Chapter 1039: Gibraltar farce

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Lütjens thought too much that this is a tragic fact.
After he thought briefly, he felt that the Allied fleet would retreat to the north. After all, it was their shortest route. He feels that his opponent will directly use the most unlikely retreat route to confuse him. This is the best answer he thinks from the perspective of the enemy.
But who can think of the cunning Dudley Bond directly using one of the most childish retreat routes, avoiding his elaborate pursuit. After all the fleet advanced and sent a carrier-based aircraft to search, Lütjens actually found nothing. It happened that at this time a German patrol plane reported on the situation ahead that he wanted to know most.
"We haven't seen any enemy fleet passing by, even the traces of passing by. There are very few British fleets passing by here, and if there are, we will easily find it." This returning butcher reconnaissance aircraft After reporting their experiences in this way, Lütjens knew that he was indeed fooled.
It is very difficult to find the enemy fleet in a vast ocean, especially Lütjens dare not leave the Strait of Gibraltar too far. His other task is to block the strait and deal with the Italian fleet that may appear. So after initially choosing the wrong direction, he was destined to throw away the big fish of the Allies.
He annoyed and patted the chart table with his palm, and then reluctantly issued an order to return to Gibraltar: "Return! When I met the Italian Navy, help me get this breath out! Damn, who will direct this It ’s not the old fox Dudley Bond, who supports the Allied fleet? "
This time the U.S. military was a complete riot. In order to get rid of the slower transport fleet as soon as possible, the tens of thousands of U.S. military fleets could only travel south along the coastline, even leaving their own homes. They must be supplemented in South Africa or South America, and then go around a large circle.
The main force of the faster British fleet was running southwest. After they got rid of the German fleet, all the talents really took a long breath. At least they were not wiped out by the Germans at sea, after all, this kind of fire was saved.
There are more than 27o Sherman tanks in the transport fleet. Unfortunately, the number of US troops is not as large as it was planned. The US military of the two divisions is only about 40,000. Counting some necessary logistics support personnel and a Canadian light infantry division, the total is only a little over 60,000.
After careful consideration, these more than 60,000 allies will eventually be sent to India, and then study whether these troops are going to the Middle East or attacking Japan in Southeast Asia. In short, these unfortunate worms will drift on the sea for a long time, and can only rely on Africa's unreliable logistics supplies to support it.
But compared to Italy's current situation, their luck is already very good. If it were n’t for the Germans who were busy putting as much Italian heritage in their pockets as possible, they might really be chasing them down and taking the Allied Ocean Fleet.
Just as General Dudley Pound was sweating in cold sweat and was freed from the guts of the German naval carrier aircraft, the main Italian Mediterranean fleet was about to reach the Strait of Gibraltar. This fleet is not the same thing as a patchwork, but the real main fleet of the Italian Navy!
Due to various problems, the battleship Roman is now stationed in the port of Alexandria, so it is not in this fleet, but several other battleships in Italy have been pulled out. Including the Veneto, which had been partnered with the Germans, and the Cavour.
Only the battleships, the Italians drove out four ships, which is much worse than the situation where they did not work hard when they were supporting the Germans. At first glance, if the heavy cruiser is added, the Italians can be said to have invested a lot of money this time, which can be regarded as a real hands-off.
If the German fortified Gibraltar turrets were counted, the heavy cannons that had reached the platform were pointed in the direction of the blockade. If the Italian navy approached and fired with heavy artillery raids, it would indeed cause great trouble for the Germans. At least after two rounds of artillery bombardment, it was a question whether the Germans could reverse the muzzle.
Just inside the turret of the Italian naval battleship Veneto, several loader are looking at their gunner with strange eyes. They had just received an order to load the shells, and then someone ordered them to aim the muzzle at the Gibraltar fortress. This order was too weird for them, so the atmosphere inside the turret suddenly became heavy.
"What a joke? Bombard the Gibraltar fortress? That's where the Germans are stationed! If we are firing now, aren't we attacking our allies?" An Italian soldier who had put on his life jacket looked at his chief, and then again. Look at the cannon that has been loaded with shells.
