Romanian Eagle

The huge gun muzzle was aimed at the landing ground. After the officer in charge was sure that it was correct, he picked up the phone and gave an order. "Fire."

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The firing of the main guns one after another was like a burst of fireworks, showing the power of industrial crystallization. A series of loud noises moved the battleship, which had been in service for more than ten years, by several meters, and on the number of the bow, the Mircia was written impressively.

"Boom, boom, boom~"

Led by the Mircea, more than ten other medium and large warships kept bombarding the defending positions. In front of them stood a dense number of transport ships, and the landing craft like little bees kept transporting the officers and soldiers on board to the beach. At first glance, there were at least twenty or thirty thousand people.

That's right, the number of officers and soldiers who landed does have this number. Most of the landing troops consisting of the 1st, 3rd, and 8th Marine Divisions have been ashore. The only downside is that they can't get ashore with heavy equipment. Although the landing craft are constantly being transferred, the unloading of many equipment is very troublesome, and the time for landing operations is very precious, and it is impossible to wait for these equipment to come ashore.

However, although the landing force lacks heavy equipment, there is not a lot of sea and air support. In addition to the naval gun support, the Romanian air force has a lot of advantages. Currently in combat, more and more people recognize the importance of the Air Force to ground combat.

So now the task of the Air Force is getting heavier and heavier, of which the ground has the most demand. This has also led to an increasing demand for the Air Force's ground-attack fighters. Of course, Admiral Ankedra, who is the leader of the Air Force, will not satisfy this situation, but there is no urgent need for the heavy bomber he values. Because no matter from which point of view, the RU80 bomber that can perform strategic bombing missions has no suitable target.

The main reason is that Britain and France are far away from Romania, and the air forces of the two countries can effectively send bombers to carry out the mission.

This landing in the Middle East will naturally not lack the support of the Air Force. At present, the newly formed Middle East Air Force has deployed three wing aircraft on the island of Cyprus. Their priority now is naturally to help the army capture the port city of Beirut, so that In order to allow the Romanian army to continuously land on the land of the Middle East.

In the face of Romania's huge sea and air advantages, the defensive pressure of the defenders and soldiers is very high.

"Hurry up and fire, don't let them rush over."

A French company commander in a defensive position is directing his soldiers to fight back desperately against the attacking Luo officers and soldiers.

The defending soldiers on the position operate their weapons,

Desperately opened fire on the incoming Luo officers and soldiers. The firepower of Bethier's 1892 rifle, MAS36 rifle, FM2429 light machine gun and other weapons broke out from the position, which made the Romanian army's offensive slack.

Although the French army in World War II was not highly evaluated in later generations, its performance in defensive warfare was remarkable. After all, World War I gave the French army enough experience in positional warfare.

It's just that the French army officer who was the company commander was not happy at all when he saw this, and he hurriedly shouted. "Watch out for shelling."

That's right, this is a lesson the defenders have exchanged for blood. Sure enough, after the French officer shouted, a rapid slap of artillery shells sounded, and the French troops on the position immediately buried their heads to avoid the incoming shelling.

"Boom, boom, boom."

Several mortar shells exploded around the fortifications, the nearest just metres away. The first round of firing has this quasi-head, which fully shows the training level of the Romanian army, because mortars are the most experienced gunners.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

With the continuous shelling, more and more shells gradually fell into the position, and French casualties also appeared. In the face of this situation, the French army also has its own countermeasures, but there is a certain gap in firepower compared to the attacking Luo army. This made the veterans who fought on the Western Front in World War I have a feeling of facing the German army.

This kind of feeling is not wrong. After all, Romania basically came from the target German army before, but it has gradually diverged from the German army in equipment in recent years, but it is highly consistent in tactics. However, the only difference is that the Romanian army has more artillery equipment, mainly because its biggest threat to the Soviet army is more artillery.

The positions that had been attacked by artillery and infantry finally withstood the attack after losing nearly twenty men. It's just that the officer who led the team wanted to cry when he saw the sparse soldiers behind him, but he was defending the position with a full company, but now there was not even half of them breathing.

