Romanian Eagle

Three consecutive days of financing made the Greek Army under the command of Admiral Mandive more fully prepared.

Moreover, the attack of the Air Force also let Greece know what a modern air attack is. In three consecutive days of high-intensity air strikes of up to 4,000 sorties, the defenders lost 80% of their anti-aircraft weapons. Lost 281 artillery pieces, 981 vehicles, 211 trains, destroyed more than 4,000 tons of ammunition, more than 15,000 casualties of officers and soldiers, and more than 8,000 civilian casualties.

Such a huge loss of casualties and equipment has already caused the Greek army to suffer a lot of resentment. Although the casualties of the soldiers were not serious, the loss of their equipment was too great, and the entire Greek army had less than 600 artillery pieces.

When the Greek defenders were the most uncomfortable, the Romanian army began a large-scale offensive.

Outside the defense line, more than three hundred cannons of caliber above 150 mm were concentrated, and their task would be to blast a gap in the defense line of less than 30 kilometers in Leptokaria.

In addition to these more than 300 large-caliber heavy artillery, there are also more than 600 millimeter medium-caliber artillery, which will also join the chorus.

Early in the morning, with the order of Admiral Mandif, thousands of medium and large caliber artillery began to launch shelling on the Greek positions.

Boom, boom, boom!

The violent artillery bombardment made the ground tremble. The officers and soldiers on the positions of the Greek defenders felt the artillery fire on the Western Front of World War I for the first time. The violent artillery bombardment left the position without a foothold, and the violent explosion shock wave destroyed everything that could be seen in front of him.

boom!

A field bunker was blown to smithereens by large-caliber heavy artillery.

boom!

An anti-gun hole was hit, and the top layer of the soil was directly blown away, and no one escaped.

boom!

A well-hidden cannon was hit, and the cannon, which had been turned into parts, formed a second shock wave.

The intensive rain-like shelling was something that many Romanian officers and soldiers had never seen before, and they all observed the shelling. Now they are not worried about their safety at all, because the defenders now decide that they have no energy to take care of them, and the priority of the defenders should be to survive this earth-shattering shelling.

Faced with the bombardment, Captain Ledley, who experienced it personally and survived the incident, wrote in his diary. The bombardment by the Romanians made me feel like the end of the world. My soldiers and I were terrified, and everyone in the bomb hole was praying to God that he would bless us through this disaster.

And I have to admit that our prayers worked. After the shelling, we saw a 210mm shell on the anti-gun hole. Fortunately, it was a dud, otherwise I and the first platoon would all be killed. Only my second platoon And the fourth platoon was not so lucky, they were all hit by the enemy. At the time I thought I was lucky enough, but what happened to us only knew that this was just the beginning...

Yes, this Romanian shelling not only caused heavy casualties to the Greek defenders, but also severely damaged the morale of the defenders.

The Romanian side, which suffered such a blow to the Greek army, threw 30,000 tons of artillery shells on the Greek defenders in just 4 hours. Although the cost was huge, the effect was also great.

Of course, the gifts that Admiral Mandive prepared for Greece were more than that. At the end of the shelling, nearly 400 bombers, under the cover of more than 100 fighters, rushed towards the defenders. More than a hundred of them are RU18 dive bombers capable of precise bombing.

This aircraft is popular with the navy and army, and its effect on the battlefield is much higher than that of the RU28 twin-engine bomber. Because of its swooping screeching sound, many people call it the Romanian Stuka. Although the performance of the RU18 dive bomber is stronger than that of the Stuka, it is far less famous than the German Air Death.

Just for this air support, the Southern Air Force of the Air Force collected most of the bombers in their hands. These fighter planes flew from Thessaloniki, Serre, Kavala and other places respectively. Among them, the Halkidiki Peninsula, which is the closest to the battlefield, is the closest to the airport, only less than 50 kilometers away from the Thermaic Gulf.

With the arrival of Air Force fighters, ground troops also began to attack the defending positions. Only this time tanks from the 4th Armored Division were also mixed in.

Although the Romanian armored forces have a lot of experience in using tank raids in a concentrated manner, it does not mean that they will not use infantry-tank coordination. Under the leadership of a large number of tanks, Romanian soldiers can better exert their combat effectiveness.

In the face of the Romanian army's offensive with ground-air coordination and Gabutan coordination, the Greek army was in a panic.

Enemy Tank!

A soldier saw an R20 tank slowly approaching the position and shouted heart-rending. It's just that his reminders are useless against the ground, because there are no anti-tank guns in the entire position. Not to mention anti-tank guns, not even a single anti-tank gun. Why are there no such anti-tank weapons in the positions, because there are no procurements in the Greek army.

Yes, with the rapid development of armor technology, the Greeks believe that the terrain of their country is not suitable for the use of tanks.

So Greece lacks anti-tank weapons, its entire army has only millimeter anti-tank guns, and 48 Boyce 14mm anti-tank guns (less historically).

Such anti-tank weapons cannot even be stopped by an armored battalion, which is owned by the entire army and cannot be concentrated in one position. Unfortunately, not even an anti-tank gun was assigned to this position.

So in the face of such a situation, the garrison commander was blinded, and he could only shout loudly. Prepare dynamite packs.

That's right, Greece is now planning to use manpower to blow up the slowly advancing tanks, but they don't know enough about Romania's tank coordination. The few daredevils who attacked died before they could reach the tank within 100 meters.

In Romanian infantry tactics, the infantry needs to protect the tank, and the tank in turn helps the infantry clear the fire.

boom!

The R20 tank aimed directly at a fire point with the 75mm tank gun, and sent it to the sky with one shot.

boom!

Another point of fire was sent to the sky.

Facing the point of fire that was destroyed by tanks one after another, this blinded the defending commander. As soon as he gritted his teeth, he could only continue to use human life to exchange for the tank that made him old, but the attacking Romanian soldiers would not let him do so. The G33 semi-automatic rifle in his hand made any Greek soldiers who tried to get close to the tank failed. .

In the face of such a rogue's dismissal, the defenders have nothing to do, they can only carry it by themselves. It's just that the constant procrastination of life can last for a long time.

Ah, I'm going home!

One Greek soldier couldn't take the pressure, dropped his weapon and ran. Under his lead, more Greek soldiers dropped their weapons.

Come back, you all come back.

Seeing the collapse of his soldiers, the guard officers shouted anxiously.

It's just that he can't undo this situation at all. In fact, it's not just his position, but almost the entire position has such a situation. If you look down from the air, you will find that on the defensive positions, facing the Romanian attack, the crowds are evacuating.

And this is caused by too much pressure from the Romanian army. in history

The Greek army, which defeated the Italian army and occupied southern Albania, could not last a round in the face of the modernization of Romania.

In the face of the collapse of the Greek army, Admiral Mandiv also saw it clearly, and he picked up the phone. General Hoffman, it's your turn now.

With the order of Admiral Mandif, on the Romanian side, a louder roar sounded.

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