Less than four o'clock, before the aviation crew was ready to let the carrier-based aircraft carrying out the second round of attack missions take off, Bai Zhizhan left the flight deck.

Not to mention the commander of the fleet, even if the emperor comes, he can't go to the deck when the carrier-based aircraft takes off and lands.

Of course, the commander of the fleet must take the lead in complying with military rules and discipline.

Bai Zhizhan went to the flight deck, not to cause trouble to his officers and soldiers, nor to breathe fresh air, but he didn't want to listen to Li Mingbo's nagging.

Although Li Mingbo only nagged in front of him, the undercurrent hidden behind the complaints made Bai Zhizhan shudder!

Three years ago, on his fortieth birthday, in the name of his life, Bai Zhizhan went to find Zhu Shijian and proposed to teach at the Imperial Naval Academy, even if it was just as an ordinary teacher. It's not that he's tired of life in the fleet, and it's not that he doesn't dare to compete with Liu Xiangzhen, but the impact of the competitive relationship with Liu Xiangzhen makes him feel scared, and he sees or guesses a very bad result.

The Imperial Navy will eventually split into the common people faction and the family general faction because of their antagonism.

If this is the case, then in the next war, the Imperial Navy will definitely taste the bitter fruit of defeat again.

Obviously, Bai Zhizhan thought very simply at that time, thinking that as long as one party withdrew, this situation would not occur, and he could only choose to withdraw.

Bai Zhizhan had such an idea, which is also related to Zhu Shijian.

When he was competing with Zhou Kuande, Zhu Shijian chose to retreat bravely. Next, the Imperial Navy, under the command of Zhou Kuande, was invincible in the early days of the Great War. Otherwise, Zhu Shijian would not have been able to stand up at the end of the war and lead the Imperial Navy out of the predicament of defeat.

In Bai Zhizhan's opinion, as long as he gives a valid reason, Zhu Shijian will agree.

Where did I think that it was this conversation with Zhu Shijian that completely changed Bai Zhizhan.

Can his relationship with Liu Xiangzhen be compared with the relationship between Zhu Shijian and Zhou Kuande?

At that time, Zhu Shijian and Zhou Kuande were both civilian officers, and the two families that had ruled the imperial navy for decades had already withered because they had not fought for nearly 20 years. Otherwise, Zhu Shijian and Zhou Kuande would not have become hot and strange goods in their twenties. Obviously, no matter who leaves or who stays, the end result is the same, at least not in essence.

After the war, the belittlement of Zhou Kuande and the praise of Zhu Shijian were actually needed by the situation, and they could also be seen as flattery to the new commander-in-chief of the navy.

In Zhu Shijian's own words, letting him command the Imperial Navy may not be able to achieve a more brilliant victory.

Zhou Kuande assumed the responsibility for the defeat because he sat in the position of commander-in-chief of the navy, not because he was the commander-in-chief, the imperial navy was defeated.

The relationship between Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen is obviously not so simple.

In other words, can Bai Zhizhan retreat bravely?

In Zhu Shijian's words: If ten years earlier, at the age of thirty, Bai Zhizhan was going to the Naval Academy, no one would stop him. But now, he chose to retreat bravely, so that those young people who were inspired by him to join the navy and raise ambitions What do they think?

For Bai Zhizhan, who has reached the age of forty and is already a commodore of the Imperial Navy, he represents a group, not just himself!

Hundreds of thousands of young officers and soldiers who were born in peace, who hoped to change their fate by joining the army, who wanted to serve the empire with their actions, and who wanted to fight for the nation and their compatriots, all looked at Bai Zhizhan, all took Bai Zhizhan as an example, and all of them were proud to wear the same military uniform as Bai Zhizhan.

There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers behind you, where are you retreating!?

At the end, Zhu Shijian also told Bai Zhizhan: Do the right thing, not what you think is the right thing.

After being "scolded" by Zhu Shijian and woke up, Bai Zhizhan dispelled the idea of retreating bravely from the rapids.

It's just that, unlike the views of Li Mingbo and other "cronies", Bai Zhizhan more often regards Liu Xiangzhen as an opponent who is also a teacher and a friend.

After several years of fleet exercises, Bai Zhizhan has gained a clearer understanding of this "friend and foe."

In layman's terms: there is no harm without contrast.

No matter what others say about Bai Zhizhan, or how they look at Liu Xiangzhen, the judgment of the two of them is actually based on the other party.

To put it simply: the way the outside world evaluates them is to compare them with another.

Not to mention the question of who is the flower and who is the green leaf, they are the twin stars when they are together, and if one is missing, the other one will be overshadowed.

Over the years, Bai Zhizhan has won great prestige among the navy because of his radical tactical thinking and unbridled command art. In contrast, Liu Xiangzhen is more stable and ruthless, and his family, which makes him gain the same appeal as Bai Zhizhan.

For this reason, Bai Zhizhan earned the nickname "Crazy White", and Liu Xiangzhen was "Steady Liu".

It's just that now, what Bai Zhizhan is most worried about is actually "steady Liu".

Sometimes, especially when the war is stalemate, steadiness may not lead to good results.

But what can it be?

has been dating Liu Xiangzhen for 20 years, and Bai Zhizhan has long discovered that this classmate from a wealthy family is definitely not ordinarily high.

In this regard, Liu Xiangzhen is completely different from Bai Zhizhan, another "big Liu", Liu Xiangdong.

To put it simply, Liu Xiangdong is the kind of existence that has no heart and lungs, as long as the relationship is good, everything is not counted, let alone taken to heart. Otherwise, he would not have given up the position of the chief supervisor of the "Longjiang" to Bai Zhizhan back then, and he would have gone to Thorn Prefecture to start over.

It is precisely like this that when he was dating Liu Xiangzhen, Bai Zhizhan was very restrained and never joked.

Last night, to be precise, in those telegrams sent through Ashishima in the early hours of this morning, Bai Zhizhan has been advising Liu Xiangzhen on what to do, not only is the wording very careful, but it is not explicitly stated in many aspects, as long as Liu Xiangzhen can understand these hints.

If he made it clear, Liu Xiangzhen would probably do it, at least he would ignore it.

Many times, self-esteem tends to have some unpredictable impact on decision-makers, causing them to make unconventional decisions.

The two fleets are now separated by hundreds of kilometers, and the Third Air Task Force has not yet been exposed, so it is definitely impossible to break the radio silence in order to remind Liu Xiangzhen.

Reminder what?

Keep on the chase and don't stop!

Only when the special group pursues behind and continues to put pressure on the opponent can the narrow fleet be driven out of the Yanhai Sea and into the pocket that is about to form.

If Liu Xiangzhen stopped, after the threat was reduced, the permanent fleet would probably not rush forward without hesitation.

However, if you really want to send a telegram to remind you, Liu Xiangzhen may not think that Bai Zhizhan should not be careful.

According to Liu Xiangzhen's style, I am afraid that he will do the opposite.

That is, sending a telegram reminder now will only have the opposite effect!

So, can Liu Xiang really guess Bai Zhizhan's intentions?

Bai Zhizhan didn't know, and he didn't think much about it, because the top priority now was to kill the Fifth Air Force commanded by Ze San before it got dark.

As for tomorrow, when today's battle is over, it's not too late to think about it!