At this point, the 1st Italian cruiser detachment was completely annihilated, and only the sailors who were struggling in vain on the sea remained. Finally, the British commander, Admiral Cunningham, sent a gentlemanly telegram to the Italian Admiralty, asking them to rescue their compatriots who were still struggling at sea.

The ju89 reconnaissance detachment in the air, only seeing the fire below, is not sure who wins and who loses, Li Mo's task to these reconnaissance detachments is very simple, try not to be exposed, just observe and track the British Mediterranean fleet. There are no high-altitude fighters of the British army in the Mediterranean, so these Ju89s do not have to worry about being shot down by British carrier-based aircraft, the two main air bases of the British army, one in the fortress of Gibraltar and the other in Mandela, the combat radius of the current Spitfire is really not very large.

By the end of the entire naval battle, the British commander Cunningham sent a telegram that he thought he was very knightly, and the ju89 of course also received it, and the ju89 cruising around only needed to track the British Mediterranean fleet that retreated on a large scale after winning the battle, and did not care about the Italian warships that fled in a hurry, and the remnants of the rout must be the Italian warships that were not annihilated.

It is now more than 2 o'clock in the evening, Li Mo also received a telegram from JU89, but the German air force to launch an attack on the British fleet, must be after dawn, there is no way to attack the moving warships at night, as long as JU89 follows these British ** ships, to five o'clock in the morning, the sky has not yet dawned, it is winter, dawn at the earliest at six o'clock, but Li Mo still ordered all JU89 and "BF109" to take off, a total of 44 JU89 aircraft took off this time,. And the number of aircraft of the "BF109" modification carrying auxiliary tanks is one hundred and sixty-four aircraft of an aviation regiment.

It took about an hour to catch up with the British Mediterranean Fleet from Sicily, and it was just dawn at six o'clock when the German strategic bombing detachment attacked.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

More than two hundred aircraft of the German army. Taking off from the Sicily airfield, Colonel Hansen of the German Air Force, as the commander of the operation, for the convenience of command. Hansen put his landline on the ju89, which happens to have perfect access facilities. It can fully meet the needs of the command.

After more than an hour of flying, Hansen was about 200 kilometers away from the reconnaissance detachment in front, and after Hansen first reported the situation to Li Mo, he ordered his strategic bomber group to speed up.

Cunningham had also just gotten up at this time, and he had won a big win last night. Cunningham's mood was very good, and suddenly the alert warships behind the fleet sent an alarm, saying that they had found a large number of unknown planes in their rear, and the contact could not be contacted, indicating which planes could only be German or Italian, Cunningham hurriedly asked the herald to sound the alarm, and let his fleet form a tight air defense formation, this formation can form a very dense air defense fire, this kind of dense air defense fire network is difficult to break through, this formation is also a common practice in this era.

If Hansen knew the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet. When you are still using the old-fashioned dense air defense formation, I am afraid that you will wake up laughing in your dreams, you must know that the "BF109" carries a weapon with dense surface coverage such as rockets. Although the "BF109" dives and shoots at the British ** ship, the accuracy is still guaranteed to a certain extent, but the rocket on the plane hits the warship, for the German Air Force, it is still a big girl connected to the sedan chair - the first time, the effect is really hard to say, and now the British Mediterranean Fleet actually uses a secret formation, of course, it is to relieve some of Hansen's worries. The bombing effect of the German air force added a few more points to the tactics arranged by the British themselves.

"Woooooooooo......oo Woowoo woo ......"

The air defense sirens of the British Mediterranean fleet, even Hansen could hear them. However, this made Hansen even more excited, and commanded one hundred and sixty-four "BF109s" to swarm the British Mediterranean fleet. Han Sen also learned Li Mo's trick, since he has absolute strength, he has no reservations, the whole army is bet, and then launched a fierce attack from all directions, life and death are this hammer deal.

The British Mediterranean Fleet, apart from the British Home Fleet, was the most powerful British fleet of other foreign fleets, the British Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet, led by the prestigious Admiral Andrew ? Sir Cunningham, who had a reputation in the navy as a "calm and strong sailor", was a good judge of the situation and a shrewd command.

Compared to Italy, the British fleet was inferior in terms of numbers and technical performance: 4 battleships (all participated in the Battle of Jutland, although they had 8 15-inch guns, so they had a lot of experience in actual combat), the aircraft carrier "Eagle", 7 light cruisers, 20 destroyers, 10 submarines, and 8 other ships. The headquarters is located in Alexandria, Egypt.

HMS Eagle was the only aircraft carrier in the British Royal Navy converted from a battleship, and it was also the aircraft carrier that participated in many battles in the early days of World War II. The Admiral La Torre, originally built for the Chilean Navy, was purchased by the Royal Navy on February 28, 1918 due to the interruption of the project in a major war, and the Eagle was not completed in April 1920 for carrier-based aircraft use tests, and in November it was sent to the shipyard to continue construction, and on June 26, 1924, it was completed as an aircraft carrier. Further modifications were received twice, in 1931 and 1935. The standard displacement is 22,600 tons, and the maximum speed is 24 knots. It can carry 21 aircraft, and was in service in the Indian Ocean at the outbreak of the Great War. In 1940, it was incorporated into the British Mediterranean Fleet

This time Cunningham hurriedly ordered his carrier-based aircraft to take off, but unfortunately there are twenty-one of these aircraft, including twelve torpedo planes, which are prepared to deal with the Italian fleet, and the fighters are just a squadron, these carrier-based aircraft are not British jets, but the carrier-based aircraft of the British teacher, not even the "Sea Hurricane", these old carrier-based aircraft can deal with warships, and they are used to fight against the "BF109", which is simply a food delivery, but these eleven British carrier-based aircraft are still afraid of death and take off urgently, rushed up at the German plane:

"Dada...... Click......"

The "BF109" not only has a numerical advantage, but also a performance advantage, and it is really not a level of opponent, these eleven British carrier-based aircraft, even to stop the German aircraft from advancing, returned to the bosom of the sea.

"Bang bang bang...... Bumper ...... Click......"

Before the German planes flew over the British Mediterranean Fleet, the British shells began to be fired, at this time the distance was at least five kilometers or more, and the German planes flew one kilometer before launching rockets, at this time all the "BF109" received an order from Colonel Hansen, Hansen ordered his "BF109" bomber group, all climbed to an altitude of 10,000 meters, and then dived and bombed, and the pilots of this dive distance were mastered.

…… (To be continued)

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