Romanian Eagle

Chapter 219 Invisible Expansion (1)

Carl Morley, a nobody, Edel forgot after summoning him. There are so many things he needs to deal with every day, where is he in the mood to take care of him.

After temporarily suppressing the possibility of the outbreak of nationalism in the country, Eder immediately recruited the chief of the general staff, Preshan. He intends to stop after the expansion of the existing Romanian army, which is now too conspicuous. He intends to combine the experience of Germany and the Soviet Union after World War I in the previous life to carry out invisible military expansion.

Hans von Seeckert, the founder of the postwar German Army of 100,000 people, is only now serving as chief of staff of the newly formed 11th Army. Its army commander was the well-known General August von Mackensen.

In 1915, the newly formed 11th Army performed quite well. They took over 250,000 prisoners when they took Lemberg at the end of June, then took Warsaw on August 4, 1914, and the Brest-Litovsk fortress at the end of August. Under their leadership, the 11th Army advanced a total of 300 kilometers, and by the end of September, the Polish salient was completely removed, and the Russian army's threat to Galicia was completely relieved.

Von Sickert leapfrogged to brigadier general, and his boss Mackensen received the rank of field marshal. At the same time they were transferred to the newly formed "Army Mackensen", and then they continued to fight in Serbia. Of course, the Serbs could not resist the German, Austrian, and Bulgarian coalition forces. At the end of November, all Serbian troops were either wiped out or fled to Albania and Greece. A total of 150,000 prisoners were taken, and von Sickert was awarded the Order of Valor with Oak Leaf.

Now they are in Bulgaria, ready to attack the Allied forces entrenched in Paralia. Facing the mobile warfare master Marshal Mackensen, Edel also asked Puleshan for his opinion. His Excellency the Chief of the General Staff praised it, and believed that no general in the Romanian army was his opponent in mobile operations, including him.

This is one of the reasons why Edel is reluctant to declare war too early. Now the German eastern front is full of talented people, and generals such as Hindenburg, Ludendorff, and Mackensen are the main driving forces behind the collapse of Russia in Germany's fight on the eastern front. And Romania's terrain determines that only mobile warfare can be fought, so Eder is also in trouble in the face of mobile warfare master Marshal Mackensen.

Therefore, Eder has to conceal his goals, continue to be neutral in the two camps, and at the same time try to eliminate the two sides' vigilance against Romania. Not to expand the establishment and strength is the best way that Edel can get along at the moment.

However, Seekert's stealth expansion plan for Germany was too time-consuming, and Eder combined some of the practices of later Soviet troops.

In a unit, its combat effectiveness is affected by weapons and equipment, personnel training level, and commander's ability. Among them, the commander's ability is high and low, and Eder's idea from the later Soviet army is to add a deputy to each level of military unit. A new deputy division commander was added at the division level, a deputy brigade commander was added at the brigade level, and a deputy squad leader was also added at the class level. The staff also followed this approach.

As for the effect, what he saw in the text of the stall in his previous life, he felt that there was some truth to it, so he used it.

Such a Romanian army division can be divided into two complete command systems from top to bottom overnight. Because they are all divided into a command system of a division, the officers at the top and bottom all know each other, which can minimize the weakening of the command ability.

However, after solving the problem of command, training and weapons and equipment, Edel could only discuss with the chief of staff. He wanted to make some effort from the militia, so he needed the reasonable advice of Admiral Puleshan, and it was estimated that he also needed a little advice from the Secretary of the Army.

After receiving Edel's call, the two military bosses immediately put down their work and rushed to the palace.

"I have seen Your Majesty."

Eder looked at the two generals, Chief of General Staff, and General Courtois, Minister of the Army, who saluted him. In particular, General Courtois is 71 years old this year. His hair and beard are completely white, but his spirit is not bad. According to the news from his guards, he can handle 7-8 hours a day in the Army Department, and it seems that he still loves military life deeply.

Edel took back the thoughts that had spread out and said to the two of them. "Let the two come this time. I have a small military problem and need your help."

After Priest and Courtois glanced at each other, they all wanted to know about the king's "little problem".

"Your Majesty, please speak."

Eder explained the preparation method for Romania's military expansion in the future, and he wanted to hear the opinions of two senior military personnel. As for ideas such as training and weapons and equipment, we need to wait for the change of the command system before we can talk about it.

After listening to Edel's thoughts, the two generals remained silent. Edel didn't rush. He knew that his idea would have a great impact on the army, and it should be considered carefully.

After a quarter of an hour, the two military bigwigs finally stood up with General Pulieshan. "Your Majesty, after our careful consideration, this plan is good and will be of great help to the expansion of the command system in the future."

Hearing the words of Preshan, Edel was also very happy. He is most concerned about the expansion of the army, which can guarantee the expansion of Romania's territory in the future, and the rich Ukraine and Hungary are all under his consideration.

"I have another idea."

Eder took advantage of the hot iron to put his ideas on expanding the technical arms in the militia and increasing training to make them semi-professional soldiers. When Priest and Courtois heard Edel's thoughts, they were stunned. In their knowledge, no one had such a novel idea as the king.

Looking at the expressions of Preshan and Courtois, Edel couldn't help asking. "What do you two think of my idea?"

Both of them were silent about Eder's inquiry, which made Eder, who was a little happy before, a little embarrassed. Seeing Edel's embarrassment, the confidant, Admiral Preshan, also had eyes.

"Your Majesty is a matter of great importance, we need to go back and study it carefully."

After seeing Preshan helping Eder to ease the embarrassment, Admiral Courtois took over and expressed his initial judgment. "According to the judgment of the old minister. According to His Majesty's thoughts, the military expenditure will be greatly increased, and the effect is not as good as the expansion of the establishment."

After hearing the words of Admiral Courtois, Edel glanced at Admiral Puri. However, His Excellency the Chief of Staff seemed to see something novel on the carpet and did not notice Edel's eyes. Seeing Preshan's performance, Eder knew that even he thought it was a costly and inefficient idea.

Seeing this, Edel came up with a method that he had prepared for a long time. ()

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