However, the British army's preparations can be described as meticulous, carrying out targeted training and modification of pilots and fighters participating in the battle, conducting repeated aerial reconnaissance of the port of Taranto, and taking effective actions to confuse them.

Since the Second World War, the pattern of warfare has changed dramatically, but knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent remains a prerequisite for victory and the primary content of pre-war preparations. Knowing the opponent means thoroughly studying the opponent, having a clear understanding of the opponent's combat strength, the tactical means that may be used, and the main direction of the possible surprise attack, and making targeted preparations for countermeasures.

Confidants require not only to know how to creatively give full play to their own strengths, but also to have a clear understanding of their own weaknesses and shortcomings, and to make corresponding improvements, to guard against arrogance, and to truly do a good job in various tasks with the attitude of walking on thin ice and approaching the abyss, and not to give the opponent any opportunity to take advantage of.

Imitation is not a substitute for innovation, and throughout the attack, the British army embodied a positive and innovative military concept. The commander of the British forces, General Cunningham, was keenly aware of the decisive role of the air force in naval warfare, inherited the tactical idea of using aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft to attack enemy naval bases, and achieved major results.

In the face of the blocking balloon nets set up by the Italian army, the British pilots practiced hard and skillfully coped, and finally successfully broke through; The magnetic torpedo developed by engineers and technicians successfully broke through the anti-mine net carefully set up by the Italian army.

Mussolini, on the other hand, was backward in his thinking and lacked a minimum concept of synthesis, which turned the coordination of the sea and air into a division of the sea and air, and the Italian commanders not only had a rigid and conservative command style. He also regarded the interception balloon invented by the enemy as an anti-aircraft weapon, and as a result, it was beaten by 40 old biplanes in the British Military District. The lesson of blood warns us that "victory can be replicated, imitation of invincible innovation". (★★ Emphasis added)

However, the surprise attack of the British carrier-based air defense forces did not surpass the results of Li Mo's battle, and it can only be said that it copied Li Mo's classic tactics. ”

An army that lacks a sense of innovation will only follow suit in peacetime, and can only be beaten passively in wartime. Military innovation, on the other hand, is a systematic project that is embodied in all aspects of army building. It is necessary to get rid of the traditional concept of "one trick is fresh and eat all over the world," and instead it is necessary to strengthen the "concept of great innovation" in system integration and top-level design, and promote the overall improvement of the combat effectiveness of the troops with comprehensive and innovative actions, and we must not simply bet on one or two new weapons and one or two fresh ideas.

In order to achieve the suddenness of the air attack, the British army adopted a variety of measures to conceal its operational intentions, which interfered with and confused the judgment of the Italian command organs, so that the British fleet sailed on the sea for three days and nights, and not only was it not intercepted by the Italian army, but the military port of Taranto did not even enter a high-level state of alert. What is even more ironic is that on the day of the air raid, the Italian army also dispatched 88 planes to participate in the air raid on North Africa, but did not dispatch planes to protect the naval fleet, which was not strong in protective capabilities, so that its already limited air defense force could not be fully utilized.

In the high-tech battlefield of the future, the war situation is complex and ever-changing, and the warring sides will use a variety of means to create illusions, confuse the public, and look for various opportunities to carry out surprise attacks. In this regard, battlefield commanders must not take this lightly, must be good at predicting the opponent's possible moves from the perspective of the overall situation, be good at judging the opponent's true movements from the clues, make good use of empathy to speculate on the enemy's commander's operational intentions, and not be deceived by illusions, so as to make rational and objective judgments. (★★★★★ Focus, welcome book reviews to discuss strategic and tactical perspectives in the new era. ）

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When Li Mo heard that the British fleet had successfully attacked the Italian Navy's garrison with two aircraft carriers, he was angry and laughing, because Li Mo had already sent three telegrams to Mussolini, telling him to be careful about Taranto's fleet. Every time Mussolini swore by it. Taranto's defenses were so impregnable that not even a single British fly could fly in, and as a result, 60% of the capital ships of the Italian Navy were buried in Taranto's cemetery, which is what Mussolini said about the impregnable soup and not a single fly that could fly into Taranto. "Believe in the Italian oath. It's better to believe that sows can also go up trees."

And that's not all. Mussolini was unwilling to accept defeat and personally sent a telegram to Hitler, asking Hitler to send an air force. To support the Italian Navy, Mussolini planned to organize all the remaining Italian naval ships into a broken fleet to attack the British Mediterranean supply lines, and Hitler actually agreed.

Of course, Hitler agreed, as long as Italy was willing to go to the British desperately, Hitler absolutely raised his hands in favor, but after the fiasco of the "Sea Lion Plan" Hitler, there was also an air force transferred to reinforce Italy, and at this time Germany went to nearly 4,000 aircraft, while the two German air armies were originally 3,000 aircraft, and now there are 1,500 planes, and the Wehrmacht wants to guard against air raids on the British mainland, leaving 1,000 planes in France, and less than 2,000 planes on the Soviet border. However, Hitler still sent a flying regiment and fifty JU89 bombers to Limer. Fortunately, Germany's current aircraft production capacity has reached the level of more than 20,000 aircraft per year, which was unthinkable before Limer upgraded to recruit Germany's aircraft manufacturing industry.

(Historical data, German aircraft production in 1940 10,247 aircraft, 1944 40,593 aircraft)

Since Mussolini is a fool who wants to find Britain desperately for face, Li Mo has no opinion, of course, the specific plan was formulated by Italy, Li Mo also has an Italian battle plan, and Li Mo is in charge of the air force part of this fleet.

In order to open up the situation in the Mediterranean, Li Mo must also annihilate the main force of the British Mediterranean Fleet, and this remnant fleet of Italy is the best bait, this is not that Li Mo does not regard his allies as allies, this is Mussolini's idiot himself proposed a plan, but don't blame Li Mo for using the Italian Navy as a bait, and Britain will definitely choose to meet the initiative of the Italian Navy in order to protect its supply lines.

For this reason, Li Mo made special changes to his BF109, that is, the German-made "six-barrel rocket launcher" removed the brackets and tires and other equipment, and only retained six launch tubes, the total weight of such a set of "six-barreled rocket launchers" is only 200 kilograms, and the "BF109" can just hang six rocket barrels under the two wings, each rocket weighs 31 kilograms and has a range of 8 kilometers, and these "BF109" carrying rockets are specially designed to deal with the superstructure of British warships, such as command rooms, telecommunications rooms, anti-aircraft artillery, etc., Anything that isn't very thick will be destroyed by these rockets.

The British warships that lost their anti-aircraft fire were the targets of other aircraft, and even the JU89 strategic bombers could bomb at low altitudes, but unfortunately the precision bombers like JU87 could not support them from a long distance because of the range. Therefore, the air raid plan arranged by Li Mo was mainly completed by JU89 and the "BF109" with auxiliary fuel tanks. What the effect will be, you can only know after playing.

Using JU89 strategic bombers to fly at low altitudes to bomb warships, the effect is really hard to say, and at the same time JU89 is also dangerous, if the "BF109" carries 150 mm rocket artillery so that all the anti-aircraft weapons of the British fleet become scrap metal, which JU89 can basically send the British fleet to the bottom of the sea unscathed, if the British warships do not lose their anti-aircraft firepower, then JU89 will be miserable, anyway, Li Mo also bet on the "BF109".

…… (To be continued......)

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