Romanian Eagle

Bang, bang, bang!

Off the coast of Cyprus, an artillery fleet, led by four battleships, was bombarding the island.

Under the attack of the artillery fleet, many important facilities and fortifications on the island were damaged. In the air, the bomber group also arrived as promised. The air attack and artillery bombardment made the defenders on the island extremely uncomfortable.

And this time, the Air Force basically no longer protects the paratroopers. They bombed the defenders one after another, especially the British troops who had just withdrawn.

When the fleet was shelling, the landing craft unloaded from the transport ship by the brigade drove towards the island full of officers and soldiers who landed.

They needed to take advantage of the paratroopers holding back the British troops to quickly seize the port and bring more soldiers and equipment ashore.

And the news of the landing troops on the sea was naturally hidden from anyone. As the commander of the garrison, Major General Dodding Hughes, of course, also received the news.

Immediately order the troops to gather at the port and not allow the enemy to seize the port. In addition, send a report to France and General Wavell to request air support, at least to drive away the enemy artillery fleet.

Major General Dowding Hughes now has the deepest understanding of the role of the Air Force because the battle has largely changed because of the Air Force. It is precisely because of the lack of strength of their own air force that the Romanians will take their advantage step by step. Up to now, the enemy's warships have dared to approach the coast for shelling, but they have absolutely no means to counterattack.

It's just that his current cognition has no effect on the battle situation at all, because his troops are dragged by the enemies on both sides.

The airfield defenders, with the support of the air force, launched a counterattack against the retreating British army.

Crack, crack, crack!

Da da da!

The intertwined gunfire made it impossible for the retreating British troops to withdraw. The paratroopers who were pressed and beaten all night by them finally showed their anger in the daytime.

Of course, in addition to the support of the Air Force, the morale of the British army also has a lot to do with it. The rumbling shelling from the sea has already explained the problem, that is, the British army is being attacked from both sides. In addition to their paratroopers, there is also the news of the landing at sea.

It is impossible for an army with low morale to have much combat power, even if its equipment is good.

So this is a very rare scene where a small number of paratroopers chase the British troops.

This is a little stunned.

And at the port, the Romanian troops who landed were also fighting with the defenders.

Watch out for grenades!

Seeing the soldier shouting loudly, a grenade with green smoke appeared in front of everyone. They were all elite soldiers who had been trained for a long time. They immediately fell to the ground and let the shrapnel exploded several meters away from their heads. Some people even heard a crisp sound on their helmets.

In the house on the left.

As the sound of this sentence fell, several grenades came and returned without indecent assault,

Boom, boom, boom!

The sound of several grenade explosions resounded in this room. The glass on its window was completely shattered, and the falling glass shards rattled the ground.

As a soldier who has been trained for a long time, it is natural that the enemy will not be wiped out just like this. Several soldiers immediately kicked open its gate and searched the interior with guns in hand.

Snapped!

A shot rang out, almost hitting a soldier who was observing the situation in the room. After locating the enemy, several grenades were thrown in.

After a burst of explosions, the soldiers who rushed in only saw a mess. Several exotic soldiers with hoods and beards appeared in front of everyone, but they had already died in the grenade explosion.

Who are these people?

Some people asked curiously when they saw his clothes.

The well-informed soldier answered. These are all Indians. I heard that they are Sikhs. They are the main force for the formation of British soldiers in India.

These British guys are really...

After thinking about it for a long time, the soldiers who didn't think of the right words don't care about these corpses.

Outside the attacking soldiers, on the beach on the side of the port, a large number of landing ships are constantly bringing personnel and equipment ashore. Although neither of the two divisions had ever fought a landing battle, they had practiced it before. And they also specifically looked for the battle reports of several previous landing battles, and carefully studied the situation.

So this landing battle is still decent, of course, the help from the navy is also essential.

The two battleships Mircea and Vlad approached at a distance of five kilometers for close-range artillery fire. Such a close-range shelling made the defenders extremely uncomfortable. Not to mention the power of the large-caliber main gun it is equipped with, the secondary gun alone can knock down the defenders behind the beach.

The previous several landing battles made the navy more adept at supporting artillery shelling. According to several shelling bombings, they found that the approaching distance was proportional to the damage rate of the shelling. If the artillery bombardment from 20 kilometers away, the defenders can block for ten hours, then ten kilometers is four hours, and six kilometers is two hours.

So this time, in order to solve the landing problem as soon as possible, the two battleships went directly to a distance of five kilometers by virtue of their rough skin and flesh. Completely to the point of hitting and destroying whoever, the firepower of its port has absolutely no effect on it.

In addition to occupying absolute air supremacy, the two battleships dared to act like this, and the lack of coastal defense batteries on the island, more precisely, the only two 203 shore artillery calls were destroyed.

This naturally made the Romanian fleet even more bold and reassuring to support the landing troops at close range.

Just a battleship, its firepower is comparable to a heavy artillery regiment, and now it is the approaching attack of many heavy artillery regiments, so that the defenders have no morale to resist under its muzzle. Therefore, in the landing force, the defenders who defended the beach under the first wave of blows were defeated.

And the landing is so smooth, it is natural to be happy. Major General Torres, who commanded the landing, made a bold decision. He did not wait for the reinforcements behind, and followed the retreating British army directly and attacked the port area in one fell swoop.

And such a decision had a miraculous effect, directly relying on the impact of the defeated soldiers, let it attack the port area in one fell swoop, if the first wave of landing troops was not enough, maybe the port could be captured in one fell swoop. But it's not bad. As long as the second wave of reinforcements from the landing force is reached, they will use the absolute superior force to let the port take over.

And now as long as the discerning eye can see, the fall of Cyprus is already a matter of time. Because the British army was divided into two places, and the previous attack on the airfield left the force guarding the coast too low.

Coupled with the unimaginable naval artillery support, the landing fleet progressed extremely fast.

There was not much time left for the Cypriot defenders now.