Regarding the organization of this infantry division, Edel couldn't tell any difference. After all, he didn't know much about military matters. Freit obviously knew this, so he explained on the side.
"Your Majesty, this change to the infantry division is mainly to enhance the offensive and defensive capabilities of the infantry division. With the development of military industrial enterprises in various countries, new equipment of the armies of various countries will also be put into use in the future. Take our neighboring Soviet Union as an example. , the gap between its military combat capabilities and ours during World War I was very large. If it were not for its huge domestic population and mobilization capabilities, its military strength would not be higher than ours.
By the time of the Soviet-Polish War, its military capabilities had been significantly improved. By the time it was at war with our country a few years ago, the combat capabilities of the Soviet infantry units were not much lower than ours. If our country had not gradually shifted its combat system to Armored warfare, this war may fall into a protracted war. After the failure of this war, the Soviet Union established three armored corps in one go, which is a big challenge for our country."
Edel also knew some of what Freit said. After the failure of the local war, the Soviet Union also realized the role of tanks and expanded the establishment of three mechanized corps in one go.
Each of its mechanized corps has a T-26 mechanized brigade, a tank regiment (equipped with BT tanks), an infantry brigade and troops directly under the corps. Each mechanized corps has a total strength of about 25,000 and is equipped with various types of tanks. 1,000 vehicles. It can be said to demonstrate the strong industrial strength of the Soviet Union.
Moreover, the Soviet Union also developed the T-28 medium tank for the Romanian Jackal tank. The tank has a total combat weight of 25.2 tons and is equipped with a 16.5 times caliber short-barreled 76.2 mm gun. There is a 7.62 mm gun on the right side of the main gun. Machine gun, a 7.62 mm machine gun is mounted on the rear of the main tower.
The front armor of the car body is 30 mm, and the sides and rear are 20 mm. The turret front armor is 50 mm, and the sides and rear are 20 mm. It is powered by a 400-horsepower Mi-17T gasoline engine, with a maximum speed of 45 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of 220 km.
Moreover, this tank was influenced by the Romanian Jackal tank. It did not adopt a multi-turret design like the original history, but also a single turret design. To be honest, the T28 tank is enough to compete with the Jackal tank.
However, compared with the newly developed R20 medium tank in Romania, the gap is huge, and even the R10 light tank can compete with it.
Of course, this is a bit far-fetched, but General Freit's meaning is very clear. Romania must have a qualitative advantage when facing Romania's archenemy, the Soviet army, in the future.
Because even after annexing Bulgaria, Romania's population is only just over 40 million, which is nearly four times less than the Soviet Union's population of more than 150 million. Coupled with the Soviet Union's super mobilization capabilities, Romania must ensure that in the military The absolute advantage of quality will do.
Edel also knew this very well, so after carefully looking at the organization of the infantry division, he asked, "How much should the organization of such a division cost?"
"If the current division is reorganized, the cost should be around 21 million lei, mainly the cost of purchasing various weapons and personnel. Of course, if it is a newly formed unit, the cost should be around 65 million lei, because New purchases of personnel and weapons and equipment are required."
From here we can see the gap between the Army and the Navy. One battleship in the Navy can organize four infantry divisions, which is worthy of being an aristocratic service.
As for motorized infantry divisions, mechanized infantry divisions and armored divisions, they are more expensive, especially the price of armored divisions, which cost hundreds of millions of lei.
After hearing Freit's words, Edel remained calm and continued to read the content at the back. There was also information about the organization of the motorized infantry division at the back.
This kind of motorized infantry division, which can cooperate with armored divisions to make up for the lack of infantry, appeared on the battlefield for the first time in an emergency manner during the local war in Russia and Suzhou, and its excellent performance attracted the attention of the post-war military. In order to better
In order to better cooperate with the armored division's operations, the General Staff Headquarters selected several units to conduct motorized experiments in response to this situation. And based on the results of the exercise, the motorized organization was finally confirmed.
In the plan that Edel read, there was a detailed introduction to the establishment of the Romanian Motorized Division.
Infantry squad: 10 people. Squad leader, deputy squad leader (all non-commissioned officers), equipped with submachine guns. Machine gun team. 3 people, one light machine gun. Shooter, deputy shooter, loader. The shooter carries a machine gun, and the loader carries two spares.
Infantry platoon: 3 infantry squads. 1 fire squad: 60 mortars*2, 8 people. Platoon leader, 2 deputy platoon leaders. 40 people per platoon.
Infantry company: Infantry platoon*3. Weapons platoon: Mortar squad. 60 mortars*3, 12 people. Anti-tank squad, 10 people, 6 anti-tank guns. Sniper team of 3 people, medics of 2 people.
There are 3 engineers in the engineering group, 10 in the heavy machine gun squad, two heavy machine guns with heavy barrels and tripods, 12 in the logistics squad, the company commander, deputy company commander, and 2 correspondents. An infantry company has a total of 176 people.
Motorized infantry battalion: Infantry company*3. The battalion headquarters includes the battalion commander, deputy battalion commander, radio communication team, battalion security squad, etc., a total of 50 people. A supply platoon of 50 people, a heavy mortar platoon of 50 people, equipment
6 82MM mortars. One engineer squad with 12 people, one anti-tank gun squad with 12 people, 2 50mm anti-tank guns. One medical squad with 12 people, one car company with 104 people, and 48 vehicles of various types.
The total number of motorized infantry battalions is 820.
6 anti-tank guns plus tractor trucks. Engineer company, anti-aircraft artillery company, regiment-affiliated small field hospital, military police platoon, logistics support company, and vehicle transport company. The total number of officers and soldiers in the regiment is about 3,370.
In addition to 3 infantry regiments and 1 artillery regiment (36 105mm howitzers (two battalions) and 12 150mm howitzer battalions), the infantry division also has a heavy mortar battalion equipped with 16 120mm mortars.
Including the division's munitions office, the division's pontoon brigade, the division's automobile transport battalion, engineering battalion, field hospital, etc., the division has a total of 18,300 officers and soldiers. It is equipped with 1,400 vehicles, which fully meets the division's motorization needs.
It should be noted here that the trucks currently purchased by the Romanian military are divided into three types: light, medium and heavy, corresponding to the load capacity of 2, 5, and 8 tons respectively. This is also an achievement that the Romanian automobile industry is proud of.
