I waited until the afternoon to get the exact news.

Nitsu has died.

According to the official information released by the Hwaseong authorities, Nitz was killed by the rebellious naval officers and sailors because of his arrest, and more than a dozen senior generals who were fighting with him in the headquarters were all killed, including Frye, who was ranked seventh on the wanted list, and Clark and other generals on the list.

It's just that it's more likely that Niz chose to cut himself off in the end.

Along with the message, there was also the supreme instruction issued by Shousuke.

Launching a campaign to storm the Khowaii Islands, with the ultimate goal of capturing the entire Khowaii Islands.

Because places like Jumbo Harbor are already under the control of the rebels, there is no need to consider collateral casualties.

In addition, the command of the Navy sent an update briefing.

The 22nd Task Force has been moved northwest of Zhenbao Harbor and is expected to arrive early tomorrow morning in the attack area to participate in the combat operation of attacking Hono Island together with the three task forces on the side of Bai Zhizhan. Judging from its deployment position, the main task of Task Force 22 is to provide cover for the three islands to the west and strengthen the forces in that direction, and will not participate in the combat operation against Jumbo Harbor.

The eight small aircraft carriers that had previously retreated to the vicinity of the transit island arrived the day after tomorrow at the latest.

If necessary, more than 20 fast escort aircraft carriers organized in the support fleet can also be mobilized to participate in the bombing operation after the 27th.

Starting this evening, the Army will concentrate on bombing major military bases such as Zhenbao Harbor.

Because the air defense cover provided by the carrier-based aviation unit has greatly reduced the pressure on the air defense operations of the shore-based air force, the navy is prepared to withdraw the long-range fighters deployed on Lysan Island and give up the valuable forward base to the army's strategic aviation unit for the deployment of more heavy bombers.

In this way, at most, more than 800 heavy bombers will be put into service by the Army Aviation in one month.

The key is that the Marines have already taken Wai Island bloodlessly before this, gaining a foothold between the Volcanic Islands and the Transit Island.

Relying on the airfield on the island, the bombers can travel between the front line and the rear very conveniently, thus greatly improving the combat efficiency.

It's just that the attack on the Khowaii Islands still depends on the ground forces.

If nothing else, by May 10 at the latest, the Marine Corps will be able to commit eight divisions and place eight more divisions in reserve.

If mobilization is carried out in time, eight divisions of the army will be obtained by late May.

As a matter of fact, as long as the battle drags on until the second half of the year, that is, by July, not only will the ground combat forces exceed 30 divisions, but they will also be able to obtain three new task forces.

At that time, the combat forces that can be used include 6 large aircraft carriers, 2 fleet aircraft carriers and 20 small aircraft carriers.

Obviously, if it is only to attack the Khowaii Islands, so many troops are not needed at all.

Here's the key.

These troops were originally prepared to march into the isolated continent.

According to the original plan, after successfully taking the Khowaii Islands, it was necessary to consider entering the isolated continent, that is, attacking the Wangxi Canal.

As for the Nuland mainland, the early stage was dominated by a naval blockade. 1

Only when necessary were carrier-based aviation to attack the port cities on the west coast of Newland.

Because it had to prepare for the invasion of the isolated continent, a full 32 divisions were mobilized, with a total of 600,000 ground troops!

The problem now is that there is no longer a need to storm the Wangxi Canal, at least not for the time being.

In addition, the Khowaii Islands must be taken as quickly as possible, and at least the island of Honou must be captured to ensure the legitimacy of the Wallace regime.

As a result, the naval command sent all the reserves.

Looking at this posture, as long as the logistics can keep up, several landing operations will be launched at the same time, and the islands in the eastern part of the Khowaii Islands will be attacked at the same time.

As for the difficulty of the battle, the resistance that may be encountered is not a big problem.

It's just that the battle that belongs to the White Stop War is over.

In a telegram sent by the Navy Command, an order was issued to Bai Zhizhan to escort Wallace, Spu, and other Nuland military dignitaries back to the empire.

For this reason, the Navy Command also issued a special order to Li Mingbo of the 21 st Task Force to send warships to escort the "Qinling."

In addition, the "Qilianshan" has already reached the vicinity of the transit island, and will join the 22nd Task Force in three days.

The ship is the sister ship of the "Qinling", the first ship of the second batch, which was officially commissioned only two months ago, and has been undergoing performance tests before.

According to the arrangement of the Navy Command, after returning to China, Li Mingbo temporarily served as the commander-in-chief of the front line, and Wei Jun served as the deputy commander-in-chief, and jointly commanded the combat operations of the attack on the Khowaii Islands. Li Mingbo was in charge of fleet operations, and the guards were responsible for the connection with the Marine Corps.

In addition, Zhou Yongtao will go to the "Qilian Mountain" on the way back to cooperate with Li Mingbo as a fleet combat staff officer.

The commander-in-chief of this combat operation is still nominally a white stop.

If I want to say, this is also the most suitable arrangement after the return of the war after the whitening stop.

Although the Navy Command did not mention it in the cable, the return of Bai Zhizhan at this time was related to the Nuland 5th Fleet, which was not yet fully controlled.

The 5th Fleet must be stabilized to ensure that all ships of the 5th Fleet can be used by the Empire.

Obviously, if the 5th fleet is allowed to remain at the front, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Because there was no nearby military port that could accommodate the 5th Fleet and was controlled by the Imperial Navy, there was no way to disarm the 5th Fleet at the front.

It is necessary to return to the rear as soon as possible, and the closest rear is Liuhuang Island.

In the evening of the same day, Liu Changxun personally sent a telegram explaining the situation to Bai Zhizhan.

Just as Bai Zhizhan worried, what the imperial top brass is now worried about is the mutiny of the Nuland's 5th fleet.

One way or another, that's dozens of large warships!

Let's not talk about the value of these ships, if the 5th Fleet mutinies, and the Imperial Navy is forced to strike, is there any hope that the rest of the Nuland army will surrender?

Obviously, the impact of this is simply impossible to estimate!

In the telegram, Liu Changxun clearly mentioned one point.

As early as a few days ago, when Wallace left Golden Bay for Treasure Harbor, the Empire began to promote related things, the focus of which was the surrender of the 5th Fleet.

Of course, Wallace is also important.

According to Liu Changxun's intentions, after conquering the Khowaii Islands, Wallace had to be sent back to ensure that he was still the president of the Nuland Federation.

The rationale is just as simple, only in this way can a large-scale military operation be ended without attacking Nuland itself.

As for the blockade and bombing of Nuland homeland, that's another matter.

In addition, the upper echelons of the empire have already made arrangements for the next phase of the operation.

The Sunset Fleet, led by Liu Xiangzhen and reinforced by the Ryman Fleet and the Raleigh Fleet, was technically a combined fleet of the Entente group to Bermuda.

Whenever conditions permit, combat operations against Bermuda were launched.

If Bermuda can be captured, even if it is just a few of them, the next invasion of Cuba and Newfoundland will be twice as effective with half the effort.

It can be seen that the situation of besieging the Nuland Federation has been formed.

This is to tell the White Stop War that large-scale combat operations are coming to an end.

It's just that Bai Zhizhan didn't feel happy about this, or that it was time to celebrate with the crown.

In these telegrams sent one after another, there was no mention of the situation of the army, that is, the combat operations against the Luosha Federation on the side of the huge land.