After Greece rejected the demands of Romania and Italy, Romania officially declared war on Greece on October 29, and Italy also declared war on Greece the next day.
Greece, which has been declared war by the two countries, hastily joined the Anglo-French alliance. However, the two countries currently do not have enough maritime power in the Eastern Mediterranean. For assistance to Greece, they can only take advantage of the gap and use sea and air transport to urgently transport a group of personnel and
Materials, but this batch of materials and personnel will not be too many.
In addition, in order to show its attitude of being with Greece, the British army also mobilized two squadrons of Hurricane fighter jets to be stationed in Athens to protect Greece's airspace. However, these two squadrons alone are not enough. You must know that Romania is stationed in Thessaloniki alone.
A wing was formed, with more than a thousand advanced fighter aircraft of various types stationed throughout the Thracian region.
At present, the city of Thessaloniki has become a large military camp, with officers and soldiers wearing the uniforms of the navy, army and air force everywhere. Many officers and soldiers looked curiously at this Mediterranean-style city. The warm and humid climate was something they had never experienced before.
Encountered.
It's no wonder that these Romanian soldiers come here to play whenever they have time. However, with Romania's declaration of war on Greece in the past few days, there have been fewer figures in military uniforms on the streets.
In Memboko outside Salonika, this is the headquarters of the Greek Army Group currently established in Romania. A total of 16 divisions and 5 brigades are under its command, with a total strength of 320,000.
Naturally, such a huge force would not lack people to command, and General Mandif was responsible for commanding the Greek campaign.
And he is now at the headquarters to welcome the arrival of a general.
"Hello, Hoffman. I didn't expect you to perform so well on the Polish battlefield. I knew in Salonika that you made a fool of our German allies."
Mandif was greeted by Lieutenant General Hoffmann. This time he and the 1st and 4th Armored Divisions were transferred to strengthen the Greek Army. They would join the 8th Armored Division and the 54th Motorized Division that had arrived long ago.
The armored corps became Mandif's trump card, and the commander of this armored corps was Hoffman.
Faced with Mandif's praise, Hoffman could not dare to accept the praise from the director of education. He could only shirk it and said, "I don't deserve such praise from His Excellency the General. It's just that I happened to meet it at the right time."
"Don't be too modest. I'm not as serious as Freit."
Hoffman didn't dare to accept these words. He didn't have the capital to get involved in the topic among military giants.
Seeing that Hoffman did not dare to answer the question, Mandif did not wait for the topic to be brought up by himself and continued. "Let me tell you good news. We are very satisfied with your battle in Poland. As long as it is not bad this time, it should be fine."
Possibility of promotion."
Mandif's words made Hoffman feel ecstatic in his heart. They all said that the marshal's soldiers were not good soldiers. As a lieutenant general, how could Hoffman not want to be promoted to general. It's just that it is too difficult to be promoted to general, even if he is a general.
Hoffman has been a lieutenant general for almost ten years and is having trouble getting promoted.
Because the general in Romania not only represents military rank, but also represents political status, the rank of general in Romania is limited in number. It not only requires military merit and contribution to the army, but also needs to have the right position for you.
This is why there are currently more than two hundred lieutenant generals and major generals in Romania, but the number of generals currently in service can be counted on one hand.
And now General Mandif's words clearly mean that the number of generals will be expanded. If you think about it further, the rank of marshal will also appear. But who will be the first is unknown, because this requires His Majesty to do it.
Decide.
Mandif looked at the somewhat excited Hoffman and thought to himself that he had not taken advantage of this news in vain. In fact, he knew more than Hoffman because this came from His Majesty Edel.
In response to the large increase in the size of the Romanian army, and in order to solve the possible embarrassment in military ranks in the command, a proposal on expanding the number of senior military ranks drafted by Freit and himself, as well as the navy and air force, has been placed on His Majesty's desk.
According to the information he has received, His Majesty also fully agrees with this.
It's just that these newly promoted generals cannot be compared with the old generals in terms of political status. Among other things, the histories of their disciples alone are not what these newly promoted generals can compare with. Of course, sooner or later these old guys will
Handing over the rights will just have to wait until later.
Of course, if the performance on the battlefield is not ideal, it will be the same for everyone. As for the Greeks, it is impossible for the Greeks to use up energy and capsize the ship. They have absolute advantages in sea, land and air. They cannot win in this way. Retire and go home as soon as possible.
It’s okay to have a grandson.
Of course, when Mandif told Hoffman the news, it was not because he had nothing to do. Instead, he wanted to make good use of Romania's sharpest knife. He not only wanted to win, but he also wanted to win beautifully, otherwise why would he convince others?
I saw him recruiting Hoffman to the combat map and starting to talk about the mission assigned to him this time. "You brought out the armored forces. I believe you must be very familiar with them. So I will explain it to you now.
Here’s your mission this time.”
Mandif pointed to the battle map and said, "According to the intelligence we have received, the Greek army has mobilized 500,000 troops, of which 350,000 are prepared for us, and another 60,000 are deployed on the border with Albania.
Among them, there are more than 50,000 enemy Fifth Army troops in the Macedonian region, and 280,000 enemy troops in Thessaly region. The enemy troops in Thessaly region are building fortifications based on the terrain around Leptokalia, the key point.
Attempting to use the Pindus Mountains to hold back our army. What do you think of this?"
Admiral Mandif's words were obviously considering Hoffman, and Hoffman looked at the map of assembly points with densely drawn enemy troops, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Since the enemy has concentrated a large number of troops in Leptoka,
Leah, then we can use sea transport troops to land from behind."
"This method won't work. The navy has other tasks and cannot use sea transportation."
After hearing that the Admiral rejected his suggestion, Hoffman was not discouraged and continued. "Then we will concentrate our forces to attack one point. As long as we open a gap, we can send a rapid force and we can penetrate all the way."
Athens.”
At this point, Hoffman also knew what his mission was.
"That's right."
As for what Hoffman said, Mandif praised. "The Greeks think they can use the terrain to prevent our multi-faceted attack, so let them have a taste of our firepower. I will open a gap and let you rush in directly. And this
The code name for your operation this time is Thunder. Use the power of thunder to directly destroy its resistance. I will celebrate your victory in Athens."
Since it was long-distance raids that he was good at, who else could Hoffman be afraid of? He said, "Don't worry, General, I will capture Athens and dedicate it to you."
