"There is, there is, there is news!"

When Li Mingbo shouted and ran over, everyone's eyes were attracted, and looking at him like that, it looked like the sky was about to fall.

Fortunately, Li Mingbo has noticed.

After glaring at a few staff officers of the navigation department who were snickering, Li Mingbo controlled his emotions and walked towards Bai Zhizhan.

Although he is still a nautical staff officer, Bai Zhizhan is personally responsible for aviation operations, and there is no possibility of an artillery battle with the enemy fleet, the key is that he has not yet accepted the appointment of the chief of staff, so in many cases, Li Mingbo shouldered the responsibility of chief of staff of the task force.

If anything, there is a good management of the staff officers of the fleet headquarters.

"The telegram I just received, Lao Zhu and Lao Shen have found it."

"What!?"

This time, Bai Zhizhan's surprise move startled everyone.

After Li Mingbo said it, he stood up suddenly, almost jumping.

"Lao Shen was unscathed, and Lao Zhu was only slightly injured. Both have arrived at the naval base on Foot Island and are ready to return to the fleet early tomorrow morning. Li Mingbo paused slightly, and then said: "In addition, more than 200 crew members have been rescued, but many of them are seriously injured, especially fighter pilots. Those who can continue to fly will return to the fleet early tomorrow morning. ”

"So, the special task force will be able to regain its combat effectiveness tomorrow?"

"It's the 1st Air Task Force." Li Mingbo let out a long breath. "The ingress of the 'Hengjiang' has been controlled, and it is expected to arrive at Chengjiang Port in three days. According to the telegram, the damage was so severe that even if it was successfully returned to Chengjiang Port, it would take several months to repair. ”

"A few months?"

Li Mingbo nodded, and said: "Fortunately, by tomorrow morning at the latest, the First Carrier-based Aviation Wing will be able to restore its combat capability. ”

Bai Zhizhan also nodded.

"Oh, I almost forgot. The Narrows did not bomb the Southern Fleet's oil depot and 50,000-ton floating dock in Chengjiang Port. Liu Xiangdong mentioned in the telegram that perhaps the mobile fleet had also prepared a third wave of attacks, because the special task force launched the attack first, and the 'Jiahe' was heavily damaged in the first round of strikes, so the third wave of attacks was not launched. In any case, the oil depot and floating dock were not bombed, which is a blessing in misfortune. ”

When Li Mingbo said this, Bai Zhizhan did not interject, but just tightened his brows.

Li Mingbo didn't say nonsense, the oil depot and 50,000-ton floating dock in Chengjiang Port are equivalent to half a fleet. In the long run, it is not too much to say that it is equivalent to a fleet.

Needless to say, the value of the oil depot is known, even Tami Shaosa of the Sagai Navy knows it.

It's just that, if you really want to say it, the value of the 50,000-ton floating dock is still above the oil depot.

It was the only floating dock in the southern harbor of the Empire that could accommodate aircraft carriers and capital ships, and there were only two in the Empire, and one was in the home port of the Home Fleet. In the world, there are only five giant floating docks that can accommodate capital ships. In addition to the two of the Liangxia Empire, there are still two in the Nuland Federation, and the last one is in the Bran Kingdom, and its strategic value can be seen. The point is that these are the only three countries in the world that can build giant floating docks, because they have huge military value, and they are all banned from exporting!

After the outbreak of war, the floating dock became even more valuable.

Don't forget, there are twelve more battleships that have been bombed in Chengjiang Port!

Without this floating dock, the only way to call in is another one from Mastford Harbor, and the home fleet may not be willing to agree, and maybe in a few days, the home fleet will also need to use the floating dock to repair the damaged warships. Without a floating dock, the efficiency of repairing warships would certainly be significantly reduced.

Even according to the most optimistic estimates, without floating docks, it would take at least three years to repair those battleships.

On the contrary, it can be shortened to one and a half years.

In addition, there was the "Yokoe", which was heavily damaged in the battle and also had to be repaired. If there is no floating dock, it is impossible to say whether it can be repaired within a year. With the floating dock, according to the news just sent, it will only take half a year at most, maybe four months to repair.

Of course, the happiest thing about Bai Zhizhan is that Zhu Huasheng and Shen Pu have already turned the danger into a disaster.

At this time, the telecommunications officer who had started chatting with Li Mingbo ran over.

"Report to the Commander, five minutes left."

Li Mingbo was stunned for a moment, then glanced at his watch, it was already 8:25 imperial time. He didn't say much, and turned his gaze to Bai Zhizhan.

"Looks like nothing has changed. Go ahead and prepare. ”

"Yes!"

After the telecommunications officer turned around and walked away, Li Mingbo nodded to the communications staff officer who was looking at him, and asked the communications staff officer to give orders to the other warships.

Although it was only more than 100 kilometers away from the mainland of the empire, in the morning, after receiving the news of the surprise attack on the port of Chengjiang, Bai Zhizhan ordered the fleet to enter a combat state, and all warships kept radio silence, only receiving telegrams, not sending telegrams, and even short-wave radios were not allowed to use.

For the same reason, on the other side of Ashidashima is the Guia Ocean.

In addition, a few hundred kilometers to the southeast is Zhuhai in South China, where the Navy and the Nuland Navy are holding joint exercises!

At the speed of an aircraft carrier, a few hundred kilometers is a flight of more than ten hours, and if you include the combat radius of carrier-based aircraft, you won't even need more than ten hours.

Don't forget, the Fifth Air Force is still active in South Zhuhai.

In order to monitor the Imperial Navy, the Nuland Navy built several radio listening stations in the South Pearl Islands, capable of intercepting radio waves in almost all frequency bands.

Soon, a noisy electrical sound came from the horn.

It was the ship's internal radio system, now connected to an oversized radio, which was actually a radio station, which was receiving the broadcast signal from the Imperial National Radio.

In the afternoon, the command of the Navy sent an order.

If there is no change in the plan, or more precisely no news of the change, the Imperial Chief-Auxiliary will read out a declaration of war against the Sagai Empire by means of a nationwide broadcast at half past eight.

As long as there is nothing else to do, officers and men will be organized to listen to the radio on time.

The work had already been arranged, and every battleship had a radio station on which to listen to the radio, and many officers and men had their own radios.

Even if the radio was expensive, most naval officers could afford it.

In fact, it is not uncommon for major events to be announced through radio broadcasts.

Ten years ago, after Xue Yuanzheng was elected as the first assistant, he read the edict of appointment to the national audience for the first time through radio and live broadcast.

From this point on, radio broadcasts gradually replaced newspapers.

Up to now, radio broadcasting has become the only means to disseminate major news, especially time-sensitive major news.

Just like the declaration of war, the publication of such an event by the press is at least a day's delay, and it is impossible for the military and civilians of the whole country to understand the situation in time.

Through the radio, the news can be reached almost instantaneously throughout the country.

In addition, the method has been copied by other countries. For example, four years after Xue Yuanzheng was elected as the first assistant, the president-elect of the Union of Nuland delivered his inaugural address on the radio.

"Lao Bai, it's time."

Li Mingbo had been looking at his watch, and as soon as he arrived at half past eight, he reminded Bai Zhizhan, who was staring at the chart in a daze.