"Boom, boom, boom!"

Heavy artillery fire blew up the hill's fortifications, and the Greek officers and soldiers on the defensiveness trembled under the fire.

The incessant shelling made all the defenders on the position struggling to support themselves, and they were waiting for the shelling to end.

As for the artillery of the defenders, it had already been destroyed before, and the suppression from the air and Romanian long-range artillery made it impossible for the artillery supporting the defenders to survive.

And what does Greece take to fight with Romania for artillery, both in terms of quantity and quality, Romania is crushing.

At present, the largest caliber artillery of the Greek Army is the French M1917 155 mm howitzer, and the train guns on the Romanian side are not mentioned, and the 210 and 240 large-caliber guns alone cannot be stopped.

Not to mention that in order to compete with the many Soviet artillery, Romania also has a large number of various artillery, with nearly a thousand large-caliber guns of 150 mm and above alone, while Greece has only 85.

There is neither a numerical superiority, nor a caliber superiority, what to compare with the Romanian one. Not to mention the fact that Romania had air supremacy, and the variety of aircraft made it even more difficult for the Greek defenders.

And General Mandif, as the commander, personally went to the front line to observe the details of the shelling.

"Yes, the rate of destruction of the defenders by artillery shelling is very high, and our artillery training has not been pulled down over the years."

Mandiv, who put down the telescope in his hand, casually praised the artilleryman.

There were no large groups of attachés behind him, but the few who were the only ones were high-ranking officers. It consisted of Lieutenant General Modrk, the former head of the Far East Advisory Group, who was the commander of the 14th Army, Lieutenant General Foktor, who was the commander of the 6th Army, and Lieutenant General Hoffman, and at least Major General Mizik, the commander of the 39th Division, who was currently guarding the position.

Such a cadre of high-ranking officers coming to the front-line positions to check the enemy's situation naturally makes people nervous, not to mention that the mere fact that they are hit by enemy shells will paralyze the command system of the group army. So none of them wore their own glittering general's uniforms, but the same combat uniforms as ordinary soldiers.

After Mandiv had finished the bombardment, he turned to Major General Mizik on the side and asked. "What is the morale of the soldiers at the moment?"

In the face of the questioning of the military bigwig, General Mandif, Major General Mizik, who was the commander of the 39th Division, naturally knew that he could not hide the truth from the general, and it was not difficult to say anything about such an overwhelming advantage.

"At the moment the strength of the soldiers is not bad, and they generally think that it will not be difficult for us to defeat the Greek army."

And what Mizik hasn't said yet is that the officers and men of their 39th Division are generally from the former Bulgaria, and they have an unforgettable hatred for Greece. I believe that this point does not need to be said by him, who is present does not know. Look at the units that were incorporated into the war against Greece, and five of its 16 divisions were recruited from the territory of the former Bulgaria.

And these soldiers from Bulgaria are also willing to fight their original enemies, so they don't need to mobilize their morale to be high.

"Are there any difficulties with the supplies?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, at present, our division has sufficient supplies and does not need additional replenishment, but if you are willing to replenish 20 flamethrowers for our division, then it will be even better."

Mizik's words amused Mandiv, and he looked at Mizik and asked. "Is the flamethrower good?"

"It works wonders against bunkers, tunnels, and caves."

Hearing Mizik's words, Mandiv nodded in agreement. "Well, I'll send you a company of flamethrowers, and they have 18 flamethrowers each, which is enough to increase your ability to attack fortifications."

The flamethrower that Mizik attaches so much importance to is the Romanian and individual flamethrower, which was only qualified at the beginning of this year, and is designated as the PZ-2 flamethrower.

The study of fire-breathing equipment has been around for a long time, from medieval Greek fires to Byzantine firearms, and these have long been submerged in history.

The modern flamethrower, on the other hand, was invented by the German R. Fiedler in 1900. It was originally intended to be designed as a drill equipment, but the German military believed that the invention had practical combat significance.

In World War I, the German army used flamethrowers to shake the Allies very strongly, and then each country also developed its own flamethrowers.

As for the flamethrower research in Romania, it was improved after the end of the First World War using captured German flamethrowers. However, in the 30s, the improved German flamethrower was outdated, and Romania began to develop a new flamethrower, and last year the University of Íssi invented gasoline coagulation technology, which doubled the performance of the new flamethrower. Its spitting time and distance have been greatly improved.

This flamethrower PZ-2 type, full weight, without fuel: 19.1 kg, refuel: 30.1 kg. Effective range: 22 meters. maximum firing range; 50 meters.

At present, this flamethrower has been equipped with the Greek army group commanded by Mandief, each division has a company of 18 individual flamethrowers, and the army group has two battalions (four companies per battalion), and a special armored flamethrower company (9 vehicles) modified with the jackal four.

While Admiral Mandiff was talking, the troops of the 39th Division were already massing their positions, and it looked like they were about to attack.

And this naturally attracted the interest of His Excellency the Admiral, Mizik, who was on the side, took the opportunity to say. "This is the 3rd Regiment of my division, which intends to test the enemy's defenses after the artillery bombardment is over."

With this he said this, Mandiv became interested, and he planned to see the division's battles.

Without making him wait, the assembled troops began to rush towards the position. And as soon as you rush up, you can see other doorways. The officers and men of the 39th Division were very dispersed, and the distance between everyone was basically 4-6 meters, and the officers were still instructing the soldiers to pay attention to the distance.

For the Romanian offensive, the Greek officers and soldiers on the defensive positions naturally did not know about it. I saw that on the position where there were no human figures in the previous shelling, dense figures immediately appeared.

Only this time they need to pay attention not only to the offensive on the ground, but also to pay attention to the overhead. I saw dozens of bombers immediately coming out of the clouds in the sky, and the only remaining anti-aircraft fire on the position immediately opened fire, and they tried to use the fire to deter these bombers from bombing the position.

But how could this be as they wished, and several bombers burrowed out of the clouds and pounced on them. This time, the Romanian Air Force prepared no less for this battle.

And taking advantage of the ground-air cooperation, the officers and men of the 3rd Regiment moved faster. The array saw that the Romanian army had entered the firing range, and the defending officers and men of the position opened fire. The gunfire of the positions was mixed with the sound of shrill mortar shells, which held back the attacking troops.

Faced with this situation, the attacking Romanian army fired the infantry artillery and artillery that had been prepared one after another, trying to suppress the fire of the defenders.

"Boom!"

A heavy machine gun in the defenders' position was blasted into parts.

"Boom!"

A light machine gun, which was shooting quite cheerfully, was also destroyed.

Under the artillery bombardment of the Romanians, the fire on the positions was rapidly reduced. Seeing that the position was in danger of being breached, I saw a reinforcement coming up.

"Okay, you can stop the attack, this attack can't hit the ground."

Mandev waved his hand to stop the offensive, and how could Mizik stop the general's order, so the officers and men of the attacking 3rd regiment retreated.

The battle was satisfying to Admiral Mandiv, who had a clear idea of the Greek army. These Greek troops have good morale and fighting spirit, but the equipment is too poor, and the technical and tactical level is not enough, he already has a general idea of breaking through this defensive line, and then he needs to prepare himself.

And the Major General Mizik in front of him is indeed capable, and he is a good young man who can bring the troops that have only been formed for less than two years to combat effectiveness.

Well, Mizik, who is in his forties, is indeed a young man compared to Mandiv.