The majestic military song sounded in the palace, making everyone present couldn't help but puff up their chests, and Hoffman, who was the protagonist this time, was no exception.
Listening to the military music, Hoffman couldn't help but think of his own military experience. Although he is now successful and has fulfilled his childhood dream, he has suffered a lot over the years, but it's just not enough to explain to outsiders.
Of course, he also knew that it was inappropriate to think about this at this moment, but he couldn't help it.
In front of him, Edel looked at Hoffman in front of him with some emotion. The founder of the Romanian Armored Forces whom he had discovered had always performed very satisfactorily.
No matter how you look at it, he is a perfect soldier. He is upright, honest, reliable and has great military achievements. Of course, this makes Edel value him more. Soldiers should be pure, but this is not the case.
It is said that the top military officials such as Freit and Mandif are not pure, and they were all mid-level officers before Eder came to power, and many of their habits still have the same color as before.
But Hoffman is different. This is a talent that Edel personally discovered. From a low-level officer to now becoming a lieutenant general, every step has been clearly influenced by Edel, which naturally makes him feel more reassured.
Although Edel was thinking about this in his mind, he was not slow with his hands. He removed Hoffman's lieutenant general's epaulettes, placed them on a tray aside, and then picked up a new pair of epaulettes to match them.
"Congratulations to you, General Hoffman, this is the best recognition for your military exploits and contribution to the military."
Edel held Hofmann's hand and opened his mouth to express his congratulations. As Edel spoke, there was a round of applause, and there were several people taking photos nearby. I believe that there will definitely be photos of Hofmann and Edel next.
Headlines in tomorrow's newspapers.
This promotion ceremony was a wish-fulfillment for Hoffman, but he knew that in addition to being promoted to general, he had other things to do when he went to Bucharest this time. He just had to wait for the ceremony.
thing.
The investiture ceremony actually ended very quickly, and the whole ceremony took less than an hour. In addition to 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 Chief of General Staff General Freit and several other generals. Basically, the heads of the navy, army and air force were present. This also made Hoffman curious. After all,
This is also his first time to participate.
This banquet also allowed him to understand the coordination issues between the three armies.
General Ferreit, the Chief of General Staff, was the first to open the topic. "Your Majesty, the Army has made preparations for the next war in the Middle East. 500,000 Romanian officers and soldiers are waiting for your Majesty's order and can launch attacks on the enemy at any time."
The attack only requires the cooperation of the navy and air forces."
As soon as Freit opened the topic, the heads of the other two armies naturally couldn't sit still. The head of the Air Force, General Ankdra, said, "Your Majesty, the current Air Force can only provide more than 900 fighters to carry out landing and landing operations."
Follow-up plan. Because the current aircraft are used too frequently, we need to maintain and rotate them, so within this month, the Air Force can only provide so many fighters for use."
Unexpectedly, General Ankedra complained as soon as he came up. In fact, this is not a complaint, because the number of aircraft in the Romanian Air Force is only more than 5,000. Excluding damaged or malfunctioning and backward aircraft, there are currently nearly 4,000 aircraft. After deducting
Training aircraft, commuter transport aircraft, and currently Romania has more than 3,000 fighter aircraft.
These fighter planes may seem like a lot, but after deducting the thousands of fighters facing the Soviet Union and the fighter planes stationed on the homeland and performing various missions in new territories, having so many is considered to be all we can do.
If the combat time can be postponed to February, then the Air Force will be much better. But how can this change the plan because of the Air Force? You must know that the current intention of the military is to take advantage of the main force of the British and French armies being held back by Germany.
, complete the combat mission in the Middle East as soon as possible.
After Admiral Ankdra of the Air Force finished speaking, Admiral Lomodan, the head of the Navy, said, "At present, the Navy's ships can carry out operations according to the plan at any time after resting."
Yes, although the navy's small warships are as tired as dead dogs and are busy non-stop, 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 found in the Romanian navy, but also in other countries.
The navy is the same.
The most tiring and painful thing is the small ship. The bigger the warship, the easier it is to receive preferential treatment. Otherwise, why has it always been better to go to a destroyer than to a submarine, to go to a cruiser to go to a destroyer, and to go to a cruiser...
Facing the words between these generals, except for Hoffman, who was participating for the first time, everyone else was already used to it. As for Edel, as a monarch, he was much calmer. This was not even a scene.
It would be really exciting if the funds were allocated at the end of the year.
And Hoffman actually knew a little bit about attending such a banquet. Calculating how old Admiral Freit, Mandif and others were, they were all almost seventy years old, while he was in his prime fifty.
He is still in his early years, so he still has enough time to imagine the future.
"By the way, have you determined when to start operations in the Middle East?"
Edel looked at the military leaders who were talking and spoke about the topics he cared about.
"Your Majesty, this question needs to be asked to General Hoffman."
In the words of Chief of General Staff Freit, everyone focused their attention on him.
And Hoffman, who became the focus of everyone's attention, was not panicked at all. He said slowly and calmly. "The Middle East Army Group headquarters currently led by me has made a plan, and plans to launch the attack between January 15th and 25th."
Choose a time to start. But currently we still have some differences on the first port to capture, but it should be resolved soon."
After hearing what Hoffman said, Edel asked curiously, "What's the difference?"
"That's it, Your Majesty..."
In Hoffman's account, the main disagreement lies in the landing site. The three currently planned landing sites are Haifa, Beirut, and Latakia.
Among them, Haifa is located in the Palestinian area and is closest to the Suez Canal, which is conducive to the army's capture of the Suez Canal as soon as possible, but the same weakness will also increase the difficulty of capture. Although Romania has advantages in both sea and air, the enemy also has geographical advantages.
Beirut is the most important port in the French Middle East. Its port conditions are also the best among the three landing sites, and its defense strength is not weak. Currently, two French divisions are deployed in this port city, which is also the focus of defense.
As for Latakia, it is the worst of the three ports, but its defensive strength is not strong, with only an undermanned division garrisoned.
As for other locations suitable for landing, they are too far away from the island of Cyprus and are not suitable as targets.
At present, the combat headquarters has not yet made a decision on which port to land from. The main reason is that the three ports have their own advantages and disadvantages.
Edel was helpless when faced with Hoffman's difficulties. After all, he didn't know as much about military matters as his own general, so he didn't get involved in this topic.
Although he didn't interfere, Edel still wanted to give some advice. "You need to solve this problem as soon as possible. There is not enough time left until the landing."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Of course, Hoffman knew that hesitation was a taboo for military strategists, and he certainly would not 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 and complete the entire combat plan in front of Edel.
After Edel sent these admirals away, a guard handed him a telegram.
