Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Nyasaland University's work on deciphering German codes was a great success, so Feng Fu was certain that Italy would not launch a large-scale offensive in North Africa before occupying Greece.

Italy's preparations for war against Greece have been going on for a year and a half. In order to occupy Greece, Italy did not even participate in Operation Sickle. The attack on Greece is imminent.

The fat bald man seems not to know what good things come to an end.

If Italy launches an attack on Greece after annexing Algeria, or at the same time as Operation Sickle begins, the outcome is really hard to say.

Now that southern Africa has entered the war, and Britain has withdrawn from France, it is able to provide more support to Greece. It is not a good choice for Italy to attack Greece at this time.

However, there is no other better choice for the fat and bald man.

When it comes to the level of head of state, no one wants to be subordinate to others.

Rock was unwilling to submit to the British Empire, so southern Africa broke away from the Commonwealth and became an independent country.

Mustache was unwilling to succumb to the "Contract of Versailles", so Germany made great efforts to return Germany to its due international status.

The fat bald man is also unwilling to succumb to the mustache. The Germans are killing all sides, and Italy must occasionally show its strength in order to maintain Italy's position in the alliance.

The fat bald man looked around. France had surrendered, Switzerland was neutral, Austria had been annexed by Germany, and only Greece, which had territorial disputes with Italy, was left, like a thorn in Italy's side.

Just now, the Greek Navy cruiser "Eli" was sunk by the Italian submarine "Deferno". This is a signal that Italy is finally launching an attack on Greece. The Greek government has urgently called London and Pretoria.

, hoping to receive reinforcements from the Allies.

Therefore, it was unrealistic for Wavell to hope to dispatch a force from Cyprus to assist in the defense of Alexandria, because Cyprus still had to send troops to Greece.

If Greece falls, Cyprus will face an attack from the Italian navy.

At the same time that Weiweier and Feng Fu met, the Indian Ocean Fleet was approaching the sea off Mogadishu.

Mogadishu is the center of Italian rule in East Africa. In the Indian Ocean Fleet's combat plan, Mogadishu is in the first sequence.

The location of Mogadishu is very important. Merchant ships traveling between southern Africa and Port Elizabeth must pass through Mogadishu. Before the outbreak of the war, all combat plans formulated by the Indian Ocean Fleet used Mogadishu as the

The first target of attack.

The Italian fleet in Mogadishu originally consisted of only two old cruisers and several destroyers.

Before the war, Italy sent an emergency reinforcement of six submarines to Mogadishu. These submarines were the biggest threat to the Indian Ocean Fleet.

This is the first time the Indian Ocean Fleet has participated in a war since its establishment.

Jackson Marshall went all out with the momentum of an eagle fighting a rabbit, and sent an attack fleet composed of 23 warships, including the battleship "East India", the battleship "Mozambique", and the "Cape Town" under the Indian Ocean Fleet.

Aircraft carriers, the "Salisbury" aircraft carrier, and the "Nyasaland" aircraft carrier which was commissioned just before the outbreak of the world war.

"Cape Town" and "Salisbury" both belong to the "City" class aircraft carriers, and "Nyaasaland" is the second of the "Island" class aircraft carriers.

In addition to the three aircraft carriers, the fleet also has a third-class aircraft carrier converted from a "Table Mountain" class supply ship. Including anti-submarine aircraft carried by battleships and cruisers, the entire fleet carries more than 350 fighter aircraft, which is more than that of Italian East Africa.

There are more aircraft in all the colonies combined.

Most of the aircraft in the Italian East African colonies were biplanes with backward performance, and the performance gap between them and the new southern African fighters was huge.

On the night of August 2, the fleet set off from its home port of Diego Garcia in the center of the Indian Ocean. On the morning of the 6th, it arrived in the Seychelles for a short stop for supplies, and then continued to set off for Mogadishu. On the morning of the 8th, the fleet arrived off the coast of Mogadishu.

The Italians did not expect the Indian Ocean Fleet to arrive so quickly and were unprepared.

When the fleet arrived in the waters off Mogadishu, a destroyer of the Italian Navy was patrolling in the waters off Mogadishu.

A reconnaissance plane that took off early discovered the Italian Navy destroyer.

Six "Goshawk" carrier-based fighter jets and four "Sea Harrier" torpedo bombers took off from the "Nyaasaland" and "Cape Town" respectively to attack the Italian destroyer.

When the "Sea Harrier" flew above the Italian destroyer, the sailors on the Italian destroyer actually waved to the "Sea Harrier". They seemed not to realize that a war had broken out.

"Sea Harrier" is now equipped with the latest torpedoes.

After the Brazilian Civil War, southern Africa improved the performance of torpedoes.

Although the remote-controlled torpedo promised by Tesla Research Institute was not successfully developed, the reliability of the torpedo has been greatly improved.

Don't worry about the power.

The 533 torpedo weighs 2.9 tons, has a charge of 800 kilograms, and has a range of 15,000 meters at a speed of 50 knots. It can hit the soul of a heavy cruiser with one shot.

The two "Sea Harriers" dived quickly and launched torpedoes simultaneously when they were 500 meters away from the Italian destroyer.

