If anything, the tactical exposition made by Bai Zhizhan is the wonderful part.

All combat operations revolve around tempting and forcing the Nuland Navy to hold on to the island, turning it into a meat grinder for the Nuland army.

Guam must not be attacked directly.

The first step is divided into three directions, and it is carried out simultaneously.

To the west, the Navy sent the First Fleet to support and assist the Army in capturing Nanzhu.

There is nothing to be verbose about this offensive operation, whether it is fought or not, it is necessary to defeat Nanzhu Kingdom, after all, this is related to whether or not Yanhai can be tightly controlled.

In the middle, the navy set out from the volcanic archipelago and went south to capture an island in the Northern Malaysia Islands.

The reason is also simple, to serve as a springboard for an attack on Guam.

Guam is located in the south of the North Malaysia Islands, more than 1,000 kilometers away from Liuhuang Island, so it is extremely difficult to attack Guan Island from Liuhuang Island.

It's much easier if you can capture a forward base.

Because the Imperial Navy does not have a few aircraft carriers, it must be highly dependent on shore-based aviation when attacking, so the capture of the islands in the North Malaysia Islands can further convince the Nuland authorities that the Liang Xia Empire has made up its mind to attack Guan Dao, and may come to a decisive battle in advance.

Based on Guan Dao, the Nuland military sent a fleet to engage the Liang Xia Navy in the North Malaysia Islands to avoid fighting on Guan Dao.

It's also easy to understand.

If you change to the Imperial Navy, you will also take the initiative to fight, rather than passively meet it.

In addition, in the Guia Ocean, Guandao is the only foothold of the Nuland Navy, so no matter how it fights, it is necessary to protect the infrastructure on Guandao.

If you fight around Guan Island, you have to base it on the fleet.

It's a pity that the Nuland Navy also doesn't have many capital ships.

The east side is key.

Attack the Isle of Wai!

At this point, Bai Zhizhan emphasized that Wei Island is an isolated island, the nearest island is a few hundred kilometers to the south, and the nearest island where the Nuland army is stationed is Guam in the west and the transit island in the northeast, and all of them are 1,000 kilometers away.

To put it bluntly, Wai Island is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Without a strong fleet, it simply cannot be held.

It is precisely because of this that the Nuland Navy did not bother to run the island of Wai.

If the Nuland Navy wants to hold the island, it will have to mobilize the aircraft carrier task force, and it will have to send out the surviving "Endeavour".

If the Nuland Navy feared defeat, it would have been possible to abandon Wai Island.

If the Nuland Navy does not retreat, a decisive battle will be fought around the island of Wai.

According to the analysis of the White Stop, as long as these three offensive are successful, the key is the western and eastern routes, which will definitely turn the island into an ulcer for the Nuland navy.

It's just that Liu Xiangzhen questioned the tactical analysis of the White Stop.

What to take to attack the island of Wai?

The Nuland Navy has only one aircraft carrier available, is there more than one Imperial Navy?

In addition, the Nuland Navy had two small fleet aircraft carriers, while the Imperial Navy had only the too slow Sea Dragon, in addition to the troubled "Yokoe".

The two ships of the Nuland Navy are still fleet aircraft carriers that are not too slow, and the "Sea Dragon" can only be regarded as a small aircraft carrier. Because of its slow speed, the "Sea Dragon" could not be incorporated into the task force at all, and therefore could not follow the fleet aircraft carriers in battle.

Let the "Yokoe" venture out?

So, who vouches for it?

Or who wants to command this aircraft carrier?

With only one aircraft carrier, why should you take down Wei Island?

It was only a few days before that the Sixth Bureau received reliable information that the Nuland Navy had increased its forces to the island, mainly aviation.

On a tactical level, the Nuland Navy could have allowed the "Endeavour" to sit east of Wai Island and wait for the Imperial Navy's fleet to die.

Bai Zhizhan did not argue with Liu Xiangzhen, but only mentioned that the "Longjiang" should be repaired before the start of the combat operation to attack Wei Island.

Are two aircraft carriers enough?

This is the end of the discussion.

Probably because Bai Zhizhan grabbed the handle, Liu Xiangzhen was very angry, and Liu Changxun took this opportunity to take him away from the Shoufu Mansion.

Bai Zhizhan did catch Liu Xiangzhen's fox tail.

According to the report submitted by Liu Xiangzhen to the naval command, it will take three months for the "Longjiang" to be repaired.

However, last evening, Zhou Yongtao sent news from Puzhou that the Puzhou shipyard had analyzed the damage report submitted by the task force and determined that the "Longjiang" could be repaired within half a month, and that the aircraft carrier did not need to return to the shipyard at all.

It was precisely because of this that the "Longjiang" did not go to Puzhou, but went to the port of Maza, where it was repaired.

The main thing is that the floating dock that repaired the "Yokoe" has returned to Mazado Harbor and has provided repair services for more than a dozen large warships in the past few months. I went to Puzhou Port, and I also went to the dock for repairs. The equipment needed for maintenance is available in Mastford Port.

Liu Xiangzhen "lied" about the damage to the "Longjiang", but in fact he was a little selfish, or worried.

If the "Longjiang" is repaired within half a month, it will definitely be grouped together with the "Accompanying Beijing", and the commander will definitely be Bai Zhizhan.

Through the previous battles, it has long been decided who is more powerful between Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen.

The two aircraft carriers can only form a task force, so unless Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen can tolerate each other, one person must stay in the rear.

What if the "Longjiang" is not repaired?

Obviously, Liu Xiangzhen knew very well that it was absolutely impossible for the combat operation to attack Guandao to be delayed until three months later.

In this way, Bai Zhizhan could only take the "Accompanying Beijing" to the battlefield, and at most the "Hengjiang".

After three months, he will be able to return to the battlefield with the "Longjiang", and perhaps the restored "Imperial Capital".

All in all, dragging it out for a few months is good for himself.

Bai Zhizhan didn't think carefully about Liu Xiangzhen, but he didn't want to complicate the problem.

If you want to say it thoroughly, it will become a personal vendetta.

What Bai Zhizhan wanted was nothing more than to let the "Longjiang" be repaired as soon as possible, and be assigned to the 41st Task Force, and accompany him on the expedition to Wei Island.

As long as Liu Xiangzhen can retreat from the difficulty, it is enough.

Liu Changxun also saw this, so he took Liu Xiangzhen to leave first to avoid making a fool of himself in front of Shoufu.

Tearing your face is not beneficial, so why bother yourself?

In the future, we will have to fight side by side, even if we don't expect to get much help from Liu Xiangzhen, it is not a bad thing to have a response on the battlefield.

If you want to say it, this is also the most obvious change in Bai Zhizhan after walking around the outside of the Ghost Gate.

On the morning of the 12th, that is, when the "Imperial Capital" was bombed, Bai Zhizhan really experienced the threat of death for the first time.

At that time, the 500-pound aerial bomb that did not explode was less than 50 meters away from the white stop in a straight line.

Although the bridge of the commander is still protected by armor after several decks, the blast wave has enough lethal damage.

Critically, Bai Zhizhan witnessed the bomb hit the flight deck and burrowed into the hangar.

At that moment, he felt that this time he was in a catastrophe, and he was absolutely dead!

In the previous battles, even when he was pursued by a heavy cruiser, he had not felt this way.

It was this feeling, or understanding, that made Bai Zhizhan understand a lot of truths, and saw through a lot of things, and became more open-minded.

If you have to be forgiving and forgiving, why be aggressive everywhere? 8)