Romanian Eagle

In fact, the battle to seize the island of Lemnos is nothing, because the island's will to resist is not too big. Many Greek officers and soldiers who lost confidence in this, like Lieutenant Madekai, couldn't bear it and chose to surrender.

To say which island had the most intense battle in this landing operation, it was Chios Island, whose intensity of battle was far more intense than any island.

Chios Island is located in the middle of the Aegean Sea. It is a famous Greek island. According to rumors, Homer was born on the island. And since ancient times, the island has lived a rich life because of the precious spice of gum.

In order to guard this wealth island, Greece has stationed more than 6,000 people on the island, and its commander is also a representative of the hard-line, General Leonidas. The general bearing the name of the famous Spartan king, just like that king, stubbornly resisted the Romanian offensive.

Now the two troops are fighting behind the beach. An armored battalion of the Marine Corps has followed the soldiers to the beach, but the Greek army has been relying on its terrain to suppress the Marine Corps soldiers attacking the beach.

Due to its terrain, these Romanian tanks could not climb up, and could only use the turret to attack at the depression angle. Although this method can cause casualties to the Greek defenders, it is still within the range of the defenders.

"Boom~"

Wandering in the nearby waters, the battleship Mircea used her powerful 380mm caliber cannon to fire on the shore.

Seeing that the attack was not smooth, the battleship Mircea, which was a support fire, naturally had to give enough support.

The sound of a train whistle coming from the air made the defenders immediately panic. Because they have already seen the power brought by this sound, the crater is more than ten meters in diameter, and there is no living person within a hundred meters.

The ground shaking caused by the violent explosion made many nearby defenders unable to hold their guns. What's more terrible is that one of the shells exploded more than ten meters near a trench. After the explosion, no one of the Greek soldiers in this trench could stand up again, and all of them seemed to be asleep. It's just that the horrific image of its seven orifices bleeding is enough for the faint-hearted to dare not look directly.

As the commander of the garrison, General Leonidas looked at the situation where his troops were being attacked with an unfazed expression. I saw him turn his head and commanded. "Immediately send reinforcements to the first regiment, and then let the second regiment retreat to rest."

"Yes, General."

Seeing that the officer who gave the order was going to leave, Shi suddenly stopped him. "Wait a moment?"

"What other orders are there, General?"

"Arrange the militia we recruited to the second line and let them feel the atmosphere of the battlefield."

"Yes, General."

After giving the order, General Leonidas began to observe the battlefield again.

In fact, General Leonidas' tactic is very simple, that is to die. Just after the top of the beach, the Romanian army that landed was used to launch firepower on it. Although doing so will hurt yourself a lot, but it is more cost-effective than putting the Romanian army up.

Moreover, this is the only beach suitable for landing on Chios Island. Other places are either cliffs or reefs, which cannot be used as landing points at all. As for the small groups of troops to use the small beach to land, he is not afraid. He has already prepared a force ready to destroy these small groups of enemy troops who landed at any time.

Of course, this approach also has limitations, that is, the terrain is demanding, and if the Romanian army breaks through the position, then all his resistance will collapse. This is the bull tactic.

Whoever quits first fails.

In fact, he also knows that his failure is inevitable, because he lacks support, and the navy does not have an advantage, and the air dominance is not obvious because of the distance between the two parties and other reasons. But even so, he has to show the fighting spirit of the Greek army.

So he has done like the famous Spartan king, death is not terrible, because he has no fear.

In the face of General Leonidas' will to fight to death and the desperate resistance of the Greek army, this made Major General Angel, who commanded the Romanian side, very anxious. Because he already knew that the battles on other islands were completely like outings compared to his own encounters.

It's just that he has no other way to do this, that is, waiting for the support of other naval warships, using the naval guns that have an absolute advantage, constantly bombarding the defenders' positions, opening a gap to attack.

But this most trouble-free and labor-saving result is not what he wants, because doing so undoubtedly means declaring that the Marine Corps is unable to capture the island, which also declares that the first Marine Corps division under his command cannot fight hard battles at all.

How could this make him accept such a result? His own face was small, and the Marine Corps lost face, so he could only rely on the troops in his hand and continue to think of ways.

The first thing he ruled out was to land a small group of troops from other places to harass. Because this is not effective, and it is easy to put small groups of troops in danger.

The next thing he was ruled out was calling for air support. Because the Air Force currently needs to support the Army, and also needs to seize air supremacy, and Chios Island is more than 300 kilometers away from the nearest Romanian airport, and there will not be too much air support on purpose.

So now there is only one way in front of him, and that is to increase the firepower output. Thinking of this, he called a communications staff officer. "Send a message to Captain Kirsty immediately and ask him to increase his support for ground combat."

"Yes, General."

"In addition, on the reinforcements, I will break open the enemy's position and let them see who is tougher."

