Rise of Australia

Chapter 899 Returning Carnage

For this air strike, the Italian side prepared dozens of transport aircraft, which can transport more than 2000 soldiers at a time.

Because Sicily and Malta are not far away, the Italians plan to transport an entire division of troops to Malta in several batches.

As long as Malta can be occupied, even if the British react, it will not be easy to retake Malta.

After all, the Italian air force is not inferior to that of Britain and France in the Mediterranean. Without air superiority, it becomes very difficult to land in Malta.

After confirming that the British Air Force had fled, Italy immediately launched a bombing of important facilities on the island of Malta.

Among them, the most important thing to take care of is naturally the military station on the island of Malta.

Italy also knows the number of British troops stationed on the island of Malta. If it can use air strikes to eliminate some of the British troops, the subsequent paratrooper attack will become much easier.

As for the airport on the island of Malta, it is currently not within the bombing range of the Italian Air Force.

In the opinion of the Italians, if their air raid can be successful, the airport will also be within their possession, and there will naturally be no need for bombing.

Even the relatively complete military airports established by the British can be used by Italy and become important facilities to resist British attacks.

After the bombing was completed, the rearmost transport aircraft also began to approach the island of Malta and began to drop the Italian paratroopers that had been prepared.

There are about 2000 paratroopers dropped this time. They will take the lead in occupying the military airport on Malta Island and rely on the military facilities at the military airport to confront the British troops on Malta Island.

As long as the Italian army can hold out until the next batch of paratroopers arrives, it will have gained a foothold on the island of Malta.

In the same way, if these paratroopers do not support the arrival of the next batch of paratroopers, Italy will only lose 2000 troops at most, which is not a loss.

This is much better than dispatching the navy together to carry out a large-scale landing on the island of Malta.

If the navy and transport fleet are dispatched, whenever they encounter the main force of the Royal Fleet, the Italian Navy will suffer huge losses.

For Italy, a country with a weak navy, losses of this level are absolutely fatal, and should be avoided before a decisive naval battle is decided.

Fortunately, the Italian paratroopers had also undergone corresponding training, and the airborne landing was relatively smooth, with basically no accidents.

In order to avoid Italian air attacks, the vast majority of British troops have taken refuge in air raid shelters. At this time, the military airport did not have many guards.

More than 2000 Italian troops quickly occupied the entire airport and regained control of various military facilities at the airport.

The British are wealthy after all. They have deployed a large number of anti-aircraft weapons and heavy weapons at the military airport on the small island of Malta.

These weapons were also used by the Italians to guard against possible counterattacks by the British army.

What they didn't expect was that the British army had no plan to attack them.

In fact, Major General Matthews, the commander-in-chief of the British army at this time, was in constant contact with Egypt and France.

When it was learned that Italy had dispatched hundreds of aircraft and that airborne landings were possible, the British responded.

The first is the fleet located in the eastern Mediterranean. Some of the faster warships will quickly head to the island of Malta to guard against possible warships used by the Italians.

The French air force in Tunisia and the British air force in Egypt have also taken off, and they are quickly heading towards Malta.

The combined number of these aircraft exceeded the number of aircraft used by the Italians.

This is not over yet. In order to prevent the Italians from getting behind, the British fleet in Cyprus is also heading towards the island of Malta.

About half an hour after the Italian paratroopers occupied the military airport, the French Air Force and the British Air Force, which had originally retreated, returned to the sky over the island of Malta.

After meeting the Italian Air Force again, the British Air Force launched another attack, pouring all its firepower on the Italian Air Force without any reservation.

The French Air Force did not give in, and launched various attacks on the Italian Air Force in a tacit understanding.

Although most pilots are relatively average in their attacks, there are also some more talented pilots who have mastered more proficient driving skills during long-term flying operations, and their aircraft fly more smoothly and skillfully.

These people are also the ace pilots vigorously promoted by various countries. Although they all fly the same type of fighter jets, the combat effectiveness of these ace pilots who are more proficient in driving skills is far superior to that of ordinary pilots.

However, training an ace pilot is not that easy. In addition to a lot of training and flight time, the pilot himself also needs to have special talent and inspiration for flying.

This is just like artistic creation. Although hard work is equally important, what determines the upper limit of a pilot is often the invisible and intangible potential.

At present, a few ace pilots have been born in various countries, and they are also the treasures of the air forces of various countries.

