"Hans, have you been doing anything unusual in Bavaria lately?"
Wilhelm asked Hans, who was standing aside.
As the head of Prussian intelligence, now that news of Spain's war with Britain was spreading, it was only natural that Hans would also be present.
"Your Majesty, there is nothing unusual on the Bavarian side, but I will send an order to the following to keep an eye on Bavaria's movements in a moment!"
Hans said with a look of embarrassment.
Although Spain's military campaign against Britain was still short, since Maclaan already knew about it, and the Prussian military intelligence did not notice it, although William did not question Hans, Hans still felt a little embarrassed in his heart.
"Hans, on the Bavarian side, you have to send more men to keep an eye on it!"
After saying that, William said to Locks: "The government, for its part, must be logistically prepared and, if necessary, must do everything in its power to assist the military department in completing the country's transition to a wartime state.
The 17th, 19th, and 20th divisions and regiments should be reorganized and the work should be stepped up."
Locks nodded and agreed, at this time, Locks would not tell William about the difficulties of the government, after all, now with Spain's declaration of war on Britain, Prussia's international environment has changed, at this time, the government must cooperate with the military to make a series of preparations.
Seeing that Locks agreed, William had a satisfied smile on his face.
And at this moment, McClen, who was lit aside, had to speak: "His Majesty William, about your country's declaration of war on Spain?"
Hearing McLene's words, William smiled: "Your Excellency, Ambassador.
I don't think there's a need to worry about it now, because Spain's military action against your country has not yet been confirmed by our side, and we need some time to investigate the truth of the matter.
If Spain had really launched a military campaign against your country, then we, as an ally of Great Britain, would surely uphold the Holy Treaty of Alliance and support your country in resisting the Spanish invasion!
” William's words made McLaen breathe a sigh of relief, but at this moment, William smiled again: "But, Lord McClan.
As you may have heard, although it is our duty to help you, there are too many hostile elements around our country at present.
Therefore, I need the help of the British government to help me so that we can better fulfill our obligations as an ally!
” Hearing William's words, McLaen was obviously prepared.
There was no love in the world for no reason, although Prussia and England were allies.
But it was clearly impossible to expect Prussia to do everything in its power to help the British without any interests.
So McLalen thought about it for a while.
Somewhat cautiously said: "My government is also aware of the difficulties faced by your country, and Britain has never let his allies suffer, so our government has begun to consider a plan of aid to Prussia, including an interest-free loan of two million pounds sterling and a batch of aid for military equipment, and at the same time we are considering abolishing the tax on commercial transactions between Hanover and Prussia, and I believe that once the plan is passed, the alliance between our two countries will definitely reach a higher level!"
McLean's words made the faces of the Prussians in the room lighter a lot.
Although two million pounds sterling was not decisive in the war, once Prussia was transferred to a state of war.
This money would then help Prussia to arm more troops.
However, Locks was not relieved by Maclen's words, and as the prime minister of the Prussian government, Locks needed to think more than anyone else "Your Excellency, I have great admiration for the efficiency of your Government, and I hope that your country will be able to disburse this aid loan in full within two months, and that you will consider continuing to increase its economic aid to our country, which should be aware of the pressure we need to face in this matter in Spain!"
Locks's words made McClen's brows become a little tangled, the efficiency of the British government is naturally not complimentary, although McLaan has just said that the British government is considering aid to Prussia, but it is not a simple matter to implement this aid plan.
The British Parliament will repeatedly scrutinize every plan proposed by the government, and once the matter of giving money is discussed, then the Upper and Lower Parliaments will definitely quarrel, so Locks has to say such a thing.
William gave Locks an appreciative thumbs up, and then said to McClan as well: "Just now, His Excellency Locks' words represent the attitude of the Prussian government, and I hope that your government will consider it, and of course it would be great if your country could provide us with a loan of 500,000 pounds and other assistance by the end of February!"
Listening to William's words, Maclaan took out his handkerchief and wiped his forehead, and then took his farewell to William, apparently he needed to convey Prussia's request back home as soon as possible.
After McLaren left, William said to Locks: "Let's go, let's go to the military department!"
