Hearing the report of the radar soldiers, Jiang Pingxian was startled, his position was only 130 kilometers away from the coast, and it was close to the Axis controlled area, once it was bitten by the Axis land-based air force, it was not fun.

Jiang Ping gritted his teeth and ordered: "We will carry out the last salvo of the last one, and all the cruisers will be ready and launched." "Eight missiles rose into the air again and soon hit the locked targets in the opposing fleet.

"All the battleships turned around and returned at full speed, the cruisers' anti-aircraft alert radars were turned on for search, and anti-aircraft missiles were prepared." Seeing that the anti-ship missiles were effective again, Jiang Pingxian did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately ordered the fleet to retreat quickly.

"What's that?" The pilot of the B29 bomber, who was patrolling at high altitude, quickly spotted the ship group in the distance, and the navigator raised his binoculars and looked at it: "It is the fleet of the Chinese Empire, and immediately send a report to the headquarters, and find that the enemy cruiser fleet has a total of eight cruisers and ...... destroyers."

At this time, Jiang Pingxian ordered loudly: "All cruisers launch anti-aircraft missiles." In order to be safe, Jiang Pingxian felt that a few more missiles would be launched to intercept, so the single-arm anti-aircraft missile launchers on the cruiser rotated together and shot eight Hongqi Type 1 anti-aircraft missiles into the sky, and the missiles took off and flew towards the B29 bomber at a speed of Mach 2.

"Oh my God, what's that, dodge." The navigator of the B29 bomber saw a huge object with orange flames in the telescope, which was rushing towards his plane at a high speed, and he exclaimed in surprise and immediately issued a warning.

Hearing the navigator's warning with an exclamation, the pilot knew that the situation must be very dangerous, and he subconsciously broke the operating stick desperately, hoping to avoid the attack, but the size of the B29 was too bloated, and it couldn't avoid the attack of any missile.

Eight missiles exploded around the B29 one after another, and the scattered shelnel smashed the B29 bomber to a thousand holes, and all four of its engines burst into flames, and the plane soon fell into the sea and became a pile of garbage, and those crew members had no chance to parachute at all, because before that, they were beaten into a sieve by the fragments of the missiles.

"General, they sent a telegram before they were shot down." The radio listener reported to Jiang Pingxian.

"Damn, it's still a step too late." Jiang Pingxian slammed his fist on the table and scolded in a low voice: "All the battleships are in an air defense formation and retreat at full speed." ”

Although Jiang Ping tried his best to hope that the fleet would escape from Ascension, after half an hour, the rumbling engine sound in the air was getting closer and closer, and the prophet Jiang Ping said that he had no hope of escaping safely, and he immediately ordered: "All warships are ready for air defense operations. ”

The B29 bombers of the Axis Air Force and the F84 fighters with auxiliary fuel tanks quickly spotted the Chinese Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, which was speeding up its evacuation, and without saying a word, the planes immediately flew towards the fleet.

'Boom' A horizontally dropped bombshell missed its target and exploded in the water, but the bomber that threw it was smashed into a sieve by shrapnel from a missile's near-explosion. Since they are not a naval unit, not only do they have no torpedo planes and dive bombers, but also no torpedoes, these land-based bombers pose a much smaller threat to warships, but if the bombers carry heavy bombs hit the target, those destroyers with a small displacement will still be quickly sunk.

At this time, the sailors of the Chinese Empire only had the idea of air defense left in their minds, anti-aircraft missiles and super-high-speed guns were firing non-stop, and even the main guns were loaded with anti-aircraft shells for air defense operations, and the Axis planes hovering above the fleet fell towards the sea like dumplings.

More than 30 'Qingjiang'-class destroyers in the fleet surrounded the eight main cruisers in the middle and formed a circular anti-aircraft formation, desperately preventing the opponent's aircraft from breaking through. Unlike the 'Yuanhai' class cruisers, the 'Qingjiang' class destroyers were built relatively early, so their initial design was not specifically designed for missile warships, but in the later modifications, each warship was equipped with a single rocker anti-aircraft missile, and the launch rate was not ideal.

However, thanks to Fang Xiaoyu's insistence, although the caliber of the Chinese Navy's artillery is not large, it has a large elevation angle, so that all the guns of the entire warship can be used for air defense, and even the 152 mm main gun also uses anti-aircraft shells to join the air defense operation.

There was intensive anti-aircraft artillery fire on the destroyer, plus two six-barreled hypervelocity guns of late installation, as well as some ordinary anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. The air defense combat power of this general-purpose destroyer, which is more than 3,000 tons, is still considerable.

