Chapter 282： Preparation (2)

Military mobilization has been quite skilled in European countries. From the Franco-Prussian War, after Prussia quickly defeated France, whose population and national power were above itself, by virtue of its leading global mobilization mechanism, it has been imitated by various countries.

By the time of World War I, the mobilization mechanism of various countries was already very sound, but the most adequate mobilization was still Germany. With a population mobilization rate of as high as 10%, it beat other powers' mobilization rate of 4 to 5%. This is also the main factor for Germany to be able to equalize with Britain and France on the Western Front, while also being able to unite with Austria and Hungary to defeat Russia on the Eastern Front.

Romania is currently facing a situation that must reach a mobilization rate of 12% to cope with the current situation. Fortunately, Romania has a good economy and has the financial resources to allow the military to do this. But for Romania, which has a population of only 10 million, it was a general mobilization from the beginning. However, in order to maximize the interests of Romania in their hearts, Edel, the government, and the military have all put their best efforts.

Therefore, at the meeting, both the government and the military rushed to the problems they needed to solve. As the issues came up with solutions one by one, the issue of war was soon resolved. Until the end of the meeting, Prime Minister Bretianu proposed. "Your Majesty, in order to ensure smooth negotiations, I think we should send an important minister to negotiate in person. Now there are hidden dangers in relying on telegrams."

Seeing the Prime Minister frowning and expressing his concern, Edel asked after a glance at the Minister of Foreign Affairs. "Prime Minister, who do you think is the right person?"

Faced with the king’s question, Prime Minister Bretianu said without looking up. "Your Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs is the most suitable candidate."

Edel listened to the Prime Minister's words, looked at Barnosk, who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and asked. "What do you think? The Foreign Secretary."

Faced with Edel's inquiry, the minister of foreign affairs in his fifties spoke in a cautious tone. "Your Majesty, I very much agree with the Prime Minister's proposal, but your Majesty's decision still needs to be made on the candidate."

Hearing what Barnosk said as the foreign minister, Edel couldn't help but feel happy. This old slipper knows that the Prime Minister cannot walk away to negotiate in person at this time. Apart from him, who is a minister of foreign affairs who is proficient in diplomatic negotiations, can he send other people there?

Although he criticized the Minister of Foreign Affairs in his heart, Edel still agreed with the Prime Minister's proposal. The negotiations were all telegrams and it was easy to leak. It would be better to let the Minister of Foreign Affairs go to negotiate in person.

"I agree with the Prime Minister's proposal, so I will bother the Minister of Foreign Affairs to go there in person."

After seeing that the king agreed to the prime minister's proposal, Barnoske, the foreign minister, became exasperated. He knows the importance of this negotiation, whether it is for fame or practical benefit, he must participate in it. This is why he personally went to the Prime Minister's house to discuss the matter the day before yesterday.

Looking at the agitated foreign minister, the Prime Minister who just made the proposal is much calmer. In his opinion, the military will have a big rise in the next period of time, and this period of time is not short. Because in the eyes of Prime Minister Bretianu, the defeat of the Allies has become inevitable. Then the military power that relies on the victorious rise must be restrained by the government. Therefore, the government can only take the credit for the negotiation. This is why he promised the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Faced with the government's move to dominate the negotiations, the military is certainly dissatisfied. However, as the Big Three of the military, General Prieshan and Courtois and others, of course know the importance. The immediate war situation has left them breathless, and they have no thoughts on it. And they know that as long as the war is victorious, a surge in military power will become inevitable. After all, opening up and expanding territories can only be achieved by military battles.

The meeting lasted until the beginning of the Huadeng Festival. Looking at the important ministers who left after the meeting, Admiral Prieshan, who was the chief of the general staff, was also packing up his things and preparing to return to the general staff. There are still several military problems and so on. The staff resolve it, he needs to go over and supervise it.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, Your Majesty wants you to wait a while."

An attendant whispered to Puleshan. This slowed the Chief of Staff's tidying up. After declined the invitation of the military colleagues to leave together, he dragged him to the last Plieshan and saw the king in another lounge.

Edel, who was holding a hot towel and covering his face to relieve his fatigue, asked the Chief of Staff. "I heard that you have an unsolvable military problem now?"

Hearing the king's question, Admiral Preesan did not feel surprised to answer. "Yes, your Majesty, there is a problem of thorns that bothers us now."

The problem that Admiral Preeshan mentioned was not only a stab, but also a considerable stab. It almost made Preesan, the chief of the general staff, unable to sleep at night. So what makes the Chief of Staff so restless? After all, it is still a matter of Romania's speed of mobilization.

In addition to the existing military forces, Romania's militia mobilization speed is 5 days to complete the assembly, 10 days to prepare ammunition and equipment. This assembly speed is quite rapid even in Europe. Of course, this is not where Plesh's headache lies. The reason for his headache is the second batch of reserve mobilization. Its 15-day assembly speed and 20-25 regular armament of ammunition are too long. This time will allow the Romanian army to crash into the allied army that is waiting for it.

This is the result of repeated calculations by the elite staff of the General Staff, based on the response time of the Allied forces. Among them, the German army has a response time of 7 days, the Austro-Hungarian army has a response time of 12 days, and the Bulgarian army has a response time of 14 days.

It took nearly a month for the Romanian army to be fully prepared, which made Prieshan totally unacceptable. But according to the existing transportation and weapon stocks, this time cannot be reduced at all.

Maybe someone will ask why we can't mobilize in advance? Those who say this are all laymen. Once the mobilization order begins, nearly 12% of the country's people will enter the military camp. Who can ignore it unless they are blind? Moreover, Romania and Germany and Austria have such close economic ties. Whenever there is a turmoil, the news will arrive in Berlin and Vienna the next day and Edel also knows the plight of the military, but he has nothing good about it. The way, after all, there are many military aspects he doesn't understand, and it's hard to make any suggestions. But he still made a suggestion. "Then you have tried to assemble into a camp first and go directly to the destination to solve the higher establishment problem?"

Faced with Edel's suggestion, Pule Shan will speak. "Your Majesty, our General Staff has also considered it. But doing so does more harm than good."

Facing the previous Romanian practice, the chief of staff continued to explain. "Your Majesty, this will increase the transportation pressure on the front line. Moreover, it is not advisable to reorganize the army near the front line. It is also undesirable for the military to be attacked during this period of time."

Seeing that his suggestion was rejected by Admiral Pret, Edel didn't get angry either. Looking at the two-person lounge, Edel asked. "Chief of the General Staff, can you tell me how sure you are in this war."

Preshan knew that this was the king's worries about the future war, and he said after careful consideration. "I am only 60% sure of taking the Transylvania area, but as long as we take the area, then we have eight levels of confidence to win this war.

"Well, you go and prepare. If necessary, in order to capture Transylvania, you can mobilize the defense forces of Moldavia."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely let the Romanian flag fly over Transylvania."

Seeing the chief of staff leaving, Edel felt melancholy.