The Polish Campaign also ended with the spread of this famous photo. Although sporadic fighting was still going on, the large-scale organized resistance had ended.
Among them, the Polish government is the most funny. After Hoffman led the army to seize Brest in a surprise attack, the Polish government immediately wanted to continue fleeing. However, when they learned that the Soviet Union was also marching towards Poland, they
They rushed to surrender to Hoffmann, and at the same time demanded that they not be handed over to either Soviet or German side.
But Hoffman agreed to their request without paying attention. Subsequently, the number of military and political personnel who surrendered to Romania increased rapidly, reaching a peak of more than 20,000 people a day. By the time the Soviet and German troops also arrived in Brest, Hoffman had already
More than 70,000 prisoners were captured. They were basically military officers, intellectuals, government officials, etc., the Polish elite.
And Hoffman also felt troubled by the fact that he had captured such a large Polish elite, as if he had accidentally done something wrong.
So when this problem was reported to Edel, he also had a headache. He couldn't release these people himself, and he couldn't kill them. After thinking about it, he asked Hoffman to hand over these people to the Soviet Union on the grounds of insufficient military rations.
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As for what Stalin wanted to do, he had no control over it.
Of course, he didn't pay much attention to the Polish campaign, because in history, Germany alone took about a month to resolve the battle. But now that Romania is added, there is no reason for the time to be prolonged.
Now he is paying more attention to the situation of the navy, because the Romanian Army has proven through repeated battles that it is also a strong player in Europe and should be respected by everyone.
In terms of the navy, although the Romanian Navy has surpassed Italy and ranked third in Europe, the Romanian Navy has never conducted a modern naval battle without surprise attacks before. (If the shelling of the Bulgarian port in World War I counts, there will be another one)
Now the Romanian Navy needs to face the British and French navies, and its centuries-old reputation is no joke. Although the Romanian Navy has trained hard and has had many exchanges with other navies, this is destined not to represent actual combat. The experience of the British and French navies
It's much richer. Not to mention anything else, just one battle will bring a lot of benefits.
Edel was also worried about this and had to look for precedents in history. Not to mention, Edel also found a good example, that is, Japan's navy.
Although there are not many exchanges between Romania and Japan, after Edel withdrew his advisory team from the Far East, the relationship between the two countries also warmed up rapidly. There is no way that personal feelings cannot stand in the way of national interests, and Edel is also very clear.
Later generations will know the most about the Japanese navy in World War II: the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Yes, Edel now wants to learn from Japan the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Although Eder wanted to raid the British Navy, he also knew that the earliest air raid in history was carried out by the British Navy. The Italian Navy suffered huge losses in the British Mediterranean Fleet raid, which directly resulted in the Italian Navy not taking the lead after the war began.
Since it wants to deal with the originator of air strikes, Romania must be well prepared. For this reason, in addition to intelligence support, Edel also needs to find ways in other aspects.
I remember that before the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, they conducted special training to simulate the site. Naturally, Eder had to do this to perfection and built a completely simulated air raid zone in Burgas Bay to simulate the air raid on Alexander.
Moreover, the air defense of Alexandria is imitated here to provide carrier-based aircraft pilots with more realistic battlefield conditions and increase their success rate.
Of course, under Eder's suggestion, the Navy does not only do these things. If you want to use aircraft carrier-based aircraft for air strikes, the most important point is that it cannot be discovered by the enemy. This requires the Navy and intelligence departments
Think of more ways.
Although Britain and France declared war on Romania, there were fewer ships on this main channel, but there were too many densely populated islands on the Love Sea. As long as they were seen by the soldiers and civilians on the islands, these Greeks did not mind at all and sent the Romanian fleet to them.
The news was notified to the UK.
Don't doubt Greece's attitude towards Romania. If their strength hadn't allowed it, they would have followed Britain and France in declaring war.
Therefore, if you want to surprise Alexandria, Romania needs to prepare a lot of work, and the difficulty is not low at all.
At least it will not be lower than the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, because the British aircraft stationed in Egypt are not like Pearl Harbor, as long as they are destroyed, they will be gone. In addition to the airport in Alexandria, there are also many British air forces stationed in Cairo and the Suez Canal. If
Without effective response, the effectiveness of air strikes will be greatly reduced.
Eder also attached great importance to this and personally summoned Hall Monkman to inquire about the progress of the intelligence work.
"Hall Monkman, how is your intelligence department's current progress with Project Z?"
That's right, the plan for the Romanian raid was named Plan Z. Here Edel could swear to God that the Navy had come up with it on its own. When he saw the Navy handing over the code name for the plan, he was shocked. Of course, Romania's Plan Z,
It is much smaller than Japan. Romania has pawned its bottoms and cannot build a six-year-old aircraft carrier. It can only bring its only three large aircraft carriers. It also has two escort aircraft carriers converted from fast cruise ships.
(more than 30,000 tons, can carry up to 47 fighter jets, and can only carry fighter jets).
Then there were 5-foot battleships, 3-foot heavy cruisers, 6-foot light cruisers, more than 20 destroyers and submarines. It can be said that all the assets of the Romanian navy were brought along.
It can also be said that everything was put on the line in order to ensure the success rate of the air strike.
Therefore, in the face of Edel's inquiry, Hall Monkman naturally did not dare to be careless. "Your Majesty, our country currently has a sound intelligence network in Egypt, and the focus is also on Cairo, Alexandria and the Suez Canal. Starting from the beginning of the year, we will
The focus of our work is on Alexandria. Currently, we can report specific information about Alexandria every 6 hours within a week. In addition, we also have a stronghold in the Aegean Sea to facilitate the fleet to provide information when passing through.
cover."
Hall Monkman's words have shown that the intelligence agency has put in its best efforts for this Z plan. But the next step will depend on the navy itself and luck.
Yes, luck is very important for any military operation. The more dangerous the mission, the more important luck is. Edel naturally hopes that the Romanian Navy will be lucky, but his excellent concealment work is also necessary. Because no one knows
Whether the goddess of luck will favor you, but if you do your job well, you can also increase the success rate of your actions.
After Hall Monkman reported the work of the intelligence department, Edel could only wait for the fleet to sort out smoothly. He checked the time and found that there were less than three hours left before the sortie, and it was inconvenient for him to appear because the target was too big.
In Salonika.
And Edel can only hope that this operation can help Romania change the situation in the Mediterranean.
