Chapter 16 Flight
Fast forward in 1905, and Eder's efforts are slowly changing the course of Romania's history, with a steady stream of industrial equipment from Germany being sent to Romania. Growing this small Balkan country. Everything made Edel feel high.
Today was the day when the army was reorganized and the first units were reorganized, and Carol I, accompanied by Eder and Presan and others, personally inspected the reorganized troops. "Your Majesty, please see that ahead is the newly trained Second Praetorian Guard Division, which has been reorganized by the Janissary Division and the Third Division. Most of the low-level officers have completed a period of training, and they are the elite of our army. Pointing to the neatly lined line in front of him, he said, "I'm glad you did a great job, and I hope you will keep up the good work." Carol I said to Prishan beside him. We will certainly put the rest of the army in order, as mighty as you see, Your Majesty," replied the old king. After all, the old king's energy was limited, and after a while of inspection, he returned to the palace exhausted, leaving Edel to continue his inspection.
"Now tell me about your difficulties." Edel asked at Prissan. "Your Highness is now mainly short of Mauser 98 rifles, and there are still 20,000 shorts. The remaining soldiers are still using Manchari 1895 rifles, the artillery is also short of 16 105 light howitzers, the field hospital is also short of medical equipment, the logistics unit is still short of 1,200 mules and horses, and the communication equipment is also insufficient. "Preshan complained to the crown prince, he had never experienced such a large-scale reorganization before, and it was normal to have some problems. Edel was startled and asked, "Let's make the rifle in the existing arsenal." The rest can only be gradually solved when it is completed. Let's use your current gear for a while. Medical equipment and telecommunications equipment were then purchased from Germany. The crown prince also said distressedly. This was the result of Eder's own poor consideration, as Eder had only purchased 30,000 rifles and not enough artillery pieces. Edel had a good idea before and planned to build it slowly, but now he can only use it first.
"Yes, Your Highness." Preshan and other high-ranking military officials did not expect the crown prince to solve the problem at once. The main thing is to complain about the suffering, so that the crown prince can understand the actual difficulties of the army. Seeing that the crown prince was worried about the army's supplies, Prieshan decided to say some good news or look a little incompetent. "At present, the combat effectiveness of an integrated division of the army is 20 percent higher than that of a non-integrated division."
Edel heard the interest and came immediately. "Have you done a drill before?" The crown prince asked the chief of the general staff, "I only did it at the battalion level before, and I didn't do it in the future." Preshan answered the crown prince's question. This year, you can reach the division level and let the whole army see the results. Eder said with great interest, and the chief of the general staff of Presan calculated. This estimate will not be ready until May. "When the time comes, I'll have the king come over and see the exercises." Eder said to the Chief of the General Staff that he would decide for himself. In the end, the result of the discussion was to hold a division-level military exercise in May.
After inspecting the army, Eder went to the Prime Minister's Office to meet Prime Minister Stuartley. "Didn't Your Highness go to inspect the army, how can you have time to come to the government." Prime Minister Stullley asked straight to the point, and Eder responded. "The main thing is that the army is still short of medical and communication equipment, and the government needs to allocate some money." "How much does this cost?" Prime Minister Steulley was afraid that the crown prince lion would open his mouth and ask. "Not much, just 5 million marks." Eder knew what the Prime Minister was thinking. "This is easy to do, I will ask the Ministry of Finance to approve it for the army." Prime Minister Stuart was relieved to hear the numbers, as if he was afraid that the crown prince would regret it, and Eder said goodbye to the prime minister and returned to the palace satisfied.
After some time, Henry Coanda rushed to tell Prince Eder that his plane was ready, and invited the crown prince to visit his test flight. Eder was immediately interested in seeing the masterpiece of the Romanian pioneer of flight, and agreed to him.
The next day, Eder came to the suburbs in civilian clothes, surrounded by a large group of people on a flat grassy field, and saw Henri Coanda's precious flying machine in the middle, except for the wings covered with canvas on two layers, the whole body was a skeleton structure, and the seats were sewn with two pieces of leather, Edel's concept of the plane was refreshed. Henry Koanda said something to his assistant with a smile on his face. Eder didn't step forward, just stood by and watched if the flight plan would succeed.
"Go tell him to get ready and get started." Edel instructed one of the nearby guards, who nodded and walked over to Henry Coanda and told him what the crown prince meant. Henry Coanda looked up and saw Eder, and the crown prince signaled to him not to come, and Henry Coanda nodded and prepared for the flight. In order to ensure the success of the flight, Henri Koanda and his assistant had already carefully examined the original aircraft.
Henry Coanda was seen sitting on the aircraft, and the crowd dispersed. As the assistant started the engine, the propeller began to turn. When the propeller rotated to a certain speed, the assistant removed the stone that was blocking the front of the wheels of the aircraft. The aircraft moved faster and faster, and after taxiing for two hundred meters, the aircraft left the ground. At this moment, the people around him were thunderous, and Henri Koanda waved back and forth in the sky to the people on the ground, and also vented his excitement, thinking that he was looking for sponsorship for funds, working day and night to build flying machines, and at the moment of flying into the sky, everything was worth it. Henri Koanda landed after flying more than ten kilometers in the sky. The crowd rushed up to greet the hero of the flight, and the reporter also stepped forward to take a picture of Henri Koanda and asked to interview the hero.
Seeing that the flight was complete, Eder stepped forward to congratulate the aviator. "Henri Koanda: This was a successful flight, and I hope you will continue to work hard to build a better flying machine." Hearing the crown prince's encouragement, Henry Koanda replied with a smile. "The success of this flight is inseparable from the crown prince's strong support, otherwise I would not even be able to build a flying machine." The next day, the newspaper reported on the flight with the headline "Romanians also took to the skies", which made Henri Koanda a household name.
Eder looked at the newspaper and thought to himself that the Romanian Air Force had fallen. Although it is still budding, you have time to wait for it to grow and blossom slowly, but you still need to water and fertilize. Thinking of this, Edel called the chief of the guard Calucte and said. "The grant to Henri Koanda can be increased to £30,000." The chief guard nodded and went out.