Not long after, Panteleria Island, with an area of ​​83 square kilometers, was fully displayed in front of the US bomber group.

What caught their eye was a volcanic island with lava towers, scorching mineral springs and fumaroles.

However, there are also some fertile soil on the island, but there is a lack of fresh water mountain.

The Maghana Airport is located on an open area at the foot of the island, and there are two black rectangular spots in the airport, which serve as two underground hangars.

Outside the entrance and exit of the underground hangar, two rows of Italian Air Force MC 202 fighter jets are neatly arranged.

In addition to these fighter jets, in order to protect the airport on Pantelleria, the Italian army that operated on the island for many years also built a large number of firearms and deployed a large number of anti-aircraft guns and shore gun positions on the island.

Italian troops deployed more than 100 large air defense turrets in a low-lying area of ​​a volcanic rock structure.

In addition, in order to protect the underground hangar on the island and the Magana Airport equipped with high-power radar devices, the Italian army also arranged 10,000 troops on the island to garrison.

If the British and American Allies were to continuously bomb such an island, it was because the top priority of the Italian garrison on Pantelleria; it was to act as the eyes and ears of Rome, and to be able to timely discover the narrow straits, the North African coast and the actions of the British and American Allies in the air.

If the nail on Pantelleria is not removed first, if the British and American Allies want to launch the Sicily Battle, their every move will be fully exposed to the supervision of the Italian army and the German army. At the same time, if they want to send landing troops to capture the island, they will also be counterattacked by hundreds of fighter jets deployed by the Italian army on the island.

"No! Such a remote island is the 'Little Gibraltar' that Italians brag all day long? I think it's almost as small and desolate as the deserted island in Robinson Crusoe!"

Looking at the small island under the bomber that was not beautiful at all and not too large, Johnny Campbell couldn't help but exclaim.

"Don't worry! Get ready to bomb! Be careful of the Italian fighter jets, anti-aircraft guns, and shore gun attacks!"

Fried smiled bitterly and reminded.

"Hehe! I'm not afraid of Italian guys! Compared with German guys, their combat power is just one sky or one ground. I don't know how to agree on the gap! And they don't have the desperate style of the Japanese devils. I'm not afraid of how many people come! Just kill them as pigs."

Johnny Campbell smiled and said indifferently.

"this……"

Fried also smiled bitterly and said nothing.

Because his views are similar to Johnny Campbell!

The two of them were really unanimous about the Italian army and did not dare to add to the Wei. For a moment, they were very sympathetic to the German army. How could they choose to be so weak and have a teammate with the pen? Hey! It was a mistake!

Haven't the German guy ever heard the saying that "I'm not afraid of opponents like gods, but I'm afraid of teammates like pigs?"

This sentence is used to the Baidu online in the future. This means that if the opponent is strong, then don’t be afraid. As long as you work hard and cooperate well with your teammates, there is still hope of winning, so don’t be afraid! But if your teammate is like a pig, you are timid, and you go to fight, but he is timid and does not help you. The first reaction to something happens is to run, then even if the enemy is weak, you may cooperate to defeat you!

"Attention all aircraft! The direction of 36 o'clock and 78 o'clock half a kilometer away from us are the Italian artillery positions and airports! The bomber teams are ready to divide them into several batches and bomb them separately; be sure to blow up the Italian artillery positions, the airports, and their oil depots, and destroy them!"

Just as Johnny Campbell and the others were talking, their captain Robert immediately issued a combat order via radio.

"Yes! Captain!"

After talking, the 12th US bomber brigade quickly separated the battle formations, and the squads immediately lowered their heights and rushed towards the ground shore artillery position deployed on Pantelleria Island and the air defense artillery position on the island, and prepared to drop bombs.

"Yes, the US military's B-17 bomber group, fire the gun!"

Seeing the fierce US 12th Bomber Battalion, the Italian artillery on the island instantly panicked and shouted loudly.

"There are US enemy aircraft going toward 25 southwest, 48 southeast, and 120 points northwest, and firing fire to attack!"

In the noisy and panic, some Italian artillery officers were calmly giving combat orders to their artillery teams.

"Boom boom boom...boom boom boom...boom boom boom..."

"Boom boom boom...boom boom boom...boom boom boom..."

Dozens of anti-aircraft shells were immediately shot at the US bomber group one after another. The shells continued to explode in the sky, and the thick smoke dyed the blue sky a gray-black.

However, the shooting accuracy of the Italian artillery team did not seem to be very good. After a round of counterattacks, even a US bomber was not shot down.

Moreover, the 12th US bomber brigade, which was full of momentum, was constantly twisting and avoiding it.

At the same time, it quickly used the most skilled bomb dropper arranged in the pilot to use the Norton bomb dialing tool; all 500-pound bombs were delivered and felt bombed.

"Boom, rumble, rumble..."

More than ten seconds later, amid the deafening explosion sound, thick black and white smoke suddenly emerged throughout Pantelleria Island, fluttering with the wind.

The Italian Air Force on the island was also hurriedly preparing to take off their MC 202 fighter fleet.

However, at this critical moment, a fleet of more than 20 B-17 bombers had already arrived at a speed of 483 kilometers per hour and quickly dropped more than 80 500-pound bombs.

"Boom, rumble, rumble..."

"Boom, rumble, rumble..."

In a flash, dozens of MC 202 fighter jets were blown up most of them.

This made all the Italian air force and logistics personnel in the entire Magana airport pale, frightened and at a loss.

Especially when they then heard the oil depots in the area near them were bombarded by the second round of US B-17 bombers, which gave the rumbling and explosion sound after the bombing.
Chapter completed!