My Italian: Chapter 620 Battle of Malta 2

"Boom, boom, boom!"

"Da da da ~"

"Doctor, call the doctor quickly."

"Ah~, my hand, my hand, my hand is broken!"

At this time, in a position on the island of Malta, the heart-piercing voices of the British army could be heard everywhere. The culprit of all this was the few behemoths in the sky, the airships.

At this moment, several airships were constantly attacking them. The machine guns on the airships sprayed flames, and the bombs thrown from the cabin roared and fell on the heads of the British troops on this position.

At this time, the British army's position was in disarray under the attack of the airship, and the four artillery pieces had already been scattered into parts all over the place, because they were destroyed as soon as they were discovered. Then these soldiers suffered. The defense of the trenches against attacks from the air was greatly reduced, and the trenches also restricted the movement of the soldiers, which made it easier for the machine guns on the airship to attack.

In order to make it easier to attack the British army on the ground, some airships have lowered their altitude to a dangerous distance of about 1,000.

Although this altitude is a bit dangerous for the airship, the British army below has no desire to attack at all. Because the only thing they can fight against the air is the rifle in their hands and a few Maxim heavy machine guns, and they can't deal with the airship that looks easy to hit, but it can't reach it anyway.

Therefore, most of the British officers and soldiers at this time could only flee in all directions, trying to find a suitable hiding place. A few soldiers who were not afraid of death desperately fired with machine guns, trying to provide cover for their comrades. But most of them will not end well, because the machine gunners on the airship can easily find guys who dare to offend their tigers.

Of course, the British army actually has other methods, and that is to use artillery capable of anti-aircraft. At present, the British army is equipped with the most air defense and is the Vickers 2-pound automatic gun. In essence, it is like an enlarged version of the Maxim machine gun. It has all kinds of ammunition feeding, water-cooling sleeves, etc. In addition to being a little bulky, it is excellent in terms of reliability and power against airships that are slow in the air. s Choice.

Of course, this machine gun also has a shortcoming, that is, it cannot attack air targets above 1,500 meters. Because the muzzle velocity of the gun is only 510 meters per second, the effective range of the gun is 1,500 meters. Of course, it does not mean that the shell can only hit a height of 1,500 meters, but at this height, the effect of gravity on the shell will be very strong, causing its ballistic trajectory to basically be in a downward state.

Of course, this anti-aircraft cannon is still very powerful against big guys like airships. So far, six of the seven airships Italy lost on the island of Malta were shot down by this anti-aircraft cannon.

However, this kind of anti-aircraft weapon, the defenders of the island of Malta do not have much equipment, only about 20 doors, most of which are used to protect the military facilities in and around Valletta Port, and only a few of them are deployed to other key points area.

Obviously, the British army in this position does not have this kind of anti-aircraft weapon. All they have is the anti-aircraft effect of machine guns and rifles, which must have been seen. It's better than nothing, it can only play a psychological role, and it has no practical effect at all.

In addition to this position, the defenders of the island of Malta were attacked by airships in many places today.

Some suffered minor casualties, while others suffered heavy casualties. The main reason for all this is that the previous airship reconnaissance has figured out the layout of the island's defenders, especially the layout of anti-aircraft firepower.

For the port of Valletta and its surroundings, where anti-aircraft fire is dense, airships will attack less. After all, looking at the chains of fire constantly emerging from the ground, the huge airship only dared to attack above the sky it protected.

However, the altitude of 2,500 meters has a great impact on the bombing and shooting of airships. In addition, there are fewer airships in the air raid on Valletta Port, resulting in very slight losses.

When these bombed airships left, there was a burst of cheers from Valletta Harbor. This was the sound of joy from the British soldiers repelling the enemy's air strikes.

At this time, the excited cheers of the British army did not seem like repelling an enemy air strike at all, but like a complete victory.

It's not that British officers and soldiers have become unhinged, but that they are venting their stress. Although the upper echelons of the army blocked the news, the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level were not stupid at all. After the war, the number of warships that were reduced in the Malta Naval Port no longer increased. Don't think that the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level don't know what it means.

Although there are more defenders on the island, the most important thing to defend the island of Malta is the navy. As long as there are many powerful battleships, even if the defenders are very few, they will feel at ease, because with the protection of battleships, it is impossible for the enemy to land ashore.

And these days after the start of the war, the Maltese defenders never saw their mighty and majestic fleet again. Although according to what the people above said, this fleet was deterring the Italians, but they knew it when they saw the airship raging above their heads. , there is still some credibility left in this statement.

Therefore, the mood of the defenders has not been high these days, and it is a relatively depressed kind. Of course, if you continue to suppress like this, it will cause a huge blow to morale, so the defenders need to vent.

Generally speaking, alcohol and **** are the best choices to vent soldiers' emotions. But it's a pity that it's wartime now, and it's impossible for an officer with no common sense to let the soldiers get drunk. As for sex, I'm sorry, there are only about 20 workers doing this kind of decompression in Malta. Even if they are exhausted, they will not be able to complete the decompression work for the officers and soldiers.

So they can only transfer their pressure, preaching that everything is caused by the Italians, and everything is the fault of the Italians.

Judging from the current performance of the defenders, this propaganda is still very effective.

Major General Behrens, who is the commander of the island, is not so optimistic about the victory cries of the officers and soldiers in the port~www.mtlnovel.com~.

Because he knew that this was just the prelude to the Italian attack, and this airship attack was just the prelude to the next battle in Malta.

Of course, he immediately sent a telegram to Alexander and London about the attack on Malta.

On the evening of the air raid on Malta, London announced that the local fleet would conduct a week-long maritime patrol and tactical drill, and the drill location would be in the North Sea.

The announcement of the news in London was not only the report of Major General Behrens, the British also had eyeliners in Italy. The officers and soldiers who boarded the ship in Palermo and prepared to land were so conspicuous that anyone who was not blind could see them.

So after the news of the Palermo landing officers and soldiers on board reached London, the Admiralty immediately launched a secret reinforcement plan, and the next step was naturally the cover of the local fleet going out to sea for training and patrolling.

(end of this chapter)

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