Romanian Eagle

After inspecting the armored experimental battalion in Constanta, Admiral Edel and Prieshan came to Klerahi, which is the closest to here, where the Danube River, which raised the Romanians, was split into two tributaries. Gyurgeni, 85 kilometers downstream, converges again, and after irrigating many Romanian farmlands and providing people with drinking water along the way, it is irrigated into the Black Sea.

Last year, six divisions were formed at one time, and one of them, the 21st Infantry Division, was trained here. The headquarters of the 21st Infantry Division is stationed here in a small town called Rosezzi near Klarahi. Today, the division commander, Major General Andokos, along with the deputy division commander and the chief of staff, accompanied Eder and the chief of the general staff, Preshan, to inspect the troops under his command.

Major General Andokos was the deputy commander of the 5th Division before. After failing to compete for the commander of the 15th Division, he just caught up with the major expansion of the army. In the face of the new establishment of the six divisions, his shortcomings became less obvious, so it was logical to become the dream division commander this time.

Just in the face of expanding the establishment of six divisions in just one year, the Romanian military industry can't be too busy. Even if the army's inventory is taken out, it can only be fully equipped with light weapons. This is the result of Romania's financial abundance after the outbreak of the European War. Therefore, the 21st Infantry Division currently has vacancies for 4 75 field guns and 6 105 howitzers, all of which are working overtime in the arsenal.

In fact, this problem is not only in the 21st division, but also in the six newly compiled divisions more or less. Only the 16 divisions that were organized and trained before the war (14 major divisions, and 2 divisions that were organized and trained in 13 years) were fully staffed, and the six divisions formed last year are now in a big gap. Therefore, this year's recruitment work requires more attention from General Courtois of the Ministry of the Army.

That's right, General Courtois is still serving as Minister of the Army. Since Eder took the throne, many "civil politicians" are predicting when Courtois, who is the confidant of the old king, will retire. Only the confidants around Edel know that there is no possibility except that Admiral Courtois's body is really unable to withstand the work.

Because the new king does not intend to replace him, Edel now needs Admiral Courtois to stand in front of the stage and win over his father's former forces in the army, and will not consider it until he is fully integrated into his own. So General Courtois, after the new king of the Edels, took up the job of the Ministry of War from the beginning.

"Major General Andokos, your soldiers are well trained."

Putting down the telescope in his hand, Edel praised Major General Andokos next to him. Eder is watching the platoon-level infantry attack drill of the 21st Division. Although the officers and soldiers are not particularly skilled in their movements, they are still in good shape. As long as they continue to practice, this will be another strong force of the Romanian army. This is also because Edel has inspected a lot, and has his own understanding of the drill results of the officers and soldiers. If it had just started, he wouldn't have dared to say that. If it was wrong, it would be a big joke.

In the face of Edel's praise, Major General Andokos had a smile on his face, but he still spoke modestly. "This is all the efforts of all officers and soldiers. We just issue training tasks."

It is not the first day that Major General Andokos has faced Eder. He has seen him several times when Eder was the crown prince, and of course he knows what to say.

In the face of Major General Andokos' modest words, Admiral Puleshan supplemented Edel. "Your Majesty is right, it is indeed a good practice. Andokos, don't be humble, mainly according to what you said, this is the soldier's movement will be out of shape, it must be the result of your hard work."

"Of course," Pu Lishan handed over the telescope in his hand to a staff officer behind him and continued. "This is an affirmation of your work, and I hope that the 21st Division can complete the training work as soon as possible, so that you can be the first to complete the reorganization of the new troops, so that you can be righted as soon as possible."

As the chief of the general staff, Admiral Pu Lieshan still has a hand in encouraging,

He let out the carrot of righting to let several chief officers of the 21st division continue to work hard. It needs to be mentioned here that the division-level chief officers of the six divisions expanded this time are still only agents. As for the removal of the word "agent", it is necessary to complete the reorganization. So now the newly expanded 6 division chief officers are training their subordinates desperately, and no one wants to continue to bear the title of deputy. It's not just about face, it's more about one's position in the Romanian army. You must know that in the army, only ability is recognized. If they are surpassed by others, then any of their six new division commanders will have a greatly reduced status in the army.

In the face of the carrots of Pulie Mountain, the three chief officers of the 21st Division were not immune to the temptation, and in the end, Major General Andokos thanked him. "Thanks to the encouragement of the chief of staff, we will definitely complete the reorganization before other divisions."

As a major general, Andokos has been in the army for many years, and knows that he must not be cowardly at this time. He must let the king and the chief of staff see his strong side. This is the army's iron-blooded perseverance. It is the good quality in the army.

Edel and Preshan were very satisfied with Major General Andokos' answer, and both felt that Major General Andokos was responsible. Of course, if he can't finish what he said, he must know very well what the result will be. The promises made in the army need to be fulfilled, otherwise the best result is that there is basically no room for further improvement.

After visiting the company and platoon training of the 21st Division, Edel and Preshan continued to inspect the artillery training, communication drills, and field medical drills. Especially during the field medical drill, Eder also specially condoled to the medical soldiers who were willing to give up their high salaries to become military doctors in the army, and also took pictures with them.

Edel and Pu Lishan spent a total of two days in the 21st Division, carefully observed the various conditions of the 21st Division, and basically understood the specific situation of this division. In the evening of the second day, Admiral Eder and Prieshan will drive overnight to the next location, which is located in Dobrich, which is now part of Romania, in the former Bulgarian territory, and here is the new Romanian 20th Division.

In the past two weeks, Eder took the Chief of General Staff, Prie Shan, to visit various newly-organized division-level units in Romania. The focus is on the troops formed during the major expansion, and they also found a lot of problems during the inspection. Fortunately, there were no major problems, just some minor problems, which made the inspecting Edel and Preshan very satisfied. No one wants to spend a lot of money to build an army that is found to be a fake.

In fact, other senior officers were a little confused about the king's eagerness to inspect these troops, except for the chief of staff, Pu Lieshan. Because Edel gave him the bottom line, requiring him to complete the reorganization of these large-scaled troops within two years, so Pu Lishan also disregarded other things and did his best to complete the expansion of the army.