Logan is very fond of the president’s calling us. He also admitted that "the temporary suspension of the Suez Canal will not have much impact on the interests of all parties in the Mediterranean, but Italy will be different, which will greatly delay their military operations in Saudi Arabia. As you know, the current situation is still favorable to them."
"I’m an amateur in military affairs," Frick said gently. "Everything is arranged by you."
Logan replied politely, "Thank you for your letter. I will try my best to do a good job."
"Do a good job and don’t disappoint the expectations of 70 million Germans." Frick *oss]
Chapter 126 Squid
Chapter 126 Squid
A he115 dual-water reconnaissance plane painted with gray-green camouflage flies from north to south at a height of 100 meters. The wing world printed with the iron cross logo is full of exotic customs. There are several historical mysteries buried in the rolling yellow sand on both sides of the canal. In the distance, pyramids that have endured weathering and erosion silently for thousands of years stand.
Kiki, this is Fish Eagle 2. Everything is normal except the Italians and their garbage blockade. Everything is normal in the south of the canal.
When the bomber and observer at the nose reported to their own base through the line, the crew members in the cockpit smiled. Today is the first Sunday in February. According to the past practice, Italian officers and men always relax themselves in various ways, whether at home or abroad, at the rear or at the forefront.
It is precisely because of this that the Italian naval cordon bases at the north and south ends of Suez are in name only, and the colorful eye-catching buoys and fixed-position ships are still moored at the original positions, but there is no patrol boat with a displacement of less than 200 tons and smaller traffic boats still shuttling back and forth-the Italian officers and men on duty must be full of complaints at this time.
"Base received Osprey 2 to remain alert, and now squid will report immediately."
Wires are not as highly reliable and confidential as Enigma telegraph. When secrets are involved, countries often use code words to avoid listeners from getting the real information. Comparatively speaking, Italy’s communication information technology is not backward, but for a long time, their attention to military communications is disappointing. Wires, monitoring interference and other equipment are far behind the current mainstream, which naturally affects the efficiency of military operations to a great extent.
"osprey 2 white"
The bomber and observer turned off the long-distance communication line and switched to the machine communication line. He said to his two companions, "Guys, have you seen the squid in the frying pan? If the fire blows, it will smell fragrant …"
The driver smiled and said, "Hey, hey, I’m afraid Italians won’t like this cooking method. They pursue the ultimate nutrition and delicacy."
The co-pilot said, "Hey, guys, do you think these squid are here to block the canal?"
The bomber and observer said tactfully, "Shh … I wish I knew it with such an obvious intention. Don’t say it-especially after leaving the plane."
"Well, I want to see what fried squid looks like," the co-pilot replied
It is true that "fried squid" has been a public secret among the German troops stationed in the Suez Canal area, but this does not prevent the Italians from enjoying their weekend. After about half an hour, the reconnaissance he115 has the ability to cruise continuously for 10 hours at the northern end of the Red Sea near the mouth of the Suez Canal. It is a civilian fleet composed of four medium-sized cargo ships. The cargo ships were built by German or British shipyards several years or more ago, with the exception of flying the German flag, but except for a few people such as the captain and the first mate, they are all European and Asian.
"Kiki, this is Osprey 2′ Squid’ has appeared." The bomber and observer Xun reported to his own base. Actually, most of the time, he115 was used for reconnaissance, and few torpedoes were hung or bomb bombers were used for optical observation equipment.
A moment later, the base instruction "keep distance observation" came from the earphone.
Almost at this moment, a metal tower located on the west bank of Suez Canal, dozens of kilometers away from the south entrance of the canal, was dressed in a second lieutenant officer of Italy’s Sixth Military System. After listening to the lineman’s report, his face became indifferent and gradually became a kind of consternation. He quickly measured the parameters displayed by the instrument on the map twice, and then he trembled and grabbed the words.
"Connect me with General Camo … what? The general went fishing? What about Machiavelli? We went fishing together? Damn it … Oh, no, that’s not what I mean … Bye. "
Lieutenant Ke Nai sighed and hesitated. He picked up the words and quoted another name to the operator. However, all the senior officers who stayed behind were not in their offices. It took him more than ten minutes to find an officer who could speak the words.
"… but I have every reason to judge that the Germans are secretly assisting the United States … they have appeared in the south of the canal according to the azimuth calculation, sir … but this code has appeared many times according to logic … but …"
I explained for a long time that the conscientious second lieutenant was sweating profusely, but fortunately, the officer at the other end was still awake, and he could realize the importance of this matter and was worried about the possible consequences of carrying out the operation
"Well, sir, if something goes wrong, I’m willing to take responsibility," the second lieutenant gritted his teeth and said that although it sounds ironic that a junior officer engaged in line monitoring should take responsibility that may reach the diplomatic level, it has become a fact.
About a quarter of an hour later, a short alarm went off at the Italian naval base in Adabier, Suez and the northern end of the Red Sea. Because most officers and men went to nearby towns for vacation or chartered boats to fish and dive in the depths of the Red Sea, they were not able to muster enough personnel to control a thousand-ton Aries destroyer, which is the most powerful surface ship of the Italian navy in the northern part of the Red Sea. The heavy cruiser-class large warship was deployed near the Arabian Sea and the Yemeni port in the Indian Ocean to support ground troops to intercept Saudi ships sailing in the open sea.
