Imperial Overlord

Li Le was not the only one who was staring at the Battle of Oran. Italy is of course more concerned about the outcome of this naval battle.

Mussolini left Rome, rushed to the Italian naval headquarters in person, and sat down in person, hoping to get the news as soon as possible.

After all, this is an exchange of interests between him and the head of state, and it is also his greatest effort to reverse Italy's repeated defeats.

What made him a little depressed was that it seemed that the situation did not develop exactly as he expected.

"What did you say? The battleship Veneto was wounded? Damn it, this is really a trap!" In the Italian Navy's headquarters, the anxious Mussolini almost dropped his cup on the ground.

The Italian naval fleet was Mussolini's treasure, so he was shocked when he heard that something had happened to the Veneto.

In his heart, he has always buried a biggest worry. He is afraid that the British will falsely leak information to Germany and lure the Italian navy to die.

Hearing that the battleship Veneto was wounded, Mussolini's worries suddenly erupted.

Full of fantasies, he has even seen the flaming fleet and the densely packed corpses floating on the sea like ants.

"Leader... Although the Veneto was injured, it was only slightly! The results of this battle are quite brilliant!" The naval commander was a little proud at this time and boasted to Mussolini.

"Because the intelligence of the German allies is accurate, our ambush has severely damaged the British fleet." The chief of staff was also delighted.

Since the start of the war, the Germans have been destroying the dead, and now it is finally the Italian Navy's turn to be proud.

Although, this victory mainly depends on the intelligence sent by Germany, but after all, Italy needs such a victory.

"A British battleship was sunk, and another cruiser was sunk! We are victorious!" The naval commander was full of energy when he mentioned this.

The chief of staff nodded along: "We captured two British destroyers. The British Navy's H fleet suffered heavy losses. We saved the French Navy!"

Hearing this series of good news, Mussolini subconsciously squeezed the water glass in his hand.

He suspected that he was in a dream, still having a very beautiful dream.

He smiled when he confirmed that his navy had indeed sunk a British naval battleship, the battered British H fleet.

"The British should know this time that in the Mediterranean Sea, it is still our Italians' world!" He said excitedly to his smiling subordinates.

If you still can't be flattering at this time, then you don't have to come out and mix.

For a while, it was a voice of praise, and everyone agreed that Mussolini was the greatest leader in Italian history—no one.

However, when Mussolini realized another problem, he stopped laughing.

He thought of his foreign minister and the officials who had just signed a series of economic and energy agreements with Ribbentrop.

The ink is still dry in the Supplementary Clauses of the Germany-Italy Energy Development Agreement, which clearly stipulates the issue of Libya's oil exploration rights.

A few days ago, Mussolini felt that he had fooled the German Führer by selling a piece of oil-free land for a "good price."

But now, he has realized a fatal problem - the German Führer seems to have started from Poland and has not yet lost...

"Could it be that there really is oil in Libya? Can the Germans really find oil there?" He looked at the huge map hanging in the naval headquarters in confusion, full of questions.

And such doubts also dimmed the joy brought by the Oran naval battle. Mussolini had to make a decision to slap his own mouth.

He arranged for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to organize staff and rush to Berlin to revise the Supplementary Clauses of the Germany-Italy Energy Development Agreement to be more favorable.

"30%! In any case, Italy's share of Libya's oil production must be raised to this level! At least!" Mussolini was determined.

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"The trebuchet plan failed..." Such a piece of news, like a wing, flew back to the British mainland and flew to Churchill's desk.

For the specific situation, we still have to wait for Somerville's detailed report, but the failure of the operation and the loss of the battleship Resolve is enough to cause the British Navy to collapse.

After the loss of the battleship HMS Royal Oak and the sinking of the HMS Resolution, what kind of hardships will the British Navy have to go through?

"Many MPs have been shaken. We are losing more and more in the war, and many people hope to end the war with dignity." A staff member stood beside Churchill and said to the slightly obese prime minister.

