Romanian Eagle

The offensive launched by Romania was immediately reported to General Wavell, commander-in-chief of the British Army in the Middle East.

The awakened admiral gave the order as soon as he knew it. "Immediately order the Air Force's fighter jets in Palestine and Jordan to take off, and tell them to engage if they can, and to retreat to the Sinai Peninsula if they can't."

That's right, Admiral Wavell is most concerned about his own air force. Whoever caused the current British Air Force to lose its strength in the Middle East cannot compete with the Romanians at all.

If there is another big loss in the offensive against Romania, then the battle will not be fought.

Without the Air Force, this battle would be impossible, so it was necessary to ensure that the Air Force could not be defeated by the opponent as soon as possible, and only in this way could the subsequent battles continue.

This is also the law he discovered after studying the previous battles. The Romanians must be the air force to open the way, and the focus of the first wave of attacks must be the airport.

What he expected was right. After the battle started, the Romanian Air Force took advantage of the earlier dawn on its side, facing the rays of the early morning sun, and the dark crowd rushed over. Large-scale fighter planes were dispatched, and naturally they could not hide anything. As soon as they entered the area under the control of the British army, they were immediately reported.

And after the airfield control tower that was releasing the fighter planes got the news of the enemy plane's attack, it didn't care about other things at this time, and it was the number one priority to let the fighter planes take off.

If you don't care about anything, as long as the fighter jets take off, it's still very fast. So when the incoming Romanian flew in front of their target, the airport was empty, and only the little fireworks from anti-aircraft weapons in the air warned them, and in the air, British fighter planes were also on guard.

In the face of the situation where it was empty, the incoming aircraft group did not care. Many times of confrontation have already made them understand the strength of their opponents. In the face of the enemy's fighter planes, the escorting HF201 fighter jets immediately rushed to the opponent. After the enemy fighter planes were entangled, the bombers began to prepare to bomb the airfield.

Since we want to bomb, we first need to deal with the enemy's air defense facilities. Fortunately, there are many RU18 dive bombers in the fleet. These planes that can bomb accurately on the ground are the best candidates for clearing the enemy's air defense.

"woooooooo~~"

As the terrifying whistle sounded, the air defense positions were gradually pulled out. After waiting for most of the anti-aircraft firepower to be lost, the airport is like a fruit whose hard shell has been removed, revealing the delicious flesh.

"Boom boom~"

The bombing lasted for nearly an hour, and the airport was blown to pieces.

Helipads, oil depots, hangars, barracks were all destroyed under such bombardment.

This airport is not a special case. Today, the Romanian Air Force has dispatched more than 1,000 sorties to bomb the British army, mainly targeting airports, air defense facilities, and traffic arteries.

Although such an air attack did not lose too many fighters because the British responded properly, its necessary supplies and airports suffered heavy losses. A large number of fighter jets can only be parked at a few airports in the Sinai Peninsula, which increases the burden on these airports.

Of course, at least the problems that Admiral Wavell feared have not occurred, and the British Air Force in the Middle East can continue to fight against Romanian fighters in the future.

But although the Air Force kept it, on the ground, General Hoffman achieved his purpose.

The two attacking armored units rushed all the way along the coast and the Jordan Valley. In just a few hours, they had respectively advanced forty or fifty kilometers.

Outside the city of Haifa, Bordas was in the command car, watching his subordinates drive back the British troops who were blocking him.

At this time, a three-wheeled motorcycle drove beside him, and a communications officer jumped out of the car.

"Your Excellency, the command ordered us to leave the enemy forces in Haifa City alone and leave it to General Lively's 89th Motorized Infantry Division behind."

"Okay, I know."

In the face of the command of the headquarters, Bordas certainly did not dare to disobey, but he glanced at the hooded Indian soldiers who were fleeing to the city a little unwillingly. The previous battle made him feel that the combat effectiveness of this army was not high, and he even felt that as long as he was given a few hours, he would definitely be able to take Haifa.

It's just that this thought was cut off in his mind. The previous commander, His Excellency Hoffman, gave them the task of rushing forward all the way and not allowed to attack cities with defenders. The task of this battle is just one word fast, so fast that the enemy can't react, and when the enemy finds out his purpose, it is too late to stop it.

So Bordas was not swayed by his own thoughts and kept Hoffman's instructions in mind.

Bordas gave the order after thinking about it. "Order the motorized infantry regiment to leave two battalions, the first tank regiment to leave the second battalion, and the engineer battalion to leave one company to keep an eye on the enemy. Waiting for the arrival of the follow-up 89th Motorized Infantry Division, the remaining units will search and reconnaissance. The battalion and the 2nd Panzer regiment were the lead, and we continued westward."

"As ordered, Your Excellency."

The communications officer wrote Bordas' orders in the notebook, saluted and left.

There is no problem with the order given by Bordas. There is absolutely no problem with watching the defeated enemy with a regiment-level unit. Besides, the 89th Motorized Infantry Division is also very fast. It will take two or three hours to reach Haifa, and there is no possibility of the enemy counterattacking.

When the time comes to pick up the friendly troops, the troops left behind will also catch up.

Therefore, under the order of Bordas, the Fourth Armored Division, led by the Search and Reconnaissance Battalion and the Second Tank Regiment, continued westward along the coast and galloped westward.

All kinds of vehicles and tanks are lined up on the road, heading to the next location.

Compared with the coastal zone, the troops going through the Jordan Valley were not so smooth.

The leading 3rd Armoured Division was fighting against the British troops who were blocking it.

"Let the tanks come over and kill this fortress."

"We need the support of self-propelled artillery here."

Non-stop shouting shouted in the mouths of the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Armored Division. As the commander of the 3rd Armored Division, Sars held up his binoculars and looked at the battle in front of his department with a dull expression.

"Damn, these Brits just keep popping up like groundhogs."

After complaining, Sals had to continue to observe the situation of the battle.

In fact, the battle was not big, but a battalion-level British army blocked them by relying on terrain and fortifications. This kind of battle should not have attracted his attention in principle, and it only takes a regiment of troops to defeat them in an hour.

It's a pity that there are too many battles like this. He has encountered four times in the short thirty kilometers along the way. This is very abnormal, which makes his armored division unable to take advantage of the speed, and relies on pushing it all the way.

This kind of battle made Thralls very disliked, and he didn't like being entangled with a small group of British troops.

In fact, this is also the terrain that limits the performance of the Third Armored Division. There are hills on both sides of the valley, which is even more unfriendly to his armored division, and Sals has absolutely no idea of ​​​​trying to fight tanks in hilly terrain. Because before the war, General Hoffman tried it, and the result was not ideal at all. So Sals definitely doesn't make such a mistake.

So now we can only hope that there will be fewer fights like this.

Seeing a burst of cheers coming from the front, Thralls knew without looking that it was the defender who was blocking the attack.

"Inform the troops and move on."

After dropping this sentence, Sals returned to his command car.

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