Major General Angel said that he had gritted his teeth in the end, and now he can't wait to tear up his opponent, General Leonidas.

Following his order, the main artillery of the Mircea-class battleship continued to roar, and several light cruisers and destroyers also approached the coastline cautiously, constantly shelling the enemy's positions.

These light cruisers and destroyers, regardless of the main gun caliber, can only be regarded as small and medium-caliber naval guns in warships, but they are not small at all for the army. Moreover, the number of artillery pieces is enough to top an artillery regiment, and it is also a large-caliber heavy artillery regiment with outstanding capabilities.

And such a violent artillery shelling made the defenders' positions immediately appear to be shaky, which is a great increase in the morale of the Marine Corps officers and soldiers who had just received reinforcements. They immediately took advantage of the artillery fire and attacked the enemy's position.

"No, immediately order the militia to go up, and let the second regiment go to the second-line position to stand by. Also, let the third regiment rush over immediately, just leave a battalion in Jilishuo to prevent the enemy from landing from other places."

General Leonidas, who has been observing the situation on the battlefield, can't tell that this is a new offensive wave of the Romanian army. At this time, he did not care about the chaos that the militia might cause on the front line, and immediately asked them to replenish.

And the second regiment that was resting was also pulled up by him. In order to avoid the problem of not having a reserve team, he planned to have most of the three regiments come over immediately.

Now the commanders of the two sides have their own targeted formations, and they cannot replace the soldiers standing in the battle.

With the addition of the militia, the officers and soldiers of the Greek army's front-line positions gradually stabilized their positions. Although the militiamen also appeared a little flustered, but fortunately, there were soldiers around them to comfort them and role models, and they gradually calmed down.

When General Leonidas saw that the battle lines were gradually settling down, his heart finally stabilized. When Major General Angel saw that his rapid attack was about to be blocked by the opponent, he was so popular that he threw down the telescope in his hand.

Just when the commanders on both sides thought that this battle would end like this, a dramatic side happened.

The firing from the main guns of the Mircea-class battleships caused several shells to fall near the front-line positions. Such a superb shot not only knocked down the morale of the defenders, but also changed General Leonidas' complexion.

"How dare they do this, aren't they afraid of going to a military court?"

The reason for General Leonidas to say this is very simple, because due to the influence of ocean currents and shaking, it is absolutely impossible to shoot too close to friendly forces, at least 300 meters away. Because it doesn't know whether the next shell will fall on the friendly army.

The current distance is only more than 100 meters at most. It can be said that the Romanian soldiers are excluded from the killing range accurately. No navy can do such a shooting. Then there are only two possibilities. One is that the battleship made a miscalculation and hit it right. Second, the Romanians were red-eyed and completely ignored the casualties.

His estimate was correct, it was indeed the battleship that made a mistake. It's just not a miscalculation, but a miscommunication, saying the last digit is wrong.

For this reason, Captain Kirsty was so frightened that he urgently stopped the artillery support of the Mircea to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the problem.

And Major General Angel was also taken aback by surprise, because if the position of the artillery strike was a little off, it would fall straight to the top of the attacking troops. This will not only cause huge casualties, but also severely damage the morale of the army.

Such a round of fairy cannons scared the three parties. It's just that the Marine Corps officers and soldiers who are attacking do not know the reason. They only know that the shelling is very accurate this time, and the firepower of the enemy's entire position has been knocked down.

In the face of such a gap in the entire section, there is nothing to say, as long as you attack it.

And this cannon also knocked down the morale of the defenders, who were frightened by such precise artillery fire. This is the cannon of a battleship, and its lethality is directly in front of you. Moreover, the death of the defenders in the entire position was equally frightening.

At this time, the disadvantage of the militia mixing in is also reflected. Many militiamen couldn't bear such a big mental blow, and they threw down their weapons and fled here. Under the leadership of the militia, many soldiers couldn't stand it either, throwing down their weapons and running away.

This is how a chain reaction occurs.

The defending officers and soldiers who were fighting bravely one moment ago turned into a rout the next moment after the shelling. And the attacking Marine Corps officers and soldiers are much easier now, they only need to drive the defeated soldiers to attack the next position.

General Leonidas, who couldn't bear the result, flushed like a jujube. Suddenly, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell down. The panicked screams of the officers still lingered in his ears.

No one expected such a dramatic result.

As the battle on Chios became clear, the first phase of the naval operation had come to an end. In this battle, the navy captured all the large islands in the North Aegean except Evia. As for Evia Island, because it is too close to the mainland (the nearest 18 kilometers), and the island is too large, it is not suitable for the navy to land on the island.

And now the Navy's next stage of the landing operation plan needs to wait for the cooperation of the Army. I believe it will not be far away, because the armored army led by Lieutenant General Hoffman has once again become the focus of the Greek battlefield.