The majestic military song sounded in the palace, so that everyone present couldn't help but puff out their chests, and Hoffman, as the protagonist of this time, was no exception.

Listening to the sound of military music, Hoffman couldn't help but think of his military experience. Although he is now famous and has fulfilled his childhood dream, he has suffered a lot over the years, but it is not enough to tell outsiders.

Of course, he also knew that it was a little inappropriate to think about this at this moment, but he couldn't help it.

In front of him, Eder looked at Hoffman in front of him with some emotion, the founder of the Romanian armored forces that he unearthed has always been very satisfying.

In every respect, he is a perfect soldier, with integrity, honesty, reliability and great achievements, of course, which makes Eder value him even more. Soldiers should be pure, not to say that the top military leaders such as Fereit and Mandiv are not pure, and they were all mid-level officers before Eder took power, and many of them still have the color of the past.

Hoffman is different, this is a talent that Eder personally excavated, from a junior officer to a lieutenant general, every footprint is clearly influenced by Eder, which naturally feels more reassuring.

With this in mind, Eder was not slow to move, and he removed Hoffman's lieutenant general's epaulettes and placed them in a tray beside him, then picked up a new pair of epaulettes to match them.

"Congratulations to General Hoffman, this is the best recognition for your military exploits and contributions in the army."

Eder shook Hoffman's hand and opened his mouth to congratulate. As Eder spoke, there was also a round of applause at the scene, and there were several people next to him who were in charge of taking pictures. I believe that the next photos of Hoffman and Eder will inevitably appear on the front lines of tomorrow's newspapers.

This promotion ceremony was a fulfillment for Hoffman, but he knew that he had other things to do with him this time besides being promoted to general in Bucharest, but he had to wait for the award ceremony.

And this award ceremony actually ended quite quickly, and the whole ceremony took less than an hour. In addition to watching the ceremony, and then there was lunch with His Majesty, and everything was simple during the war.

However, this time, in addition to Hoffman, there were also the chief of the General Staff, General Ferreuit, and several other generals, and basically the heads of the Shanghai Army and Air Force were present. And this also made Hoffman curious, after all, this was the first time he had participated.

And this banquet also made him understand the coordination between the three armies.

I saw that Admiral Fereitt, who was the chief of the General Staff, was the first to open the topic. "Your Majesty, for the next Middle East operation, the army is ready, and 500,000 Romanian officers and soldiers are waiting for His Majesty's order to launch an attack on the enemy at any time. It just needs the cooperation of the naval and air forces. ”

As soon as Fereit opened the topic, the heads of the other two armies naturally couldn't sit still. I saw the head of the Air Force, Admiral Ankdra, speak. "Your Majesty, for the current Air Force can only provide more than 900 fighters to carry out the landing and follow-up plans. Because the aircraft are currently used so often and we need to maintain and rotate them, the Air Force can only provide so many fighters in one month. ”

Unexpectedly, Admiral Ancrera complained as soon as he came up. In fact, this is not a complaint, because the number of aircraft in the Romanian Air Force is only more than 5,000, deducting the damaged or faulty and backward aircraft, there are currently nearly 4,000, and after deducting the trainer aircraft and commuter transport aircraft, Romania currently has more than 3,000 fighters.

These fighters may seem like a lot, but after deducting the thousands of fighters that faced the Soviet Union, as well as the fighters stationed on the mainland and in new territories to carry out various tasks, it is enough to come up with so much.

If the combat could be postponed until February, then the Air Force would be much better. You must know that the current intention of the military is to complete the combat mission in the Middle East as soon as possible while the main forces of the British and French armies are being held back by Germany.

After Admiral Ankdra of the Air Force finished speaking, Admiral Lomodan, who was the head of the Navy, spoke. "At present, the ships of the Navy are ready to operate according to the plan after resting."

That's right, although the small warships of the Navy are tired like dead dogs and are constantly busy, the battleships, aircraft carriers, and heavy cruisers, which are the main forces of the Navy, have just finished resting. In fact, this situation is not only in the Romanian Navy, but also in the navies of other countries.

The most tiring and bitter thing is the small boat, the larger the battleship, the more likely it is to be treated, otherwise why is it that it is better to go to a submarine than a destroyer, it is better to go to a cruiser than to a destroyer, and it is better to go to a cruiser......

In the face of these generals' words, except for Hoffman, who participated for the first time, everyone else was already surprised. As for Eder, as the monarch, it is much calmer, this is not even a scene, if the funds are allocated at the end of the year, it will be called lively.

And Hoffman actually knows a little about participating in such a banquet, calculating how old the generals are such as Fereitt and Mandiv, they are almost seventy years old, and he is in his early fifties at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, so he still has enough time to imagine the future.

"By the way, have you decided when to start the war in the Middle East?"

Edel looked at the military chiefs he was talking to and spoke about the topics he cared about.

"Your Majesty, this question needs to be asked to Admiral Hoffman."

In the words of the Chief of the General Staff, Fereitt, all eyes were on him.

And Hoffman, who became the focus of attention of the audience, was not panicked at all. I saw him say slowly. "The command of Army Group Middle East, which I currently lead, has made plans to choose a time to start between January 15-25. It's just that we still have some disagreements about the ports we want to capture first, but they should be resolved soon. ”

Eder asked curiously after hearing Hoffman's words. "What's the difference?"

"That's so, Your Majesty......"

In Hoffman's account, the main disagreement is over the landing site. The three proposed sites are Haifa, Beirut and Latakia.

Among them, Haifa is located in the Palestinian area, which is closest to the Suez Canal, which is conducive to the army to seize the Suez Canal as soon as possible, and the same is true of weakness, which will also increase the difficulty of seizing. Although Romania had an advantage in both the sea and air, the enemy also had a geographical advantage.

Beirut is the most important port in the French Middle East, and its port conditions are also the best among the three landing sites, and its defense force is not weak.

Latakia, on the other hand, was the worst of the three ports, though it was not well defended, and was garrisoned by only an underrepresented division.

As for other sites suitable for landing, they are too far from the island of Cyprus to be suitable as targets.

At present, the operational command has not yet made a decision on which port to land from, mainly because each of the three ports has its own advantages and disadvantages.

And Eder can only help in the face of Hoffman's difficulties, after all, he does not know as much about military matters as his own generals, so he will not meddle in this topic.

Although he didn't interfere, Eder still had some advice. "You need to solve this problem as soon as possible, there is not enough time to log in."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Hoffman knew, of course, that hesitation was a taboo, and he certainly wouldn't let him wait long to decide.

Since there are no other problems, the next step is much faster, a group of military generals, in front of Eder to negotiate the completion of the entire battle plan.

After Edel had sent the generals away, a guard handed him a telegram.