The next day, King Carol and his party came to the exercise headquarters and continued to observe the second half of the offensive and defensive exercises. Everyone present had a deep understanding of the defensive operations of the reorganized army. Today, they mainly observed how much the offensive capabilities have been improved.
The two commanders, Bram and Midrol, were praised by everyone for their wonderful performance yesterday.
Now the two armies exchange positions and start a new offensive and defensive drill.
At the offensive headquarters, the commander of the third division, General Midrol, was deploying his plan. "The artillery regiment used 75 artillery pieces to first cover the front-line positions with firepower, focusing on the right wing position, and the 105th artillery piece was waiting for counterattack. The other group waited for firepower coverage and then tested the attack.
." As the order was issued, the artillery shells flew towards the defensive front-line positions. The exercise staff observed the impact points of the artillery shells and calculated the front-line losses.
"The caliber of our artillery is smaller than that of the Third Division, but it can't be compared. The artillery should not fight back." General Bram ordered the staff behind him at the headquarters after seeing the situation on the front line. The exercise headquarters observed the artillery bombardment, "It is no better than the artillery.
Yesterday's fifth division commander, Midrol is also a very capable person." The Minister of War said to the Chief of General Staff next to him.
After the shelling, the staff calculated the damage and reported to the exercise headquarters. "The front-line positions lost seven percent of their combat effectiveness." "Why are there more five divisions than yesterday?" a general asked, and the exercise staff replied, "That's because
The Third Division has more artillery than the Fifth Division, and the Fifth Division has more front-line personnel, reaching three regiments."
At the headquarters, General Midlor saw the bombardment ended and ordered a group to conduct a probing attack. After the group dispersed in front of the defensive position, it began a probing attack. There were gunshots all over the position. Compared with the reorganized three divisions, the five divisions
Although the division had more people, its firepower was still suppressed. The Madsen light machine gun that could follow the infantry charge and the Maxim heavy machine gun that could provide fire support in the rear gave the attacker a clear advantage. This made the exercise command headquarters
Everyone's eyes lit up.
General Midrol, who was seen in the headquarters, ordered, "Let them withdraw." Then the group that tried to attack retreated, and the exercise staff also reported the losses of both sides to the king and his party. The defenders suffered hundreds of losses.
Five-fifths of the attackers lost 15%. A group of people were surprised when they saw this report. You must know that three regiments defended and one regiment attacked. "It seems that the army's attack has been greatly improved after the reorganization," said the old king.
Yes, Puleshan and others also saw the huge changes after the military reorganization. "Let us continue to observe."
"It seems that the front line is guarding three regiments, so the second line needs at least one regiment. Does General Brahm have one or two regiments?" General Midrol was thinking in the command post. He was concerned about the losses in the attack.
Don't worry, most of the junior officers have training records and have greatly improved their combat skills. "The artillery regiment was ordered to fire rapidly on the right wing. The three regiments focused on attacking the right wing and told them to hurry up. After the attack was launched, the artillery regiment intercepted the reinforcements.
"If you don't understand, let's stop thinking about it. Let's see how Bram can resist my heavy blow. Midrol thought to himself.
Then the artillery bombardment once again fell on the defensive square. After the bombardment, three regiments of troops launched an attack on the defensive position. After seeing the battle ahead, General Bram ordered. "Order the artillery to the artillery regiment to aim at the attack group and bombard it.
Reinforce the two regiments to the front line." The chief of staff advised, "If the front line position is defeated, we may not be able to hold it if we attack in depth." General Bram explained his decision to the chief of staff. "If we don't send reinforcements, we will not be able to hold it.
We must not be able to defend it, their firepower is too strong, the density of people retreating to the second-line position is too high, the artillery threat is even greater, and our second-line position will also collapse."
The three regiments of the Third Division were almost close to the position, and the artillery from both sides was also firing at each other. General Midrol saw reinforcements on the other side. "Move the last regiment up. The artillery regiment used two battalions to intercept the reinforcements on the other side.
."It seems that General Midrol intends to strike with one blow.
The two sides fought extremely hard at the front line. Finally, the three regiments rushed into the position as reinforcements arrived. For a while, they relied on their superior firepower to defeat the defensive right wing. At this time, reinforcements from the Fifth Division finally arrived, and one side relied on its superior firepower to defeat them.
The side with more people relied on fierce firepower to fight into a state of panic.
At this time, the advantage of General Midrol's taking a risk was revealed. A regiment joined the battle, and the balance of victory tipped towards the attacker. The defender was beaten back steadily. When General Midrol saw an opportunity, he
The order was given to the three regiments not to stop and to continue advancing towards the second-line position. The regiment defending on the second-line was also faced with this situation and had a huge headache because the three attacking regiments followed the retreating troops. In the end, the fifth division failed to defend the third division.
attack, allowing the attacker to win.
In the subsequent maneuver of the entire division, the Third Division also relied on excellent logistical support to arrive at the designated location first to complete the exercise. This made both the king and the military extremely satisfied. Except for the price being too expensive, everything else met the military's expectations.
At the summary meeting after the exercise, senior military officials gathered together, and Edel also came to listen to the army’s summary of experience. The Chief of General Staff of Plesan began to summarize the exercise. “Dear colleagues, for this exercise*
Overall, the battle was satisfactory, but we must also see some shortcomings. First, as our tactical unit at the division level, it lacks the power to carry out firepower attacks on defensive positions." This is not enough.
Does the military want to assign 150 guns to the division level? Edel complained in his heart.
Puleshan continued, "During combat exercises, we should see that the troops are out of touch, and we need to strengthen training. Reorganized divisions are much stronger than unorganized divisions in all aspects, but from this exercise we can see
In addition, the ammunition consumption is three times greater than that of the unorganized division, which is a new test for logistics support. From here on, we need to strengthen the training of our army’s logistics officers. In the future military work, logistics support will be the department that tests us the most.
.”
At the summary meeting, Pleshan mentioned many problems with the formation of the army during the exercise. Edel did not have any objections to training logistics, etc. Edel really had an issue with the fact that the firepower was not strong enough. For the small country of Romania, the army currently being trained
It is enough for one stop, and the current level of equipment is already the maximum level of Romania. The armies of all major European powers are at this level, and Pleshan wants to make big news.
After the meeting, Edel went to the Chief of General Staff and said to him. "Chief of Staff, this equipment is now the maximum amount of money and finance. It will not be possible to increase it for at least 10 years." Plesan quickly replied. "Crown Prince, my main priority is
It is to give the army an outlook, and I have not thought about increasing the firepower. However, according to the exercise standards, the logistics may not be able to turn around during wartime." After hearing Pleshan's words, Edel thought of a good idea that could change the logistics. For a
