Marshal Messer of Italy surrendered to the Allies, about 200,000 Italian troops were captured, and only 6 escaped from the sea. 《〈《.. Italy's Afrika Korps was now completely finished.

At this time, Li Mo did not have a pig-like teammate to help, but he could let go of his hands and feet, at least the materials stored in Italy in Tunisia and Tunisian ports were successfully taken over by Li Mo, among the Italian materials that Li Mo took over, the most was actually red wine, of course, there were a lot of other weapons and ammunition, after all, Italy also had a long time in colonizing North Africa, and it was very normal to hoard some strategic materials, but when Li Mo, who was short of materials, went to ask Mese for supplies, the other party never had them, but now there are a lot of them, Such pig friends, pit friends, it is better to roll to the enemy's prisoner of war camp as soon as possible, so as not to waste supplies.

Now Li Mo is fighting according to Tunis City and Tunisian port, Li Mo deployed two infantry divisions in Tunis City, more than 30,000 people, and another battalion of armored troops to assist them in defense, Tunisian port is Li Mo's defense is heavy, a total of Li Mo's German army of more than 60,000 people, including three armored divisions owed a battalion, this is also the trump card in Li Mo's hands, fortunately, Tunis City is still within the support radius of Malta Island, when the Luftwaffe came, the air supremacy was the German army, and the Luftwaffe was British as soon as the Luftwaffe left, It is equivalent to half of the air supremacy over Tunisia, and now the troops of Ying and Li Mo can only stumble.

Li Mo also realized the desperate situation he was in, and hurriedly rushed to Sicily, Italy, at this time there were two or three German division-level troops in Sicily, but Li Mo did not plan to add troops in the direction of Tunisia, Li Mo had this confidence. Although Li Mo has 60,000 German troops in his hands, and he has to defend Tunisia City and Tunisian ports at the same time, other Li Mo does not dare, the 60,000 German troops commanded by Li Mo can hold these two places for a month, and Li Mo's materials are not short now, thanks to the Italian troops who went to the British prisoner of war camp to enjoy their blessings.

Li Mo is a burden, but Ying's burden is heavy, and he has more than 200,000 "burdens" for eating idle meals in vain, according to General Jenisi's words:

"These Italians are stupid pigs. Raising them is just a waste of food. Lao Tzu really wanted to drive them all to the Mediterranean to feed the sharks. ”

The German troops were transferred from all over the country to Sicily, Italy, and the British ** team was much farther away from landing in North Africa, and the British had to move slightly faster than the German army. But if the Germans all landed in North Africa. Even if the entire British army was transferred to North Africa. It's not Li Mo's opponent either.

The head of the British Commonwealth, Elizabeth, urgently convened a royal council, and Elizabeth proposed an unbelievable battle plan. It was the raid on the Italian naval base - Taranto, Elizabeth, who was slept by Li Mo, knew deeply the strong combat effectiveness of the German army, and their commander-in-chief was a strategist, and Li Mo was still a master tactician, in order to try his best to prevent the German army from landing in North Africa on a large scale, it was necessary to destroy the Italian navy, so that they did not have a fleet and transport ships to provide Li Mo with a fleet to cross the sea and escort the ship.

Elizabeth's strategy once again directly pinched Li Mo's testicles, your Li Mo's army is powerful, what if you can't land in North Africa, you can only watch the scenery in Sicily, there is no ship and fleet to send your troops to North Africa, is it really "the most poisonous woman's heart", wrong, Elizabeth is just for the British Empire, Elizabeth, as the head of the Commonwealth, must restrain her personal emotions, in fact, every night Elizabeth dreams of Li Mo, and then is awakened by shouting.

Churchill, as the prime minister and the British secretary of the navy, was also convinced by Elizabeth's strategic concept, and hurriedly ordered the navy to formulate a specific battle plan.

The defeat and surrender of France, the British navy, which had lost its allies, and the German army was about to arrive in Sicily, Italy, on a large scale to prepare for a landing in North Africa, and the British navy had to face the Italian navy in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time. The main force of the Italian navy is based in the port of Taranto in the southern part of the Apennine Peninsula, and it has partial control of the sea in the central Mediterranean. Taranto faces the vast Eastern Mediterranean, and shares the throat of the Mediterranean with Sicily. With its superior geographical advantages, the Italian navy could advance and retreat freely, and it also attacked the British convoy in the Mediterranean at any time, making the logistical supply of the British army fighting in Egypt difficult.

Based on the above two reasons, Elizabeth, the head of the British Commonwealth, formulated a battle plan for the struggle for sea supremacy in the Mediterranean, and the British Admiralty Sir Alexander implemented it. Commander of the Italian Navy, Inigo? Campuoni, on the other hand, adopted a strategy of sticking to the defense and waiting for an opportunity to attack, and stationed the main force of the fleet in the port of Taranto in peacetime, and once a fighter plane was found, he immediately attacked, and left after the fight, never entangled. Commander of the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, Andrew? Admiral Cunningham had planned to adopt the tactics of luring the snake out of the hole, and sent several destroyers and merchant ships out to sea in an attempt to lure out the main ships of the Italian Navy and then catch them all. But the scheming Campuoni always kept the door closed and hung up the "no battle card". For several days, Cunningham could not find any fighters, but a large German force was about to reach Sicily.

At one point, Elizabeth gave a specific strategy, and Elizabeth ordered the British Navy to take the initiative and attack Taranto. Cunningham finally decided to surprise the main force of the Italian Navy stationed in the port of Taranto with carrier-based aviation. He made this decision on the basis that: in the Mediterranean, the British Navy was in a disadvantageous position relative to the Italian Navy in terms of the number and tonnage of ships, but the British had an aircraft carrier; Although the Italian Navy had fast warships and long gun range, it was known as the "cardboard fleet" due to its weak armor protection; Although the air force provides air cover and support, after all, it is inconvenient for the two branches of the military to coordinate, and in fact air supremacy is in the hands of the British army.

On the eve of the air raid, the British reconnaissance aircraft took back pictures of the port of Taranto. In addition to Taranto's well-fortified defenses and the sheer number of warships, a group of evenly spaced whites in an orderly arrangement attracted the attention of intelligence officers: Could it be a problem with the printing? Or is the camera lens dirty? No, dirt doesn't follow the rules! They eventually decided that it was to block the balloon.

These balloons are tethered with steel cables, and when the aircraft enters at low altitude, it is likely to hit the steel cables, cut the wings, and cause the plane to be destroyed and killed. This method was used by the British in response to the Luftwaffe's bombing of London. Now, the Italians have also learned. Taranto Base Commander Arturo? General Ricardi was very pleased with the defensive measure of setting up the blocking balloon.

…… (To be continued.) )

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