My Italian - Chapter 616

Taranto is the largest military port in Italy and is currently the main berth for the combined fleet.

The rays of light shrouded the port, making Taranto even more charming, but no one appreciated the scenery at this time, because a large number of warships in the port were entering the port.

Tall and mighty warships are docking at the berth. The sailors who have been training for several days are ready to disembark. They are eager to find a place to rest and relieve the fatigue of these days of high-intensity training.

The sailors can relieve the fatigue caused by the training, but the officers are not so good. They need to calculate the results of this training and calculate the gains and losses, which is much harder than the sailors.

And these various statistical results will finally be summarized in the hands of Lieutenant Admiral Lefer, the commander of the fleet.

On the flagship Cavour, Lieutenant General Lefer looked at the compiled report and spoke to Lieutenant General Sidoroll, the fleet chief of staff. “From the report, the training effect is very significant.”

Facing Leifer’s words, how could Sidorol, as his chief of staff, not know the reason.

Speaking of which, Lieutenant Admiral Sidoroll did not know much about the situation of the Italian Navy before serving as the Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet. Although the Italian navy has become famous all over the world in recent years, the specific situation of the Italian navy is not well understood to the Austro-Hungarian navy, which lacks communication.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Sidorol intends to measure himself, and believes that the Italian navy is limited in strength than his own. Not only him, most people in the Austro-Hungarian navy think so, and there are even people who think that the Italian navy is similar to themselves. These people have been living in the victory of the Battle of Sally.

However, after the formation of the combined fleet, the arrogant Austro-Hungarian navies discovered that this idea was outrageously wrong, and only after the two sides had in-depth contact did they discover that both sides were outrageously wrong.

Austria-Hungary found that it underestimated the Italians, while Italy found that it had overestimated the level of the Austro-Hungarian navy. Speaking of which, the reason for the poor level of the Austro-Hungarian navy is still a matter of money.

Although the Austro-Hungarian Navy had the support of the Crown Prince Ferdinand before, but the Austro-Hungarian army is dominated by the army, and even the navy is under the jurisdiction of the army (the Austro-Hungarian navy has no admiralty department, only one naval division under the army), How can this be financially supported. ???

You must know that the navy is a technical branch, so it is more dependent on funding than the army. Although the crown prince had previously sought funds for his running, these funds were basically used to build ships, showing that the strength of the Austro-Hungarian navy was not bad. This also led to the shorter training time of the Austro-Hungarian Navy and poor technical and tactical level.

When he found that the gap between the two sides was not small, Leifer immediately applied to the Admiralty and added a lot of training content on the grounds of improving the tacit understanding between the two sides. Of course, in private, Leifer also truthfully reported the situation to Admiral Yagier.

In consideration of Italy’s interests, Admiral Yagier also agreed to Leifer’s request to use the Italian Navy to provide funds to help the Austro-Hungarian Navy improve its technical and tactical level.

So in the more than a month after the war, the joint fleet formed by the navies of the two countries spent most of their time conducting various training at sea.

And a large number of high-strength training has a remarkable effect, so that the level of the officers and soldiers of Austria-Hungary integrated into the combined fleet has grown rapidly. Although there is still a long way to go from the level of Italian officers and soldiers, it has at least reached a level that can be seen.

This is why the battle against Malta will not be ready to start until nearly two months after the start of the war.

After all, the reinforcements of the British Mediterranean Fleet need to be considered, and the addition of three Austrian-Hungarian joint forces can give the Italian side an advantage.

One more thing to say here, currently the Austro-Hungarian Navy currently has only three combined force-class battleships available, because the fourth Prinz Eugen is undergoing sea trials, and there is currently no way to incorporate it into the combined fleet.

The Eugen had the same experience, and the Roma, which had just finished outfitting. The first Italian super dreadnought equipped with a 380mm cannon is only now starting sea trials and will not be commissioned until at least the second half of next year. As for the other three warships of the Rome class, thanks to the navy’s urging of the shipyard at the beginning, all three have been launched and outfitting, and it is expected that three ships will be commissioned by the end of next year.

In fact, the Admiralty had other ideas about launching the Malta campaign. They wanted to use Malta as a bait to lure the British Mediterranean Fleet to come for reinforcements.

This will allow Italy to give full play to its home field advantage and strive to solve the confidant of the British Mediterranean Fleet in one fell swoop. Of course, if the Mediterranean fleet can’t come out in Alexandria, then take advantage of the situation to take Malta and block its Mediterranean route. Let the UK have to take a detour from the Cape of Good Hope, where the environment is more harsh.

This circumnavigation is 7,000 kilometers, which is enough for the United Kingdom to invest more merchant ships in order to ensure the return of various personnel and materials from Asia. The energy and time it takes can give London a headache.

It is precisely for this purpose that the capture of Malta cannot be rushed or slow, and it is necessary to master the balance.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the combined fleet must have an advantage. If it is at a disadvantage, then everything will be suspended.

Fortunately, under the wise leadership of King Carlo, the various warships built by Italy gave Italy a strategic advantage for the first time. If the Admiralty does not take advantage of the superior period to expand the results, how can we wait?

And Lieutenant General Lefer, the commander of the Combined Fleet who has this advantage, of course also understands this truth, so it will be logical for him to help the Austro-Hungarian officers and soldiers improve their technical and tactical level.

Negotiating with Lieutenant Admiral Sidoroll about work on the Combined Fleet, he was busy late into the night.

After everything has been discussed, UU reading www. After uukanshu.com sent off his chief of staff, Leifer was also ready to disembark. The port of Taranto is very charming in the night. The warships parked on the berth are showing their figures in the moonlight.

Lefer is very familiar with the battleship in his hand. Outside the armistice port was a guerrilla formation led by a friend, Lieutenant General Gomes. 3 Taranto-class battlecruisers and 2 Milan-class battlecruisers were guarded by other warships, as if they were resting quietly.

Inside the guerrilla formation was the 3rd Battleship Squadron, where the three Combined Forces and the Dreadnought were anchored. Then to the left is the 2nd Battleship Squadron, and the four Dante-classes are also quiet here. As for his current position on the right, it is the absolute core of the combined fleet, the four Cavour-class ships of the 1st Battleship Squadron.

Even if four Roman-class ships are in service, Cavour’s absolute core position will not be threatened in the past two years. Because warships and officers and soldiers need a long running-in period before they can form true combat effectiveness.

Looking at the huge fleet with his own commander in front of him, Lefer is full of pride at the moment. He will use the sharpest sword in the kingdom to bring enough benefits to Italy. Remember the website address, www. biquxu. Com, it is convenient to read next time, or you can enter this site by entering “” in Baidu