<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-23 Septhemba 1941 i- Ascari kanye nemikhumbi yayo yabeka indawo enezimayini eMalta, kwathi ngosuku olulandelayo bahlanganyela ekuqhamukeni kwe-3rd ne-8th Cruiser Divisions okuhloswe ngayo ukubamba umkhumbi waseBrithani, ngaphandle kwempumelelo. NgoDisemba 13 wajoyina umsebenzi omkhulu wokuhamba phakathi kwe-Italy neLibya, M. 41, owahluleka ngenxa yokuhlaselwa kanzima yizindiza nezindiza zasemanzini. Ngo-16 Disemba Ascari wabamba iqhaza komunye umsebenzi omkhulu wokuhamba eLibya, M. 42, owaphumelela, naphezu kokuhlangana okufushane nokuhamba komkhumbi we-Allied eMalta, esenzweni esaziwa ngokuthi  <response>: Impi Yokuqala YaseSirte. 