"Liu Changxun asked you to come?"

"He said you're here." Bai Zhizhan did not answer Li Yunxiang's question directly. In any case, Li Yunxiang is now an army aviation admiral and has no direct relationship with the navy.

Li Yunxiang smiled and said, "To be honest, don't you think these are too coincidental? ”

"What?" When the question came out, Bai Zhizhan had already tightened his brows.

"The other day, I also received a message forwarded by the command of the Navy. As far as I can guess, the bombers flying to the Shiquan Strait for minelaying missions have been modified, mainly to reduce the weight of the structure so that they can carry more fuel. The problem is that it is not difficult to stop the Nuland bombers from laying mines in the Shiquan Strait. ”

"Easy?"

"There are quite a few warships in the Navy that are equipped with radars, right?"

"Cruisers have radars."

"So, is it difficult to send a few cruisers to guard the south side of the strait?"

"This ......"

Li Yunxiang smiled and said, "If necessary, we can also send a force to land on Sumatra Island and build several radar stations there." As long as there are enough radars deployed on the periphery to ensure that enemy planes flying from the south can be detected at night, and dozens of night fighters are deployed in Shiquan City, it will not be a difficult thing to keep those bombers carrying mines out of the Shiquan Strait. ”

"That doesn't guarantee that all the enemy planes will be shot down."

"Now that an enemy plane has been spotted, is it not easy to determine where the enemy plane dropped the mines? Besides, it is not the entire Shiquan Strait that needs to be protected, but the main channel. ”

Bai Zhizhan was stunned again, but this time he didn't argue with Li Yunxiang.

As Li Yunxiang said, if an enemy plane drops a mine on the main channel, it will certainly be able to detect it, and it will be able to send a minesweeper to clear the mine.

Of course, this will certainly have an impact on the navigation of the shipping lane, but it will not be enough to completely block the shipping lane.

To put it mildly, the comprehensive utilization rate of the three main channels in the Shiquan Strait is less than 20 percent, and most of the time they are idle.

For the same reason, there are simply not so many ships that need to pass through the strait.

Not to mention in the wartime, even in the past, to be precise, after the end of the last war, the empire withdrew from the Huanfanyan Ocean region, and the trade between the East and the West cooled down rapidly, and the Shiquan Strait was no longer so lively.

"By that way, we don't have to make a fuss?"

"Brother Bai, this is war, there will always be one kind of battle or another. If I had to say, it would have been strange if the Nuland army had not deployed long-range bombers to Austria and had them carry out mine-laying missions. The current situation, in fact, should have been thought of a long time ago. ”

Bai Zhizhan tightened his brows, Li Yunxiang's words can be said to be meaningful.

"Still haven't figured it out?"

"You are indeed right, but ......" When the words came to his mouth, Bai Zhizhan held back, after all, he felt that analyzing the situation in front of Li Yunxiang was equivalent to getting an axe in the class.

"I didn't go back to the plenary meeting held at the Shoufu Mansion a few days ago, but I received the news."

"You mean ......"

"What Shousuke thinks, we don't have to guess. The point is, if we don't defeat the Luosha Federation in the near future, is it still possible to send troops to Ozhou? ”

"It's unlikely."

"If that's the case, then what's the point of the Nuland army's reputation in Austria?"

"Wait a minute, you mean ......"

While saying this, Bai Zhizhan's eyes widened and he looked at Li Yunxiang with a gaze of disbelief.

Obviously, Li Yunxiang's words, or the meaning of these words, frightened Bai Zhizhan and overturned all his previous speculations.

"Understood?"

"Brother Li, this kind of thing can't be used as a joke."

"I'm not kidding you."

Bai Zhizhan let out a sigh and swallowed his saliva.

According to Li Yunxiang's meaning, the reason why the imperial authorities, to be precise, Xue Yuanzheng was unwilling to defeat the Luosha Federation, was not that they would send troops to Aozhou after that, but that after defeating the Luosha Federation, some domestic appeasers would force the imperial authorities to sit down and negotiate with their opponents.

What if you have to defeat the Luosha Federation quickly, and you can't send troops to Ozhou, let alone sit down and negotiate?

Obviously, the only feasible way is to eradicate the internal threat before defeating the Raksha Federation, and ensure that it can continue to move towards its ultimate goal.

In a sense, the number one opponent who stands in the way of the Empire's final victory is not the Nuland Federation on the other side of the Guia, halfway around the world, but the left-wing politicians within the Empire, who shout morality and morality all day long, but have interests in their hearts.

As the saying goes: any great empire collapses from within.

Although Li Yunxiang didn't say it explicitly, the meaning was very clear.

Perhaps, Xue Yuanzheng had already deployed long-range bombers in the northwest of Austria by the Nuland army, and also knew that the Nuland Federation would send bombers to lay mines in the Shiquan Strait.

Even if Xue Yuanzheng didn't know, these things were right now.

However, it cannot be ruled out that there are traitors within the empire who are secretly in contact with the enemy.

The point is that no matter which possibility it is, under the current situation, Xue Yuanzheng may use the Nuland army's mine-laying in the Shiquan Strait to deal with dissidents within the empire, and even eliminate the opposition in one fell swoop, so as to unify the opinions within the empire.

If this is the case, it must be bloody.

Thinking of this, Bai Zhizhan couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Changxun did not ask him to come to Li Yunxiang, but to let him leave the imperial capital and avoid the coming storm.

From beginning to end, Liu Changxun knew the real situation, and everything he did was to protect Bai Zhizhan and prevent Bai Zhizhan from getting involved in internal struggles.

As for the reason for this, it is obvious that he hopes that Bai Zhizhan will be able to become the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Navy in the near future as an orthodox soldier.

Perhaps, the exclusion of the White Stop War is the meaning of Xue Yuanzheng.

The identity of the horse master, and the fact that he was born as a civilian, and his unborn military exploits mean that after the situation gets out of control, Bai Zhizhan is the best person to clean up the mess.

This also shows that Xue Yuanzheng is not completely sure.

"Well, you don't have to think too much about it. We're all the same, as long as we can be honest. ”

"Brother Li, this is easy to say."

"Of course, we have to trust Shousuke. At least as far as I know, Shousuke is the only politician you can trust. Under the command of Shousuke, we have a great deal of confidence that we will be able to achieve the final victory. If it were someone else, I am afraid that all the efforts and sacrifices we have made will be in vain. ”

Bai Zhizhan smiled reluctantly.

"If it's okay for the next two days, accompany me around the world. If the island of Socotra is attacked ahead of schedule as planned, it is not guaranteed that a group of long-range bombers will be deployed there. ”

"What's there to see?"

"You haven't been there yet, how do you know there's nothing worth seeing?" Li Yunxiang smiled and said, "If I were you, I would never miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." ”

Bai Zhizhan was stunned, feeling that Li Yunxiang was playing tricks.

"Rest early today, I'll come over early tomorrow morning."

Bai Zhizhan was speechless, but Li Yunxiang's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping made him feel that if he continued to ask, I was afraid that Li Yunxiang would be even more proud.