Chapter 85： Training funding

While the little man was fighting for his own destiny, Edel was patrolling the 10th division that had just been reorganized with Puleshan.

As the hardest-hit area conspired by the army that year, only the commander of the 10th Division participated in the operation that year. However, there are not a few officers who have fallen due to corruption, which caused a headache for Major General Jacques, who took over as the commander at the time. After four years of rectification, plus the great support of Principal Prossi in the distribution of officers, he has finally done something impressive.

"His Royal Highness, please see, this is a soldier doing a shooting drill." Commander Jacques pointed at the soldier who was shooting and said to the crown prince and the chief of staff.

Both of them looked in the direction of his fingers. Soldiers in a platoon were doing shooting training such as standing, lying, and moving.

These soldiers are still in standard postures, but they secretly shook their heads when they picked up the binoculars to check the results. The results were worse than those of the previous divisions, which was also shown when checking the results later. When Master Jaccha saw this report card, he felt uncomfortable.

"I disappointed Your Highness, and I will definitely let you see the brand new Tenth Division next time."

"Master Jacques, I know the situation of the tenth division, I don't blame you, the training needs to be strengthened." Edel told him.

Puleshan, the chief of the general staff, had already told him that it would not be feasible for this year's reorganization costs to be exactly the same as in previous years. The reorganized army needs training to ensure combat effectiveness, plus the cost of procuring weapons, so the final reorganized 10th, 14th, and 17th divisions will have their training costs reduced this year. Edel knew this situation a long time ago, and when he helped the prime minister to issue treasury bonds, the old prime minister had already said it.

Now Romania’s fiscal revenue has gradually increased from 252 million lei in 1905 to 451 million lei in 1909 (50 million lei higher than in history). Among them, oil exports and automobile manufacturing accounted for 41.3% of the increased tax revenue, which is the absolute main force in Romania’s fiscal revenue increase. Others are obtained from the growth of corporate taxation, commercial taxation, import and export duties and inheritance tax. The increase in traditional agricultural taxation is not too small, but it increased from 87.4 million lei in 1905 to 96.14 million lei

However, in terms of expenditure, Romania is also doing its part to keep rapid growth. Among them, 27 million lei are repaid every year. Infrastructure construction such as roads, wharfs, railway stations, and dredging channels accounted for 61.57 million lei in 1909. Caused by the weak infrastructure in Romania. The expenditure on public safety and medical security in 1909 was 47.6 million lei. As the bulk of fiscal expenditures, a total of 86.4 million lei was spent on education in 1909, and 35.9 million lei was spent on government personnel's office expenses.

At present, the major military expenditure of fiscal expenditure is 97.1 million lei, of which the navy is 10.75 million lei, and the army is 86.35 million. This fully shows the focus of Romania’s national defense. The salary of the army is 1567. The cost of training is 18.7 million lei, the procurement of weapons and equipment is 34.7 million lei, the procurement of other equipment is 10.78 million lei, and the remaining 6 million lei are ordinary living expenses.

In terms of specific training costs, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the ten divisions that have been reorganized before, it is certainly not possible to reduce the amount of training. This year’s training funds are only so large that it can only reduce the costs of reorganizing the three divisions.

It can be seen from this that military expenditures accounted for 21.5% of fiscal revenues, while army expenditures accounted for 19.1%. This year, arms and equipment procurement costs accounted for the bulk of the army’s 40%. It can be expected that with the completion of this year's army reorganization, the government will breathe a sigh of relief, even if it pays more than 17 million German lei every year, this is much better than it is now. At least weapon wastage is not as large as the purchase amount, 10 million lei per year is not bad.

Edel and Puleshan also fully realized in the subsequent exercises that the lack of training funds still had a great impact on the Tenth Division. It is particularly prominent in the technical arms, where the artillery shooting performance can be regarded as the worst in the reorganization over the years, and the machine gun shooting performance is not as good as that. This made Edel and Puleshan also secretly hurt themselves, and the commander Jacques would shed tears when they saw it.

"General Jacques, don't be discouraged if the results of this exercise are not satisfactory. I can give you one year and make it back next year." Chief of the General Staff Puleshan told the hapless teacher.

"Thank you for the trust of the Chief of Staff, I will definitely show excellent results next year and regain the face I lost today." Chief Jacques assured Puleshan quickly.

"Well, I will see your drill again next year. If it is still so bad, I will be punished."

After listening to Puleshan's words, Master Yakcha said in a hurry. "Please rest assured, the chief of staff, if next year is still so bad, I will resign and leave."

"Then see your good results next year."

After Puleshan finished speaking, he got into the car with Crown Prince Edel, who was standing by. UU read and left Jaccha, who was secretly cruel in his heart. It is conceivable that the officers and soldiers of the 10th Division would definitely not live in this year. Fortunately, what's the matter with the crown prince and the chief of staff? Why can't you get a good report card?

Puleshan, sitting in the car, talked to the crown prince. "His Royal Highness is so sorry for showing you a bad rehearsal."

"The chief of staff does not need to be like this, I know it is not your responsibility. The main reason is that the fiscal revenue is not enough to support, and the current result can be achieved." Edel comforted Puleshan. The crown prince himself did not expect that the shortage of training funds would have such obvious results. The previous prime minister’s complaints let the crown prince know the government’s financial difficulties, and now the performance of the army has taught him the importance of training.

It is no wonder that the armies of several major powers can show an overwhelming advantage even in the face of the armies of other countries with the same equipment. This is the function of training. When the cost of a 75 artillery shell is more than ten lei, the training cost is directly related to combat effectiveness. Nowadays, weapons and equipment are getting more and more advanced, and the requirements for personnel are getting higher and higher. If you want to reach the level of the great powers, considering the national level, it is impossible for the Romanian army to reach it without extensive training. (Except for the Russian army, which is a mass presence.)

"Thank your Highness for your understanding, I will pay attention to this situation in the future and avoid it happening again."

For General Puleshan, Edel was still very satisfied with his performance in the position of chief of staff. Although there are some minor problems, it doesn't hurt. Who can be without any problems.

The two returned to Bucharest by car. Sure enough, the following 14th and 17th Divisions had these problems. This made Edel couldn't help but sigh, this is really no money, really nothing can be done.

(This chapter is very painful, I checked a lot of data, but fortunately there is the annual inspection statistics table given by Wutong)