My Italian: Chapter 619 , Battle of Malta 1

The British's secret plan was unaware of the Italians who were eyeing Malta. Of course, with the passage of time, it will soon be time to start the campaign.

Palermo is the largest city in Sicily and the island's largest port city. Relying on the convenience of its port, Palermo also became the logistics center of the Malta campaign. A large number of transport ships gathered here, and the Marine Corps preparing for landing operations also gathered here. This also caused its port warehouses to be full of various combat materials, and some of them that couldn't be piled up were directly covered with tarpaulins at the pier.

At this time, a large number of soldiers gathered at the pier, and they were queuing up to board the transport ships. On the other side of the pier, with the help of cranes, a large number of weapons and equipment were placed on ships capable of loading and unloading.

In addition, warships outside the port have also started at this time. This is the reserve fleet led by Lieutenant General Negovan. They will provide **** for the transport formation and fire support at sea.

For Malta's combat preparations, in addition to sea and ground preparations, it also extends to the sky.

The airship that shined in the border battle also appeared in Palermo.

On the outskirts of Palermo, a large vacant lot has long been cleared. This is where the Italian Airship Second Wing is berthed.

What is Airship Second Wing?

This is a long story. In the border battle with France, although the airships used by Italy gave the battlefield great convenience. But the management of the airship is very bad. Although in peacetime, the Italian military already had a squadron formation for airships, this formation can still be used to manage airships with fewer naval and army forces, but it is not suitable at all after the civilian airships are recruited.

You must know that before the war, there were a lot of Italian civilian airships, among which Alitalia had nearly 300 airships of various types for air transportation. After the war broke out, most of these airships were conscripted by the military.

One more thing needs to be said here. After the outbreak of the war, there were 21 Italian civilian ships abroad, including 7 ships in Britain, France, Russia and their overseas territories. 4 airships reacted quickly, lifted off and left the hostile forces, and 3 were unable to dodge and be controlled by them.

Among these airships, the Swan flying across the Atlantic is the most thrilling. It was on an air route from South America to Europe at the time, passing over the British and French colonies in Africa.

As soon as he got the news of the outbreak of the war, the captain immediately ordered the airship not to dock at N'Djamena, which was originally a supply station, and flew directly across the Sahara Desert.

Thanks to Swan's many years of experience in flying South American routes, coupled with the superb technology of Swan's staff.

The Swan traveled through the Sahara without any risk, and finally resupplied in Sabha, and then rushed all the way back to Rome.

In fact, the British in N'Djamena are already prepared. As long as the Swan lands, they will be confiscated on the grounds of enemy supplies.

The British are still very interested in this giant airship.

Speaking of before the war, only Germany and Italy in the world can manufacture giant airships. This kind of airship with a length of more than 200 meters is not easy to manufacture, because to manufacture a larger-sized airship, it is not enough to directly enlarge it. It needs to redesign the structural support frame, and also needs to consider various aspects such as maneuverability.

Of course, this kind of giant airship is also more popular with airlines. After all, it can carry more cargo or people with little increase in consumption, which can make airlines earn more.

However, most of the giant airships in the world are owned by Alitalia. The world's largest airline has monopolized most of the giant airships by virtue of its special status with Zeppelin and Italian airship companies. Only German Airlines can rely on its home field advantage to take food from Alitalia, and other airlines can only watch it swallow the huge profits of intercontinental flights.

It is also the case that after the outbreak of the war, the Italian military was able to recruit a large number of airships. And these airships have given the Italian military great convenience in air transportation, ground attack, airborne and other aspects.

Italy was able to regain the Savoy region, and the airship definitely took the first place.

In mountainous areas where there are more restrictions on use, the airship can live up to expectations, and on the sea with fewer restrictions, the effect of the airship must be greater.

The fact is indeed the case, just in terms of reconnaissance, the navy is extremely satisfied with the airship.

In fact, the airship carries a radio station and scouts around at a speed of more than a hundred kilometers in the sky, which is more convenient than a naval warship.

Of course, this depends on the extreme weather, but then again, the Mediterranean is not the North Sea, so there are so many extreme weather.

Therefore, in order for the airship to play a greater role in the Battle of Malta, it is imperative to use a larger establishment, and this is how the second airship wing came about.

The airship wing has 5 brigades under its jurisdiction, with a total of 139 airships. Among them, the first brigade is mainly composed of small airships, which are mainly responsible for reconnaissance missions, and occasionally perform air fire support.

The second and third brigades are mainly medium-sized airships, and they are also the airships with the largest number of wings. These airships are mainly the main force of air attack, and also perform missions such as reconnaissance, high-risk transportation, airborne landing, and parachute landing.

As for the fourth brigade, it is dominated by large airships, which mainly undertake tasks such as transportation and airborne.

As for the fifth brigade, it is also the brigade with the fewest number of airships. Its crews are all giant airships, and these airships also undertake tasks such as transport and landing.

However, unlike other airships, due to the relatively large load capacity of giant airships, the military can modify and strengthen them. Let it be able to load heavy weapons such as artillery, so that troops in urgent need of heavy firepower can quickly get fire support.

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Of course, in view of the high cost of these giant airships, tasks such as bombing and parachuting behind enemy lines are generally not allowed to be done. Because each of these airships can support a destroyer, coupled with its vulnerability, the loss of one can make the military feel distressed.

And now, these large and small airships are being launched at the site outside Palermo. They will be the first wave of firepower in the Battle of Malta, venting on the heads of the defenders. For the landed marines, clear the obstacles they encounter.

Of course, not all airships were preparing for liftoff, and those fearsome big guys on the side of the field did not move.

But anyway, the Italian attack on the island of Malta has begun.

Next, it depends on the battle of wits and courage between the two sides, who can have the last laugh.

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