February 18, 1941, Mediterranean Sea, Malta
The island of Malta is located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea and has been a natural haven in the Mediterranean since ancient times. The word Malta means "refuge" in Phoenician. 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 Noodle Country to North Africa, it is only 80 kilometers away from Sicily, the Noodle Country. The combat radius of aircraft taking off from the island's airport can reach Athens and Crete in the east, Libya in the south, Al in the west, and Florence in the middle of Noodle Country in the north, covering almost all important targets around the Mediterranean. Therefore, the island of Malta has an unparalleled strategic position and value for southern Europe and North Africa.
The war was in full swing on the Asian battlefield, and the European battlefield was naturally unwilling to be lonely. Just when everyone was paying attention to Hans sending troops to Libi to save their Noodle Country allies, Hans Air Force left the Noodle Country behind and took the lead in attacking the Noodle Country. Malta launched an air strike. Nearly a thousand fighter planes took off from Tripoli, carrying incendiary bombs and launched a large-scale bombing of British army targets in Malta.
In order to avoid the all-pervasive British spies, the Air Marshal not only got rid of the Noodle Country, but also maintained absolute secrecy at home. Except for the person in the Prime Minister's Office and a small number of cronies, even the Air Force knew nothing about it. known.
As for the bomber group that participated in the bombing, except for a small number of bomber wings sent in the name of aiding the Noodle Country, the main force turned out to be captured personnel of the F Country Air Force. The organic F Country Air Force prisoners were under the "supervision" of the Air Force Military Police. They flew the abandoned F-country bombers of the Hans Air Force to Libya, and then dropped the bombs on their former allies.
The Air Force of Country F, which was almost unknown during the war, made their allies pay a heavy price as soon as they came on the scene. The first wave of bombings completely destroyed the airport and radar station on the island of Malta. Immediately afterwards, the bomber group taking off from the mainland of Hans Following the relay, a large-scale bombing was launched against the Mediterranean Fleet of the British Royal Navy. The Mediterranean Fleet's Malta-based squadron suffered heavy losses under the bombing of the Hans Air Force and had to voluntarily withdraw from Malta and flee towards Alexandria.
On the one hand, the main force of the British Mediterranean Fleet cruising in the Mediterranean sent a fleet to assist Malta, and on the other hand, it strangled Hans's maritime supply lines, intending to fundamentally disrupt the bombing of Hans Air Force. However, the British military and intelligence agencies discovered that, The fuel and ammunition delivered to Libya by the Hans Air Force were simply not enough to launch a bombing of this scale.
Taking into account the participation of the Air Force of Country F, the British intelligence department believed that this should be the current government of Country F supporting the bombing operations of the Hans Air Force. In response, the British Navy and Air Force immediately launched attacks on Country F's targets in Europe and northern Africa. launched a large-scale counterattack and caused heavy losses to Country F.
Before the government of country F could react, the navy of country F couldn't bear it anymore. The naval fleet stationed in Al country attacked under the order of Admiral Darlan. While the noodle country's navy was still mobilizing, they took the lead with the British navy. Fire was exchanged, and with the assistance of the F-country air force that finally arrived, a squadron of the British Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet was annihilated in one fell swoop.
Although the Navy of the Noodle Country was once again defeated, the response of the Noodle Country Air Force was still remarkable. A few hours after the allies launched an attack on Malta, the Noodle Country Air Force dispatched a bomber formation to attack the British Air Force Base around Malta. Although the damage caused by the bombing was not very great, it also restrained the opponent's large naval and air forces, preventing it from fully assisting Malta.
The Hansi Air Force's bombing of Malta was also very intensive. The Air Force Military Police did not take into account the fatigue of the pilots and the condition of the fighter planes, and forced the F country prisoners of war to fight with high intensity. In order to load more incendiary bombs, they even removed the bombs on the bombers. Most of the self-defense weapons and armor plates, bombers one after another seemed to be streaking through the sky, either crashing or being shot down, otherwise, they would never stop fighting.
At the beginning, F country pilots also planned several unsuccessful defections in an attempt to fly bombers to the British side. However, this situation changed after the British Air Force air raided Paris and caused huge civilian casualties. Many pilots and The ground crews all cooperated, and there was even an incident where an injured pilot from country F crashed his plane into a British warship.
A week later, the Noodle Country's navy finally sailed slowly towards Malta. The madman even went to the port in person to express condolences to the army officers who were about to go on an expedition, and wished them an early landing in Malta. For a while, the British focused all their attention. Arriving in Malta, prepare for the landing battle that may come at any time.
But no one expected that the Noodle Kingdom's navy would feint a shot at Malta, turn around and pounce on Alexandria, which had an empty defense, and launch an attack on part of the British Mediterranean fleet in Alexandria. This war started around Alexandria. The war lasted until the end of March. Judging from the losses of the naval fleet alone, the Noodles must have suffered a lot.
But judging from the actual effect, the noodle country's navy almost completely destroyed the port facilities in Alexandria. The British shipbuilding factory, oil depot, ammunition depot, and arsenal in Alexandria were almost completely destroyed, including the northern section of the Suez Canal. It was also completely destroyed. It can be said that the British people suffered a loss to their grandma's family.
Faced with such an unfavorable situation, the British naturally did not sit back and wait for death. Instead, they quickly organized a ground fortification against Hans's army in Libby. However, the absolutely superior British Army was defeated by Rommel's Seventh Armored Army. The division was defeated and then had to surrender to the Noodle Country army that they had always looked down upon. The misery was even worse than that of the Noodle Country army not long ago.
One hundred thousand elite British Army troops, thousands of the latest tanks and armored vehicles, more than 1,500 cannons with a caliber of 100 mm or more, and more than 5,000 large trucks full of supplies, almost completely fell into the hands of Rommel and Noodles. Here, Rommel, who was worried about the equipment problem of the indigenous "security team", instantly burst into laughter. With these, he didn't have any pressure at all to get some small arms or something, and organize a "security team" worth 200,000 people. .
After this battle, the sluggish morale of the Noodle Country army was finally boosted, and the domestic anti-war voices were suppressed.
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