Romanian Eagle

Romania officially declared war on Greece on October 29, and Italy declared war on Greece the next day after Greece rejected the demands of the two countries.

Greece, which had been declared war by the two countries, quickly joined the Anglo-French alliance. It's just that the two countries currently do not have enough maritime power in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the assistance to Greece can only take advantage of the opportunity to transport a batch of personnel and materials urgently by sea and air, but this batch of materials and personnel will not be too many.

In addition, in order to express the attitude of being together with Greece, the British army also mobilized two squadrons of hurricane fighters to station in Athens to protect the airspace of Greece. It’s just that these two squadrons alone are not enough. You must know that Romania has a wing stationed in Thessaloniki alone, and more than a thousand advanced fighters of all kinds are stationed in the entire Thrace region.

At present, inside and outside the city of Thessaloniki has become a large barracks, and there are officers and soldiers in uniforms of the three armed forces of the sea, land and air everywhere. Many officers and soldiers looked at this Mediterranean-style city curiously. The warm and humid climate was something they had never encountered before.

It's no wonder that these Romanian soldiers come to play whenever they have time. It's just that with Romania's declaration of war on Greece in the past few days, there have been many fewer figures in military uniforms on the streets.

In Menboko, outside Thessaloniki, here is the headquarters of the Greek Army Group currently established in Romania. A total of 16 divisions and 5 brigades are under its command, with a total strength of 320,000.

Such a huge force will naturally not lack candidates for command, and General Mandive will be in charge of commanding the Greek campaign.

And he is now at the headquarters to welcome the arrival of a general.

"Hello, Hoffman. I didn't expect you to perform so well on the Polish battlefield. I knew it in Thessaloniki. You played around with our allies, the Germans."

It was Lieutenant General Hoffman that Mandive greeted. This time he and the 1st and 4th A Division were transferred to strengthen the Greek Army. The two of them will form an armored corps with the 8th Armored Division and the 54th Motorized Division, which have come a long time ago, and become the ace in Mandif's hands, and the commander of this armored corps is Hoffman.

In the face of Mandive's praise, how dare Hoffman bear the praise of the director of education, he can only shirk. "It's not worthy of your admiral's praise, it's just that I'm in the right place."

"Don't be too modest, I'm not as serious as Freyte is always."

For this, Hoffman dare not answer. He has no capital to participate in the topic of military giants.

Seeing that Hoffman didn't dare to answer, Mandive didn't wait for the topic that was pulled up by himself, and continued to talk. "Tell you good news. We are very satisfied with your battle in Poland. As long as it is not bad this time, you should be able to get promoted."

Hoffman felt a surge of ecstasy at Mandive's words. It is said that soldiers who do not want to be a marshal are not good soldiers. As a lieutenant general, how could Hoffman not want to be promoted to general. It's just that it's too difficult to be promoted to general, even if Hoffman has been a lieutenant general for almost ten years, it is very troublesome for promotion.

Because Romanian generals represent not only military rank, but also political status, the number of generals in Romania is limited. Not only military exploits and contributions to the army are required, but also a position to give you the top job.

That's why there are currently more than 200 Romanian lieutenant generals, but the rank of active generals can be counted on one hand.

And now the words of Admiral Mandif obviously mean that the number of generals will be expanded. If you think deeply, the rank of marshal will also appear. It's just that it's unknown who is the first, because it needs His Majesty to make a decision.

Mandive looked at Hoffman, who was a little excited, and thought to himself that he had not used the news in vain. In fact, he knew more than Hoffman, because it came from the mouth of His Majesty Edel.

In response to the huge increase in the size of the Romanian army, in order to solve the possible embarrassment of the military rank in the command, the proposal on expanding the number of senior military ranks was jointly drafted by Freyte and him, as well as the navy and the air force.

It has been placed on His Majesty's desk. And according to the information he got, His Majesty also agrees with this.

It's just that these newly promoted generals cannot be compared with the old generals in terms of political status. If nothing else, just the history of the disciples is not comparable to these new promotions. Of course, these old guys will hand over their rights sooner or later, but they need to wait until later.

Of course, if it's not ideal on the battlefield, it's the same for everyone. As for the Greeks, did he Mandif consume energy and capsize the boat? The sea, land and air have an absolute advantage on their own, and they can't win this way. I'll go home and hold my grandson soon.

Of course, Mandive told Hoffman the news, and it was not a matter of idle time. But he must use the sharpest knife in Romania, not only to win, but also to win beautifully, otherwise why would he convince others.

I saw him recruit Hoffman to the combat map and began to talk about the task assigned to him this time. "You brought the armored troops out. I believe you must be very familiar with them. Then I will explain to you now, your mission this time."

I saw Mandive pointed to the combat map and said. "According to the information we have now, the Greek army has mobilized 500,000 troops, of which 350,000 are prepared for us, and another 60,000 are deployed on the border with Albania.

Among them, in the Macedonia region, there are more than 50,000 enemy troops of the Fifth Army, and in the Thessaly region there are 280,000 enemies. The enemy in the Thessaly area built fortifications around the key point of Leptokalia, relying on the terrain, in an attempt to use the Pindus Mountains to hold our troops in the way. What do you think of it? "

Admiral Mandive's words were obviously considering Hoffman, and Hoffman looked at the map of the assembly point with densely drawn enemy troops, and said after thinking for a while. "Since the enemy's heavy troops are assembled in Leptokaria, we can use the sea transport troops to land from the rear."

"This method won't work, the navy has other tasks, and it can't use sea transportation."

After hearing that His Excellency the Admiral rejected his proposal, Hoffman was not discouraged and saw him continue to speak. "Then we will concentrate our forces to attack one point. As long as we open a gap, we will send a fast force and we will be able to penetrate all the way to Athens."

Having said that, Hoffman also knows what his mission is.

"That's right."

As for Hoffman's words, Mandive appreciated it. "The Greeks thought they could use the terrain to stop our multi-faceted attack, so let them taste our firepower. I will open a gap and let you go straight in. The code name of your operation this time is Thunder, with the momentum of Thunder. Destroy its resistance directly. I will celebrate for you in Athens."

Since it was a long-distance raid that he was good at, who else would Hoffman be afraid of? I saw him speak. "Don't worry, Your Excellency, I will take Athens and give it to you."

"I just want your momentum."