Chapter 18： Exercise

The next day, King Carol and his team came to the exercise headquarters and continued to observe the second half of the offensive and defensive exercise. After the reorganization of the army's defense operations, everyone present has a deep understanding. Today, we mainly observe how much the offensive capability has improved. Bram and Midrol, the two commanders, gave everyone a lot of praise for their wonderful performance yesterday.

Now the two armies exchange positions and start a new offensive and defensive exercise.

In the offensive headquarters, General Midrol, the commander of the Third Division, is deploying his plan. "The artillery regiment used 75 artillery to cover the first-line position. The focus is on the right-wing position. The 105 artillery is waiting for a counterattack. One regiment waits for fire coverage and then tries to attack." As the order was issued, the artillery shells flew to the defense's first-line position, and the exercise staff observed The point of impact of the shells calculates the first-line loss.

"Our artillery is less caliber than the third division and it is incomparable. Don't counterattack the artillery." General Bram ordered the staff behind him after seeing the situation on the front line at the headquarters. The exercise command was observing the shelling, "No worse than yesterday's Fifth Division, Midrol is also a very capable person." The Secretary of the Army said to the chief of staff next to him.

After the shelling was over, the staff staff calculated the damage and reported to the exercise headquarters. "The first-line position has lost 7 percent of its combat effectiveness." "Why is there more than the fifth division yesterday?" A general asked, and the exercise staff replied. "That's because the third division has more artillery than the fifth division, and the fifth division is equipped with a larger number of people on the front line, reaching three regiments."

Seeing the end of the shelling at the command headquarters, General Midlor ordered a tentative attack. After the group dispersed in front of the defensive position, a probing attack began, and gunshots broke out on the position. Compared with the reorganized Third Division, the Fifth Division has a larger number of people, but its firepower is still suppressed. The Madsen light machine gun that can follow the infantry charge, and the Maxim heavy machine gun that can provide fire support in the rear, all allow the attack. The advantage of the party is obvious, which makes everyone in the exercise headquarters shine.

General Midrol, who was seen in the headquarters, ordered, "Let them retreat." Then the tentative attacking regiment retreated, and the exercise staff also reported the losses of both sides to the king and his party. The defender suffered a hundred losses. The attacking team lost 15%. Looking at this report, a group of people are very surprised, knowing that there are three groups defending and one group attacking. "It seems that after the reorganization, the army's attacks have greatly improved." The old king said, Puleshan and others have also seen tremendous changes after the reorganization of the army. "Let us continue to observe."

"It seems that the first line is guarding three regiments, so the second line needs at least one regiment. Does General Bram have one or two regiments?" Don't worry, most of the low-level officers have training records, and they have greatly improved their combat skills. "Ordered the right wing of the artillery regiment to fire sharply. The three regiments focused on attacking the right wing and told them to be quick. After the attack was launched, the artillery regiment intercepted the reinforcements. . Midrol thought to himself.

Then the bombardment once again fell on the defensive side. After the bombardment, three regiments attacked the defensive position. General Bram ordered after seeing the battle ahead. "The artillery regiment ordered the artillery to be aimed at the attacking group and strengthened the two regiments to the front line." The chief of staff persuaded, "This way, if we break a line of positions, we may not be able to hold a deep assault." General Bram gave the chief of staff. Explaining his decision. "If you don't adjust reinforcements, you will definitely be unable to defend. Their firepower is too strong, the number of people who retreat to the second-line position is too high, and the artillery threat is heavier, and our second-line position will also collapse."

The three regiments of the Third Division were already approaching their positions, and the artillery of the two sides were also firing at the other side. General Midrol saw that the opposite side had reinforcements. "Move up the last regiment. The artillery regiment took two battalions to intercept the opposing reinforcements." It seems that General Midrol intends to make a single blow.

The battle between the two sides in the first line is abnormal. You come and I go. In the end, the three regiments rushed to the front with reinforcements and rushed into the position. At this time, the reinforcements of the Fifth Division finally arrived, one side relied on more people and the other side relied on fierce firepower to fight into Jiaozuo state.

At this time, the benefit of General Midrol's letting go was manifested. One regiment joined the battle, and the scale of victory fell to the offensive side. The defender was beaten steadily and retreated. When General Midrol saw an opportunity, he ordered the three regiments not to stop and continue to advance to the second line. In the second-line defensive regiment facing this situation, it was also a headache, because the three offensive regiments followed the defeated troops to follow. In the end, the fifth division failed to defend the third division's attack, allowing the attacker to win.

In the subsequent maneuvers of the entire division, the third division also took the lead in arriving at the designated location to complete the exercise with its excellent logistical support. This made the king and the military extremely satisfied, except that the price was too expensive, and everything else met the military's expectations.

At the summary meeting after the exercise, UU reading www.uukānshu.com gathered together, and Edel also came to listen to the military’s summary experience. The Chief of Staff Preeshan began to summarize the exercise. "Dear colleagues, for this exercise is satisfactory, but we must also see some inadequate directions. First of all, as our tactical unit division level, we will attack defensive positions with firepower. There is not enough power." This is not enough. Is it because the military wants to equip the 150 guns to the division level? Edel complained in his heart.

Preshann continued, “During combat exercises, we should see that the troops are out of touch and strengthen training. The reorganized divisions are much stronger than the unorganized divisions in all aspects, but this exercise can be seen. The ammunition consumption is also three times larger than that of the unreorganized division. This is a new test for logistical support. From here on, we need to strengthen the training of our army’s logistics officers. In future military work, logistics support will be the most challenging department for us. ."

At the summary meeting, Puleshan talked about the many problems in the formation of the army in the exercise. Edel has no opinion on training logistics and so on. Edel really has an opinion on the lack of firepower. For the small Romanian country, the army is currently being trained. One stop is enough, and now this level of equipment is Romania's maximum. The powerful European armies are all at this level, and Puleshan still wants to make a big news.

After the meeting, Edel found the Chief of Staff and told him. "The chief of staff is now the greatest strength for the purchase and finance. It is impossible to increase it in at least 10 years." Puleshan hurriedly replied. "The crown prince, I mainly give the army an outlook, and I have not thought about increasing firepower. However, according to the exercise standards, logistics may not be able to turn around during war." Hearing Puleshan's words, Edel thought of a good thing that could change the logistics. Idea, it's simple for a later generation.