Chapter 644： Military expansion plan

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Facing Edel, Feleit was a little surprised.

Seeing Fereite's expression, Edel knew that his chief of staff might be thinking about it. He did not intend to equip millions of troops at once. Although during the First World War, countries mobilized millions of people to join the army in a few months. However, the battle at that time was very different from the future situation of World War II.

First of all, there are more skills to be mastered. In World War I, a soldier only needs to know how to operate weapons and shoot, as well as basic tactical actions to be able to enter the battlefield. Because there are fewer tactics in World War I, and you can basically learn while watching.

As for the future of World War II, soldiers need to master more skills. At the very least, you need to know the strengths and weaknesses of new weapons in order to be able to deal with them.

This is the soldier who needs the least ability to master, and there is more to learn about officers. Take ordinary infantry officers as an example. At least they need to know and use infantry coordination and tank coordination, understand the actual situation of the battlefield, know how to face the enemy independently, have the ability to be autonomous, truly grasp the situation of soldiers, be able to mobilize their emotions, and so on.

These are just the skills that front-line infantry officers need to master. As for officers of other technical arms, they need to learn more. As for high-ranking officers, this is about talent. Because there is no chance for you to make mistakes on the battlefield, every mistake will cause great harm to your subordinates. And senior officers have no capital to make mistakes, so this is also the reason why the senior military officers are paid so much.

The battlefield does not give you sufficient learning time and fault-tolerant capital, unless you can endure the cost of learning with huge casualties. And Romania does not have so much capital to spend on officers, so the requirements for officers have always been high.

Edel knew this well, so he explained to Feleit. "Please rest assured, my chief of staff. I don't have the idea of ​​expanding the army to one million immediately. And I want you to spend four to five years to increase the army from the current 310,000 to more than 1 million."

It needs to be clarified here that what Eder is talking about is the army. At present, the Romanian Navy has 100,000 people. Except for the two Marine brigades currently organized and training 16,000 people, the rest are naval operations and logistics personnel. Among them, the number of naval combat and naval aviation personnel has grown the fastest. The former has grown from 7,548 at the end of World War I to more than 43,000 now, and the latter has increased from 474 to more than 8,000 now.

And with the further expansion of the Navy, the number of its officers and soldiers will continue to grow, especially the Marine Corps will become its new growth point.

After hearing Edel's explanation, Feleit felt much better in his heart. Because if it is four to five years to expand, then there will be enough preparation.

But Fereit immediately thought that expanding so many troops could only be an act of war. Then, who will Romania beat? The Soviet Union in the east, Greece in the south or Yugoslavia in the west?

To deal with the Soviet Union in the east, one million troops is not at all useful. As for Greece in the south or Yugoslavia in the west, with Britain and France standing behind it, it is also a thorny issue.

Fereit's thoughts did not last long, because Edel told him the answer.

"Regarding this military expansion, on the one hand, the domestic economic growth is sluggish, and I intend to develop the military industry. On the other hand, the current situation in Europe has become more and more confusing, and we need to make equipment early."

Regarding Edel's words, Fereit couldn't help but an idea popped up in his heart. "Your Majesty, are you saying that Europe may fall into war again?"

Faced with the speculation of his chief of staff, Edel did not deny it. "Yes, you are right."

Seeing Feleit who was a little surprised, Edel explained further. "What is the root of maintaining peace in Europe?"

Edel didn't wait for Admiral Féreit to answer, and gave the answer himself.

"It is the Versailles system. Its main target is Germany, and its biggest beneficiaries are Britain and France. Now as the strength of Britain and France fades, our country and the Italian team are dissatisfied with this system."

Edel's words, Feleit has a deep understanding. In the case of Romania, Romania, which has greatly increased its strength after the First World War, has basically digested its newly occupied territories. After its national strength has greatly increased, it has become more and more dissatisfied with its position in the Versailles system. Although Britain and France also offer many benefits in other areas, in general, Romania's current strength and status do not match. As the head of the military, Fereit also has a deep understanding.

And Edel ignored the thoughts of his chief of staff and continued. "This is not the most serious matter. More importantly, Germany's hatred of the Treaty of Versailles is the biggest cause of disaster."

Edel's words aroused Fellerite's surprise. "Impossible, currently Germany has not done anything out of the ordinary."

The words of his chief of staff caused Edel's smile, and he gave the most critical question. "Then I ask you, how long has it been since Germany has paid indemnities?"

Fereit still knew about this. "Since 1931, Germany has stopped paying indemnities on the grounds of economic problems."

"I just got news that Hitler, the German head of state, has no plans to pay this indemnity."

Edel gave his latest information.

"It seems that Germany is unwilling to continue to indemnify."

At this time, Fereit knew the seriousness of the problem, and combined with the current German military cooperation in Romania, its intentions were very obvious.

For this he admired Edel's insight.

Edel didn't know that the chief of staff looked at himself inwardly and continued to ask. "What do you think about the expansion of the army."

Returning to the field he was most familiar with, Admiral Fellerit said without hesitation. "This year, we will first complete the reform of the organization of the divisions, and start next year at a rate of 7-9 divisions a year to complete the target tasks."

That's right, Fereit intends to complete the reorganization of the divisions this year. Of course, this is also the confidence brought by Romania's economic development over the years.

And for the future expansion of the army, Fereit also has his own ideas. He didn't plan to use the previous method of forming new troops. The future army expansion will directly split the current division, one division into three divisions, and then replenish the strength and equipment to complete the expansion.

The reason for this is that it is convenient and also conducive to army expansion, and the combat effectiveness of its troops will not be too differently affected. Unfavorable factors will lead to a decline in the Romanian army’s combat during the expansion period. UU reading www.uukanshu. com

However, the current environment in Romania has enough time to slowly expand.

After a while, Edel and Admiral Fereit discussed the expansion of the army in this way.

According to this expansion plan, Romania will complete the reorganization of all current army divisions in 1935. Then began to expand the army in 1936, which expanded 2 motorized infantry divisions and 5 standard infantry divisions in 1936. In 1937, 1 armored division, 1 motorized infantry division, and 6 standard infantry divisions were expanded. In 1938, 2 armored divisions, 1 motorized infantry division, and 5 standard infantry divisions were organized and trained. In 1939, 1 armored division, 2 motorized infantry divisions, and 6 infantry divisions were organized and trained.

After the expansion is completed, the Romanian Army will have 7 armored divisions (the original three armored divisions), 8 motorized infantry divisions (the original 2), 40 standard infantry divisions, and 3 mountain divisions (all original) The army’s strength will reach more than 1.1 million.

Before responding to such an expansion, the government provided 5.12 billion lei for funding. It can be said that once the artillery fires, the gold is ten thousand taels, and the money spent on army expansion alone has gone too much.