When Bai Zhizhan arrived, the meeting was about to start, and he was actually one of them.

Zheng Jiangming did not go to the conference center, although his personnel establishment remained in the Navy Command, and he was counted as a member of the Navy, but the specific work unit was the Military Intelligence Bureau, that is, the Sixth Bureau of the Praetorian Guard, which was only stationed in the Navy Command to be responsible for intelligence liaison, and therefore not to the Navy Command.

In addition, none of the intelligence workers were welcomed.

Not only in the Navy, but also in the Army.

The reason is the same: the Empire's military intelligence was formerly known as the Judge Advocate General, which is similar in nature to the military police in the West, that is, the gendarmerie.

Obviously, none of the officers and soldiers of the army like to deal with the military police.

Bai Zhizhan's position is between He Yongxing and Li Yunxiang, on the right side of the chairman's position at the circular conference table, and on the other side are Liu Xiangdong, Liu Xiangzhen, Li Hengjia and others.

Gui Boyong did not come, and the home fleet carried out a mission in the Asahi Sea, supporting the ground forces to control the islands of the Sadou Islands in the north and south.

Bai Zhizhan is sitting in Gui Boyong's position, opposite Liu Xiangdong, which is equivalent to saying that he is vaguely half a level higher than Liu Xiangzhen.

The atmosphere was noticeably tense and smelled of gunpowder, but it had nothing to do with the seats.

Nothing surprising that the main topic, or the only topic of discussion, at tonight's meeting is the reward for meritorious deeds.

As long as merit and rewards are involved, the officers of the two factions will become full of gunpowder, and it will be a miracle if something does not cause trouble.

As when Zhu Shijian was there, the meeting was personally initiated and presided over by the commander-in-chief.

There is no way, only the commander-in-chief can control this kind of matter involving the vital interests of officers and men.

If you change to someone else, you will definitely not be able to convince the public.

At the beginning of Zheng Jiangming's place, Bai Zhizhan had already learned that a group of two goods, mainly Liu Xiangbin, had participated in Bai Zhizhan a few days ago. What is said is that Bai Zhizhan did not act in accordance with the battle plan, and led the fleet deep into the Guia Ocean without authorization, and was responsible for the losses suffered. It sounds like Bai Zhizhan would have won the battle without taking the Third Task Force into the Guia Sea, and he would not have suffered any losses.

Relatively speaking, the Southern Fleet led by Liu Xiangdong has not made any trouble.

As soon as the meeting began, it was lively.

On the first question, that is, who takes the first credit, there is not much disagreement. It's just that then, in the calculation of the main combat exploits, there is a big difference.

Actually, the key is one point.

Which fleet is the head of the annihilation of the second main battle team?

Home Fleet, or Third Air Task Force?

In the past, this was not a problem at all.

The Third Air Task Force was commanded by Bai Zhizhan, so no matter who it was given to, this credit had nothing to do with the generals of the Southern Fleet faction.

Only now, there is a lot of article.

Interestingly, He Yongxing felt that it should be given to the Third Air Task Force, because it was only after the reconnaissance planes of the Third Air Task Force appeared that Gao Temple ordered the four battleships to sink themselves, and let several thousand officers and men move to the cruiser to avoid martyrdom with the battleships.

On Liu Xiangdong's side, to be precise, he was the admiral of the Southern Fleet, but he insisted that this was the credit of the Home Fleet and must be counted on the head of the Home Fleet. The reason is also very simple, if it is not heavily damaged by the home fleet, the four battleships of the second main force will never sink themselves. Next, it was certain that they would return home with the 4th Cruiser Squadron, and given the situation of the 3rd Air Task Force at that time, especially the carrier-based aircraft on board, it might not be able to sink four battleships in an attack launched in the evening, let alone at night.

It can be seen that the rhetoric of both sides is reasonable.

Talking about it, in fact, it has nothing to do with the fleet of this regiment, but whether the main merit should be counted as a special task force or the third air task force.

If the credit for the annihilation of the second main force is attributed to the head of the Third Air Task Force, then there is no doubt that the main credit will definitely belong to the Third Air Task Force, and thus be recorded on the head of the White Stop War. On the other hand, if it is counted to the local fleet, then the third air task force is a little worse, and according to the results of the battle, the main credit should be counted to the task force, that is, it should be credited to Liu Xiangzhen.

To put it bluntly, it is the dispute between Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen.

According to the results of the battle, the task force sank four fleet aircraft carriers, one heavy cruiser, and several small and medium-sized warships with a displacement of less than 10,000 tons, and also severely damaged one fast battleship and three heavy cruisers, shot down and destroyed more than 200 enemy planes, and killed and wounded thousands of enemy troops.

On the side of the 3rd Air Task Force, two fleet carriers and two small fleet carriers, six heavy cruisers and several small warships, and eight transport ships were sunk; In addition, two battleships were damaged, several small warships were severely damaged, more than 200 enemy planes were shot down and destroyed, and tens of thousands of enemy troops were killed or wounded.

To say that the White War was also short of two fleet carriers, to be precise, the gap between two small fleet aircraft carriers and two fleet aircraft carriers.

In other respects, the 3rd Air Task Force achieved more results than the Task Force.

Here's the key.

The task force had four fleet aircraft carriers and four fast battleships, and the total strength was twice that of the Third Air Task Force, but the results achieved were almost the same.

In addition, the "Linghe" was sunk and the "Hengjiang" was heavily damaged, which is an indelible stain.

What's more, the "Hengjiang" used to be Liu Xiangzhen's flagship, and the "Linghe" was also subordinate to the Second Air Task Force and was under Liu Xiangzhen's command.

The Third Air Task Force lost dozens of carrier-based aircraft, not a single battleship was sunk, and not even a single one lost its combat effectiveness due to damage.

In such a comparison, Liu Xiangzhen is not half a star.

If the main merit is given to Bai Zhizhan, how will Liu Xiangzhen mix it up in the future?

In the next stage of combat operations, what reason is there for Liu Xiangzhen to go to the front line to command, instead of sending the more capable Bai Zhizhan to fight?

In the second stage of combat operations, it is necessary to mobilize all fleet aircraft carriers, and only one commander is needed.

According to the Imperial Navy's merit evaluation standards, fleet aircraft carriers and battleships belong to capital ships, while small fleet aircraft carriers are large warships belonging to the heavy cruiser class, and a top-down step-by-step comparison method is adopted, first comparing the number of capital ships, and in the same case, comparing large warships.

It can be seen that the four battleships of the second main force are too important.

In addition, the results of sinking the two battleships of the first main force are counted on the two fast battleships, and these two fast battleships have not yet been listed, so they do not participate in the battle merit evaluation, but the officers and men, including the captain, can receive corresponding rewards and rewards.

It is precisely in this way, as long as the merit of sinking the four battleships of the second main force is counted to the local fleet, the special task force commanded by Liu Xiangzhen is the main merit.

The third air task force will fall to the third, which is considered to be the last place.

Although Bai Zhizhan counts half of the people of the home fleet, and Gui Boyong does not distinguish between you and me, but when it comes to meritorious deeds, they must be counted separately.

When he was transferred to the First Air Task Force, Bai Zhizhan's file was transferred to the Navy Command, and he had no relationship with the home fleet in terms of personnel.

In this way, who else can compete with Liu Xiangzhen for command?

Gui Boyong?

That's obviously impossible, he is still a man of the home fleet, and the commander of the task force is the admiral of the naval command.

It can be seen that the so-called evaluation of combat merits is actually to seize command and pave the way for the upcoming second phase of combat operations!