Romanian Eagle

"Clap~Clap~Clap"

The officers and soldiers of the 10th Division in the training ground are conducting shooting training. Accompanied by the commander of the 10th Division, Edel and Pleishan were observing the results of the shooting with a telescope.

"The training is good." Chief of the General Staff Puleshan put down the binoculars in his hand and said to Division Commander Yakecha beside him.

"Thanks to the chief of staff for the praise, these soldiers are still a long way from the elite, and they need to continue to practice." Jakecha said modestly. But looking at his expression, he knew that he was quite satisfied with the shooting results of these soldiers. This does not fail the chief of the general staff's strong support in military supplies for their newly reorganized three divisions.

The elite in the mouth of the commander Yakecha refers to the first two imperial guard divisions and the third division that were reorganized. These three divisions are all strong contenders for the first place in Romania's previous exercises and training, and the other divisions are only spectators.

Hearing Master Yakecha's words, Preshan said with a smile. "It seems that the tenth division has the idea of ​​taking the first place."

Hearing the speech of the chief of the general staff, the deputy commander of the tenth division, Felix, the chief of staff, Alkeza, and others, all stood by and obeyed the instructions of Pleishan. Edel put down the telescope and looked at him.

Seeing that everyone was waiting for his speech, Priesan continued. "I'm very satisfied with what you said. Soldiers need to have the confidence to compete, and they can't be complacent because of their current achievements. You have to believe that you can win. This is what I expect from you."

"It's very well said, every division must have the confidence to compete with these three divisions." Edel concluded.

Hearing the Crown Prince's speech, the senior officers of the 10th Division nodded in agreement under the leadership of Division Commander Jakecha.

"His Royal Highness, Chief of the General Staff, let's go and see the results of the artillery training." Commander Yakecha saw the shooting training and almost suggested it.

"You lead the way and go see your training results for a year." The crown prince also wanted to see their use of the God of War.

The group came to the front of a hill called Kachari outside the tenth division station. This is the training ground of the tenth division artillery regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Letosk, the artillery regiment commander, is waiting for the arrival of the crown prince.

He was the deputy commander of artillery in the Seventh Division before, and he is also well-known in the artillery system of the army. Later, the commander of the artillery division of the 10th division thought that the commander of the tenth division artillery was too old, and his military theory and skills were not up to the times, so he let him retire early. Preshan then transferred Letosk to the tenth division as artillery commander, and asked him to lead the tenth division artillery regiment, which was being held back, to strengthen training.

The lietosk lieutenant colonel also lived up to expectations, and made drastic reforms as soon as he came to the artillery regiment. He first went to the regiment to find out, and then assessed the officers of the entire regiment. All those who failed three consecutive times were assigned to the departments responsible for the canteen, horses, etc., and then assigned to each artillery company according to the level of ability. After a series of rectifications, the artillery regiment's artillery bombardment technology has risen like a rocket. This made the teacher Jacques very satisfied.

"Report to the crown prince and the chief of the general staff, the tenth artillery regiment is now ready to start the artillery demonstration." The Letosk commander saw the arrival of the crown prince and his party, and said loudly after walking up to the previous military salute arrive.

"We haven't seen each other for a year, Lieutenant Colonel Letosque." Preshan said to the resolute-faced artillery commander.

"Yes, Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff."

Hearing the words of Lieutenant Colonel Letosk, Edel looked at Preshan with a little interest. The chief of the general staff knew what the crown prince meant and told him about the two.

In the Romanian army, every transfer of officers above the school rank requires the signature of Pleisan. That time, it was Pleishan's negligence that he accidentally lost Letosk's transfer order. Letosk waited a long time for his transfer order, which the General Staff thought had already been issued. Later, he came to the General Staff to find a staff officer in charge of dispatching orders, and the staff officer was also surprised. In the end, it was found that it was the chief of the general staff.

Preshan then saw Letosk, who was unlucky because of his own mistakes. Later in the conversation between the two, the lietosk lieutenant colonel gave Preshan a good image. Hence their previous conversation.

After hearing that Preshan still made such a small mistake, Edel had nothing to say about the good luck of Lieutenant Colonel Letosk in front of him, but he also had real talents and practical learning, and changing another one might not be a good influence.

"Lieutenant Colonel Letosk, I hope you can show us the strength of the tenth division artillery regiment." Edel encouraged the artillery regiment commander.

"Okay, Your Highness."

After answering the crown prince, Lieutenant Colonel Letosk looked at Division Commander Jakecha with an inquiring eye, and Yakcha, who was asked for advice by his artillery regiment commander, nodded slightly and agreed to start.

The regiment commander ordered the subordinates to start a shelling exercise. Following the regiment commander's order, a team of artillerymen pushed six Krupp 75mm mountain guns to the already built artillery positions.

