Shen Pu and Zhu Huasheng talked a lot, after all, both of them are pilots, and they have an extraordinary dedication and enthusiasm for aircraft. lā

Let them open up and say, I am afraid it will blow for three days and three nights.

It boils down to one sentence.

The army air force dispatched all twin-engine medium bombers with a bomb load of less than two tons, and although there were as many as 1,000 bombers, the combat efficiency was very low.

The Army has recognized the shortcomings and already knows the value of heavy bombers.

The officers that Shen Pu and Zhu Huasheng met were either back to accept heavy bombers, or the second group, and the first batch of pilots had already returned to the front line in heavy bombers.

According to what they said, before the end of the battle on the Ice Storm Peninsula, the Army Aviation will definitely let Chengfeng's four-engine heavy bombers appear on the battlefield, accept the test of war, find out the existing problems, make targeted improvements according to actual combat, and prove the value of heavy bombers.

Perhaps, those four heavy bombardments have already flown over Bushu and dropped bombs.

Because Shen Pu and Zhu Huasheng are particularly good at blowing, this lunch lasted for more than two hours.

Fortunately, nothing else was scheduled in the afternoon except for the organization of acclimatization training for pilots, especially fighter pilots.

Because he came to the post before dawn, after lunch, Bai Zhizhan went back to sleep.

In this way, it is good to replace Zhou Yongtao at night.

Just when Bai Zhizhan went to chat with Zhou Gong in his dream, a telegram was sent from Liuhuang Island, and the telegram was received not only by the base camp of the Narrow Army, but also by a monitoring radio station that had been set up outside the port a few days earlier, more than a thousand kilometers away.

In the evening, a telegram was sent from the command of the Navy.

When the "Hengjiang" received the telegram, Bai Zhizhan had just gotten up and was squatting in the toilet.

As soon as he came out of the toilet, there was a knock on the hatch.

It was Zhou Yongtao, and he also brought the message he had just received.

It's really urgent.

The Sixth Bureau of the Praetorian Guard had already made a positive judgment that Li Zhong, commander of the Liuhuangdao garrison, had been killed, and several senior staff officers accompanying him were either killed or wounded.

In other words, during the day, the defenders of Liuhuang Island were already leaderless.

On the issue of reappointing commanders, the army and navy were at odds, and Tami insisted that the navy send a general to serve as commander.

Tian Shi's reasoning is sufficient, and the battle to defend Liuhuang Island will determine the sea supremacy to the south of the mainland.

In essence, this is a naval battle, and it has little to do with the army.

It's just that the army preemptively dispatched ground troops to Liuhuangdao 20 years ago, and since then it has not left, and later obtained the right to garrison.

In addition, fighting against the Liang Xia Navy is definitely more experienced in the Navy.

Prior to this, the base camp also asked Li Zhong to ask the navy for combat aircraft on the grounds of fighting with the Liang Xia Navy, and Tian Shi did make arrangements.

It's a pity that those combat planes haven't had time to take off yet.

It's just a thousand things and ten thousand, those guys in the base camp don't eat this set at all, and even mock Tian Shi in turn, saying that the navy not only has no ground forces capable of fighting, but also no fleet, so what can they do to guard Liuhuang Island? The so-called actual combat experience is also the experience of failure.

According to the meaning of the base camp, the navy is only responsible for providing ships and sending troops and supplies to Liuhuang Island.

Because the navy did not compromise, the base camp did not determine who to send to replace the dead Li Zhong, and there was no general to go to Liuhuang Island.

For the next few days, the defenders on Liuhuang Island were all in separate positions.

Even if there are officers who stand up and organize, but without a commander in charge, the morale of the officers and soldiers at the bottom will definitely go wrong, and even a mutiny will occur.

The point is, there are not many supplies on Liuhuang Island, which are usually replenished every ten days, and the last supply was three days ago.

According to this calculation, the remaining supplies can be used for about seven days, even if the ration is reduced, it is good to be able to manage it for ten days.

When the supplies are exhausted and the soldiers start to go hungry, how can they still have the strength to fight?

In the telegram sent, it was clearly mentioned that Liu Xiangzhen was very likely to launch a landing in advance based on this.

When is it early?

It is not said in the telegram, but it can be deduced.

In the early morning, when the special task force dispatched carrier-based planes to bomb Liuhuangdao, the two heavy patrol detachments responsible for supporting the landing operation were in the vicinity of the special task force.

According to the original plan, after the bombing began, the two heavy patrol detachments would speed up their march and were expected to reach the vicinity of Liuhuang Island after dark.

Two heavy patrol detachments were to carry out artillery bombardment on Huangdao at night, focusing on destroying the beachhead fortifications set up by the enemy.

If needed, send four fast battleships out to destroy solid targets that can't be knocked out with 200mm guns.

Because it was planned that it would take at least five days to complete the preliminary artillery preparations, there was plenty of time, so there was no need to let the landing fleet go out in advance.

For safety, the landing fleet is on standby near the task force.

Even if the landing fleet set off after receiving the news and rushed to Liuhuang Island at full speed, the landing operation could only begin on the afternoon of 16 June at the earliest.

Due to the rise and fall of the tide and the inability to provide air support at night, the landing time may be postponed to the morning of the 17th.

A day and a half, is it enough?

If you use four fast battleships, and you don't take into account the consumption of ammunition at all, or the ammunition is enough, it is barely enough for a day and a half.

But the question is, would Liu Xiangzhen be bold enough to send fast battleships at night?

Moreover, is there really enough ammunition?

The mass of 400-mm heavy armor-piercing shells is more than a ton, and high-explosive shells also have a ton, which cannot be replenished at sea and must be replenished in ports.

It is precisely because of this that when the battleship goes out, at least one-third of the main gun shells carried by the battleship are armor-piercing shells.

If the implementation of ground support tasks is not considered, the number of armor-piercing shells will even have to be increased to more than half.

If anything, battleships, especially cutting-edge fast battleships, are generally not used to carry out ground strike missions.

The reason is that the life of the main gun barrel of the battleship is very short, and at most it will be a few hundred rounds of full charge, and the cost of the main gun barrel is ridiculously high.

Replacing the barrel of the main gun is still a very troublesome matter, and it is often carried out at the same time as the overhaul.

Relatively speaking, shells are not too expensive.

According to the previous plan, the support missions that required the use of four fast battleships were very rare, because as long as there was enough time, carrier-based aircraft could be dispatched to drop bombs.

The power of a 750-kilogram aerial bomb, dropped by a torpedo machine, was much more powerful than a 400-mm shell.

It can be seen that there is definitely not enough ammunition on the four fast battleships of the task force.

If the artillery preparations in the early stage are not in place, and the landing operation is launched in a hurry, there will definitely be a lot of unexpected troubles!

Bai Zhizhan is very big, but he can't do anything.

While having dinner, he has been thinking about whether to send a report, not to warn Liu Xiangzhen, but to let Liu Xiangzhen let go of his hands and feet.

Why?

With Task Force 1 in the back, there is no need to worry too much, at least there is no need to deliberately save the main guns of the four fast battleships.

It really doesn't work, you can still destroy the bunkers on the island with armor-piercing bullets.

To say, the effect is still very good.

A permanent fleet in the Tuk Fortress?

Bai Zhizhan came out with the first task force, which was to block Lan Yun, annihilate the permanent fleet in this battle, and completely destroy the capital of the narrow navy to turn the tables.

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