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Although Moore's U-boats were eventually withdrawn from the battlefield ahead of schedule due to the torpedo tubes running out of torpedoes and the torpedo reserves being too slow to reload, the sinking of the two battleships not only greatly weakened the anti-aircraft fire of the "H" fleet (not only the anti-aircraft guns on the three warships were missing, but the British also distracted themselves from detecting submarines and torpedoes, which also had a significant impact on the fleet's air defense capability). The morale of the officers and soldiers also suffered a heavy blow. The French Air Force, on the other hand, beat the water dogs and sank 1 heavy cruiser, 1 light cruiser and 1 destroyer. As long as these auxiliary ships are sunk, the air defense capability of the "H" fleet will be greatly weakened, and even if the remaining battleships are strong at that time, the French Air Force will be able to slowly gnaw them away, and the capital ships of the Yixue Navy will be completely wiped out.

However, seeing that the "H" fleet was about to be wiped out, the British Royal Air Force in Gibraltar finally rushed to the battlefield, and although the French Air Force achieved considerable results, its own losses were also quite large, so it had to give up the idea of killing all the "H" to avenge the navy

In the end, the British Royal Navy used 9 French Navy ships at the cost of 3 aircraft carriers, 3 battleships, 1 heavy cruiser, 1 light cruiser, 2 destroyers, and more than 100 carrier-based aircraft (the French Navy's aircraft carrier had a maximum speed of just over 20 knots, and could only be used as an escort aircraft carrier). The capital ships of the French Air Force were all destroyed and shot down more than 100 planes of the French Air Force, just by looking at the results of the battle. The British should be regarded as the victors of the Battle of Toulon Bay, and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill also declared this another great victory for the Royal Navy at home and abroad.

However, many later historians believe that Churchill's "Ballista Operation" led to the unnecessary loss of a large number of warships, and angered the former allies of the French, which became one of the important inducements for the Vichy French government to officially join the Axis (but the main reason was the butterfly effect caused by Hu Weidong's crossing, especially his initial proposals to Germany and a series of influences on the rise of the Arab League, which led to the Mustache's strategy towards France different from history). ), which directly led to the later Britain falling into a huge crisis that almost destroyed the country. However, there are still many people, especially the British, who believe that Churchill's choice is not wrong, because "under no circumstances can you pin your hopes on others", and the "ballista jihua" has become one of the most controversial military jihua in this time and space

And it wasn't until many years later. Almost no one knows about it either. Churchill's use of force to settle the French Navy inadvertently reminded the mustache of how to deal with the contradictions between Italy, an old ally, Spain, a quasi-ally, and the Arab League, a new ally. In line with the principle of "persimmon picks soft pinch", the mustache decided to take Spain first

Franco, the dictator of Spain, although ideologically closer to Nazi Germany, was both historically and in this time and space. None of the Franco governments formally joined the Axis side. Historically, Spain was thus spared the fate of becoming a defeated country. Franco is also known as the most successful wallhead plant of the Second World War. But the reason why this happened in history is, in the final analysis, because although Nazi Germany was invincible on land in the early stage of the European War, it was always suppressed by the British Royal Navy at sea. Even at the height of its submarine warfare, the Royal Navy remained firmly in control of the North Atlantic

You must know that Spain is only a second-class power after all, and the country is surrounded by the sea on three sides, if it openly hosts the British, Spain will definitely be crippled by the strong ships and guns of the Royal Navy, so no matter how close Franco is to Nazi Germany, it is impossible to lose his Spain for this. On the other hand, because the German side only had a draw with the British, it naturally did not dare to force Franco, so as not to push Spain to the side of the allies, so Franco's wall grass could live so nourishingly.

In this time and space, Germany obviously achieved a greater advantage than in history in the early days of the European War, especially the British navy and air force were greatly damaged for various reasons, and at the same time, the allies are still in a state of war with Red China, the giant of the East, resulting in no less than 500,000 elite soldiers being firmly fixed to death in India, and the overall situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable. And now that Germany has Klim, a new shili to use, even if Spain really chooses to defect to the allies under duress, the Luftwaffe Navy and Air Force do not have to worry about the lack of bases available, so the mustache is even more unscrupulous. In just a few days, 100,000 German and 200,000 Vichy French troops had been massed on the border between Vichy France and Spain, and if Franco refused, these 300,000 troops would invade Spanish soil, and they were only the vanguard

Franco knows how weak Spain is now, the brutal fighting in the civil war and the killing of civilians in the opposing camp have greatly damaged the vitality of the country, and the total number of Spanish troops captured after the comeback of Klim is no less than 200,000 people.

Although Spain would inevitably be doomed in the event of defeat after joining the Axis powers, if it did not agree, it would definitely be ruined now, and Franco had no choice but to bite the bullet and get on the mustachioed thief ship. The mustache, who had learned the concept of "casting names" from the Chinese, was not satisfied with a statement issued by the Spanish government, and he asked the Spanish army to capture Gibraltar, which had been occupied by the British for more than two hundred years, in order to show its sincerity in entering the axis.

In fact, the loss of Gibraltar was an eternal pain in the hearts of the Spaniards, at least the Castinians, but since the fall of the "Invincible Armada", Spain's national power has been declining, and it has never been able to challenge the British national strength and military strength, so the Spaniards have always been able to express their regret for this lost territory through their mouths. Therefore, Franco was still very happy to have the opportunity to regain the lost territory, although this would offend the British to death, but he had no other choice!

However, although Franco made up his mind, Gibraltar has been operated by the British for more than 200 years, and it is a strategic location, coupled with the special terrain, it has already become one of the most difficult fortresses on Shijie, there are 4 254mm batteries on the top of the mountain, more than a dozen 152mm batteries, and hundreds of 75/88mm mobile gun emplacements and thousands of 40mm table tennis guns on and off the mountain, how can it be so easy to knock down? (To be continued......)