Romanian Eagle

Chapter 172 The new army

Genius remembers the address of this site in one second: (apex Chinese), the fastest update! No ads! After Edel returned from Constanta, Chief of General Staff Preshan came to the Crown Prince's office anxiously.

"Your Highness, this is the training plan we prepared."

After entering the office and greeting the crown prince, the chief of the general staff of Preshan put the formation plan he had prepared for a long time in front of Edel.

Edel picked up the formation plan prepared by Admiral Prieshan and his staff and read it.

In this formation plan, the opinion of the General Staff is to draw a small number of backbones from each division to form these two new divisions. Among them, the numbers of the 15th and 18th divisions of the Romanian Army were respectively given. The staff of the 15th division commander gave the deputy commander of the 3rd division, Major General Kledov, and the deputy commander of the fifth division, Major General Andokos. Major General Storico, deputy commander of the Eighth Division. The candidates for the commander of the 18th Division were Major General Modelk, the deputy commander of the 1st Division of the Imperial Guard, Major General Peter Pan, the deputy commander of the 2nd Division, and Major General Dotrid, the deputy commander of the 8th Division.

Eder looked at the candidates given by the General Staff. They were all capable and qualified generals in the army, generally in their forties. Except for Major General Moderke, the deputy commander of the First Division of the Imperial Guard, he was only fifty years old when he was a little older. Edel had a hard time choosing, and couldn't help raising his head to ask Admiral Puleshan who was standing in front of him.

"What's the opinion of your general staff?"

In the face of the crown prince's question, Admiral Puleshan knew that he should not answer this question by himself, otherwise he would not be far from being dismissed. He said defiantly. "Every one of them is qualified for this position due to the arrangement of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Hearing the words of Admiral Puleshan's shirk, Edel couldn't force him. In fact, there are quite a few candidates in the army who are competent for these two new divisions. When the staff was making preparations, the army got news. After all, the division commander and the deputy division commander are only a little bit closer, but the division commander is half a foot into the military high-level.

Rumours that Lieutenant General Fereit of the 12th Division will take over as Director of Education has been confirmed, and he will take over the post of retiring Director of Education in a month's time. In the face of Lieutenant General Fereit, who is about to become one of the three giants of the Romanian Army (the Minister of the Army, the Chief of the General Staff, and the Director of Education), no one can say that he is not envious. Even if he is the weakest giant among them, he is much better than being a teacher.

In the face of such a situation, the two newly formed divisions were quickly targeted by those who were interested. After all, the path of Lieutenant General Freiit could also be copied. So soon some people came to the staff to sell themselves, but they were all blocked by Admiral Pulie Mountain. If others are just envious of Lieutenant General Fleet's opportunity, he is more of a worry.

Admiral Pleasant knew that the crown prince would not let himself dominate the army. In his opinion, the crown prince will divide his powers after ascending to the Romanian throne, for which he will hand over some powers at that time, and he does not intend to infect the Ministry of War. However, in the face of the crown prince's decentralization of powers now, how could he dare to meet those candidates for teachers.

There was no news here in Pu Lieshan, Eder could only choose the two division commanders based on what he knew. Among the candidates for the commander of the fifteenth division, he chose Major General Kledov, the deputy commander of the third division.

Major General Kledov was born in a noble family in Iasi. He studied military courses in the military academy since he was a child, and later served as company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander and other positions. But this is not the main reason why Edel chose him, the main reason is that he has always shown his loyalty to the royal family.

Plus he was the man of General Courtois, Minister of the Army, so Eder chose him. After the war against Bulgaria, Eder found that he couldn't ignore the military forces representing his father's line too much, otherwise it is very likely that the chief of staff, the Preshan family, would dominate in the future. This is intolerable to every high-ranking person, so he supported Lieutenant General Fereit, who performed well in the war.

It's just that Lieutenant General Freiette has not grown up yet, and Edel has taken a fancy to the military forces of his father Carol I.

Anyway, he must take over himself in the future, and the people represented by Admiral Courtois did not make people feel uneasy.

"The commander of the fifteenth division is Major General Kledov."

After thinking for a while, Edel raised his head and said his choice to Preshan.

"Okay, Your Highness."

After hearing the answer given by the crown prince, Preshan wrote down the name of Major General Kledov, believing that he will receive the good news soon.

After deciding on the candidates for the commander of the fifteenth division, Edel continued to study the candidates for the eighteenth division. But this time there are more choices. After giving the power of his father's line, the rest is his own candidate. Although Major General Modelk is fifty years old, the crown prince thinks that he can still do a good job in the eighteenth division. 's teacher.

"The 18th Division will be taken over by Major General Moderk."

Edel didn't think for a long time and then named the candidates for the Eighteenth Division.

"Follow your highness."

After deciding on the candidates for the two division commanders, Edel continued to decide on the candidates for the deputy commanders and chief of staff of the two divisions. Colonel Bodov of the four military affairs offices of the General Staff. The candidate for the deputy commander of the 18th Division was Colonel Lesva, the former brigade commander of the second brigade of the fourth division, and the chief of staff was taken over by Lieutenant Colonel Andrewson, the former chief of staff of the second brigade of the third division.

As for the brigade-level officers of the two newly formed divisions, they were appointed by the staff.

After deciding on the candidates for the two divisions, Edel asked with concern. "How are the preparations for the equipment staff?"

After hearing the crown prince's inquiry, Admiral Puleshan said the information controlled by the staff. "His Royal Highness, in terms of personnel, we have made the two divisions full by enlisting new recruits and delaying the retirement of some personnel. As for the equipment, it has been transferred from the material storage warehouse, but there are still 7 gaps in our 105 howitzers, and I have given them to the arsenal. Issue orders so they can meet the needs of the military as quickly as possible."

After the chief of staff of Preshan finished talking about the newly formed two divisions, Edel asked. "Chief of the General Staff, I plan to expand the 105 Howitzer Battalion to 18 for each division, what do you think?"

Edel had previously considered the idea of ​​​​expanding the 105 howitzer, but it was not realized due to lack of money. Now that World War I is approaching, and the Romanian government is still short of money, Eder feels he can't wait any longer. As for the starting production capacity of the arsenal, this is not a problem at all. The annual production capacity of 150 105 howitzers has never been running at full speed, and Edel intends to run it at full speed.

After hearing the Crown Prince's words, Preshan was of course willing, but considering Romania's current finances, he asked a little hesitantly. "His Royal Highness, if it is expanded like this, the current military spending will not be enough."

Hearing that Pu Lieshan wanted to increase military spending, Eder looked at his chief of staff a little rogue, feeling that he was too incompetent not to go into business.

"I will ask the government to allocate 35 million lei for the procurement fee, but it must be equipped as soon as possible. The recent situation in Europe is a bit suffocating."

After hearing the Crown Prince's words, Pu Lieshan could only answer. "Okay, Your Highness, I will let the factory speed up production on the date marked on the order."

Soon, the news that each division would expand 6 105 howitzers spread in the army, and the divisions were cheering, except that there were more machine guns than the German army, and now the Romanian army equipment is completely a copy of the German army. And Eder now needs to prepare to speed up Romania's material reserves, just at this moment a news made him put down the work in his hand.

PS Mantou was delayed before, I hope you don't blame it.

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