Accompanied by Locks and Hans, Wilhelm left the Brandenburg palace and went to the military department.
It happened that Henry and Ferdinand were both in the military department, and William was in a hurry, and the two held a short meeting "Prince Henry, you immediately order the 1st Division to prepare for the start in the name of the Military Department, and at the same time let the 4th Division stationed in Denmark be ready to go south at any time, let the 5th Division increase its combat readiness level, and let the 2nd Division strengthen its guard in Mecklenburg!"
William mentioned the three divisions as soon as he opened his mouth, and this unusual behavior made Henry feel a little puzzled "Your Majesty, according to the current allocation of troops, our country has sufficient troops on the Main and Austrian fronts, and now mobilize three more divisions, is there something wrong with the front line?"
Although Ferdinand sat next to Henry and did not speak, it was clear that Henry's doubts also represented his thoughts.
William nodded to Locks, and then Locks spoke: "Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty's order is not unreasonable, according to intelligence, Spain may have made a war against Britain, although Spain has not officially declared war, but I think we should be prepared!"
Locks' words shocked both Ferdinand and Henry.
After being stunned for a while, Henry said: "Your Majesty, although Spain has not officially declared war on Britain, I think our country should be prepared in advance, and I propose to mobilize some areas immediately!"
And after Henry spoke, Ferdinand also said: "Your Majesty, I have a discussion of Prince Henry's opinion!"
William waved his hand and said to the two old princes: "This matter, the military department can watch and do it, I will let the government departments cooperate, and Prince Ferdinand, the staff should immediately make some war plans, so that the group of people below you should consider it comprehensively, after all, the work of the staff is to affect the whole body!"
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Looking at the army marching not far away, which seemed to be a little scattered, Scharnhorst asked the staff officer beside him with some uncertainty: "This is the Swiss mercenary of the Frankfurts?"
"Your Excellency General, according to the scout's report, these people are the vanguard of the Swiss mercenaries, there are about three hundred people in this part, and there are about two thousand people in the rear less than eight miles away, this part should be the enemy's central army, as for the enemy's rearguard, there is no information for the time being!"
Scharnhorst nodded, and his brain began to think quickly According to the information I got from Merlan, there should be 5,000 Swiss mercenaries in Frankfurt, but now there are only more than 2,000, which means that there should be more than 2,000 people in the future, but it is not ruled out that Merlan's information is not correct.
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If you look down from the air, you can see that behind Scharnhorst, all the infantry of the 3rd Division is concentrated, and one regiment of Prussian cavalry has been sent out by Scharnhorst to reconnoitre.
These casual mercenary forwards made Scharnhorst begin to doubt the prestige of the Swiss mercenaries, is the Swiss mercenaries who can make a name for themselves throughout Europa such a parallel import?
Scharnhorst waved his hand to keep the whole army silent, his goal was not to be a mere 300 strikers, and it would not be good if he was caught by surprise.
Two hours later, an army approached from the main road not far away, which was the main force of the Swiss mercenaries.
Seeing this army, Scharnhorst realized that all he had just thought about was floating clouds, and how could the troops that could break through to the great name of Nuo be inferior.
Although there are only more than 2,000 people, how can Scharnhorst not see that these people are definitely veterans who have experienced life and death.
And it can be seen from the way these people hold their weapons that these people are always on alert, and although they have not received any unfavorable news, they look like they are ready to fight at any time.
"Did the enemy's follow-up troops detect it?"
When the main force of this mercenary army walked not far from Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst immediately asked the staff officers beside him.
"Your Excellency, the intelligence just sent by the cavalry shows that there is a team of five hundred men five miles behind this force, and no troops have been found within fifteen miles behind that force!"
"Did the cavalry scout carefully?"
Scharnhorst frowned and was a little puzzled, you must know that although fifteen miles is not far away, it is definitely not close, even a rapid march takes two or three hours, and after such a rapid march, no army will have ten percent combat effectiveness, so the general army march is kept at a distance of five to ten miles.
"Your Excellency, our cavalry has already reconnoitred all over a hundred miles radius, and I believe that the Sixth Cavalry Regiment will not dare to play tricks on this matter!"