While the Italian navy is busy dispatching ships, it is still silent at the Italian military base in northern Adabier. There are four squadrons deployed here, including the three-medium bomber "sparrow hawk" with the largest number of equipment in Italy and a small group of dive bombers imported from Germany in the early days. If they go all out to repel a small fleet from a country,
As time went by, Mussolini claimed that the "Suez Canal Steel Defense Line" was operating in a clumsy and slow manner. It took a full fifty minutes to intercept the information from the line monitoring. Only then did two z5o6 water reconnaissance/bombers fly in from Adaibie. One pilot landed at the canal mouth and verbally informed those Italian patrol boats equipped with small guns or machine guns to prepare the interception plan. The other one patrolled the nearby waters with the intention of finding suspicious targets from the calm sea, but it was intended to provoke a German reconnaissance plane hovering in the same area.
At present, the Mediterranean sea route, which has always been busy, has not been affected by the war between Italy and the United States. Even on weekends, there are still more than 20 ships waiting to pass at the south entrance of the Suez Canal. Among them, both the Italian flag and the German flag are hoisted. According to the preliminary consultation between Germany and Italy, the ships of various countries pass through the Suez Canal, and the rest are mainly maintained by the canal. The German, Italian and Egyptian authorities are divided equally. German and Italian merchant ships can enjoy treatment when passing through, and their respective merchant ships are responsible for checking their identities and inspecting goods by their respective naval vessels.
The German Navy, the "common guardian" of the Suez Canal, naturally has ships here. Usually, a destroyer or a large torpedo boat with a number of armed fishing boat patrol boats are responsible for this alert and inventory. However, after the Italian navy strengthened its alert and defense, the Germans left two patrol boats equipped with machine guns to patrol symbolically to help German ships pass quickly.
The officers and men belonging to the Italian navy started the interception plan at a loss, that is, sending soldiers to board the ship differently to inspect each ship-at this moment, four freighters with a gross tonnage of 120,000 tons and enough to cut off the widest part of the Suez Canal have also arrived at the entrance to the southern end of the canal, where the narrowest part is only 20 meters. When the Italian patrol boat stopped to receive the inspection signal, they just slowed down but did not put the rope ladder as required by the Italians.
Italian soldiers’ loudspeakers and broken German asked these freighters to stop and inspect, and they circled around the freighters like mice at the feet of elephants, but the boatmen turned a deaf ear to this. Soon, German patrol boats came quickly in a busy state of mind, and their light signals told Italian patrol boats to inspect German merchant ships flying the German flag in accordance with the German-Italian agreement.
Italian soldiers turned a blind eye to the German patrol boat when they were preparing to board the boat. They tried to board the boat forcibly by moving the rope hook, which annoyed the German officers and men of the German patrol boat-they took off their guns and fired at the open sea.
I didn’t expect the Germans to take such extreme warning measures. The Italian army immediately stopped their boarding of the German cargo ship for inspection and retreated slightly. Then they sent officers to make face-to-face negotiations with the Germans while continuing to board the ships of other countries. However, the Germans refused their demands and were prepared to forcibly protect the Chinese ships from entering the canal. Many foreign merchant ship captains also strongly protested against boarding and inspecting Italian soldiers, condemning them as bandits in violation of Chinese legislation.
Kiki, this is Osprey 2. The Italians are trying to intercept our ship and confront our patrol boat students. Our navy may need some support.
After these reports, he115 observers said to their companions privately, "hey, guys, fried squid is wonderful." If you like this movie, you are welcome to vote for recommended votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.
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Chapter 127 Dark war
Chapter 127 Dark war
Just after the United States declared war on Italy, the German government’s neutral stance has made some people with a keen political sense aware of the difference. When Italian and German naval personnel clashed over some "small things" at the south entrance of the Suez Canal, people felt even more worried that the former iron and steel alliance had collapsed and failed to develop.
Venice Palace in Rome
"Leaders, I don’t think the Germans will protect those cargo ships with such a fresh attitude, otherwise they will not involve themselves in the war?"
Marshal Badoglio, the former chief of staff of the Italian army at the big conference table, seems to be alone. Everyone here regards Germany as a "traitor" who is in cahoots with the United States. I don’t know that the subtle competition has already formed as early as the situation in Europe.
"I think we should intercept these cargo ships at all costs. We have found a lot of explosives and hostile points in them, and the German government has nothing to say." General Ricatti, Minister of the Navy and Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, has a firm tone. He fully realized the importance of the sailors to modern naval warfare and personally presided over the design and construction of the Eagle-class aircraft carrier. However, due to economic and political influences, there is still no real one in the Italian navy today except the old "Milla Gloria" aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier that can be put into battle was successfully developed under the guidance and supervision of General Ricatti in the middle and late 1930s. By 1943, the Gafur-class and Duilio-class Vito-class No.3 ship "Rome" had been modernized and put into service. In terms of tonnage and paper data, the Italian navy has become the fourth largest navy in the world after the United States, Japan and Germany.