Chapter 136： Romania’s ‘Military Exercise’

When Bulgaria was ready to do it on its own without waiting for news from Austria-Hungary. Romania is also using the name of military maneuvers to begin preparing for the assembly of the army.

In the Twelfth Division in Iasi, soldiers began to prepare their belongings. Rifles, water bottles, bullet boxes, gun oil cans, blankets and other items were all packed by soldiers and ready to be carried with them.

After returning from the Bulgarian Observation Group, Major General Feleit returned to his post. He was watching the performance of both sides in the Balkan War. Now Division Commander Feleit is inspecting the preparations of his soldiers. Looking at the busy soldiers in front of him, he said to the chief of staff around him. "Set up a few more supply points on the road so that the soldiers can get enough rest on the road."

The chief of staff was a little surprised that his commander would attach such importance to this exercise. He had obviously gone through such exercises many times, and he was already familiar with it and couldn't be familiar with it anymore. He would specially remind himself. Of course he would not refute his chief military officer, so he told his own arrangements. "I have sent a transport group to leave early, and have arranged 6 replenishment points on the road to ensure that I can arrive in Slobozia on time."

After hearing the chief of staff's answer, Commander Feleit praised him. "Done well, we need to allow the soldiers to get adequate rest."

Two days ago, he received a telegram from the chief of the general staff, General Prieshan, asking him to prepare for the exercise, and also informed him that the exercise was actually a war, and it was strictly forbidden to spread it out. Now the real purpose of this exercise, General Puleshan is only conveyed to the chief officer of the division. Therefore, Commander Feleit could not explain to his chief of staff that this time it was not a maneuver but a pre-war preparation. That's why he visited and inspected the troops everywhere, seeing the preparations with his own eyes, and grasping the true situation of the troops below.

After listening to the Chief of Staff’s report, Feleit walked into the barracks to check the equipment that the soldiers had prepared. Commander Feleit opened a backpack that had been organized by soldiers, and it looked like bayonets, water bottles, gun oil cans, cowhide bullet boxes filled with a hundred bullets, and blankets for his rest were all neatly placed together. With a Mauser 98 rifle, this is the equipment that a soldier carries with him. These add up to a weight of almost 15 kilograms. This weight fully takes into account the physical stamina of the soldiers, so that they have the physical strength to go further.

After checking the soldiers’ preparations, Feleit came to the most important artillery regiment of the 12th Division. It happened to see that they were preparing the 105 howitzer, the largest support weapon at the transport division level.

"Pour a little further back."

A lieutenant was standing sweating profusely by a German 105 howitzer produced by a Romanian arsenal, and shouted at a Dongfeng truck in front of him. There were more than 20 artillerymen standing beside this 105 cannon. They were no better than the lieutenant. They were all sweating profusely, and some even were naked, obviously preparing to hang the cannon on a truck.

If people of later generations see this 105 howitzer, it will not feel like a cannon before World War I. The main feature is that this 105 howitzer has a pair of 30 cm wide rubber hollow tires instead of the steel rim wheels of World War I. It is also to adapt to the increasing number of trucks in the Romanian army. Because in the military maneuvers, the steel rim wheels of the artillery can not be well adapted to truck transportation, the Volkswagen Factory specially designed this 30 cm wide rubber hollow tire for the military artillery. After using this kind of tires, the military was very satisfied with the cannons with new tires. Both road and wilderness maneuvers were much better than before. This was unanimously praised by the army.

"stop"

The lieutenant who commanded the vehicle said to the surrounding soldiers after seeing the car parked. "Hurry up and hang up this cannon."

These soldiers hurried forward and hung the cannon bracket to the truck. As the soldiers hung the bracket to the hook on the back of the truck, the truck dragged the cannon and transported it to the railway station for the railroad.

"Master, why are you here."

While Feleit watched the soldiers transporting the artillery, the artillery captain came to him and said, breathing heavily.

Looking at the artillery captain with sweat beads on his forehead, Feleit said. "The Chief of the General Staff attaches great importance to this exercise. I will come down to see how you are preparing. It looks good now, everything is proceeding in such an orderly manner."

Hearing the compliment of the division commander, the artillery regiment commander did not show a too happy expression, he replied. "Please rest assured, the commander. Our artillery regiment has experienced maneuvering exercises many times."

During the subsequent inspections of other troops, Commander Feleit found that these troops were well prepared, and some even considered that the weather was hot and the tropical fruit was growing. After seeing that his subordinates were thinking thoroughly, he returned to the division headquarters with peace of mind.

This situation of the Twelve Divisions is not unique to him, and the divisions in Romania are similar to him. It's just that the Twelfth Division is located far away and has more preparations.

When the divisions were preparing to move closer to the front line of Bulgaria, the chief of staff of Puleshan in the palace was really reporting to Crown Prince Edel where the divisions were going to arrive this time.

"His Royal Highness, this is our preparation plan before this war."

General Puleshan took a prepared exercise plan and gave it to the crown prince to prepare for the war.

Edel picked up the long-prepared exercise plan from the Chief of Staff Preeshan and looked at it. In this plan, the 7th, 5th, 10th, and 2nd Guards Divisions that make up the Romanian Second Army moved to Comana, Budesti, and Grea to the north of Giulijo and south of the capital Bucharest. Cards and other places. The 2nd, 3rd, and 12th Divisions and Cavalry Divisions that make up the First Army were stationed in Houdrey, Dragalia, and Stefan between the capital and Constanta. The 3rd Army, composed of the 1st, 4th, 8th, and 14th Divisions, was stationed in Mejidia, Alber, and Kobardin around Constanta. The 17th Division was stationed in Constanta to protect the logistics supply line.

After the divisions have arrived, the second heavy artillery regiment (36 150 heavy howitzers, 18 150 cannons, and a total of 5000 personnel) will be assigned to the third army, and the first heavy artillery regiment (36 150 heavy howitzers, 18 150 The cannon, with a total of 5,100 personnel, was assigned to the Second Army, and the third heavy artillery regiment (18 150 heavy howitzers, 36 150 cannons, with 5800 personnel) was assigned to the First Army.

The commander of the First Army is Lieutenant General Prieshan, chief of the general staff. The commander of the Second Army is Lieutenant General Andrew, the deputy chief of staff. The commander of the Third Army is the Deputy Secretary of the Army Salamik, the commander-in-chief of this military operation is Crown Prince Edel, the chief of staff is the Secretary of War Admiral Courtois, and the deputy chief of staff is Major General Prosi.

From this list, we can see that General Puleshan also took great pains. It not only satisfies the current king's power in the army, but also wins a lot of benefits for the crown prince's power in the army, and also arranges himself to be the commander of the first army, which is the easiest to win. The crown prince was appointed as the commander-in-chief. He was afraid that the Secretary of the Army would be the chief of staff to disrupt his plan, and he arranged for his friend Prossi to be the deputy chief of staff to help watch.

Edel looked at the arrangement of the Chief of General Staff of Puleshan and didn't say anything. There was no suspense in this war, and the people he arranged were all well-recognized generals in the army. Regarding Puleshan's arrangement of himself to the First Army, Edel also thinks that there is no problem. After all, he still has the rank of lieutenant general. After this war, Edel intends to mention it to him, which also needs military exploits to support.

After reading the plan, Edel spoke to Puleshan. "Very good, there is no problem, just follow the above."

"Good Majesty."

While Romania was preparing for the war, Bulgaria finally waited for news from Austria and Hungary.

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