In Liuhuang Island, waiting for Bai Zhizhan to fight them, or to greet Wallace, in addition to several high-ranking officials of the wartime cabinet arranged by Xue Yuanzheng, there was also Li Yunxiang.

However, Bai Zhizhan was only halfway through his journey back home.

After sending Wallace and Sp away, it was precisely after the handover was completed, that is, after assisting the tens of thousands of Praetorian Guards sent by the Imperial Navy to board the warships of the 5th Fleet, the fleet set sail again, and this time the destination was Dongdu Bay to the north of the Volcanic Islands.

The choice of the Imperial State over the Imperial Empire itself was largely due to the need to house the approximately 30,000 officers and men of the 5th Fleet.

Before the surrender of the 5th Fleet, the Imperial Navy captured less than 30,000 officers and sailors of the Nuland Navy in battle!

Moreover, never before had so many prisoners of war been settled at one time.

Besides, the Nuland Federation hasn't been defeated yet.

Considering the possibility of accidents, the Imperial High Command decided to build a large camp on the right bank of Toto Bay, the southernmost part of the Izu Peninsula, to house and guard the officers and men of the 5th Fleet. If necessary, such as if the war did not end immediately, Nuland prisoners of war will be held in this concentration.

In addition, the warships of the 5th Fleet will also be temporarily moored in Dongdu Bay.

According to the arrangement of the Navy Command, until the Imperial Navy officially took over, or more precisely before the surrender of the Newland Federation was made, these warships were still maintained by the officers and men of the 5th Fleet, but the boarding personnel were limited to less than one-tenth of the standard number of crews.

Of course, it must be dismantled or otherwise disarmed and incapacitated.

Wait until the upper echelons of the empire make a decision before dealing with these warships.

Relatively speaking, Dongdu Bay, with its open sea, is an ideal place to house dozens of large warships.

In fact, the Imperial Navy has always placed the captured warships in Dongdu Bay, but most of the warships are not guarded by personnel, and at most some personnel of the Narrow Navy are arranged to be responsible for daily maintenance.

It is precisely like this, there are hundreds of ships large and small in Dongdu Bay.

Most of them were freighters captured by the Imperial Navy's broken cruisers on the Guia route before the defeat and surrender of the Old Sayi Imperial State.

In addition, there are hundreds of small ships of the old Narrow-minded Navy.

Because most of them are small boats with a displacement of less than 250 tons, and their combat effectiveness is almost zero, they have not been taken seriously by the Imperial Navy, let alone used as waste.

In the mouths of the officers and men of the Imperial Navy, Dongdu Bay is also known as the "Ship Graveyard".

In fact, this has also created an industry.

After the end of the war, relying on more than 2,000 dilapidated ships, dozens of shipyards of all sizes with shipbreaking as their main business emerged in Dongdu Bay, and a complete set of industrial chains were developed, such as steel mills specializing in recycling scrap steel.

In addition, the recycled scrap steel became a key material for the revival of the Sagi Imperial Kingdom after the war.

Starting from the shipbreaking industry, it took only more than 30 years for the Saoi Imperial Kingdom to develop into the world's largest shipbuilding country, and it relied on related industries to re-industrialize.

In terms of tonnage, almost all of these scrapped ships belong to the Nuland Navy and the Nuland Federation.

It is precisely because of this that the outside world believes that the Imperial State of Narrowness was rebuilt after the war on the corpse of the Nuland Navy and industrialized again.

Of course, that's all for later.

When he saw Li Yunxiang, Bai Zhizhan was also very surprised, because accepting the surrender of the 5th Fleet had nothing to do with Li Yunxiang, the admiral of the Army Aviation.

Actually, Li Yunxiang did not come for the 5th Fleet.

In addition, Bai Zhizhan did not know until this time that Li Yunxiang was already the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army Air Force, and Xue Yuanzheng had approved the establishment of an air force.

As expected, the Air Force Command will be able to be listed within the year, and Li Yunxiang will be the first commander-in-chief of the Imperial Air Force.

The key is that under the name of the Air Force is not only the strategic aviation of the army aviation, but also the tactical aviation!

To put it simply, as long as they have wings, everything that can fly belongs to the Air Force.

Now, Li Yunxiang has become a real big man.

Although the Air Force has not yet been established, if it continues according to this method, then in 20 years at most, the Air Force will definitely be able to sit on an equal footing with the army and navy.

Judging from the circumstances of this war, especially the impact of strategic bombing, the Air Force has become the third branch of the armed forces on an equal footing with the Army and Navy.

In addition, in the Empire, the status of the air force surpassed that of the navy, and was on a par with the army.

Even in the Nuland Federation, its Army Aviation is essentially independent, and its status is not much lower than that of the Army and Navy.

This is also the key to Shousuke's early approval of the formation of the Air Force.

According to the previous arrangement, the establishment of the air force should not be considered until after the end of the war, after all, too many interests were involved in forming a new branch of the military.

Now that the war has been fought, the end of the war is not far away.

More importantly, in the next battle against Nuland mainland, in addition to the strategic blockade carried out by the navy, the main means of attack was strategic bombing.

It is precisely in this way that it is necessary to improve the status of the air force, and it is necessary to form the air force in a timely manner.

Of course, one of the great advantages of establishing an air force is that it is no longer subject to the constraints of the army command.

Although the Army Aviation Strategic Air Force became independent and became an independent branch of the armed forces, it obtained the most crucial budgetary power, but the Army Command, which is equally important as the budget power, is still in the hands of the Army Command, and the Army Command is also in charge of the promotion and commendation of officers and men.

The problem that arises from this is that the Army Command has to be consulted on everything.

If nothing else, so far, Li Yunxiang is still an army general, and the commander of the army's tactical aviation was promoted to general last year.

Even budgetary power is constrained by the Army.

The reason for this is that the military expenditure allocated by the cabinet during the war first goes into the accounts of the various branches of the armed forces, and then transfers them to the accounts of the various branches of the armed forces, and only after receiving the budget can the various branches of the armed forces purchase all kinds of weapons, equipment, ammunition and materials according to their own needs, or to be precise, according to the approved procurement plan, or pay the salaries of military personnel, or support scientific research and development, and so on, and the key is to have money in the account.

The problem lies in the transfer from the service to the service.

In previous years, the Army had been making a fuss about money transfers, such as asking for sky-high prices when purchasing equipment and ammunition, and sometimes even deliberately finding faults.

The most representative is the "Condor" heavy bomber.

According to Li Yunxiang, if it were not for the difficulties of the army command, this heavy bomber with a combat radius of more than 2,500 kilometers would have been put into production last year.

As a result, it has not reached the expected mass production scale until now.

For this matter, Li Yunxiang has talked to Shoufu more than 10 times, but in terms of military budget, Shoufu can not provide much help.

From another point of view, this is also the direct reason why Xue Yuanzheng decided to establish the Air Force in advance.

Similarly, this is also the key to Xue Yuanzheng's inclusion of tactical aviation into the air force.

Those who can fly have all become Air Force, and the Army has no reason to continue to fight against the Air Force, at least not in terms of budget, but it has a lot less trouble.

If the army is allowed to retain tactical aviation, there will definitely be more problems in the future!

Of course, no matter what, Li Yunxiang is finally a daughter-in-law.