Edel forgot about Karl Morley, a nobody, after summoning him. He had so many things to deal with every day, so he had no mood to care about him.
After temporarily suppressing the possibility of an outbreak of nationalism in the country, Edel immediately recruited Chief of General Staff Presan. He planned to stop after expanding the existing Romanian army. The expansion was now too conspicuous. He planned to combine
Based on the experience of Germany and the Soviet Union after World War I in previous lives, they carried out stealth military expansion.
Hans von Seeckt, the founder of Germany's 100,000-man army after the war, has only recently served as the chief of staff of the newly formed 11th Army. Its army commander is the famous General August von Mackensen.
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In 1915, the newly formed 11th Army performed very well. They captured more than 250,000 prisoners when they captured Lemberg at the end of June, then captured Warsaw on August 4, 1914, and Brest-Litto at the end of August.
Fusk Fortress. Under their leadership, the 11th Army advanced a total of 300 kilometers. By the end of September, the Polish salient was completely removed, completely eliminating the Russian threat to Galicia.
Von Sickert was promoted to brigadier general, and his boss Mackensen received the rank of marshal. At the same time, they were transferred to the newly established "Markensen Army Group", and then they continued to fight in Serbia. Of course, the Serbians could not resist the Germans.
By the end of November, all Serbian troops of the Austrian-Bulgarian Allied Forces were either annihilated or fled to Albania and Greece. A total of 150,000 prisoners were captured, and von Sickert was awarded the Oak Leaf Medal of Valor.
Now they are staying in Bulgaria, preparing to attack the Allied forces entrenched in Paralia. Facing Marshal Mackensen, the master of mobile warfare, Edel also asked Preshan for his opinion. The Chief of General Staff praised him,
He also believes that no general in the Romanian army is his opponent in mobile warfare, including him.
This is one of the reasons why Edel is unwilling to declare war too early. Now the German army is full of talents on the eastern front. Generals such as Hindenburg, Ludendorff, and Mackensen are all the main drivers of Russia's collapse when Germany fights on the eastern front. Moreover,
The terrain of Romania dictates that only mobile warfare can be fought, so facing Marshal Mackensen, the master of mobile warfare, Edel also encountered difficulties.
Therefore, Edel must conceal his goals, remain neutral in the two camps, and at the same time work hard to eliminate the two sides' wariness against Romania. Not expanding the organization and strength is the best way for Edel to get along with him at present.
However, the stealth expansion plan prepared by Seeckt for Germany was too time-consuming, so Edel combined some practices of later Soviet armies.
There are weapons and equipment, personnel training level, commander's ability, etc. that affect the combat effectiveness of an army. Among them, the commander's ability is high or low. Edel came up with a method from the Soviet army in later generations, which is to add new military units at each level.
A deputy position. A deputy division commander was added at the division level, a deputy brigade commander was added at the brigade level, and a deputy squad leader was also added at the squad level. The staff was also implemented according to this method. As for the effect, he started from the ground stall in his previous life.
What I saw here seemed to make some sense, so I used it.
In this way, a Romanian Army division can separate two complete command systems from top to bottom overnight. Because they are both command systems separated from one division, the upper and lower officers know each other, which can minimize the weakening of command capabilities.
However, after solving the problems of command, training, weapons and equipment, etc., Eder could only discuss it with the Chief of General Staff. He wanted to put some effort into the militia, so he needed reasonable advice from General Pulje, and probably the Minister of War.
Just a little suggestion would do.
After receiving Edel's call, the two military bosses immediately put down their work and rushed to the palace.
"I have met His Majesty."
Edel looked at the two generals, Chief of General Staff Preshan and Minister of War Courtois, who were saluting him. Especially General Courtois was 71 years old this year, and his hair and beard were completely white.
However, he is in good spirits. According to the news from his bodyguard, he can deal with 7 or 8 hours of work every day at the Army Department. It seems that he still loves the military life deeply.
Edel withdrew his scattered thoughts and said to the two of them. "I want you two to come this time. I have a small military problem that I need your help with."
After Preshan and Courtois looked at each other, they both wanted to know about the king's 'little problem'.
"Your Majesty, please speak."
Edel first talked about the organizational methods to facilitate Romania's future military expansion. He wanted to hear the opinions of two military veterans. As for ideas such as training and weapons and equipment, they still need to wait for changes in the command system before discussing.
After listening to Edel's idea, the two generals remained silent. Edel did not rush him. He knew that his idea would have a great impact on the army, so he should consider it carefully.
After a quarter of an hour, the two military bosses finally stood up, General Pu Lieshan. "Your Majesty, after our careful consideration, this plan is good and will be of great help to the future expansion of the command system."
Edel was also extremely happy after hearing Preshan's words. He was most concerned about the expansion of the army, which could guarantee the expansion of Romania's territory in the future. The rich areas of Ukraine and Hungary were both within the scope of his consideration.
"I have another idea."
Edel struck while the iron was hot and presented his idea of expanding the technical arms of the militia and increasing their training to become semi-professional soldiers. After hearing Edel's idea, Preshan and Courtois both
They were dumbfounded. No one they knew had such novel ideas as the king.
Looking at the expressions of Preshan and Courtois, Eder couldn't help but ask, "What do you two think of my idea?"
Both of them remained silent in response to Edel's inquiry, which made Edel, who was a little happy before, feel a little embarrassed. Seeing Edel's embarrassment, his confidant General Puleishan also looked at him very much.
"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. We need to go back and study it carefully."
After seeing Pleshan help Eder ease his embarrassment, General Courtois took over and expressed his preliminary judgment. "Based on the judgment of the veteran. According to His Majesty's idea, the military expenditure of doing this will be very high.
The effect of upgrading is not as good as the effect of expanding the establishment."
After hearing what General Courtois said, Edel glanced at General Preishan. However, the Chief of General Staff seemed to see something novel on the carpet and did not notice Edel's eyes. Seeing Preishan
Edel knew that even he thought this was a costly and inefficient idea.
Seeing this, Edel came up with a method he had prepared for a long time.
