"Boom!" An anti-aircraft artillery shell exploded nearby, forming a black cloud around the plane, which looked so enchanting.

This voice woke Marshal Balbo up immediately, and he turned his head to look out of the porthole, and at this time, a net of black smoke was already coming towards him!

Damn, anti-aircraft guns of warships!

When this thought echoed in his head, Marshal Balbo broke out in a cold sweat, and he shouted loudly: "Quick, quick, dodge!" ”

If there were fighters chasing him, it would be acceptable, maybe it was a British fighter, but now, it was an attack from below! The British fleet suffered heavy losses and had long been incapable of operating in the Mediterranean, and it was definitely the Italian army that fired at him below!

If he could call now, then he would definitely scold the people below, but he didn't, he could only shout loudly, telling his plane to quickly dodge, as long as he left the air defense range of the anti-aircraft artillery, he could be saved.

Unfortunately, almost as soon as he finished speaking, a terrible explosion made everyone tremble.

On the side, one engine was hit and already burned!

Then, along this engine, a shuttle of anti-aircraft artillery shells, almost horizontally, came one after another.

Marshal Balbo's eyes were full of flames, and before he lost consciousness, his pupils were full of the broken wings.

"It worked!" Craudio, below, shouted excitedly, he saw his own 20mm shell, passed through the opponent's engine, knocked off the opponent's wing, and then, this bomber, just spinning and falling!

It worked! As I thought, this anti-aircraft gun is too old, so when aiming, you must shoot two more advances, and during this time, you have been missing, and this is the reason!

And now, finally, he shot down an enemy plane!

The strange thing is that before their own side opened fire, the other side was not prepared, and the quality of these British people was too poor, right?

He stopped firing, and by this time, the second bomber, which was already smoking and whining, fell into the sea.

Wait, something is wrong!

As an Italian warrior, Claudio knew his own equipment.

Three engines, one in addition to the one on the wings, and one in the nose, this kind of aircraft, with the exception of the German Junkers-52, is almost the way their own aircraft are used.

Then, when you see the small pod with a transparent window in front of the belly, you can be even more sure, the Type .79 medium-range bomber!

Because the nose is different from the common twin-engine bomber, an engine is installed, and it is impossible to arrange a transparent nose observation window, bombing sight, bomber seat, etc., so this kind of bomber in Italy can only design a small pod with a transparent window in front of the belly, which is also its most typical feature.

When he was firing just now, he didn't have the command of the gun commander with a telescope in his hand, relying on his eyes, he could only see that there was a target, but he couldn't see the outline clearly, and he couldn't see it until it was shot!

It's miserable, please take credit? It's good to be unpunished!

"Bang!" The bomber fell into the water, about a few hundred meters away from the Gildio, and at this time, all the Italian sailors realized that something was wrong and opened their mouths wide.

And Claudio, who was the first to react, hurried down to save people!

If you fall on land, you must be hopeless, and you will fall into pulp, and now you have fallen to the sea, and maybe you can save people inside!

"Quick, save people!" He shouted as he ran to the middle of the hull and hurriedly released the boat.

Several sailors followed, lowered the boat, rocked the oars, and rowed in the direction of the sea where the bomber had fallen, and as soon as he reached there, Claudio jumped into the water.

Hurry up and save people, save them, and make up for it!

He grew up by the sea, he was very watery, took a deep breath, dived into the water, and after changing his breath a few times, he found the bomber that had fallen to the bottom of the sea.

Inside, there is an officer, not good! His heart sank, and when he looked at the other party's epaulettes, he felt that he was almost drowning, and the yellow on it meant that he was a senior officer, and then looked at the pattern on it, it was the marshal's epaulettes!

He returned to the sea, took a breath, and shouted to the others: "Quick, get our marshal up!" ”

In the whole of Italy, the marshal can be counted with one pair of hands, and if you exclude those old marshals who have long been unable to go to war, they can be counted on one hand.

Claudio's heart was terrified, because he recognized that face, which was Marshal Barbo, the most powerful of their Italians, and even designated as Mussolini's heir!

Rescued?

It's almost the same as scooping up the corpse.

Fortunately, the body was not swollen by the sea, and Marshal Balbo's body was quickly fished up, and although the naval forces were extremely embarrassed, they reported the painful news.

They broke the record.

This record, no one has ever broken the record of the highest rank of accidental injury, an Italian marshal, died under the anti-aircraft artillery of his own people!

It's just that, in order to cover up his shame, Mussolini quickly made a decision that Marshal Balbo was killed in battle with the British! The flag was lowered at half-mast throughout the country to observe a moment of silence in memory of the death of the great marshal.

The news, at the same time, reached Rommel's ears.

After hearing that Rommel was coming, Marshal Balbo came by plane, and originally, it would have been an hour to arrive, but this wait, it was actually waiting until dark!

Garibaldi was at the oil base, anxiously waiting, the Rommel general beside him, had long been eager to propose to take over the command, and now, Garibaldi was expecting Marshal Balbo to stand up, in North Africa, or led by the Italian army.

But, until dark, the anxious Garibaldi, listening to one terrible news after another, was anxious.

"Can't wait any longer." Rommel said: "The British army is going to Tubrug, this will threaten our oil exports, we must do it immediately!" ”

"General, let's wait for Marshal Balbo." Garibaldi said that if there was a counterattack now, the Italian army would have to obey Rommel's command!

"General, it's not good!" At this moment, Garibaldi's adjutant hurriedly ran in and said: "Marshal Balbo, unfortunately died from a sneak attack by the British!" ”

He's dead? Originally, after Rommel came to Balbo, how could he ask him for command, but now, he is actually dead? That's great! Rommel said: "Now that Marshal Balbo is dead, it is up to me to command the entire Libyan army and launch a counteroffensive to avenge Marshal Balbo!" ”