When the huge explosion occurred, the garrison on the island of Malta was still in the dark. They didn't understand what was going on!

There was no time for them to react, and the shells fell on the island one after another.

The bigger island was immediately covered in smoke.

Many soldiers were still in the barracks and were directly hit by artillery shells.

Not only were the battleships firing, but the rapidly approaching destroyers were also firing rapidly.

Because the coastal fortifications had been destroyed by the battleships, the destroyers attacked recklessly.

Before the airship on the island took off, it was shot down by artillery fire and turned into a huge fireball.

The shelling only lasted two hours, and the entire island of Malta was basically destroyed.

The first was the port. The facilities inside the port were greatly damaged. The patrol boats and torpedo boats were directly bombed and sunk by artillery fire before they could be launched.

The airship turned into a charred black mass with no appearance.

The warehouses, military camps, and field hospitals on the island were all shelled.

After an hour of bombardment, the fleet sailed away.

Malta is left burning!

Unlike Constantinople, Constantinople was still the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

When Israel attacked Constantinople, it did not directly declare war with the Ming Dynasty. Although, they had already done so.

But at least I haven’t broken my skin yet!

But things are different now. Malta has been classified as an overseas enclave of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, Israel launched an attack on Ming Dynasty without declaring war.

It was more than ten hours after Li Xiu received the news that Malta had been attacked.

At this time, the Israeli fleet that attacked Malta no longer knew where it was.

The Mediterranean is not big, but it is not small either.

Such a ghostly fleet is definitely a nightmare for any Ming ship.

After all, there are two battleships in this fleet, and they were built by the damn Ming Dynasty.

"How about the loss?" Li Xiu felt a little resentful when he thought of this.

"The reconnaissance airship reported that the port was basically scrapped. All the ships in the port were bombed and sunk, and the three airships on the airship landing field were also destroyed.

The exact number of troops lost is unknown, and the reconnaissance airship did not land due to fuel."

Chen Laohu was a little helpless. The reconnaissance airship had reached its limit when it flew to Malta. If it flew back after landing, it would probably lose power halfway.

Although the airship has airbags and will not sink immediately, God knows where the sea wind will blow them.

"Did they see this fleet on their way!"

Although fuel-fired ships no longer burn coal, they still have chimneys. Through the black smoke emitted from the chimneys, it is easy to find the location of the warships.

When an airship flies in the sky, its viewing angle is much wider than that of a surface ship.

The reconnaissance airship flew over this route. If the Israeli fleet were to attack Crete, they would definitely sail on the nearest route.

In this case, the Israeli fleet would be easily discovered.

"No, we did not find the Israeli fleet. They seemed to have disappeared, and we don't know where they went.

Also! Now that the reconnaissance airship has confirmed that this fleet exists and attacked our island of Malta.

Then... why do the Sicilians want to give us a message? And... if you want to report a message, it's easy to wait for an hour and a half, but why do you have to wait three hours before sending us a telegram?"

Chen Laohu was a little puzzled by the strange behavior of the Sicilians!

"This is a secret, but now that the war has begun, there is no problem for you.

The Kafka family has always been in contact with my eldest brother!

The Kafka family has huge power in Sicily.

The radio station in Sicily was sold to the Italians with the approval of my eldest brother.

A total of three were sold to them, one in Milan, one in Rome and one in Sicily.

I think the Sicilians must have discovered this fleet, and they wanted to contact old Kafka. After all, they had never contacted us directly before.

Three hours is probably the time for old Kafka to hesitate."

"So that's it. Thank God, old Kafka decided to tell us the news!"

Chen Laohu felt a chill running down his back. If old Kafka had not chosen to report the message, the Hebrew fleet would have gone straight to Polit Island, and the Ming army would have been unprepared...

"Not for your own interests, you think there are no factions among the Hebrews.

The Rothschild family controls too much voice, which will naturally cause dissatisfaction with other large Jewish families.

Jews are not just a big family like the Rothschild family."

Li Xiu looked at the sea outside the glass window, paused and said, "But since the airship found no trace of the fleet, it can only mean that they did not take this route directly.

So where will they go?"

The two aircraft carriers will be able to reach the waters of Crete in another hour or two.

Now Li Xiu is very worried. The destination of this fleet is not Crete, but some other target.

Especially worried, they headed straight for the Suez Canal.

Such large ships and cannons have no rivals on the coast of Egypt.

They can easily paralyze the Suez Canal. If this is the case, it will be extremely difficult for the Ming army in the Mediterranean to obtain supplies.

Even if we don't attack the canal area, chasing the Ming fleet all over the Mediterranean is unbearable.

"My subordinates guess that they sailed all the way from Northern Europe.

Then their fuel should have bottomed out, and they bombarded the island of Malta for a full two hours.

After two hours of shelling, their ammunition must have been consumed a lot.

Could it be that they are supplying supplies at a certain port along the coast?"

Chen Laohu thought for a while and guessed.

Li Xiu nodded: "It's very possible.

Send a reconnaissance airship out to the entire 180 degrees west of Crete. Send a reconnaissance airship every five degrees to find this fleet as soon as possible."

"Commander, we don't have that many reconnaissance airships." After hearing Li Xiu's words, Chen Laohu was startled.

With one airship for every five degrees, there are twenty-eight airships on the entire west side of Crete.

"I don't care what method you use to gather twenty-eight airships. Go and do it!"

"Promise!" Chen Laohu had no choice but to nod in agreement.

If Shangguan just says a word, he will have to run away and break his legs.

We have no choice but to mobilize airships from Rhode Island and nearby areas.

Because airships needed to be mobilized, the airships sent out first flew to Greek waters.

After all, the Greek waters are relatively close. Anyway, just detect the coastline.

Such a big battleship cannot be driven on land.

After returning from reconnaissance, you can directly send it to other routes. In this way, you can save some airships.

The entire Greek sea area was searched, but no trace of this fleet was found.

I glanced at my watch and saw that it was already half past two in the afternoon. If I couldn't find it again, the difficulty of discovering this fleet would become exponentially greater after dark.

"Commander, I think our search is like looking for a needle in a haystack." Chen Laohu is right. Compared to the vast sea, a huge battleship is really like a needle.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Li Xiu frowned, he was also worried.

Once night comes, if this fleet cannot be found, Crete will spend a thrilling night.

God knows when and where those ghostly warships will use the cover of darkness to attack Crete.

"Commander, you see, since they want supplies, they must find a place where they can supply fuel and ammunition, don't you think so?"

After Chen Laohu finished speaking, he glanced at Li Xiu.

"You mean... we will focus on searching for ports where we can replenish fuel and ammunition." Li Xiu's eyes lit up, this is indeed a good idea.

"Yes! I just sent people to make a mission. Looking at the Greek coast and Italian ports, there are not many ports that can replenish oil and ammunition.

Considering these ports comprehensively, only two ports are likely to be supply points for the Hebrew fleet."

"Which two!"

"The first is the Port of Athens, Greece, which is one of the transshipment places for Ming Dynasty merchant ships. Therefore, there is a large amount of oil storage there, which is convenient for supplying warships.

I haven't heard of the ammunition, but I think they might be smuggled in.
To be continued...