After all the battleships behind followed and saw the light signal played, Bai Zhizhan went to the "top officer's restaurant" located at the bottom of the ship island.

Calling it "top-tier" is a pun.

With the number of officers and men at the fleet headquarters increasing by 50 percent and the number of pilots of the carrier-based aviation unit increasing by 30 percent, a special dining hall for senior officers has been set up on the ship's island, which is mainly open to staff officers of the fleet headquarters and pilots of the carrier-based aviation unit.

Judging by the location, the restaurant is above the hull, and a dozen other restaurants are inside the hull.

As for the officers and men of the ship, even the officers, they mainly ate in the lower cafeteria.

It must be said that it is also because the island of large aircraft carriers is even more huge, and it is also possible to set up a restaurant at the bottom of the island that can serve dozens of officers and men at the same time.

In addition, the restaurant doubles as a meeting room for the Fleet Command and an officer entertainment center.

During non-combat periods, a movie was shown here every night.

Only now, it's the convention center.

When Bai Zhizhan arrived, the cook had already prepared the meal, and Li Mingbo, Zhou Yongtao, and the heads of several major departments were chatting.

Of course, the conversation is not a serious topic.

As long as Zhou Yongtao is here, what everyone cares about is some lace news.

However, it is also a good thing.

Even the strongest soldiers should not be on high alert all the time, but should always relax and relax in their spare time to maintain a good condition.

It is precisely for this reason that the Imperial Navy has been increasing recreational facilities, providing spacious living space, and regularly arranging family leave, so that officers and men can be in the best condition when they go out on battle, and they will be more active in battle, and give full play to their strongest combat effectiveness.

According to Bai Zhizhan's habit, it was only after his arrival that he said that the main team cooperated.

The first thing to determine was the tactics of working with Task Force 22.

According to the plan, the 22nd Task Force will accompany the 21st Task Force throughout the entire process, and two full-time flagships, the "Qinling" and the "Kunlun", will mainly communicate with each other.

However, a few liaison officers had to be sent to Task Force 22 to ensure that they could still cooperate effectively in the event of an accident.

It's not that the war doesn't trust the Guards, but that the Navy has relevant regulations and has to act in accordance with them.

Wei Jun was previously the captain of a heavy cruiser and the commander of a cruiser detachment, and had no experience in directly directing aircraft carrier operations.

Although Bai Zhizhan arranged for Zhu Huasheng to go to the 22nd Task Force and sent more than a dozen staff officers to take charge of the fleet's aviation operations at the same time, most of the time, Bai Zhizhan still issued orders to indirectly direct the 22nd Task Force to fight.

The point is that after arriving on the battlefield, the two task forces will definitely not be together.

In this case, it is even more necessary to arrange a liaison person.

Of course, this is also the easiest thing to do. Li Mingbo and Zhou Yongtao had already discussed, determined the main personnel, and waited for Bai Zhizhan to give the order.

The second thing is to determine the combat operation.

To put it simply, it means that the commander formally gives the battle order.

After the fleet departs, the fleet commander announces the battle plan to the captains and main commanders of each ship, and clarifies the main combat missions, so as to remind the officers and men of the fleet to enter the combat state, which can be said to be a tradition of the Imperial Navy and has a unique symbolic meaning.

As a rule, the fleet was subject to the orders of the naval command before an operational order was issued, and after that, it was subject only to the command of the fleet commander.

From this moment on, the commander of the fleet received the right to make decisions at his discretion.

This is a regular operation, and it is not difficult.

What really needs to be said is actually the battle plan.

This is also the most reassuring place for Bai Zhizhan.

On June 15, after sending a report to Liu Changxun, Bai Zhizhan finalized the battle plan, which was only the main part of it.

It's not that Bai Zhizhan is lazy, but that the battle plan is too complicated.

If nothing else, so far, Bai Zhizhan has not received accurate information about the two small aircraft carriers of the Nuland Navy, namely the "Wasp" and the "Commando".

The "Commando" is the previous "Ranger", but with a different name according to the new naming system.

According to a previous piece of information, the "Wasp" was in the port of Jotun, while the "Commando" was operating between the Howaii Islands and the Nuland mainland.

These two small aircraft carriers have been training carrier-based aviation since they entered the Guia Ocean.

During this period, the "Wasp" also went to the southwestern and eastern seas on several occasions to deliver combat planes to the island bases there.

The problem is that the information was sent at the beginning of the month, and the last time the "Wasp" and "Commando" were found on May 27 and May 29, respectively.

In other words, more than half a month has passed!

The Imperial Navy was always preparing for a large-scale offensive, could it be that the Nuland Navy would be indifferent?

Not to mention anything else, in May alone, the Nuland Navy used various means, mainly the use of escort aircraft carriers, to send carrier-based planes to the islands along the route when it returned to the sea, so as to strengthen its defense deployment in the southwestern and oriental oceans and strengthen its surveillance of major sea areas.

In addition, the deployment of troops on the island of Wai has been greatly enhanced.

According to the information provided by the Sixth Bureau, there are more than 150 combat aircraft deployed on the island of Wai alone, including at least 100 long-range bombers.

In addition, the supplies stored on the island of Wai were enough to consume the defenders for half a year.

In order to strengthen the defense, or the ability to defend the near sea, the Nuland Navy also deployed more than 20 torpedo boats to Wai Island!

These speedboats, which are only a few tens of tons, are capable of carrying 4 heavy torpedoes and at a speed of more than 40 knots, launching attacks on large warships under the cover of night.

On the Transit Island side, not to mention.

Because there is no water source on the transit island, drinking water can only be obtained through desalinated seawater, so the production capacity of desalinated seawater directly determines the size of the garrison.

At the beginning of the year, the Nuland Navy built a second desalination plant on Transit Island.

Of course, to be precise, a second set of desalination equipment was installed.

This will not only allow for the addition of thousands of troops to the garrison, but also allow for the deployment of more combat aircraft.

It's not just people who need fresh water, almost all engines need water as coolant.

In addition, the concrete used to build the fortifications also had to use fresh water.

Similar to the situation on the Wai Island, the combat aircraft deployed on the transit island are mainly bombers, and they are mainly used to carry out reconnaissance and search missions.

The difference is that the Nuland Navy has also deployed dozens of long-range patrol aircraft such as PBY on transit islands.

The transit island belongs to the Khowaii Islands, and it is still in the westernmost part of the archipelago, and it undertakes escort and anti-submarine missions, so it needs enough patrol aircraft.

These are all threats!

It is precisely because there are too many uncertainties that when making a plan, Bai Zhizhan drew up a plan for the most likely changes.

It is obviously impossible to do it perfectly.

To this end, it is necessary for the command personnel to respond to the situation on the spot.

In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the grasp of the war situation and do our utmost to make the situation develop according to the plan.

Here, the two full-time flagships are involved.

If you want to say, those two flagships are the key to whether you can successfully capture the transit island.