The Third Reich in Desperation

The army with a higher level of education generally performed better.Of course, the Li Yunlong regiment using Italian guns is another matter...

Leaving aside the belief bonus, a well-educated army is indeed easier to control high-tech equipment, thereby improving combat effectiveness.

Text Chapter 449 Lady Luck

?The mast of the flagship Ark Royal hung a signal flag symbolizing the charge, and the Royal Navy ships began to assemble and dispatched torpedo attack formations.

At the same time, the artillery shells of the Italian Navy have never stopped. They have attacked the British fleet for no less than 3 rounds. However, because the British army began to move deliberately, these undertrained Italian navy sailors showed their artillery technical flaws.

Most of the shells fired by the Italian Navy in the three rounds hit the sea, and none of the torpedoes fired hit.

"These idiots!" Leifer yelled.

Indeed, at such a close naval battle distance, almost all of the Italian Navy's artillery shells missed, which is really unbelievable.

After these rounds of attacks, the Italian army had no tricks. After the British Royal Navy fleet lined up, they obviously felt the pressure.

On the other side, the British navy also launched a counterattack. For a while, various naval guns and torpedoes were fired at the Italian army in a series, making them powerless to fight.

Immediately afterwards, the British fleet, which owns the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, scrambled to take off 20 more torpedo attack aircraft.

Moreover, if it weren't for the fact that the British army was destroyed by French anti-aircraft firepower in Port Oran, too many fighters would have doubled the British air force faced by the Italians at this moment!

All Italian officers and soldiers knew what was going on without Leifer needing to remind him by radio.

That's right, they were caught off guard by the opponent with several times the strength of the enemy. If this continues, the main force of the Italian navy may even be wiped out in this battle!

Admiral Lefer shook his fist fiercely in the air, as if he wanted to vent the anger of being passively beaten for the past ten minutes.

He shouted confidently to the fleet staff officers and department commanders in the command tower who were utterly terrified: "What are you still doing?! Order the fleet to stop shelling, release smoke and withdraw from the battle! We can't let Mussolini down." The Prime Minister's training of our Italian Navy!"

At this time, Lefer is no longer thinking about establishing a century-old feat, destroying the British fleet, and making a name for himself.

Now he just wants to hug the Italian battleship under his command, so as not to be hacked to death due to heavy losses after returning home!

Thinking of Mr. Leader's distress for the treasures of these warships, Lefer felt dizzy for a while.

If Mussolini heard after returning home that he Lefer lost the Italian capital ship, I am afraid that ten Lefers would not be enough for Mussolini to shoot!

However, just as the Italian navy was retreating and its equipment was withdrawn from the battle, Forbes's British fleet was the first to mess up its formation.

When Leifer, the commander of the Italian fleet, had given up fighting and was about to flee, the British were the first to mess up?!

Happiness came so suddenly, Leifer couldn't believe it for a while.

However, he did not immediately order to catch up to suppress the British, but continued to maintain a distance of more than 20km.

Pulling past the adjutant who was conveying the retreat order, Lefer shouted loudly: "Don't retreat yet, send the order down, and the ships keep shelling!"

Although he didn't dare to lean on it, Leifer still dared to accompany the British in a round of shelling.

He wanted to use the time of this round of shelling to observe further to see if the British were playing any tricks.

In fact, Lefer need not worry at all.Because other people's British fleet has already taken advantage, there is no need to play tricks with you.

Now that the British army has stopped shelling and is in disarray, it means that they are really in trouble.

"Commander, aren't you running away?" Leifer's adjutant Paul asked in confusion.

He was still in the fear of a few minutes ago, wishing he could run away immediately, avoiding the British guys possessed by the sea god Poseidon.

"Nonsense, why are you running?" Lefer said angrily.

While they were talking, the Italian fleet had launched its fifth round of bombardment, and finally concentrated a British cruiser and two destroyers.

This is not to say that the Italian Navy's artillery skills have risen sharply, and the guns are possessed.

The reason why they were able to hit three British warships at once was entirely because the British fleet, which was already in disarray, slowed down its position and dodge speed, making it easier to be hit.

Of course, the British fleet will not mess up on their own. The reason why they suddenly started to be confused is entirely because the German submarine force suddenly appeared in the formation gap of the British fleet, suddenly surfaced and launched torpedoes.

Almost with a few swishes, the German submarine fired torpedoes at several British warships. With a few loud bangs, the flagship of the British Navy, the Ark Royal, and several other destroyers were damaged to varying degrees and almost lost their combat effectiveness.

The Italian navy was in a daze. What happened to the British navy on the opposite side?

"The British navy seems to be under attack by submarines?" Leifer's chief of staff thought.

"It seems that our submarine is here to support us. Listen to my order and turn the bow to cooperate with the submarine!"

I thought it was Italy's own submarine force that was very competitive and rushed over to support the operation.Lefer also ordered with a look of excitement.

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At the same time, on a submarine belonging to the Italian Navy, Fred, who was ordered to intercept and attack the British fleet, was still waiting.

"What's going on? The British fleet hasn't shown up yet?"

Fred also chatted with his adjutant.

Because Lefer stopped the British fleet, Fred's Italian submarine would naturally never encounter the returning British fleet.

In other words, if they encountered the returning British fleet, it would mean that Lefer's Italian fleet was defeated.

"Isn't it a good thing to have no enemy?" Fred's adjutant said with a smile, "Isn't there no need to fight?"

"That's right." Fred nodded and figured it out: "Why do I expect to meet the British fleet?"

In this way, Italy's own submarine forces were in a state of dissociation.He didn't participate in the battle as Leifer thought.

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On the other side, after almost a day and night of fighting, the Royal Princess of the British Navy and the Australian HMS sank one after another. The Warspite was seriously injured and was forced to withdraw from the battle.

However, the wretched and sinister German submarines did not suffer any losses. I have to say that they were a little too lucky.

At the same time, the price paid by the Italian Navy was only one cruiser was severely damaged, two battleships were slightly injured, and one destroyer was sunk.

The sunset slowly descended, replaced by the smoke of the battlefield and the endless night.

This time, as a rare Italian warlike general, Leifer was favored by the god of luck.

Body 4 Fifty Chapters

After the defeat, the British fleet was eager to flee westward, because they knew that as long as they reached the Strait of Gibraltar, the British army would still have a chance to change their fate against the sky.

Combined with the British fleet at Gibraltar, they even had a chance of defeating the Italian fleet and German submarines.

However, the British fleet was severely damaged after a series of battles in a short period of time, and the speed of their warships was not as good as before. In this case, Italian and German warships and submarines were chasing after them, and the British felt endless pressure .