As commander of the Italian fleet, Admiral Leffel did not seem nervous at all.

Those who are familiar with him know that this general may not be the best and wisest of Italy's many generals, but if someone asks which Italian general is the most belligerent, then the return must be Lefel's name!

Looking at the calm and relaxed Leffel, Paul, who had followed his adjutant Paul for more than 5 years, walked to Leffel's side, and the two chatted on the bridge.

"Commander, I can see that you are in a pretty good mood, compared to this battle, you already have a plan in mind to deal with it." Paul asked with a smile.

In fact, the task of the Italian fleet this time was not very difficult. They only need to rush to the vicinity of Port Oran in time to flank the British forces with the French fleet, and that is a sure win.

However, at this moment, Leifell doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

Under the leadership of Lefel, the entire Italian fleet moved very slowly, almost abnormally slow.

It stands to reason that at this time, it should all be forward, join forces with the French fleet, and flank the British Royal Navy!

"Oh?" Leffel looked at his lieutenant with interest, nodded and said, "Yes, then do you want to guess how I am going to command this naval battle." ”

Leffel was in a very good mood, and even in a state of war, there was interest and the adjutant's guessing, which was obvious to everyone.

However, Paul, as an adjutant who had followed Leifell for more than five years, saw more than that.

"Commander! The subordinates guessed that what you want may be to set aside the French Navy, lead our Italian fleet, defeat the British alone, and become famous in one fell swoop! Paul made a surprisingly bold guess.

While the officers around him were all surprised by Paul's arrogance, Admiral Leffel's reaction was even more incomprehensible.

Lefell didn't show the slightest surprise, but after about ten seconds, he laughed slowly: "Yes, you guessed correctly!" ”

One stone startles a thousand waves!

Admiral Leffel actually gave up the strategy of winning the flanking attack, but chose to divide the order and stagger the time of the battle with the French Navy!

Some mid-level naval commanders have begun to be timid at this moment.

After all, the opponent was the Royal Navy of the British Empire.

Although the Italian Navy, also called the Royal Navy. However, there is still a gap between this Royal Navy, not the Royal Navy, Italy and Great Britain.

Now, suddenly they were left alone to face the British fleet, which had dominated the seas for many years, and these Italian officers and men were really a little uncomfortable.

The performance of his subordinates, Leffel saw it.

However, he did not blame these cowardly men.

In Lefeel's view, all this is normal.

In Europe, the Kingdom of Italy is considered an old power. However, in the entire Central Powers, Italy's position has always been pressed below Germany, and even recently faintly, there is a tendency to be overtaken by Vichy France, tied with Petain's France, and can surpass Franco's Spain, ranking second!

In peacetime, the Kingdom of Italy suffered from the white eyes of German allies because of the corruption of the boss and the poor combat effectiveness of the army, such as Rommel, one of the three famous generals under Reinhardt, who had led troops to beat Italy in World War I, and had always looked at the Italians with slanted eyes.

In addition, since the beginning of the war, Italy has attacked from all sides, but nothing has been gained.

Ethiopia, which was finally won, is simply a bottomless pit, and the investment is completely disproportionate to the income. Mussolini spent a lot of money to build this site, but he got nothing in return.

As for the surprise blitzkrieg in the south of France, it lost to 5 divisions of France with an army of 32 divisions, and also created a generation of famous generals for France.

Leffel admits that the royal family, the top of the navy, and himself have always watched the Germans occupy large territories.

At this moment, what they saw in front of them was not a British fleet at all, it was a fat prey!

And in the Mediterranean behind this prey, now only a crippled H fleet remains.

That's a fatter prey!

As a commander, if you don't have a good appetite, you will never achieve great things.

Only when you dare to think can you dare to do it.

Leffel did not wish to add to the report of this victory: "The Italian fleet and the French fleet combined to defeat the British army." ”

Sometimes, one more sentence can mean too many things.

What Leffel wants is to win independently, to rely only on Italy's own navy to defeat the navy that once claimed to be the first in the world!

As long as the navy can defeat the British, the Italian navy will be able to ignite the long-lost blood, and it will be able to teach the army how to fight as a descendant of the Roman Empire?!

"Humph! Speaking of which, I'm willing to take the fleet on an expedition today, but it's not to sell face to that guy Rosie. Lyfel snorted coldly.

With his belligerent spirit, he could not see the weakness of most of the officers in the country for a long time.

Even if Rossi hadn't offered to send a fleet to intercept it today, he would have fought for it himself.

And if anyone dares to stop him, Leffel doesn't mind waiting for the leader to come back and go to Mussolini to file a complaint!

"Tell the ships to reduce their speed by another 2 knots." Leffel slightly hooked the corners of his mouth: "Wait, let the French and the British fight each other." All we have to do is win. ”

Indeed, Leffel wanted Italy to defeat the British navy alone.

However, he did not mind letting the French fight for their losses before that, and depleting the British navy for the Italian fleet.

Anyway, what Leffel wants is just a result of collecting "heads", and as for the process, he doesn't care whether it is despicable or shameless.

France and Italy are already at odds. In the Mediterranean, the open and covert struggle between the two countries has never stopped.

Now, Italy is only looking at the face of the Germans who have brought France into the Allied family, and has come all the way to rescue you.

As for the lack of timely arrival, the French side has no reason to blame the Italian side.

If you want to blame, blame yourselves for being too weak to beat the British.

"Yes!" Paul saluted Lefehr, turned around and gave the order: "Signal soldiers, send orders to all ships, reduce the speed of 2 knots, and delay the entry into the battlefield." ”

Vaguely, Paul also guessed that Leffel's abacus was nothing more than a leak.

It's just that the credit for this leak is all due to Italy, and it will not have a half-dime to do with the French fleet, which is already doomed!