The anti-aircraft guns began to roar into the sky, and the Vickers machine guns also shot out bullets in patches, and the air was immediately filled with a rain of bullets and black fog from anti-aircraft shells.

The three "Mosquito" bombers braved the rain of bullets to break through the fire net and make a dive motion to drop the bombs......

"Boom", with a few explosions, the cruise ship immediately exploded two large fireballs, and a bomb was dropped into the sea on the other side of the cruise ship, and the exploded water column was like a tornado straight into the clouds.

Then several medium-sized bombers flew over the harbor and dropped aerial bombs one after another, and the sound of explosions, whistling, and anti-aircraft guns immediately resounding throughout the harbor.

Strangely enough, the British bombers stopped after a while, and instead of attacking the port or the Italian fleet, they circled in the air, and from time to time one or two Mosquito fighters dived in the direction of the Italian fleet.

"What are they doing here?" The baker asked.

Kuhn looked at it with his binoculars and replied: "They are giving a warning to the Italian fleet, or rather, a demonstration, that they hope that the Italian fleet will retreat!" ”

"What?" Werner was a little incredulous: "Ensign, you mean...... The British were able to scare the Italian fleet away in this way? ”

"Why not?" Kuhn replied: "The Italians are running away all the time, aren't they?" ”

When the soldiers heard this, they couldn't help but glance at Alfredo, who was hiding in the trenches.

"No, they won't!" Alfredo replied, "They won't run away!" ”

But the look on Alfredo's face betrayed him.

The British were clever in their move, they first blew up a cruise ship and bombed the port to show their strength, and then made it clear to the Italian fleet: We don't want to fight you, go away!

For Italians, it is okay not to fight, it is okay not to take risks, it is possible to quit safely, why not?

For the Germans? To bring reinforcements up? Or for the honor of the country, for the dignity of the military?

No, the Italians don't care about any of that.

So it didn't take long for the warship to turn around on the surface of the sea in the eyes of everyone, and then gradually moved away......

"No, no, no......" Alfredo jumped out of the trench and waved at the warships and shouted, "Hey, I'm here!" Don't go ......."

Then the shouting became quieter and quieter, and soon there was no more sound, for Alfredo knew that no matter how much he shouted, it would be useless, and that they would not be able to come back.

Bazel called Colonel Slain.

"Are reinforcements coming?" Colonel Slain had some expectations.

"They're coming!" Bazel replied, "But it's gone again!" ”

"Gone?" Colonel Slain asked puzzled, "What do you mean?" ”

"The planes of the British came to put on a show in front of them, and they fled!"

"These bastards!" Colonel Slain couldn't help but curse.

Colonel Slein then contacted Rommel.

Rommel looked at the telegram sent by Colonel Slain and couldn't help but be stunned: "What? The Italians did not say that, and they told me that their fleet was too heavily bombed by the British to dock, and that it was expected that the fleet would suffer heavy losses at port, so they withdrew. ”

"Fuck it!" Colonel Slain couldn't help but scold: "The planes of the British didn't drop a single bomb on them at all, they didn't fire a single shell, the British just dropped a few bombs on our people, and then they ran away like rats!" ”

Rommel was dumbfounded, believing that what Slein was telling was the truth, but there was nothing he could do about the Italians, because even he himself had to be commanded by the Italians, albeit only in name.

"Okay!" In the end, Rommel could only reluctantly reply: "I will try to persuade them to return the fleet to the port of Tobruk." Keep on the defensive, Colonel, you guys are doing a great job! ”

But everyone knows that Rommel's "attempt" will not work, because they are the Italian army, the Italian army with low eyes, the unbelievable Italian army.

Rommel sent a telegram to Admiral Garibal, explaining the situation, and he hoped that Garibal, in his capacity as Admiral's commander, would order the fleet to return to Tobruk, and repeatedly explained how important Tobruk would be to the German and Italian armies.

However, Garibal's side said: "General, we have done our best, I don't know where you got this statement that the Italian fleet was scared away, I only know that General Jacob (the commander of the fleet) was right in his thinking, the fleet needs the cover of air power, and it is ten dangerous to force a landing without the cover of fighters......"

"But do you recognize that Tobruk is more dangerous?" Rommel couldn't believe that there was such a thing in the world, and he said angrily: "Considering the importance of Tobruk, it is worth taking any risk for it!" ”

"I don't think so, General!" Garibal's slow manner replied, "That's just one side of the story, isn't it?" I'm sure my soldiers will make the right judgment based on the situation! General, please have a little more confidence in the Italian army! ”

Rommel on the other end of the line choked on Garibal's words, and soon realized that it was useless to argue, and that if he continued to fight, he might not be able to tell the reason when Tobruk's first army was finished.

So Rommel had no choice but to settle for the next best thing.

"Admiral!" Rommel said: "Can I propose, then, that the fleet temporarily retreat to a safe area and return to Tobruk when it gets dark...... The fleet sailed at night and would not have been bombed by the British, would it? ”

"I'll relay your advice, General!" Garibald hung up the phone as he spoke, only to make Rommel on the other end of the phone angry.

In fact, Garibal's heart did not know what kind of goods his troops were, and he replied this way on the one hand to protect the face of the Italian army, and on the other hand, he disobeyed his orders before taking revenge on Rommel and insisted on going his own way.

More importantly...... Rommel disobeyed his orders and was a great success, as the Germans not only attacked Mechichi, but also recaptured Tobruk, the most important port in Libya.

And Rommel's success indirectly proves that Garibal's previous judgment was wrong and unforesighted, so how can this make Garibal's willingness?

Therefore, Garibal's subconscious is actually hoping to make Rommel suffer something, and there is an opportunity in front of him.

Rommel was a soldier, and how could he have imagined that Garibald would ignore the whole of North Africa because of this little care.