The British Mediterranean Fleet completely lost its combat effectiveness in just one battle, and there is no great recovery in the next few years, and if Britain does not reinforce the Mediterranean Fleet, they will not even be able to defeat the Italian fleet.

I don't know what Mussolini of Italy will do after receiving the news of the almost total annihilation of the Mediterranean Fleet, Rommel can be sure that Mussolini will definitely jump out to sell cuteness and funny, there is no doubt about this.

Rommel has been using the "Eye of God" to observe the entire air raid operation, Andrew's command art is really not covered, Rommel can't help but secretly rejoice, he, an army commander who does not understand the Air Force, fortunately did not interfere with Andrew's command indiscriminately.

The entire command room was still busy, the telegraph was ticking and ticking, and every busy staff officer was spinning like a spinning top.

Rommel, who had already learned the outcome of the battle, looked relaxed, his face was full of the joy of the victor, the destruction of the main force of the Mediterranean Fleet meant the fall of the British fortress of Gibraltar, the interruption of the British Mediterranean route, and the beginning of British suffering.

Suddenly, the liaison officer of the telecommunications room hurried in, and he was already smiling from ear to ear, which is rare for a serious German, and there must have been great good news, otherwise the telecommunications liaison officer would not have lost his temper like this:

"Report to the commander, a great victory, a great victory!"

Although Rommel knew the outcome of the air battle, he still pretended not to know and said:

"Is it the victory of the Air Force, read the telegram quickly."

"Report to the commander that our unit discovered the enemy's Mediterranean fleet at 7:30 a.m., and in a fierce battle, our unit sank two enemy aircraft carriers, two battleships, seven cruisers, fifteen destroyers, and damaged two battleships...... Major General Andrew, Division of the 4th Air Division. ”

The silence, the deathly silence of the entire command war room, this result is too terrifying, why can this air raid achieve such a brilliant result? No one can figure it out, is it possible that the era of battleships has passed, and the era of the Air Force is coming?

"Bang bang...... Bang bang ......"

Two or three minutes later, the entire operational command room burst into thunderous applause, all the staff officers and officers at all levels stood up and applauded, and Hans, the chief of staff, ran up to Rommel and shouted:

"Commander, we have won, we have broken the myth of the invincibility of the British Navy......"

"Seventh Panzer Army ...... Victory"

"The great Rommel General ...... victory"

The entire operational command envoy was really boiling inside, and after Rommel waited for them to make a fuss for two or three minutes, he immediately raised his hand, and the entire operational command envoy immediately quieted down:

"Leave the necessary personnel on duty, and the rest of the brothers will follow me to the airport to meet the triumphant hero."

"Immediately send a seaplane to search for and rescue the pilot who parachuted into the water according to the route of the 4th Air Division's return."

Although the Air Force is not under Rommel's control, he deeply understands how precious a good pilot is to Germany, and as long as there are no pilots who are killed, they must do everything possible to search and rescue them.

The head of the staff department, having received Rommel's instructions, immediately arranged in an orderly manner, and a third of the personnel were left behind to continue their work, and the rest immediately followed Rommel to the airport to welcome the valor of the election.

Propaganda of victory is an art, and how to translate this victory into the army's will to fight is even more a science.

The first is to respect and worship heroes, so Rommel had to go to the airport to pick him up in person.

When Rommel arrived at the airport with a large group of officers, the logistics personnel of the Fourth Air Division were preparing for the ceremony to greet their division commander.

All the ground crews of the 4th Air Division saluted Rommel and cast grateful glances, and Rommel waved his hand, signaling that everyone should leave it alone and greet the triumphant hero first.

All those involved in the pick-up immediately stood on both sides of the runway, waiting for the return of the 4th Air Division, and about five minutes later, a "buzzing" beep was heard in the sky.

Dense black dots appeared in the sky, Rommel had already used the "Eye of God" to check the returning fleet, this time only more than 200 planes could fly back, and the Fourth Air Division lost about 120 planes in this air battle.

The losses of the Fourth Air Division this time were also very heavy, with more than 300 planes going out, but only more than 200 planes flew back, and now the speed of domestic aircraft production in Germany cannot keep up with the speed of loss.

If Rommel did not find a way to get planes for the Fourth Air Division, it would be difficult for the Fourth Air Division to recover its previous combat strength, and the Luftwaffe had been losing blood in this way throughout history, and could not be replenished accordingly, so that in the later period, the German Air Force was almost completely abolished.

Now Rommel has changed the situation a little bit, that is, the French economy has basically recovered, French enterprises have resumed production, and Speer has also transformed and upgraded some French military enterprises.

In other words, France can now produce some of Germany's high-tech weapons and equipment, such as aircraft and tanks.

Rommel will immediately place an order with the French aircraft factory for the loss of the aircraft of the Fourth Air Division, and Rommel is confident that within a month, he will help the Fourth Air Division replenish 300 BF109 and JU87.

Historically, there was a BF109 equipped with a French star engine, and its performance was no worse than that of the German BF109. In fact, the German engine in World War II was a little behind Britain and France, so after the BF109 was loaded with a French aero engine, the performance was improved, which has a historical record, but Rommel advanced the use of the French military industry by two years.

The whole fleet gradually grew larger from black dots, and the returning German fleet was still lined up in a neat air formation, and those planes that flew crookedly or smoked were arranged in the middle of the group, and the uninjured planes were protected on the perimeter.

This fully illustrates the quality of German soldiers, which is not determined by the advanced degree of weapons, such as the Italian army that sells cuteness, they are also equipped with a large number of advanced German weapons and equipment, but after these weapons and equipment are in their hands, the Italian army is still an army that has been funny and cute.

When you look at the group of planes that appear in the sky, quite a few of them are flying crookedly, some of the planes are still emitting thick smoke, and the huge fleet of more than 300 planes that have gone out is obviously a big circle smaller than the one that appears in the sky now, and only more than 200 planes have flown back by eyesight.

The group of planes began to land, flying crookedly or flying in thick smoke first, and the landing of these damaged planes was very dangerous, and if they did not do it well, the plane would be destroyed and people would die.

The noisy and warm welcome team just now fell silent in an instant, and everyone watched the damaged planes land with great nervousness, and there were already several fire trucks on standby next to them, as well as several ambulances.

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