Although the torpedo has a long range, in order to ensure the attack efficiency, it must be as close as possible to the enemy ship.

But it should not be too close. After the torpedo is launched, it will sail for a certain distance under the water and then gradually surface. If the distance is too close, it will pass under the enemy ship, which will be embarrassing.

500 meters is just right. Even if the destroyer has a shallow draft, the attack effect can be guaranteed.

At such a short distance, the destroyer cannot escape even if it uses full power.

What's more, two "Sea Harriers" launched attacks at the same time.

The displacement of the Italian destroyer is only a pitiful 1,500 tons, which is a standard Treaty-class destroyer.

The "Sea Harrier" was very fast. It immediately pulled up after firing the torpedo, and one "Sea Harrier" even brushed the mast of an Italian destroyer and passed by at high speed.

Only then did the Italian sailors clearly see the Southern African tricolor flag under the wings of the "Sea Harrier".

In fact, there is no need for the tricolor flag. The metal fuselage and single-wing shape of the "Sea Harrier" clearly indicate its identity.

When the "Sea Harrier" passed over the Italian destroyer, the anti-aircraft weapons on the Italian destroyer did not even fire.

Here I have to focus on the Italian Navy.

Many people may not know that in 1940, Italy, with a total population of 44 million, had only 85,535 college students, of which only 13.56% were engineering students.

Compare this to the fact that after the Sino-Japanese War, Japan implemented compulsory education with indemnity payments from the Qing Dynasty. By 1900, the enrollment rate of school-age children had exceeded 95%. Italians need to reflect.

The number of officers in the Italian Navy is seriously insufficient, accounting for only 5.4% of the total navy, while in the French Navy and the British Navy, this proportion is 7.5% and 9.2% respectively.

The machine gunners at the Pola Naval School in Italy could only fire two magazines for less than four seconds before participating in actual combat.

Before Italy entered the war, the navy's heavy oil reserves were seriously insufficient. During the North African Campaign, when the North African Army Corps commanded by Rommel needed oil, the Italian Navy was unable to go to sea for escort due to lack of oil. It watched helplessly as Rommel's armored forces were left alive due to lack of oil.

Die of thirst.

There are still many people who praise the Italian Navy.

How to blow?

The pilot of the "Sea Harrier" was still trustworthy. A torpedo hit the middle of the Italian destroyer, and the violent explosion directly tore the Italian destroyer into two pieces.

The two "Sea Harriers" that were preparing to repair mines did not get the chance to participate in the battle.

The pilots on these two "Sea Harriers" must be very depressed.

When a torpedo bomber lands, the torpedoes must be thrown away to ensure safety.

Regardless of whether there is a target or not, it must be thrown away.

So the two "Sea Harriers" unfortunately flew several times around the rapidly sinking Italian destroyer before reluctantly leaving.

The Italian destroyer sank really fast.

The destroyers of the Indian Ocean Fleet that arrived subsequently released small boats as usual to salvage the Italian sailors who fell into the water.

Only three people were picked up.

One of them is a member of the Italian national swimming team.

After the interlude, the fleet continued to move towards Mogadishu.

Instead of issuing an ultimatum to Mogadishu as usual, Jackson Marshall sent minelayers to first lay mines in the port of Mogadishu and blockade the port.

Give up resistance within hours, otherwise the Indian Ocean Fleet will launch an attack on Mogadishu.

At this time, a large number of fighter planes had taken off from the aircraft carrier and launched the first round of attacks on Mogadishu Airport.

That's right, regardless of whether the Italians surrender or not, the airport will always be the first target of attack.

The Italian Air Force hurriedly took off from Mogadishu to fight.

Now it was finally the turn of the "Goshawk" to show off its power.

This is also the first time the "Goshawk" has officially participated in combat since its birth.

As mentioned earlier, the southern African military has extremely high requirements for pilots.

Pilots who are looked down upon by the military in southern Africa can become ace pilots in the UK.

The high quality of military pilots in southern Africa is evident.

There is no comparison between the Italian Air Force and the Southern African Air Force.

In terms of pilot capabilities, the Southern African Air Force far surpasses the Italian Air Force.

In terms of aircraft performance, the "Goshawk" far surpasses the old biplanes.

Even in terms of the number of aircraft, Southern Africa has an overwhelming advantage.

How to fight this?

Even though the gap was so huge, the Italian Air Force did not surrender and even took off two bombers in an attempt to attack the Indian Ocean Fleet.

The aerial bombs carried on these two planes were only a measly 50 kilograms.

A 50-kilogram aerial bomb is fine for bombing civilian targets, but it is not even a scratch when used to attack fleets. It only poses a certain threat to aircraft carriers, and it has to be thrown on the aviation deck.

The Italian planes had no chance of dropping bombs.

Two Italian bombers were shot down by swarming Goshawks just as they took off.

They were really swarming. The efficiency of the Italian Air Force was a bit low. When the airport was attacked, there were only a few take-off aircraft, so that the "Goshawks" were like a pack of wolves that found their prey. Every Italian aircraft that took off was

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Focus on the care of the "Goshawks".

The air battle lasted only three minutes.

If this is considered an air combat.