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The latest website: Edel can't say anything about the establishment of this infantry division, after all, he doesn't know much about the military. And Freyte obviously knew this, so he explained on the side.

Your Majesty, the changes to the infantry divisions this time are mainly to enhance the offensive and defensive capabilities of the infantry divisions. With the development of military enterprises in various countries, new equipment for the military of various countries will also be put into use in the future. Take our neighboring country the Soviet Union as an example. , its military combat capability was very different from that of our country during World War I. If it were not based on its huge domestic population and mobilization ability, its military strength would not be higher than that of our country.

By the time of the Soviet-Polish war, its military capabilities had been significantly improved. By the time of the war with our country a few years ago, the combat capability of the infantry units of the Soviet army was not much lower than that of our country. If it weren't for the fact that our country gradually shifted its combat system to armored warfare at that time, this war might have fallen into a protracted war. After the failure of this war, the Soviet Union formed three armored armies in one go, which was a big challenge for our country.

Eder also knew something about what Freyte said. After the failure of the local war, the Soviet Union also recognized the role of tanks and expanded the establishment of three mechanized armies in one go.

Each mechanized army has 1 T-26 mechanized brigade, 1 tank regiment (equipped with BT tanks), 1 infantry brigade and troops directly under the army. 1000 vehicles. It can be said to show the powerful industrial strength of the Soviet Union.

And the Soviet Union also developed the T-28 medium tank for the Romanian Jackal tank. The tank has a total combat weight of 25.2 tons and is equipped with a short-barreled 76.2 mm gun with a 16.5 caliber. There is a 7.62mm machine gun on the right side of the main gun, and a 7.62mm machine gun is installed at the rear of the main tower.

Its hull frontal armor is 30 mm and the sides and rear are 20 mm. The turret has 50mm frontal armor and 20mm side and rear. It is powered by a 400-horsepower M-17T gasoline engine, with a top speed of 45 km/h and a maximum travel of 220 km.

Moreover, the tank was influenced by the Romanian Jackal Tank. It did not use a multi-turret design like the original history, but also a single-turret design. Responsibly, the T28 tank is enough to compete with the Jackal tank.

However, compared with the newly developed R20 medium tank in Romania, the gap is huge, and even the R10 light tank can compete with it.

Of course, this is a bit far, but the meaning of Admiral Fereit is obvious. In the future, in the face of Romania's great enemy, the Soviet army, Romania must have the advantage of quality.

Because even after the merger of Bulgaria, the population of Romania is only in the early 40s, which is nearly four times the population of the Soviet Union, which is more than 150 million.

Coupled with its super mobilization ability of the Soviet Union, Romania must ensure an absolute advantage in the quality of the army.

And Edel is well aware of this, so he asked after carefully looking at the establishment of the infantry division. How much should the establishment of such a division cost?

If the current division is reorganized, the cost should be around 21 million lei, mainly for the procurement of various weapons and personnel. Of course, if it is a newly formed unit, the cost should be around 65 million lei, because Both personnel and armament require new purchases.

From here, you can see the gap between the army and the navy. One battleship of the navy can make up four infantry divisions, which is indeed a noble service.

As for motorized infantry divisions, mechanized infantry divisions and armored divisions, it is more expensive, especially the price of armored divisions costs hundreds of millions of lei.

And Edel remained calm after hearing Fereit's words, and continued to read the following content. There is also the preparation of motorized infantry divisions in the back.

This kind of motorized infantry division, which can cooperate with the armored division to make up for its lack of infantry, first appeared on the battlefield in an emergency way in the local war in Luosu, and its excellent performance attracted the attention of the military after the war. In order to better cooperate with the armored division's operations, the General Staff has selected several units for motorization experiments in response to this situation. And according to the results of the exercise, the motorization system was finally confirmed.

In the plan that Edel saw, there is a detailed introduction to the preparation of the Romanian motorized division.

Infantry squad: 10 men. Squad leader, deputy squad leader (both non-commissioned officers), equipped with submachine guns. Machine gun team. 3 people, one light machine gun. Shooter, sub-shooter, loader. The shooter has a machine gun, the loader has two spare barrels, and a 250-round magazine. The sub-shooter has four 100-round ammo chains. 5 riflemen.

Infantry Platoon: 3 infantry squads. 1 fire squad: 60 mortars*2, 8 people. Platoon leader and deputy platoon leader 2 people. A row of 40 people.

Infantry Company: Infantry platoon*3. Weapons Platoon: Mortar squad. 60 mortars*3, 12 people. Anti-tank squad, 10 people, 6 anti-tank guns. 3 snipers and 2 medics. Engineer team 3 people. Heavy machine gun squad, 10 people, two heavy machine guns, with heavy barrel, tripod. A logistics class, 12 people. Company commander, deputy company commander, and 2 correspondents. An infantry company has a total of 176 men.

Motorized Infantry Battalion: Infantry Company*3. The battalion headquarters includes the battalion commander, the deputy battalion commander, the radio communication team, the battalion guard squad, and a total of 50 people. A supply platoon of 50 people, a heavy mortar platoon of 50 people, equipped with 6 82MM mortars. A sapper squad, 12 people, an anti-tank gun squad of 12 people, 2 50mm anti-tank guns. There are 12 people in a medical team, 104 people in a car company, and 48 vehicles of various kinds. A motorized infantry battalion has a total of 820 men.

Motorized Infantry Regiment: 3 infantry battalions. 820*3, 2460 people. The regiment headquarters company, the regiment-affiliated infantry artillery company is equipped with 4 105mm infantry guns, the reconnaissance company, the regiment-affiliated quartermaster company, and the regiment-affiliated anti-tank artillery company are equipped with 6 50mm anti-tank guns and tow trucks. Engineer company, anti-aircraft artillery company, regimental small field hospital, military police platoon, logistics support company, motor transport company. There are about 3370 officers and soldiers in the whole regiment.

In addition to 3 infantry regiments and 1 artillery regiment (36 105mm howitzers (two battalions) and a 12 150mm howitzer battalion), the infantry division also has a heavy mortar battalion equipped with 16 120mm mortars.

Division armored reconnaissance battalion: 625 people, 25 light machine guns, 8 heavy machine guns, 3 50mm anti-tank guns, 3 20mm anti-aircraft guns, 3 60mm mortars, 4 81mm mortars, 2 75mm infantry guns, 36 armored vehicles, 45 motorcycles, and 60 wheeled vehicles.

Communications Battalion: 474 people, 17 light machine guns, 32 motorcycles, and 103 wheeled vehicles.

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

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

In addition to the division's quarters department, the division's boat bridge brigade, the division's automobile transport battalion, the engineer battalion, and the field hospital, the entire division has a total of 18,300 officers and soldiers. Equipped with 1,400 vehicles, which fully meet the motorization needs of the entire division.

It needs to be explained here that the trucks currently purchased by the Romanian military are divided into three types of light, medium and heavy, corresponding to the load capacity of 2, 5 and 8 tons respectively. This is also an achievement that the Romanian automotive industry is proud of.