Bai Zhizhan proposed to make a fuss about the surrender ceremony of the Sayi Imperial State, and there was a very key reason, the straight-line distance between Dongdu Bay and Wei Island.

More than 4,000 km!

This means that even if the bombers were dispatched in the early morning of the 25th, the "Endeavour" was on the great circular route between Dongdu Bay and Wei Island, and was 1,500 kilometers away from Dongdu Bay, and let the B-25 bombers on board lift into the air before dawn, and then turned around and galloped towards Wei Island at the fastest speed, not considering the delay of the supplementary carrier-based aircraft, it would take one and a half days to reach about 500 kilometers northwest of Wei Island on the afternoon of the 26th.

Of course, this is still an ideal scenario that is unlikely.

Even if it was delayed for several hours, it was already the evening of the 26th when the "Endeavour" returned to the vicinity of Wei Island, and then it would not be able to enter the battle until the 27th.

In other words, the White Stop War has at least 2 days.

If the "Endeavour" had not been between Wei Island and Dongdu Bay, but to the east of the main island of Sagi, then the White Stop War would have been able to gain even three days.

Besides, Sp may not have guessed that Bai Zhizhan would attack Wai Island.

If the Nuland fleet had arrived after the bombing of Wai Island, the White War would have had enough time to make adjustments and ambush the arriving Nuland fleet.

In short, 2 days is enough.

In one night, Task Force 41 was able to sail 600 kilometers in a sprint, so during the day on the 25th, it was enough to stay 1,000 kilometers from the island.

That's the crux of the whole program.

Task Force 41 had to stand by in the north-west of the island, between the islands of Wai and the volcanic archipelago, 1,000 kilometers from the island. Only after receiving definite information that the bombers of the Nuland Navy had appeared near the Saori mainland could they begin to sprint at full speed towards Wai Island.

Otherwise, by the evening of the 25th, it will be necessary to consider activating the backup plan.

Because there is no guarantee that the Nuland Navy will attack Dongdu Bay, and it is also impossible to conclude that the Nuland Army will defend the island, there is no way to speculate on the whereabouts of the "Endeavour".

The so-called backup plan is actually to abandon the combat operation of a sneak attack on the island.

This is also the safest way to do it.

When formulating the plan, Bai Zhizhan and Zhou Yongtao made deductions, and the two played imaginary enemies alternately, and the results of the two deductions were almost identical.

As long as the Nuland Navy's aircraft carrier task force is near Wai Island, even if the 41st Task Force succeeds in a sneak attack on Wai Island, it will be devastated.

The point is that there are indeed too few aircraft carriers in the two fleets, and they can take care of this side and not that side.

When carrier-based aircraft were dispatched to bomb the airfield on the island, there was no way to deal with a possible attack, let alone detect the Nuland fleet in time.

At the beginning of the war, in the first naval battle, the mobile fleet commanded by Lan Yun was caught by Liu Xiangzhen because he could not take care of both ends. If Lan Yun had decisively left the attack aircraft group behind at that time and expanded the search area, perhaps there would not have been a fiasco.

As mentioned earlier, the sneak attack on Wai Island is part of the overall strategic plan, not the whole story.

So, what is the reason for the aircraft carrier task force to take risks for this?

Of course, giving up doesn't mean stopping there.

Related to this set of backup plans is to make necessary adjustments to the next combat operations to ensure that the combat operation of attacking the island can still be launched without a sneak attack on the island, or without annihilating the Nuland Navy's aircraft carrier task force.

To say that it is to transfer the decisive battlefield from Wei Island to Sai Island and Guan Island.

Whether or not we can successfully sneak attack Wei Island is a major turning point in this strategic offensive and will have a decisive impact on the following combat operations.

Succeed.

The Imperial Navy had a great deal of confidence in successfully taking the island, and then at the end of the year, or in the first quarter of next year at the latest, it would launch an offensive and defensive battle with the Nuland navy around the island, and a decisive battle with the Nuland navy under relatively favorable circumstances.

On the contrary, the decisive battle may come earlier, and it will be around the island.

Because neither side has many aircraft carriers that can be mobilized, and because both sides can rely on shore-based aviation forces in the rear, and there are several islands between Guan Dao and Sai Dao, it is very likely that the decisive battle around Sai Island has little to do with aircraft carriers and carrier-based aviation.

Then, the Nuland Navy may not necessarily send aircraft carriers to the war!

The key is that it will inevitably develop into a war of attrition!

While this is all speculation, at best, it is important to take into account all possible scenarios when making plans.

If I want to say, Bai Zhizhan actually regrets it a little.

If he had known that a large-scale strategic offensive would be launched, even if he would definitely launch a strategic offensive, he would not have hurried back to the imperial capital at that time.

has been busy for a long time, but it turns out that there is a great possibility of becoming a supporting role!

Perhaps, you can only watch the excitement from the sidelines.

If the backup plan is really activated, and it moves in the direction of a war of attrition around the island, both the White Stop War and the 41st Task Force will play a supporting role.

In retrospect, Bai Zhizhan always felt that Liu Changxun and Xue Yuanzheng partnered to take advantage of him.

The reason is also very simple: this kind of strategic-level offensive operation will take several months just to plan in the early stage, so Xue Yuanzheng and Liu Changxun must have been prepared for a long time.

Bai Zhizhan is just the initiator.

The two of them proposed this plan through Bai Zhizhan and entered the implementation stage, but they did not tell Bai Zhizhan that he was likely to play soy sauce.

Of course, this is also speculation.

When Bai Zhizhan came to the commander's bridge, Zhou Yongtao was bragging with several officers on the "Accompanying Beijing", and they were chatting very energetically.

After seeing Bai Zhizhan, several officers hurriedly left.

"I started to hear them mention that Chang Weeping also offered to send the National Guard to participate in combat operations, and did not want the empire to provide additional support."

"Are you okay with such rumors?"

Zhou Yongtao smiled and said, "It's all nonsense, it's just to have fun." If you really want to say it, it is also a way to let the narrow National Self-Defense Force be cannon fodder. ”

Bai Zhizhan was speechless, but he didn't refute it.

In fact, what the empire needs now is not cannon fodder, but cheap labor.

In both the northwest and southwest, roads need to be built. Because it is too far away from the core area of the mainland, and the conditions are extremely harsh, not many engineering teams are willing to go there.

As for the engineering corps of the Army, the recruited recruits are still training.

Because of this incident, Lian Xusheng also spit out in front of Bai Zhizhan, saying that the army top brass has not paid attention to the engineering corps, and now it is reaping the consequences.

Some time ago, the top level of the empire specifically discussed this issue, whether to bring in laborers from the narrow imperial state by granting material relief or the right to finalize.

Although the jury has not yet been decided, as far as we know, perhaps at the end of the year, or at the beginning of next year at the latest, the wartime cabinet will issue a relevant notice.

On the whole, in fact, wartime engineering construction is a thankless drudgery.

Crucially, this is not a problem that money can solve.

In addition, the war mobilization of the empire has not yet developed to the point of compulsory conscription, so it cannot use wartime decrees to requisition the country's engineering corps.

In this way, only people from outside the home country can be used.

In any case, a lot can be done by mobilizing tens of millions of narrow-minded people.

If anything, the people have always been known for their hardships and hard work.

Of course, these are all off-topic.

Like Zhou Yongtao said, it's just bragging, just trying to be happy.