“…… That's about it. ”

After saying that, he waited for two seconds before Li Mingbo sat down and began to eliminate the box of meals in front of him.

No one answered, and the senior staff officers who sat around the table all looked at Bai Zhizhan and didn't intend to express their opinions before the commander.

This is the Third Air Task Force, not the First Air Task Force brought out by Bai Zhizhan himself.

There is a Zhou Yongtao, which is already very good. It is obviously very unrealistic to expect all staff officers to dare to express their opinions like Zhou Yongtao.

Adhering to the habit of cultivating more than ten years, Bai Zhizhan gathered the personnel at dinner.

Didn't go to the cafeteria, but at the officer's activity center. The so-called dinner is actually a snack-based supper. At about seven o'clock, Bai Zhizhan asked Li Mingbo to make arrangements and let the staff officers of the fleet headquarters take turns to have dinner, so as not to wait for a place with the pilots.

Prepare some snacks, mainly a few senior staff officers have been busy until now, and they don't bother to eat dinner.

Taking this opportunity, Li Mingbo gave a brief explanation.

Because Zesan judged that the Third Air Task Force had returned to Asahikai through the Ashishima Strait last night to join up with the home fleet that had departed last night and was preparing to rush to the Watcher Strait, after noon, he sent the Zero Battle, which was originally used for air defense missions, to the second main team.

From this, there are two effects.

First of all, there are only more than 20 of the remaining Zero Battles, and two-thirds of them are on the aircraft carrier, which is being maintained and overhauled, and none of them can be lifted into the air for combat.

Second, the rotation time of the air defense fighters was postponed from before 4 o'clock to after 4 o'clock, and only the pilots were replaced, that is, the returning Zero Fighters were refueled and piloted by other pilots. As a result, the Zeros had to stay on the carrier for almost an hour.

It was precisely because of this that at the time of the arrival of the first attack group, there was not a single air defense fighter above the head of the Fifth Air Force.

To be precise, the last few air defense fighters were on their way back when they were intercepted by the escort fighters who came out.

Although in the following minutes, the two aircraft carriers each dispatched several fighters, but these Zero Battles, which were not originally scheduled for a mission, were not loaded with ammunition.

If it's a special group of fighters, these zero-battles without guns and shells may be useful.

In these two days of fighting, the pilots of the special mixed group did not take the slightest advantage in front of the Zero War, and it can be said that they have been frightened by the Zero War.

It is a pity that the pilots of the Third Air Task Force had never seen the Zero War before, nor did they know the horror of the Zero War, so when facing the oncoming Zero War, not a single bomber dropped a bomb, not a single torpedo plane dropped a torpedo, and all of them were calves who were not afraid of tigers.

According to the recollections of some pilots, they mistook the Zero for the 96 ship battle. In retrospect, everyone felt afraid.

In just a few minutes, the two aircraft carriers of the Fifth Air Force were heavily damaged one after another.

Because they fell overboard after the explosion, and the other battleships were still sailing north at full speed, Sawasan's lieutenant only knew that the flagship sank after the attack was over.

As for the situation of the "Ruihe", he only knew that the ship had also been heavily damaged, and it was not clear whether it had sunk or not.

Li Mingbo did not emphasize the capture of Zesan.

It should be said that Zesan was captured by those pilots of the patrol planes, and the patrol planes belonged to the Ashishima garrison and had nothing to do with the Third Air Task Force.

"For the rest, I don't want to emphasize it, just mention one thing. At noon today, the task force under the command of General Liu Xiangzhen sank two other aircraft carriers of the mobile fleet, and the remnants of the mobile fleet were being defeated at this time. Although there has been a big victory, it is still very far from a real victory. There will definitely be a big battle to be fought tomorrow, and I hope that you will continue to do your best and raise a glass to celebrate after the permanent fleet has been annihilated! ”

Bai Zhizhan's words were a little less imposing, or his mood was not high enough.

"If there's nothing important, let's get busy." Li Mingbo had already seen that Bai Zhizhan had something on his mind, so he announced the dismissal of the meeting after Bai Zhizhan finished speaking.

Actually, it's not a meeting.

Combat meetings, even if they do not necessarily take place in conference rooms or other more formal occasions, should be arranged for personnel to record the proceedings of the meeting.

Several senior staff officers are very knowledgeable, and although they have only been with Bai Zhizhan for more than ten days, they have great respect for this commander who usually does not put on a show. Now that he has won again and won a big victory at a very small cost, it is even more admirable to the five-body cast.

Soon, only Li Mingbo, Li Yunxiang and Zhou Yongtao were left in the room.

And, of course, the White Stop.

Although Zhou Yongtao is still a second lieutenant staff officer, after that magical performance during the day, he seems to have become the number one little fresh meat in front of Bai Zhizhan.

"Looks like you've already guessed it."

No one answered.

Li Mingbo and the others all saw that Bai Zhizhan had something on his mind, but what was on his mind, Li Mingbo couldn't guess, Li Yunxiang was not guessing, and Zhou Yongtao didn't dare to believe it.

"Any idea what I'm worried about?" When he said this, Bai Zhizhan looked at Zhou Yongtao.

Zhou Yongtao was obviously stunned, obviously he didn't expect Bai Zhizhan to throw the question out so directly and ask him to answer.

was pushed down by Li Mingbo again, and he only trembled slightly.

"Westside?" Zhou Yongtao is obviously a little lacking in confidence.

Zhou Yongtao's appearance of no longer being in a state, Li Mingbo was extremely anxious.

"If the information received in the afternoon is correct, as long as the speed is maintained above eighteen knots, you will not encounter the first main team at night, so the threat from the west is ......"

After Bai Zhizhan pressed his hand, Li Mingbo closed his mouth.

Obviously, when Zhou Yongtao said the west, he was not referring to the first main force of the Narrow Navy.

The two "Gate" class battleships could run up to twenty-five knots at most, so as long as they maintained their speed, they would not encounter them.

So, what does Zhou Yongtao mean by "west"?

"You're right, that's what worries me the most." Bai Zhizhan sighed and said, "If the special group gives up the pursuit, then tomorrow, we will have to face two main teams and one aviation team alone. Even if you can win, it will be extremely difficult. ”

"How could the special group give up the pursuit......"

When he opened his mouth to say this, Li Mingbo was obviously not confident, and he didn't finish it in the end.

In fact, before he shut up, Li Mingbo had already thought about it.

Bai Zhizhan is not talking about the special mixed group, but Liu Xiangzhen!

In two days and two bitter battles, the special task force had already killed four aircraft carriers of the mobile fleet, and its own losses were extremely great. If the four fast battleships were not found before dark, Liu Xiangzhen would most likely abandon the pursuit at night and turn back in order to preserve his strength.

Of course, this is also to avoid encountering enemies at night.

Don't forget, he's now the commander of the Task Forces.

Even if Bai Zhizhan is named the temporary commander of the First Air Task Force, the Second Air Task Force will exist in name only, and the Navy Command will definitely make adjustments.

Even in order to avoid the expansion of contradictions, the special mixed group will be retained, and Liu Xiangzhen will continue to command the special mixed group.

In a short period of time, Bai Zhizhan does not want to return to the First Air Task Force.

In this way, Liu Xiangzhen may not go all out to pursue the first main team.