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The latest website: After reading the preparation of the motorized infantry, Edel found that there is more content behind, so he turned the page and continued to see the content about the restructuring of the cavalry division.

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

So for this cavalry division, Admiral Freiette also intends to modify it to meet the needs of future wars. The first thing that needs to be solved is the problem of dismounting the cavalry. For this reason, Freyte intends to directly reduce the number of horses in the cavalry division from more than 30,000 to more than 3,000. The remaining war horses are mainly used for small-scale battles, reconnaissance and other purposes. Used for communication.

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

Instead, the cavalry division will also adapt a tank battalion (38 vehicles) for its assault. Moreover, the situation of too few cavalry divisions and divisions will also be changed.

Its artillery regiment will also be changed from the mainly light-based 75 field gun to the 105-based howitzer. The content of the adaptation is as follows, the artillery regiment's 54 field guns and 12 105 howitzers were changed to 48 self-propelled 105 howitzers.

In addition, the reconnaissance company will also be expanded into a reconnaissance battalion. Because before the cavalry division was mainly cavalry, its own reconnaissance ability is very strong, so the demand for reconnaissance of the division is not high, but now it is necessary to expand the scale of the reconnaissance force.

Moreover, its reconnaissance battalion is different from other divisions, and its number of horses is much higher than that of other units. The main reason is that among the cavalry divisions, there are too many people who can use horse-riding reconnaissance methods. If they completely copy the model of other divisions, their reconnaissance methods will be reduced.

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

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, the division and baggage regiment: 2100 people, 30 light machine guns, 88 motorcycles, 283 wheeled vehicles, 195 carriages, and 535 horses.

The entire division has more than 19,100 personnel and 2,200 equipped vehicles. It can be regarded as a motorized infantry division with strengthened tanks.

The cavalry division after this adaptation can no longer see the shadow of the cavalry, so Edel asked worriedly. With such a big change, will the cavalry division have any opinions?

Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the cavalry division is very supportive of such changes.

In the face of Edel's question, Admiral Freiette answered without hesitation.

Of course, the actual situation may be somewhat different, but as the chief of the general staff, Freiette is not worried about this at all. Because as the first person in the military, he is not afraid of any disturbances in the reorganization of the cavalry division. Those who dare to oppose obviously cannot see the military concept of the future, and such people cannot have a future.

And Edel has no objection to this name, cavalry has been eliminated in Europe. Although there are still a large number of cavalry in the Balkans and other Eastern European countries, these are no way to threaten Romania. The emergence of heavy machine guns and tanks has accelerated the withdrawal of the cavalry from the arena of war.

For this reason, he is also very in favor of reorganizing the cavalry, but he still has different opinions on the problem of too large motorized infantry. Because he seemed to remember that during World War II, the German motorized infantry divisions seemed to be much smaller than the average infantry divisions.

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

Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we have tried it during the exercise before, and the motorized infantry division prepared in this way will not cause the problem of bloated formation. Because we require the regiment-level troops to have the ability to fight independently. The motorized infantry division has its command system. Because after the reduction of the brigade-level establishment, there will be no delay in information due to layer-by-layer communication.”

Admiral Freiette then answered questions about the reform of the cavalry division. As for the restructuring of the cavalry division, the main purpose is to find an idealized division-level experimental unit that can not only break through independently, but also follow the armored division to fight, and guard the main points between the armored division and the motorized infantry division.

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

Strictly speaking, mechanized infantry needs to get off the vehicle for combat and grab points to attack with the vehicle. They can directly ride the infantry fighting vehicle into the battlefield, and the infantry with the vehicle can only get off the vehicle and start an assault until it rushes to the opposite face. This kind of combat method can be called mechanized infantry, but this kind of infantry Edel remembers that there was at most a prototype in the late World War II.

And his chief of staff wants to achieve this requirement before World War II, it seems unrealistic.

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

So Edel can only give encouragement. It's a great idea, and we're worth a shot.

Admiral Fleet, who didn't know Edel's inner thoughts, said with a sigh after being encouraged. Your Majesty, I only 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 division-level unit with the advantages of both.

Freiette's voice changed when he said this. Of course, this idea may also be too whimsical. It may also be impossible for the current technology. But if we don't try it, how will we know it won't work.

It seems that Fereit also has no idea about the formation of such a unit, which is better. When it comes to the drill, maybe he will find the problem.

But Edel does not want to discuss this issue yet, because there is a more important matter to discuss.

Admiral Freiette, how long do you think it will take us to expand our troops to millions?