It only took Tian Shi about ten minutes to roughly explain the situation.

There is only one thing that needs to be emphasized.

Yesterday, that is, on the evening of the 26th, a submarine operating in the waters northeast of Ashishima spotted two large warships heading north quickly, judging them to be fast battleships of the Liangxia Navy, and then fired four torpedoes at the one that was closer. It's a pity that the enemy ship suddenly made a Z-turn and avoided the torpedo. Fearing that it would be discovered by enemy ships, the submarine made an emergency dive after firing a torpedo and did not attack again.

The point is that the speed of the target warship measured by the submarine exceeded 25 knots.

The capital ship that can have this speed must be a fast battleship!

In addition, there were two of them.

It must be the two fast battleships that were previously in the home fleet for acceptance tests and left the port with the home fleet on the night of the 25th, and have not yet been listed.

It's just that why does it appear in the northeast of Ashishima and sail north?

Could it be that these two fast battleships had already entered the Guia Ocean from the east of Ashishima before?

It's not true, it's for sure.

So, why venture into the Guia?

Do not forget that those two fast battleships have not yet fully passed the acceptance tests, and even if they can sail at high speeds, they dare not guarantee that everything will go well.

This is not a test in peacetime, but a flight in the warring seas.

If the boiler bursts, there is no way to maneuver quickly, and you happen to encounter a submarine, you only need a few torpedoes to send it to the bottom of the sea!

Obviously, there is only one plausible explanation.

The two fast battleships ventured into the Guia Ocean to meet and cover the Third Air Task Force, because they were originally born for the two "Imperial Capital" classes of the Third Air Task Force, and to be precise, they were built as a supporting package, but they were not delivered to service on time.

Is this possible?

From a common sense point of view, it is unlikely.

The reason is simple.

In the afternoon, the 3rd Air Task Force must have been southeast of Ashishimma, more than 150 kilometers from the sea where the submarine had discovered the two fast battleships.

After recovering the carrier-based aircraft, the 3rd Air Task Force did not have time to go north with the two fast battleships.

In fact, from the time calculation, when the submarine discovered the two fast battleships, the Third Air Task Force was recovering carrier-based aircraft.

It's just that there is no other possibility?

Apparently not!

Yesterday evening, the Military Command Department sent a message that the mobile fleet had preliminarily concluded from the wreckage of the enemy planes that had been salvaged up that the enemy planes that launched the attack at noon yesterday were not the combat planes of the First and Second Carrier-based Aviation Wings. Judging by the fuselage number, they are all combat aircraft that were added later.

The four pilots captured were all from the 1st and 2nd Carrier Aviation Wings.

During the interrogation, the four pilots provided only their military identification numbers and the number of their unit, which is also the information that prisoners of war must truthfully provide under the International Law of War. According to the tradition of the Liangxia Navy, the captured pilots had no reason to deliberately talk nonsense.

Combined with other relevant information, the Military Command Department boldly speculated that during the battle on the 25th, the combat planes of the 1st and 2nd Carrier-based Aviation Wings did not return to the task force, but made a forced landing on the east side of Foot Island, and then the pilots were picked up by seaplanes or search and rescue ships.

To put it simply, in order to seize the opportunity, the commander of the task force lost hundreds of carrier-based aircraft.

This is not an ordinary big deal!

So, will the commander of the 3rd Air Task Force draw a scoop according to the gourd?

If the answer is yes, then after the attack, the 3rd Air Task Force will go north at full speed and will be able to reach the sea area where the submarine is located in the evening.

Attack on carrier-based aircraft of the Fifth Air Force?

As we did on the 25th, we headed for Ashishima and made a forced landing after the fuel ran out, and then waited for the seaplanes and rescue ships.

If the Fifth Air Force can be completely annihilated, even if it is just to kill those two aircraft carriers and lose dozens of aircraft, what is it?

What's more, the temporary commander of the Third Air Task Force is the second ancestor named Liu Xiangbin.

This guy's fame is definitely not under Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen, but it is notorious.

With his greedy character and fear of death, even if he did not dare to refuse the combat orders issued by his superiors, such as going out to the Guia Ocean and dispatching carrier-based planes to attack the Fifth Air Force, he would do his best to save his own life after completing the mission, and would never think about the pilots of dozens of carrier-based planes.

Besides, when did he think about his subordinates?

A self-righteous megalomaniac will definitely only think about himself, and will make everyone think about him!

It makes perfect sense!

After Tian Shi finished speaking, Takano did not say anything.

"If this telegram is not wrong, we have enough reason to believe that the Third Air Task Force has returned to Xuhai last night, and perhaps ......"

When Takano looked over, Kuroshima immediately closed his mouth.

"It's a possibility, but it's not enough for us to make a positive judgment."

"According to Shao Zuo's meaning, what else is needed to make a positive judgment?" Kuroshima was obviously a little angry, because since Tian Minori came back, Takano no longer took the initiative to ask for his opinion, and rarely discussed combat matters with him, as if he didn't exist as an operational staff officer at all.

"Time."

"Really? What is the problem ......"

"By this time tomorrow at the latest, maybe tonight."

Kuroshima frowned, and just as he was about to speak, he noticed Takano's demeanor.

"On the basis?" Takano's gaze turned to Tanmi.

"If this information is not wrong, then the Third Air Task Force has only one mission to cover the home fleet when it went north last night. Extrapolating from the time, the home fleet will be able to reach the Watchman Strait this afternoon, and then encounter the second main team at night, or tomorrow early tomorrow morning at the latest. The problem is that the current position of the 3rd Air Task Force will not be able to catch up with the home fleet until tomorrow morning. ”

Takano nodded slightly, but didn't speak.

"If the Liang Xia Navy intends to capture and control the Sadou Islands, and has some concerns, such as the Third Air Force, which will definitely arrive this morning, it will slow down the home fleet, and after joining up with the Third Air Task Force, it will enter the Watchman Strait in the early morning of the day after tomorrow at the earliest."

"According to your meaning, as long as the home fleet does not enter the Watcher Strait during the day tomorrow, it can prove that the Third Air Task Force has returned to Xuhai?"

Tian Shi nodded, indicating that Kuroshima was not wrong.

Although Kuroshima has always regarded Tami as his main competitor, Tasumi really didn't want to replace Kuroshima, after all, in Takaya, all that is important is ability.

Without ability, even if he is a general, he can't enter Gao Ye's eyes.

On the contrary, even a small soldier can be reused.

Gao Ye often said that "gold will always shine", but in fact, he was reminding his staff officers to bury their heads in their essential work.

Tian Shi's completely inappropriate attitude made Kuroshima very annoyed, and he had a feeling that he had nowhere to vent.

It's just that he can only endure it!

Tian Shi Shaozuo's analysis is correct, there is indeed such a possibility. Let's just arrange it this way, anyway, we won't be able to return to Long Weeping tomorrow. ”

Takano was just halfway through his words when he was about to give the order to turn when the lights in the bridge suddenly went out.