Although there were some worries before, the transportation of the supplies went very smoothly.

The rapid arrival of the materials made Hoffman, as the commander, very happy. Although a small number of troops have not yet arrived, he believes that it is fully sufficient.

It needs to be mentioned here that after overtime transportation, the strength of the Middle East Army Group under the command of Hoffman has basically reached 16 divisions and two brigade-level troops, as well as various other subordinate units, with a total strength of 410,000, which is not at all smaller than the British army on the opposite side.

Now that the troops are in place and the supplies are in place, the next action is logical. Hoffman was also prepared for this, and during the month of waiting, he did not just stay at the headquarters to write and draw and issue various orders, but he traveled all over Lebanon and Syria in this month, and he knew enough about it.

In addition to this, he also took the risk of taking a plane to observe the terrain of Palestine and Jordan, and even observed the deployment of British troops. For this, he was accused by his chief of staff, Moderk, of being irresponsible to himself and the entire war situation.

In the face of Moderick's accusations, Hoffman gladly accepted and said on the spot that he would not do it again. However, the day after saying this, he went to the British position again under the pretext of inspecting the troops in Damascus.

This made Morderick half angry, and reported his risky move directly to the chief of the General Staff, Field Marshal Ferreuit. This led Fereit to send a telegram to Hoffman, asking him to stop such risky actions, and two disciplinary officers from the General Staff flew to Hoffmann's side to provide protection (or surveillance).

In this way, Hoffman, who was closely guarded, stopped, of course, it also had a lot to do with the fact that he had basically seen the British army's defense.

From here it can be seen how inferior the British Air Force is in the Middle East.

Now that you know your opponent and you're pretty much ready, when to launch an attack becomes the next focus. On this point, Hoffman and Morderick agreed that the sooner the better, and that the enemy should not be given more time to prepare.

For this reason, the two had already made a plan to use a pincer offensive to carry out a devastating attack on the British army.

Since it is a pincer offensive, the two troops serving as the tip of the knife must be hard, able to tear through the enemy's defense line smoothly, and not give the enemy time to react. Isn't this a requirement set for armored forces?

Hoffman had exactly four such units at his disposal, and they were the 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 8th Panzer Divisions. Romania currently has a total of seven armoured divisions, currently in the North African Army under the command of Antonescu in the second Panzer Division, and in the other two, the first Panzer Division is defending against the Soviets in the newly occupied Polish territory, while the Fifth Panzer Division is deployed on the Romanian border.

It can be said that Hoffmann's armored forces occupy most of Romania, and if he suffers huge losses, it is estimated that he will not be able to recover for several months.

However, in Hoffman's opinion, the British army on the opposite side did not have the ability to make their own armored forces suffer a big loss. Take a look at what the British currently have in use with their armor and anti-tank weapons, from the Crusader cruiser tank, which is fast to thieves, and the Matilda infantry tank, which is as slow as a turtle.

The former, the weak armor even the R10 light tank can penetrate its armor at a distance of 500 meters, the firepower is also weak, and the 2-pounder (40mm) main gun equipped with the R10 will also be on par with the power of the R10, what can be used to stop the Romanian hordes of R20 tanks and the more powerful R30 tanks.

As for the latter, it is characterized by an advantage of thickening, and everything else can be ignored, especially the weakness of slow speed, so that the R10 can destroy Matilda around the rear, after all, the flanks and tail are not so thick armor. However, the armor he is proud of is also like a book of paper in front of the main guns of the R20 and R30.

After all, one of these two tanks weighs more than 30 tons, and the other weighs more than 40 tons, and they are crushed in tonnage alone. Not to mention that in terms of firepower and protection, in addition to being unable to compare with the Crusader tanks in terms of mobility, it can be regarded as a perfect masterpiece.

Since he had such a sharp weapon, there was no reason for Hoffman to abandon it. At present, he has deployed four armored divisions in the coastal strip of Lebanon and the Golan Heights in Syria.

In addition, in order to increase his ability to attack fortifications, four separate armored battalions at his disposal were also assigned to them. Don't underestimate such independent armored battalions, these battalions are uniformly equipped with R30 heavy tanks, each battalion has 4 × 6 tanks per company + 2 reserve tanks.

These four battalions are only half an armored division in terms of tanks, but their combat effectiveness is comparable to that of an armored division. , and even to some extent, an armored division may not be able to defeat them. This shows that Hoffman is serious about this assault.

In addition, in order to avoid too few infantry in the armored forces, Hoffman assigned his only three motorized infantry divisions to each side, and their mission was to assault along the coastal strip and the Jordan Valley.

The troops attacking along the Jordan Valley were the most heavily taught, as they had to break through all the way to the Dead Sea and then attack Jerusalem and Amman to pin down the enemy's forces. This task is not simple at all, and it is easy to be surrounded by the enemy in the Jordan Valley.

On the other hand, the troops advancing along the coast will fight all the way west to the Sinai Peninsula and completely encircle these British troops.

That's right, Hoffman planned to fight a large encirclement this time, sweeping out the British troops in Jordan and Palestine. If you open the map, you can see that Jordan's connection with Palestine with Saudi Arabia and Iraq is desert, and if it were to cut off its connection with the Sinai Peninsula, these forces would be under siege. With the exception of a few people who were able to leave through the desert, a large army would be completely self-defeating in taking the desert.

Not to mention the fact that Romania has an absolutely superior air force, and it will let it know that marching in the hot and unsheltered desert will become a hell.

Since Hoffman has such a plan, then naturally there is a multi-hand arrangement. The navy, which has been transferred to the main fleet, is also tasked with helping to protect the Palestinian coast and deter the Egyptian coast.

Now the preparations were much worse, and it was only the time for the attack to be launched, and Hoffmann set the time for them to be April 24, which happened to be the same time as the German attack on France, and there was no communication between the two countries about this, but it was such a coincidence.