Everyone should be familiar with Italy, especially in World War II, italy is even more impressive. Especially their performance on the battlefield, it is absolutely a classic. For Italy during World War II, the Germans once said this about them, hating iron not steel. Because of Italy's performance on the battlefield during World War II, it was simply a "pig teammate". Pit teammates are the norm for them. During World War II, Italy set a world record for successfully shooting down its own field marshal with its own anti-aircraft guns and sacrificing it. What even the enemy ace pilots may not be able to do, they can do easily.
So how did they do such a strange thing? The story takes place on June 28, 1940, when a large number of British bombers flew towards Tobruk and dropped a large number of bombs, and the sky seemed to rain missiles. After a loud explosion, the British planes withdrew from tobruck, and it was thought that the British planes would not return, but less than ten minutes later, the British bombers turned back and bombed Tobruck again. Italy was put on emergency alert, with all anti-aircraft and anti-aircraft guns all aimed at the sky.
But strangely enough, only two planes appeared in the sky this time, and the last round of air raids was at least 20 or so aircraft. The Italian officer in charge of air defense at that time did not think much of it, ordered his men to fight when they saw the plane. Once at optimal range, hundreds of anti-aircraft guns fired together on two aircraft in the air. The plane was smashed into pieces directly in the air, and there was no chance of landing on the ground, and after confirming the death of all the personnel on board, the Italian officers and soldiers shouted in a burst of congratulations for their victory.
But then a telegram came from the General Headquarters of Front-Line Operations, which completely dumbfounded them, saying that Marshal Balbo was on the plane, ready to go to the military district to offer condolences. The two planes they shot down were the planes of Italian Marshal Balbo. Balbo never dreamed that it was his own shell that killed him. Because the incident damaged the image of the Italian army, the Italian military immediately blocked the news, claiming that Marshal Balbo had died honorably in a battle. But where in the world there are impermeable walls, soon such a scandal was known to everyone, when Hitler only gave Italy four words, asking for more blessings.