It took less than half a day to fight, and half of his men were lost, which reminded him of the flesh and blood mill of World War I. In fact, this is completely incomparable, but the illusion caused by the excessive casualties of the defending French army, and the number of French soldiers in Beirut, where can they afford the title of flesh and blood mill.

When we look at the entire battlefield, we can see that the French positions have been smashed into pieces, and many areas have changed hands. This naturally makes the French 31st division commander, Major General Alnic, who is defending the position unable to sit still. Now, he doesn't have much choice but to ask Commander Mendelek for help.

"Your Excellency Commander, we are under too much defensive pressure and urgently need reinforcements."

On the other end of the phone, Mendelek, the city defense commander, quietly listened to Major General Alnic's call for help. He naturally knew about the crisis situation in the stalls, but what could he do if he didn't have the mobile troops on hand.

Don't look at the fact that Beirut has gathered most of the French troops in the area, but there are only more than 60,000 people in total. Even if the British army has sent a brigade of reinforcements (after the discovery of the Romanian landing fleet, the Beirut French army immediately asked for help, and the British and Indian 21st Brigade stationed in Haifa, Palestine, rushed over immediately), but Beirut's military strength is also less than 40,000.

Moreover, these people have to be scattered everywhere to defend, which also leads to knowing that the beachhead defense is the most advantageous, but there is still only one division to defend. (Don't ask why you need to keep the stall, no one can watch the enemy's steady stream of safe landings)

For this situation, Lieutenant General Mendelek had long anticipated it, and in his plan, he had no idea of ​​a decisive battle on the beach.

In his plan, the beachhead is nothing more than a means of delaying opponents. His purpose was not to keep the Romanian army on the beach, but to delay the opponent's movement to allow time for reinforcements from the British.

After all, there were only less than 40,000 defenders in Beirut, and there was no capital to confront the attacking Romanian army.

Although he has plans to give up the stall, it doesn't mean that he is willing to give up after half a day. According to his original idea, the stall needs to be held for at least two days, and now let alone two days and one day.

It's just that the current situation makes him have to consider a choice, whether to stay for a while, delay the withdrawal of the troops until the evening, or organize a retreat now.

Of course, according to his ideas, it is best to retreat in the dark. This can ensure the smooth withdrawal of the troops and complete his new vision, which is the best of both worlds.

It's just that this method requires the stall troops to hold on for another half a day, which is what Mendelek is most worried about. If the position is broken through, the defeated troops will not be able to continue to use it for a short time, which is very detrimental to Beirut's city defense.

But to withdraw now, then you need to consider the chaos and loss caused by the withdrawal. Retreat before the battle has always been a technical job, and it is the most difficult one. Although the modern army makes this choice less scary, the chain reaction it may cause still makes every commander consider carefully.

Mendelek, the city defense commander, was of course no exception, and after some consideration, he made a decision to let it defend until nightfall. In order to prevent a possible situation of being defeated, he also gritted his teeth and pulled out two battalions to provide reinforcements for the 31st Division.

Mendelek's decision to look ahead and look back was a complete disaster for the defenders. Although he had dispatched two battalions of troops, the French army at the beachhead could not resist the attack from the Luo army. At that time, the position was broken through by the Luo army, and the defenders collapsed, completely unable to organize again.

The Luo officers and soldiers who landed also knew how to judge the situation and immediately followed the defeated soldiers into the city, which made Mendelek regret.

It's just that it was too late. The Luo army who had entered the city was inserted like a nail. After defeating three French attacks at night, it finally stood firm. Followed by a steady stream of landing troops, fighting with the French in Beirut. Among them, the Luo Jun, who was equipped with submachine guns and flamethrowers and other street fighting weapons, took advantage of the number of people to gradually drive the French troops out of various locations.

By the third day the French army had been expelled from Beirut, and the British reinforcements it had expected were still caught in the Palestinian and Jordanian national uprisings.

There are not enough statistics for this uprising led by the Sanctuary family, but at least 300,000 people responded in subsequent reports. These Arabs, on the advice of Romania, did not fight the British army, but used their familiarity with the local situation to constantly destroy the road and harass the British army, so that their attempts to reinforce Beirut were completely futile.

Facing the fall of Beirut, Admiral Wavell, the highest commander of the British Army in the Middle East, knew that the next situation was difficult.

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