After Edel returned from Constanta, Chief of General Staff Pleshan came to the Crown Prince's office anxiously.
"Your Highness, this is the training plan we have prepared."
After entering the office and greeting the Crown Prince, the Chief of General Staff of Pleshan placed the organization plan he had prepared for a long time in front of Edel.
Edel picked up the formation plan prepared by General Pulje and his staff and started reading it.
In this formation plan, the General Staff's opinion is to transfer a small number of backbones from each division to form these two new divisions. They are given the designations of the Romanian Army's 15th Division and the 18th Division respectively, of which ten
The candidates for the commander of the 5th Division were given by the Staff Office: Major General Kledov, the deputy commander of the 3rd Division, Major General Andokos, the deputy commander of the 5th Division, and Major General Storiko, the deputy commander of the 8th Division. The candidates for the commander of the 18th Division were given
They were Major General Modelk, deputy commander of the 1st Guards Division, Major General Peter Pan, deputy commander of the 2nd Division, and Major General Dott Reed, deputy commander of the 8th 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 Modelk, deputy commander of the 1st Guards Division, he was a bit older.
He was only fifty years old. Edel was unable to make a choice for a moment, and couldn't help but raise his head and ask General Pulishan who was standing in front of him.
"What's the opinion of your General Staff?"
Faced with the Crown Prince's inquiry, General Pulishan knew that he should not answer this question by himself, otherwise he would be very close to being dismissed from his post. He said evasively, "It all depends on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's arrangements. Each of them is qualified for this position.
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After hearing General Pulie's evasive words, Eder could not force him. In fact, the army had many candidates who were qualified to fill these two new divisions. When the staff department was making preparation plans, the army got the news.
After all, the division commander and deputy division commander are only slightly different, but the division commander is half a foot in the military hierarchy.
Rumors that Lieutenant General Ferreit of the 12th Division will take over as the Director of Education have been confirmed. He will take over the position of the retired Director of Education in a month. Faced with the fact that he is about to become one of the three giants of the Romanian Army (Minister of Army,
There is no one who does not envy Lieutenant General Freit, Chief of General Staff, Director of Education. Even if he is the weakest giant among them, it is much better than being a division commander.
Faced with this situation, the two newly formed divisions were quickly targeted by interested people. After all, Lieutenant General Freit's path could be copied. So people soon went to the staff headquarters to promote themselves, but all of them were rejected.
General Puleishan blocked the door. If others were just envious of Lieutenant General Freit's opportunities, then for him, they were more worried.
General Priest knew that the crown prince would not allow himself to dominate the military. In his opinion, the crown prince would divide his power after ascending to the throne of Romania, so he would hand over part of his power at that time, and he did not intend to
Indicting the Ministry of War. However, facing the Crown Prince's move to decentralize power now, how could he dare to meet those candidates for division commanders?
Since there was no news here in Pulje Mountain, Eder could only choose the commanders of the two divisions based on what he knew. Among them, he chose Major General Kledov, the deputy commander of the 3rd Division, as the commander of the 15th Division.
Major General Kledov was born into a noble family in Iasi. He studied military courses at a military academy since he was a child. He later served as company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander and other positions. He was promoted step by step and had rich experience in grassroots troops.
But this is not the main reason why Edel chose him. The main reason is that he has always shown his loyalty to the royal family.
In addition, he was the person of the Minister of War, General Courtois, so Edel chose him. After the war with Bulgaria, Edel found that he could not be too indifferent to the military forces representing his father's line, otherwise there would be many dangers in the future.
It is possible that Chief of General Staff Preshan's family could be left alone. This is something that no one in power can tolerate, so he supported Lieutenant General Freit who performed well in the war.
But now that Lieutenant General Freit has not grown up, Edel has taken a fancy to the military power of his father, Carol I. Anyway, he will definitely take over in the future, and these people represented by General Courtois have not let him down.
Edel did not forget to show his kindness to others, and his promotion to Major General Kledov was also a manifestation of this.
"The candidate for the division commander of the 15th Division is Major General Kledov."
After thinking for a while, Edel raised his head and told Plesan his choice.
"Okay, Your Highness."
After hearing the answer given by the crown prince, Pleshan wrote down the name of Major General Kledov, believing that he would receive the good news soon.
After Edel decided on the candidate for the commander of the 15th Division, he continued to study the candidates for the 18th Division. But now he had more choices. After giving his father's forces, the remaining ones would be his own candidates.
Although Major General Modelk is fifty years old, the Crown Prince believes that he can still be a good commander of the 18th Division.
"Major General Modelk will take over the 18th Division."
Edel didn't think for long before naming the candidates for the Eighteenth Division.
"As you command, Your Highness."
After Edel decided on the candidates for the two division commanders, he went on to decide on the candidates for the deputy division commanders and chiefs of staff of the two divisions. The deputy commander of the 15th Division was replaced by Colonel Bocknin, the former commander of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Division. The chief of staff was
Colonel Bodov from the Fourth Military Affairs Office of the General Staff Headquarters will serve as the deputy division commander of the 18th Division. Colonel Lesva, the former commander of the second brigade of the fourth division, will serve as the deputy commander. The chief of staff will be Lieutenant Colonel Andreessen, the former chief of staff of the second brigade of the third division.
Take over.
As for the brigade-level officers of the two newly formed divisions, they were appointed by the staff department.
After Edel decided on the candidates for the two divisions, he asked with concern. "How are the preparations for the equipment and personnel?"
After hearing the crown prince's inquiry, General Pule Shan told the information controlled by the staff. "Your Highness, in terms of personnel, we have recruited new recruits and delayed the retirement of some personnel so that the two divisions can be fully staffed. As for equipment, it has been withdrawn from material reserves.
However, we still have a gap of 7 105 howitzers. I have sent an order to the arsenal to ask them to meet the army's needs as soon as possible."
After Chief of Staff Pulelshan finished talking about the formation of the two newly formed divisions, Edel asked. "Chief of General Staff, I plan to expand the 105 howitzer battalion of each division to 18. What do you think?"
Edel had previously considered the idea of expanding the 105 howitzer, but it was not implemented due to lack of money. Now that World War I is approaching, the Romanian government is still short of money, but Edel feels that he cannot wait any longer. As for the launch of the arsenal
Production capacity is not a problem at all. The annual production capacity of 150 105 howitzers has never been operated at full speed. Edel plans to run it at full capacity and see.
After hearing the words of the crown prince, Pleshan was of course willing. However, considering Romania's current finances, he asked a little afraid to confirm. "Your Highness, if we expand like this, the current military expenditure will not be enough."
Hearing Pleshan's words about wanting to increase military spending, Eder looked at his chief of general staff with a bit of a rogue look, feeling that he was being too incompetent by not going into business.
"I will ask the government to allocate 35 million lei to you for procurement, but you must equip it as soon as possible. The recent situation in Europe has made people feel a bit suffocated."
After hearing what the crown prince said, Preshan could only reply. "Okay, Your Highness, I will indicate the date on the order and let the factory speed up production."
Soon the news that each division will expand to 6 105 howitzers spread in the army, and all divisions cheered. Except that there are more machine guns than the German army, the Romanian army's equipment is now a complete replica of the German army. And Edel now needs to prepare to speed up Romania's
material reserves, when a piece of news made him put down his work.
PS The steamed buns were delayed because of something, I hope you don’t blame me.
