Chapter 642： Compiled in 1935 (Part 2)

Latest website: After reading about the formation of the motorized infantry, Edel found that there was still content behind, so I turned the article and continued to see that it was about the restructuring of the cavalry division.

Speaking of the Romanian Cavalry Division, it performed well in both the First World War and the Soviet-Polish War. But after the Rosso War, the cavalry division fell into an awkward situation. With the use of a large number of vehicles in the army, its proud maneuverability is more than that of the armored division, and even the infantry division is about to catch up. Especially after the birth of the motorized infantry, its work with the armored division was also deprived.

Therefore, for this cavalry division, Admiral Feleit also intends to modify it to meet the needs of future wars. The first thing that needs to be solved is the problem of dismounting the cavalry. For this reason, Feleit intends to directly reduce the number of horses in the cavalry division from more than 30,000 to more than 3,000. The remaining horses are mainly used for small-scale battles, reconnaissance and return. Used for communication.

Among them, the current three cavalry brigades of the cavalry division were replaced by two motorized infantry regiments, the same as those under the organization of the motorized infantry division.

But unlike it, the subordinates of the Cavalry Division will also adapt a tank battalion (38 vehicles) for their assault. In addition, the situation of too few troops in the cavalry division will also be changed.

The artillery regiment will also change from the 75-based field artillery, which is mainly light, to the 105-based howitzer. The content of the adaptation is as follows. The 54 field artillery and 12 105 howitzers of the Artillery Regiment were changed to 48 self-propelled 105 howitzers.

In addition, the investigation company will also be expanded into an investigation battalion. Because the cavalry division was dominated by cavalry in the past, its own detection ability was very strong, so the demand for division detection was not high, but now it is necessary to expand the scale of the detection force.

Moreover, its reconnaissance battalion is different from other divisions, and its number of horses is much higher than that of other units. The main reason is that there are too many people in the cavalry division who know how to detect on horseback. If you completely copy the models of other divisions, it will reduce its detection methods.

Communications Battalion: 474 people, 17 light machine guns, 32 motorcycles, 84 wheeled vehicles, and 53 horses.

Anti-tank battalion: 521 people, 18 light machine guns, 36 50mm anti-tank guns, 46 motorcycles, and 114 wheeled vehicles.

Division air defense battalion: 12 20mm anti-aircraft guns, 4 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 8 88mm anti-aircraft guns, 54 wheeled vehicles, and 657 officers and men.

In addition, there are 2100 people, 30 light machine guns, 88 motorcycles, 283 wheeled vehicles, 195 carriages, and 535 horses.

The entire division has more than 19,100 personnel and is equipped with 2,200 vehicles. It can be regarded as a motorized infantry division with reinforced tanks.

The cavalry division that has been adapted in this way can no longer see the shadow of the cavalry at all, so Edel asked with some worry. "Whether the cavalry division has any opinions about such a big change."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that the cavalry division is very supportive of such a change."

Facing Edel's inquiry, Admiral Feleit answered without hesitation.

Of course, there may be some discrepancies in the actual situation, but as the chief of staff, Fereit is not worried at all. Because as the first man in the military, he was not afraid of any disturbances in the reorganization of the cavalry division. Those who dare to oppose obviously cannot see the future military ideas, and such people cannot have a future.

And Edel has no objection to this name, and the cavalry has been eliminated in Europe. Although there are still a large number of cavalry in the Balkans and other countries in Eastern Europe, these are no way to threaten Romania. The appearance of heavy machine guns and tanks has accelerated the cavalry's exit from the war arena.

For this reason, he is also very in favor of restructuring the cavalry, but he still has different opinions on the issue of excessively large motorized infantry. Because he seems to remember that the German motorized infantry division during World War II seemed to be much smaller than the average infantry division.

So he pointed to the total number of teachers and asked. "Is there too many motorized infantry divisions with more than 18,000 people? Will it cause the establishment to be too bloated?"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that we have tried in previous exercises. Such a motorized infantry division will not cause a bloated organization. Because what we require is that the regiment-level troops must have the ability to fight independently. And the motorized infantry division has a command system. Because after the brigade-level organization is reduced, there will also be no information delays caused by layers of communication."

Admiral Feleit then also answered the question about the reform of the cavalry division. "As for the restructuring of the cavalry division, the main purpose is to find an idealized division-level experimental unit that can break through independently and fight with the armored division between the armored division and the motorized infantry division, and can also guard the main points."

Fereit's words made Edel suddenly think of the term mechanized infantry division. Although many people think that mechanized infantry has already existed in World War II, this is a concept at best. Mechanized infantry was only developed after World War II. Before that, it was either an armored division or a motorized infantry division.

Strictly speaking, the mechanized infantry needs to get off the vehicle in combat to gain points and attack with the vehicle. It can directly enter the battlefield in an infantry fighting vehicle, and the vehicle-mounted infantry will not get out of the vehicle to launch an assault until it rushes to the opposite face. This kind of combat method can be called mechanized infantry, but this infantry Edel remembers at most a prototype in the latter part of World War II.

And his Chief of Staff wanted to fulfill this requirement before World War II, which seemed unrealistic at all.

Of course, Edel can’t directly say that the idea of ​​his chief of staff is unrealistic, because he doesn’t know much about the military, and no one believes when he says it, and the enthusiasm of his chief of staff is not so good. .novelhall.com~ Others have no credit and hard work. I don’t hesitate to decide how to do the work.

So Edel can only give encouragement. "This idea is very good, we are worth a try."

Admiral Fereit, who didn't know Edel's inner thoughts, sighed after receiving encouragement. "Your Majesty, I also thought of this idea after many exercises. After comparing the advantages and disadvantages of the armored division and the motorized infantry division, it may be possible to form a divisional force with the advantages of both."

Fereit changed his voice at this point. "Of course, this idea may also be that I am too whimsical. It may also be that the current technology is not up to it. But if we don't try it, how can we know that it won't work."

It seems that Fereit has no idea about the formation of such a troop, so this is even better. When the drill is over, maybe he will find the problem.

But Edel does not want to discuss this issue now, because there is a more important thing to discuss.

"Admiral Fereit, how long do you think it will take if we expand our troops to millions?"