There is not much controversy about the outcome of the "Battle of the Northwest and the Guia," whether it is at the tactical level or at the campaign and strategic level.

It's just that when it comes to publicity, that's another matter.

Bai Zhizhan received news on the way back, and the Newland Admiralty announced that it had sunk four fleet aircraft carriers of the Liang Xia Navy in the naval battle!

Which four?

"Longjiang", "Mohe", "Imperial Capital", "Accompany Beijing".

Although it did not conceal its own losses, admitting that three aircraft carriers were sunk and one was heavily damaged, and only the "Endeavour" was intact, based on the results of sinking four fleet aircraft carriers of the Liangxia Navy, the Nuland Navy claimed that it was the de facto victor in this naval battle.

This statement is problematic in itself.

Do not forget that the Nuland Navy also lost five battleships, one battleship was heavily damaged, and two heavy cruisers were sunk.

It can be seen that even if the Liangxia Navy lost four aircraft carriers, it was only calculated according to the total tonnage of the lost warships, and the Nuland Navy failed to win.

What's more, the Liangxia Navy lost only one aircraft carrier, only two of which were heavily damaged.

Judging from the short-term results, the two sides are actually half-hearted.

After the end of the naval battle, the Nuland Navy had only one aircraft carrier left, that is, the "Endeavour" was still able to continue fighting, and in order to organize an attack, two small fleet aircraft carriers had to be transferred from the sunset ocean to the Guia Ocean. Because the two small fleet aircraft carriers have very limited combat effectiveness and may not be able to play a key role, even if there are three aircraft carriers, the Nuland Navy may not be able to launch an attack in the Guia Organization.

The Liangxia Navy also only had the "Accompanying Beijing" left, and if it wanted to reorganize and launch an attack, it had to use the "Hengjiang", which was not in good condition, and there were only two of them. From a tactical point of view, it is difficult to have a decisive impact with two fleet carriers.

Even if the Nuland Navy does not have aircraft carriers, it can use shore-based aviation against carrier-based aviation carried by two aircraft carriers.

In this way, the two sides are a draw at the level of the battle.

At the time of propaganda, the Nuland Navy would certainly not say that.

According to the news released by the Nuland news media, the Nuland Navy is the victor, because after this naval battle, the Liangxia Navy has lost the ability to launch a campaign-level offensive, and the strategic expansion after the war has come to an abrupt end, which is equivalent to stabilizing the war situation in the Guia Ocean.

The reality is the exact opposite of what is advertised.

As far as the news was later revealed, in fact, on the 13th, Lofos signed a presidential decree authorizing Lieutenant General Mack, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Guia Army, to prepare the garrison of Nanzhu to retreat and ensure that they could quickly withdraw to Austria if necessary.

In other words, at that time, Lofos decided to abandon the Nanzhu Kingdom, at least not to protect this colony.

With the situation at that time, after the attack of Liang Xia's army, the Nuland army could not hold Nanzhu no matter what, and the strategic value of Austria was far above that of Nanzhu.

All in all, Austria must not be abandoned for the sake of the South Pearl Kingdom.

At the campaign level, the Nuland Navy also suffered a crushing defeat.

As for the strategic level, in fact, the same.

In the time of external propaganda, the Nuland authorities have been emphasizing that they have thwarted the offensive momentum of the Liangxia Navy and shattered the myth of the invincibility of the Liangxia Navy.

Is that really the case?

In a few months, the Liang Xia Navy will have four large aircraft carriers and four fast battleships, and if it can repair two heavily damaged fleet carriers and four fast battleships, it will have seven aircraft carriers and ten fast battleships, as well as about ten old battleships.

The nine battleships in Chengjiang Port have all been salvaged, and the repair work of two of them of the "Longxing" class will certainly be completed within the year, and the other seven battleships will basically be repaired within 101 years of the new calendar, and four of them with relatively minor injuries will be able to re-enter the list in the first half of the year.

That is, by the end of June 101 of the new calendar, the Imperial Navy had 7 aircraft carriers, 10 fast battleships and 6 "Longxing" class battleships, and 4 heavy cruisers, 4 ocean-going cruisers, 8 light cruisers and almost 20 large destroyers.

If all goes well, the first large ocean-going submarine built using the Hormanian technology will be delivered to the Imperial Navy in June.

Nuland Navy?

It will not be until the beginning of the 102nd year of the new calendar at the earliest.

Even if the "Leke" is repaired in a few months, the Nuland Navy will have only two aircraft carriers.

There will be a maximum of 2 fast battleships in the first half of next year, and the other 4 will not be completed and delivered until 102 of the new calendar.

As for the old battleships, which were already difficult to use as the main force, even if all the Sunset Ocean Fleet were transferred, there would only be a dozen.

It can be seen that even in the 102nd year of the new calendar, the Nuland Navy may not be able to gain superiority in troops, let alone grasp the strategic initiative.

By the year 103 of the new calendar, even if the Nuland Federation completes the war mobilization and the newly built warships begin to make dumplings, they may not be able to gain the strategic initiative.

Starting from the 102nd year of the new calendar, the newly built warships of the Imperial Navy will begin to make dumplings!

Unless it can inflict heavy losses on the Imperial Navy and cause the Imperial Navy to suffer huge losses, such as sinking a few aircraft carriers, even if it survives until the moment before the defeat, the number of warships of the Nuland Navy, especially the main warships such as aircraft carriers and fast battleships, exceeds that of the Imperial Navy.

In fact, the Nuland Navy did its best in the Battle of the Guia Northwest, and this is what it looks at.

Be a good example and mobilize the allies.

On the morning of 14 October, Bai Zhizhan had just woken up from his sleep, and while he was having breakfast, the communications staff officer delivered the news he had received the previous night.

Chur, the prime minister of the Bran Kingdom, has officially declared war on the Liangxia Empire yesterday afternoon local time, that is, on the night of the 13th imperial time.

Affected by this, Liu Xiangdong had personally led the First Fleet into the Yanhai Sea.

It is said that it is a fleet, and it is the "first" fleet, and the main force is actually 4 heavy cruisers, as well as the "Sea Dragon", which has not been scrapped for a long time because of the outbreak of the Great War.

It was indeed very shabby, but it was enough to deal with the colonial armies deployed by the Great Powers around the Yan Sea.

In addition, according to the speculation of the Sixth Bureau, the Bran Royal Navy's Fanyan Ocean fleet will not immediately enter the Yanhai Sea and will wait for the aircraft carrier battle group to arrive.

The main force of this fleet is several old-fashioned, armored cruisers built before the outbreak of the last war.

If he wants to make a difference, Chull will have to send an aircraft carrier to Fanyan Ocean in the near future.

As for whether to enter the Sea of Flames, it depends on whether there is enough certainty and whether you can get the corresponding benefits.

It's hard to say how.

The Yanhai Sea is a land sea, surrounded by land and islands, and even if the sea area is very open, the fleet is easily attacked by shore-based air forces.

Without aircraft carriers, sending a fleet over is tantamount to sending people to death.

Besides, it is not easy to send aircraft carriers over.

If nothing else, logistics support is a big problem, and the Manman Navy is still eager to try, and the Royal Navy of Bran may not dare to divide its forces.

The benefits given by Lofos are not great enough, and Chull may not be willing to take advantage of it.

In this way, it is normal to drag on for several months.

However, the declaration of war by the Bran Kingdom on the Empire means that it is no longer possible to import oil from Posha Bay, and it also means that all shipping routes through the Van Yan Ocean have been cut off.

That's not a good thing!