When the army launches an attack on Greece, the navy will naturally not stand idly by. The numerous islands on the Greek Love Sea require the protection of the navy to occupy.
And this has a huge temptation for the navy. As long as the islands on the Love Sea are taken under their own ownership, this will not only change the risk of being monitored at any time, but also turn them into a huge protection network to protect the navy from any threats.
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In the past, sea racing like the surprise attack on Alexander could only be used once or twice. If used too much, no one could stand it. Therefore, the Navy fully supported the declaration of war on Greece. Therefore, it can be said that in this war against Greece, the Navy must
Take up half of the role.
Now that the army has begun its attack on Greece, the navy will not lag behind.
In the North Aegean Sea, a fleet is rushing along. This fleet is a transport team affiliated with the Navy. In addition to professional transport ships and landing ships, there are also many civilian ships mixed in. These civilian ships are all navy ships.
Recruited after the war broke out, they were responsible for transporting supplies and personnel.
At present, Romania has a total tonnage of civilian ships of more than 3.9 million tons. These ships are mainly responsible for transporting Romanian goods to all parts of the world, and then transporting raw materials and other materials that Romania needs back to the country. Therefore, these civilian ships are basically medium and large ocean-going ships.
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When Romania was preparing to fight Poland, most of these ships had returned home, and the remaining small number were basically in neutral countries.
At present, Romania's major ports are filled with all kinds of ships, all because of the war. Of course, Black Sea transportation continues, but as long as the trade objects have changed from the whole world to Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union, Turkey and other countries.
Faced with the civilian ships parked at the port, Haiju Na naturally would not let them go. Except for a few fast cruise ships suitable for transformation into aircraft carriers, other ships were sorted out by category.
In this Greek battle, the naval mission was to seize many islands on the Love Sea, so many ships were recruited.
And their fleet is performing the task of transporting the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Marine Division to Lemnos Island for landing operations.
Speaking of the Marine Corps, this has only received attention in the past ten years. Before World War I, the Marine Corps had only one regiment with less than 2,000 people. Its main task was to garrison ports and guard against enemy landings.
When the navy developed greatly, marine regiments were upgraded to marine brigades, and the number gradually changed from 1 to 2, and the number of soldiers also changed from less than 2,000 to over 10,000.
After entering the 1930s, the Marine Corps ushered in great development. Two Marine Brigades were upgraded to Marine Divisions, and the number of troops increased from over 10,000 to nearly 40,000 now. Moreover, its status in the Navy has also changed from insignificant to irrelevant.
A small role has become an important part of great importance.
This is mainly because the navy's strategy has changed, from defending territorial waters to controlling sea power in the Black Sea, and from controlling sea power in the Black Sea to asserting its existence in the Mediterranean.
Precisely because of the different focus, the Navy is paying more and more attention to the Marine Corps that can be responsible for landing and seizing the island. Not only is it equipped with the latest equipment, but it also forms an armored force. Its main equipment is the HR10 amphibious tank.
This tank is an amphibious tank specially developed by the Navy for landing. It is modified from the R10 tank. The R10 tank body is sealed, a propeller is installed on the tail, and then the weight is reduced. This is how the HR10 amphibious tank is designed.
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The HR10 amphibious tank designed in this way can sail in the water at a speed of 11 kilometers per hour, and can travel at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour after landing, which is completely sufficient for the navy.
It's just that this time the 1st Brigade was not assigned such a weapon for landing operations, but its commander, Major General Milanchi, didn't care at all, because he had a better choice, the heavy cruiser Brebista responsible for escorting it
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The heavy cruiser will use its 203mm gun to help the Marines with landings.
Besides, although Lemnos Island is located outside the Dardanelles Strait and its geographical location is very important, it is a dead place for Greece, which has lost its sea and air rights.
The Greek military also knows that, so there is only one regiment on the island, and the other troops can only rely on its armed militia.
One brigade fights one regiment, even if he is the attacker and it is a landing battle, Milanchi is not afraid. Because the equipment and morale of the Greek army cannot be compared with his own, and the training is even worse.
Compared with the confident Rear Admiral Milanchi, Lieutenant Colonel Lebit, who serves as the captain of the heavy cruiser Brabista and the commander of this escort (1 heavy cruiser 2 destroyer) fleet, is much more depressed. He
He was very dissatisfied that his warships could not follow the fleet to blockade Crete.
Escort and bombardment missions, in his opinion, are things that only second-line warships should do. However, his heavy cruiser is not outdated at all and should not enjoy this treatment.
Lieutenant Colonel Lebit was right, but the ship with a large caliber and the worst condition was the Brabista. It was launched in 1926, and it was the earliest 10,000-ton warship built. Although it was used at that time
The most advanced technology, but compared to the ships behind it, it is not at the same level. So if it doesn’t do these tasks, who will do it?
And not only his heavy cruiser is doing this task, there are two heavy cruisers assigned to this task, and the battleship Mircea is also doing the escort and artillery mission. The only reason to blame is that Romania does not have old-style large-scale
Battleships can only choose some inferior battleships to perform these tasks that should have been performed by old battleships.
As for Lieutenant Colonel Lebit's mission to blockade Crete, it was because the British were so crazy about transporting goods to Crete that the navy had to be vigilant.
In just a few days, more than 8,000 British troops were transported to Crete, and more than 300 combat aircraft were also transported. Although many of them were second-line aircraft, they were enough to pose a threat to surrounding areas.
In addition, the British army transports most military supplies, including more than 500 cannons, more than 80,000 guns of various types, more than 200 tanks, more than 200 anti-aircraft guns, as well as the transportation of ammunition, oil and other materials, making the island the most important
The port of Heraklion is filled with supplies.
How could the Romanian Navy not know the British army's thoughts? It was trying to use Crete as a stronghold to drag the Romanian Navy into the Eastern Mediterranean and provide time for the recovery of its Mediterranean fleet.
Now that they knew what the British were thinking, how could the navy comply with their wishes? So after the returning fleet rested for a while, the blockade fleet led by Vice Admiral Midrafael set off. This time, there was no need to force the navy to do so like last time.
Bring all your belongings with you.
This time, Vice Admiral Midrafael brought 3 battleships, 2 aircraft carriers (Buck, Galescu), 4 heavy cruisers, 9 light cruisers, and more than 20 destroyers and submarines.
This fleet alone is not something that the current British Mediterranean Fleet can resist.
After the fleet blocked the island of Crete, supplies from Egypt were cut off. Except for a small number of ships and planes that dared to sneak across in the dark, other ships did not dare to appear in the surrounding waters.
