When the army launched an attack on Greece, the navy naturally did not sit idly by. Greece loves the vast number of islands in the sea, which need the protection of the navy to occupy.

And this has a huge temptation for the navy, as long as the islands in the sea of love are taken into their own possession, then this is not only enough to change the danger of being watched at all times, but also to turn it into a huge protection net to protect the navy from any threat.

The sea racing car that attacked Alexander before could only be used once or twice, and no one could stand it if it was used too much. So for the declaration of war on Greece, the Navy raised its hands in favor. So it can be said that in this war against Greece, the navy will occupy half of the role.

Now that the Army has already begun its offensive against Greece, the Navy will not lag behind.

In the North Aegean Sea, a fleet of ships is rushing all the way. This fleet is a transport team under the navy, which is not only specialized transport ships and landing ships, but also mixed with many civilian ships. These civilian ships were recruited by the Navy after the outbreak of war, and they were responsible for transporting supplies and personnel.

At present, Romania has a total tonnage of more than 3.9 million tons of civilian vessels, which are mainly responsible for transporting Romanian goods to all parts of the world, and then transporting the raw materials and other materials needed by Romania back to China, so these civilian ships are basically medium and large ocean-going ships.

By the time Romania was preparing to fight Poland, most of these ships had already returned home, and the remaining small part was basically in neutral countries.

At present, Romania's major ports are full of all kinds of ships, all because of the war. Of course, Black Sea shipping continues, but as long as the trade object has changed from the whole world to Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union, Turkey and other countries.

In the face of the civilian ships that are parked in the port, Haiju will naturally not let go. With the exception of a few fast cruise ships that are suitable for conversion into aircraft carriers, the other ships have been rowed out separately.

And in this Greek campaign, the naval mission was to seize many islands in the Love Sea, so many ships were drafted.

And their fleet was carrying out the task of transporting the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Marine Division to the landing operation on Lemnos Island.

Speaking of the Marine Corps of the Navy, it is only in the last decade that it has been taken seriously. Before World War I, the Marine Corps was a single regiment with less than 2,000 men. Its main task was also to garrison the port in preparation for enemy landings.

When the navy developed greatly, the Marine Corps was upgraded to a Marine Brigade, and the number gradually changed from one to two, and the number of people changed from less than 2,000 to more than 10,000.

After entering the thirties, the Marine Corps ushered in great development, and two Marine brigades were upgraded to Marine Divisions, and the number of people increased from more than 10,000 to nearly 40,000 now. Moreover, its position in the navy has changed from an inconsequential small role to an important part of the navy.

This is also mainly due to the change in the strategy of the navy, from the defense of territorial waters to the control of sea power in the Black Sea, from the control of sea power in the Black Sea to the swearing of its own presence in the Mediterranean.

It is precisely because of the different center of gravity that the navy is also paying more and more attention to the marines who can take on the task of landing and seizing the island. It is not only equipped with the latest equipment, but also forms armored units for it, the main equipment of which is the HR10 amphibious tank.

This tank is an amphibious tank specially developed by the Navy for landing, and is a modification of the R10 tank. The R10 tank was designed by sealing the hull, attaching a propeller to the tail, and then reducing its weight.

The HR10 amphibious tank, which was designed in this way, can sail in the water at a speed of 11 kilometers per hour, and can travel at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour after landing, which is completely sufficient for the navy.

It's just that this time the 1st Brigade did not receive such a sharp weapon for landing operations, but its commander, Major General Milanch, did not care at all, because he had a better choice, the heavy cruiser Brebista who was responsible for escorting it.

The heavy cruiser will use its 203 mm guns to help the Marines take care of the landing.

Besides, although Lemnos is located outside the Dardanelles Strait, its geographical location is very important, but for Greece, which has lost its sea and air rights, it is a dead place.

And the Greek military also knew that there was only one regiment on the island, and the rest of the soldiers had to rely on its armed militia.

A brigade fights a regiment, even if he is the attacker, and it is a landing battle, Milanch is not afraid. Because the equipment and morale of the Greek army are simply not comparable to their own, and they are far worse in training.

Compared to the self-confident Rear Admiral Miranci, Lieutenant Colonel Lebbit, who was the captain of the heavy cruiser Brebista and the commander of this escort (1 heavy cruiser and 2 destroy) small fleet, was much more depressed. He was very unhappy that his warship had not been able to go with the fleet to blockade Crete.

In his opinion, escort and artillery missions are the only things that only second-tier warships should do, and his heavy cruiser is not outdated at all, so he should not enjoy this treatment.

Lieutenant Colonel Lebit was right, but it had a large caliber, and the worst condition of the ship was the Brebista, who let it be launched in 1926, and it was also the first 10,000-ton warship to be built, although it used the most advanced technology at that time, but compared to the next few ships, it was not a grade at all. So it doesn't do these tasks, so who does it do?

And it was not only his heavy cruiser that was doing this task, but two other heavy cruisers were assigned this task, and the battleship Mircha was also doing the task of escort and shelling. The only blame is that Romania does not have old large warships, so it can only pick some inferior warships from them and carry out these tasks that should be performed by old warships.

As for Lieutenant Colonel Lebit's obsessed blockade mission of Crete, it was because the British were so crazy about Cretan shipping that the Navy had to be vigilant.

In just a few days, more than 8,000 British troops were brought to Crete, and more than 300 combat aircraft were brought in. Although many of them are second-tier aircraft, they are enough to pose a threat to the surrounding area.

In addition, the British army transported the most military supplies, more than 500 cannons, more than 80,000 guns of various types, more than 200 tanks, more than 200 anti-aircraft guns, as well as ammunition, oil and other materials.

As for the British army's idea, how could the Romanian navy not know that it was trying to use Crete as a stronghold to drag the Romanian navy into the eastern Mediterranean and provide time for the recovery of its own Mediterranean fleet.

Since they knew what Britain was thinking, how could the navy do what they wanted. So after the return fleet had rested, the blockade fleet led by Vice Admiral Midrafael set out. This time, you don't have to bring all your belongings with you like last time.

This time, Vice Admiral Midrafael took 3 battleships, 2 aircraft carriers (Buck, Gilesku), 4 heavy cruisers, 9 light cruisers, and more than 20 destroyers and submarines.

This fleet alone is not something that the current British Mediterranean fleet can withstand.

And when the fleet blockaded Crete, supplies from Egypt were cut off. Except for a small number of ships and planes that dared to smuggle in the dark, other ships did not dare to appear in the surrounding waters at all.