After the meeting, Eder couldn't help but rub his temples, the competition for these funds was too fierce for these important ministers before, and even he, the arbiter, was dizzy from the noise. However, in the end, in addition to the $500 million invested in the U.S. stock market in advance, Eder still had $480 million in his hands.

Because he has other uses for these funds, he can't spill them all.

As soon as the government personnel walked on the front foot, the military personnel came on the back foot.

The guards came in to report. "Your Majesty, Admiral Fereit and others ask to see you."

Edel commanded. "Invite them in."

Following Eder's orders, the Chief of the General Staff, Admiral Ferreuit, and the Minister of the Navy, Vice Admiral Lomodan, walked in.

"Your Majesty, I heard that $2 billion in treasury bonds have been issued in the United States this time, so Lieutenant General Lomodan and I hope to invest some of the funds in national defense."

Admiral Fereitt was a soldier in the end, and his words were not so tactful, and as soon as he entered the door, the purpose of the two men's trip was revealed. It is clear that the military also wants to profit from this government bond issuance.

Admiral Fereitt's words made Eder couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead, he was about to become a Tang monk, and everyone wanted to get a piece of the pie. However, the attitude of the military still needs to be considered, and it is true that funds need to be invested to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army.

"So tell me what plan your military has in place for this. Let's start with it, this money is mainly used for the domestic economy, so it is unlikely that too much will be invested in the army. ”

Eder gets vaccinated first, otherwise he may want to surprise him according to the military's personality.

"Your Majesty, we know this. The main purpose of this visit was to obtain some funds for the research and development of new weapons. ”

Admiral Fereit finished speaking and placed two documents in front of him, and it seemed that this time the military had come prepared.

Eder picked up two documents and found that one was the Army's new equipment research and development plan and the other was the Navy ship construction and new equipment research and development plan.

Edel didn't look at the two plans first, but asked. "How's the reorganization of the Army doing?"

Admiral Fereit, who was questioned, immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the work of the regiment has been reduced and is proceeding smoothly. At present, 21 of the 24 divisions owned by the army have been reorganized, and all the reorganizational work will be completed next year. ”

Admiral Fereitt's words satisfied Eder, and the change from two brigades to three regiments was also the general trend, and it seemed that Admiral Fereit was doing a good job.

Eder then asked about another topic of concern.

"How's the military exchange with the Germans?"

"At present, the first batch of German exchanges has arrived in China, and I have personally visited them, and these are young officers and experienced officers, and we have a good exchange with them. You can see that the Germans still attach great importance to communicating with us. ”

"In addition, our military technology exchange with Germany is also good, and their aircraft and heavy artillery technology are worth learning from. And we are not bad, the Germans are full of praise for the tank technology of our country. ”

Hearing Admiral Fereitt's answer, Eder said with satisfaction. "That's good. Military exchanges between our country and Germany are very important, which is very important for the improvement of our national defense. ”

"I will go down to supervise it, and I will not let the exchanges between the two countries have twists and turns."

After talking to Admiral Ferreuit, Eder asked Vice Admiral Lomodan of the Navy. "What is the progress of the ships currently under construction?"

"Your Majesty, the progress is good at the moment, and it is guaranteed that it will be completed according to the plan. In particular, the Brebista is focused on ensuring its construction efficiency. ”

The Brebista mentioned by Vice Admiral Lomodan was the 10,000-ton heavy cruiser in the Navy's previous five-year plan.

The Brepista is 194 meters long, 18.5 meters wide, with a standard displacement of 11,000 tons (9,950 tons) and a full load of 13,670 tons. There are four heavy oil boilers and four steam turbines, with a maximum output of 110,000 horsepower and a maximum horsepower of 34 knots. 7,000 nautical miles / 14 knots, 3,800 nautical miles / 18 knots

The armament is equipped with eight 203-mm 45-caliber naval guns, which adopt a layout of two in the front and two in the rear. Six single-barreled 88 mm 50 caliber high-level guns, six twin 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, 4x twin 610 mm torpedo tubes.

Armor for; Side armor 127-146mm, deck 37-46mm, mine armor 25-58mm. The main turret 35mm, the gun mount 25-38mm, the ammunition magazine 52-90mm.

It can be said that this heavy cruiser, named after the king of Dacia, the founder of the first kingdom of Romania, fully met the needs of the Romanian navy.

After questioning the two, Edel finally picked up the plan for the army at the top. Turning the first page of Eder, he saw the eye-catching headline, Proposal for the Transformation of Armored Brigades into Divisions.

In this proposal, the current armored brigade is considered to be small in size and not conducive to a breakthrough in the war. And in the future the enemy will certainly have a large number of anti-tank weapons, and even armored forces. Moreover, in view of the fact that the main threat to Romania in the future was the increased military capabilities of the Soviet Union, the deterrent power of brigade armored forces was also decreasing. Therefore, Romania needs to strengthen its armored forces, mainly to upgrade the current armored brigade of one brigade and two regiments to one division and three regiments. The main one of these was the addition of an infantry regiment.

In addition, in view of the fact that in previous battles, it was found that the motorized infantry regiment Bunsen had a poor breakthrough ability, but the vehicles used by its troops did not have the ability to travel in the field. So hopefully improvements will be made in the next step for this situation. The main thing is that it is necessary to develop tracked vehicles, and it is best to have a certain degree of protection and firepower to deal with emergencies.

In addition, the current number of tanks in its core armored regiment is small in the face of the enemy, and it is also hoped that the current strength of 112 (3x4x9 + 4 supplementary tanks) will be changed to 148 (4x4x9 + 4). In addition, mechanized infantry regiments also need to have an armored battalion (4x9+2) in order to give them a small independent breakthrough capability, so the final armored division needs to have 224 tanks.

In addition, with the expansion of the establishment of armored divisions, the demand for air defense, reconnaissance, and support firepower will also increase, so the air defense battalions, artillery battalions, transport battalions, and other units under them also need to increase their equipment and personnel.

Edel gasped at this, it wasn't that he scared him. It's that the armored forces are very expensive, and this brigade is completely burning money, and he feels distressed.

Edel resisted the urge to refuse on the spot and continued to watch. The following is normal, it is all about the research and development requirements of new equipment, such as the research and development of bombers, transport aircraft, new artillery and other weapons.

Only then did Eder realize that it was estimated that Admiral Fereit knew that the brigade division was spending too much, and did not dare to speak in other ways.

Edel put down the army's plan, picked up the navy's plan, and was shocked when he didn't know it, the navy actually wanted to do this.