When Zhou Yongtao looked through the intelligence documents, Lin Shiping walked to the window and lit a cigarette.

Strictly speaking, the heavy damage to the 51st Task Force was indeed unexpected, and it would inevitably force the Imperial Navy to adjust its operational deployment.

To put it simply, the Southern Subcontinent and the Guia Ocean, two strategic directions related to the Navy, have been affected.

In the intelligence documents brought by Lin Shiping, this issue has been elaborated in detail.

The first is the Southern Subcontinent.

After the 51st Task Force was heavily damaged, a very embarrassing situation arose, the three aircraft carriers deployed by the Imperial Navy in Fanyanyang could not complete the strategic blockade task of Van Luo in any case, that is, a three-aircraft carrier battle group was needed in Mua Hai and the Bay of Bengal in order to maintain the strategic blockade and have sufficient strategic deterrence, so that the Van Luo State, which had always been attached to the empire, could not move.

There is Task Force 51, and this problem simply does not exist.

As long as the Van Luo Kingdom dares to act rashly, the Imperial Navy can allow Task Force 31 to maneuver to the northeast Fanyan Ocean, and at the same time allow Task Force 51 to be stationed in Muahai.

Although it has one less aircraft carrier, it can cut off the sea routes of Van Luo and implement a comprehensive strategic blockade against it.

With a blockade and no way to get aid from the Republic of Nuland, the Van Rowe authorities will inevitably have some concerns and may not actively participate in the war.

The only way to solve this problem is to station the 61st Task Force, which has two aircraft carriers and is deployed in the southwestern and eastern seas, in Fanyan Ocean.

In this way, it can still cooperate with the 31st Task Force to blockade the country of Van Luo in the east and west directions.

Obviously, this involves the strategic deployment of the Guia side.

One of the main tasks of Task Force 61 is actually to respond to the deployment of Task Force 41 in the Howaii Islands, which is usually home in Treasure Harbour.

In fact, the Fourth Fleet was the only fleet of the Imperial Navy deployed overseas

According to the strategic deployment of the Imperial Navy, after the war with the Republic of Nuland, Task Force 61 took the initiative to go forward and decide on specific combat operations according to the situation. The point is that if the pressure on Task Force 41 is too great, Task Force 61 will have to be more proactive.

To put it bluntly, you have to rush to the Wangxi Canal when necessary.

It can be seen that in the direction of the Guia Ocean, Task Force 61 is actually the spare tire of Task Force 41, which has a decisive value.

If anything, the Sixth Fleet can also be seen as a strategic reserve on the Guia side.

Because it can advance to the central part of the Guia Ocean and use Port Jotun as its forward base, from a military point of view, the strategic deterrence that the Sixth Fleet poses to the Nuland Republic is not below the Fourth Fleet, but even stronger, and has the position to control the overall strategy.

If Task Force 61 were to go to the Fanyan Ocean, then Task Force 41 would be alone in the Guia Ocean.

This situation has never been seen in the past few decades!

Even during the Polish-Iranian War, the Imperial Navy maintained a powerful task force with several aircraft carriers in the Guia Ocean.

Of course, at that time, the Nuland Navy did not have the capital to challenge the Imperial Navy.

Now, the Nuland Navy is able to deploy five or even six aircraft carriers in the Guia Ocean, and Task Force 41, which has only three aircraft carriers, may not be able to withstand it.

The current situation is to put it bluntly, that is, to ignore both ends.

And that's not all.

If anything, there is actually a plan for this situation in the strategic plan of the Empire.

Shift from reactive to proactive, and change the strategic posture by taking the initiative before the situation gets completely out of control, or to turn the situation in favor of the Empire.

To put it simply, it is to mobilize all the forces, take the initiative to find the Newland Navy for a decisive battle, and even consider the method of sneak attack when necessary. Even if it is not good, it will be able to rush to the Wangxi Canal and prevent the Nuland Navy from rapidly increasing its forces eastward by blowing up the canal locks.

Only after stabilizing the situation in the Guia Ocean will the 61st Task Force be considered to rush to the aid of Fanyanyang.

Of course, if you are sure, you can even achieve a decisive victory in Fanyanyang first, as in the last war, and then turn back to deal with the Nuland Republic.

But the problem is that this set of strategies is not a secret at all.

More than a decade ago, at the end of the Polish-Iranian War, the development of the Imperial Navy was limited, and the Military Intelligence Agency received reliable intelligence.

The Nuland Navy has completely revised its strategic plan in response to the strategic adjustments made by the Imperial Navy.

