Greece’s Roman Road

Speaking of this, Constantine said solemnly: "In addition to assisting in drawing maps, the Intelligence Department should also pay attention to the development of intelligence personnel in the Ottoman territory to inquire about information, such as political, financial, military, social situation and other intelligence. We all need to be careful, because our relationship with Ottoman is getting worse and worse, this intelligence service will be of great use sooner or later."

Constantine eloquently talked 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 a war breaks out, it is responsible for controlling railway transportation and roads in Greece and ensuring sufficient supplies for the front-line army," Emma Enor added.

With the smooth implementation of the infrastructure plan of Trikupis, railways and highways in Greece have already communicated with a considerable number of cities. These transportation facilities mainly provide convenience for economic development and the flow of goods in peacetime. Naturally, in wartime, they need to be used for the military. Used.

After saying this, Constantine said in a lingering tone: "Also, officers with rich management experience and actual combat experience in the army are transferred to the General Staff to organize them together, conduct research, and learn classic war cases. Exploring the key factors in winning and losing war and summarizing the art of war"

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

"Of course, the Greek army has not fought for decades since the War of Independence, and the so-called concentration of experienced officers is so-called," said here, Constantine shook his head, since the Greek War of Independence in 1821 Since then, the Greek army has never participated in the war, and most of the officers in the army are young birds without war.

"How about sending some young officers to go to Germany to study modern military?" Emma Enor suggested after hearing this.

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

Now that we have finally encountered sufficient military expenditure, sending promising young officers to Germany to study the military may be more efficient for the Greek army to innovate tactics. At this time, the strongest army in the European continent is generally recognized as the German army.

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

"Schmidt, the attendant who has been by my side in recent years, let him go too." Schmidt has been working hard by Constantine's side all these years. After entering the army, he was Constantine's confidant in the army.

Just taking advantage of this opportunity, Constantine also intends to help him. After all, these young officers who returned from studying in Germany will definitely be reused in the future.

"After these functions of the General Staff are perfected, you, the Chief of the General Staff, can be considered a veritable one," Constantine sighed.

The General Staff, known as the command center of the army, is an important institutional guarantee for the army to modernize. With the army of the General Staff, we bid farewell to the previous command of the army by relying on the personal experience of the chief military officer, and turned the command of the army into a Reproducible system.

In this sense, the urgent need of such an army for the 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 army's command loopholes.

"In this case, the General Staff can also start to operate normally."

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

Just to improve the functions of the General Staff Department requires the recruitment of a large number of personnel, which is expensive, so naturally it has to play a role.

Although he was caught off guard, Emanuel did not object. The formulation of military plans is the core purpose of the General Staff. began to perform duties.

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In 1890, the construction of the brain general staff of the Greek army was finally completed. Then, as agreed by Constantine and Emanuel, nearly 100 officers were dispatched to Germany to study military affairs.

After a small number of 1,000 new rifles were installed in the army, they were officially named as the M1890 rifle after a small modification in response to the requirements of the army, and began to be equipped with a large number of Greek troops.

The machine factory thus received a large number of rifle orders.

The 60mm and 80mm mortars, also produced by the machine shop, were also delivered on a small scale to facilitate technical verification by the troops.

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

So far, officers in the military are still debating whether to deploy such weapons in large numbers.

Some officers believe that this kind of artillery is light (the weight of a 60mm mortar is about 55 kg), and it is very suitable as an accompanying weapon for infantry. com~ Needless to say, two horses are required for traction. How has the army ever seen such an emergency in which a soldier can hold a moving artillery?

Although the opposing officers also agreed with the benefits of its lightness, 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 is more than ten rounds per minute) , It is excellent in strengthening the firepower of the army, but it is not of great use, but it is suspected of wasting artillery shells.

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

However, Constantine was indeed a little anxious about the progress of rapid-fire gun research and development. Follow-up work for the army.

As the main technical weapon of the army, the status of artillery in the army is unquestionable.

Constantine was also a little hesitant about whether the Greek army's artillery should be outsourced or if it insisted on independent research and development and manufacturing.

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

After watching the live-fire performance where a small amount of mortars were delivered to the army, Constantine once again came to the industrial area of ​​Piraeus Port, the machinery factory.

Looking at the dejected artillery team in the experimental shooting range of the mechanical factory, there is no doubt that the hydraulic device has again failed.

In the conference room, Constantine and the rapid-fire gun research and development team had 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 the Army's artillery can no longer be delayed.

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