Take Taobao to fight against Japan

Hearing this, the atmosphere in the combat hall suddenly became solemn, and everyone frowned, obviously not as relaxed and happy as before.

because?In terms of these most important pieces of equipment, the heavy equipment of the Axis coalition forces is at a clear disadvantage.

Seeing that the friends were stunned, Rommel smiled slightly and said:

"You don't need to be too nervous, although the number of technical equipment of the Allied Forces is much higher than ours, and they have very powerful supplementary capabilities, but this is not a big deal at all.

Because these technical equipment can only play a role when they meet the front line and put them on the battlefield, otherwise they are just piles of scrap iron. "

Menecki, the German chief of staff, nodded and agreed: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief said that as long as the Allied logistics supply line can be cut off, their planes, tanks, and armored vehicles will sink to the bottom of the sea halfway. Either they will become scrap iron because of exhaustion of fuel, or their cannons will become decorations due to lack of shells!"

"Yes."

Rommel nodded and said with a smile: "In the final analysis, the essence of war is to fight for consumption and supply. As long as you can protect your own logistics supply line and at the same time cut off the enemy's logistics supply line, you will always be invincible."

Menecki then said: "The problem is that we are capable of blocking the current Allied Mediterranean supply line, but the problem is that the Allied forces can still pass through the Indian Ocean supply line. Although there are some detours, it can still meet the needs.

Unless the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy can rush to the Indian Ocean, it is purely delusional for us to want to cut off the logistical supply lines of the Allies. "

"Don't count on the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy. Don't say that they are fighting fiercely with the Americans on the west coast of the United States. Even if they are free, they can't come to the Indian Ocean to help."

Rommel shook his head, and continued: "But it doesn't matter, as long as we can completely cut off the Mediterranean supply line, the Allied forces will lose a major artery.

If the US transport fleet wants to bypass the Cape of Good Hope, it will not only consume a lot of time and cost, but also have to pass the Third Reich submarine force. "

"As I said before, the essence of war is to fight for consumption and replenishment!"

Speaking of this, Rommel paused and said: "And the enemies we can think of will also think of it, and the allied forces will definitely try to cut off our logistics supply channels.

Therefore, while strengthening the offensive, we currently have two urgent tasks that must be carried out at the same time, that is, to conquer the island of Malta and gain control of the Mediterranean Sea, so as to completely protect our logistics supply line! "

Zando, commander of the Libyan Navy, said proudly: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, please rest assured that the coalition's Mediterranean logistics supply channel is protected by our Italian Royal Navy fleet. It is wishful thinking for the Allied forces to cut it off."

Although maintaining the line of communication from Italy to Libya is the primary task of the Italian Navy, there is no naval base in North Africa that can accommodate a large fleet.

Therefore, what the Libyan Naval Command can mobilize are mainly submarines, destroyers, and more small ships. Its main mission is to maintain the safety of the coast and transportation lines.

Rommel smiled and said: "General Zando, I have great confidence in the combat effectiveness of your naval fleet, the logistics supply channel of the coalition forces has your naval fleet, there will be no problem!

However, although the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet has suffered heavy losses, they still have strong combat effectiveness after all. We must be cautious and find fighters to annihilate them in one fell swoop to completely eliminate hidden dangers. "

……

On December 12, the British base in the Maltese Islands.

Today is the traditional Western festival of Christmas, but this beautiful island does not have any festive and peaceful festivities, only the noise of aircraft motors, the sharp whistling of aviation bombs, the sound of rumbling guns, and the endless explosions .

In the violent explosion, the entire island was trembling non-stop, and everywhere was shrouded in thick smoke, as if a devastating volcanic eruption was taking place.

Starting in the early hours of this morning, the German-Italian coalition forces once again launched continuous air strikes and bombings on the British base in Malta, and also organized a naval fleet to prepare for landing operations.

Malta is a small country in the Mediterranean, with a total land area of ​​316 square kilometers. The archipelago is mainly composed of five islands including Malta Island, Comino Island and Gosu Island. It is 5 kilometers away from Sicily in Italy and 90 kilometers away from the African continent. Sea bridge between two continents Europe and Africa.

