Chapter 271: Burning Malta

18 February 1941, Mediterranean, Malta

Located in the heart of the Mediterranean, the island of Malta has been a natural haven in the Mediterranean since ancient times, and the word Malta means "refuge" in the Phoenic language. Since the island of Malta is at the intersection of the east-west route from Gibraltar to the Suez Canal and the north-south route from the noodle country to North Africa, it is only 80 kilometers away from Sicily in the noodle country. The planes taking off from the island's airfields can reach Athens and Crete in the east, Libi in the south, Arrgy in the west, and Florence in the middle of the noodle country in the north, covering almost all important targets around the Mediterranean, so Malta has an incomparable strategic position and value for southern Europe and North Africa.

The Asian battlefield is in full swing, and the European battlefield is naturally not willing to be lonely, just when everyone is concerned about Hans sending troops to Libi to save their noodle country allies, Hans air force is throwing off Noodle Country and taking the lead in launching air strikes on Malta, nearly 1,000 warplanes took off from Tripoli and carried incendiary bombs to launch a large-scale bombing of Malta's British army targets.

In order to avoid the all-pervasive British spies, the Air Marshal not only got rid of the Noodle Country, but even achieved absolute secrecy at home, except for the Prime Minister's Office and a small number of cronies, even the Air Force knew nothing about it.

Except for a small number of bomber wings sent in the name of aiding the noodle country, the main force of the bomber group participating in the bombing was actually the captured personnel of the air force of country F, and the captured prisoners of the air force of country F were "supervised" by the air force gendarmes, and drove the bombers of country F abandoned by the Hans air force to the country of Libby, and then dropped bombs on the heads of their former allies.

The almost unknown air force of country F in the war made their allies pay a heavy price as soon as they entered the field, the first wave of bombing completely destroyed the airfield and radar station on the island of Malta, and then the bomber group that took off from Hans mainland came in relay and launched a large-scale bombardment of the Mediterranean Fleet of the British Royal Navy, and the detachment of the Mediterranean Fleet in Malta suffered heavy losses under the bombardment of the Hans air force, and had to withdraw from Malta on its own initiative and flee in the direction of Alexandria.

On the one hand, the main force of the British Mediterranean Fleet, which was cruising in the Mediterranean, sent a fleet to help Malta, and on the other hand, it strangled Hans's sea supply lines, intending to fundamentally disintegrate the bombing of the Hans Air Force, but the British military and intelligence services found that the fuel and ammunition delivered by the Hans Air Force to Libyb were simply not enough to launch a bombing of such a scale.

Considering the participation of the air force of country F, the British intelligence department believed that it should be the current government of country F that supported the bombing operation of the Hans air force, and in response, the British naval and air force immediately launched a large-scale counterattack against the targets of country F in Europe and North Africa, causing heavy losses to country F.

Before the government of country F could react, the navy of country F could not bear it, and the naval fleet stationed in the country of Arris attacked under the order of Admiral Darlang, and when the navy of the noodle country was still moving, they took the lead in exchanging fire with the British navy, and with the assistance of the air force of country F, which arrived at the end, they annihilated a detachment of the Mediterranean Fleet of the Royal Navy of Britain in one fell swoop.

A few hours after the allies launched an attack on Malta, the Noodle Air Force sent a bomber formation to bomb the British Air Force Base around Malta, although the damage caused was not very large, but it also contained a large number of naval and air forces of the opponent, so that it could not fully assist Malta.

The intensity of the bombing of Malta by the Hans Air Force was also very large, and the military police of the Air Force did not take into account the fatigue of the pilots and the state of the fighters, and forced those prisoners of war of country F to fight with high intensity, and in order to load some more incendiary bombs, they even removed most of the self-defense weapons and armor plates on the bombers, and one bomber after another shuttled through the sky as if they were running naked, either crashing or being shot down, otherwise, they would never stop fighting.

At the beginning, the pilots of country F also planned several unsuccessful defections, in a vain attempt to fly bombers to the British, but this situation changed after the British air force attacked Paris and caused huge civilian casualties.

A week later, the Noodle Nation Navy finally sailed slowly to Malta, and the madman even went to the port to comfort the officers and men of the army who were about to go on the expedition, wishing them an early landing in Malta, and for a time, the Britons focused all their attention on Malta, preparing for the landing battle that might come at any time.

But no one expected that the Noodle Nation Navy was in Malta with a false shot, turned its head and pounced on Alexander, who was empty in defense, and launched an attack on the British Mediterranean Fleet in Alexandria, this big battle around Alexandria lasted until the end of March, judging from the losses of the naval fleet alone, the Noodle Country must have suffered a lot of losses.

But in terms of actual effect, the Noodle Nation Navy almost destroyed the port facilities in Alexandria, and the British shipyards, oil depots, ammunition depots, and arsenals in Alexandria were almost completely destroyed, and even the northern section of the Suez Canal was completely destroyed.

In the face of such an unfavorable situation, the Britons naturally did not stand still, but soon organized a ground fortification against the Hans army of the Libby country, but the British army, which had an absolute advantage, was beaten through by Rommel's 7th Panzer Division, and then had to surrender to the Noodle Country army that they had always looked down on, and its misery was even worse than that of the Noodle Country army not long ago.

100,000 elite units of the British Army, thousands of the latest tanks and armored vehicles, more than 1,500 cannons of caliber of more than 100 millimeters, and more than 5,000 large trucks full of supplies almost completely fell into the hands of Rommel and the noodle country, which made Rommel, who was worried about the equipment of the indigenous "security team", instantly burst into laughter.

After this battle, the sluggish morale of the Noodle Country's army was finally boosted a little, and the domestic anti-war voice was also suppressed.

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