Chapter 677: A Record-Breaking Mistake

"Boom!" An anti-aircraft artillery shell exploded nearby, forming a black cloud around the plane, which looked so coquettish.

This voice awakened Marshal Balbo immediately. He turned his head and looked out of the porthole. At this moment, a net of black smoke was coming towards him!

Damn, the antiaircraft guns of the warships!

When this thought echoed in his mind, Marshal Balbo broke out in a cold sweat, and he shouted loudly: "Quick, quick, dodge!"

If there were fighter jets chasing him, that would be acceptable, maybe it was a British fighter jet, but now, it was an attack from below! The British fleet suffered heavy losses and had long lost the ability to operate in the Mediterranean Sea. It must be the Italian army who fired at him below!

If he could make a phone call now, he must scold the people below him, but he didn't. He could only call out loudly and let his plane evade quickly. saved.

Unfortunately, almost as soon as his voice fell, a terrifying explosion made everyone tremble with fear.

On the side, an engine was hit and it was already burning!

Then, following this engine, a shuttle of anti-aircraft artillery shells, almost sideways, came in one shot.

Marshal Balbo's eyes were full of flames, and before he lost consciousness, all his pupils were the broken wings.

"Success!" Cladio below, shouted excitedly, he saw his 20mm shell, passing through the opponent's engine, knocking off the opponent's wing, and then the bomber spun off. Falling!

It worked! As I thought, this anti-aircraft gun is too old, so when aiming, it must shoot two more advance shots. During this period of time, it has been unable to hit, which is the reason!

Now, finally, he shot down an enemy plane!

The strange thing is that the other party was not prepared before they opened fire. The quality of these British people is too poor, right?

He stopped shooting. At this time, the second bomber was also smoking, making a whining sound, and fell into the sea.

Wait, something is wrong!

As an Italian soldier, Claudio still knows his own equipment.

With three engines, in addition to the engines on the wings, there is also one on the nose. This kind of aircraft, except for the German Junkers -52, is almost the way its own aircraft adopts.

Then, seeing the small pod with a transparent window in front of the abdomen, it is even more certain that it is our own S.M.79 medium-range bomber!

Since the nose is different from the common twin-engine bomber, an engine is installed, and transparent nose observation windows, bombing sights, bomber seats, etc. cannot be arranged. Therefore, this Italian bomber can only be designed on the abdomen. A small pod cabin with a transparent window in the front is also its most typical feature.

When he was firing just now, he didn't have the command of the gunner with the binoculars in his hand. With his eyesight, he could only see the target, but he couldn't see the outline clearly.

It's miserable now, do you still ask for help? It's better not to be punished!

"Bang!" The bomber fell into the water, about a few hundred meters away from the Gilgio. At this time, all the Italian sailors found something wrong and opened their mouths.

And Claudio was the first to react, and quickly went down to save people!

If it fell on land, it would definitely be hopeless, and it would be smashed into flesh. Now it has fallen to the sea. Maybe someone can be rescued inside!

"Quick, save people!" He shouted as he ran to the middle of the hull and hurriedly released the boat.

Several sailors followed, put down the boat, rocked the oars, and rowed towards the sea area where the bomber had fallen. As soon as they got there, Cladio jumped into the water.

Hurry up to save people, save them, and make up for it!

He grew up by the sea, and his water is very good. He took a deep breath and dived into the water. After a few breaths, he found the bomber that had fallen to the bottom of the sea.

Inside, there is an officer, not good! His heart sank, and when he looked at the other party's epaulette, he felt that he almost drowned. The yellow color on it indicated that he was a senior officer. If he looked at the pattern on it, it was the marshal's epaulet!

He returned to the sea, took a breath, and shouted to the others: "Quick, get our marshal!"

In the whole of Italy, the marshals can count them with one hand. If you remove those old-fashioned marshals who have long been unable to go to the battlefield, they can count them with one hand.

Claudio's heart was extremely frightened, because he recognized that face, it was their Italian, the most powerful, and even Marshal Balbo, who was designated as Mussolini's successor!

rescue?

Picking up the corpse is almost the same.

Fortunately, the body was not swollen by the sea, and Marshal Balbo's body was quickly picked up. Although the naval forces were extremely embarrassed, they still reported the painful news.

They broke records.

This record is unprecedented, and no one has come since. No one has ever broken the record for the highest rank of accidental injury. An Italian marshal died under the artillery of his own people!

However, in order to cover his shame, Mussolini quickly made a decision that Marshal Balbo was sacrificed in the battle with the British! Flags were flown at half-staff across the country to observe a moment of silence for the death of the great marshal.

The news also reached Rommel's ears.

After I heard that Rommel was coming, Marshal Balbo rushed over by plane. Originally, he could arrive in an hour, but, this time, he waited until it was dark!

Garibaldi was at the oil base, waiting anxiously. The General Rommel beside him had long since proposed to take over the command. Now, Garibaldi is expecting Marshal Balbo to stand up. In North Africa, it was led by the Italian army.

But, until dark, anxious Garibaldi, listening to one terrible news after another, was burning with anxiety.

"Can't wait any longer." Rommel said: "The British army is about to hit Tobrugg, which will threaten our oil output, and we must act immediately!"

"General, let's wait for Marshal Balbo." Garibaldi said, if you counterattack immediately, the Italian army must obey Rommel's command!

"General, it's not good!" At this moment, Garibaldi's adjutant hurried in and said, "Marshal Balbo, unfortunately died in a surprise attack by the British!"

died? Originally, after Rommel came to Balbo, how could he ask him for command, and now, he is actually dead? that is really good! Rommel said: "Since Marshal Balbo is dead, now, I will command the entire Libyan army, launch a counteroffensive, and avenge Marshal Balbo!"