"Boom!" An anti-aircraft artillery shell blasted nearby, forming a black cloud around the plane, which looked so coquettish.
This sound awakened Marshal Balbo immediately. He turned his head and looked out of the porthole. At this time, a net of black smoke had already come towards him!
Damn, the warship's anti-aircraft gun!
When this thought reverberated in his mind, Marshal Balbo let out a cold sweat, and he shouted loudly: "Quick, quick, avoid!"
If there are fighters chasing him, it is acceptable, maybe it is a British fighter, but now, it is an attack from below! The British fleet suffered heavy losses, and it has long been unable to operate in the Mediterranean. It must be the Italian army that fired at him below!
If he can make a call now, he must scold the person below with a dog-blood sprinkler, but he doesn’t. He can only call out loudly to make his plane dodge quickly, as long as he leaves the air defense range of the anti-aircraft artillery. saved.
It's a pity that almost immediately after his words fell, a terrible explosion made everyone panic.
On the side, an engine was hit and it was already burning!
Then, along the engine, a shuttle of antiaircraft shells, almost horizontally, came one by one.
Marshal Balbo had flames in his eyes. Before he lost his consciousness, all his pupils were the broken wings.
"Successful!" Cladio below exclaimed excitedly. He saw his 20mm shell, passed through the opponent's engine, knocked out the opponent's wing, and then the bomber spun off. Falling!
It succeeded! As I thought, this anti-aircraft gun is too old, so when aiming, you must shoot two more advance shots. During this time, it has been unable to hit, that's why!
Now, finally succeeded, he shot down an enemy plane!
The strange thing is that the other party didn't even prepare before they opened fire. The quality of these British people is too bad, right?
He stopped shooting. At this time, the second bomber, already smoking, making a whining sound, fell into the sea.
Wait, something is wrong!
As an Italian soldier, Cladio still knew his own equipment.
Three engines, in addition to the engines on the two wings, there is also one on the nose. This kind of aircraft, except for the German Junker-52, is almost the same method used by its own aircraft.
Then, when I saw the small pod with a transparent window in front of the abdomen, I was even more sure that it was our own S.M.79 medium-range bomber!
Because the nose is different from the common twin-engine bomber, one engine is installed and it is impossible to arrange a transparent nose observation window, bombing sight, bomber seat, etc. Therefore, the Italian bomber can only be designed with one on the abdomen The small pod with transparent windows in the front is also its most typical feature.
When he was firing, he did not have the command of a gunner holding a telescope. By visual inspection, he could only see the target, but could not see the outline. He could only see it when it was shot down!
It's miserable, please do it? Impunity is fine!
"Boom!" The bomber fell into the water, about a few hundred meters away from the Giltio. At this time, all the Italian sailors found something wrong and opened their mouths.
And Cladio, the first to react, hurry up and save people!
If it falls on the land, it is definitely not saved, it fell into sludge, and now it fell to the sea. Maybe, people can be rescued inside!
"Quick, save people!" He yelled, and ran to the middle of the hull, hurriedly releasing the boat.
Several sailors also followed, put down the boat, shook the oars, and rowed towards the sea where the bomber fell. As soon as he got there, Claudio jumped into the water.
Hurry up and save people and bring them back, so that it can make up for the damage!
He grew up on the seashore with good water quality. He took a deep breath and dived into the water. After changing his breath several times, he found the bomber that had fallen to the bottom of the sea.
Inside, there is an officer, no good! His heart sank, and when he looked at the other party's epaulettes, he almost felt drowned. The yellow color on it indicated that he was a senior officer. Look at the pattern on it again, that was the marshal's epaulette!
He returned to the sea, took a breath, and shouted to the others: "Quickly, save our marshal!"
Throughout Italy, the marshal can count with one hand. If you remove those old marshals who can't be on the battlefield, you can count with one hand.
Claudio's heart was extremely horrified, because he recognized that face, it was their Italy, the most powerful, and even Marshal Balbo who was designated as Mussolini's heir!
Save it?
It's almost the same for corpses.
Fortunately, the corpse was not swelled by the sea, and Marshal Balbo's corpse was quickly recovered. Although the naval forces were extremely embarrassed, they reported the painful news.
They broke the record.
This record is unprecedented, and no one has come after. No one has ever broken the record for the highest rank of accidentally injured. An Italian marshal died under his own anti-aircraft artillery!
But, in order to hide his shame, Mussolini quickly made a decision, Marshal Balbo, died in the battle with the British! The national flag was flown at half-mast to observe the death of this great marshal.
The news also reached Rommel's ears.
After I heard that Rommel had arrived, Marshal Balbo rushed over by plane. It would have been an hour before, but, this time, it was dark!
Garibaldi is waiting anxiously at the oil base ~www.novelhall.com~. The Rommel General next to him has long since proposed to take over the command. Now Garibaldi is expecting Barr Marshal Bo can stand up. In North Africa, the Italian army is still headed.
However, until dark, Garibaldi was anxious, listening to the terrible news one after another, anxious.
"Can't wait any longer." Rommel said: "The British army is about to hit Tubrug. This will threaten our oil output. We must do it now!"
"General, let's wait for Marshal Balbo." Garibaldi said. Now if they counterattack immediately, the Italian army must obey Rommel's command!
"General, it's okay!" At this moment, Garibaldi's adjutant rushed in and said: "Marshal Balbo, unfortunately died in a British attack!"
died? Originally, after Rommel had come to Balbo, how could he ask him for command, but now he is dead? that is really good! Rommel said: "Since Marshal Balbo is dead, now I will command the entire Libyan army, launch a counterattack, and avenge Marshal Balbo!"