Churchill looked at the telegram on the table and kept his mouth shut. Now the situation is very bad for him, or very bad for Britain.

Although the Dunkirk retreat gave the British a respite, more than 300,000 soldiers were rescued and returned home, allowing the country to continue on.

But even Churchill himself could not see any hope of victory - this is already a war without victory...

There is no doubt that the British did not win World War II, they lost, and the loss was very ugly.

The former empire on which the sun never sets, the first hegemon on the sea, became a vassal of the United States after World War II, which cannot be said to be a victory in any way.

It has experienced countless losses in the war. In fact, the whole of Europe is the loser of World War II. Only the United States can be regarded as the winner of World War II - the Soviet Union can only be regarded as half.

But Churchill had to fight. This was his fate and the path he chose when he came to power.

"Gentlemen..." Churchill said suddenly, with a hint of heaviness: "This war must be fought firmly! This is our responsibility, and it must be fulfilled."

"No matter how future generations judge us, the word coward should not be added! We must fight! Fight to the end!" He stood up and put his hands on the desk.

Annoying the faltering French fleet is a failure in itself, and God knows what role the French fleet will play in future wars.

Another failure was the loss of the battleship Resolve, while other losses were negligible in comparison.

However, the failure of this operation made Churchill and the senior officials of the British military department vigilant.

The investigation team had been set up, and among the bits and pieces of information that was obtained later, a piece of news that Somerville firmly believed made Churchill and the naval department shudder.

The intelligence of the H fleet's attack on the port of Kebir was leaked, and the fleet was the first to encounter an ambush by a German submarine!

As we all know, it is unlikely that a submarine will be successful in attacking a warship with a higher speed in motion.

How could there be so many submarines around the British fleet if it wasn't for a pre-ambush?

This fatal detail has alerted the entire British intelligence service, and they have been convinced that there is a German "spy" inside them!

"Find this spy! We must find this person as soon as possible!" Churchill's face was frosty, and he issued an order for an internal investigation.

After all, as a secret of the Navy, not many people have access to the "Trapper Project".

So from another aspect, the scope of this investigation is not too large.

But if you think about it carefully, it's enough to make your scalp tingle: there is actually a senior officer in the navy who has taken refuge with the Germans!

The person who can see the specific details of the plan is at least a high-ranking official like a colonel or a general, but the information is leaked out like this, so how many secrets does the Navy have?

If you don't find this **** spy, how can there be any possibility of success in the future of the navy's operational security?

But there is another question in front of us: not long ago, the British navy and spontaneous people had just completed the most spectacular evacuation in history - the Dunkirk evacuation.

If German intelligence agents were so shrewd, how could it be possible for the British to retreat without doing anything?

"Isolate all the generals and commanders who have been in contact with this plan~www.readwn.com~ and review it clearly!" Churchill also went to the hospital in a hurry.

Combining these two contradictory pieces of information, he came to a conjectured conclusion: this was not the work of German spies, but a trick played by his political enemies against him.

The Prime Minister believes that this leak is a personal betrayal against him, not that the enemy's spies have discovered any news.

"This is treason! This is using the future of the country to make a future for itself!" Churchill, who was so embarrassed, commented on the incident.

The entire British military has also become cautious. Before finding such a spy, any military action has become a risk.

And once the Germans find a flaw, it will lose a lot of rhythm.

At the same time, just in case, all the ciphers used in the UK have to be replaced. July is destined to be a busy month for the British intelligence services.

However, the traitor he mentioned is a person who does not exist at all. The German intelligence department is not so defiant to be able to place a spy of this level in the upper echelons of the UK.

So no matter what the British intelligence and counterintelligence departments find out, they are destined to go further and further down the wrong path.

As for who was wronged and who was wrongly blamed, that's not the concern of Li Le, the foolish head of state.

Because, at this time, for Li Le, one of his main goals has been achieved. The purpose is to consolidate his identity and convince the German executives of his judgment.

When his plan was successfully executed, he had already established his golden body as the head of state, and the invisible intelligence force in his mouth had also been accepted.