Romanian Eagle

The majestic military song sounded in the palace, making everyone present couldn't help but straighten their chests, and Hoffman, the protagonist this time, was no exception.

Listening to the military music, Hoffman couldn't help but think of his military experience. Although he is now successful and fulfilling his childhood dream, he has suffered a lot over the years, but it is not enough to be humane to the outside world.

Of course, he also knew that it was a bit inappropriate to think about it at this moment, but he couldn't help it.

In front of him, Eder looked at Hoffman in front of him and was also a little emotional. The founder of the Romanian Armored Forces he discovered by himself has always performed very satisfactorily.

No matter what aspect he looks at, he is a perfect soldier, with integrity, honesty, reliability, and great achievements in battle. Of course, among them, this makes Edel value him even more. Soldiers should be pure. This is not to say that the high-level military leaders such as Fereit and Mandif are not pure, and they all entered the middle-level officers before Edel took power, and many of their habits still carry the color of the past.

Hoffman is different. This is a talent that Edel personally excavated. From the lower-level officer to the current lieutenant general, every footprint is clearly influenced by Edel, which naturally feels more reassuring.

Although Edel thought about these things in his mind, his hands were not slow. He took off Hoffman's lieutenant general's epaulettes, put them in a tray aside, and then picked up a new pair of epaulets to match them.

"Congratulations to Admiral Hoffman, this is the best recognition for your military exploits and contributions to the military."

Edel held Hoffman's hand and congratulated him. Following Edel's opening, there was applause at the scene, and there were several people taking pictures beside him. I believe that the next photo of Hoffman and Edel will inevitably appear in the headlines of tomorrow's newspapers.

This promotion ceremony was a fulfillment for Hoffman, but he knew that besides being promoted to general in Bucharest this time, he had other things to do, but he needed to wait for the entitlement ceremony. thing.

And this entitlement ceremony actually ended quite quickly, and the whole ceremony took less than an hour. Apart from everyone watching the ceremony, and then having lunch with His Majesty, everything was kept simple during the war.

But this time, in addition to Hoffman, there were also General Fleet, Chief of the General Staff, and several other generals. Basically, the heads of the Shanghai Army and Air Force were present. And this also made Hoffman curious, after all, this was his first time participating.

And this banquet also made him understand the coordination between the three armies.

I saw that Admiral Fereit, the chief of the general staff, took the lead in opening the topic. "Your Majesty, for the next Middle East battle,

The army has made preparations, and 500,000 Romanian officers and soldiers are waiting for His Majesty's order, ready to attack the enemy at any time. It just requires the cooperation of the naval and air forces. "

As soon as Fareit opened the topic, the other leaders of the two armies naturally couldn't sit still. I saw the head of the Air Force, Admiral Anchorage, talking. "Your Majesty, the Air Force can only provide more than 900 fighter jets to carry out landing and follow-up plans. Because the current use of aircraft is too frequent, we need to maintain and rotate them, so within this month, the Air Force can only provide So many fighters use it."

Unexpectedly, Admiral Anchorage complained as soon as he came up. In fact, this is not a complaint, because the Romanian Air Force has only more than 5,000 aircraft. Deducting damaged or malfunctioning and outdated aircraft, there are currently nearly 4,000 aircraft. After deducting trainer aircraft and commuter transport aircraft, Romania currently has 3,000 fighter jets. remaining racks.

These fighters seem to be quite a lot, but after deducting the thousands of fighters facing the Soviet Union, as well as fighters stationed in the mainland and new territories to perform various tasks, it is already exhausting to be able to come up with so many.

If the combat time can be postponed to February, then the Air Force will be much better. It's just that how could this change the plan because of the Air Force? The current intention of the military is to complete the combat mission in the Middle East as soon as possible while the main force of the British and French troops is being held back by Germany.

After Admiral Ankerdra of the Air Force finished speaking, Admiral Lomodan, the head of the Navy, spoke up. "The current Navy ships are ready to operate according to the plan at any time after they have been rested."

That's right, although the Navy's small warships are tired like dead dogs, they are constantly busy, but the battleships, aircraft carriers, and heavy cruisers that are the main force of the Navy have just completed their rest. In fact, this situation is not only in the Romanian navy, but also in the navies of other countries.

The most tiring and hardest is the small ships. The bigger the battleship, the easier it is to receive preferential treatment. Otherwise, why has it always been better to go to the submarine than to go to the destroyer, to go to the destroyer than to go to the cruiser, to go to the cruiser...

In the face of these admirals, except for Hoffman, who participated for the first time, everyone else has long been surprised. As for Edel, who is the monarch, it is much calmer. This is not even a scene. If the funds are allocated at the end of the year, it will be a lively.

And Hoffman actually knows a little about attending such a banquet. If you calculate how old the generals such as Feleit and Mandive are, they are almost seventy years old, and he is in his fifties in the spring and autumn. He is in his early years, so he still has enough time to imagine the future.

"By the way, have you determined when the operations in the Middle East will start?"

Edel looked at the several military leaders who were talking and spoke about the topics he cared about.

"Your Majesty, this question needs to be asked of Admiral Hoffman."

In the words of the chief of the general staff, Freiette, everyone focused their attention on him.

And Hoffman, who became the focus of the audience, was not panic at all. I saw him speak slowly. "At present, the Middle East Army Group Command, which is under my leadership, has made plans to choose a time between January 15-25 to start. It is just that we still have some disagreements on which ports to seize first, but it should be very soon. It's settled."

After hearing Hoffman's words, Edel asked curiously. "What's the difference?"

"That's right, Your Majesty..."

In Hoffman's account, the main disagreement was on the landing site. The three proposed locations are Haifa, Beirut, and Latakia.

Among them, Haifa is located in the Palestinian area and is the closest to the Suez Canal, which is conducive to the army to seize the Suez Canal as soon as possible, and the weakness is the same, which will also increase the difficulty of capture. Although Romania has advantages both in the sea and in the air, the enemy also has a geographical advantage.

Beirut is the most important port in the French Middle East. Its port conditions are also the best among the three landing points, and its defensive strength is not weak. Currently, two French divisions are deployed in the port city, which is also the focus of defense.

As for Latakia, it was the worst of the three ports, but its defense was not strong, with only one unstaffed division garrisoned.

As for other sites suitable for landing, they are too far away from Cyprus to be a suitable target.

At present, the combat command has not yet made a decision on which port to land from, mainly because the three ports have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Facing Hoffman's difficulties, Edel can only help him. After all, he doesn't know as much about military matters as his own generals, so he doesn't get involved in this topic.

Although he didn't intervene, Edel still wanted to give some advice. "You need to solve this problem as soon as possible, and the landing time is not enough."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Of course Hoffman knew that indecision was a big taboo in the military, and he certainly wouldn't let him wait long before making a decision.

Since there are no other problems, the next step will be much faster. A group of military generals will discuss the completion of the entire battle plan on Edel.

After Edel sent the generals away, a guard handed him a telegram.