During the day on the 15th, the Nuland warships, which had passed through the Wangyu Canal into the Guia, had been using radio stations to communicate with each other.

At this time, the radio monitoring station on the "Qinling" became the ears and eyes of Bai Zhizhan.

Although older staff officers like Li Mingbo felt that they could not take things that they could not see and that they could not do accurate radio reconnaissance, Bai Zhizhan and Zhou Yongtao determined that the communication signals intercepted by the "Qinling" were of tremendous value and could be used as a basis for launching an attack.

The point is, the Newland battleships had parted ways by noon.

According to the radio signals intercepted in the morning, the "Qinling" also roughly depicted the course of the Nuland battleship.

Some of the ships turned north, while others sailed west.

Although there were fewer warships heading west, or fewer warships sending reports to be precise, according to the inference made by the chief telecommunications analyst of the "Qinling", almost all of them were cruisers, and most of the Newland battleships heading north were destroyers.

From this, Zhou Yongtao boldly speculated that it was the "Independence" small aircraft carrier heading north, and the two fleet aircraft carriers were sailing westward.

In addition, the fleet that went north was tasked with luring the enemy, or warming up for the task of luring the enemy, and did not pay attention to its hidden whereabouts at all.

After the separation, the battleships in that fleet were still using longwave radios!

Since it is luring the enemy, there is no need to sail covertly.

On the contrary, the Nuland fleet, which was heading west, was significantly "quieter" and most likely to undertake the task of attacking, so it had to remain hidden.

Of course, the most important thing is that the route of the enemy ship determined by the "Qinling" is the route depicted according to the location of the same enemy ship sent several telegrams before and after. The routes of the enemy ships sailing to the west were basically the same, and there was not much difference.

This fleet will pass north of the Galapagos Islands!

At around 3 p.m., Task Force 22 will be within striking range, and this will most likely be the only window of attack.

Crucially, those Newland battleships went into radio silence just after noon.

Missed the opportunity to attack in the afternoon, and after a full night of sailing, by the next morning, Task Force 22 might not be able to find it.

To put it bluntly, if you want to get your hands dirty, you have to take this opportunity!

At that time, less than two hours were left for the decision-making time of the White Stop.

Do not forget that August is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and the sunset time is around 5:30, and if the decision cannot be made before 2 o'clock, then it will be impossible to launch two waves of attacks before dark anyway, and there will be no guarantee of sinking 2 fleet carriers.

Extrapolating from the time, it is too late to even send a reconnaissance plane.

Theoretically, even if Bai Zhizhan was at noon, it was only around 12 o'clock, and after Zhou Yongtao made a bold guess, he ordered to dispatch reconnaissance planes, because the distance exceeded 800 kilometers and it took more than 2 hours to fly one way, so it was also impossible to discover the Nuland fleet before 2 o'clock.

At this time, the decisiveness of the White Stop War was vividly displayed.

At 12:15, Bai Zhizhan asked Zhou Yongtao to arrange for the reconnaissance plane to prepare for takeoff, but did not allow the reconnaissance plane to take off after being ready.

Subsequently, the first group of attack aircraft was arranged.

Using follow-up tactics, the attack aircraft group followed the reconnaissance plane's butt with a 10- to 15-minute interval to ensure that the Nuland fleet could be attacked immediately after it was discovered. Even if the reconnaissance aircraft did not detect the Nuland fleet, the attack aircraft group would be able to disperse the search.

In addition, immediately after the first wave of attack aircraft was dispatched, preparations for a second wave of attacks began.

In fact, this is also the consistent style of the White Stop War.

As long as he believes that he has seized the opportunity, and he is sure enough, he will go all out and devote all his strength to attack.

On the battlefield, the White Stop War will never give the enemy time to launch a counterattack.

Two waves of attacks, it can be said that they are hearty.

In fact, when making this decision, Bai Zhizhan was not sure enough in his heart, or he took a relatively big risk.

The point is that the Nuland Navy has long taken control of the Galapagos Islands.

Although there were no troops stationed on the islands, a dock was built to provide services for patrol aircraft, as well as a radar station and a long-wave radio station.

In the Guia Ocean, the Galapagos Islands are one of the main anti-submarine support points for the Nuland Navy.

In other words, if it misses, Task Force 22 may be exposed.

In addition, if it was not the two fleet carriers that sailed west, but the small aircraft carriers of little value, Task Force 22 would still be exposed.

As long as the attack fails, Task Force 22 is to be prepared to flee.

At that time, Bai Zhizhan did not think about what would happen after the failure.

Relying on his intuition, he believes that it will never fail!

The Nuland Navy has made so many reputations, to put it bluntly, it is all to lead the Imperial Navy's task force to Fanyan Ocean, and it is best to go to Lu Xinhai to fight the Royal Navy of Bran, so in the end, the Nuland Navy will inevitably use all the forces at its disposal to recapture the transit island, thwart the Imperial Navy here, consolidate the Khowaii Islands, stabilize the situation in the Middle East, and win back a game at the strategic level.

The key is 2 fleet aircraft carriers.

Without the two fleet aircraft carriers, even if the Nuland Navy exerts its strength, it may not be able to regain sea supremacy, and it will be impossible to thwart the landing operation.

Only send small aircraft carriers over, and they may not be able to throw themselves into the net.

For this reason, the two fleet aircraft carriers of the Nuland Navy must not only return to the Guia Ocean as soon as possible, but also rush to the transit island at full speed.

So, is it necessary to sail north and go around the west coast of the mainland?

Even if we don't take into account the problem of fuel and the time wasted on refueling along the way, just the additional thousands of kilometers of the voyage will be delayed for several days.

In this decisive battle with only speed, a few days are too precious.

From a tactical point of view, if the Nuland Navy had not launched a counterattack around the 20th, the Liang Xia Navy would have a great deal of confidence in guessing the whereabouts of the two fleet aircraft carriers.

Obviously, if the two fleet aircraft carriers go north first, it will be difficult to reach the transit island before the 20th.

It was precisely in this way that Bai Zhizhan dared to conclude that after entering the Guia Ocean through the Wangxi Canal, it was the two fleet aircraft carriers that sailed westward.

If anything, only Bai Zhizhan can seize this opportunity.

To put it bluntly, apart from the White Stop War, who else would dare to take a task force with only 2 large aircraft carriers deep behind enemy lines and set up an ambush outside the enemy's doorstep?

If you don't have the guts to be able to catch this short 2 and a half hours?

When it comes to making a decision, if you delay for an extra hour, the outcome will be very different.

In the case of only one attack, it is not possible to guarantee the sinking of 2 fleet carriers.

If anything, this battle can establish the position of the White Stop War in modern naval warfare.

Before this, there were some admirals who could keep up with the White Stop War, such as Liu Xiangzhen, Spark of the Newland Navy, Cunningham of the Bran Royal Navy, etc., so after this war, these people could only look up to the White Stop War, at most they could be regarded as outstanding generals of the same period.

There is only one contemporary naval god of war!

What is even more commendable is that Bai Zhizhan was not carried away by victory.