Chapter 219： Invisible Expansion (Part 1)

Carl Morley, an unknown man, Edel forgot after he was summoned. There are so many things he needs to deal with every day, so there is no mood to worry about him.

After temporarily suppressing the possibility of an outbreak of nationalism in the country, Edel immediately recruited the Chief of Staff Preeshan. He intends to stop after the expansion of the existing Romanian army. The expansion is now too conspicuous. He intends to combine the experience of Germany and the Soviet Union after World War I to carry out stealth army expansion.

Hans von Seckert, the founder of the German 100,000 army after the war, has only recently served as the chief of staff of the newly formed 11th Army. The commander of its group army is the famous General August von Mackensen.

In 1915, the newly formed 11th Army performed quite well. They captured more than 250,000 prisoners when they captured Lemberg at the end of June, and then they captured Warsaw on August 4, 1914, and the Brest-Litovsk Fortress at the end of August. Under their leadership, the 11th Army advanced a total of 300 kilometers. By the end of September, the Polish protrusion was completely removed, completely removing the Russian threat to Galicia.

Von Seekert was promoted to brigadier general by leapfrogging, and his boss Markenson gained the rank of marshal. At the same time they were transferred to the newly formed "Mackensen Army Group", and then they continued to move to Serbia. Of course, the Serbs could not resist the allied forces of Germany, Austria, and Bulgaria. At the end of November, all Serbian forces were either annihilated or fled to Albania and Greece. A total of 150,000 prisoners were captured, and von Seekert received the Valor Medal of Oak Leaf.

Now they are staying in Bulgaria, preparing to attack the Allied forces entrenched in Paralia. In the face of Marshal Markenson, the master of mobile warfare, Edel also asked Preshan's opinion. His Excellency the Chief of the General Staff praised him, and believes that no general in the Romanian army is his mobile combat opponent, including him.

This is one of the reasons why Edel is reluctant to declare war too soon. At present, the German army is full of talents on the eastern front. Hindenburg, Ludendorff, Markenson and other generals are the main drivers of the collapse of Russia on the eastern front. Moreover, Romania's terrain dictated that only sports warfare could be played, so Edel also had difficulty facing the mobile warfare master Marshal Markenson.

Therefore, Edel has to conceal his goals, continue to be neutral in the two camps, and at the same time strive to eliminate the two sides' guard against Romania. Not expanding the organization and strength is the best way Edel can get along.

However, the invisible expansion plan that Seckett prepared for Germany was too time-consuming, and Edel combined with some of the methods of later Soviet troops.

In an army, weapons and equipment, personnel training level, and commander's ability are influencing its combat effectiveness. Among them, the commander's ability is high or low. The way that Edel thought of from the Soviet army of later generations was to add a deputy to each level of military unit. A deputy commander was added at the division level, a deputy brigade commander was added at the brigade level, and a deputy squad commander was also added to the class. The staff also implemented this method. As for the effect he saw from the stalls in his previous life, he felt that there was some truth to it, so he used it.

Such a Romanian Army Division can separate two complete command systems from top to bottom overnight. Because they are all command systems separated by a division, the upper and lower officers understand each other, which can minimize the weakening of command capabilities.

However, after solving the problem of command, training and weaponry, Edel could only discuss with the Chief of Staff. He wanted to make some effort from the militia, so he needed a reasonable suggestion from Admiral Pule, and probably a little suggestion from the Secretary of the Army.

After receiving Edel's call, the two military leaders immediately put down their work and rushed to the palace.

"I have seen your Majesty."

Edel looked at the two generals, Chief of Staff Prieshan and Secretary of War Courtois, who saluted him. In particular, Admiral Courtois is 71 years old this year, his hair and beard are completely white, but his spirit is not bad. According to the news from his guards, he can handle 7 to 8 hours a day in the War Department. It seems that he still loves military life deeply.

Edel retracted his thoughts and said to the two of them. "Let the two of you come this time. I have a little military problem and need your help."

After Prieshan and Courtois looked at each other, they all wanted to know the king's "little problem".

"Your Majesty, please speak."

Edel first explained the organization method for the future expansion of the Romanian army. He wanted to hear the opinions of two senior military personnel. As for the ideas of training and weapons and equipment, we still need to wait for changes in the command system before we can talk about them.

After listening to Edel's thoughts, the two generals were silent. Edel didn't urge either. He knew that his idea had a lot of influence on the army, and it should be considered carefully.

After a quarter of an hour, the two military leaders finally stood up. "Your Majesty, after our careful consideration, this plan is not bad and will be of great help to the future expansion of the command system."

Hearing what Preeshan said, Edel was also very happy. He is most concerned about the expansion of the army, which can guarantee the expansion of Romania's territory in the future, and the rich Ukraine and Hungary are within his consideration.

"I have another idea."

Eder took advantage of the heat to hit the iron, and gave out his idea of ​​expanding the technical arms in the militia and increasing training to make him a semi-professional soldier. After Preysan and Courtois heard Edel's thoughts, they were all dumbfounded. In their knowledge, no one had such a novel idea as a king.

Looking at the expressions of Preeshan and Courtois, UU reading www. uukanshu. Com Edel couldn't help asking. "What do you think of my thoughts?"

Both of them were silent about Edel's inquiry, which made Edel, who was still a little happy before, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Seeing Edel's embarrassment, Admiral Pree, who was a confidant, also had a look in his eyes.

"Your Majesty's matter is very important, we need to go back and study it carefully."

After seeing Prey Mountain help Edel ease the embarrassment, Admiral Courtois took the words and gave his preliminary judgment. "According to the judgment of the veteran. According to your majesty's idea, the military expenditure of this will be greatly improved, and the effect is not as good as the effect of expanding the establishment."

After hearing Admiral Courtois' words, Edel glanced at Admiral Prieshan. However, His Excellency the Chief of Staff seemed to see something novel on the carpet and did not notice Edel's eyes. Seeing Prieshan's performance, Edel knew that even he thought it was a costly and inefficient idea.

Seeing this, Edel took out what he had prepared for a long time. ()

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