Li Yunxiang deliberately stayed at the end, and after Shenpu and the others went out, he closed the hatch directly.

Everyone went to get busy, and in the commander's bridge, there were only a few staff officers on duty.

"When it's convenient, you tell Xiao Zhou for me. After I went back, I personally applied for an exceptional promotion opportunity for him. "Bai Zhizhan guessed the reason why Li Yunxiang stayed." The war has just broken out, and it is still very early for it to end, and there will be opportunities in the future, and there is no need to compete for the length of the moment. ”

"He can figure it out, and even if he can't, he has to figure it out."

Bai Zhizhan was stunned for a moment and turned his gaze away.

Obviously, Li Yunxiang didn't stay to talk about Zhou Yongtao, and he wouldn't talk to Bai Zhizhan for a small second lieutenant staff officer.

Besides, Bai Zhizhan's respect and appreciation for Zhou Yongtao are obvious to all, and he will definitely not treat Zhou Yongtao badly.

"Do you think we'll get a good night's sleep tonight?"

"Are you worried about ......" In the middle of his words, Bai Zhizhan stopped, and then shook his head with a smile, and his expression became meaningful.

Li Yunxiang just smiled.

"Rest assured, the battle is over." Bai Zhizhan walked over to the chart table. "Think about it, if it weren't for the fear of being intercepted by us, Takaji would have sunk four precious battleships? Fearing to be intercepted by us, the 4th Cruiser Squadron would not be bored. ”

"That's what I'm worried about."

Hearing Li Yunxiang say this, Bai Zhizhan immediately tightened his brows.

Obviously, Li Yunxiang thinks long-term.

In order to attack the convoy, the Third Air Task Force sailed north for the whole night, and its current position was actually east of the Watchman Channel. This means that if the 4th Cruiser Squadron returns to the Sagi mainland, then tomorrow morning it will be within the range of the 3rd Air Task Force.

With a whole day and enough carrier-based aircraft, the Third Air Task Force could kill those four heavy cruisers like a cat and a mouse. If done well, maybe it will be able to force the four heavy cruisers to follow in the footsteps of the four battleships and sink en masse after there is no hope of breaking through.

If I want to say anything, I can't wait until tomorrow morning.

Tonight, the submarines of the Liangxia Navy will be killed, and the four heavy cruisers will be greeted with torpedoes.

It is likely that the 4th Cruiser Squadron will not return in the direction of the mainland, but will sail south in the evening, avoiding the 3rd Air Task Force to the east. Because the 3rd Air Task Force is again in a state of radio silence, it is likely that by tomorrow the 4th Cruiser Squadron will continue to move south.

After that, with the arrival of the Imperial Navy's home fleet, the 4th Cruiser Squadron headed for the Tuk Fortress.

Crucially, the mobile fleet will not risk returning to the Guia Ocean from the Shuangche Strait, and will also bypass the southern part of Nanzhu Kingdom in a few days, and then go to the Tuke Fortress.

Sure enough, by that time the fortress of Tuke had four fast battleships and at least seven heavy cruisers.

No matter where it is placed, it is a formidable rival at sea.

The Tuke Fortress is the base camp of the Narrow Navy in the southwestern and eastern seas, not only has a complete infrastructure, but also has a large amount of war materials.

If anything, the mobile fleet will have no problem holding out there for a year.

Even without warships, the officers and men of the Sasashi Navy were able to go ashore to defend themselves, relying on strong fortifications to resist attacks from the direction of the sea.

So, to fight or not to fight!?

Thinking of this, Bai Zhizhan couldn't help but rub his forehead vigorously.

Here, the second phase of combat operations is involved.

In fact, Gui Boyong's anger towards Li Jie and Jin Hong is also related to this.

Not because of the sinking of several battleships, but by taking out the commander of the permanent fleet of the Sagai Navy, Takano!

What would have happened if Takano had lived and returned home with the fleet?

Even if the Sagai Navy has been defeated, but Takaya's influence is there, and there must be some warships left, such as a few battleships, enough cruisers and destroyers, and shore-based aviation that must not be underestimated, so it is very difficult to directly attack and blockade the Sagi mainland, and even attack the islands close to the Sagi mainland, and it is necessary to mobilize enough troops and spend a lot of time on preliminary preparations.

This means that the Imperial Navy will have to find an easier target in the near future.

Comparatively speaking, the Tuk Fortress, which hangs in solitary territory, is an "easy" target.

Actually, that's the key.

Prior to this, the generals of the home fleet, led by Gui Boyong, had always advocated that the attack on the Tuke fortress should be the main purpose in the second stage, and then on this basis, they would march into the southwestern and eastern seas, cutting off the sea routes from the Sagi mainland to the southwestern and eastern seas, to be precise, the southern continent, that is, Austria.

The Southern Fleet advocated the advanced military of the volcanic islands and the capture of Liuhuang Island, which also had great strategic value.

Because no one expected that Takano would die after the start of the war, the proposition of the home fleet was more important when making plans.

Now it's all right.

Gao Ye was finished, Lan Yun became the number one commander of the Sakui Navy, and he commanded the strongest existing mobile fleet of the Sagi Navy to go to Tuke Fortress, plus the fourth cruiser squadron that might rush over to converge, the difficulty of attacking Tuke Fortress was significantly increased.

On the night of the 25th, when the special group turned to return, Bai Zhizhan had already thought of it.

Liu Xiangzhen was not cowardly, nor was he afraid of unnecessary losses, it had nothing to do with the lack of fuel, he deliberately let Lan Yun go. What's more, he knows Bai Zhizhan too well, and knows that after he releases the water, Bai Zhizhan will definitely not only care about personal gains and losses, and will do his best to fight the rest of the battle. Even if Liu Xiangzhen didn't expect Gao Ye to die in battle, he could guess that the permanent fleet would be severely damaged in the Guia Ocean.

All in all, that's the way it is.

The main force of the Narrow-Yi Navy was at Tuke Fortress, and there was not much oil and water in the southwest-eastern sea, so there was no reason not to attack Liuhuang Island.

Then, it was to encircle and blockade the Narrow-Sized Imperial State, and then force the Narrow-Sized Imperial State to surrender.

Is this the best option?

Whether it is better to move south or eastward has been repeatedly discussed countless times within the Imperial Navy and within the Home Fleet.

There is nothing to say, and there is no need for Li Yunxiang to remind Bai Zhizhan.

When Li Yunxiang raised this point, he was actually telling Bai Zhizhan that if he didn't do something, the second phase of combat operations would be determined before he went back. If he really wants to adopt the plan of the Southern Fleet, because Bai Zhizhan has always opposed it, his situation will become very delicate.

Here, too, there is a question involved.

When the plan was made, no one thought about the loss of two aircraft carriers, even if only one was sunk and the other was only heavily damaged.

What do you mean?

At present, the fleet aircraft carriers that the Imperial Navy can use are only four in total.

Regardless of which set of strategic options is adopted, it is necessary to concentrate four aircraft carriers.

If the eastward strategy is chosen, it must be led by Liu Xiangzhen. Unless Liu Xiangzhen's subordinates work hard, Bai Zhizhan would have to hand over the Third Air Task Force, at least the actual command of two aircraft carriers, and only retain the title of commander who has no real power.

Let Bai Zhizhan go to Liu Xiangzhen?

Even if he himself did not object, Gui Boyong and He Yongxing, as well as the generals of the home fleet, would never agree!

Losing the command of the fleet, what else does Bai Zhizhan have, and how can he compete with Liu Xiangzhen?

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