Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yuli da Satumba na 1941 Iachino ya jagoranci rundunar jiragen ruwa a cikin kokarin da ba a yi ba don hana jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya zuwa Malta (Operation Substance da Operation Halberd). A lokacin yakin farko na Sirte
(16 ga Disamba 1941) da Yaƙin Sirte na biyu (22 ga Maris 1942) sojojin da ke ƙarƙashin umurninsa sun yi karo da rakiyar jiragen ruwa na Burtaniya da ke kan hanyar zuwa Malta, amma duk da ƙarfinsa, Iachino <unk> ya damu da rashin kula da sojojin abokan gaba (har ya yi imani da rahotannin da ba daidai ba game da jiragen ruwa marasa kyau) da kuma guje wa aikin dare, duka biyun sun kasance kuskuren da ya yi a Matapan <unk> bai matsa lamba ba kuma bai iya haifar da mummunar lalacewa ga jiragen ba.