<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: NgoJulayi nangoSepthemba 1941 u-Iachino wahola imikhumbi emizamweni engaphumelelanga yokuvimbela imikhumbi yaseBrithani eya eMalta Operation Substance and Operation Halberd. Phakathi nenkathi  <response>: Impi yokuqala yaseSirte ngoDisemba 16, 1941 kanye neMpi Yesibili yaseSirte Mashi 22, 1942 amabutho angaphansi komyalo wakhe ahlangana nama-escort ama-convoy aseBrithani ayebheke eMalta, kodwa naphezu kwamandla akhe aphakeme u-Iachino wayekhathazekile ngokunganciphisi amabutho esitha kuze kube seqophelweni lokukholelwa imibiko engalungile mayelana nemikhumbi yempi engekho nokugwema isenzo sasebusuku, bobabili ababenamaphutha akhe abulalayo eMatapan akazange acindezele ukuhlasela futhi akakwazanga ukulimaza kakhulu ama-convoy. 