The content of the message was not very large, and compared with the secret copy he carried with him, He Yongxing completed the detranslation in a few minutes, and then tore up the original message.

After searching the chart for a while, He Yongxing beckoned Bai Zhizhan over.

"Commander He, you want me to go and ...... Colonel Gui Boyong and them."

"Let them fill their bellies first, and then I'm afraid it won't be so peaceful." He Yongxing handed the interpreted message to Bai Zhizhan. "The command of the Navy sent this telegram two hours ago, but unfortunately, it was received two hours late, which is a full two hours!"

After reading the message, Bai Zhizhan glanced at the dots marked by He Yongxing on the chart again, and then raised his head and looked at He Yongxing.

In Bai Zhizhan's gaze, there was only shock and disbelief.

The message was not very contentious, with several sets of numbers to indicate the time and map coordinates, as well as the battleship code consisting of letters and numbers.

However, the content is extremely rich and shocking.

In general, there are three main points.

First, at half past nine o'clock in the morning, the main detachment of the home fleet turned around in the central part of the Watchman Strait and did not enter the Guia Ocean as planned. However, the main detachment will hold out in the strait until the early hours of the morning, so the 21st detachment must return before the early morning.

Second, the submarine "Seahorse", which had entered the Guia Ocean, spotted a fast-sailing fleet south of Naqiu Harbor and confirmed the presence of four large warships. Because the speed of this fleet exceeded twenty-five knots, it was almost certain that it was the second battle patrol detachment that had previously operated outside the harbor.

Thirdly, the 33rd Squadron, which entered the Guia Ocean from the Southern Passage, passed near the eastern exit of the Labyrinth Passage at about 10 a.m. and did not find the fast combat detachment, nor the other main detachments of the Combined Fleet, which must have been transferred before.

Fortunately, the telegraph provided accurate time and coordinates.

From this, it can be roughly concluded that the Combined Fleet had long received the news that the 21st Squadron had entered the Guia Ocean and had routed the 1st Battle Patrol Detachment. Since the main detachment of the home fleet was not found to have entered the Watchman Strait, the Combined Fleet dispatched the 2nd Battle Patrol Detachment and the Fast Combat Detachment to encircle and suppress the 21st Fleet. A large number of cruisers must have also been mobilized to conduct dragnet searches east of the Watchman Strait.

It was only a matter of time before the 21st Squadron was found!

What to do?

"Do you know why the First Battle Patrol Detachment and the Fast Combat Detachment appeared near the Strait, but we did not raise our vigilance, and we entered the Guia Ocean from the Northern Passage without danger, and then encountered the First Battle Patrol Detachment on the east side of the Strait, and defeated the First Battle Patrol Detachment in less than an hour?"

Bai Zhizhan didn't react for a while, and when he figured it out, he immediately froze.

Not shocked, scared!

The information revealed by He Yongxing's rhetorical question is really terrifying.

The Imperial Navy deliberately leaked information to lure the enemy over, and took this opportunity to fight the enemy in a decisive battle, so as to achieve the strategic goal of inflicting heavy damage on the enemy.

Actually, this also explains a problem.

After Bai Zhizhan boldly guessed that he would encounter the first battle patrol detachment, although He Yongxing did not listen, he did not make adjustments to the course.

He Yongxing's current rhetorical question just shows that he does not believe in Bai Zhizhan, but he cannot show it.

Of course, He Yongxing is not guessing, and he does not have the ability to predict the future.

He already knew that!

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven.

The first is that the fast-combat detachment under Betty's command did not appear.

Secondly, He Yongxing seized the opportunity, not only disabled the first battle patrol detachment, but also almost annihilated, but he couldn't calculate it, the main detachment did not take the opportunity to enter the Guia, perhaps because it did not get a favorable opportunity, leaving only half a day for the 21st squadron to break through.

How can I break through!?

The 2nd Battle Patrol Detachment was heading south at full speed to the east of the North Sadou Islands, and there must have been quite a few cruisers accompanying it, so they would send cruisers to search.

The speed of the "Jingang" class exceeded 27 knots, while the two "Jihe" class ships had only 27 knots.

Crawling on the chart table and quickly calculating, Bai Zhizhan gave up the idea of breaking through to the north.

Not to mention that you can't give up friendly ships, even if you can, after getting rid of the second battle patrol detachment, you may not have enough fuel to return to the imperial home military port.

To the south, is the Fast War detachment.

After learning that the 1st Battle Patrol Detachment had been routed, three ships were sunk, and three were heavily damaged, Betty would never let go of the 21st Squadron.

If you really want to choose one, you would rather go north to fight a decisive battle with the second battle patrol detachment, and you can't provoke five fast battleships.

In this way, going south will not work.

The only way out was to break through to the southwest, reach the east of the Watchmen's Strait before dark, and then return to the Asahi Sea from the labyrinth channel at night under the cover of artillery fire from the main detachment. It's hopeless, but it's better than no hope at all.

What's the point?

Velocity!

Bai Zhizhan did not dare to delay in the slightest, and immediately began to calculate the course and speed, and at the same time marked the calculated results on the chart.

In fact, it is to draw a route, mark all the turning points, as well as the speed to be achieved for each flight segment, and the time to reach each turning point.

After completing the last step of calculation, Bai Zhizhan let out a long breath.

When he raised his head, he found that Gui Boyong and other staff officers had returned, and they were all surrounding him.

After staring at the route on the chart for a while, a smile appeared on the corner of He Yongxing's mouth.

"Haven't eaten yet?" Gui Boyong walked over and handed a lunch box to Bai Zhizhan. "It's still hot, and only when you're full will you have the strength to fight."

Bai Zhizhan was about to take the steps, so he quickly took the lunch box and devoured it.

In fact, he was hungry for a long time.

"Gui Boyong, gather everyone, I have something to announce." He Yongxing did not waste time, and the most precious thing now is time.

Gui Boyong only nodded, he had already read the message.

Even if it has not yet been explained, the information marked on the chart clearly reflects the tactical intent of the White Stop, and there is no need to explain more.

It was at this time that the lights in the bridge went out.

Although it was broad daylight, the shadowless light in the middle of the bridge, above the chart table, was always on so that the staff officers could see the charts clearly.

Normally, no one would turn off the light.

Immediately, the red light came on.

Before everyone could react, the alarm went off.

One long and one short!

Very rapid siren sounds.

Gui Boyong was the first to react, and immediately rushed over and grabbed the phone microphone.

At this time, Bai Zhizhan also reacted, and in fact, only a few seconds passed.

One long and one short, that's the alarm of a torpedo attack!

If the lookout sees the torpedo and sounds the alarm, it means that the torpedo is approaching, perhaps a few hundred meters away. If several torpedoes are fired, and they are close enough, then the "Lu River", with a speed of only twelve knots, will not be able to avoid all torpedoes in any case!