The flagship, HMS Ark Royal, was flagged on its mast to symbolize the charge, and the Royal Navy ships began to assemble and launch torpedo attack formations.

At the same time, the Italian Navy's artillery shells never stopped, and they carried out no less than three rounds of attacks on the British fleet, but because the British began to move deliberately, these poorly trained Italian sailors showed their gunnery shortcomings.

Most of the shells of the three rounds of attacks by the Italian Navy hit the sea, and none of the torpedoes fired hit.

"These idiots!" Lefell scolded.

Indeed, it is somewhat unbelievable that at such a close naval distance, almost all of the shells of the Italian Navy were missed.

The Italian army had run out of tricks after these rounds of attacks, and they clearly felt the pressure after the British Royal Navy fleet was lined up.

On the other side, the British navy also began to counterattack, and for a while, various naval guns and torpedoes were fired at the Italian troops in a row, and they were powerless to resist.

Immediately afterwards, the British fleet, which had the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, urgently took off another 20 torpedo attack aircraft.

Moreover, if it were not for the fact that the British army was destroyed by the French anti-aircraft fire at the port of Oran, the British air force faced by the Italians would have doubled at this moment!

There was no need for Lefeel to radio a reminder of anything, all the Italian officers and soldiers knew what was happening.

That's right, they were caught off guard by the other side with several times the enemy's strength, and if this continues, the main force of the Italian Navy may even be completely wiped out in this battle!

Admiral Leffel shook his fist fiercely into the air, as if to vent the anger of the passive beating for ten or so minutes.

He shouted confidently at the fleet staff officers and department commanders who were full of fear in the command tower: "What are you still doing in a daze?!" Order the fleet to stop shelling, release smoke and withdraw from the battle! We cannot afford to live up to Prime Minister Mussolini's training for our Italian Navy! ”

At this time, Leffel was no longer thinking about building a hundred years of merit, destroying the British fleet, and making a name for himself.

Now he just wants to hold on to the Italian battleship under his command, so as not to be cut by a thousand knives after returning home because of heavy losses!

The thought of Mr. Leader's distress for the treasures of these warships made Leffel dizzy.

If Mussolini had heard after returning home that he had lost Italy's capital ship, I'm afraid that ten Lefelds would not be enough for Mussolini to shoot!

However, just when the Italian navy was losing and was just about to evacuate from the battle, Forbes's British fleet was the first to mess up the formation.

At a time when Lefel, the commander of the Italian fleet, had already given up the battle and was ready to slip away, the British were in a hurry to mess up?!

Happiness came so suddenly, Leffel couldn't believe it for a moment.

However, instead of immediately ordering to catch up and suppress the British, he continued to maintain a distance of more than 20 km.

Pulling past the adjutant who was conveying the order to retreat, Leffel shouted: "Don't withdraw yet, pass the order, and keep the shelling of all ships!" ”

Although he did not dare to lean up, he still dared to accompany the British in a round of shelling.

He wanted to use the time of this round of shelling to observe further and see if the British were playing any tricks.

Actually, Lefell doesn't have to worry at all. Because someone else's British fleet already has the upper hand, there is no need to play tricks with you at all.

Now that the British have stopped shelling and are in disarray, it means that they are really in trouble.

"Commander, aren't you running?" Leffel's lieutenant, Paul, wondered.

He was still in the derror of a few minutes ago, eager to run away from the British, possessed by Poseidon.

"Nonsense, what are you running?" Leffel said angrily.

While they were talking, the Italian fleet had fired a fifth round of artillery bombardment, and had finally concentrated a British cruiser and two destroyers.

This is not to say that the Italian Navy's artillery skills have skyrocketed, and the artillery god has possessed it.

The reason why they were able to hit 3 British battleships at once was entirely because the British fleet, which was already in disarray, slowed down its position and dodge speed, and became easier to hit.

Of course, the British fleet was not going to mess up on its own, and the reason why they suddenly began to mess up was solely due to the fact that the submarine forces of the German army, which suddenly appeared in the gap in the formation of the British fleet, suddenly floated up and fired torpedoes.

Almost with a few whooshing sounds, the German submarine fired torpedoes at several British warships, and with a few loud bangs, the British Navy's flagship Ark Royal and several other destroyers were damaged to varying degrees and almost lost their combat effectiveness.

The Italian Navy is confused, what happened to the British Navy on the other side?

"The British Navy seems to have been attacked by submarines?" Leffel's chief of staff said thoughtfully.

"It seems that our submarine has come to support us, listen to my order, turn the bow of the ship and cooperate with the submarine battle!"

I thought it was Italy's own submarine force that was very competitive and rushed over to support the operation. Leffel also ordered with an excited face.

……

At the same time, on a submarine belonging to the Italian Navy, Fred, who was ordered to intercept the surprise attack on the British fleet, was still waiting.

"What's going on? The British fleet hasn't appeared yet?"

Fred also chatted with his lieutenant.

Because Lyfel stopped the British warship, the Italian submarine where Fred was naturally would not encounter the returning British fleet.

In other words, if they encountered the returning British fleet, it meant that Lefel's Italian fleet had lost.

"Isn't it a good thing that there is no enemy?" Fred's adjutant smiled, "Doesn't this mean that there is no need to fight?" ”

"That's right." Fred nodded, and figured it out, "Why did I expect to run into the British fleet?" ”

In this way, Italy's own submarine forces are in a state of dissociation. And did not participate in the battle, as Lefell thought.

……

On the other side, after almost a day and night of fighting, the HMS Princess Royal and HMS Australia sank one after another, and HMS Warweary was seriously injured and forced to withdraw from the battle.

And the obscene German submarines were unscathed, and it has to be said that they were a little too lucky.

At the same time, the price paid by the Italian Navy was nothing more than heavy damage to one cruiser, minor damage to 2 battleships, and sinking of 1 destroyer.

The sun slowly descended, replaced by the smoke of the battlefield and the endless darkness of the night.

This time, as a rare Italian belligerent general, Lefeel was favored by the god of luck.