"This doesn't work. Paratroopers are ground combat troops. They just use transport planes to land behind enemy lines and occupy strategic points. Their combat methods are also the same as those of the Army. The Air Force controls what the paratroopers do."
General Freit, who did not obstruct the ground air defense forces, immediately became furious when he heard that Ankdra wanted to place the paratroopers under the jurisdiction of the air force. Of course, in front of Edel, he could not say anything radical.
, but its intention has been shown and there is no room for negotiation.
Moreover, General Freit is very optimistic about the future of paratroopers, because they open up new ideas for infantry combat. Using aircraft to transport them to the enemy's rear and occupy key points and bridges can effectively help the frontal battlefield. This is for the army.
A way of fighting that cannot be given up.
Of course, as the future head of the Air Force, Ankedra would not give up just like that, even if the opponent was his former boss. He continued to say, "Although the paratroopers are fighting on the ground, if they want to persist behind enemy lines, they must
Air Force support is required, and the Air Force must grasp the battlefield situation in order to provide the most powerful support. If it is placed under the command of the Air Force, its cooperation with the Air Force will be closer, and it will be more conducive to operations behind enemy lines."
Although what Ankdra said made some sense, General Freit was not a person who gave up easily. He retorted in the same way. "You also know that the paratroopers need to cooperate, so the paratroopers will be under the command of the Air Force.
How to cooperate more effectively with the army. Moreover, paratroopers are always ground troops, and operations still require the cooperation of other arms.
And as you can see in the exercise, without the cooperation of the frontal troops, the paratroopers are just meat in the opponent's mouth. No matter how many aircraft cooperate, they will still face the fate of failure. Moreover, in the future combat imaginary enemy, its ground troops will be more than ours.
Yes, the use of paratroopers always needs to be applied to key points, which will lead to huge difficulties, so the need for cooperation from the Army is greater than the need for the Air Force."
General Freit eloquently explained a number of reasons, the core of which was that the paratroopers should be under the command of the Army.
Facing General Freit, Ankdra was also unwilling to give up. "But, the paratroopers..."
It was an eye-opener for Edel to watch the debate between the two. The two argued for a long time from the combat system to command and then to who had a better understanding of the use of paratroopers. However, in the end, neither one could convince the other. The reason was very simple.
That is, neither of them is willing to let go.
Both of them were very optimistic about the paratroopers, which only had one regiment. Therefore, they did not hesitate to fight for the paratroopers who could belong to anyone.
In the end, the lawsuit was brought before Edel. Looking at the two military bosses who were looking at him eagerly, he could only smile bitterly. According to the development of history, the paratroopers should indeed belong to the Air Force, but Freit was in the army.
After so many years in the military, there is no credit but hard work. And his credit over these years is indeed not small, and he has made great contributions to the military.
Although people can't just remember their merits, Edel is a human being and not a machine. He also has feelings. It is also necessary to take care of the feelings of people he is familiar with.
So in the end he said, "The two generals have a path, but there is only one paratrooper. Instead, the Air Force is responsible for training the paratroopers, and then transfers them to the army's command during combat."
Edel's approach to the conflict made the dispute over the paratroopers a thing of the past. However, in the future Edel has planned to take advantage of a suitable opportunity to transfer the paratroopers to the air force. As for now, let Ankedra be patient for the time being.
After Edel clicked on the paratrooper dispute, the two old foxes looked at each other and then Freit started to talk about the next topic. "Your Majesty has made it clear about the allocation of responsibilities of the Air Force, so about the allocation of funds, it is also
It should be given certain support. Our army believes that the 140 million lei funds previously allocated to the army aviation and ground air defense forces can be taken over by the air force. In addition, the 61 million lei annual research funds allocated for new fighter aircraft can also be taken over by the air force.
The Air Force takes over."
After Admiral Freit finished speaking, Admiral Lomodan followed closely and said, "Our navy will also allocate 41 million lei in funds to be used by the air force."
If only two years earlier, the words of the leaders of the navy and army could have moved Ankedra. Because at that time, Romania's annual military expenditure was only 2.133 billion lei. If you try harder, it would be very possible to reach 18%.
However, with the expansion of the army, Romania's military expenditure this year reached 2.81 billion lei. It would be good if such a result could reach 12%. Moreover, these two consecutive speeches made Ankedra know for the first time the seriousness of the competition for military expenditures.
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However, to refute directly like this would appear to be very incompetent, so Ankdra, who calmed down, immediately said, "Thank you both for your support of the Air Force, but these military expenditures are completely insufficient for the Air Force's expenses. Currently, the establishment of the Air Force requires a lot of costs.
Moreover, the research and development of new aircraft in the future still needs to continue, especially the four-engine and twin-engine bombers that are very important to our country and can help deter opponents."
"Have you two read the book on air supremacy?"
Ankdra's question was met with silence. Regardless of whether the two generals answered or not, he continued. "This book describes the role of the air force in a very specific way. The air force can strike at the opponent's rear and slow down the enemy.
It can also increase the war-weariness of the opponent's people. Therefore, the air force needs to be expanded to make Romania more capable of deterring its opponents."
In order to increase military spending, Ankedra did not hesitate to use Douhet's air supremacy to tout the capabilities of the air force.
However, the two generals did not buy what he said.
"We in the Army can do this, too."
"Control of the sea is more telling."
It's obvious that Ankdra's words are of no use. The reason is very simple. The butt determines the head. Since they are the spokespersons of their respective military services, they must seek the interests of their respective military services. Even if this proposal is obviously correct, it will not harm the people.
Who can face the interests of their navy and army calmly? If they don't fight, what will they do to convince their subordinates?
Of course, if you can't argue, that's another matter, but the Air Force must have a strong enough reason, otherwise no one would be willing to hand over its interests to others.
So when faced with the rebuttals of the two army and navy bosses, Ankedra was not discouraged and said immediately. "The pressure faced by the Romanian Air Force is greater than that of the navy and army. In the Soviet Union, our main threat, its domestic new
The successful development of a large number of new fighter jets such as the I-16 and I-15 has had a great impact on our country. Their performance is much better than that of the fighter jets currently installed in our country, which is a severe test for our country.
Our country’s demand for new aircraft is also extremely urgent. Therefore, in order to deal with this threat, the Air Force needs sufficient funds to purchase new aircraft to ensure that air supremacy is always in our hands. So I hope that this can be taken into account in terms of funding. After all, the Air Force is also
It is necessary to protect the safety of the people and the military in the skies."
Ankdra said this, so the two of them cannot stare at each other. Admiral Sofreit said. "In this case, in order to ensure that the air force can protect the safety of citizens and compete for airspace,
If we have the advantage, then the army can squeeze out more and can save 30 million lei in expenses."
Seeing that the Army relented, Admiral Romodan continued. "Our Navy can allocate 20 million in funds. Now the Navy will need to save for a long time."
The fact that they could let go so quickly had something to do with what Ankdra said, but it had little to do with it. More importantly, as the king, Edel looked at them with amusement, which made them uncomfortable with the Air Force.
The brothers oppressed them too much.
Ankdra, who didn't react, thought there was something wrong with this and wanted to continue talking, but was immediately stopped.
"Okay, Ankdra."
Ankdra stopped immediately after hearing Edel's words.
Then Edel continued, "The navy and army will each provide an additional 20 million lei to help the air force grow. Let's let this be settled."
After speaking, he patted Ankdra on the shoulder, turned around and left, leaving only the three of them to experience it themselves.
But Ankdra didn't know at this time that if it hadn't been for His Majesty's help this time, he wouldn't have been a match for the two generals. It seems that the Air Force will still have a long time to compete for funds in the future.
