Bang!

However, the bomb came too fast and too fierce. Shen Mao had just run a few meters away and exploded behind him, followed by an extremely powerful wave of air.

He felt like a heavy truck hitting behind him, and Shen Mao couldn't help but speed forward, and then his internal organs began to surging, and he was still gushing out of blood in the air.

thump!

He was directly lifted away several meters away, and Shen Mao fell heavily to the ground, and then his head tilted and fainted.

"Ah, company commander!"

"Medical soldiers, come and save people!"

Hearing an explosion not far away, several artillery soldiers who arrived at the anti-artery hole first ran out to check the situation. They saw that their company commander was "lying on the ground" at this moment, and their lives and death were unknown. Everyone was panicked for a moment.

"Come on, shoot these damn German guys!"

"Oh Shat, I'll send you to God now!"

"Farke Oil! Go and die!"

Inspired and driven by the artillery units of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the anti-aircraft machine gunners of the British and American troops ignored their lives and deaths, and put the crosshairs on a series of Stuka dive bombers that were swooping wildly at low altitudes, and used all their strength to pull the trigger and output it frantically.

Dada, a string of bullets headed towards the head, and the light bullets drew out bullet lines in the air that flashed and disappeared.

During World War II, ground attack aircraft were relatively low in flight. Germany's Stuka dive bombers could only drop bombs or use machine guns to attack ground targets when diving to a certain height.

At this height, the ground anti-aircraft machine gun can completely hit the bomber and cause fatal damage.

For the same other bombers, if they want to accurately drop bombs, they must also lower the altitude. The combat altitude of the US b-17 bomber is about 500 meters.

At this height, anti-aircraft machine guns, especially those installed on tanks, will still pose a great threat to the b-17 bomber.

Although these anti-aircraft machine guns are far less powerful than 88mm anti-aircraft guns, their firing rate and sensitivity are far stronger than 88mm anti-aircraft guns, and they are still effective against these high-speed dive combat aircraft.

The collision between power and power is often so simple and crude. In a series of fierce air defense battles where you or I die, one bomber after another, fighter jets were smoked and exploded in the air, and crashed one after another on the island and the ocean.

At the same time, one anti-aircraft gun position after another on other islands of Ma, the anti-aircraft machine gun position suffered crazy strafing, were bombed, and were constantly destroyed!

At this moment, the Italian fleet anchored in the distance also began to approach the Island of Malta. As the process was moving, a large-caliber naval gun kept spewing out flames and began to approach the coastlines of other islands of Ma.

"What the hell is going on? Why did so many powerful anti-aircraft gun groups suddenly appear in the other islands of Ma? When did these damn sick men of East Asia board the other islands of Ma? "

On an Italian cruiser, Libyan Navy Commander Zando was holding a telescope and staring at the battlefield where the fire was in full swing, watching the planes being bombarded with great pain.

"General Zando, do you still think the Chinese Expeditionary Force is a sand-like army?"

The African Legion Chief of Staff Menegig was also extremely ugly. Just yesterday, the other islands were still pretending to be dogs, and the Air Force did not encounter decent resistance after several bombings.

However, today, so many anti-aircraft artillery groups emerged from somewhere, which caused heavy casualties to be killed and injured by our air force and landing troops.

These newly emerged anti-aircraft guns actually look exactly the same as the 88mm anti-aircraft guns of the Third Reich, and are also "better than blue". Their shelling accuracy and operational sensitivity are far superior to their own 88mm anti-aircraft guns.

What made Menegie feel extremely puzzled was that it was not the British and American troops who were skillfully manipulating these 88mm anti-aircraft guns, but a group of yellow-skinned eastern holes.

At this time, even if Menegie thought with his feet, he could know that these artillery must be affiliated with the combat sequence of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

If it weren't for seeing all this with my own eyes, Menegi wouldn't believe that the Chinese Expeditionary Force would have such advanced anti-aircraft guns and such a well-trained anti-aircraft gun force!

"So what? No matter how powerful their anti-aircraft guns are, they will only be bombed into pieces under the bombing of the coalition air force and the fleet artillery shelling. They will only be wiped out in the end!"

Although the losses of the Air Force exceeded expectations, Zanduo was not panicked. As long as the opponent did not have fighter planes to cause trouble, no matter how powerful the ground air defense force was, it would only have limited results.

However, Menegi poured cold water on it: "If there were only dozens of anti-aircraft guns, it would naturally not change the overall situation, but do you think it was just like this?

It is obvious that the ground troops stationed in other islands of Ma have also been greatly strengthened. If we want to successfully land on the beach, it may not be easy to conquer other islands of Ma in a short period of time."

Speaking of this, Menegi is really a headache. It is very simple to eliminate air defense forces and blow up the ground military targets, just be willing to spend money.

However, the terrain around other islands of Ma is very strange, and there are very few suitable locations for landing. When the troops attack, they must also withstand the attack from Gozo Island next to the island of Malta.

The turret on Gozo Island has four 380mm cannons and a large number of artillery of different calibers. Although most of the models are old, they are still extremely powerful.

If you forcibly land, the troops will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and a strong attack is actually not a good choice.

The materials needed for such an amphibious landing operation will also be astronomical. In order to rely solely on Italy itself, it is definitely not enough. Rommel has to transfer a large amount of resources from Germany.

But the problem is that the existence of Malta is so disgusting, its strategic position is so important, and it has always been a sharp dagger inserted into the heart of Rommel's African Legion.

Although this dagger has long lost its edge under long-term bombing and blockade, it has no direct substantial threat to the African Legion's supply line.

But after all, Malta Island guards the Mediterranean channel and is a nail made by the British army in the Mediterranean.

Basically, any transport fleet departing from Italy to North Africa may be detected by the Malta radar station.

Once discovered by the Malta defenders, the British Mediterranean fleet could be dispatched quickly and sank all these transport ships into the sea.

Therefore, both the German heads of state and the Italian leader, the two Axis leaders, had planned that once the situation in North Africa stabilized, they would immediately capture the island of Malta to ensure that their transport ships would not be thrown into the sea to feed fish.
Chapter completed!