Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz is very excited about Oscar's proposal for the Navy to establish a Marine Corps. If the Navy can have a ground Operations Department team, the strength of the Navy will be further improved. In many cases, there is no need to look at the Army's face.
There will be more or less conflicts between the army and navy of a country. It's just that the magnitude of the contradiction is different. Similar to Germany, the contradiction between Army and Navy is not big, but it still exists. In some countries, the contradictions between Army and Navy are so great that they are almost like sworn enemies. They can put hatred before national interests, just like Japan.
"Crown Prince, I personally and the navy generals undoubtedly support the formation of Marine Corps. However, it is not easy to really do it." Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz said with a solemn face.
Ground forces have always been under the control of the Army. If the Navy wants to break this convention, one can imagine how big the reaction from the Army will be. It will even trigger a new round of conflicts between the navy and the army.
The Navy has been frantically building warships during this period, which has tilted military spending towards the Navy. The Army is already very dissatisfied with this. If the Navy attempts to form its own ground forces, the contradiction may be even greater.
"Your Excellency, even if it is difficult, we still have to push forward. Once successful, this will be a huge success for the navy." Oscar said.
Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz nodded. "Let's go to the palace first and report to Your Majesty. If we can get the support of Your Majesty, that would be great. In that case, even if the army objects, we can deal with it."
"Yeah!" Oscar didn't have any objections to this.
Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz is already deeply valued by Wilhelm II, and with his opinion of Crown Prince, the possibility of Wilhelm II's opposition will not be too high.
It was almost noon, after Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz and Oscar had a simple lunch, they rushed to the palace and reported to Wilhelm II the idea of establishing Marine Corps, hoping to win the support of Wilhelm II.
At this time, Wilhelm II was preparing to take a lunch break, but Oscar and Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz came hand in hand, so he could only cancel this lunch break.
"Your Majesty, the Navy has a plan and hopes to get Your Majesty's approval." Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz said straight to the point.
"Huh? What's the plan?" Wilhelm II asked. Now, Imperial Navy is developing vigorously, and it is not far away from British Navy. This makes Wilhelm II very happy. He often turns a blind eye to various plans of the navy, and will directly approve them as long as they are not too troublesome.
"Your Majesty, according to the current development speed of the navy, in future wars, the possibility of us defeating the Britain people is very high. Therefore, we need to prepare for this in advance. Once our navy defeats Britain people, if the Britain people still refuse to surrender, but continue to be our enemies, we may have to consider fighting landing in Britain, "Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz said.
Landing in Britain combat? Wilhelm II couldn't help but his eyes lit up. Landing in Britain, this is the dream of many Europe countries! However, even Napoleon Bonaparte, which originally dominated Europe, failed to succeed. If Germany can do it, wouldn't he be more powerful than Napoleon Bonaparte? Wilhelm II is undoubtedly very interested in this.
"Is the Navy really sure of defeating British Royal Navy?" Wilhelm II asked. Although Wilhelm II has always regarded this as his goal and knows that the navy is developing rapidly, he still has some doubts about it.
"Your Majesty, it is impossible to be completely sure. However, we are at least 60% sure that we can defeat the Britain people!" Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz said.
"60% certainty, that's not low." Wilhelm II nodded, very satisfied with this.
"So, Your Majesty, we believe that we must prepare for landing in Britain's future operations after defeating British Navy." Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz continued.
"What are you going to do?" Wilhelm II asked. Even at this time, he had not yet guessed what the navy was planning to do.
"We plan to establish a force specially designed for landing operations, namely Marine Corps. They will conduct specialized landing warfare training and be equipped with special landing warfare equipment. In this way, once it is necessary to launch an attack on British mainland, they will be able to seize the beachhead position as the first wave of attacking troops." Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz said.
"Marine Corps?" Wilhelm II's brows frowned tightly. The Navy actually wanted to build such a force, which was beyond his expectation.
Of course, Wilhelm II knows that this will be very helpful in improving the strength of the navy. But again, the Army will definitely not agree, and will even strongly oppose it.
"Oskar, what do you think?" Wilhelm II asked.
"Father, I think it is very necessary for the Navy to establish the Marine Corps. Landing battles, especially when landing on beaches, often cause the greatest casualties. Once we defeat the Royal Navy, the British will definitely build the defense of the homeland like an iron barrel in order to defend the homeland. By then, if If the inexperienced army is dispatched to launch a landing operation, the bodies of the soldiers will be piled up on the beach, and the blood will dye the sea water red. We must try our best to prevent this from happening. The life of every German boy is precious and cannot be wasted like that.
Wilhelm II has to admit that what Oscar said makes sense. He also didn't want to see corpses littering the fields when the Germany* army attacked British mainland in the future. It's just that it is really good for the Navy to break its convention and establish a Marine Corps? Wilhelm II is a little undecided.
Of course, Wilhelm II also figured it out. Grand Admiral Count Tirpitz proposed to establish Marine Corps, which might be Oscar's idea. In the morning, the Army refused to carry out large-scale equipment changes, which made Oscar angry. Now Oscar simply shows the Army a little more power.
To be honest, Wilhelm II was not very satisfied with the performance of Moltke the Younger and the other army generals this morning. However, Moltke the Younger is also the person he trusts the most, so he can't say much.