<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoNovemba i-Force B equkethe i-Ajax, nemikhumbi emibili, futhi futhi ngaphansi komyalo kaRear Admiral Bernard Rawlings yathuthelwa eMalta ukuqinisa imikhumbi ye-Force K kakade lapho futhi ukwenza ukuhlanza okuhlaselayo kwemikhumbi yokuhlinzeka ye-Axis enqamula eLibya. Ngo-19 Disemba, ngemuva kokubamba iqhaza ekuthutheleni umkhumbi wokuhlinzeka eMalta ku-Operation MD 8 okwaholela eMpini Yokuqala yaseSirte  <response>: , I-Force B yathunyelwa ukuyofuna umkhumbi wamaNtaliyane owahlangana nawo kulokho kulwa kodwa yawela endaweni enezimayini ngaphandle kweTripoli, okwaholela ekulahlekelweni kwe Neptune kanye ne Kandahar kanye nokulimala kweminye imikhumbi emibili. Ngemva kwalokhu, amabutho B no-K asuswa eMalta. 