Li Le asked Rommel to wait for half a month, on the one hand, because the Afrika Korps really needed to rest, and on the other hand, because he had to wait for a historical event!

Britain in history, but when North Africa was fighting smoothly, it attacked the Italian military port of Taranto!

The sneak attack sank the Italian battleship Litorio and inflicted heavy losses on the Italian troops cowering in the harbor. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The surprise attack gave Britain temporary naval supremacy in the Mediterranean, laying the groundwork for reinforcements to Greece and other operations.

Of course, in history, this sneak attack began when Britain won the victory in North Africa, and now everything is not in favor of Britain on the North African battlefield, so Li Le does not know whether the British will launch a counterattack against Taranto.

However, Li Le felt that it was possible for Britain to try to kill a part of the Italian fleet before leaving, so that the Italian navy in the Mediterranean could not move westward and threaten the British navy's H fleet.

"After all, with General Rommel's successive victories in North Africa, the chains of the three fleets of the British are about to be broken by us!" Li Le pointed to the map and analyzed a large number of generals.

He paddled his hand across the Suez Canal and continued his speculation: "The basic structure of the three fleets of the British Navy supporting each other is under threat, so the British will inevitably take countermeasures." ”

"My Führer, your analysis is very accurate, and if I were the commander of the British Navy, I would have found a way to contain the Italian fleet at the last moment." Admiral Raeder spoke.

After the launching ceremony of the Zeppelin aircraft carrier, some of the generals of the navy, land and air force held an operational meeting against Britain in the port of Kiel.

This meeting was not about landing on the British mainland, but about how to expel the British fleet from the Mediterranean.

After all, the Italian invasion of the Balkans had reached the final stage of preparations, and Li Le and his generals did not want to meddle in the complicated Balkan issues this time.

After all, it was a guerrilla paradise and a source of European trouble.

Cutting off the supply of the British to Greece and other countries, and letting them lose to Italy, and handing over that mess to Italy, is what Li Le has been thinking about.

"If the Italian fleet is liberated and the security of the Mediterranean is handed over to the neutral French fleet, then the British H fleet will undoubtedly be tied to Gibraltar!" Raeder said confidently.

In any case, it is good to say that the combat effectiveness of the Italian fleet is average, and it is good to say that the Italian navy lacks fuel, but as long as Italy pushes the fleet to the south coast of France, the British navy will have to take it!

And as long as the Italian fleet moves westward, the only British fleet that can cope with it is the H fleet! There is no doubt about this, and there is no need to infer it!

At this time, there was a very interesting problem in front of the British: the home fleet had to fight anti-submarine operations in the Atlantic waters, and at the same time beware of the Germans landing on the British mainland!

As a direct consequence of this, the British Home Fleet was under too much pressure and could not be effectively supported - and the Home Fleet was in crisis.

Before or during such a thing, if Germany's carefully prepared surface fleet had entered the Atlantic, Britain would have collapsed.

Without a real strategic decisive battle, the British Navy itself would have completely collapsed because it was overwhelmed.

The most immediate consequence was that the British Navy was powerless to stop the German fleet from wreaking havoc in the Atlantic, sinking hundreds of transports and leaving the mainland completely isolated.

Of course, for Britain, there was another way to die: mobilize a fleet to encircle and suppress the German naval fleet, and then the German Army took advantage of it and landed on the mainland!

Both ways to die are quick and easy, and within a month or so, the country of Great Britain will cease to exist, or it will be reduced to a second-rate small country in Europe forever!

"Therefore, the navy speculates that the British will definitely find some way to delay this situation." Raeder stood on the other side of the huge map of the Mediterranean, helping Li Le explain.

"The British Mediterranean Fleet now has an aircraft carrier, the Radiance, and the Führer thinks the British Navy will make some fuss with this aircraft carrier." After drawing a circle on the sea, Raeder pointed to Port Said.

The home port of the current British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet is Port Said. It is a choke point that can be immediately exited from the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean.

The British Navy chose this place because it was ready to leave the Mediterranean Sea as a last resort.

Of course, until the last moment, the British Mediterranean Fleet was reluctant to leave the Mediterranean, after all, this is part of the British Navy's strategic mutual support!

"I have already told you about the importance of the aircraft carrier fleet in naval warfare, and you have already seen the fleet carrier Zeppelin." Li Le had to give his generals a good lesson in the technology of future naval warfare.