Under the desperate shooting of the Chinese Navy soldiers, the Axis aircraft group did not take advantage of any big advantage, and half an hour later, only the remaining 40 bombers left angrily after dropping the bombs.

By this time, four destroyers had been sunk and two cruisers had been seriously damaged, but the Axis air forces had also paid the price of eighty-four aircraft shot down. Although Jiang Pingxian was very eager to continue to look for the opposing fleet and then attack with missiles, now that the anti-aircraft missiles and shells of the cruisers were running out, they could not withstand a new wave of attack by enemy planes, so he had to ask the shore-based planes to come to escort the fleet while ordering the fleet to turn around and return to the home port.

Although Jiang Pingxian did not achieve greater results due to the interference of the Axis aircraft group, this naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea had already taught the Axis group the power of missiles, and the Chinese Navy, under a complete inferiority, relied on missiles to turn defeat into victory, forcing back the Axis fleet, which was more than ten times more powerful than its own.

Even if they did not do their best, the Mediterranean Fleet's record was quite brilliant, they sank a total of one aircraft carrier, four battleships and six cruisers, in addition to the Axis also lost more than 100 land-based and carrier-based aircraft, and more than 10,000 dead and missing, while the Chinese Navy paid the price of only four destroyers, and the casualty ratio can be described as huge.

In the face of the attack of a large number of aircraft from the other side, the existing anti-aircraft firepower on the cruisers and destroyers was not perfect, so the navy decided not only to re-equip all cruisers and destroyers with a large number of anti-aircraft guns, but also to take out the 16 mothballed Zhonghua-class battleships and the eight Shannan battleships used in the naval school, remove most of the main gun turrets, and equip them with a large number of anti-aircraft guns and missiles.

After the refit, the Zhonghua-class battleships and Shannan-class battleships will have a qualitative leap in air defense combat effectiveness, and they will return to active service to provide powerful anti-aircraft fire support for the aircraft carrier fleet.

Compared with the fighting in the Mediterranean, the offensive and defensive battles in Port Alexandra had reached a fever pitch, with the forces of the two armies defending the ground forces of the 23rd Axis Army and the air attacks of several air wings, and the defending forces were obviously a little overwhelmed.

Fortunately, in recent years, the Chinese Empire has adopted an attitude of non-discrimination, which has made a qualitative leap in the lives of the local natives, and they are still very satisfied with the miserable life of the natives in the west. In order to arouse the enthusiasm of these natives to participate in the war, Cheng Guangling sent a large propaganda to claim that if the Axis occupied the area, all the natives would live the same miserable life as their companions to the west.

If these people have never lived a good life, they may be able to endure in silence, but after they have lived a good life, and then send them into misery, they will burst out with great fighting power to defend their happy life.

The locals have long known the tragic fate of those tribesmen in the west from the mouths of the refugees who flee every year, and now that there is Cheng Guangling's hype, the local natives are naturally enthusiastic, and they have joined the ranks of the Axis powers with great enthusiasm.

In addition to the agitated indigenous populations, those Chinese immigrants who would fight for the motherland without mobilization at all also joined the battle, and the combat effectiveness in Cheng Guangling's hands was greatly strengthened.

There are not many troops in Alexandra Harbor, but there are a lot of weapons, which is also due to the geographical location close to the other party's border, the city's underground arsenal is very full, with these people who are full of enthusiasm to participate in the war, Cheng Guangling directly opened up the supply and sent all kinds of individual weapons into their hands.

The Chinese Empire has always had the habit of conducting military training for the people, so at least the Chinese youth among these people are not rookies. Armed with weapons in hand, many of the populace began to organize themselves and take advantage of the familiar terrain to fight against the Axis forces that entered the city.

With the help of so many new troops familiar with the terrain, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army has increased a lot, and those militiamen in civilian clothes make it difficult for Axis soldiers to distinguish whether they are armed or not. When these Axis soldiers let their guard down, they would take out their weapons and attack them from anywhere, until the Axis soldiers were dazed and overwhelmed.

Not all the militia who participated in the defense of the city were in the city, many people in the nearby areas returned to their hometowns after receiving their weapons, and they also relied on the familiar terrain to launch attacks on the Axis convoys again and again, so that Admiral Mack had to draw troops to protect his supply lines, and the reduction of the enemy's siege forces also relieved a lot of pressure on the frontal battlefield.

In the face of the enemy's superior forces, Cheng Guangling fully launched the people's war, relying on a large number of people to block the Axis forces from all sides, so that they suffered heavy losses in street battles that could not give full play to their weapons and numerical superiority.