Chapter 172： New troops

A genius remembers this site address in one second: (Vertex Chinese), the fastest update! No ads! After Edel returned from Constanta, Chief of Staff Puleshan came to the Crown Prince’s office anxiously.

"His Royal Highness, this is our plan for editing and training."

After entering the office to greet the crown prince, the chief of staff of Puleshan put his long-prepared formation plan in front of Edel.

Edel picked up the formation plan prepared by the General Pule Mountain and looked through it with the staff.

In this organization plan, the general staff's opinion is to select a small number of backbones from the divisions to form these two new divisions. Among them, they were given the designations of the 15th and 18th Divisions of the Romanian Army. The staff of the 15th Division gave the third division deputy commander Major General Kledov, and the fifth division deputy commander Major General Andokos. Major General Storico, deputy commander of the Eighth Division. The selection of the commander of the Eighteenth Division was given to Major General Mordelk, Deputy Commander of the First Division of the Guards, Major General Peter Pan, Deputy Commander of the Second Division, and Major General Dotrid, Deputy Commander of the Eighth Division.

Edel looked at the candidates given by the General Staff. They were all capable and qualified generals in the army, generally in their forties. Except for Major General Mordelk, the deputy commander of the First Division of the Guards, he was only fifty years old when he was a little older. Edel was unable to choose for a while, and couldn't help but raise his head to ask Admiral Pule, who was standing in front of him.

"What about your opinion of the General Staff?"

Facing the crown prince’s inquiry, Admiral Pule knew that this question should not be answered by himself, otherwise he would not be far from being dismissed. He evasively talked about it. "Through the arrangement of His Royal Highness, each of them is qualified for this position."

Hearing Admiral Pule’s evasive words, Edel was not good at persecuting him. In fact, there are many candidates for the army to be qualified for these two new divisions. The news was received in the army when the General Staff made preparations and plans. After all, the division commander and the deputy division commander are only a little bit close, but the division commander can be considered as half-footed into the high-level military.

Rumors that Lieutenant General Fereit of the Twelfth Division will take over as the Director of Education have been confirmed, and he will succeed the retired Director of Education in a month's time. In the face of Lieutenant General Feleit, who is about to become one of the three giants of the Romanian Army (Secretary of the Army, Chief of Staff, and Director of Education), no one says that he is not envious. Even if he is the weakest giant among them, he is much better than being a teacher.

Faced with such a situation, the two newly formed divisions were quickly targeted by interested people. After all, the path of Lieutenant General Fereit can also be copied. Soon someone went to the staff to sell themselves, but they were all blocked by the generals of Preeshan. If other people just envy the opportunity of Lieutenant-General Fereit, then it is more worrying for him.

Admiral Prieshan knew that the crown prince would not let himself be the only one in the army. In his opinion, the crown prince will divide his power after ascending to the Romanian throne. For this reason, he will surrender part of his power at that time, and he does not intend to incriminate the War Department. But in the face of the crown prince's move to decentralize powers now, how dare he meet those teachers.

With no news from Preeshan, Edel could only choose the commanders of the two divisions based on what he knew. Among them, the commander of the 15th Division, he chose Major General Kledov, the deputy commander of the Third Division.

Major General Kledov was born in the Iasi nobles. He studied military courses in the military academy since he was a child. Later, he served as company commander, battalion commander, regimental commander and other positions. He was promoted step by step and has rich experience in grassroots troops. But this is not the main reason Edel chose him, the main reason is that he has always shown his loyalty to the royal family.

In addition, he was a member of the Secretary of the Army Courtois, so Edel chose him. After the war against Bulgaria, Edel found that he could not be too cold on the military power representing his father's line, otherwise it is very likely that the Chief of the General Staff, Preshan, would dominate his family in the future. This is something that every superior can't tolerate, so he supported Lieutenant General Fereit, who performed well in the war.

Only now that Lieutenant General Fereit hasn't grown up yet, Edel has taken a fancy to the military forces of his father, Carol I. Anyway, he must succeed himself in the future, and these people represented by Courtois did not make people worry about performance, and Edel did not forget to show them well, and the promotion to Major General Kleidov is also such a manifestation.

"The candidate for the commander of the 15th Division shall be Major General Kledov."

After thinking about it, Edel looked up to Puleshan and told him his choice.

"Good Majesty."

After hearing the answer given by the crown prince, Preshan wrote down the name of Major General Kledov, and believes that it will not be long before he will receive this good news.

After deciding on the candidates for the commander of the 15th Division, Edel continued to study the candidates for the 18th Division. But this time there are many more choices. After giving his father a line of influence, the rest is his own candidate. Although Major General Mordelk is fifty years old, the crown prince thinks he can still do well in the 18th division. The teacher.

"The Eighteenth Division will be succeeded by Major General Mordelk."

Edel didn't think about how long to name the candidates for the Eighteenth Division again.

"His Royal Highness, please."

After deciding the candidates for the two division commanders, Edel continued to decide the candidates for the deputy commanders and chiefs of staff of the two divisions. The deputy commander of the 15th division was taken over by Colonel Bokening, the former brigade commander of the first division of the second division. Colonel Bodov of the Fourth Military Affairs Office of the General Staff Headquarters served as the position. The deputy commander of the 18th Division was selected by Colonel Resva, the former commander of the Second Brigade of the Fourth Division, and the chief of staff was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Andrewson, the former chief of staff of the Second Brigade of the Third Division.

As for the brigade-level officers of the two newly formed divisions, they were appointed by the staff.

After deciding on the candidates for the two divisions, Edel asked with concern. "How is the preparation of the equipment personnel?"

After hearing the crown prince’s inquiry, Admiral Prieshan gave out the information controlled by the staff. "His Royal Highness, we have recruited recruits and delayed the retirement of some personnel so that the two divisions can be fully staffed. As for the equipment ~ www.novelhall.com ~ has been transferred from the material storage warehouse, but we still have 7 105 howitzers. There is a gap, I have already sent an order to the arsenal so that they can meet the needs of the army as soon as possible."

After the Chief of Staff Preshan finished talking about the formation of the two new divisions, Edel asked. "Chief of the General Staff, I plan to expand the 105 howitzer battalion that each division belongs to to 18. What do you think?"

Edel had considered the idea of ​​expanding the 105 howitzer before, but it was not realized due to lack of money. Now that World War I is approaching, the Romanian government is still short of money, but Edel felt that he could not wait any longer. As for the production capacity of the arsenal, this is not a problem at all. The annual production capacity of 150 105 howitzers has not been operated at full speed, and Edel intends to run it at full capacity.

After hearing what the crown prince said, Preshan was of course willing, but considering Romania’s current finances, he asked a little bit afraid to confirm. "His Royal Highness, with such an expansion, the current military expenditure is not enough."

Hearing the words of Preyshan who wanted to increase military expenditures, Edel looked at his chief of staff a bit rascally, feeling that he would be too awkward not to go into business.

"I will let the government allocate 35 million lei to you for the purchase fee, but the equipment must be equipped as soon as possible. The recent situation in Europe feels a bit suffocating."

After hearing the words of the crown prince, Preeshan could only answer. "All right, my lord, I will mark the date on the order to let the factory speed up production."

Soon news of the expansion of 6 105 howitzers in each division spread in the army. All divisions were cheering. Except for more machine guns than the Germans, the Romanian army is now equipped with completely replica Germans. And Edel now needs to prepare to speed up Romania's material reserves, and at this moment a message made him put down his work.

PS Mantou has been delayed before, I hope you don’t blame it.