Romanian Eagle

When Bulgaria was ready to wait for the news from Austria-Hungary and plan to do it on its own. Romania is also preparing to assemble troops under the name of military maneuvering exercises.

In the 12th Division in Iasi, the soldiers began to prepare their own belongings. Rifles, water bottles, bullet boxes, gun oil cans, blankets and other items were all packed and ready to be carried by the soldiers.

After returning from the Bulgarian observation team, Major General Freiit returned to his post. He saw the performance of both sides in the Balkan War. Now Division Commander Freiit is inspecting the preparations of his soldiers. Looking at the busy soldiers in front of him, he said to the chief of staff beside him. "Set up a few more supply points on the road, so that soldiers can get enough rest on the road."

The chief of staff was a little surprised that his division commander would attach so much importance to this exercise. He had already gone through many such exercises, and he was no longer familiar with it, and he would remind himself specially. Of course, he would not refute his military chief, so he made his arrangements. "I have sent a transport group to set off ahead of schedule, and have arranged 6 supply points on the way to ensure that they can reach Slobozia on time."

After hearing the answer from the chief of staff, Commander Freiit praised it. "Well done, we need to give soldiers enough rest."

Two days ago, he received a telegram from the chief of the general staff, General Pulieshan, asking him to prepare for this exercise, and he also informed him that the exercise was actually a war, and it was strictly forbidden to spread it. Now, the real purpose of this exercise, General Preshan only communicated to the first-level chief officer of the division. Therefore, Division Commander Freyte had no way to explain to his chief of staff that this time it was not a maneuver exercise but a pre-war preparation. That's why he visited and inspected everywhere in the army, saw the preparations with his own eyes, and grasped the real situation of the troops below.

After listening to the report of the chief of staff, Freyte walked into the barracks to check the equipment that the soldiers had prepared. Commander Fereit opened a backpack that the soldiers had arranged. It looked like the bayonet, water bottle, gun oiler, leather bullet box with a hundred rounds of bullets, and the blankets he needed for rest were all neatly placed together. In addition to a Mauser 98 rifle, this is the equipment that a soldier carries with him. These add up to a weight of almost 15 kilograms. This weight fully takes into account the physical fitness of the soldiers, so that they have the physical strength to go further.

After checking the preparations of the soldiers, Freiit went to the most important artillery regiment of the Twelfth Division. Just happened to see them preparing the 105 howitzer, the largest support weapon at the transport division level.

"Fall back a little further."

A lieutenant was sweating profusely standing next to a German-style 105 howitzer produced by a Romanian arsenal, and loudly commanded a Dongfeng truck in front of him. There were more than 20 artillerymen standing next to the 105 cannon. They were no better than the lieutenant. They were all sweating profusely. Some people were even topless, apparently preparing to hang the cannon on a truck and transport it away.

If anyone in future generations sees this 105 howitzer,

It will not feel like a cannon from before World War I. The main feature is that this 105 howitzer has a pair of 30 cm wide rubber hollow tires instead of the steel wheels of World War I. This is also to adapt to the increasing number of trucks in the Romanian army. . Because in the army's maneuvering exercise, the steel rim wheels of the cannon can not be well adapted to the transportation of the truck, so the Volkswagen factory specially designed this 30 cm wide rubber hollow tire for the army cannon. After using this tire, the military is very satisfied with the cannon with new tires. Both road and wilderness maneuvering are much better than before, which is unanimously praised by the military.

"stop"

After the lieutenant in command of the vehicle saw the car parked, he said to the surrounding soldiers. "Hurry up and hang up this gun."

These soldiers hurried forward to hang the gun bracket on the truck. As the soldiers hung the bracket on the hook behind the truck, the truck dragged the cannon and transported it to the railway station for the railroad.

"Master, why are you here?"

While Freyte watched the soldiers transporting the artillery, the artillery commander came to him panting and said.

Looking at the artillery regiment commander who was also covered in sweat on his forehead, Feireit said. "The Chief of General Staff attaches great importance to this exercise. I will come down to see how your preparations are going. It seems to be good now, and everything is going on in such an orderly manner."

Hearing the praise of the division commander, the artillery commander did not show a too happy expression, he replied. "Please rest assured, division commander, our artillery regiment has experienced maneuvering exercises many times."

During the inspection of other units, Feireit Division Commander found that these units were well prepared, and some brought fruit in consideration of the hot weather. After seeing that his subordinates were very thoughtful, he returned to the division headquarters with peace of mind.

The situation of the 12th division is not unique to him, all divisions in Romania are similar to him. It's just that the 12th division is far away, and there are more preparations.

When the divisions were preparing to move to the front line of Bulgaria, the chief of the general staff of Pleishan in the palace was really reporting to Crown Prince Eder where the divisions were going to arrive this time.

"His Royal Highness, this is our preparation plan before this war."

General Preshan handed over a prepared exercise plan, also called preparations before the war, to the crown prince.

Edel picked up the long-prepared exercise plan by Chief of Staff Preshan and looked at it. In this plan, the 7th, 5th, 10th, and the 2nd Guard Division, which formed the Romanian Second Army, were moved to the north of Giuliju and the south of the capital Bucharest, Comana, Budesti, and Grea. card etc. The 2nd, 3rd, 12th and cavalry divisions, which formed the First Army, were stationed in Houderey, Dragalia, Stefan and other places between the capital and Constanta, respectively. The 1st, 4th, 8th, and 14th Divisions of the 3rd Army were stationed in Megidia, Alber, Cobadin and other places around Constanta. The 17th Division was stationed in Constanta to protect the logistical supply lines.

After each division arrives, the second heavy artillery regiment (36 150 heavy howitzers, 18 150 cannons, a total of 5,000 personnel) will be assigned to the third army, and the first heavy artillery regiment (36 150 heavy howitzers, 18 150 Cannons, with a total of 5,100 personnel) were assigned to the Second Army, and the Third Artillery Regiment (18 150 heavy howitzers, 36 150 cannons, with 5,800 men) were assigned to the First Army.

Among them, the commander of the First Army was Lieutenant General Puleshan, the chief of the general staff. The commander of the Second Army is Lieutenant General Andrew, Deputy Chief of the General Staff. The commander of the Third Army is Deputy Minister of the Army Salamik, the commander-in-chief of this military operation is Crown Prince Eder, the chief of staff is General Courtois, Minister of the Army, and the deputy chief of staff is Major General Procy.

It can be seen from this list that General Presan also took great pains. It not only satisfied the power of the king in the army now, but also won a lot of benefits for the power of the crown prince in the army, and arranged himself to be the commander of the first army, which is the easiest to win. The crown prince was chosen as the commander-in-chief, fearing that the Minister of Army would be the chief of staff to disrupt his plans, and he arranged for his friend Prossi to be the deputy chief of staff to help him watch.

Edel looked at the arrangement of the Chief of General Staff of Preshan and didn't say anything. There was no suspense in this war, and the people he arranged were all generals recognized by the army. Edel also thought there was no problem with Preshan's placing himself in the First Army. After all, he is still holding the rank of lieutenant general. After this war, Edel intends to mention it to him, which also needs to be supported by military exploits.

Edel said to Preshan after reading the plan. "Very good, there is no problem, just follow the above."

"Okay, Your Highness."

While Romania was preparing for war, Bulgaria finally got the news from Austria-Hungary.

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