"Pap~Pap~Pap"

Officers and men of the 10th Division were conducting shooting training at the training ground. Eder and Prieshan, accompanied by the commander of the 10th Division, were holding binoculars and observing the results of the shooting.

"Good training." The Chief of the General Staff, Preshan, put down the binoculars in his hand and said to the division commander Yaqcha beside him.

"Thanks to the Chief of the General Staff for his compliment, these soldiers are still some distance from the elite and need to continue to practice." Jacques said modestly. However, looking at his expression, he was quite satisfied with the shooting results of these soldiers. This is also worthy of the strong support of the chief of the General Staff for their newly reorganized three divisions in terms of military supplies.

And the elite in the mouth of the commander of the Yakica division refers to the first batch of two Praetorian Guard divisions and the third division that have been reorganized. These three divisions have been strong contenders for the first place in all Romanian exercises and trainings, and the other divisions have only been spectators.

Hearing the words of the division commander Yakta, Preshan said with a smile. "It seems that the 10th Division has the idea of taking the first place."

Hearing the speech of the Chief of the General Staff, the deputy commander of the 10th Division, Ferek, the chief of staff, Alqueza, and others, all stood by and listened to the instructions of Prishan. Edel lowered his binoculars and looked at him as well.

Seeing that the crowd was waiting for him to speak, Prishan continued. "I'm very satisfied with your words. A soldier must have the confidence to compete, and he should not be complacent because of his current achievements. You have to believe that you can win, that's what I expect from you. ”

"It's very good, every division must have the confidence to compete with these three divisions." Eder summed it up.

Hearing the crown prince's speech, the senior officers of the 10th Division, led by the division commander Yakcha, nodded their heads in agreement.

"Your Highness, Chief of the General Staff, let's go and see the results of artillery training." The commander of the Jacques Cha saw that the shooting training was almost there, and the suggestion arrived.

"You lead the way, go and see the results of your training for a year." The crown prince also wanted to see how well they used the God of War.

The group came to the front of a hill called Kachari, which was located outside the garrison of the 10th Division. This is the training ground of the artillery regiment of the 10th Division, and the commander of the artillery regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Letolsk, is waiting for the arrival of the crown prince.

He previously served as the deputy commander of the artillery in the 7th Division, and he is also well-known in the army's artillery system. Later, the commander of the Yakcha Division thought that the commander of the artillery regiment of the 10th Division was too old and his military theory and skills were not up to date, so he let him retire early. Preshan transferred Letosk to the 10th Division as the commander of the artillery regiment, and asked him to lead the artillery regiment of the 10th Division, which had been dragged behind, to strengthen training.

This lieutenant colonel of Tosk also lived up to expectations, and as soon as he came to the artillery regiment, he made drastic reforms. He first found out the bottom of the regiment, and then evaluated all the officers of the regiment, and all those who failed to pass three times in a row were assigned by him to the departments in charge of canteens and horses, and then assigned to various artillery companies according to their ability. After a series of rectifications, the artillery regiment's artillery technology is now rising like a rocket. This made the division commander Yakcha very satisfied.

"Report to the Crown Prince and the Chief of the General Staff, the artillery regiment of the 10th Division is now ready to start the artillery demonstration." The commander of the regiment said loudly after seeing the arrival of the crown prince and his party.

"We haven't seen each other for a year, Lieutenant Colonel Letosk." Preshan said to the resolute artillery commander in front of him.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Chief of the General Staff."

Hearing the words of Lieutenant Colonel Litosk, Eder looked at Prishan with some interest. The Chief of the General Staff knew what the crown prince meant, so he told him about the two of them.

In the Romanian army, the signature of Prishan was required for the transfer of every officer at the rank of colonel or above. That time it was Prishan's negligence that accidentally lost Letosk's transfer order. Letosk waited for a long time without waiting for his transfer order, and the General Staff thought it had been issued. Later, he came to the General Staff to find a staff officer in charge of the transfer, and the staff officer was also surprised. In the end, it was found that it was the chief of the General Staff, and Prishan met Letosk, who was unlucky because of his mistake. In a conversation between the two men ensued, Lieutenant Colonel Letosk gave Prishan a good image. That's why they had a conversation before.

After hearing that Prishan still had this kind of small mistake, Eder had nothing to say about the good luck of the lieutenant colonel in Tosk in front of him, but he also had real talent and learning, and changing another one would not necessarily have a good impact.

"Lieutenant Colonel Letolsk, I hope you can show us the strength of the artillery regiment of the 10th Division." Eder encouraged the artillery commander.

"Yes, Your Highness."

After answering the crown prince, Lieutenant Colonel Letosk looked at the division commander Yaktsa with an inquiring eye, and Yakcha, who was asked by his own artillery regiment, nodded slightly and agreed to start.

The regimental commander ordered his subordinates to begin artillery drills, and with the regimental commander's order, a group of artillerymen pushed six Krupp 75-mm mountain guns to the gun emplacements that had been built long ago.

