Leave the 11th Task Force on the Fanyan Ocean, and even send the repaired "Imperial Capital" over to attack the Khowaii Islands with 4 large aircraft carriers?

It's not that it can't be done, it's just that a prerequisite has to be met.

Strategic deception.

When discussing this issue with Liu Changxun, Bai Zhizhan repeatedly emphasized that he must find a way to divert the attention of the Nuland Navy.

It's not that there are no solutions, such as making it look like storming the fortress of Tuk.

On a strategic level, this required the Imperial Navy to be prepared to march into the Guia Sea, or at least to convince the Nuland Navy.

Obviously, it's too difficult.

Among other things, the Imperial Army has launched a strategic offensive in the northwest, and the Navy has to devote enough troops to advance into Posha Bay.

Then, even if the fleet can be mobilized, there will not be enough troops to advance into the southwest and east.

If bombers were not deployed to the front line in advance, marines were not deployed, landing fleets and transport convoys were not dispatched, ammunition and other combat materials were not delivered to the forward bases, and reconnaissance planes and submarines were not sent to collect battlefield intelligence, how could the Nuland Navy be convinced?

Even if it's just a feint, it can't just stop at words.

Luckily, someone thought of a solution.

On March 12, the third day after Bai Zhizhan returned to the imperial capital, Wang Kaiyuan came to the naval headquarters to find Bai Zhizhan and proposed a feasible strategy.

That's right, it's a serial scheme.

At the strategic level, it is necessary to prepare to march into the southwestern and eastern seas and attack Austria, and at the campaign level, it is necessary to attack Weidao in the near future.

In Wang Kaiyuan's words, even if the Nuland Navy saw through the feint at the strategic level, it would believe that the real purpose of the Imperial Navy was to attack Wei Island.

In this way, the Nuland Navy will definitely strengthen its defense deployment on Wai Island.

Perhaps the two small aircraft carriers that remained in the Guia façade will be sent over.

Of course, this also means that in the end, you can only storm the transit island.

Wang Kaiyuan also mentioned that as long as the Navy Command approves it, the Sixth Bureau can take action, and in May it will be possible to know whether the strategic deception has produced any results.

After Bai Zhizhan personally came forward, Liu Changxun waved his pen and asked Wang Kaiyuan to carry out strategic deception operations.

In addition, it is to let the White Stop War prepare for the storming of the transit island.

Since the battle plan has already been drafted, what needs to be done next is to determine the strength of troops and the troops participating in the battle, and then draw up a detailed battle plan.

It should be said that this was also the most fully prepared offensive operation of the Imperial Navy since the start of the war.

Naturally, there is no need to say much about the fleet.

According to the original plan, four large aircraft carriers and four fast battleships will be used as the core to form two task forces, which will be responsible for seizing sea and air supremacy on the battlefield.

Four ocean-going cruisers and 12 large destroyers will also be used to provide cover for aircraft carriers and fast battleships.

In addition, the fire support fleet consisted of 4 small aircraft carriers, 8 battleships, 12 heavy cruisers and 12 light cruisers, and 10 destroyers.

The convoy consisted of 4 light cruisers and 12 destroyers.

Finally, hundreds of ships of various types, including 20 large landing ships, were used to carry out the task of carrying and delivering three marine divisions.

In order to provide logistical support for the Marine Corps, four transport flotillas will also be mobilized and formed.

In terms of aviation, in addition to carrier-based aircraft, more than 100 long-range patrol aircraft will be deployed over the North Malaysia Islands, although the main task will be to cover the transport fleet.

It was at this stage that the White Stop War proposed that the key was to determine the whereabouts of the Nuland fleet before the engagement.

Although there are only two small aircraft carriers, they can dispatch dozens of carrier-based aircraft at a time, which still poses a huge threat to the task force and the landing fleet.

In addition, two fast battleships of the North Carolina class, built at the beginning of the year, have arrived at Jumbo Harbor.

Even without aircraft carriers, the Nuland Navy is likely to have these 2 fast battleships under the cover of shore-based aviation, or launch a surprise attack at night.

The point is that the Nuland Navy may be able to add 2 more fast battleships in the second half of the year, and maybe even 4.

There is enough intelligence to prove that the first two ships of the "Nanda" class can be completed ahead of schedule, and the last two ships may also be delivered to the Nuland Navy this year.

In addition, the Nuland Navy had several old battleships, as well as a large number of heavy cruisers.

After suffering heavy losses in the Battle of the Northwest and Guia, because the construction period of the fleet's aircraft carriers was too long, the Nuland Navy increased the scale of construction of small and medium-sized warships such as cruisers, and it was mainly cruisers with relatively strong combat effectiveness and could fight alone.

Just heavy cruisers, the Nuland Navy ordered a dozen at once, and three classes were being built at the same time!

As for light cruisers, that's more.

The point is that cruisers have a much shorter construction period, especially light cruisers, which can be completed in a few months and can be put into the ranks soon after delivery.

Crucially, the Nuland Navy also has a large number of submarines.

After officially entering the war, nearly half of the new warships of the Nuland Navy were ocean-going submarines.

The reason for this is the same: submarines are less difficult to build and can be built by small shipyards.

According to the intelligence provided by the Sixth Bureau, the Nuland Navy has more than 80 ocean-going submarines, and it is growing at a rate of 2 per week.

By next year, the growth rate could even reach 3 ships per week.

What's even worse is that there is no Nuland Navy on the Fanyan Ocean side, and there is no need to deploy submarines, so all the ocean-going submarines of the Nuland Navy are operating in the Guia Ocean.

To date, more than 100 Imperial transport ships have been sunk by Nuland submarines in the Guia and the Flame Sea.

As a result, the Imperial Navy had to devote two-thirds of its destroyers and about half of its long-range patrol aircraft to escort and anti-submarine operations.

In addition, the Imperial Navy has begun to consider building or renovating escort carriers.

Even under the ideal scenario, when attacking the transit island, the Imperial Navy would face hundreds of large and medium-sized warships of the Nuland Navy.

This is definitely not a threat to ignore.

Operating near transit islands, these Nuland warships were able to rely on the islands in the rear and operate under the support and cover of shore-based aviation.

Although the Nuland Navy could not win the decisive battle of the fleet without the fleet carriers, the use of a large number of warships could still cause great problems for the Imperial Navy, and it was even possible to thwart the landing operation or turn the transit island into a second island.

No matter how bad it is, it can hold in this direction for several months, waiting for 2 fleet aircraft carriers to return.

From the point of view of strategic importance, the Nuland Navy will inevitably fight desperately on the transit island.

Considering that the war machine of the Nuland Federation has begun to run at full speed, the difficulty of attacking the Transit Island is definitely higher than that of the Transit Island, and the two are not comparable.

At that time, the Imperial Navy will have to fight a new fleet decisive battle to maintain sea supremacy through the fleet decisive battle.

Obviously, the previous efforts are likely to be wasted because of this.

It was at this time that Zhou Yongtao took the lead in proposing that it was necessary to consider paralyzing the combat capability of the Nuland Navy in the Middle East before attacking the transit island.

To put it bluntly, it's a raid on Jumbo Harbor.

In Zhou Yongtao's words, if you can paralyze Jumbo Harbor, even if you have a fierce battle with the Nuland Navy on Transit Island, you don't have to worry about anything.

After the Nuland Navy lost its combat capability, how could it fight to the death with the Imperial Navy?