"Yeah, this time it was inexplicable this time when I went out to sea, but when I drove to the Strait of Gibraltar and just came out, I thought I was going to shell the Allied forces on the Suez Canal. Now let's shell the Gibraltar fortress again, isn't the fleet commander crazy? ? "Another soldier also grumbled reluctantly. It was not that he was unwilling to execute the shelling command, but that the command was too weird.
The officer in charge was also helpless. When he received this order, he also had this idea. And some of his family members were farther than his men thought, but they were in northern Italy. If the Germans started to attack Italy in a rage, would n’t his hometown be a war zone?
"I said, no, the cannon of turret No. 1 didn't sound," a slightly clever soldier responded. At this time, everyone showed that the order had been issued for a long time, but the other turret they were close to on this battleship, Did not fire
"The order is cancelled! I am the deputy captain! Now I take over the command of the captain, he is crazy! He wants to die, we don't want to be buried with him!" On the communication channel, the voice of the deputy captain came over: "Cancel the fire Command! My God! German plane! "
The command to fire was not executed by the Italians, and even some warships were not loaded at all. After seeing the German planes appearing above the fleet, all the warships of the Italian Navy were all flagged. Unfortunately, the Germans did not cancel the bombing, but threw a bomb on an Italian warship that had not fired at all.
Unlucky was the battleship Caesar. The chimney of this old battleship was blown up halfway. German talent saw white sheets and flags hanging on the ship. The Italians were not ashamed and angry because they were bombed. Instead, they sent clear telegrams over and over again, asking the Germans to board the battleship.
"Quick! Send the message again! My God! I saw the Caesar hit! These fools! Didn't you see the white flag we hung? Damn it!" The current fleet commander, the Veneto The battleship ’s deputy captain looked over angrily, looking at the captain who had been tied to his chair: "It ’s all you bastard! Mussolini's idiot!"
"Everything is too late! Everything is finished! The Germans will sink you, and if you fight back, there is a chance of victory!" Mussolini, who was tied to the chair, shouted loudly. There was a trace of pride in his eyes, because he felt his mission should have been completed. At least the Germans are now attacking this fleet. Just a little while later, in order to protect themselves, the Italian fleet will also fire back, and the whole situation will be out of control.
Unfortunately, at this time, the voice of the Germans appeared on the radio. They asked the entire fleet to leave immediately, return to the port of southern Italy, and then surrender to Marshal Garibaldi who was waiting for them. This requirement relieved the entire fleet that they did not have to surrender to the Germans and did not have to hand over the warships of the motherland to the Germans. This was a cost-effective matter in any case, so the Italian fleet began to turn without delay .
After all, Lütjens was not able to annihilate any fleet in Gibraltar. Because he went in the wrong direction, he eventually led to a worldly naval battle that eventually turned into a multinational naval parade. The British, American, German and Italian navies almost started the largest naval battle in human history here, but only dropped a bomb, which ended in haste.
The Italian fleet, which ultimately did not implement Mussolini's crazy decision, then returned to the southern port of Italy, where it was accepted by Garibaldi. The two latest battleships were directly allocated to the German Navy to form a new Mediterranean Axis Combined Fleet, responsible for the Axis Navy operations throughout the Mediterranean theater.
Most of the rest of the warships eventually belonged to this fleet. The difference is that about 10,000 German naval forces stationed in these warships, which completely controlled Italian maritime power. Mussolini's influence on the Italian fleet was completely eliminated, and a new maritime force of the Axis Powers was controlled by the Germans.
If we add several warships of the French Navy, the maritime strength of the Axis Powers seems to have passed the hostile Allied Atlantic Fleet. If you do not consider the relationship of command difficulty, it may even change the offensive and defensive situation on the Atlantic Ocean.
And there is good news enough to inspire the Axis powers. As long as Libya ’s oil production starts to increase, the oil shortage problem that has plagued the Axis powers will be greatly alleviated. Those terrible butcher bombers and these fuel-consuming warships can finally be dispatched unscrupulously.
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