At a time when Bulgaria was ready to take matters into its own hands without waiting for news from Austria-Hungary. Romania is also preparing to assemble its troops in the name of army maneuver exercises.

In the 12th Division, stationed in Iasi, the soldiers began to prepare their belongings. Rifles, water bottles, cartridge boxes, gun oil cans, blankets and other items were all wrapped up and ready to be carried with them.

After returning from the Bulgarian Observation Mission, Major General Fereit returned to his post, and he had seen the performance of both sides of the Balkan War, and now the division commander Freiit was inspecting the readiness of his soldiers. Looking at the busy soldiers in front of him, he said to the chief of staff beside him. "Set up a few more supply points on the road so that the soldiers can get plenty of rest on the road."

The chief of staff was a little surprised that his division commander would attach so much importance to this exercise, obviously he had already experienced many such exercises, and he was already familiar with it, and he would specially remind himself. Of course, he would not contradict his military commander, so he put his arrangements out. "I have sent a transport group to set off ahead of schedule, and six supply points have been arranged on the way to ensure that we can reach Slobozia on time."

The division commander of Fereit praised the answer of the chief of staff. "Well done, we need to give the soldiers a good rest."

Two days earlier, he had received a telegram from the Chief of the General Staff, General Prishan, telling him to prepare for the exercise, and also informed him of the fact that the exercise was in fact a war, and that it was strictly forbidden to spread it. Now the real purpose of this exercise, General Preshan only conveyed to the commander-in-chief of the division. Therefore, the division commander of Fereit could not explain to his chief of staff that this was not a maneuver exercise but a pre-war preparation. That's why he visited and inspected the troops everywhere, saw the preparations with his own eyes, and grasped the real situation of the troops below.

After listening to the chief of staff's report, Fereit went into the barracks to check the equipment that the soldiers had prepared to carry with them. The commander of the division opened a soldier's packed backpack and looked at the bayonet, the kettle, the gun oil can, the cowhide bullet box with a hundred rounds of ammunition, and the blanket he needed to rest were all neatly placed together. In addition to a Mauser 98 rifle, this is the equipment that a soldier carries with him. These add up to a weight of almost 15 kilograms, which is a weight that takes into account the physical fitness of the soldiers, so that they have the physical strength to go further.

After checking the readiness of the soldiers, Fereit went to the station of the most important artillery regiment of the XII Division. It happened to see that they were preparing the largest support weapon of the transport division level, the 105 howitzer.

"Fall back a little further."

A lieutenant was standing profusely sweating next to a German 105 howitzer made by a Romanian arsenal, shouting instructions to a Dongfeng truck in front of him. There were also more than twenty artillerymen standing next to this 105 cannon, and they were no better than the lieutenant, all sweating profusely, and some were even naked, apparently preparing to hang this cannon on a truck and transport it away.

If later generations see this 105 howitzer, they will not think it is a cannon before World War I, the main feature is that this 105 howitzer has a pair of 30 cm wide rubber hollow tires, instead of the steel wheels of the First World War, which is also to adapt to the increasing number of trucks in the Romanian army. Because in the army's maneuver exercises, the cannon's steel rim wheels are not well adapted to the transportation of trucks, so Volkswagen specially designed this kind of rubber hollow tires with a width of 30 cm for army cannons. After using this kind of tires, the military was satisfied with the new tires of the cannon, both on the road and in the wilderness, it was much better than before, which was unanimously praised by the army.

"Stop"

This lieutenant, who commanded the vehicle, said to the soldiers around him after seeing the car parked. "Hurry up and hang this cannon."

The soldiers hurried forward to attach the cannon mount to the truck, and as the soldiers attached the mount to the hook behind the truck, the truck dragged the cannon to the railway station for the railroad crossing.

"Commander, why are you here?"

As Fereit watched the soldiers transport the artillery, the artillery commander came to him panting.

Looking at the artillery commander in front of him, who was also covered with beads of sweat on his forehead, Fereit said. "The Chief of the General Staff attaches great importance to this exercise, and I will come down to see how you are prepared. Now it seems that it is not bad, everything is going so well. ”

Hearing the praise of the division commander, the artillery commander did not show a too happy expression, he replied. "Division commander, please rest assured, our artillery regiment has experienced many maneuver exercises,"

Division Commander Fereitt then inspected the other units and found that they were well prepared, and some of them had taken into account the hot weather and had taken advantage of the tropical weather. After seeing that his subordinates were very thoughtful, he returned to the division headquarters with peace of mind.

This situation of the 12th Division was not unique to him, and all the divisions in Romania were similar to him. It's just that the 12th Division is stationed farther away and is more prepared.

While the divisions were preparing to move closer to the Bulgarian line, the chief of the General Staff of the Prishan in the palace was really reporting to Crown Prince Eder where the divisions were preparing to arrive this time.

"Your Highness, this is our plan for this war."

General Prieshan handed over to the crown prince a prepared plan for the exercises, also called the preparations for the start of the war.

Edel picked up Chief of Staff Presham's long-prepared plan for the exercise. In this plan, the 7th, 5th, 10th, and 2nd Praetorian Divisions of the Romanian Second Army were to move north of Giuliju and south of the capital Bucharest to Comana, Budesti, and Greaka. The 2nd, 3rd, 12th and Cavalry Divisions of the First Army, which were stationed in Hudrej, Dragalia, Stefan and other places between the capital and Constanta. The 3rd Army, consisting of the 1st, 4th, 8th, and 14th Divisions, was stationed in Megidia, Alber, Kobadin, and other places around Constanta. The 17th Division was stationed in Constanta, ready to protect the logistical supply lines.

After the arrival of the divisions, the 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment (36 150 heavy howitzers, 18 150 cannons, a total of 5,000 personnel) will be assigned to the 3rd Army, the 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment (36 150 heavy howitzers, 18 150 cannons, a total of 5,100 personnel) will be assigned to the 2nd Army, and the 3rd Heavy Artillery Regiment (18 150 heavy howitzers, 36 150 cannons, 5,800 men) will be assigned to the 1st Army.

The commander of the First Army was the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Priegsan. The commander of the Second Army was Lieutenant General Andrew, Deputy Chief of Staff. The commander of the Third Army was Deputy Secretary of the Army Salamik, the commander-in-chief of this military operation was Crown Prince Eder, the chief of staff was the Minister of War, General Courtois, and the deputy chief of staff was Major General Prosi.

From this list, it can be seen that General Prieshan also took great pains. not only satisfied the current king's power in the army, but also won a lot of benefits for the crown prince's power in the army, and also arranged himself to be the commander of the first army, which was the most likely to shine. The candidate for commander-in-chief was the crown prince, and he was afraid that the Minister of War as chief of staff would disrupt his plans, so he also arranged for his friend Prosi to serve as deputy chief of staff to help watch.

Edel looked at the arrangement of the chief of staff of Preshan and didn't say anything, there was no suspense in this war, and the people he arranged were all very recognized generals in the army. As for Presan to arrange himself in the First Army, Eder also saw no problem. After all, he still has the rank of lieutenant general, and Eder plans to mention him after this war, which also needs to be supported by military exploits.

Edel said to Presan after reading the plan. "Very good, there is no problem, just do what is above."

"Yes, Your Highness."

While Romania was preparing for war, Bulgaria also finally waited for news from Austria-Hungary.