The British army's preparations were so meticulous that they conducted targeted training and modifications to the pilots and fighter planes, conducted repeated air reconnaissances on the Port of Taranto, and took effective confusing actions. When the conditions were not yet mature, they would rather postpone them again and again than attack rashly, and as a result, they hit it with one blow.

Since World War II, the style of war has undergone earth-shaking changes, but knowing yourself and your enemy is still a prerequisite for victory and the primary content of pre-war preparation. Knowing your enemy is to study the opponent thoroughly, understand the opponent's combat power, the tactical means you may use, and the main direction of the attack, and make targeted countermeasures.

A confidant requires not only to know how to creatively give full play to one's strengths, but also to have a clear understanding of one's weaknesses and shortcomings, and to make corresponding improvements, to avoid arrogance and truly do all work well with an attitude of walking on thin ice and facing the abyss, and not give opponents any opportunity to take advantage of.

Imitation cannot replace innovation. Looking at the entire attack process, the British army embodies the military concept of active innovation. General Cunningham, the British commander, keenly sensed the decisive role of aviation in naval warfare, inherited Li Mo's tactical idea of ​​using aircraft carrier-based aircraft to attack enemy naval bases, and achieved major results.

Facing the blocking balloon net set up by the Italian army, the British pilot practiced flying carefully, responded ingeniously, and finally successfully passed the level; the magnetic torpedo developed by the engineering and technical personnel successfully broke through the lightning protection net set up by the Italian army.

But Mussolini was backward in thinking and lacked the basic synthetic concept, which turned the coordination between sea and air into a separation between sea and air. The Italian commander not only made the command method rigid and conservative, but also regarded the blocking balloons invented by the enemy as a powerful air defense weapon. As a result, he was beaten to 40 old biplanes in the British military region. The bloody lesson warned us that "victory can be copied, and imitation cannot defeat innovation." (★★ Key)

However, the British ship-based air defense force's assault did not surpass Li Mo's victory. It can only be said that it replicated Li Mo's classic tactics, "Imitation cannot surpass classics. People in China can learn from it."

An army that lacks the awareness of innovation will only follow the steps and can only be passively beaten during wartime. Military innovation is a systematic project, reflected in all aspects of military construction. The traditional concept of "one move will make you eat everything" must be broken, and the "big innovation concept" of system integration and top-level design must be strengthened, and the overall improvement of the combat effectiveness of the troops can be promoted with comprehensive and innovative actions, and the "treasure" cannot be simply bet on one or two new weapons and one or two new ideas.

The commander must have the ability to judge the clouds and see the sun. In order to achieve the suddenness of the air strike, the British army took various measures to conceal the combat intentions, which interfered with and confused the judgment of the Italian command organs. As a result, the British fleet sailed at sea for three days and nights, not only did not be intercepted by the Italian army, but the Taranto military port did not even enter a high-level alert state. What is even more ironic is that on the day of the air strike, the Italian army dispatched 88 aircraft to participate in the air strike against North Africa, but did not dispatch the naval fleet with weak aircraft protection capabilities, resulting in the already limited air defense force not being able to fully play its role.

In the future high-tech battlefield, the battle situation is complex and changing rapidly. Both sides of the war will use various means to create illusions, confuse the public, and find various opportunities to launch a surprise attack. In this regard, the battlefield commander must never take it lightly. He must be good at predicting the opponent's possible actions from the height of the overall situation, be good at judging the opponent's true movements from clues, and use the perspective of others to guess the combat intentions of the enemy commander, and not be deceived by the illusion, so as to make rational and objective judgments. (★★★★★★★ Keywords, welcome to discuss the strategic and tactical views of the new era.)

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When Li Mo heard that the British fleet had used two aircraft carriers to successfully attack the Italian Navy's headquarters, he was so angry that he was so angry that Li Mo had sent three-point telegrams to Mussolini. He told him to be careful about Taranto's fleet. Every time Mussolini swears that Taranto's defense is as solid as a solid, and even a British fly cannot fly in. As a result, the Italian Navy's 60% main ship was buried in Taranto's cemetery. This is what Mussolini said that neither the impotence nor a fly could fly in Taranto. "Believe in Italy's oath, it's better to believe that the sows will also climb trees."

This is not over yet. Mussolini was unwilling to fail and sent a telegram to Hitler, asking Hitler to send an air force to support the Italian Navy. Mussolini planned to organize all the remaining Italian naval ships and form a break-in fleet to attack the British Mediterranean supply line, and Hitler actually agreed.

Of course Hitler agreed. As long as Italy is willing to go to the British to fight desperately, Hitler would definitely agree. However, after the "Sea Lion Plan", Hitler was defeated by the "Sea Lion Plan", there was an air force there to reinforce Italy. At this time, Germany had nearly 4,000 aircraft. The two German air force originally had 3,000 aircraft, but now there were only 1,500 aircraft. The National Defense Forces had to guard against British air strikes, leaving 1,000 aircraft in France, and less than 2,000 aircraft on the Soviet border. However, Hitler still transferred a flight regiment and 50 Ju89 bombers to Li Mo. Fortunately, Germany's current aircraft production capacity has reached the level of more than 20,000 aircraft per year, which is unimaginable before Li Mo upgraded his skill in Germany's aircraft manufacturing industry.

(Historical data, German aircraft production was 10,247 in 1940, and 40,593 in 1944)

Since Mussolini, a idiot, is trying hard to find Britain for face, Li Mo has no objection, of course the specific plan was formulated by Italy. Li Mo also has an Italian combat plan, and Li Mo is responsible for the air force part of this fleet.

In order to open up the Mediterranean situation, Li Mo must also annihilate the main force of the British Mediterranean fleet. The remaining Italian fleet is the best bait. This is not that Li Mo does not regard allies as ally. This is the plan proposed by Mussolini's idiot himself. Don't blame Li Mo for using the Italian Navy as bait. In order to protect its supply line, Britain will definitely choose to fight the Italian Navy's initiative.

Li Mo made special changes to his bf109, which was to remove the support and tires of the German-made "six-bar rocket launcher" and retain only six launch tubes. The total weight of such a set of "six-bar rocket launcher" is only 200 kilograms. The "bf109" can be hung under the two wings of the "bf109", and each rocket weighs 31 kilograms with a range of 8 kilometers. These "bf109" carrying rockets are specially designed to deal with the superstructures of British ships, such as command rooms, telecommunications rooms, anti-aircraft artillery, etc. If the armor is not very thick, it will be destroyed by these rockets.

British warships that have lost their air defense firepower are the targets of other aircraft. Even the ju89 strategic bomber can bomb at low altitudes. Unfortunately, precise bombers like ju87 cannot be supported long-distance due to their range. Therefore, the air strike plan arranged by Li Mo is mainly completed by ju89 and the "bf109" with the secondary fuel tank. The effect is only known by fighting.

The effect of using the Ju89 strategic bomber to fly at low altitude to bomb warships is really hard to say, and at the same time, the Ju89 is still dangerous. If the "BF109" carries a 150mm rocket launcher and makes all the British fleet's air defense weapons turn into scrap iron, the "JU89" can basically send the British fleet to the seabed without any injury. If the British warships do not lose their air defense firepower, the "JU89" will be miserable. Anyway, Li Mo has also put the bet on the "BF109".

…(To be continued)

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