This is a Romanian imitation, but with German hands-on teaching, this Romanian gun is no different from Germany. Both are 17 times the caliber barrel length, high and low range: -7 degrees to +38.5/30 degrees, horizontal range: 5 degrees, projectile weight: 5.3kg, muzzle velocity: 300m/s, weight: 529kg, maximum range: 5750 meters.

"Two Test Shots"

With the command of the commander of the artillery company commander, the prepared artillerymen began to test fire against the exercise target 5 kilometers away.

"Boom~Boom~Boom"

The ground twenty meters from the target was hit by the shell. Seeing that the test results were so good, the crown prince and the chief of staff at the observatory were very satisfied. Then the artillery fine-tuned the mountain guns of the shooting world, and a few shots were used to solve the target five kilometers away.

"It's a good fight, I hope to make persistent efforts."

Edel praised the performance of the artillerymen to the commander Jakecha beside him.

After the completion of the 75mm mountain artillery shelling exercise, Krupp 75mm field guns pulled by pack horses also entered the field. These artillery pieces are masterpieces of the Romanian arsenal. Now, except for the two guard divisions, other Romanian troops use the products of their own arsenals, which are not bad in terms of the reputation of the troops.

Now the bolt form of these 75MM field guns: horizontal wedge type, back and forth type: liquid spring type, 27 times the caliber barrel length, high and low firing range: -12 degrees to +18.5 degrees, horizontal firing range: 7 degrees, Projectile weight: 6.5kg, muzzle velocity: 510m/s, weight: 1016kg, maximum range: 7600m.

This time the target was set at a distance of 7 kilometers. As the soldiers were ready, Eder and the others raised their binoculars to observe the results of the shelling.

"Two test shots."

Following the order of the field artillery company commander, the ready soldiers fired the field artillery shells that had already adjusted their viewing angle. The effect of this test firing was also very good. The shell exploded about 20 meters away from the target. After the new adjustment, it took a few shots to destroy the target.

"Very good, now look at the effect of your 105mm howitzer."

Eder can't wait to see the most powerful firepower performance of the Romanian division now.

This time the tenth division did not pull the artillery into the field, mainly because the 105mm howitzer was too heavy and had been placed in advance. The data of this batch of 105mm light field howitzers are caliber: 104.9mm, barrel length: 22 times the caliber, high and low firing range: -10 degrees to +40 degrees, horizontal firing range: 4 degrees, projectile weight: 15.7kg, ammunition muzzle velocity: 400m/s, weight: 1380kg, maximum range: 8400.

With the 105 howitzer ready, Eder and the others saw that the target of this shelling was across the hill. It seemed that the 10th Division was preparing for an indirect bombardment.

In indirect aiming shelling, the geodetic detachment or positional reconnaissance team marks the reference firing direction of the reference gun with the aiming point, and then each gun is calibrated according to the reference gun. The aiming point can be a pole, a decal, etc. It is still a relatively advanced artillery tactic. Before, Eder had only seen them use it in the third division and the two guard divisions. Now the other divisions are still training hard. Of course, the tenth division made this move. surprise.

With the 105 howitzer ready, Eder saw an observer on the hill waving a flag to the 105 battery below. It was still two test shots, but the effect of this test shot was not so good. The shell hit the target at a distance of 40 meters, and then adjusted the shooting angle twice to complete the destruction of the target.

"Good fight. This indirect shelling opened my eyes." Edel praised Lieutenant Colonel Letosk, who came to report. In fact, he saw the indirect artillery bombardment in the third division and the two imperial guard divisions, and the effect was much better than that of the tenth division. In order not to put pressure on the hard-working artillery commander, Eder couldn't help but praise him a few words.

"Thank you for your compliment, Your Highness, we will continue to work hard."

Lieutenant Colonel Letosk, who was praised by the crown prince, knew that this indirect shelling was actually much worse than the three elite divisions now.

Then the crown prince watched the infantry tactical drills, the rescue of the wounded in the battlefield and other projects. The Tenth Division achieved good results in these projects. This makes Edel and Preshan very happy, and both think that this year's training funds have not been added in vain.

On the way back, Eder asked if Preshan's speech at the 10th Division's infantry shooting training was true?

The chief of staff said to the crown prince with a smile. "His Royal Highness, in the army, we must let them compete with each other to ensure the army's fighting spirit. But now the Romanian army can't be all elites, and can only set a benchmark for them to catch up."

After listening to Presan's words, Edel knew what he meant.

This can be seen from the distribution of officers who graduated and returned from studying abroad every year. Those with good grades who have returned from studying abroad are more likely to be assigned to the above three divisions, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

Then Edel inspected the situation of other divisions and found that it was much better than before. Especially the 17th and 14th divisions, which were at the bottom of the 10th division last year, have also changed a lot this year. This makes Eder feel that Romania has enough confidence in the competition for interests in the Balkans in the coming year.

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