Zesan did not hesitate and immediately gave the order to put the fleet into combat mode.

Although he is not as famous as Lan Yun, and his qualifications and abilities are slightly worse, like Lan Yun, Zesan's command style is also cautious.

Perhaps, this is all to complement Takano's bold radicalism.

It didn't take long for the two aircraft carriers to park at the front of the flight deck, and all the Zeros on standby were released, and the Zeros in the air were scattered to search.

At this time, Zero's endurance that is a little perverted is vividly expressed.

Around the world, which carrier-based fighters are capable of patrolling the air for six hours?

At least in the 99th year of the new calendar, just after the outbreak of the Great War, only Zero War could do it.

Although pilots often complain that they are often sent on unrelated missions because they are on patrol for too long and miss dinner time, it is more like showing off, and most fighter pilots love this agile and agile fighter.

In combat, the endurance is sufficient, which means that you can often keep sprinting the whole time.

In just over ten minutes, there were more than 30 Zeros patrolling in the air, and all those Zeros that were urgently lifted into the air flew north.

If the attack aircraft group has already arrived, these Zeros will be intercepted on the perimeter.

Zesan had already thought about it, if he didn't resist it, then there was nothing to say, if he resisted, he would immediately send a reconnaissance plane to search for the Third Air Task Force.

No matter what happens tomorrow, we must do our best to kill those two "Imperial Capital"-class aircraft carriers!

The threat of aircraft carriers is simply too great.

Not to mention anything else, even if those two aircraft carriers have retreated into the Ashishima Strait and have not come out at all, as long as they are still floating at sea and have not been sunk, they are a great threat.

Two aircraft carriers means that 60 carrier-based aircraft can be dispatched at any time to launch an attack on the fleet within 400 kilometers.

It's just that Ze San obviously thinks too much.

"Report!"

The telecommunications officer ran over and shouted, and Zesan couldn't help but shiver a few times.

Message just received.

Snatching it from the telecommunications officer, Ze San was another agitator.

From the second main team.

Just a few minutes ago, a large patrol plane of the Liang Xia Navy flew over the second main battle group and sent a telegram.

Although the patrol plane was driven away with anti-aircraft guns, the second main team was exposed.

It's only a matter of time before it's attacked.

Worse still, the Third Air Force was a thousand kilometers away to the north and would certainly not be able to send fighters to provide cover for the Second Main Force.

Don't forget, the Third Air Force sent the last dozens of Zeros to Zesan, and the rest were all 96 ship battles.

This former main fighter not only has seriously backward in performance, but also has a range of only 1,200 kilometers, and there is no way to compare with the Zero Battle.

The only force that can provide cover for the second main team is the fifth air force.

In fact, according to the previous arrangement, during the day today, the Fifth Air Force will send fighter planes to cover the northward movement of the Second Main Force. Zesan also arranged it this way, but the six Zeros sent in the morning had all returned at noon, and no further arrangements have been made since then.

At this time, the second main team was about 300 kilometers away to the north, and it was only 400 kilometers away from Ashidashima.

This is also the key to the second main team to send a report to the fifth air force to provide air defense fighters.

Four hundred kilometers, it is not close to it, and it is not far away.

Even if the Third Air Task Force did not enter the Guia Ocean, if the Liang Xia Navy was ruthless, it was really possible to dispatch the bombers deployed on Ashishima to deal with the Second Main Force. Considering that the home fleet had already departed, the second main force was heading north, clearly heading towards the Watchman Strait, as well as the Third Air Force, which had left port last night, and the transport fleet that transported the landing force. The Liang Xia Navy had a reason to use shore-based aviation to launch an attack on the second main force before dark, regardless of the losses and casualties.

Could it be that the Liang Xia Navy dispatched patrol planes in order to find the second main team!?

It's a possibility!

War has broken out, and for the Liangxia navy, two vital straits, namely the Watchman Strait and the Throat Strait, must be seized and controlled at the first time. Because the Bran Kingdom has not yet entered the war, there is no strategic blockade, and there are not many garrisons in Shiquan City, the Liang Xia Navy will not be in a hurry to recapture the throat strait in and out of Fanyan Ocean, so at this critical juncture, it will put all its forces on this side of the Watchman Strait.

Now, there are only two warbands that can prevent the Liang Xia Navy from seizing the Watcher Strait.

That's right, the second main team and the third air force.

The home fleet has four battleships, as well as two fast battleships that are not included in the list, and in terms of combat effectiveness, it is evenly matched with the second main team.

The point is, in fact, an aircraft carrier!

Behind the ass of the home fleet, there is only the "Sea Dragon" at most, and it is good that this aircraft carrier can operate twenty fighters.

So, will the Liangxia Navy transfer the Third Air Task Force back?

If the fleet had turned around last night and had now entered the Asahi Sea, it would certainly be able to join the home fleet on the west side of the Watchmen Strait by tomorrow afternoon. At that time, even if the second main force and the third air force are killed, the home fleet can launch an assault under the cover of the third air task force.

In addition, if the second main force did not reach the Watchman Strait, the third air force would definitely not dare to go up and block the gun hole.

Do not forget that the time for the home fleet to enter the Watchman Strait was in the evening.

Not to mention that the Third Air Force has only two small aircraft carriers, even if it is two fleet aircraft carriers, it will never dare to go toe-to-toe with the battleships at night.

When the home fleet rushes into the Guia Ocean, the landing on Shoudao and Wangdao will definitely be terminated, and then the vital Watchman's Strait will have to be abandoned.

At this point, the Imperial State of Samus was not far from defeat.

Crucially, all the strategic plans drawn up before the war emphasized the importance of the Watchman Strait, and several sets of backup plans were drawn up. In the worst possible case, it is even necessary to consider blockading the entire strait by laying mines as a method of the last war.

Of course, this is a last resort.

The strait is two-way, and blocking the strait with mines is tantamount to giving up the opportunity to completely defeat the Liang Xia Empire, after all, the Liang Xia Navy can wait for work in the Xu Sea. Not to mention the narrow navy, even if other powers are counted, they may not be able to defeat the Liang Xia navy at the doorstep of the Liang Xia Empire.

Isn't that the last time the war was fought to the end?

After thinking about these truths, Zesan also made a decision.

The second main force must be protected, and after the second main force is attacked, it can be speculated where the third air task force is.

It's very simple: if it was the shore-based air force that attacked the second main force, the third air task force would have gone from the Ashishima Strait to Asahimi last night.

If not, send fighter jets to search the waters southeast of Ashima, and you will definitely find the Third Air Task Force.

If you hurry, you may be able to attack in the evening.

Even if you don't hurry up, after dark, you can speed up to catch up with the second main team, and then follow the second main team to the Watcher Strait.

Of course, the top priority now is to send fighters to cover the second main team.