After keeping watch all night, Tian Shi's biggest worry was to receive the news of the permanent fleet.

Although in the first half of the night, to be precise, shortly after dark, you can rest assured, after all, carrier-based aircraft cannot attack high-speed warships at night, but Tian Shi is still not steady, because in addition to aircraft carriers, the Liangxia Navy also has six fast battleships with extremely strong combat effectiveness.

There are also two of them that are cutting-edge treaty-type fast battleships.

It can be said that in the past two decades, the Liangxia Navy has developed various new technologies and new equipment for the capital ships, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the strongest treaty-type fast battleship after the war.

According to the information received a few days ago, the two fast battleships that sank the "Gate" and "Luo" in the Watchman Strait, after returning to Mastido Harbor to refuel and reload, and after doing simple maintenance, they went to sea again, and have not returned to the military port until now.

The key is that the captains of these two battleships are Bai Zhizhan's classmates at the Naval Academy, and they are all iron buddies who are willing to block guns for Bai Zhizhan.

It is likely that the Liangxia Navy will send these two fast battleships to cover the "Hengjiang".

The four upgraded fast battleships, especially the two "Beihe" class, are also not to be underestimated, and their combat effectiveness is very strong.

Theoretically, these fast battleships were also commanded by the command of the Navy.

Although in terms of establishment, fast battleships belong to the fleet, and they are only sent to cover the aircraft carriers during the operation and obey the command of the commander of the task force, but now it is a time of war, the Southern Fleet is already a virtual reality, and the home fleet is also limited by all sides.

After being assigned to the task force, they have to listen to the command of the navy, after all, the commander of the task force is also appointed by the command of the navy.

Will the Liangxia Navy transfer fast battleships to form a separate task force?

Obviously, this is not impossible!

If this is the case, the White Stoppers may not have only two fast battleships, maybe four, maybe even six.

If Bai Zhizhan blocked the guns in front and Liu Xiangzhen hid in the rear, then it was not impossible to hand over the four fast battleships to Bai Zhizhan.

The ability to command battleships in battle?

Don't doubt it at all.

Bai Zhizhan became famous in traditional naval warfare, and when he was young, he served as a fleet staff officer, and his knowledge of battleships was far above that of the new generation of officers like Tian Shi.

If Bai Zhizhan had six ships in his hands, even if it was only four fast battleships, he would definitely choose to take the initiative.

In terms of time, it is entirely possible that the fleet led by Bai Zhizhan will reach the vicinity of the North Horse Islands on the night of the 18th and block the permanent fleet that is heading north.

Running thousands of miles, it's not like he hasn't done it before.

The battles of annihilating the Third Air Force and later bombing the troop carrier convoy were actually based on a thousand-mile rush.

It was precisely because of such worries that Tian Shi did not sleep all night.

It's not waiting for news, it's waiting for the result of "no news".

However, there was no "waiting" for a night.

Although no news is the best news, Tian Shi did not dare to relax at all, or rather, it was not yet time to relax.

To say, Tian Shi has already regretted it.

Yesterday evening, to be precise, shortly after forwarding that information, that is, it was determined that Bai Zhizhan had entered the West and East with the "Hengjiang", and Tian Shi sent a report to Lan Yun again, asking Lan Yun to immediately avoid the east, stay as far away as possible from the North Malaysia Islands, and not rush to Liuhuang Island.

Although he did not receive a call back from Lan Yun, and he did not know the whereabouts of the permanent fleet for the time being, according to Tian Shi's speculation, after receiving his telegram, Lan Yun would definitely avoid it to the east, and then sail north, and only after reaching the east of Liuhuang Island would he turn to the landing site.

The permanent fleet will sail all day, and it will not be able to arrive until the early morning of the 20th!

During the next day, the permanent fleet could be attacked at any time.

It's been a whole day!

Not to mention that there is Liu Xiangzhen on the sidelines, even if there is only Bai Zhizhan and only one aircraft carrier, it can bury the permanent fleet during this day.

It's a pity that Tian Chengcheng can't help anything.

A few days ago, around the battle on Liuhuangdao, the search for the special group commanded by Liu Xiangzhen had lost nearly half of the long-range patrol aircraft, that is, the 97 boat.

The Liang Xia battleship is like a clairvoyant, and it can always detect the patrol plane in time, and send fighter jets to intercept it, so that the patrol plane cannot get close.

Losing dozens of patrol aircraft, Tian Shi didn't even know where the several aircraft carriers that attacked Liuhuangdao were!

To be precise, only a sea area has been demarcated, that is, a sea area that cannot be reached by patrol aircraft.

This saddle-shaped sea area has a long axis of more than 600 kilometers and a short axis of 200 kilometers, covering an area of more than 100,000 square kilometers!

In addition, patrol aircraft cannot reach it, and a Type 96 land attack without fighter cover can reach it?

If it is necessary to search for attack targets in this sea area, that is, aircraft carriers, then even if 200 aircraft are dispatched at a time, it will be a drop in the bucket.

In fact, there are no more than 200 remaining Type 96 land attacks.

It is precisely because of this that Tian Shi previously determined that Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen were not together, and the two acted separately, after all, there were no two fleets in that sea area.

That's a full five fleet carriers.

Knitted together, that's a little bit better.

Splitting into two fleets, command and coordination would certainly be a disaster, and the use of radio equipment would have to make it possible to expose their whereabouts.

As a result, yesterday, Tian Shi felt that it was very likely that Bai Zhizhan had gone out to the west of the North Malaysia Islands and would continue to search for the permanent fleet to the east.

The reason is the same, staying in the southwest of Liuhuang Island will have a conflict with Liu Xiangzhen, and he may not be able to taste the sweetness.

With the enterprising character of Bai Zhizhan, he may not stay in the rear honestly.

At the beginning, he had the courage to take two aircraft carriers and go deep into the Guia Ocean without the cover of fast battleships, and later he took all the cruisers.

Now, would he be afraid of the permanent fleet that was already a bird of terror?

Not to mention that there is an aircraft carrier, even if there is no aircraft carrier, he dares to take a fast battleship to find Lan Yun for a decisive battle!

In addition, Bai Zhizhan would also think that if the permanent fleet did not go to Liuhuangdao because of the threat, it would definitely return to the Sayi mainland.

For this reason, it is necessary to go out to the vicinity of the North Malaysia Islands.

The battle didn't start yesterday, maybe it's just that the White Stop War didn't find a permanent fleet.

Today, that's not necessarily the case.

It was almost noon, and Tian Shi was a little overwhelmed.

Since the bombing of Liuhuang Island, Tian Shi has been holding on, even if he is tired, he will only lean on the chair for a while, and he will never sleep to death.

He didn't dare to sleep to death.

Even if Prime Minister Wenwei appointed him as a rear admiral and let him command the military command department, he didn't put too much pressure on him, but Tian Shi never dared to let himself relax.

To put it bluntly, he has been able to survive until now because of that momentum that does not admit defeat.

Of course, it can also be said to be self-deception.

Deceive yourself and you will be able to win as long as you persevere to the end.

Anyway, if this momentum is discharged, it will not be able to muster up.

Tian Shi also knew that the battle that took place near Liuhuang Island would determine the fate of the Sagi Navy, the life and death of the 80 million Sagi soldiers and civilians, and the future of the Sagi Imperial State.

It's just that he's too tired.

Soon after he sat down, he fell asleep until he was woken up by the sound of hurried footsteps.