While Edel was praying for the fleet that was about to attack, the port of Thessaloniki was now under full martial law. Military and police officers were under martial law in the port area and in areas where the details of the port could be seen from high places in the city.
In the port, due to the impact of the declaration of war with Britain and France and the blockade, there are no merchant ships in the port. Now there are only majestic warships in the port. This also makes Thessaloniki Port a veritable military port.
And now all the new Romanian warships are gathered in the port of Thessaloniki. From the earliest Mircea-class battleship to the last launched Kurmis, the five mighty and majestic battleships lined up together fascinate everyone.
But this time the pig's feet are not them, but the three Bormiku-class aircraft carriers beside them. This large fleet aircraft carrier, which can carry 91 carrier-based aircraft, is the protagonist this time, and now they are also docked
next to.
Of course, Romania is not short of heavy cruisers. Although it is not as good as other countries, Romania still has 7 of them, from the earliest Brebista class to the latest Hart class. And none of these 7 are left behind.
Within the port.
As for the large number of light cruisers and destroyers in the Romanian Navy, the ports are also crowded.
At the port, Navy Minister Admiral Lomodan and Fleet Commander Admiral Nestaku were seeing off the sailors.
"Thanks for your hard work."
"For Romania."
"Thanks for your hard work."
"For the honor of the Navy."
"Thanks for your hard work"
"For the Kingdom."
Romodan and Nestaku shook hands with the captains of each ship one by one. When they came to the end of the team, they were Lieutenant General Midrafael, the commander of the expedition fleet, and Major General Fernandez, the chief of staff of the fleet.
Needless to say, Lieutenant General Midrafael has always been groomed as a successor. As for Major General Fernandez, he seems to have suddenly emerged.
During World War I, Fernandez, who had just graduated from military school, could only hold a trainee position on a warship. In the first ten years after the war, he was not considered outstanding.
But as he entered the 1930s, Fernandez began to become a naval aviation fan and kept saying that Romania needed aircraft carriers to protect its maritime borders. Fernandez also happened to seize the opportunity of Romania to promote aircraft carriers.
, so it was logical to serve as the captain of the experimental aircraft carrier.
And he is indeed capable. During his tenure as captain, Fernandez not only formulated many management methods for carrier-based aircraft, but also effectively figured out how to use aircraft carriers. This is very important, Fernandez
Des naturally served as the captain of the aircraft carrier Bormiku, and with the entry of the second ship (Serakos) and the third ship (Uginsku), he further served as the captain of the aircraft carrier.
The commander of the group.
As for this operation, he was actually mainly responsible for commanding it, because he was the person who knew the most about the use of aircraft carriers, and he was also one of the main persons in charge of the plan and was responsible for the aircraft carrier air attack plan.
So after General Lomodan walked up to him, he patted his shoulder and said, "The Romanian people are waiting for your good news about this expedition. I hope you can come back victorious."
Facing Lomodan's words, Fernandez would naturally not lose everyone's morale. "Don't worry, Mr. Minister. We will definitely meet the combat requirements for this expedition and will not let the Romanian people down."
After talking with Fernandez, the two stood in front of Lieutenant General Midrafael, the commander this time. Unlike Fernandez, Lomodan only patted the tall Lieutenant General on the shoulder.
"Remember to take the fleet out intact and bring it back intact."
Lieutenant General Midrafael nodded vigorously, "I will."
There is no need to say much, because they know Midrafael very well, and the vice-admiral has become more and more stable. Having him as the fleet commander can at least add a layer of insurance to him.
Because if there is an accident in the fleet this time, it will destroy Romania's twenty years of achievements. This is why during World War I, Britain and Germany would hand over their large fleets to the hands of prudent generals. Maybe he can't help you win a war.
It will be a heart-warming victory, but at least it will not suffer a heavy defeat. This is also the key point that all countries must consider. It may take more than ten years to build a fleet, but all losses can be completed in an afternoon.