The key is to use the Van Luo Kingdom to contain the Imperial Navy, and then look for an opportunity to annihilate the Imperial Guia Fleet, seize sea supremacy in the Guia Ocean, and capture the Khowaii Islands. As for whether or not to continue fighting, it depends on the situation of the fighting, especially the comparison of forces between the two sides.

The Nuland Navy had a clear purpose.

After the start of the war, first the sea supremacy was seized, and then the Khowaii Islands were captured.

How can this be achieved?

If anything, it's no secret.

If the Imperial Navy left its heavy forces in the Guia Ocean, it would be to wait for the Imperial Navy to come to the door, and then rely on the local superiority to defeat the Imperial Navy.

The Nuland Air Force has thousands of strategic bombers capable of crushing any fleet that comes close to its homeland.

If the Imperial Navy sends more troops to Fanyan Ocean and solves its worries first, the Nuland Navy will take the initiative to fight a war of annihilation near the Khowaii Islands.

In fact, this is also the key to the Nuland Air Force's insistence on developing heavy strategic bombers.

Heavy strategic bombers such as the B-52H and B-1B can carry dozens of anti-ship missiles to attack fleets up to 6,000 kilometers away.

This strike range is enough to cover the Khowaii Islands.

It can be seen that the combat plan of the Nuland Navy is also very targeted.

The question now before the imperial authorities is whether to take the initiative or stabilize Fan Yanyang first.

In fact, Lin Shiping prefers the latter.

It's not that I'm afraid of war with the Nuland Republic, but I don't have the absolute certainty of defeating the Nuland Republic now.

The problem, in fact, lies in intelligence.

Because the military satellite system was attacked by the Western Continent Group, losing about two-thirds of its reconnaissance satellites, the empire was no longer able to maintain 24-hour uninterrupted surveillance of the Wangxi Canal. And searching for the Nuland fleet on the vast sea is even more unreliable.

Do not forget that the Imperial Navy has abandoned the only naval base on the North Sunset Ocean.

Now, only a few submarines are active in the North Sunset.

That is, do not expect to arrange for submarines to carry out reconnaissance missions.

As for the launch of military satellites to supplement the network, at the current pace, it will take at least three months, and at most four months, before it is possible to return to the pre-war level.

Even the Nuland fleet doesn't know where it is, what kind of long-distance rush to talk about?

Besides, 5 aircraft carriers are enough?

If you want to go to the Northeast and Guia, that is, the sea area near the west coast of Newland, the first thing to consider is actually the strategic bombers of the Nuland Air Force.

According to the performance of the 51st Task Force, at least three three-carrier battle groups are required to be sufficiently sure.

This is equivalent to saying that it is necessary to wait until the mothballed aircraft carriers are unsealed and have formed combat effectiveness before the Imperial Navy has the necessary strength to launch an attack.

It's not going to take a few months.

According to the plan submitted by the Navy, it will take one year at the earliest to restore the first batch of mothballed large aircraft carriers to full combat capability.

Based on these factors, Lin Shiping emphasized one point in the intelligence document that the Nuland Republic may enter the war ahead of schedule.

In fact, this is also hinting at Zhou Yongtao.

If Task Force 61 had gone to the Flame Ocean to fill the void created by the damage to Task Force 51, there would be hope for a decisive battle with the Nuland Fleet in the Howaii Islands.

In this way, even if there is only Task Force 41, there is a good chance of victory.

After the change of offensive and defensive forces, the situation is naturally very different.

Defensive operations, capable of operating under the cover of shore-based aviation, and with the support of shore-based aviation, attacking from multiple directions.

Even if the Nuland Navy sends 5 aircraft carriers, it will not have much chance of winning.

To put it bluntly, the challenges faced by the Nuland Navy's assault on the Howaii Islands are the same as those faced by the Imperial Navy's assault on the Lonely Continent.

Seize the opportunity and maybe get a decisive victory here.

In fact, as long as you can buy a year, it will be enough.

"Fan Yanyang's side, what should I do?"

After Zhou Yongtao asked a question, Lin Shiping turned around.

"If all the speculations in this are correct," Zhou Yongtao said, throwing the closed file onto the coffee table in front of him. "Then when the Nuland Republic enters the war, the Van Luo Kingdom will declare war on us, and our forces over there will not be able to withstand the attack of the Van Luo Kingdom."

"Pakistan is not that bad, is it?"

After Lin Shiping said this, Zhou Yongtao laughed.

As the director of the military intelligence bureau in charge of military intelligence, he didn't even know the situation of his allies!

Of course, Lin Shiping is not unaware, but he expressed his doubts about his allies in a more tactful way.

"Fundamentally, it's a matter of time. As long as you can buy a little more time, even if it's a month, the situation is very different. ”

This time, Zhou Yongtao nodded slightly, indicating that he understood the meaning of Lin Shiping's words.

