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Speaking of this, Constantine solemnly said: "In addition to assisting in drawing maps, the Intelligence Department also pays attention to developing intelligence personnel in the Ottoman territory and inquiring about information, such as political, financial, military, social situation, etc., the Intelligence Department Everyone needs to pay attention. With the increasingly bad relationship between us and the Ottomans, this intelligence department will be of great use sooner or later."

Constantine talked freely about the idea of ​​strengthening the general staff, which he had been planning for a long time.

"There is also the Logistics Department and the Railway Department. Once war breaks out, they are responsible for controlling rail transportation and roads in Greece to ensure sufficient supplies for the frontline troops," Emma Inol added.

With the smooth implementation of Trikoupis's infrastructure plan, Greece's domestic railways and roads have already connected a considerable number of cities. These transportation facilities mainly provide convenience for economic development and cargo circulation in peacetime, and are naturally needed for the military during wartime. Used.

After saying this, Constantine continued to say: "The other thing is to transfer officers with rich management experience and actual combat experience in the army to the General Staff, organize them together, conduct research, and learn classic war cases. Explore the key factors in winning or losing a war and summarize the art of war."

This method was actually learned from the German staff, which is why the German command organization can give people the impression of being capable and efficient.

"Of course, the Greek army has not fought for decades since the War of Independence. The battle formations have been sparse for a long time. The so-called concentration of experienced officers and so on." After saying this, Constantine shook his head. Since the Greek War of Independence in 1821, Since then, the Greek army has not participated in the war. Most of the officers in the army are fledglings who have not been exposed to war.

"How about sending some young officers to Germany to study modern military?" Emma Enol heard this and suggested.

As the chief of staff of the Greek army, no one knows better than him the level of the Greek army.

Now that there is finally sufficient military spending, sending promising young officers to Germany to study military affairs may be more efficient for the Greek army to innovate tactics. At this time, the strongest army in the European continent is recognized by the world as the German Army.

"It's up to you to select them yourself. You must choose young officers who are flexible and energetic," Constantine emphasized.

"Schmitt, the attendant who has been by my side in recent years, let him go too." Schmidt has been working diligently by Constantine's side these years. He was originally looking for a future, and he has been by Constantine's side for many years. After entering the army, he became Constantine's confidant in the army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Constantine also intended to help him. After all, these young officers who had returned from studying in Germany would definitely be reused in the future.

"After these functions of the General Staff are perfected, you, the Chief of the General Staff, will be worthy of the name," Constantine sighed.

The General Staff Headquarters, known as the command center of the army, is an important institutional guarantee for the modernization of the army. With the army of the General Staff Headquarters, we say goodbye to the previous reliance on the personal experience of military chiefs to command the army, and the command of the army has become a A system that can be replicated.

In this sense, such an army's urgent need for so-called famous generals will be greatly reduced. After all, the role of the General Staff is to work together and rely on the wisdom of everyone to improve the command loopholes of the army.

"In this case, the General Staff Headquarters can start operating normally."

"Based on the currently collected intelligence, a feasible military plan is formulated every year to deal with the current Ottoman military threat," Constantine said solemnly.

Simply improving the functions of the General Staff requires recruiting a large number of personnel and costs a lot of money, so it will naturally have some effect.

Although he was caught off guard, Emmanuel did not object. Formulating military plans was originally the core purpose of the General Staff. Even if the plan was formulated in the early stage, due to the rush of time, there were some loopholes. The General Staff also had to Start fulfilling your responsibilities.

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In 1890, the brain of the Greek army, the General Staff, was finally completed. Then, as agreed by Constantine and Emmanuel, nearly a hundred officers were dispatched to Germany to study military affairs.

After a small amount of 1,000 new rifles were installed in the troops, they were slightly modified in response to the requirements of the troops. They were officially named M1890 rifles and began to be equipped in large quantities with the Greek army.

The machine factory received a large number of orders for rifles.

The 60mm and 80mm mortars, also produced by the machinery factory, were also delivered in small quantities to facilitate technical verification by the troops.

The machinery factory provided a total of 120 60mm and 80mm mortars to the army.

So far, there is still a big debate among military officers about whether to equip such weapons in large numbers.

Some officers believe that this kind of artillery is light (the 60mm mortar weighs about 55 kilograms) and is very suitable as an accompanying weapon for infantry. You must know that the weight of traditional artillery currently equipped by the army is calculated in tons. Two horses are used to pull it. How has the army ever seen a soldier holding a mobile artillery in such an emergency?

Although the opposing officers also recognized the benefits of its portability, they criticized the artillery's range of less than 500 meters, although the mortar's rate of fire was very fast (the rate of fire of the mortar was more than a dozen rounds per minute). , has an excellent effect in strengthening the firepower of the army, but it is of no great use. Instead, it is suspected of wasting artillery shells.

Constantine was not in a hurry to argue, and just watched the debate between the two factions.

However, Constantine was indeed a little anxious about the delay in the development of rapid-fire cannons. After all, in Constantine's eyes, this was his biggest reliance in the war against the Ottomans. Failure to successfully develop it would have serious consequences. Army follow-up.

As the main technical weapon of the army, the status of artillery in the army cannot be denied.

Constantine also hesitated as to whether the Greek army's artillery should be outsourced or insist on independent research and development and manufacturing.

After all, the so-called reserve of 1.5 million artillery shells cannot be determined by artillery. How should the caliber of artillery shells be determined?

After watching a live-fire shooting performance of a small number of mortars delivered to the army, Constantine once again came to the industrial area of ​​​​Piraeus Port and the Machinery Factory.

Looking at the dejected artillery team at the experimental shooting range of the machinery factory, there was no doubt that there was another flaw in the hydraulic device.

In the conference room, Constantine and the members of the rapid-fire gun development team held another meeting to discuss the future of the rapid-fire gun.

"Is this hydraulic device so difficult to solve?" Constantine said unwillingly.

The problem of Army artillery cannot be allowed to be delayed any longer.