At the Galati train station, the top brass of the 12th Division, led by Division Commander Freit, were waiting for the arrival of the Crown Prince and the Chief of General Staff.
After seeing the train entering the station, Fereiit and others stepped forward to greet them. Seeing Edel and Plesan exiting the train, division commander Fereiit stepped forward to speak on behalf of the 12th Division.
"Welcome His Highness and the Chief of General Staff to inspect the Twelfth Division. It is an honor for all of us in the division."
Edel and Plesan looked at Division Commander Fereit who was standing upright in front of them.
Edel knew it was time to go into battle by himself. "General Freit, I'm glad to see you. I'm very grateful to the officers of the 12th Division for coming to greet me. I hope you will perform well tomorrow."
After some cordial and friendly exchanges, Commander Freit took his people back. Edel and Plesan took a car to their residence. After a good night's rest, Edel and his party entered the 12th Division military camp.
, preparing to review the 12th Division.
"Your Highness, Chief of General Staff, all the officers and soldiers of the 12th Division are ready and waiting for your inspection." Division Commander Freit stepped forward and gave a military salute. After the salute, he shouted loudly.
After Edel and Pleshan returned the greeting, Freit led them to review the officers and soldiers of the 12th Division. After seeing the Crown Prince and his entourage coming, the duty officer shouted with a command: "Stand at attention."
Following the command, the soldiers lined up in a neat formation, waiting for the Crown Prince and his party to review.
"The soldiers are in good condition." Edel praised Division Commander Freit as he walked through the queue.
"These are all the results of the soldiers' hard training." Of course, Freit would not say it. This is the result of intensified training in the past month in order to increase the influence of the crown prince. After previous review experience, the top military officials knew that the crown prince had great influence on the formation.
They all behaved like monkeys in front of the crown prince. Edel, who was deeply influenced by his previous life, naturally liked this way of expression. Plesan also turned a blind eye to this kind of thing.
Close one eye and as long as you pass the military considerations, then there will be no problem.
After reviewing the formation, Edel watched the rifle shooting training. This training was much more professional. Officers from the General Staff assigned a platoon from the 12th Division to observe their rifle shooting accuracy and movement essentials. This was
Measures can basically tell the training level of a division, which is relatively fair.
After a round of shooting at a fixed target with ten bullets at 200 meters, the statistics came out.
Edel and his team, who were watching the shooting training, saw the report. As the chief of general staff, Plesan was the first to comment. "The average score is 76.4, which is not bad."
Faced with the praise from the Chief of General Staff, Division Commander Freiit expressed his own approach. "We have to summarize the shooting training of soldiers every month and solve various problems that arise. Let soldiers with excellent shooting tell him
The comrades-in-arms impart their experience, and at the same time, the shooting essentials are programmed so that every soldier must memorize them."
After hearing the method mentioned by Division Commander Freit, Chief of General Staff Plesan thought it was very good. But Edel felt that this method was so familiar. If he thought carefully, it was President Yuan's method that was improved in Romania.
"Mr. Ferreit's method is very suitable for Romania's situation. I think it should be promoted." Edel said to Plesan beside him.
"I also very much agree with Commander Freit's method. There is no problem in promoting it to the whole army. In fact, this method can be expanded. Weapon maintenance and tactical requirements can be compiled into a minor tune, so that soldiers can better remember it."
Lieshan was worthy of being the chief of general staff, and he soon thought of more military skills for the soldiers to remember.
Many soldiers in Romania are still illiterate and have very poor understanding of many tactical requirements and weapon maintenance. This makes Plesan, the chief of general staff, very troubled. Commander Freit's method is a good choice.
Hearing the praise from the Crown Prince and the Chief of General Staff, Freit said a little embarrassedly. "This is not my own idea. It was told to me by a friend in a letter. He heard a general named Yuan come up with it in China."
method and told me it as an anecdote."
"Mr. Freit, we don't have to worry about who came up with it. As long as it's a good idea, we can use it." Edel supported the idea with great fanfare. (See, pirated copies don't get this treatment.)
After watching the soldiers' rifle shooting, Eder and his party also watched the 12th Division's machine gun shooting performance, which was also very good, making the group feel that their trip was worthwhile.
When it was the turn of the most important artillery performance, Edel asked Commander Freit. "Can we do indirect artillery fire beyond visual range?"
Facing the Crown Prince's question, Commander Freit certainly knew the most advanced artillery technology. However, this requires a lot of training. Commander Freit answered the Crown Prince's question truthfully. "Your Highness, our training has not reached the level yet.
This requirement.”
"Your Highness, only half of our divisions can meet this standard now. The 12th Division has only been reorganized now, and the 12th Division still needs to be trained for a while." Pulleshan also explained to the Crown Prince.
After Edel heard what Pleshan and Freit said, he knew that he had asked a stupid question. However, as a military enthusiast, it is understandable to ask high demands. Besides, who dares to say that the crown prince does not understand military affairs?
Well, it can only be that the crown prince has higher expectations for the army.
"As an artilleryman, mastering indirect artillery technology is a new requirement for the Romanian army. I hope the army can increase the training of artillery so that the entire army can achieve it as soon as possible."
When the crown prince changed his question to his expectations for the army, Plesan, as the chief of general staff, could only cooperate and said, "Thank you for your expectations for the army, and we will arrange to strengthen artillery training after returning."
After uncovering this chapter, Edel and Pleshan continued to observe the drill level of the 12th Division. Here they have to admit that Division Commander Freiit still has two skills, whether it is artillery bombardment of targets or company and platoon tactics.
The demonstrations all showed his reasonable arrangements for the training of the 12th Division. This made both Edel and Pleshan very satisfied and felt that this trip was worthwhile.
After watching the reorganization results of the 12th Division, Edel began to ask about the situation of the Russian army on the other side of the river. As the most convenient place for the Russian army to raid, Galati has always been the focus of Romania's defense, but there is no intuition from the report.
cognition, so this time Edel wanted to ask the frontline troops what they thought.
"Commander Freit, what's going on with the Russian army on the other side of your bank?"
In response to the Crown Prince's question, Freit knew the Crown Prince's intention and explained the dynamics of the Russian army. "Your Highness is stationed on the other side of the Danube River. The 17th Russian Army Division and a Cossack Cavalry Division. Among them, the Cavalry Division is in the fourth year of this year."
It was transferred only in March and is currently stationed in Vulkenesti, fifteen kilometers away from the border. The 17th Division is stationed on the Reni line across the river. Facing the pressure from the Russian army, our 12th Division is confident to block the attack on the two divisions.
attack. If the cavalry division stationed in the rear can come forward to support, we are confident that we can defeat the two divisions on the opposite side."
Faced with the heroic words of Commander Freit, Edel could see the effectiveness of the army's reorganization in recent years. Now the top military leaders have changed from being afraid of the Russian army to being unafraid. Faced with the army's self-confidence, Edel certainly would not
To attack is to encourage.
"Only heroes like Commander Freit can make Romania stronger."
After some observation, Edel and Plesan got on the train back to Bucharest. Both of them were very satisfied with the performance of the 12th Division. They believed that in the near future, the performance of the Romanian army would surprise everyone.
