"Look at it, warship!" Qin Chuan and others heard someone shouting as soon as they stepped onto the dock.

The Germans on the dock quickly became busy, either looking for hidden or preparing artillery... But in fact, if it was an enemy warship, it would be useless to do these. They could use large-caliber naval guns several kilometers away to level the dock.

Qin Chuan followed the soldiers out of the cover of the cruise ship, and sure enough, he saw several black spots slowly appearing on the sea level. Qin Chuan habitually raised his rifle and looked in that direction through the scope, and then put it down again... The 2.5-magnitude scope has no effect on long-distance objects.

Then Qin Chuan took the telescope hanging around his waist to observe.

This is a priest 6*30 telescope, a German standard military telescope, 6 represents magnification, and 30 represents the objective lens caliber... Qin Chuan, who specializes in the history of the German army, knew that such a telescope was worth 115.50 marks, which was equivalent to the cost of an MG34 machine gun at the exchange rate at that time.

So Qin Chuan protects it well. If you don’t have it, try not to take it out of the mirror case if you don’t need it, so as not to get the lenses dirty.

Several warships appeared in the aperture of Qinchuan telescope, and then several more...

"Whose warship is it?" Werner asked nervously.

Qin Chuan saw a little red on the warship flag, so he replied: "It's Italian!"

The Italian flag at this time was somewhat different from modern times. In addition to the three colors of green, white and red, the Savoy dynasty was also added in the middle with the badge of the Red Shield and White Cross. (Note: This Italian flag withdrew from the stage of history in 1946 with the demise of the Italian royal family.)

The German soldiers couldn't help but cheer when they heard this. Although they did not recognize the combat effectiveness of the Italian army, an Allied fleet appeared at this time and would bring reinforcements, which was exciting in any case.

The most exciting thing was of course Alphredo. He had always been like a shadow in the German army during this period... He always chose the safest place to hide, and the German soldiers were used to his actions.

It is said that Kuhn also discussed with Bazer whether to bring Alphredo to a corner and let him disappear forever, but he finally gave up this idea... On the one hand, this is because Alphredo's existence did not affect the morale of the troops. After all, he is not a German soldier. On the other hand, he is worried that if the news leaks out, it will affect the ally relationship between Germany and Italy.

"Look, Italian warships, our warships!" Alphredo raised his hands and shouted: "Long live Italy! Long live the Navy! Great, I can go back, I'm safe..."

As he shouted, Alphredo couldn't help but kneel on the ground and covered his face and cried. The German soldiers all looked at Alphredo with contempt. Werner also spat in the direction of Alphredo and said disdainfully: "Italian!"

But Qin Chuan could understand Alphredo's feelings, because this was not a place for people to stay. It was filled with blood and death at all times, and it was filled with danger at all times and challenges the limits of human endurance again and again.

In fact, Qin Chuan had the urge to shout and even cry like Alphredo in his heart several times, but Qin Chuan knew that it would be of no use.

Suddenly, several black shadows in the air came into Qin Chuan's eyes. Qin Chuan raised his telescope and looked at it. His face changed drastically and said, "The 'Mosquito' reconnaissance plane!"

Bazer looked at the direction Qin Chuan indicated, and nodded and said, "The British are prepared. They know that we have reinforcements and are likely to send air forces to intercept them!"

As he said that, Bazel shouted to the soldiers: "Air defense preparations, there will be a fierce battle soon!"

"Yes, sir!" the soldiers responded, turned around and started to hurry.

The so-called air defense preparation is to build an air defense position.

Of course, the equipment is taken from the warehouse... The British army has all kinds of equipment, and air defense equipment is no exception.

However, due to the low demand for air defense of the British army, the previous opponents of the British army were the Italian army. Although the number of fighter jets in the Italian army was large, most of them were old and backward fighter jets. The British Air Force did not take them seriously at all, so the British army did not have much air defense equipment.

The German soldiers searched in the warehouse for a while before unveiling more than a dozen Bofos 40MM anti-aircraft guns.

This anti-aircraft gun is made in Sweden... It is a weapon used by a very small number of Allies and Axis powers and is regarded as standard air defense equipment: the British army purchased it directly from Sweden and Poland, and the German army purchased it indirectly from Sweden through Hungary.

Because countries around the world use it to prevent air defense, it is also called the "Screen of Air Defense of All Nations".

Then the soldiers carried dozens of Vicks heavy machine guns from the warehouse, arranged them in circles of sandbags, and soon built an air defense position.

However, the total number is only fifteen small-caliber air defense cannons and heavy machine guns... This air defense force can only be said to be better than nothing, mainly depends on the air defense firepower on the Italian fleet.

The fleet was getting closer and closer, and the national flag with a red shield and white cross badge sounded violently in the sea breeze. It was indeed the Italian fleet, and there were Italian navy soldiers singing flags on the bow of the ship from a distance.

Qin Chuan felt half relieved when he saw their lineup, because the fleet had ten ships, one of which had battleships, seven destroyers, and the other two were transport ships, which were obviously transporting reinforcements.

Although these warships all seem a little old, ordinary bombing can still be handled.

"Airplane!" At this time, someone screamed: "British plane!"

Sure enough, a row of black dots appeared under the dazzling sunshine in the east, and there were at least hundreds of them.

"Air defense alarm!" Bazel shouted.

A harsh roar sounded over the port, which was to inform the German soldiers to prepare, and on the other hand, it was to warn the Italian fleet and let them approach the port to fight side by side with the air defense forces on the shore.

However, Bazer's intention was in vain, because the whistle of the air defense alarm, the Italian fleet's speed obviously slowed down.

At first, Qin Chuan thought that the Italian fleet was preparing for combat, because the fleet was indeed not suitable for harbor when it encountered air strikes. They should be scattered on the wider sea surface at high speed, and if necessary, they had to do some serpentine maneuvering actions to avoid bombing of enemy aircraft.

Later, Qin Chuan discovered that this was not the case. The Italian fleet's first reaction was actually to escape.
Chapter completed!