For a large group of generals who have never seen future naval warfare at all, I hope that they are really aware of the role of aircraft carriers, and are familiar with this role, and the changes to future wars, then they can only really see the power of aircraft carriers.

Zeppelin was the teaching aid of this lesson, a necessary tool to deter these generals with their form and volume.

"At one time, there were many people who believed that aircraft carriers could only carry light aircraft and could not challenge the king status of battleships." Li Le pointed to the various models of planes and ships on the table, and began to pour out his theoretical knowledge.

He had already told Raeder about this set of rhetoric, and after Raeder's selection and summarization, it became the text of today's Führer's speech.

After fully summing up the experience of Japan and the United States in using aircraft carriers, Li Le can be said to be the person who has studied aircraft carrier tactics most thoroughly in the world so far.

His explanation also ranged from technology to tactics, and all the generals present understood the huge role of aircraft carriers in the war.

"Now! Our own aircraft carrier can carry more advanced fighters and allow the Stuka to take off from the sea! He said as he pointed to the model airplane in front of him.

"These planes can carry bigger bombs and can carry fish attacks! This allowed the fleet to attack the enemy's battleships from a distance of 200 km! He said as he walked over to the battleship model.

"200 km...... The battleship didn't know where the enemy was, and the battle began! Li Le said as he shook his hand twice on the model of the battleship, simulating the attack action of the aircraft.

"Gentlemen! The battle was quickly decided, the battleship would have been torpedoed and sunk, but the main guns would not have even had a chance to fire! Li Le smiled and gave his conclusion.

"My Führer, what if, the number of aircraft taken off from the aircraft carrier is not enough to threaten the battleship fleet?" An admiral asked.

"Marshal Goering! Against a battleship, how many planes do you think will be able to ensure sinking? Li Le did not answer the admiral's question, but turned to Goering.

Goering stood up, sneered and said: "If there is no problem with the line of sight, 15 planes will be enough." If you want me to say...... One is pretty much the same. ”

His contemptuous answer made several air force commanders around him laugh, but the admirals on the navy side had ugly faces and disdained this answer.

"The Zeppelin can carry 30 attack aircraft, and it is definitely more than enough to attack one battleship!" Li Le gave his own answer, and Raeder nodded to indicate that he accepted the statement.

"Since everyone thinks that there is no problem with the inference I said, what about when the aircraft carrier fleet formation is large enough to a certain extent?" Li Le said as he pointed to the model of the Zeppelin aircraft carrier in front of him.

"When there are four or more aircraft carriers, the opponent's fleet of battleships, even if there are 10 ships, may be sunk!" As he spoke, he walked in front of the map of the Mediterranean.

At this time, everyone was still discussing what important role an aircraft carrier could play in naval warfare with carrier-based aircraft.

There was a buzz of discussion in the room, and at least in the eyes of many, the future of such an aircraft carrier fleet eventually replacing the battleships was very beneficial to Germany.

Compared to the number of battleships, Germany could not catch up with the number of British fleets in five years.

Even if they caught up in numbers, it was impossible to make up for the gap in the training and command of the battleship personnel in a short time.

But aircraft carriers are different! With aircraft carriers, the German Navy, like the Army surpassing Britain in tanks, found a shortcut to overtake its British opponents in a short time!

I heard that the navy is making every effort to renovate aircraft carriers in the design of the Hindenburg-class battleships, increasing the number of aircraft carriers in the German Navy to 5.

That's a lot more than the British aircraft carriers! Doesn't that mean that in the future, the overall strength of the German Navy is expected to surpass that of the British Navy?

For the German Navy, this was great news, at least an encouraging one.

"Ahem!" Walking to the side of the map, Li Le didn't give his generals much time, so he coughed twice and withdrew their attention.

He pointed to the ports of southern Italy and said to all the officers: "So, let the British have the aircraft carrier Brilliant in the Mediterranean!" Then the possibility that they will use this aircraft carrier to sneak attack the Italian military port is very large! ”

"This is also a tactic that our navy has come up with after discussion and has a very high probability. The British may well have attacked Taranto! Raeder followed, supporting the Führer's judgment.

"We have a judgment, and there is only one thing we can do, wait there, wait for the British to fall into the net!" Li Le finally spoke, adding.

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