"Yokoe".

After receiving the second battle report sent back by Zhu Huasheng, Bai Zhizhan felt embarrassed and tricky.

It is not a question of whether a third attack is necessary.

The bombers and torpedo planes on the "Yokoe" were all dispatched, and the first to attack, that is, the group of planes led by Shen Pu could not return until after five o'clock. Even if the carrier-based aircraft does not carry out overhaul after landing, and directly refuels and loads bombs, it will not be able to kill it before dark.

When making the plan, Bai Zhizhan did not consider arranging a third attack.

What makes Bai Zhizhan difficult is actually whether to recruit Li Jie and Jin Hong back, that is, to let the two "Xuhai" class return.

Early in the morning, after receiving the news that Liu Xiangzhen had sent four fast battleships to the landing site and shelled Liuhuangdao at night, Bai Zhizhan immediately guessed his careful thoughts, and then asked Li Jie and Jin Hong to take two fast battleships out to find and seize the opportunity to block the permanent fleet.

When making this arrangement, Bai Zhizhan did not plan to share the results with Liu Xiangzhen.

As I said earlier, Liu Xiangzhen is not polite, why should Bai Zhizhan be polite?

Before, those things that happened when evaluating the main merit had already been seen through by Bai Zhizhan, and since it was necessary to fight, he could not relax from the beginning.

After receiving Lieutenant He Weigui's reconnaissance report, Bai Zhizhan sent a seaplane to deliver the new combat order to Li Jie and Jin Hong.

Assault at full speed to stop the permanent fleet after sunset.

There was no way, Bai Zhizhan only had one aircraft carrier in his hands, more than 70 torpedo planes and bombers, and the time was only enough to make one sortie.

Relying on this little force, it may not be possible to completely annihilate the permanent fleet.

Wait until tomorrow morning?

Liu Xiangzhen may not stay in the southwest of Liuhuang Island honestly, maybe he will kill him overnight, and then snatch the credit for annihilating the permanent fleet.

But the problem is that Zhu Huasheng mentioned in the telegram that the four battleships were heavily damaged and all of them could sink during the night.

Two waves of attacks, only seven heavy cruisers were sunk, and the permanent fleet had a few light cruisers and a dozen destroyers capable of fighting.

These warships pose a great threat at night.

The Narrow Navy has always focused on field warfare, and there are also the world's No. 1 "spear" oxygen torpedoes, and if you really want to fight at night, destroyers can pose a threat to battleships.

What's more, only four light cruisers followed two "Asahimi" class to launch a surprise attack.

If the narrow battleships swarmed up, the four light cruisers might not be able to stop it.

For the sake of safety, Bai Zhizhan left four "Wuzhou"-class heavy cruisers behind.

In addition, Task Force 1 has already entered the sea area where the Volcanic Islands are located, and if it wants to continue its voyage north, it will enter the strike range of the shore-based air force of the Satsugi Navy early tomorrow morning. If carrier-based aircraft are to be dispatched to launch an attack at that time, they may not be able to leave enough air defense fighters behind.

To put it bluntly, is there any need to let two iron buddies take risks for the sake of four battleships that are about to sink.

Or to miss the opportunity to sink four battleships in order not to take risks?

Those are four pieces of fat that have already reached the mouth, and can even be said to have entered the mouth, can they just be let go and spit out?

Bai Zhizhan knows very well that when tomorrow, after the special group kills, I am afraid that there will not be even bones left.

It's just that the risk of night battles is really great.

"Commander!"

As soon as the telecommunications officer approached, he suddenly shouted, causing Bai Zhizhan to tremble several times.

This guy is also yes, after seeing Bai Zhizhan come back to his senses, he quickly stuffed the message into Zhou Yongtao's hand, and then trotted away.

It seems that changing tricks to frighten Bai to stop the war is already a great pleasure for the staff officers of the fleet command.

"This ...... How can it be! ”

"What do you say?"

Zhou Yongtao didn't explain, and directly handed the message to Bai Zhizhan.

After catching it, Bai Zhizhan was also stunned.

A submarine war report, however, was forwarded by the command of the Navy.

At the very beginning, the submarine "Blue Ring Octopus" sank four battleships of the permanent fleet with twelve torpedoes in fifteen minutes!

That's right, it's sinking!

The four battleships were in the same area, and the "Blue Ring Octopus" was between the four battleships, and the captain watched through the periscope the sinking of the four battleships before surfacing the sea to send a telegram. There is certainly nothing wrong with this report, because when you observe it with a periscope, you must take a picture for evidence.

In addition, the submarine was still in the area of engagement, was not attacked before or after the report, and perhaps had not yet been spotted by the destroyers and light cruisers of the Narrow Navy.

At the end of the telegram, it was also mentioned that the "Blue Ringed Octopus" would wait for his enemy ship to leave after dark to search for and rescue the pilot who had fallen overboard.

"Go and send a telegram and let them both come back."

"Other ......"

"The main work has been taken away, even if the other warships are killed, what can I do?"

Zhou Yongtao sighed when he turned around and walked away, obviously feeling very sorry.

Contrary to Zhou Yongtao, Bai Zhizhan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At least, don't be in a dilemma.

That's fate!

To put it mildly, the Imperial Navy has always paid little attention to submarines. It's not that they don't understand the value of submarines, but in the strategic system of the Imperial Navy, submarines didn't have much use, at least not much use in the initial period of the war, and therefore they weren't particularly important.

Strategic strangulation?

After seizing sea supremacy, it is still necessary to dispatch submarines to strangle the enemy country?

This is like saying that the Royal Navy of Bran used submarines to carry out strategic strangulation against the Empire, which is very absurd.

In the Western and Eastern Gazena, it was the Imperial Navy, not the Narrow Navy, that held the control of the sea, and there was no need to use submarines to strangle the Imperial Empire.

If the time comes when only submarines can be counted, then the empire is not far from defeat.

Although the Imperial Navy had about eighty submarines, the vast majority were small submarines that could only operate in the near seas, and there were less than twenty large ocean-going submarines.

Before the outbreak of the war, at the end of December last year, all these large submarines entered the Guina.

According to the arrangement, all submarines were mainly used for reconnaissance, that is, to search for and monitor the fleet of the Imperial State, as well as the naval base where the fleet was deployed.

No one knows the whereabouts of these submarines, not even the White Stop.

In the sea near the volcanic archipelago there are at least five large ocean-going submarines.

Among them is the "Blue Ringed Octopus".

A few days ago, a submarine sank a transport ship carrying war supplies to Liuhuangdao more than 300 kilometers north of the volcanic archipelago.

Since then, for safety reasons, the navy has not used ships to deliver supplies to Liuhuang Island.

If necessary, warships were dispatched to deliver supplies.

Prior to this, the White Stop War did not take submarines into account at all.

It is very difficult to find a fleet, let alone a submarine, in the middle of the vast sea, and to dispatch reconnaissance aircraft. Besides, submarines that operate alone generally do not risk attacking fleets that are covered by destroyers and other anti-submarine warfare ships, after all, after being targeted, submarines will definitely be more than lucky.

Where did I think that this submarine actually crashed into the permanent fleet.

The point is, and it happened to be around the time when the permanent fleet was bombed.

I can't say enough luck.

Bai Zhizhan was very emotional, and he could even be said to be a little helpless.

After working hard for so long, he lost more than a dozen carrier-based aircraft, and at the critical moment of picking fruits, he was preempted by others.

It felt like being in the cave and only to be told that the groom was someone else.