Chapter 522: News

What Spu is waiting for is not this piece of information.

Three days ago, that is, on August 5, a message came from Zhenbao Harbor that the two task forces of the Liangxia Navy were likely to have left the battlefield on the transit island, leaving four small aircraft carriers to cover and support the landing operation. It is also very likely that the four cutting-edge fast battleships will follow the task force and leave the transit island together. In the support fleet covered the small aircraft carriers, several heavy cruisers.

The most direct evidence is that on the night of the 3rd, the assault convoy sent to the transit island was not intercepted, and more than a dozen ships all arrived without incident. Then, on the morning of the 4th, the Nuland Army Air Corps dispatched more than 200 bombers to launch the largest bombing operation at the landing site on the transit island since the beginning of the battle. As a result, in the sky over the transit island, it was intercepted by only a few dozen fighters.

In the afternoon, the Army and Navy dispatched a large number of reconnaissance planes and patrol planes, but none of them found a large aircraft carrier.

In addition, according to the report of the defenders of the transit island, from August 4, only fighter jets and dive bombers flew in to bomb them.

This is a strong piece of evidence.

Torpedo attack aircraft are more cumbersome, and even if they can operate on small aircraft carriers, they will take up too much space, and there is a problem of low combat efficiency.

When carrying out ground strike missions, the combat efficiency of torpedo attack aircraft is very low.

It is for this reason that the Nuland Navy generally does not deploy torpedo machines on small aircraft carriers.

If you have to bring some torpedo machines, you will also control the number of torpedo machines.

In addition, it has been confirmed that the four small aircraft carriers supporting the fleet were carrying fighters and bombers, and did not carry torpedo aircraft.

Of course, this does not mean that the task force must have withdrawn.

Perhaps simply withdraw to the rear for replenishment, especially ammunition.

It was precisely because of this that Sipu did not immediately make adjustments to the operation, but only focused on telling Tian Shi to pay close attention to the news from Treasure Harbor.

It's been 3 days and there has been no news.

Even if the ammunition is replenished, 3 days is more than enough.

If the Liang Xia navy intends to build on its efforts, or consolidate the fruits of the victory it has already won, it may attack a certain island in the east of the transit island in advance.

In addition, the Liang Xia Navy had already sent the two marine divisions that served as reserves, so there was certainly no shortage of troops to launch the next round of attacks.

It is precisely because of this that Spu has not given a signal to start the next move.

Now, the task force under the command of Hal is setting in the North Sunset, but instead of sailing west, it is waiting for news from Spu's side.

According to Spud's plan, Hal would not be able to lead the task force to the Lookout Canal until he had given the signal.

The reason is also very simple, if the situation changes and is different from what Spu predicted, then Hal will have to return to Lu Xinhai with the fleet to assist the Royal Navy of Bran to storm Malta and strive to take Malta, and assist and cooperate with the Lu Xinhai Fleet to bombard the Raleigh Kingdom.

The implication is that if you can't do it, you have to defeat the Raleigh Kingdom first.

Of course, this is just a backup plan.

If Spu's guess was correct, Hal was able to rush to the Wangyu Canal as fast as he could, where he joined Frye, who was there.

In Spu's plan, Frye is still in charge of making soy sauce.

At this point, the most critical step is actually how to stealthily pass through the Wangxi Canal without being discovered by the intelligence agencies of the Liangxia Empire.

In making the plan, Spark made a very bold but valuable suggestion.

Take advantage of the unfinished lock No. 3.

According to the plan, the No. 3 lock will not be officially opened until the end of the year. In fact, the construction work has been completed a long time ago, but the acceptance tests have not yet been carried out.

Lock 3 is already operational, but it's a bit inefficient and has some safety hazards.

If you prepare in advance and let the two fleet aircraft carriers enter the Guia Ocean through the No. 3 lock, there is a real possibility that they will not be discovered by Liang Xia's spies.

The key, of course, is Frye, who is in charge of beating the soy sauce.

To put it simply, it was to attract the attention of the small aircraft carrier "Independence" led by Frye, and Hal took the opportunity to sneak by.

As for the convoys, most of them followed Frye and were incorporated into Howl's task force after passing through the canal.

If all goes well, the two fleet carriers will be able to reach the vicinity of the transit island without realizing it. At that time, even without the 31st Task Force commanded by Sp, that is, 2 small aircraft carriers, Hal would be able to seize sea supremacy and annihilate the support fleet and landing fleet of the Liang Xia Navy in one fell swoop.

If you take a step back, you will definitely be able to defeat the Liang Xia fleet.

Is it still difficult to regain sea supremacy, gain the initiative on the battlefield, and destroy the enemy who landed on the transit island?

After this battle, the greatest danger can be eliminated.

If nothing else, at least the security of the Khowaii Islands is fully guaranteed, and the security of the homeland is no longer a problem.

Isn't it true that the Lofus who went up to Hwaseong and the ordinary officers and men of the navy desperately defended the transit island just to ensure the strategic security of the mainland?

In Spu's words, only when the homeland is safe and secure can we let go of our hands and feet.

Although it is far from the time to sit back and relax, as long as you win this battle, you can at least temporarily breathe a sigh of relief and buy more time.

In Spu's words, at least 2 years.

As for the reason for saying this, Tian Shi is very clear in his heart.

Now the question is, will Liang Xia Navy be fooled?

To be precise, will the White Stop War abandon the operation of attacking the transit island?

When the communications staff officer sent over the telegram he had just received, Tian Shi, as usual, habitually took the telegram and did not think too much about it.

Seeing the message, Tian Shi was immediately stunned, and then handed the message to Sp.

When he caught it, Sp was also startled.

A piece of information provided by a submarine is also related to the task force of the Liangxia Navy.

Just yesterday evening, a submarine searching for prey on the east side of the volcanic archipelago encountered a Liang Xia fleet sailing rapidly westward, and the captain judged that there must be large aircraft carriers and fast battleships in the fleet, as well as several cruisers, and fleet oil tankers only for the task force.

The problem, however, was that the Admiralty and Guia Fleet Command, which relayed the telegram, did not come to a positive conclusion.

That is, there are uncertainties in the discovery of submarines.

Actually, this is very normal.

Because it was encountered at night, even if you use a periscope, you may not be able to see the enemy ship clearly, let alone make an accurate judgment on the type of enemy ship.

Under normal circumstances, submarines make a rough judgment by the noise of enemy ships.

Obviously, judging by listening to the sound is even more unreliable.

Could it be that Bai Zhizhan has been fooled?

After reading the message again, Spu's gaze turned to Tian Shi.

"He had no other choice, which was both unexpected and inevitable." Tian Shi let out a long sigh, and then couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Bai Zhizhan is known as the god of war of the Imperial Navy, and there are times when he is deflated!

According to the propaganda of the Liang Xia Empire, Bai Zhizhan was the first person in the world's navy after Chen Bingxun.

For Chen Bingxun, Tian Shi is afraid and hateful.

Even if he hadn't won the victory yet, thinking that Bai Zhizhan was forced to give up the operation of attacking the transit island, Tian Shi had an indescribable sense of comfort in his heart.

It's just that Spu didn't laugh.

After pondering for a while, he called the communications staff officer who had not gone away.

3 days is enough.