So far, the aircraft production of all countries has increased, and even the worst powers can produce a thousand aircraft per year.

But training pilots is not that easy. Even the United Kingdom dare not say that it can train thousands of good enough pilots in one year. This has also led to countries attaching greater importance to pilots than to aircraft, and even has relevant regulations.

When the aircraft cannot be saved, all countries will give priority to ensuring the safety of pilots.

After all, the pilot can still take off and fight if the aircraft is replaced, but if the aircraft is replaced by a new pilot, it will take a long time of training and combat to grow into a qualified air force.

With the help of French aircraft, the British Air Force was no longer at a numerical disadvantage.

Although some of France's aircraft are not the most advanced products, they are more than enough to carry out this air battle.

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The various exchanges of fire in the sky formed a gorgeous picture, which was beautiful but also deadly.

An Italian plane ran out of ammunition and resolutely chose to crash into the French plane.

The collision instantly shattered the two planes into pieces. The pilots on the plane also lost all signs of life, and the wreckage of the plane fell to the ground with a bang.

Such tragic scenes not only failed to scare off the air forces of both sides, but instead made the interaction between the two air forces more intense.

I have to admit that regardless of the combat effectiveness of the Italian Army, the performance of the Italian Air Force is still quite excellent.

Of course, the British and French air forces are not bad either. Although they are not brave enough to fear death, they are definitely above the qualification level.

Although they are in a stalemate with the Italian Air Force, the British and French air forces are not panicking at all.

Because they understood that more planes were heading towards Malta at this time. The longer time passes, the greater Britain's advantage will be.

The most embarrassing thing is probably the 2000 Italian paratroopers who have successfully occupied the airport.

After the British Air Force made a comeback, the Italian Air Force no longer cared about the paratroopers on the ground.

Because of this, the British army began to come out of the air raid shelters and launched a full-scale attack on the military airport occupied by Italy.

The Italian Air Force in the sky had no time to take care of the ground troops. As soon as they wanted to air attack the British troops on the ground, they would be interrupted by British and French aircraft on the side, or even directly destroyed by British and French aircraft.

The war in the air is no joke. Anyone who is hit by the enemy may face the risk of crashing.

In particular, a considerable part of the aircraft of Britain, France and Italy are wooden aircraft, so the probability of crashing is higher.

In this comparison, the all-metal aircraft supported by Australasia for Britain and France actually have advantages.

At least the all-metal frame aircraft does not have to worry about machine gun fire. This alone is far superior to the wooden frame aircraft.

There was a stalemate in the air for a long time, and the Italian Air Force finally discovered something was wrong.

These British and French air forces have no intention of fighting with them, but they are like dog skin plaster, clinging to them.

This also means that the purpose of the British and French air forces is probably to hold them back and wait for the support of more aircraft.

Without much thinking, the Italian Air Force decisively chose to retreat.

Compared with the more than 2000 paratroopers on the ground, the Italian Air Force cares more about its own casualties and losses.

After all, the economic value of 2000 soldiers and hundreds of aircraft is completely unequal.

"They want to retreat, follow them, don't let them escape." Seeing that the Italian Air Force seemed to have the intention to retreat, the British Air Force Commander Alliance ordered.

The air battle had reached such a point that, without the commander saying anything, the British pilots controlled the aircraft to continuously harass the Italian Air Force's retreat route.

Faced with constant harassment from British and French aircraft, it is not easy for the Italian Air Force to retreat.

After all, once they turn back, it means handing over the butt of the plane to Britain and France. Facing such a living target, the British and French pilots would not let it go, and the hand that pressed the fire button was red.

Naturally, the Italian Air Force also discovered the purpose of Britain and France. The Italian commander looked gloomy and decisively ordered: "The fifth and sixth squadrons will stay to stop them, and the others will evacuate quickly."

Faced with such a situation, only by leaving some aircraft behind can ensure the safe evacuation of the large air force force.

As for the Air Force in the rear, the most suitable ones are the 5th and 6th Squadrons. Because the fifth and sixth squadrons of the Italian Air Force were recently established, their aircraft are all cheaper Fiat basic fighters, which are built purely to increase fighter production.

The advantages of such an aircraft are low cost and high output. The disadvantage is that the overall combat effectiveness is not as good as the revised aircraft.

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