After Edel established the automobile industry, he discussed with the Chief of Staff of Pleshan the plan to switch logistics to automobile transportation. After research, the two found that replacing horses in logistics with automobiles would have an advantage in maintenance costs. Horses are too edible. Moreover, transportation
The distance can also be increased. Horses can travel up to 40 kilometers in one day, and people can march up to 100 kilometers. Horses are very delicate creatures and must use materials when transporting, and continuous marching will cause more damage to horses.
Big, fat loss is serious.
Cars do not have the above problems. In theory, a car can travel 200 kilometers a day without any major problems. According to the current car standards, it can be put on the road after simple repairs. Moreover, there are a large number of artillery, ammunition, machine guns, and various logistics.
All large items can be taken away by car.
It is calculated that a division must have 800 vehicles in order to be able to maneuver quickly. The mobility here refers to 60 kilometers per day. Compared with the 30-40 kilometers marching speed of the European powers, it is already considered a rapid force. It seems that the national army is increasing.
The last several heavy artillery regiments require 15,000 vehicles. According to the agreement between Edel and Ford, the cost of producing a truck is currently estimated to be around 200 pounds. With the assembly line, it can be reduced to 150 pounds at most. This is a higher cost than the reorganization cost.
The cost. Edel and Pleshan were silent when they saw the cost they calculated.
"Your Highness, the government will never agree to this, and the country does not have that much financial resources." Puliesan took the lead and said, "I know we can only modify it and build one division first. The rest can only wait for the financial resources."
This can only be done if things get better." Edel had no choice but to give up this plan.
After returning to the palace, the captain of the guard came to Edel, "Your Highness, there is news from the UK that they have built a new type of warship, using a unified type of heavy artillery, which can run at a speed of 21 knots." Edel immediately thought of this after hearing this.
It is a dreadnought. It seems that the era of big ships and big guns has begun. It will not have a great impact on Romania's navy, but it will have a great impact on the situation. World War I is unavoidable. What Romania needs to do now is to strengthen itself in order to sell itself.
Good price.
Edel, who felt that time was not waiting for me, could only watch this great power game in Romania. After Britain completed the construction of the Dreadnought-class battleship, Germany, France, the United States and other major powers all expressed follow-up. Britain's main opponent, the Kaiser, announced that the Nassau class was also
To switch to the Dreadnought design, the United States announced that it will build South Carolina-class battleships, which will also be built on the Dreadnought-class template. Russia now says that it has no money now and will follow up when its finances improve. France is studying the funds to build Dreadnought-class battleships. Japan said that it
I want to buy it back in the UK and study it. Italy and Austria-Hungary said they would build it first and then take a look at it.
Because the dispute caused by the appearance of the dreadnought was raging in the international community, Edel was dazzled. At this time, the captain of the guard told His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that the first phase of the arsenal project had been completed. The military issue that Edel was most concerned about could be partially alleviated.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince decided to visit the arsenal.
The next day Edel came to the arsenal on the outskirts of Bucharest. Accompanied by the factory director Varisia, he visited the completed factory. The factory director Varisia studied economics in Germany and later helped his father manage the family's small arsenal.
. He was very good at controlling costs and increasing output. Later, Edel borrowed money to build a military factory in Germany and merged several small domestic factories. He found that Varisia was doing quite well, so he appointed Varisia to manage this large military factory.
factory.
"Your Highness, here is the main gun stock and gun body of the wood workshop." Edel looked at the wood workshop without any sense of beauty. It was not much different from the Chinese buildings in the 1950s. They were all made of bricks and tiles, and the wires were like spiders in the air.
He pulled it randomly like a net. "Take me to the assembly workshop and have a look." Edel said feeling a little bored. Varisia took Edel to the assembly workshop and watched the workers assemble the parts one by one.
rifle.
Edel asked about the topic he was most concerned about, "What is the production now?" "Now because the workers are newly trained, the production is not high. 150 rifles a day is the current limit." Edel heard Varicia's explanation.
Then he said, "Now you need to train more workers so that they can master the work at hand as quickly as possible. By the way, what about the current artillery output?"
Faced with Edel's question, Varisia answered a little embarrassedly. "The heavy artillery workshop is still debugging, the workers' requirements are relatively high, and the training has not been completed. The 75 artillery can now produce 8 pieces a month. This is also due to the workers
As a result of being unskilled, the 105 light howitzer is now poorly mastered by workers. In addition, we have not manufactured a 100-caliber artillery machine. The main rifling is still done by people sent by Germany. Our workers can only do it. Now a
The monthly output is only two or three doors. 150 and 210 are still being trained and the workers are not producing."
After hearing Varicia's answer, Edel felt that the arsenal would not be able to achieve the expected output without two or three years of hard work. "Where is the machine gun production now?" Edel asked. Seeing that the crown prince was concerned about the output, Vari
Xia also told everything he knew. "Your Highness, we can now produce 50 Madsen machine guns a month, 30 Maxim machine guns a month, and 7.92 rifle ammunition can now produce 3 million rounds a month.
Machine gun shells can produce 3.5 million rounds per month. Various artillery shells can produce 1,000 tons per month."
After hearing Varicia's answer, Edel felt that ammunition production was still insufficient. The crown prince knew that ammunition was more complicated than military weapons. In addition to encouraging Varicia to train workers as soon as possible, the introduction of an ammunition production line could also be considered. But now
The government's finances are indeed too poor and there is no money to do other things. Thinking of this, Edel also looked rogue. For a small country like Romania, the financial situation has never been good. As for making money, the crown prince said that I will spend money. And for the construction of the entire country,
The Crown Prince, who was the author of "Feng Jie" in his previous life, said that I can only speak.
PS I was quite depressed while writing this chapter, and my head was spinning. I want to carefully analyze the unfolding of the subsequent plot.