At the same time, Malta is also known as the "heart of the Mediterranean" because of its location as a sea transportation hub in Europe, Asia and Africa.

As early as the beginning of the 19th century, British colonists regarded Malta as a midway island leading to the east, and established sea, land and air bases there.

After the outbreak of World War II, the British started construction on the island of Malta, expanded the airport, and built forts to intercept and attack the Italian fleet, and it was very effective.

In the early days of the North African War, in order to prevent the Malta garrison from interfering with the supply line, the German Air Force under the command of Marshal Catherine entered Italy. Together with the Italian naval and air forces, they bombarded the island of Malta where the British troops were stationed, almost destroying the island. The military installations were completely blown up.

Shortly thereafter, the U-boat of the German Navy secretly infiltrated the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait of Gibraltar, and at the end of 1941, it successively sank two large battleships of the Royal Navy—the battleship "Barham" and the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal".

Although the British reinforced the island of Malta from time to time, the warships and aircraft that had just arrived were immediately smashed by the German and Italian navy and air force.

Therefore, throughout 1941, the island of Malta can be said to be lifeless, and it has long been unable to pose a threat to the Italian transport fleet.

But even so, in order to prevent the German army from occupying the island of Malta, the British and American coalition forces still spared no effort to continuously transfuse blood to Malta.

Although the German-Italian Allied Forces have never been able to achieve landing operations to conquer this difficult-to-defend main island, but under the indiscriminate bombing of the German-Italian Allied Forces, the continuous blood transfusion of the British and American Allied Forces can only play a role in sustaining life. There is no way to reverse the passive beating situation of the island of Malta.

Just before Yang Fan joined Malta, the supply of supplies in Malta was extremely difficult, and a strict food rationing system had already been implemented.

All in all, the current situation in Malta is extremely serious, and it is apt to describe it as precarious!

Chapter 1319 Self-reliance

Although it is said that Malta Island has always been controlled by the Allied Forces in another time and space, it does not mean that the current time and space will be so stable.

Not afraid of 2, just in case, Yang Fan immediately activated the plug-in on the night of February 22 after he had fully grasped the command of the Allied Forces in the North African theater.

在系统买了份“保险”后，便命令潜艇部队将1500多工程兵、50多名医护人员、1个高射炮团、1个2000人的加强步兵团、以及2000多名英军，一股脑安全送到马耳他群岛。

At the same time, Yang Fan also distributed a large amount of food, ammunition, anti-aircraft guns, mortars, communication equipment, construction equipment, generators, oil, cement, steel bars and other weapons and supplies.

After this wave of strong reinforcements, the Maltese Islands suddenly became full of vitality, especially with the engineering corps of the Huben Army, who can be called an infrastructure madman. After being blown up, a large number of fortifications were urgently repaired and strengthened.

Coupled with the addition of thousands of fresh troops and a large number of weapons and equipment, the defense of the Maltese Islands has been greatly strengthened at once.

Otherwise, according to today's posture that the German-Italian coalition forces are bound to win, the Maltese Islands are really hanging.

In an underground air defense command room in Malta, Yu Xueli, the commander of the Huben Army, Bai Liang, the engineer commander of the Huben Army, Peng Liang, the commander of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment, Liams, the British Major General Commander, and Daniel, the Chief of Staff, gathered together to discuss defense. matter.

"Gentlemen, please see that this is the sand table model of the island of Malta."

Daniel stood in front of the sand table and introduced the terrain and existing defense system of the island of Malta in English, while a Huben army translator was simultaneously interpreting and explaining:

"The main island of Malta has an area of ​​246 square kilometers. The west coast is steep and straight, and the east coast is full of deep-water bays. The island is mainly coral limestone highlands.

Yu Xueli, Bai Liang and others have been on the island for two days, and have a general understanding of the situation in the Maltese Islands.

But after all, time is short, and they have been working hard for the past two days to strengthen the existing defense system, so they don't have time to wander around.

In addition, the Maltese Islands are currently in a state of north-south attack by the Axis forces. Every day, a large number of German and Italian combat aircraft groups come to patronize and carry out indiscriminate bombings of various sizes.

