Early in the morning of July, Bai Zhizhan came to the commander's bridge.

In the past few days, he has come relatively early, and he has always asked the staff officer to bring breakfast over, instead of going to the officer's canteen to enjoy it slowly.

As for the reason, it is not difficult to guess.

After July 17, the command of the Navy still sent several telegrams a day, but there was no mention of the Combined Fleet again.

At this time, no news is the worst news!

According to the unwritten rule, after receiving a telegram from the Navy Command on the 17th and entering combat status, the Combined Fleet will not receive new orders, or the fleet commander will have decision-making power and can refuse to carry out non-combat orders issued by the Navy Command.

Here's the key!

Because the battle order had been issued to annihilate the enemy's broken fleet, unless there was conclusive evidence or sufficient reasons, even Liu Changxun could not directly revoke the battle order. That is, what Liu Changxun gave later was not actually a battle order.

Besides, in command of the combined fleet was Admiral Lütjans of the Nuland Navy.

It was he who led the "Prime Minister" across the ocean.

Although he successfully reached the Empire, some of his cowardice in the operation, such as falling into the South Sunset and not following the orders to the Falkland Islands, led to the failure to discover the Nuland fleet in time, so that he was not taken seriously after arriving at the Empire.

In contrast, Landsdorf, who had previously arrived in the Reich with 3 "Amaran" class armored cruisers, was highly valued by the Reich Navy.

If it weren't for the fact that Landsdorf was only a rear admiral, it would not have been Lütjans's turn to be the chief of staff of the Combined Fleet.

Bai Zhizhan met with Lütjans a few times, after the battle on the Fanyan Ocean, when he returned to the imperial capital to prepare for the invasion of the Khowaii Islands. Although it is not an understanding, that is, knowing each other, but for this Admiral Zhiman, Bai Zhizhan always feels that he is a master and a master.

There are a lot of theories, but there is not much practical experience, and the ability to act is very poor.

Whether it was for personal honor or to prove the value of the Navy, the arrogant admiral could ignore his warnings.

To put it bluntly, it also has something to do with the Imperial Navy.

In the maritime battlefield, it has always been the Imperial Navy that plays the leading role, and the Riman Navy has not even had the opportunity to play a supporting role. Now that I have the opportunity to be the protagonist, I naturally have to perform well. Even if you don't care about personal honor and disgrace, you must fight for more voice for the Manman Navy.

If anything, after the start of the war, in addition to sending submarines to carry out the task of breaking diplomatic relations, the Hindman Navy caused more trouble than it contributed.

There has been no news from the expeditionary fleet indicating that it is still acting in accordance with the previous order.

A few days was enough time for the expeditionary fleet to go deep into the open sea.

If sending the Broken Fleet to Fanyan Ocean is a targeted operation, then what the Nuland Navy is waiting for is the expeditionary fleet to throw itself into the net.

As expected, somewhere in the East Fanyan Ocean, the Nuland fleet was sharpening its knives.

If prepared, the Nuland Navy would not even need to use small aircraft carriers, and would have been able to take out the expeditionary fleet by sending some more escort aircraft carriers over.

Regarding the whereabouts of the two small aircraft carriers, Bai Zhizhan has not made a positive judgment.

Because he was worried, he was worried these days.

In fact, the same is true of Li Mingbo.

As usual, after the arrival of the White Stop War, Li Mingbo first handed over the work to him, mainly to explain what happened during the night and the telegrams received.

It's just that Li Mingbo didn't leave immediately.

As the chief of staff of the fleet, he was responsible for the change of staff members, so he could only leave the commander's bridge and return to the cabin to rest after the staff officers on his shift had taken up his post.

Again, it's just a delay of about ten minutes.

It's just that today is different from usual.

Before half past seven, the telecommunications officer on duty sent a telegram he had just received.

A battle report from the command of the Navy, a report from the Combined Fleet.

About two hours earlier, the Combined Fleet had encountered the Nuland Fleet in the Eastern Fanyan Ocean, and a fierce artillery battle had broken out.

The point is that there must be battleships in the Newland Broken Fleet, or fast battleships with extremely strong combat effectiveness.

Very simply, the speed of the 2 enemy ships that exchanged fire with the 2 "Nord Rivers" class was always very fast, and they were not thrown off because of insufficient speed. The artillery fire was very accurate, the distance of the battle exceeded 20 kilometers, and the "Beihe" and "Nanjiang" were hit respectively within 10 salvos.

In addition, the enemy ship fired 16-inch armor-piercing shells!

Both enemy ships had a speed of over 25 knots, and there were 9 16-inch guns, with three triple gun turrets in the front and one in the rear, and there must have been gunsight radars.

All of these characteristics are in line with the "North Carolina" class of fast battleships.

It's just that the combat distance is really too far.

It is well understood that both sides have artillery sighting radars, which can detect and target opponents more than 20 kilometers away, and they are equipped with new artillery shells.

If you have to say, the main guns of the "North Carolina" class are not much stronger than those of the "North River" class.

The main thing is that there are problems with armor protection on both sides.

There is no need to say much about the "North River" class, which was itself a battle cruiser, and it was only after the end of the last war that it was upgraded to a fast battleship through transformation. Although the focus was on strengthening armor protection to meet the standards of the treaty era, it was still not thick in the face of new armor-piercing shells.

Too weak armor was a common problem of fast battleships.

Don't look at the "North Carolina" class is a treaty-type fast battleship, which is more cutting-edge than the "North River" class, which is a half-way monk, but the actual advantage is not obvious, or there is no advantage.

The reason is also very simple, there are too many restrictions.

In fact, this is also the meaning of the "treaty type" itself, that is, the main indicators such as tonnage are strictly limited by the treaty.

If they were kept far enough, these four fast battleships would have spent several hours, and they might not be able to tell the difference between victory and defeat.

The radar only increased the hit rate, and could not fundamentally solve the error of the ship's guns.

When the distance is too far, the radar is powerless.

In the Battle of the Guia Northwest, the battleships of both sides fought fiercely for several hours.

Although the battle is not over, or the news that the battle has not yet been received, what is mentioned in the telegram is scary enough.

The Nuland Navy actually sent 2 fast battleships to Fanyan Ocean!

What was Nyz thinking?

Could it be that they are ready to abandon the transit island and concentrate their forces to block the shipping route of the Northern Fanyan Ocean, so that the Imperial Navy will not be able to capture Posha Bay as planned?

To say, this is simply a fool's dream.

Even if the Combined Fleet is killed by playing tricks, it will definitely not be able to defeat the 11th Task Force.

The Nuland Navy does not have fleet aircraft carriers for the time being, and the Imperial Navy can completely ignore the two fast battleships and at most strengthen the shore-based air force in the Northern Fanyan Ocean.

Thinking about it, the only thing Bai Zhizhan could think of was to destroy the relationship between the Liangxia Empire and the Riman Empire by attacking the combined fleet.

Actually, it doesn't mean much.

The Imperial authorities had promised the Men that they would compensate for the losses suffered by the Hindran navy.

In addition, the authorities will certainly take into account the overall situation.

The big picture now is the capture of Posha Bay.

Even if the combined fleet is completely wiped out, after attacking Lu Xinhai, the Imperial Navy can completely provide free assistance to the two "Xuhai" class ships to the Riman Navy.

At that time, all dissatisfaction will be gone.

For this reason, it is worth using the belongings at the bottom of the box? 8)