After discussing with the Prime Minister the cost of the war and the pension of the army, Eder took a short break to meet with Major Hoffmann, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time.

He called Major Hoffmann this time to prepare for the creation of the first armored automobile unit in Romania.

In fact, as early as 1855, the British J. Cohen installed a machine gun and armor on the chassis of a steam tractor, made a wheeled armored car, and obtained the patent rights. But such armored vehicles failed to be put into practical use. In 1899, the Englishman Sims installed armor and a machine gun on a four-wheeled car. In 1900, Britain threw armored vehicles into the ongoing Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. However, this kind of car has too many problems, and it can only be driven on the road, and there are no good results.

However, countries see a lot of potential and invest in research and development.

The Chinese were one of the first countries to recognize the importance of armored vehicles. The reason for this can be traced back to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904~1905. In the Russo-Japanese War, the Cossack cavalry, which the Russians were proud of, was often beaten on their backs in the face of the powerful fire of the Japanese machine guns and artillery. The fact of harsh blood has made people of insight in the Russian military feel bitterly that "it is necessary to develop an armored car with both mobility and firepower."

Among them, the most active advocate is General M. Nakasidze, the senior staff member of the Simenlia Cossack cavalry unit of the Russian army. In 1905, Nakasidze designed the first Russian armored car, named the "Nakasidza" armored car. This is all about putting 5-6 mm steel plates directly on a car, and then installing a Maxim machine gun. However, this simple and crude approach has caused this armored vehicle to be severely overloaded, and it can only move at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour, and it is also flawed.

Eder had considered building armored vehicles before, but since the armored vehicles are now directly modified on the car, and there are many problems, they have not been developed for the time being. But because World War I was about to break out, he thought it was time now. Now Romania has the largest automobile manufacturing industry in Europe, and there is no problem in the face of modifying an armored car.

And there are already countries that have converted Romania's Dongfeng cars into armored vehicles, this is Belgium, this low-country country has modified two Dongfeng trucks before, installed an open baffle in front of the cab, and then installed a machine gun flange that can rotate on the back compartment, plus a Maxim machine gun, quite a later pickup plus machine gun style.

However, this was also seen by Crown Prince Eder from the newspaper, and now Crown Prince Eder intends to form his own armored car force to overdo it. However, his ultimate goal was to be the king of land tanks, so he found Major Hoffman, who was still in the motor transport regiment.

"I've seen Your Highness."

Major Hoffman, dressed in a lean light blue major's uniform, walked into Crown Prince Eder's office and saluted the crown prince.

Looking at Major Hoffmann, who was probably the pioneer of the Romanian armored forces, he dug out in front of him, Eder said with a smile. "Are you still used to it in the army?"

Hearing the Crown Prince's words of concern, Major Hoffmann, who was of German descent in his bones, stood straight in front of the Crown Prince and replied loudly. "Thank you for Your Highness's concern, I have learned a lot of things in the army that cannot be taught in books, and I have enriched a lot."

Seeing Major Hoffman, who was in good spirits, Eder said directly. "Remember when I met you in the classroom?"

"Your Highness, of course I remember, are we in Romania going to form such a force?"

In the face of the crown prince's question, Major Hoffman, of course, remembered. At that time, the debate between him and the instructor Rick Siwa at the military academy about the use of armored vehicles for assault was overheard by the crown prince, which is why he was favored by Eder. Could it be that the crown prince is looking for himself for this reason, Major Hoffman said what was in his heart.

Without making him think much about it, Edel replied directly. "Yes, I intend to form such a battalion-sized experimental unit. And at the moment I can be the commander of this unit, I think you are the most suitable one in the Romanian army. ”

Faced with the crown prince's decision to appoint himself as the commander of the first armored unit, Major Hoffman was very excited. Having spent time in cavalry units and trucking regiments, he had long wanted to train an ideal unit in his heart. However, this is impossible with his current status and qualifications, but fortunately he met His Royal Highness Eder, and the most important thing is that the crown prince recognized his ideas. Now faced with the low-hanging fruit, Major Hoffman spoke excitedly.