Even if they are willing to go on-site inspection and survey, it is not so easy, so now they have to rely on the British guards to explain and watch the sand table model to understand in detail.

"Old Bai, the infrastructure construction task of your engineering troops is very difficult this time. Not only do we have to withstand the indiscriminate bombing of the German and Italian coalition forces, but we also have to withstand their landing attacks, and the terrain is so complicated!"

After listening to the British Chief of Staff's detailed explanation, Yu Xueli frowned even tighter.

Boom boom boom!

As if to confirm Yu Xueli's words, just after he finished speaking, there was another dull explosion sound above his head, and then the rock formations on the roof began to rustle dust, and the chandelier above his head shook violently.

Although this underground command post is several meters deep from the ground, it can still clearly feel the violent power of the heavy aerial bomb, as if it would be blown down if not careful.

Looking up a few times, he fanned the flying dust with his hands, Bai Liang said with a smile:

"Hey, it's normal to have difficulties. As our chief executive often said, as long as our thinking doesn't slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties. As long as we work together, nothing can't be done!"

Before coming, Bai Liang knew and expected the current difficult situation. Naturally, he had already made psychological preparations. He didn't feel any headache or fear at all. Instead, he was full of fighting spirit and passion at this moment.

According to Yang Fan's instructions, the engineering troops who landed on the island of Malta have the first priority. The first is to help strengthen the defense system of Malta. Create a material base.

In the original history, after July 1942, due to the outbreak of the Battle of Stalingrad on the Eastern Front of Europe, the front line urgently needed combat aircraft, so the German Air Force Wing stationed in Italy withdrew and flew to the Soviet Union to fight. Malta Island respite.

Immediately afterwards, the island of Malta, which was reinvigorated by reinforcements, dispatched a large number of aircraft and ships to cooperate with the British fleet coming from the Strait of Gibraltar to launch the "Battle of the Base".

During the entire combat operation, most of the merchant ships of the British fleet were sunk by the German and Italian navy and air force, and the Royal Navy also lost a large aircraft carrier "HMS Eagle".

However, the small number of merchant ships that arrived in North Africa still brought a large amount of supplies to the British army under Montgomery's command, laying a good material foundation for the future battle of "Alamein" in North Africa.

By 1943, the air force base on the island of Malta had more than 300 combat aircraft, a large number of ships, and sufficient supplies.

In stark contrast, Rommel's German-Italian Afrika Korps suffered heavy losses, were in short supply of fuel, and were unable to replenish military supplies for a long time.

Soon, on May 5 of that year, the 13 German and Italian Afrika Korps, which had exhausted their ammunition, were defeated and surrendered under the attack of the powerful British and American troops on the east and west, and the North African War came to an end.

However, the fascist nightmare was far from over.

Because, using the island of Malta as a springboard, the British and American Allied forces launched the Battle of Sicily after full preparations and landed on the Italian mainland, forcing Italy to take the lead in withdrawing from the Axis powers.

But it is obvious that at this time and at that time, not to mention that it is impossible to wait for these things to fall from the sky, even if they will appear according to the original track, Yang Fan will not wait and have to rely on his own efforts.

Although you will definitely suffer a lot of casualties by resisting the air strikes and attacks of the German and Italian coalition forces, you must do it!

Only by firmly controlling the island of Malta and setting up the defense system and the cave airport as quickly as possible can the island of Malta play a real role.

Only then can it protect the Allied Mediterranean transportation routes, and at the same time carry out air strikes on the North African battlefield and attack the Italian transportation fleet going south to North Africa.

Only by cutting off the supply line of the Axis army can the Chinese Expeditionary Force win the North African battlefield at the least cost and end this protracted world war as soon as possible.

I don't know how long it took, the earth-shattering explosions outside finally stopped, and the indiscriminate bombing after two or three hours finally came to an end.

"Dingling", at this moment the phone in the command post rang.

Chapter 1320 Victory in the First Battle

"Hello, I'm Major General Liams!"

Limus quickly picked up the phone and answered it.

"What? There is such a thing? Is it true?"

After a while, Limus' expression suddenly became extremely exciting, showing an exaggerated expression of extreme surprise.