This is a Romanian imitation, but thanks to the Germans' hand-to-hand teaching, this Romanian gun is no different from the German. All are 17 times the caliber barrel length, high and low firing range: -7 degrees ~ +38.5/30 degrees, horizontal firing range: 5 degrees, projectile weight: 5.3kg, ammunition muzzle velocity: 300m / s, weight: 529kg, maximum range: 5750 meters.

"Two test firings"

With the command of the artillery company commander giving an order, the prepared artillery began to test-fire at the exercise target 5 kilometers away.

"Boom~Boom~Boom"

The ground, twenty meters from the target, was hit by shells. Seeing that the test firing results were so good, the crown prince and the chief of the general staff at the observatory were very satisfied. Then the artillery fine-tuned the mountain artillery in the firing range, and a few shots solved the target at a distance of five thousand meters.

"It's a good fight, and I hope I can keep it up."

Eder praised the performance of the artillerymen to the commander of the Jacques division beside him.

After the completion of the 75-mm mountain artillery battery shelling exercise, the Krupp 75mm field guns, drawn from pack-horses, also entered the field. These artillery pieces are the masterpieces of the Romanian Arsenal, and now except for the two Janissary Divisions, the rest of the Romanian army uses the products of their own arsenals, which are not bad in terms of the reputation of the troops.

Now the bolt form of these 75MM field guns: horizontal wedge type, brake retreat and re-entry form: liquid spring type, 27 times the caliber barrel length, high and low firing range: -12 degrees ~ +18.5 degrees, horizontal firing range: 7 degrees, projectile weight: 6.5kg, ammunition muzzle velocity: 510m / s, weight: 1016kg, maximum firing range: 7600m.

This time the target was set at a distance of 7 kilometers, and as the soldiers were ready, Eder and the others raised their binoculars to observe the results of the shelling.

"Two test shots."

With the order of the field artillery company commander, the prepared soldiers fired the field artillery shells that had been adjusted to the angle of view. The results of this test firing were also very good, and the shell exploded about 20 meters above the target, and after the new adjustment, it took a few shots to destroy the target.

"Very good, now look at the effect of your 105mm howitzers."

Eder is now a little impatient to see what is now the most powerful firepower performance of the Romanian division.

This time the 10th Division did not enter the field with artillery, mainly because the 105-mm howitzers were too heavy and had already been placed in advance. The data of this batch of 105mm light field howitzers are caliber: 104.9mm, barrel length: 22 times caliber, high and low firing boundary: -10 degrees ~ +40 degrees, horizontal firing boundary: 4 degrees, projectile weight: 15.7kg, ammunition muzzle velocity: 400m / s, weight: 1380kg, maximum range: 8400.

With the 105 howitzers ready, Eder they saw that the target of this shelling was across this hill, and it seems that this time the 10th Division prepared an indirect aimed artillery bombardment.

Indirect targeting artillery is in which the geodesic detachment or position reconnaissance group marks the firing direction of the reference gun with the aiming point, and then each gun marks the firing direction according to the reference gun. The aiming point can be a pole, a calibrator, and so on. It is still a relatively advanced artillery tactic, Eder has only seen them used in the 3rd Division and the 2nd Praetorian Division before, and now the other divisions are still in hard training, and the 10th Division is of course surprised that he has come to this hand.

With the 105 howitzer ready, Edel saw an observer on the hill waving flags to the 105 gun group below. It was still two test shots, but this time the test firing effect was not so good, the shell hit the target at a distance of 40 meters, and then adjusted the angle of fire twice to complete the destruction of the target.

"Good play. This indirect shelling was an eye-opener for me. Eder praised Lieutenant Colonel Letosk, who came over to report. In fact, he had already seen indirect artillery bombardment in the 3rd Division and the 2nd Praetorian Division, and the effect was much better than that of the 10th Division. In order not to put pressure on the hard-working artillery commander, Eder couldn't help but praise a few words.

"Thank you for your highness's compliment, we will continue to work hard."

Lieutenant Colonel Letolsk, who was praised by the crown prince, knew that this indirect shelling was actually much worse than the current three elite divisions.

Later, the crown prince watched infantry tactical drills and rescue of the wounded in the field, in which the 10th Division achieved good results. This delights Eder and Presan as both believing that this year's training budget has not been in vain.

On the way back, Eder asked if Prishan's speech on the infantry training of the 10th Division was true.

The Chief of the General Staff said to the crown prince with a smile. "Your Highness, the army must let them compete with each other in order to ensure the fighting spirit of the army. However, now the Romanian army is not yet able to do the elites, and can only set a benchmark for them to catch up. ”

After listening to Prishan's words, Edel knew what he meant.

This can be seen from the distribution of officers who graduate and return from studying abroad every year, and the probability of those who have good grades returning from studying abroad is more likely to be assigned to the above three divisions, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

Eder then inspected the other divisions and found that they were much better than before. In particular, the 17th and 14th Divisions, which were at the bottom of the 10th Division last year, have also changed greatly this year. This made Eder feel that Romania had enough confidence in the competition for Balkan interests in the coming year.

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