Rommel received a panicked telegram from Mussolini on the train, Mussolini was really stupid, and when the British attacked Taranto, Mussolini thought that the British army was about to land on Italian soil.

Rommel couldn't help but slap himself on the head, he was really carried away by the victory, and he forgot such an important historical event as the Battle of Taranto.

Fortunately, the Italian Navy lost only three newest battleships and two cruisers, and the Italian Navy had three old battleships left, and the rest were more than a dozen ships and more than a dozen submarines.

These naval forces are enough to protect Rommel's supply lines, if the British Navy wants to attack Rommel's supply lines, as long as Rommel takes Malta Island and sends a certain number of planes, as long as the British Navy dares to come, Rommel's Stuka bombers will dare to destroy them.

Immediately after receiving Mussolini's telegram, Rommel sent Mussolini a telegram back:

"I'm coming, English die!.

But I need the support of Mr. Prime Minister, and I would like to ask you to temporarily transfer the remnants of the Italian fleet to the Afrika Korps, including the Italian troops in Africa.

As long as the great Prime Minister agrees to my request, I will bring you victory after victory, otherwise, I will not be able to return to heaven! ”

Rommel first cheered Mussolini up, and then fell into the well to ask for the command of the Italian army, not because Rommel was greedy for Italian military power, but in history, because Rommel did not have the power to command the Italian army, so that the German-Italian alliance was like a plate of scattered sand.

Rommel wants to play a big game of chess in Africa, and it is really impossible for him to make strategic changes in World War II with the 130,000 German Army in his hands alone.

Rommel, who had no choice, could only attack Mussolini, although the Italian army was here to be funny and cute, but they could at least play the role of the captain of the transport brigade! It's better to be the captain of a transport brigade for the enemy than for your own people, right?

In this way, Rommel could devote all his troops to the war, and Rommel's supplies could be transported by rail to Italy, from Italy to the African front.

Along the way, it was either the sea or the desert, and without a strong convoy, Rommel would not have been able to fight the British in Africa.

Since the British attack on the port of Taranto, Mussolini has been in a hurry, and Mussolini has a few loyal dogs.

But Mussolini also knows what kind of people these people are, they are just a bunch of sycophants who can't get on the stage.

These sycophants compete for power and profit, each one is more capable than the other, but once they are put on the battlefield, they will be forced to be bad, pure transport captains.

That's why Mussolini put down the face of a prime minister and sent a telegram asking for help to Rommel, the commander of the Afrika Korps.

In fact, the British Mediterranean Fleet had plans to attack the Italian mainland! Immediately after the successful attack on the port of Taranto, Cunningham went to Greece with an aircraft carrier fleet to reinforce the British troops there, and the British tradition was to flee from the sea if they could not win, which no fleet saw as feasible.

Soon the telegram replied by Rommel was delivered to Mussolini, and after Mussolini read Rommel's telegram, he stood on the spot, and after a while, he heard Mussolini's roar:

"This is blackmail, this is a falling stone, damn Rommel, do you think the whole world will go to war?

Rommel, damn bastard, even if you have the command of the Italian Afrika Korps, you still want the command of the Italian Navy.

What a greed! Why did I ask Hitler for Rommel this bastard, isn't that a blocker for myself?

No, I will never agree to hand over the command of the Italian Navy, call me back to Rommel, the more than 300,000 men of the Italian Afrika Korps can be handed over to his command, but the Italian Navy must not be handed over to him.

If that bastard of Rommel insisted on the command of the Italian Navy, I would have wanted Hitler to protest and complain. ”

Mussolini's secretary immediately went to the telegraph room to send a telegram to Rommel, and the telegram was soon delivered to Rommel.

Mussolini agreed to Rommel's first request in a telegram, and Mussolini of the Italian Navy was always unwilling to let go, which is like a businessman doing business, sitting on the ground and paying the money on the spot.

Since Mussolini did not hand over the Italian navy to Rommel, Rommel did not force it, Rommel only wanted to use the Italian army as a transport brigade, and the navy and army were the same.

The funny Italian army can only serve as a transport brigade, let them go to the battlefield, and it is also the end of sending weapons and ammunition to the enemy, and the result is still a transport captain.

The Italian convoy was developed by Rommel in response to the combat capability of the Italian army, and it is better to send weapons and ammunition to the enemy than to the allies!

Rommel sent another telegram to Mussolini, in which he agreed to Mussolini's request, but Rommel made a small request, that the Italian fleet must make every effort to ensure the safety of the route from Italy to Tunis.

Mussolini readily agreed, and Mussolini assured Rommel that the Italian fleet would never take the initiative in the future, and that they would stay within the combat radius of shore-based aircraft.

Rommel's deal with Mussolini went awry, and Mussolini threw the Afrika Korps, like garbage, to Rommel.

A huge convoy of dozens of trains drove across Italy, and the scenery outside the window flew backwards, and the 7th Panzer Division and the 22nd Paratrooper Division led by Rommel soon arrived at the southern Italian port of Reggioca.

In order to assist Rommel in crossing the sea to Africa, the Italian side has been preparing various transport ships for a long time.

In fact, there is no need to make much preparations, Italy has 500,000 people in Africa, and the British army has captured more than 100,000, and now there are more than 300,000 left.

For the transportation and supply of these hundreds of thousands of people, a large number of transport ships will definitely be needed, so Italy has long prepared a sufficient number of transport ships.

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Churchill also soon received a telegram from Cunningham, which was too important to Churchill, because Britain had been defeated many times during this time, and Britain needed a decent victory to boost the morale of the people.

Churchill immediately went to the king with this telegram, and when George VI saw this telegram, he also swept away his previous sad face, and Churchill and George VI combined.

It was decided to write about this victory at the Battle of Taranto, anyway, to promote the invincible navy of the British Empire all over the world.

The British army fought and lost one battle, and there was no record at all, even if Churchill wanted to brag about it, it was impossible for Britain to boast about the battle of Taranto in the navy.

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