After hanging up the phone, Lims immediately said excitedly to Yu Xueli and the others: "Good news, we finally successfully repelled the German-Italian attack again, and now we are temporarily safe!"

"Very good, finally the rain is over! Let's go out and have a look while we are in this spare time!"

Yu Xueli's mood suddenly became better. Although he was not worried that Malta Island would be conquered so easily, he still had some doubts in his heart.

Well, now the first battle is finally won!

"Oh, Commander Yu, Commander Bai, and Commander Peng, your Chinese army is really powerful."

At this time, Lims stretched out his thumb again and kept praising: "Do you know that in the battle that just ended, you not only successfully shot down 17 enemy bombers, but also sank 4 enemy ships?" The troop carrier, in addition to destroying more than 500 enemy landing troops!"

"Oh! Your Chinese army is really great. If you hadn't rushed to Malta Island for reinforcements in time, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to defend against the crazy attack of the evil Axis army today!"

After speaking, Limsky stretched out his hands full of affection to hug Yu Xueli.

The 88mm anti-aircraft guns are paired with proximity fuze shells to bombard the bombers that are not flying fast enough, as well as the slower troop carriers. The bombardment effect is indeed very gratifying!

"Haha, we are all in the Allied camp, and now we are all comrades in the same trench. We should be closely united and fight the enemy together!"

After listening to the translation, Yu Xueli was also very happy and proud, and happily hugged a few British and American officers.

"Okay, time is precious, let's all go out and see what's going on!"

After everyone interacted intimately, Yu Xueli couldn't wait to turn around and walk out of the gate of the command post, and walked to the ground along a passageway as high as a person.

"Follow up!"

Bai Liang also couldn't wait, and followed him out.

Because the current primary task of their engineers is to strengthen the defense system, they must race against time and progress with the German and Italian troops, and use all the time and opportunities to build a sufficiently strong and powerful fortification system to ensure the safety of Malta Island.

Under this premise, they were able to concentrate on digging a large enough cave airport from the mountains of Malta Island.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Soon, everyone filed out to the ground, but what greeted them was a puff of choking gunpowder smoke and a strong smell of blood.

Under the billowing gunpowder smoke and strong irritating smell, not to mention opening your eyes to see clearly, even breathing normally is difficult.

Back to the underground passage, after waiting for a while, everyone gradually adapted to the outside environment.

After walking on the ground again, I saw huge craters everywhere on the surrounding ground, still stubbornly emitting green smoke, as if there was a meteor shower here just now.

Looking further into the distance, I saw that the entire Malta Island was shrouded in thick smoke, as if the fog had not dissipated at dawn in the early morning, and the visibility was very low.

Through the layers of thick smoke, everyone could still see clusters of raging flames, as well as columns of billowing smoke rising into the sky.

Obviously, in the violent bombing just now, the German-Italian bomber fleet not only dropped a large number of extremely destructive heavy aerial bombs, but also dropped sulfur incendiary bombs that produced toxic gases.

Although the German-Italian coalition forces withdrew temporarily, the entire island of Malta was still bleeding and suffering from the raging flames of war.

On the farther sea, even with the naked eye, everyone could clearly see the huge fleet of Italian battleships, cruisers, and transport ships staring at Malta Island in the distance.

It seems that they have not given up their plans to attack, and they should wait for the next wave of bombers to replenish their bombs and fuel before making a comeback again.

The situation in front of them suddenly made Yu Xueli and the others feel heavy. Such high-intensity and high-intensity bombing would definitely cause considerable casualties.

"Come on, let's go to the seaside to have a look."

With a heavy heart, Yu Xueli walked all the way to the bay on the southeast side, which is not only the berthing port of the British Navy, but also the beach landing point for the German and Italian coalition forces.

Walking all the way, I saw all kinds of vehicles shuttle back and forth continuously, and the logistics force was doing its best to search and rescue the wounded on the island, and transported them to the field hospital for treatment.

Those who participated in the rescue and those who were rescued included not only the British Army, the American Army, and the Chinese Army, but also many servants of the British Empire of other colors, but at this moment they only have the same identity, that is, the soldiers of the Anti-Nazi and Anti-Fascist Allied Forces !

"salute!"