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Facing Edel's words, Feleit was a little surprised.

Seeing Feleit's expression, Edel knew that his chief of staff might be thinking wrong. He had no plans to equip an army of millions at once. Although during the First World War, countries mobilized millions of people into the army in a few months. But fighting back then was very different from what would happen in World War II in the future.

First of all, there are many skills that need to be mastered. In World War I, a soldier only needs to know how to operate weapons and shoot, as well as basic tactical movements to be able to go to the battlefield. Because there were fewer tactics in World War I, and basically you can learn while watching.

As for the future of World War II, soldiers need to master more skills. At the very least, you need to know the advantages and disadvantages of new weapons in order to have the right remedy.

This is still the soldier with the least ability to master, and there is more to learn about the officer. Taking ordinary infantry officers as an example, at least they need to know and use the coordination of infantry artillery and tanks, understand the actual situation of the battlefield, know how to face the enemy's situation independently, have the ability to be independent, effectively grasp the situation of the soldiers, and be able to mobilize their emotions, etc.

This is only a skill that front-line infantry officers need to master, as for officers of other technical arms, there is more to learn. As for senior officers, it is about talent. Because there is no chance for you to make mistakes on the battlefield, every mistake will bring huge damage to your subordinates. And senior officers have no capital to make mistakes, so this is why senior military officers are treated so well.

The battlefield does not give you enough learning time and fault tolerance, unless you can bear the cost of learning with huge casualties. And Romania does not have so much capital to squander on officers, so the requirements for officers have always been very high.

Edel was well aware of this, so he explained it to Fleet. "My chief of staff, please rest assured, I have no idea of ​​expanding the army to one million immediately. And I want you to spend four to five years to increase the number of troops from the current 310,000 to more than one million."

It needs to be explained here that what Eder is talking about is the army force. At present, the Romanian Navy has 100,000 people. Except for the 16,000 people currently trained by the two marine brigades, the rest are naval operations and logistics personnel. Among them, the personnel of naval operations and naval aviation have grown the most rapidly. The former has grown from 7,548 at the end of World War I to more than 43,000 now, and the latter has grown from 474 to more than 8,000 now.

And with the further expansion of the Navy, the number of officers and soldiers will continue to grow, especially the Marine Corps will become its new growth point.

But after hearing Edel's explanation, Freyte felt much better. Because if it is expanded in four to five years,

Then there is enough preparation.

But Freiit immediately thought that expanding so many troops could only be an act of war. So who will Romania fight, is it the Soviet Union in the east, Greece in the south or Yugoslavia in the west?

To deal with the Soviet Union in the east, a million troops are not at all worth it. As for Greece to the south or Yugoslavia to the west, with Britain and France standing behind them, it is also a thorny problem.

Fereit's thoughts didn't last long, because Eder told him the answer.

"About this military expansion, on the one hand, the domestic economic growth is sluggish, and I plan to develop the military industry. On the other hand, the situation in Europe is becoming more and more confusing, and we need to prepare equipment early."

For Edel's words, Feireit couldn't help but have an idea in his heart. "Your Majesty, are you saying that Europe is at risk of falling back into war?"

Facing the speculation of his chief of staff, Edel did not deny it. "Yes, you are right."

Seeing the somewhat surprised Feleit, Eder explained further. "What is the current basis for maintaining peace in Europe?"

Eder did not wait for Admiral Fereit to answer, but gave the answer himself.

"It is the Versailles system, its main target is Germany, and its biggest beneficiaries are Britain and France. Now as the strength of Britain and France fades, my country and the Italian team are dissatisfied with this system."

Edel's words, Fereit deeply understands. Take Romania as an example, Romania, whose strength has increased greatly after the First World War, has basically digested the newly occupied territories. After its national strength has increased greatly, it has become more and more dissatisfied with its position in the Versailles system. Although Britain and France have also given many advantages in other aspects, in general, Romania's current strength and status do not match. As the head of the military, Fareit also has a deep understanding.

And Edel ignored the thoughts of his chief of staff and continued. "This is not the most serious thing. What is more critical is the hatred of the Versailles Treaty from all over Germany. This is the biggest source of disaster."

Edel's words caught Fleet by surprise. "Impossible, Germany hasn't done anything out of the ordinary yet."

The words of his chief of staff drew Edel's smile, and he gave the most crucial question. "Then let me ask you, how long has it been since Germany paid reparations?"

Fleet still knows this. "Since 1931, Germany has stopped paying reparations on the grounds of economic problems."

"I just got news that Hitler, the German leader, is no longer planning to pay this reparation."

Edel gave his latest information.

"It seems that the German side is not willing to continue to pay reparations."

Fereit knew the seriousness of the problem at this time, and combined with the current German military cooperation in Romania, its intention was already very obvious.

For this he admired Edel's insight.

Edel didn't know that the chief of staff looked at himself inwardly and continued to ask. "What do you think about the expansion of the army?"

Returning to the field that he is most familiar with, Admiral Freiit said without hesitation. "This year, the establishment of each division will be completed first, and starting from next year, 7-9 divisions will be added every year to complete the target tasks."

That's right, Fleet intends to complete the reorganization of the divisions this year. Of course, this is also the confidence brought by Romania's economic development in recent years.

And in the future, Feireit also has his own ideas for the expansion of the army. He didn't plan to use the previous method of forming new troops. The future expansion of the army will directly split the current division, one division into three divisions, and then replenish the troops and equipment to complete the expansion work.

The reason for this is that it is convenient and also conducive to the expansion of the army, and the combat effectiveness of its troops will not be affected by excessive differences. The unfavorable factor will cause the Romanian army to fight less during the expansion.

However, the current environment in Romania has enough time to expand slowly.

After Edel discussed with Admiral Freiit for a while, the matter about the expansion of the army was decided in this way.

According to this expansion plan, Romania will complete the reorganization of all current Army divisions in 1935. Then the army was expanded from 1936, including 2 motorized infantry divisions and 5 standard infantry divisions in 1936. In 1937, 1 armored division, 1 motorized infantry division, and 6 standard infantry divisions were expanded. In 1938, 2 armored divisions, 1 motorized infantry division, and 5 standard infantry divisions were trained. In 1939, 1 armored division, 2 motorized infantry divisions, and 6 infantry divisions were trained.

After the expansion is completed, the Romanian Army will have 7 armored divisions (original 3 armored divisions), 8 motorized infantry divisions (original 2), 40 standard infantry divisions, and 3 mountain divisions (all original) The establishment of the troop will be as high as more than 1.1 million.

Before responding to such an expansion, the government provided 5.12 billion lei in funding. It can be said that the sound of a cannon is a thousand taels of gold, and this alone will cost more money to expand the army.