"Thank Your Highness for your trust in me, I will take this army and experiment with the best way to use this new force."

Looking at Major Hoffman, whose face was flushed with excitement in front of him, Edel opened a drawer in his desk and pulled out a few drawings from it. This is a sketch of the armored vehicles from World War II to modern times in his memory of his past life. He hoped that Major Hoffmann's modified armored car would be used, mainly because he was full of malice towards the current shape of the armored car. Now the appearance of European armored vehicles can't be seen, it's just how strange it is, it's all some magic stuff. He can't control foreign armored vehicles, but Romania's future armored vehicles must not be disabled.

Eder took out a few sketches and handed them to Major Hoffman. "Here are some of my prospects for the future of armored vehicles in Romania, I hope you can take a look."

Hearing the Crown Prince's words, Major Hoffman took the Crown Prince's sketch and began to look at it. Eder mainly drew the Sd Kfz 221 wheeled armored car, the Sd Kfz 234 wheeled armored car, the American M8 wheeled armored car, and the Japanese Type 92 wheeled armored car, which was the most watched on TV at that time.

Major Hoffmann didn't quite understand these scribbled vehicle sketches, but he could basically guess who was the author of these sketches from the Crown Prince's expectant eyes.

"How?"

In the face of the crown prince's inquiry, although he did not understand it very clearly, Major Hoffman was very clever, and he replied seriously. "Your Highness, these sketches are very good, and they have helped me a lot in building armored vehicles, and I hope to discuss the situation of armored vehicles with this sketch author."

A serious nonsense can be very deceiving, especially when this person has never been talking nonsense, and occasionally a couple of sentences are very good. His Highness Eder was unfortunately a victim of this, and he believed Major Hoffman's words.

For this reason, he had to make up an excuse indiscriminately. "It was designed by an automotive engineer, but he's out of the country now."

Regarding the lame reason of the crown prince, Major Hoffman said with a look of regret on his face. "It's so disappointing, and I hope to talk to this thoughtful engineer next time."

"There's going to be a chance."

Major Hoffman now asks the question of greatest concern. "Your Highness, may I ask how much equipment funds have been prepared for this experimental force?"

Eder also understood Major Hoffman's feelings, and when he knew that he was going to form a new unit, the cost was always the most concerning, and the armored vehicles were not cheap, and the cost of modification and weapons had to be calculated.

Glancing at Major Hoffman with a concerned face, Eder told him about the budget he had prepared. "I'm going to give you 800,000 lei for the purchase, and you can go to the Volkswagen plant and make your own request."

Hearing the amount given by the crown prince, Major Hoffman calculated in his heart that it seemed that it could only be formed according to the model of the automobile transport regiment. And with these funds, it is estimated that only two seemingly simple models (American M8 and Japanese 92 type) can be selected to try to build two cars.

Major Hoffman, who was muttering to himself in his heart, still said with confidence on his face. "Thank Your Highness for your support, and I will go to the Volkswagen factory to seek their support."

"Go ahead."

After saluting the crown prince, the Hoffman major left the crown prince's office with anticipation of the imminent formation of a new unit. This time, in the face of Eder's summons, although there is still a little bit of financial weakness, other aspects are too good for him to be a good result.

Looking at Major Hoffman, who had left with a satisfied expression, Eder knew that this armored vehicle unit was now just a replacement, and he was laying the foundation for future tanks.

PS No. 6 steamed buns need to be delayed for a while, if I come back early, I'll try to code it out for everyone to see. In fact, this book is a practice of steamed buns, so I will go a little more on the premise of ensuring the quality, after all, more than four or five hundred words everyone can read a little cooler. Don't discuss the topic of whether this book will be a eunuch, I will reiterate here at the end, this book will never be a eunuch, and I still expect this book to practice and make money.