your performance against the Cossack mercenaries is still excellent, so this time you will be in Western Lithuania as General Kraunz's deputy, you two must give me a good view of Western Lithuania" "Yes" "Yes" In the face of William's request, the two naturally agreed without hesitation, and when Ferdinand heard that Blucher was arranged to go to Western Lithuania, his brows furrowed, but soon, Ferdinand's face also had a smile.
"Peace and success are in sight, the performance of all the departments in this war has been recorded, and the corresponding rewards will be decided later, and I am here to thank you for your courage on behalf of the Prussian royal family!"
Saying that, William bowed to the generals present, and seeing William's movements, everyone present stood on both sides of William, dodged William's bow, and then they saluted neatly and shouted: "Long live Your Majesty!
Long live Hohenzollern!
Long live Prussia!
” William, who raised his head, looked at everyone except himself bowing their heads respectfully to him, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter, maybe this is the authority of the monarch!
Stockel in St.
Petersburg received a reply from William, and he was also relieved that during the time he sent the conditions back, the Russian Count Ovorov went to the Prussian embassy every day to chat with Stockel and fart, which annoyed Stockelle.
Today, too, Ovorov came to the Prussian embassy, as usual.
Actually, would you like to come to the Prussian embassy when Ovorov!
There was no way to do it, the taste of Prussian black tea and coffee made Ovorov very uncomfortable, those Prussians were really a fighting race, and most of the money was used for military spending, resulting in even the catering of guests in the embassy was low.
This made Ovorov, who was accustomed to enjoying it, be able to adapt to it, and later Ovorov learned to be smart, and every time he brought good tea and snacks from his mansion, and then stayed at the Prussian embassy for an afternoon, the empress was in a hurry, so Ovorov could only make this decision.
In fact, the Prussian embassy did not have the same face as Ovorov thought, as a country, and it was a big country like Prussia, how could there be no good things in its embassy, but Sgortyre thought that Ovorov, the fat man, came too many times, and the food and drink were really invisible, so in order to cherish the embassy's funds, Scottair specially instructed his attendants, as long as Ovorov came, he would serve him the cheapest tea and snacks.
So, in this way, there was Ovorov's move to bring something himself.
Seeing Ovorov sitting leisurely on a chair and sipping tea, Scottel said angrily: "Your Excellency Ovorov, I don't think you will have to come again in the future" "Scottelle, you stingy thing, I brought everything with me, and I didn't use your funds at all.......
Wait, Scottal, has your majesty replied?
” Hearing Scottal's words, Ovorov thought he was joking with himself at first, but as he spoke, he reacted.
"I think so, Your Excellency" "Tell me quickly, whether your majesty will accept it or not" "For the sake of the stability and happiness of the peoples of Prussia and Russia, as well as the friendship between your two countries, His Majesty the King is willing to accept the difficulties despite the fact that the conditions of your country are not very satisfactory."
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"A lot of nonsense, just the last sentence is useful, go, bye!"
With that, Ovorov slipped away, leaving Sgortyre looking at the half-drunk tea, full of black lines!