"The old rule is that the captain is in charge of the front-line command. If there are no problems, let's prepare. ”

Because arrangements had already been made in advance, Zhou Yongtao only informed the pilots of the sea area where the enemy fleet was located, its course and speed, and the main warships.

Before and after, it's only about ten minutes.

On the flight deck outside, the aviation crew was still loading and refueling the carrier-based aircraft, and there was still a while before takeoff.

Because the hull was damaged and the aviation ammunition depot at the front end was sealed, the efficiency of sortie operations was reduced by a third, and the preparation time must be extended.

Zhou Yongtao finished the last sentence, and was habitually about to clap his hands to announce the end, when the cabin door was pushed open.

"Commander!"

"All stand and salute!"

"You're welcome, everyone."

That's right, it was the White Stop War that came in.

"There is a new situation in which pilots who carry out strike missions are on standby at the aviation operations center." While saying this, Bai Zhizhan nodded at Zhou Yongtao.

It's just that without waiting for Zhou Yongtao to speak, he went out.

"The commander has given the order, carry it out."

Zhou Yongtao didn't say anything, gave an order, and nodded to Shen Pu, who was in charge of the strike mission, before striding out of the aviation operations center.

Bai Zhizhan had already left and went to the commander bridge above.

When Zhou Yongtao arrived, Bai Zhizhan was standing in front of the chart.

When he took a closer look, to be precise, he saw the lines and annotations marked on the chart, Zhou Yongtao immediately tightened his brows, and his expression became very ugly.

In just ten minutes, Bai Zhizhan actually completed a tactical-level wargame deduction!

This ability is not ordinarily strong.

Bai Zhi must have deliberately left a hand in peacetime, or with staff officers like Zhou Yongtao, he didn't need to do everything himself.

Of course, it can also be said that he does not want to hit the confidence of Zhou Yongtao's staff officers.

There is nothing strange about this, Bai Zhizhan is also a staff officer, and the basic skills of the staff officer must be in place, and he can do everything that the staff officer should do.

The key is not the ability to work on the map, but the information that is marked.

"Commander ......"

"Tell me what you think." Bai Zhizhan let out a sigh, and then rubbed his forehead vigorously, which looked more headache than Zhou Yongtao.

This is also normal, he is the commander of the first task force. Winning and losing, he will bear it.

Zhou Yongtao did not rush to express his opinion, but read it carefully again.

Judging from the information on the charts, the biggest problem is still that the distance is too long, and the time when the permanent fleet is found is a little late.

At present, Task Force 1 is more than 200 kilometres west of Agri Island in the northern part of the North Malaysia Islands, about 400 kilometres from the sea area where the permanent fleet was spotted by patrol aircraft. When he received the report from the patrol plane, Zhou Yongtao mentioned that the distance was a little farther.

The key point is that after the new batch of "Exocet" and "Wasp" were replaced with more powerful engines, although the flight performance was somewhat improved, the range was shortened a lot, especially after the torpedoes and bombs were hung, and the fuel consumption was much higher than that of normal flight.

In addition, the catapult of the "Yokoe" could not overload the "Exocet" and "Wasp" to take off.

It's just that 400 kilometers is not impossible to fly.

"Exocet" can be without a machine gunner in the back seat and dismantle its own machine gun. "Wasp" can use 250 kg of bombs, and also dismantle its own machine gun.

It's time to say it's the headache.

Even if it were to be dispatched immediately, the attack aircraft group would not arrive until evening, and by the time they returned to the fleet it would have to be at night, and then they would have to land at night.

Although the pilots of the 1st Carrier-based Air Wing are all veterans, the risk of landing at night is still very great.

At that time, neither Bai Zhizhan nor Zhou Yongtao thought about giving up the attack.

Only now, the situation is different.

It was also not considered at the time.

On the charts, minor issues that had not been taken into account were clearly marked.

For example, the sea area where the permanent fleet is located is obviously easterly, and the location when it was discovered was also further south, or the permanent fleet was discovered too late. According to previous assumptions, the patrol aircraft should have spotted the permanent fleet at noon, and then organized two attacks in the afternoon.

Three days ago, when making this speculation, Bai Zhizhan and Zhou Yongtao carefully calculated and took all kinds of situations into account.

If anything, the permanent fleet must have been delayed for several hours on its way north, or sailed at a slower pace for more than ten hours.

From this it can be concluded that the permanent fleet may have carried out a refueling yesterday.

But the question is, if the permanent fleet is refueling late yesterday, for example, at night, why does the route deviate to the east?

Liuhuang Island is in the northwest of the North Malaysia Islands, not in the northeast.

If the permanent fleet is rushing to Liuhuang Island, even if it does not venture to the west of the North Malaysia Islands, it should choose a route closer to the North Malaysia Islands.

The only plausible explanation: the permanent fleet is ready to refuel again this evening.

As for why the second replenishment was carried out after a day, Bai Zhizhan did not mention it, but there must be a reason, after all, even if it is a high-speed voyage all the way, there is no need to replenish fuel so frequently. As a result, the permanent fleet needs to go to relatively safe seas.

After the second refueling, the four tankers will return, and the permanent fleet will certainly not refuel a third until it returns to the mainland.

After completing the supply, the permanent fleet will go directly to Liuhuang Island.

On the chart, the three routes of the Western Central Movement are depicted, and at the end of the routes, the approximate time when the permanent fleet arrived at the landing site on Liuhuangdao is marked.

The western front is the shortest, but you have to venture to the west of the North Malaysia Islands and attack Liuhuang Island during the day, and the probability of being bombed is very high. The advantage is that it will be able to kill tomorrow evening, and then have a whole night to deal with the ships at the landing site, as well as the marines on the beachhead.

The middle line is a little farther away, first sail north near the North Malaysia Islands, reach the northernmost near Maug Island, turn around, and then kill directly to Liuhuang Island. The advantage is that they are all east of the North Malaysia Islands before 4 pm on the 19th, and the probability of being found and hit is smaller. It's just that because the voyage is almost 200 kilometers away, it will arrive in the middle of the night, and it will only take half a night.

The farthest eastern route is to sail northward, reaching 25 degrees north latitude, and then turning around when it flows east of Huangdao, so the probability of being bombed during the voyage is almost zero. It's a pity that it won't be able to reach the landing fleet until the early morning of the 20th at the earliest, and there may not be enough time to deal with the landing fleet.

How Lan Yun will choose, no one can say for sure.

It's just that now is not the time to think about it, after all, the permanent fleet will not be able to kill until tomorrow evening at the earliest.

Although Bai Zhizhan did not say it, Zhou Yongtao had already thought that Bai Zhizhan had given up today's crackdown.

The reason is also very simple: if Lan Yun gets the information that the "Hengjiang" is "missing" and carries out a second refueling at night as planned, he is very likely to let the permanent fleet sail eastward, and then the attack aircraft group will not only be empty, but also expose the first task force.

If it cannot be annihilated in one fell swoop, at least with heavy damage to the permanent fleet, there is no need to strike.

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