Romanian Eagle

While the little man was struggling for his own destiny, Edel was inspecting the newly reorganized 10th Division in He Preshan.

As the hardest hit by the army's conspiracy that year, only the division commander of the 10th Division participated in the operation. However, there are not a few officers who have fallen in corruption, which made Major General Jakecha, who took over as the division commander at the time, also a headache. After four years of rectification and the strong support of Principal Prosci in the assignment of officers, he has finally done a good job.

"His Royal Highness, please see, this is a soldier conducting a shooting drill." Commander Yakecha pointed to the soldiers who were shooting and said to the crown prince and the chief of staff.

Both of them looked in the direction of his fingers. A platoon of soldiers was conducting shooting training such as standing, lying, and moving.

These soldiers were still in standard postures, but they both shook their heads secretly when they picked up the binoculars to check the results. The grades were worse than those of the previous divisions, and this was also shown when checking the grades later. When Master Yakecha saw this report card, he felt that his face could not be hung up.

"Your Highness is disappointed. Next time, I will show you the brand new tenth division."

"Master Jakecha, I know the situation of the tenth division. I don't mean to blame you. The training needs to be strengthened." Edel told him.

The Chief of the General Staff, Pleishan, had told him before that it would not be feasible if the reorganization costs for this year were completely in accordance with previous years. The reorganized army needs training to ensure combat effectiveness, plus the cost of purchasing weapons, so the final reorganization of the 10th, 14th, and 17th divisions will have lower training costs this year. Edel has long known about this situation. The old Prime Minister had already said it when he helped the Prime Minister issue national debt.

Now Romania's fiscal revenue has gradually increased from 252 million lei in 1905 to 451 million lei in 1909 (50 million lei higher than historically). Among them, oil exports and automobile manufacturing accounted for 41.3% of the increase in tax revenue, which was the absolute main force in Romania's fiscal revenue increase. Others are obtained from the increase of corporate tax, commercial tax, import and export duties and inheritance tax, etc. The increase in traditional agricultural tax is not too small, but it has increased from 87.4 million lei in 1905 to 96.14 million lei

However, in terms of expenditure, Romania is also doing its part to grow rapidly. Among them, the annual repayment of external accounts is 27 million lei. In infrastructure construction such as roads, docks, railway stations, and dredging channels, it accounted for 61.57 million lei in 1909. This is the Due to the weak infrastructure in Romania. Expenditures on public safety and health care in 1909 were 47.6 million lei. In 1909, a total of 86.4 million lei was spent on education, and 35.9 million lei was spent on government personnel's office expenses.

At present, the main military expenditure of financial expenditure is 97.1 million lei, of which the navy spends 10.75 million lei and the army spends 86.35 million. This shows that Romania's national defense focus is completely on the salary of personnel in the army is 1567. For Wan Lei, the training cost is 18.7 million lei, the purchase of weapons and equipment is 34.7 million lei, the purchase cost of other equipment is 10.78 million lei, and the remaining 6 million lei is the daily living expenses.

In terms of specific training costs, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the ten divisions previously reorganized, the amount of training must not be reduced. This year's training funds are only so much, and the cost of reorganizing the three divisions can only be reduced.

From this, it can be seen that military expenditures account for 21.5% of fiscal revenue, while army expenditures account for 19.1%. This year's weapons and equipment procurement costs are the bulk of the army, accounting for 40%. It can be expected that with the completion of the reorganization of the army this year, the government will breathe a sigh of relief, even if it has to pay back more than 17 million lei to Germany every year, which is much stronger than it is now. At least the loss of weapons is not as large as the purchase, and 10 million lei per year is not bad.

Edel and Preshan were also fully seen in the subsequent drills,

The lack of training funds has a great impact on the Tenth Division. Especially in the technical arms, the artillery shooting performance is the worst in the reorganization over the years, and the machine gun shooting performance is not much better. This made Edel and Preshan also secretly hurt, and the division commander Jacques was about to cry when he saw it.

"General Jakecha, don't be discouraged if the results of this exercise are not satisfactory. I can give you a year to make up for it next year." Chief of General Staff Preshan said to the unfortunate division commander.

"Thanks to the trust of the Chief of the General Staff, I will definitely show excellent results next year and get back the face I lost today." Commander Yakecha quickly assured Pleishan.

"Well, I'll come to see your drill next year. If it's still that bad, I'll be punished."

When Master Yakecha heard what Puleshan said, he said it with a rush in his heart. "Please rest assured, chief of the general staff, if it is so bad next year, I will resign myself and leave."

"Then it's better to see your good grades next year."

After Pleishan finished speaking, he got into the car with Crown Prince Eder who was standing by and left, leaving behind Jakecha, who was secretly ruthless in his heart. It is conceivable that the officers and soldiers of the 10th Division must have a hard time this year. What's the matter, chief of staff, who told you that you can't get a good report card.

Preshan, who was sitting in the car, spoke to the crown prince. "I'm so sorry, Your Highness, for making you watch a bad drill."

"The chief of staff doesn't have to do this. I know it's not your responsibility. The main reason is that the financial revenue is not enough to support the current result." Edel comforted Preshan. The crown prince himself did not expect such an obvious result of the shortage of training funds. The previous complaints from the prime minister let the crown prince know the government's financial hardships, and now the performance of the army has let him know the importance of training.

It is no wonder that the armies of several major powers can also show overwhelming advantages in the face of the armies of other countries with the same equipment. This is the role of training. When the cost of a 75 shell is more than ten lei, the cost of training is also directly related to combat effectiveness. Now weapons and equipment are getting more and more advanced, and the requirements for personnel are getting higher and higher. If you want to reach the level of the great powers, considering the level of the citizens, the Romanian army cannot achieve it without a lot of training. (Except for the Russian army, which is the presence of volume.)

"Thank you Your Highness for your understanding. I will pay attention to this situation in the future to avoid it happening again."

For General Preshan, Eder is still very satisfied with his performance in the position of chief of staff. Although there are some small problems, but it is not harmful, who can not have a little problem.

The two returned to Bucharest by car, and sure enough, the fourteenth and seventeenth divisions had these problems. This made Edel sigh, this is really no money and really can't do anything.

(This chapter is very painful to write, and I have checked a lot of information. Fortunately, there is an annual inspection statistics table given by Wutong)