As long as Iraq is defeated, the forces now deployed on the other side of Posha Bay will be able to stabilize the southern subcontinent, and even if they cannot defeat the Van Luo country, they will be able to withstand the attack of the Van Luo country.

Because the country has not yet achieved industrialization, it has not even crossed the threshold of industrialization, and it does not have the capital to fight a protracted war of attrition, so as long as the situation can be stabilized and then dragged on for a period of time, this direction will no longer be a problem, at least it will not consume too many troops.

The purpose of defending is mainly to rely on the Pakistani Iron Army, and what the empire has to do is to send a few divisions over to act as a strategic reserve.

Of course, in the early stage, it will also be responsible for seizing air supremacy.

All in all, with the strategic blockade in place, there is not much challenge at the military level to help Pakistan and the railway defeat the Van Luo country.

So, how can you get this month's time?

This is also the core of the entire intelligence document.

Sending the 61st Task Force to Fanyan Yang, the authorities of Fanluo will inevitably ask the Nuland Republic to take the lead in declaring war on the Liangxia Empire, and take substantive military action, such as launching an attack on the Guia Ocean, before considering declaring war on the Liangxia Empire.

If anything, this may still be a prerequisite challenge for the Van Luo Kingdom to enter the war.

As a result, it will take half a month for the Nuland Navy to deploy troops and generals, and it will take at least 20 days to complete the other preparations.

In other words, what the Imperial Navy has to do is actually to fight for another 10 days.

How to fight for it?

Let Task Force 41 take the initiative to retreat and avoid a decisive battle with the Nuland Navy!

The reason is simple.

As long as Task Force 41 is still operating near the Khowaii Islands, the Nuland Navy will never attack the Khowaii Islands, and the Nuland Republic will not even declare war on the Liangxia Empire before the sneak attack is successful, or in other words, the Nuland Republic will declare war on the Liangxia Empire by sneak attack.

All in all, as long as Task Force 41 is still around, there is a good sense of 10 days.

Of course, Lin Shiping also emphasized one point.

Forced by the situation, if there is really no way to find Task Force 41, or if it does not have favorable conditions for a decisive battle with Task Force 41, it is very likely that the Nuland Republic will turn its spearhead to the Khowaii Islands, for example, by destroying military installations on the Khowaii Islands through strategic bombing.

After all the military bases on the Khowaii Islands were paralyzed, Task Force 41 lost its backing.

In this way, allowing the 41st Task Force to take the initiative to retreat is actually forcing the Nuland Republic to storm the Khowaii Islands and fight a tough battle.

Even if the Nuland Air Force had thousands of strategic bombers, it would take a lot of time to destroy military installations on the islands.

And, of course, to deplete the combat capabilities of the Nuland Air Force.

To this end, the intelligence document also mentions the need to strengthen the defense deployment of the Khowaii Islands, especially the air defense system.

The Nuland Air Force has enough strategic bombers, and also enough cruise missiles.

After the fight starts, those air defense systems now deployed on the Khowaii Islands will definitely not be able to withstand it!

However, the core of the plan proposed by Lin Shiping is actually strategic contraction.

In the case of the entry of the Nuland Republic into the war, with the current state of the Empire, it will not be able to hold the present front, or control the present sphere of influence, in any case, until the mobilization for war is completed. In order to keep the core area, it is necessary to make concessions in the secondary direction.

This is a very rational decision, and only an intelligence officer like Lin Shiping can remain sensible.

Before, none of Qin Fenglie, these military dignitaries, mentioned strategic shrinkage.

Obviously, this is also the key to Lin Shiping's attention.

After pondering for a while, Zhou Yongtao let out a long sigh.

"Who do you think is the best person to command Task Force 41?"

Lin Shiping was very surprised, because the 41st Task Force had its own command team, and even more so, because it was not the turn of the Director of Military Intelligence to speak on such an issue.

"Just the two of us, it's a private discussion."

Lin Shiping nodded, thought about it again, and said, "Has Bai Huawei already gone to Treasure Harbor?" I think he's a good fit. ”

"He's in Task Force 31. But when it comes to ability, he is indeed the ideal candidate. ”

This time, Lin Shiping didn't answer, because he knew what Zhou Yongtao meant.

Bai Huawei is talented, but he is too young, and in the eyes of outsiders, he is Bai Zhizhan's youngest son, somewhat of a "paper general".

But if you want to say it, Bai Huawei is also the most talented one among Bai Zhizhan's sons.

In addition, he is now a naval colonel.

"Okay, I'll think about it again."

"I'll come back to you with new news."

Zhou Yongtao didn't delay any longer and sent Lin Shiping out of the study.

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