More than ten minutes later, the driver delivered the set of meals.

Noticing Bai Zhizhan's face as if he had just heard the bad news of bereavement, the driver made an excuse very interestingly, saying that he was going to find a clean coat for Zhou Yongtao, and hurriedly slipped out. After following Bai Zhizhan for a few days, the driver had never seen such a grim look on his face.

The army green coat should have been lost, it was all oil, and there was a disgusting smell of sweat.

Obviously, it must be the work clothes worn by the ground crew when they work outdoors, and they will not be changed at all, and they will be thrown away after wearing them for a winter.

Oil stains such as lubricating oil, antifreeze, and hydraulic fluid cannot be washed off.

After eating, Zhou Yongtao told the cause and effect of coming back to find Bai Zhizhan.

It was Lee Myung-bak who asked him to come back.

Yesterday morning, Liu Xiangzhen took a "Flying Fish" to the "Imperial Capital," and immediately ordered radio control after taking over the Third Air Task Force.

For the sake of secrecy, this matter was not communicated to other fleets for the time being.

At noon yesterday, Li Mingbo found an opportunity and said that he would send a staff officer back to investigate and count the situation of the wounded officers and men, so he sent Zhou Yongtao to a torpedo plane. Before taking off, Li Mingbo repeatedly told him that he must find Bai Zhizhan and explain the situation to Bai Zhizhan face to face.

The Third Air Task Force has turned north and will take part in an attack on an island south of the Icestorm Peninsula.

Which island?

Li Mingbo didn't say it, because he heard this news from a staff officer who came to the "Imperial Capital" with Liu Xiangzhen and had some friendship in the past. The battle plan was still kept under a high degree of secrecy, and even in the headquarters of the special task force, there were very few staff officers who knew about it.

The key is that the special group is rushing to Xuhai.

Because Li Hengjia did not come, Li Mingbo speculated that Liu Xiangzhen was likely to let Li Hengjia temporarily lead the special task force, and he himself came to the Third Air Special Task Force.

There is nothing strange about it, only Liu Xiangzhen personally went out to suppress Li Mingbo.

These indications are that the 3rd Air Task Force is about to be integrated into the task force and then head to the northern part of the Asahi Sea to support the landing of the Marines in a certain place.

"Brother Li asked me to ask you, where should the brothers in the headquarters go."

"Is there any doubt about that?"

was glared at by Bai Zhizhan, Zhou Yongtao pursed his lips and put on a look that this matter has nothing to do with me.

Li Mingbo is a veteran officer, and it is impossible for him not to know that the duty of a soldier is to obey and carry out orders, not to obey orders given by anyone. Since General Liu Xiangzhen was appointed as the commander and sent him to command the Third Air Task Force, he had to obey the commander's orders. ”

"That's what I said." Zhou Yongtao hurriedly said a word to prove his innocence.

Bai Zhizhan was speechless, in fact, he was in a bad mood.

"Oh, I almost forgot. This was handed over to me by an officer named Zheng Jiangming before the plane took off, and I asked me to hand it over to you personally. ”

As Zhou Yongtao spoke, he took out an envelope.

Bai Zhizhan didn't say anything, and snatched the envelope away.

It's just one page of letterhead, just a few paragraphs.

After reading it quickly, Bai Zhizhan's brows tightened. After pondering for a while, he seemed to come back to his senses and handed the letterhead he was holding to Zhou Yongtao.

After taking a look, Zhou Yongtao also frowned.

In just four paragraphs, four big things were said.

The Navy and Army have agreed on the next phase of combat operations, with the Army launching an offensive by 10 January at the latest, and the Navy having to open sea routes before then, and assist and cooperate with the Army in capturing ports at the southern end of the Ice Storm Peninsula and delivering war supplies to the front line.