After seeing off, the two admirals gave a deep military salute to the soldiers who were about to go on the expedition.
The neatly drawn "wow" in return demonstrated the well-trained training of the naval officers and soldiers.
"There is not much time now, so I won't talk nonsense and let's set off. I will watch you sail from behind."
After the ceremony, Lomodan looked at the captains in front of him and took the transportation boat back to their respective warships.
As for the two leading generals, they took a transport boat together and boarded the flagship battleship Kurmis.
As the flagship of Romania, the Kurmis has a full load of 52,800 tons, is equipped with nine 406 mm 45-times main guns, and can reach a maximum speed of 31.7 knots. It can be said to be the leader among Romanian battleships. Of course, other battleships are not bad either, except for the earliest
In addition to the Mircea battleship that started construction, it is equipped with a 380 mm main gun, and the remaining four battleships are all equipped with 406 caliber uniformly.
Some people even joked that the Romanian battleships alone were enough to give the British Mediterranean Fleet a headache.
After the two fleet commanders boarded the warship, Midrafael, as the fleet commander, looked at the last trace of the sun in the sky and issued an order. "Order each ship to leave the port in order according to the scheduled sea departure order."
Following Midrafael's order, the destroyers serving as the fleet's cordon left the port first, followed by light cruisers, then heavy cruisers, battleships, aircraft carriers, and then various naval support ships.
These support ships will not follow them, because their mission is to provide timely repairs for ships that may malfunction, and their maximum speed of only 189 knots is not qualified to follow them.
The Eighteen and Nineteen Sections are not enough to qualify, so how many Sections are needed to follow?
The correct answer is no less than 28 verses.
Such a high speed basically excludes all non-combat ships.
That's right, the Romanian Navy's plan this time did not consider warships below 28 knots. Because they were about to engage in a twelve-hour, twenty-eight-knot sprint, and all warships that failed to complete their tasks within the specified time,
None of them are qualified to proceed to the next stage of the task.
That's right, in order to cross the Aegean Sea without being noticed, the most likely way the Navy came up with was to drive late at night, using the cover of the moonlight to quickly pass through the 600-kilometer road at a speed of 28 knots.
Aegean Sea. By daybreak, the Romanian fleet had already hid in a reliable location.
For this mission, the Navy overhauled all the warships participating in the operation inside and out, especially the power system, which was the key to inspection. If there was even a trace of a defect that might cause a malfunction, all of them were replaced. And just to replace these warships
The parts are enough for Romania to build another destroyer.
After all the ships had sailed out of the port, Midrafael immediately issued an order. "Order the fleet to set the speed to 28 knots, turn on the lights at the same time, pay attention to the distance, and avoid collision accidents."
Following Midrafael's order, each ship immediately increased its speed, and the engine and wheel combination maintenance teams kept an eye on their respective situations and did not dare to neglect.
On the sea, the warships with their lights turned on were like colorful palaces in the sea, galloping towards their destination.
In fact, there are two ships that have also been incorporated into the fleet, but they can only set off one step ahead due to their speed. They are two escort aircraft carriers converted from high-speed cruise ships, the Biback and the Jarscu.
The two aircraft carriers reached nearly 30,000 tons. However, because they were converted from high-speed cruise ships, they could only carry 47 fighter jets (not long enough to take off torpedo planes and bombers). And because the speed could only reach 23 knots, the two aircraft carriers were
The reason for going to sea early is that I plan to return to the Black Sea.
Why did they try to include these two escort aircraft carriers? This is also because Romania has too few aircraft carriers. Although these two can only carry fighter jets, two more aircraft carriers will be very helpful to the plan, so the navy can only use camouflage
This method allows two ships to set off in advance.
Under the cover of darkness, a group of Romanian warships, large and small, were racing in the Aegean Sea, and no one came out to take care of them.
(Romania launched an attack on the sea, and then the submarine carried frogmen to control the civilian ship, and then all the way to the vicinity of Rhodes Island)
