At the Tolliver Military Camp outside Warsaw, a military meeting concerning the two countries was about to begin.
"salute."
At the command of a slogan, the Polish soldiers who stood upright immediately saluted the military salute in unison. Accompanying the military salute were the two bosses, Piłsudski and Feleit, who walked slowly past these soldiers.
"The Polish soldiers have a good appearance. I can see from them that they are disciplined and brave."
Admiral Freit who walked by praised the Polish soldiers.
"Your Excellency has oversold you. The capabilities of the Romanian army have been demonstrated vividly in previous wars. There is still a gap between us and you."
Faced with General Ferreit's praise, Piłsudski did not feel much pride. He had seen with his own eyes the strength of the Romanian army. Currently, the Polish army was still far behind it. But this time with the Romanian General
The meeting with Chief of Staff General Freit was also to enhance the strength of the Polish army.
"Wherever, under the leadership of Your Excellency, it will not be difficult for the Polish army to surpass us."
The two chatted briefly to foster personal feelings, while other officers followed them to a spacious conference room.
"Sorry, our talks can only be held here at the moment."
"It doesn't matter, we are all soldiers, we don't have to pay too much attention."
From just one sentence, General Freyt keenly discovered the subtle relationship between the Polish army and the government. However, considering that the talks are also about military cooperation, choosing this military camp instead of other places can explain a lot of problems.
.This is good, as it eliminates the possibility of the military and government making a show.
However, considering the current delicate relationship between the Polish government and the army, Freit is a little worried about this ally. Because like Germany, the Polish army has a unique political status in its country. And they do not have a powerful force that can integrate the two parties.
Characters (such as Edel), so the possibility of internal friction increases until a winner is determined.
This is not only the view of General Freit, but also the general view of the current delegation. However, this has little impact on Romania, because no matter who has the advantage, they need Romania as an ally.
"Your Excellency, General, this is our country's proposal to cooperate with the Romanian military. Please take a look at it."
After the guest of honor took his seat, Piłsudski took the cooperation draft from the officers around him and handed it to General Ferreit. Subsequently, a large number of cooperation drafts were distributed to the officers on the Romanian side.
Admiral Freiit, who received the cooperation draft, did not read it because his officers would do these things well. Instead, he chatted with Piłsudski.
In fact, regarding this military cooperation, Poland has prepared a lot of terms, involving as many as 467 items involving all aspects of the military and China, mainly on cooperation matters in technical arms such as cavalry, tanks, aircraft, and artillery.
In fact, Piłsudski was very interested in the battle in which the Romanian cavalry mixed armored force defeated the Soviet First Russian Cavalry Army in that war. Not only did he personally inquire about the specific circumstances of the battle, but he also went to conduct on-site inspections. Because the terrain of Poland determined
Its vast plain terrain was unobstructed and unobstructed, which was very unfavorable for defense. Especially the main opponent, the Soviet Union, had a large cavalry force, which made Piłsudski worried.
Different from the 7788 that have been cut off in the Western European continent, in the vast Eastern European plains with incomplete road facilities, the cavalry is still a very intimidating force. As one of the new major countries in Eastern Europe, Poland also has the second largest military force in Europe.
The cavalry troops. Although there were a lot of cavalry, the Soviet cavalry was too large (almost equal to the cavalry of other European countries combined), and the Poles were under great pressure.
At this time, tanks, a new thing that had some restraint on cavalry, entered Piłsudski's eyes. More importantly, in previous battles, Romania had already demonstrated the use of tanks in conjunction with cavalry to attack the Soviet Union's huge cavalry forces. Of course, the Poles
I hope to learn a lot and build my own armored cavalry unit.
Yes, what the Poles learned in that battle was armored cavalry. In the opinion of Polish officers, mixing tanks and armored vehicles with cavalry can not only solve the problem of insufficient cavalry ability to attack difficult positions, but also solve the problem of combatants following them.
It’s simply a solution that has the best of both worlds.
As for Romania's armored brigade, which is a centralized organization of tanks and armored vehicles, the Poles think it is too wasteful. Using an armored brigade alone is too large and inflexible, and it also requires the temporary deployment of other units to show its powerful combat effectiveness.
It is too complicated to use and is not conducive to daily combat use. It can only be used in decisive battles.
According to Poland's approach, that is to set up an armored battalion (two tank companies and one maintenance company) under the current Polish cavalry brigade (small brigade) with 21 tanks (12 light armored companies, 12 medium armored companies)
A company of 9 vehicles) is used as an assault force. Such an organization will be a huge improvement in small-scale battles.
The military cooperation discussed with General Freit this time is to learn the use of armor from Romania. And in order to ensure the smooth learning, Poland also plans to introduce Jackal III tanks from Romania as vehicles for the armored cavalry brigade.
In addition to equipping the Armored Cavalry Brigade with Jackal III tanks, the Poles also equipped it with a large number of Renault F-17 light tanks.
However, unlike the Jackal III, which requires real money to purchase, the Renault F-17 is basically military assistance sent by Britain and France. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the armored cavalry brigade, the Renault-17 will only be equipped with one light armor company and another
The company is equipped with Jackal III tanks.
According to this plan, Poland will introduce nearly a hundred Jackal III tanks from Romania. However, this introduction is not in vain. The drawings of the Jackal III tanks will also be handed over to Poland. In addition, the Volkswagen will also send
People directed Poland to build its own tank factory to produce its parts and components.
This is only part of Poland’s military cooperation draft regarding tanks. In fact, this cooperation plan is for Romania to cooperate with the Polish military in tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft, staff, logistics and other aspects that Romania is currently proud of. Of course, Poland
The military does not let the Romanian military cooperate for nothing. A large amount of its weapons procurement funds will be transferred to Romania. Moreover, Poland also has some things that interest Romania, such as the use of cavalry.
In addition to the discussions between General Freit and Piłsudski on military cooperation between the two countries, on the government side, Poland has also signed multiple agreements with Romania, mainly to strengthen cooperation in energy, trade and other aspects.
In addition, the two countries' care for their expatriates was also the focus of this meeting, mainly the establishment of a heavy industrial base in the Lviv area, which caused some complaints among the Poles who had previously moved out of the area. They believed that the Romanian government had tricked them into leaving.
As a city, they missed out on many benefits. Therefore, there has always been a call in Poland for Poland to negotiate with Romania on nationality issues between the two countries. The main reason is that Poland hopes that Romania will recognize dual nationality.
As the leader of Romania, Edel is unwilling to do this, because dual citizenship is very detrimental to Romania at present. Therefore, the two countries have not reached an agreement on this issue, which makes many Poles disappointed.
However, during the visit to Poland for more than a week, Romania reached a number of favorable agreements with Poland in both economic and military diplomacy. These agreements also effectively guaranteed the subsequent Romanian-Polish relations. Until the great changes occurred in the European continent, this