In order to cover the army's combat operations on the Ice Storm Peninsula, the navy will simultaneously launch an amphibious landing operation, and the target of the attack will be between Jedo Island in the Shimotaka Kingdom and Shuangma Island in the Sayi Imperial Kingdom. Based on the current state of the war, the former is more likely.

The motorized fleet had already reached the fortress of Tuk, and judging by the time of arrival, none of the damage to the four fast battleships was serious. It is expected that the 4th Cruiser Squadron will arrive in the near future and be incorporated into the mobile fleet. Lan Yun has been promoted to vice admiral and temporarily appointed commander of the permanent fleet.

The Nuland Confederation's convoy arrived in Microcros and is expected to arrive at Fortress Tuk by January 7.

Based on these two pieces of information, it can be roughly inferred that the permanent warships will be ready to depart as soon as January 10 and January 15 at the latest. If the Imperial Army attacks on January 10 as planned, and the Navy simultaneously attacks Jedo, it is highly likely that the permanent fleet will depart from Tuke Fort before January 15. Unless there is a major shift, the threat of the permanent fleet will have to be considered in late January.

The implication is that the opportunity for Bai Zhizhan to re-emerge is coming.

It's just that Bai Zhizhan is not happy at all.

After reading it, Zhou Yongtao couldn't be happy.

It's one thing to re-emerge, but what kind of thing is the landing operation!?

It wasn't planned at all!

Even if the choice is to land on Jedo, which is much less difficult to fight and uses far fewer troops, it will inevitably have a negative impact on the attack on Liuhuangdao.

The reason is the same: there are only two divisions of the Marine Corps that can be mobilized in the direction of Xuhai and Guia, and they are very cramped to attack Liuhuangdao.

If the materials consumed by the landing are taken into account, the impact will be even greater.

Is it necessary to go the extra mile?

The distance from Jedo to the western part of the Nagaja mainland is about the same as the distance from Puju to Jangsi, so as long as you can quickly take down Buju, you don't need Jedo as a springboard.

What about Shuangma Island?

The two islands are in the middle of the Shuangma Strait, between Busju and Jangai, and they are slightly closer to Jangsi, but the shortened distance has no practical value.

In addition, Shuangma Island is a narrow territory, and there are more garrisons on it.

Attacking Shuangma Island is much more difficult than attacking Jedo, and it may not be used after defeat, so it is not considered from the beginning.

According to the original plan, even if they had to land on the Nagi mainland in the end, they would set off directly from Puju after conquering Buju.

Prior to this, the capture of the outlying islands outside the Sagai Territory was actually a matter of adding insults.

Who came up with it?

To put it bluntly, if this is what Liu Xiangzhen came up with, then it has nothing to do with supporting the army, but to consume the marines on the side of the home fleet.

First consume the two marine divisions under the command of the home fleet on Jedao, and then when it comes to attacking Liuhuangdao, it is time for the marine divisions sent by the Southern Fleet to show their strength. By the time Liuhuangdao was defeated, the Southern Fleet would gain a foothold and would be able to intervene in the battle in the Guia Ocean in the future.

After this toss, the Southern Fleet will inevitably be able to overwhelm the Home Fleet.

At that time, Liu Xiangzhen will inevitably become the number one general of the Imperial Navy.

Go up to the house and draw a ladder, this trick is really good!

Bai Zhizhan has a big head, but it's useless to have a big head.

"Do you have any arrangements?"

"General Li told me to stay, I don't have to go back. He also said that if there is an arrangement here, I will follow you here, and it will be troublesome to return to the imperial capital. ”

Bai Zhizhan nodded, indicating that he had understood.

Because the Navy Command has not issued a letter of appointment for the time being, Li Yunxiang is still the commander of the Third Carrier-based Air Wing, and Zhou Yongtao is the staff officer of the Third Carrier-based Aviation Wing, so Li Yunxiang has the right to transfer Zhou Yongtao and send him to assist Bai Zhizhan, who is still nominally the commander of the Third Air Task Force.

It's not a bad thing to have an assistant.

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