"Commander!"

When the communications staff officer sent the message, the "Jingang" was turning to slow down.

Instead of changing course, it converges with the tanker for a second refueling. There is no way, we will be on the landing ground tomorrow night, and we will definitely have to sail at full speed during this time, so we must resupply in advance, fill all the tanks, and make sure that we can return to the mainland after the battle.

After this replenishment, four tankers will return to the pipeline.

It was the oil tanker of the Newland Federation, and the last thing the Narrow Imperial State dared to offend now was the Newland Federation.

Expropriation?

It was just diplomatic rhetoric that took responsibility so that the Nuland Federation would not be held accountable for supplying warships to the Narrows.

The key is not international influence, it is within the Nuland Federation.

Because Congress did not approve any bills related to entering the war, even the president did not have the authority to give orders to the owners of oil tankers. If the order had come from the Gray House, it would have been an unmistakable act of war, and President Nuland would have been impeached for it.

If the Narrow-Sized Imperial State came forward to requisition, these problems would not exist.

A telegram from the Military Command Department.

The landing force of the Liangxia Navy has already seized the beachhead and began to advance towards the hinterland of the island, and the landing ships transporting equipment and materials are all gathered at the landing site, to be precise, in the open sea area outside the beachhead, a total of dozens of ships, and it is a few destroyers that provide cover.

These ships are all lambs to the slaughter!

In addition, the combat operation has already been determined, codenamed "Tianfeng".

Hundreds of years ago, the steppe cavalry on the huge land, which had conquered most of the world, gathered on the other side of the Shuangma Strait, and when they were preparing to cross the sea to attack the Sayi Empire, an unexpected typhoon struck, and hundreds of ships were sunk, and the Sagi Empire was spared.

According to legend, it was a great wind caused by Amaterasu to protect his people.

"Tianfeng" also became the Rui Xiang of the Imperial Kingdom.

According to the plan drawn up by Tian Shi, the permanent fleet will launch a surprise attack on the night of the 19th, shelling the ships at the landing site and the enemy on the beach, and decide the time of retreat according to the situation, but the arrival time must be no later than the early morning of the 20th. When the permanent fleet arrives and launches a surprise attack, the garrison will launch a counterattack simultaneously, striving to dare the landed enemy to go to the sea at night, and smash the Liangxia navy's attempt to capture Liuhuang Island in one fell swoop!

As long as it succeeds, it will definitely be able to hold on for a few months.

It will take several months to redraw the battle plan, prepare the war materials, and organize the combat troops, not to mention the time it will take to attack Liuhuang Island.

At first, Lan Yun didn't have much hope for the assault landing site.

There is certainly no problem in dying, but it is not easy to win.

Without aircraft carriers, shore-based aviation forces cannot play a role, and they cannot seize air supremacy on the battlefield.

Even if there were four fast battleships, it would not be possible to reach the landing site smoothly, and they might have been sunk in the sea area hundreds of kilometers away from Huangdao.

Don't forget, more than 20 days ago, in the Yanhai Sea, the mobile fleet suffered a defeat!

What happened next gave Lan Yun hope.

Tian Shi not only did not hide the news of Li Zhong's death in battle, but also made full use of this incident and leaked it out, and it can even be said that it was sent to Liang Xia's intelligence officers, so that Liang Xia's navy knew that Li Zhong had died in battle, and the defenders on Liuhuang Island had become a rabble.

In addition, Tian Shi concluded that the Liangxia Navy would launch a combat operation to land on Liuhuangdao in advance.

The earliest is on the afternoon of the 16th, and even if there is a delay, it will be in the early morning of the 17th.

As a result, the Liangxia Navy did launch a landing operation on the morning of the 17th. Because the action was too hasty and the time reserved was too short, the artillery preparations carried out before the landing did not cause many casualties to the defenders, and the defenders still had strong enough combat effectiveness.

Tian Shi saw it very accurately, and set an almost perfect trap, which Liang Xiajun did not see through.

In addition, Tian Shi did not put too much pressure on the defenders.

There is only one mission: to hold out until the permanent fleet arrives, and launch a counterattack when the permanent fleet rushes into the landing field, and defeat the landed enemy.

Tian Shi also gave a guarantee to all the officers that after the battle, a battleship would be arranged to take them back to China.

In order to implement the order, Tian Shi asked the prime minister for a handwritten message, and personally sent it to the base camp, asking the army to cooperate unconditionally.

It is precisely because of this that the garrison has been holding its ground.

As a result, the landed Liangxia Marine Corps failed to advance inland to Liuhuangdao as planned, and to be precise, the main force was still on the beachhead.

Up to now, everything is going according to Tian Shi's deployment, developing in the direction he predicted.

Thinking of this, Lan Yun sighed very much.

Just over 20 days ago, Tian Shi was still a major staff officer that few generals could afford.

Who would have thought that when the imperial kingdom was in danger, it would be such an inconspicuous small role to stand up to save the navy and the imperial country.

"Commander!"

The communications staff officer suddenly shouted in the back, making Lan Yun tremble several times.

It's just that the communications staff officer didn't talk nonsense, and when Lan Yun turned around, he handed over the message in his hand, and the hand holding the message was trembling slightly.

Just received a telegram?

Lan Yun was very puzzled, he had already noticed the nervous expression of the communication staff officer.

When he took the message and looked at it, Lan Yun's hand trembled.

It was indeed just received, and it was an intelligence related to the Liang Xia Navy.

"Commander?" The communications staff officer reminded Lan Yun in a low voice.

Several other main staff officers of the fleet headquarters had already come out, all staring at Lan Yun, waiting for Lan Yun to give a new order to be precise.

Everyone's expressions were very solemn, and they should have already known the content of the message.

"How much fuel is left on the ships?" Lan Yun glanced at the message again before returning it to the communications staff officer, he actually wanted to tear this piece of torn paper to shreds.

"The four capital ships still have two-thirds of the remaining oil, and the cruisers are also more than sixty percent."

"If you don't refuel, can you return to your homeland after completing your combat mission?"

"It's no problem at all, it's just that some of the tanks need to be filled with seawater, so when you get back home, you definitely need to clean the tanks thoroughly, and that's going to be ......"

Lan Yun looked at the navigation staff, obviously a little impatient.

"It's definitely no problem to go back." The nautical staff officer immediately summed it up.

"Go and give orders. Cancel the nighttime fuel replenishment operation, let the ships immediately enter combat mode, and send a few more people to strengthen air lookout. ”

The navigation staff officer didn't say much word, and glanced at the communications staff officer before turning and walking away.

"Commander, do you have any more orders?" The communications staff officer asked, and he had to give an order anyway, so if he had something, he would send it out together.

Lan Yun let out a long breath, shook his head again, and waved his hand.

The communications staff officer didn't ask any more questions, and several other staff officers returned to the commander's bridge with interest.

That telegram, intelligence to be exact, was six days late!

Six days is enough time for an aircraft carrier battle group to sail thousands of kilometers.

Perhaps, it's just empty thoughts.

It is possible that the aircraft carrier was tested in the open sea after the repair was completed, so the Liang Xia Navy's secrecy work was done so well.

Of course, it's just an aircraft carrier.

Even if the legendary general of the Liang Xia Navy is in command, he may not dare to take an aircraft carrier deep into the ocean to meet the unpredictable challenge.