After reading about the establishment of motorized infantry, Eder found that there was still content in the back, so he turned the page and continued to see that this was about the restructuring of the cavalry division.

Speaking of Romanian cavalry divisions, they performed well in World War I and the Soviet-Polish War. But after the Rusu War, the cavalry division fell into an embarrassing situation. With the use of a large number of vehicles in the army, its proud mobility ability is not only better than that of armored divisions, but even infantry divisions are about to catch up. Especially after the birth of motorized infantry, its work with armored divisions was also deprived.

So for this cavalry division, Admiral Fereit also intends to make changes to adapt it to the needs of future wars. The first thing that needed to be solved was the dismounting of the cavalry, for which Fereit planned to directly reduce the number of horses in the cavalry division from more than 30,000 to more than 3,000, and the remaining horses were mainly used for skirmishes, reconnaissance and communications.

Among them, the three cavalry brigades of the current cavalry division were replaced by two motorized infantry regiments, which were the same as those under the motorized infantry division.

However, unlike it, the cavalry division will also reorganize a tank battalion (38 vehicles) for its assault. Moreover, the situation of too few troops belonging to the cavalry division will also be changed.

Its artillery regiment will also be changed from 75 field guns, which are mainly light, to howitzers, which are mainly 105. The content of the reorganization was as follows, 54 field guns and 12 105 howitzers of the artillery regiment were changed to 48 self-propelled 105 howitzers.

In addition, the reconnaissance company will be expanded into a reconnaissance battalion. Because the cavalry division was mainly cavalry in the past, and its reconnaissance ability was very strong, the demand for reconnaissance under the division was not high, but now it is necessary to expand the scale of the reconnaissance unit.

Moreover, its reconnaissance battalion was different from other divisions, and its number of horses was much higher than that of other units. The main reason is that there are too many people in the cavalry division who can reconnoiter on horseback, and if the model of other divisions is completely copied, the means of reconnaisance will be reduced.

Communications battalion: 474 people, 17 light machine guns, 32 motorcycles, 84 wheeled vehicles, 53 horses.

Anti-tank battalion: 521 people, 18 light machine guns, 36 50-mm anti-tank guns, 46 motorcycles, 114 wheeled vehicles.

Divisional air defense battalion: 12 20-mm anti-aircraft guns, 4 40-mm anti-aircraft guns, 8 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, 54 wheeled vehicles, 657 officers and men.

In addition, the division and baggage regiment: 2,100 people, 30 light machine guns, 88 motorcycles, 283 wheeled vehicles, 195 carriages, and 535 horses.

With more than 19,100 personnel and 2,200 vehicles, the division can be regarded as a motorized infantry division with reinforced tanks.

The cavalry division was no longer visible in this way, so Eder asked with some concern. "With such a big change, will the cavalry division have an opinion?"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, for such a change, the cavalry division is very supportive."

Admiral Fereit replied without hesitation in response to Eder's inquiry.

Of course, the actual situation may be somewhat different, but Fereit, as the chief of the General Staff, is not at all worried about this. Because as the first person in the military, he is not afraid of any waves at all about the reorganization of the cavalry division. It is obvious that those who dare to oppose do not see clearly the military concept of the future, and such people cannot have a future.

Eder had no objection to the name, and cavalry was already an obsolete branch in Europe. Although there were still large numbers of cavalry in the Balkans and other countries of Eastern Europe, none of them could threaten Romania. The advent of heavy machine guns and tanks has accelerated the withdrawal of cavalry from the arena of war.

For this reason, he is also very much in favor of the restructuring of cavalry, but he still has different opinions on the issue of excessive motorized infantry. Because he seems to remember that during World War II, the German motorized infantry division seemed to be much smaller than the average infantry division.

So he pointed to the total number of divisions and asked. "Is the number of motorized infantry divisions of more than 18,000 people too much, and will it cause the establishment to be too bloated?"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, we have tried in the previous exercises, and the formation of motorized infantry divisions in this way will not cause the problem of bloated formation. Because what we require is that regimental units must have the ability to fight independently. The command system of the motorized infantry division will not be delayed due to the reduction of the brigade level in the command system. ”

Admiral Fereit then answered the question of the reform of the cavalry division. "As for the restructuring of the cavalry division, it mainly wants to find an idealized division-level experimental unit between the armored division and the motorized infantry division that can not only break through independently, but also fight with the armored division, and also guard the key points."

Fereitt's words made Eder suddenly think of the term mechanized infantry division. Although many people think that mechanized infantry already existed in World War II, this is at most a concept. Mechanized infantry only flourished after World War II, and before that it was either an armored division or a motorized infantry division.

Mechanized infantry in the strict sense needs to be able to fight in a vehicle and get off the car to grab a point and hit with the vehicle, and can directly enter the battlefield in an infantry fighting vehicle, until it rushes to the opposite face, and the infantry with the vehicle will not get off the vehicle to launch a surprise attack. This type of combat can be called mechanized infantry, but this kind of infantry Eder remembers that there was at most a prototype in the late stages of World War II.

And the fact that the chief of the General Staff wants to meet this requirement before World War II does not seem realistic at all.

Of course, it is impossible for Eder to directly say that the idea of his chief of general staff is unrealistic, because he does not know much about military affairs, and no one believes him when he says it, and it is not so good to dampen the enthusiasm of his chief of general staff. Others have no credit and hard work, and they do not hesitate to decide on other people's ideas and let the work be carried out.

So Eder could only give encouragement. "It's a great idea, and it's worth a try."

Admiral Fereitt, who did not know Eder's inner thoughts, sighed after receiving encouragement. "Your Majesty, I also came up with this idea after many exercises. After comparing the advantages and disadvantages of the armored division and the motorized infantry division, it may be possible to form a divisional unit with the advantages of both. ”

Fereit's voice changed as he spoke. Of course, it's also possible that this idea is too whimsical for me. It is also possible that the current technology is not up to it. But if we don't try, how do we know it won't work? ”

It seems that Fereit is also unsure about forming such a force, so it would be even better. By the time the drill arrives, maybe he'll find out what's wrong.

However, Eder did not want to discuss this issue at this time, because there was a more important matter to discuss.

"Admiral Fereitt, how long do you think it will take us to expand our forces to millions?"