Chapter 803： Battle of the Middle East (3)

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

The admiral who was awakened immediately gave an order as soon as he knew it. "Immediately order the Air Force fighter planes in Palestine and Jordan to take off, tell them to take off if they can accept the battle, and retreat to the Sinai Peninsula if they can't."

That's right, now Admiral Wavell is most concerned about his own air force. Who caused the British Air Force to lose its strength in the Middle East?

If you suffer a big loss in the offensive against Romania, then this battle will not be fought.

Without the air force, this battle cannot be fought. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the air force cannot be defeated by the opponent at the first time. Only in this way can the subsequent battle 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 also be the airport.

What he expected was correct. After the battle began, the Romanian Air Force took advantage of the opportunity of dawn earlier on his side to face the sun's rays in the early morning, and the darkened fleet rushed over. The large-scale warplanes were dispatched, and naturally there was no way to conceal anything. As soon as they entered the area controlled by the British army, they were immediately reported up.

After the airfield control tower that was flying the fighter plane received the news of the enemy plane's attack, it didn't care about other things at this time, and giving priority to the fighter plane was the number one event.

If you don't care about anything, as long as the fighter takes off, it will still be very fast. So when the attacking Romania flew in front of their target, the airport was empty. Only the little fireworks exploded in the air from anti-aircraft weapons warned them. In addition, in the air, British fighter planes were also waiting.

Faced with an empty situation, the attacking fleet didn't care. Repeated fights have already allowed them to figure out the strength of their opponents. Facing the enemy's fighters, the escorted HF201 fighter jets immediately pounced on their opponents. After the enemy fighters were entangled, the bombers began to prepare to bomb the airport.

Since the bombing is to be carried out, the enemy's air defense facilities must be dealt with first. Fortunately, there are many RU18 dive bombers in the fleet. These aircraft that can accurately bomb the ground are the best candidates for clearing enemy air defenses.

"Uuuuu~~"

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

"Boom boom boom~"

The bombing lasted for nearly an hour, and the airport was blown to pieces. The tarmac, oil storage, hangar, and barracks were all destroyed under the bombing.

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

Although such an air strike did not lose too many fighters because the British army responded properly, the necessary supplies and the airport suffered heavy losses. A large number of fighters can only be docked in several airports in the Sinai Peninsula, which increases the burden on these airports.

Of course, at least the problem that Admiral Wavell was worried about did not happen, and the British Air Force in the Middle East could continue to fight with Romanian fighters in the future.

However, although the air force was retained, on the ground, Admiral Hoffman achieved his goal.

The two armoured troops rushed along the coastal zone and the Jordan Valley. In just a few hours, they had advanced forty to fifty kilometers respectively.

Outside the city of Haifa, Bordas was in the command vehicle, watching his subordinates driving the tanks to repel the British forces that blocked him.

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

"Your Excellency, the command has ordered us to ignore the enemy forces in Haifa and leave them to the 89th Motorized Infantry Division of General Lively."

"Okay, I know."

Facing the command of the command, Bordas certainly did not dare to resist his orders, but he looked at the turban-wrapped Indian soldiers who were fleeing into the city with some unwillingness. The previous battle made him feel that this army is not high in combat effectiveness, and he even felt that if he was given a few hours, he would surely win Haifa.

It's just that this thought was cut off by himself in his mind. The former commander Hoffman, the task given to them is to advance all the way, not to attack the city with defenders. The task of this battle is just one word fast, so fast that the enemy can't react, and it's too late to stop the enemy when he discovers his purpose.

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

Bordas thought for a while and gave the order. "Order the Motorized Infantry Regiment to leave two battalions, the Tank 1st Regiment to leave the 2nd Battalion, and the Engineer Battalion to leave a company to watch the enemy. Waiting for the follow-up 89th Motorized Infantry Division to arrive, and the remaining units will search The battalion and the Second Armored Regiment are the forerunners, and we continue to head west."

"Yes, Sir."

The communications officer wrote Bordas's order in the logbook and left after saluting.

There is no problem with the order issued by Bordas. It is absolutely no problem to watch the defeated enemy with a regiment-level unit. Besides, the 89 Motorized Infantry Division is also very fast. Basically two or three hours to reach Haifa, there is no possibility of the enemy counterattack.

When the time comes, the remaining troops will catch up with the friendly forces.

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 drove westward.

There were long queues of vehicles and tanks on the road, heading for the next location.

Compared with the coastal areas, troops walking through the Jordan Valley are not so smooth.

The first 3rd Armored Division is fighting against the British army.

"Let the tank come and kill this fortress."

"Here we need the support of self-propelled artillery."

The constant screams yelled in the mouths of the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Armored Division. As the commander of the 3rd Armored Division, Sals held up his binoculars and watched the battle ahead with a dull expression.

"Damn it, these British guys are constantly popping up like groundhogs."

After complaining, Sals had to continue to observe the fighting situation.

In fact, the battle was not big, but a battalion-level British army relied on terrain and fortifications to block them. This kind of battle should not attract his attention in principle. 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 just 30 kilometers along the way. This is very abnormal, which made his armored division unable to play the advantage of speed, relying on pushing it all the way.

Sals disliked this kind of battle very much. He didn't like entangled with small British troops at all.

In fact, this is also restricted by the terrain. The hilly terrain on both sides of the river valley is even more unfriendly to his armored division, and Sals has absolutely no idea of ​​trying tank battles in hilly terrain. Because before the war, General Hoffman tried it, but the result was not ideal at all. So Sals never made such a mistake.

So now I can only hope that such battles will be less.

Seeing a burst of cheers in front of him, Sals knew that the blocking defender had been defeated without looking at it.

"Tell the troops to move on."

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

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