After the meeting, Edel couldn't help but rub his temples. The competition between these important ministers for these funds was so fierce that even he, the arbiter, was dizzy from the quarrel. But in the end, Edel had to move ahead of schedule.
In addition to reducing the US$500 million in funds invested in the US stock market, he still has a capital of US$480 million in hand.
Because he has other uses for these funds, he can't just throw them all away.
As soon as the government personnel left, the military personnel came in behind.
The guard came in and reported. "Your Majesty, Admiral Freit and others want to see you."
Edel cheered up and ordered, "Invite them in."
Following Edel's instructions, Chief of General Staff Admiral Freiit and Minister of Navy Lieutenant General Lomodan walked in.
"Your Majesty, I heard that US$2 billion of national debt was issued in the United States this time, so Lieutenant General Lomodan and I hope to invest part of the funds in national defense."
Admiral Freit was a soldier after all, and his words were not so tactful. As soon as they entered the door, they revealed the purpose of their trip. It was obvious that the military also wanted to gain a profit from the national debt issuance this time.
Admiral Ferreit's words made Edel couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead. He was almost turning into a monk. Everyone wanted to get a piece of the pie. However, the attitude of the military still needs to be considered, and the combat effectiveness of the army must be ensured.
Investment is also required.
"Then tell me what plans your military has prepared for this. Let me first say that this money is mainly used for the domestic economy, so the investment in the military cannot be too much."
Edel should get vaccinated first, otherwise he might want to give him a surprise according to the military's character.
"Your Majesty, we know this. The main reason for coming here is to obtain some funds for the research and development of new weapons."
After General Freit finished speaking, he placed two documents in front of him. It seemed that the military was well prepared this time.
Edel picked up two documents and found that one was the Army's new equipment research and development and force reorganization plan, while the other was the Navy's ship construction and new equipment research and development plan.
Edel did not read the two plans first, but asked, "How is the army reorganization work going?"
General Freit, who was asked, immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the work of reducing the regiment is going very smoothly. Twenty-one of the twenty-four divisions currently owned by the army have been reorganized and will be completed next year.
All the adaptation work.”
Admiral Freit's words made Eder very satisfied. The change from the two-brigade system to the three-regiment system is also the general trend. It seems that General Freit has done a good job.
Edel then asked about another topic of concern.
"How are the military exchanges with the Germans going?"
"Currently, Germany's first batch of exchanges has arrived in the country. I personally went to see them. These are young officers and have rich experience. Our exchanges with them are quite good. It can be seen that the Germans still attach great importance to the exchanges with us."
"In addition, our military technology exchanges with Germany are also good. Their aircraft and heavy artillery technology are worth learning. And we are not bad either. The Germans are full of praise for our tank technology."
After hearing Admiral Freit's answer, Edel said with satisfaction. "That's good. Military exchanges between our country and Germany are very important, and this will greatly improve our national defense career."
"I will go down and supervise, and there will be no setbacks in the exchanges between the two countries."
After talking to Admiral Yu Freit, Edel asked Vice Admiral Romodan of the Navy. "What is the progress of the ships currently under construction?"
"Your Majesty, the current progress is good and we can ensure that it will be completed as planned. Especially for the Brabista, we are focusing on ensuring its construction efficiency."
The Brabista that Vice Admiral Lomodan was talking about was the 10,000-ton heavy cruiser in the previous Navy's five-year plan.
The ship is 194 meters long, 18.5 meters wide, has a standard displacement of 11,000 tons (9,950 tons declared), and a full load of 13,670 tons. It has four heavy oil-fired boilers and four steam turbines, with a maximum output of 110,000 horsepower.
The weapons and equipment include eight 203mm 45-caliber naval guns, two in the front and two in the back. Six single-barreled 88mm 50-caliber high-level and flat dual-purpose guns, six twin-mounted 20mm caliber anti-aircraft guns, and 4x twin-mounted 610mm torpedoes.
launch tube.
The armor is: side armor 127-146mm, deck 37-46mm, mine protection armor 25-58mm. Main turret 35mm, gun mount 25-38mm, ammunition magazine 52-90mm.
It can be said that this heavy cruiser named after the founder of Dacia, the first kingdom of Romania, fully meets the needs of the Romanian Navy.
After asking the two of them, Edel finally picked up the Army's plan at the top. When he turned to the first page, Edel saw the eye-catching title, "Proposal to convert armored brigades into divisions."
For the current armored brigade, this proposal believes that its small size is not conducive to playing a breakthrough role in the war. In addition, the enemy will definitely have a large number of anti-tank weapons and even armored forces in the future. Moreover, in view of the fact that Romania will mainly threaten the Soviet Union in the future.
As military capabilities increase, the deterrence of brigade-level armored forces is also reduced. Therefore, Romania needs to strengthen its armored forces, mainly by upgrading the current armored brigade with one brigade and two regiments to one division with three regiments. The main purpose is to add an infantry regiment.
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In addition, in view of the fact that in previous battles, it was found that the motorized infantry regiment's inherent breakthrough ability was poor, but the transportation trucks used by its troops did not have the ability to travel in the wild. Therefore, we hope to improve this situation in the future. Mainly, we need to develop crawler-type vehicles.
Vehicles should preferably have certain protection capabilities and firepower to deal with emergencies.
In addition, the number of tanks in its core armored regiment is currently small when facing the enemy, and it is also hoped to change the current establishment of 112 vehicles (3x4x9+4 supplementary tanks) to 148 vehicles (4x4x9+4). In addition, the mechanized infantry regiment also needs each
The regiment is assigned an armored battalion (4x9+2) to allow it to have small-scale independent breakthrough capabilities, so the final armored division needs to have 224 tanks.
In addition, as the establishment of the armored division expands, the demand for air defense, reconnaissance, and supporting firepower will also increase, so its subordinate air defense battalions, artillery battalions, transportation battalions and other units also need to increase their equipment and personnel.
Edel took a breath when he saw this. It wasn't that he was scared. It was that armored units were very expensive, and this brigade reform was just a waste of money. He felt distressed.
Edel resisted the urge to refuse on the spot and continued reading. The following was normal, all about the research and development requirements for new equipment, such as the research and development of bombers, transport aircraft, new artillery and other weapons.
Only then did Edel realize that General Freit probably knew that the Brigade Reform Division was spending too much money and did not dare to speak out in other ways.
Edel put down the Army's plan and picked up the Navy's plan. He was shocked when he saw that the Navy actually wanted to do this.
