On January 25, southwest of Liuhuang Island.

After the "Hengjiang" completed its turn, it had already adjusted its course, and the "Xuhai" and "Yanhai" waiting in front sounded their whistles at the same time, as if they were greeting the "Hengjiang", so that this grinding companion could hurry up, they were already waiting impatiently.

A lifting platform on the outside of the island.

"Don't give it away, it's not a parting of life and death." Li Mingbo said so, but when he wanted to say goodbye, he was still very reluctant.

"No matter what, take care." Bai Zhizhan gave Li Mingbo a hug.

"You too!"

Bai Zhizhan patted Li Mingbo on the shoulder a few more times before taking a few steps back.

After greeting Zhou Yongtao, Shen Pu, Zhu Huasheng and a few other friends, Li Mingbo stood on the lifting platform, and below was a traffic boat.

The staff officers who came with Li Mingbo had already gone down to the traffic boat.

"If you want me to say, let Lao Li stay, I don't believe what Liu Xiangzhen can do."

"That's what I said, but you have to think about Lao Li. Liu Xiangzhen can't do anything about us, but against Lao Li, isn't it just a matter of one sentence? ”

Shen Pu and Zhu Huasheng talked about this, so that Zhou Yongtao couldn't interject at all.

"Give the order, it's time to go home."

After Bai Zhizhan spoke, Zhou Yongtao did not dare to be verbose, and immediately returned to the commander's bridge.

"Old white?"

"You two are not too young, don't you think it is inappropriate to start those words?"

"Xiao Zhou is not an outsider, besides, ......"

"It's because he's not an outsider that he shouldn't say such things in front of him. You all said at the beginning, Liu Xiangzhen can't do anything about us, but to deal with Lao Li, it's just a matter of one sentence. Don't you think that if you want to take this opportunity to deal with Xiao Zhou, you don't even need a word? “

was reprimanded by Bai Zhizhan, and Shen Pu and Zhu Huasheng were also honest.

"Go in, I'd like to be alone for a while."

"Okay, we'll have dinner later."

Zhu Huasheng wanted to say a few words, but Shen Pu patted him on the shoulder and pulled him into the ship island.

Looking at the traffic boat in the distance, Bai Zhizhan had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Five days ago, in the early morning of January 20, Bai Zhizhan received an order from Liu Changxun to go to Liuhuangdao to temporarily replace the special mixed group.

The task force had been fighting for five days, and the four aircraft carriers had run out of ammunition and aviation gasoline, and needed to retreat to the rear to resupply. The same is true of several heavy cruisers in the task force, which are running out of ammunition and unable to continue to support the Marines.

Replenishing ammunition is very cumbersome and takes several days before and after.

The officers and men of the special task force also need to rest and recuperate, especially the pilots of carrier-based aircraft, who have been on high-intensity sorties for several days in a row, and they are about to lie down from exhaustion.

Now only Task Force 1 can go up to the top.

On the afternoon of the 20th, the First Task Force rushed to the southwest of Liuhuang Island.

What Bai Zhizhan did not expect was that Liu Xiangzhen asked Li Mingbo to come to the "Hengjiang" with a group of staff officers to be responsible for the connection of the two fleets.

This arrangement did not change Li Mingbo's identity.

In terms of establishment, Li Mingbo is still the commander of the second aircraft carrier battle group in the special task force, and he is Liu Xiangzhen's subordinate and listens to Liu Xiangzhen's command.

In fact, when he saw Li Mingbo, Bai Zhizhan guessed Liu Xiangzhen's intentions.

What is the relationship between him and Li Mingbo?

Twenty years ago, on the "Beihe", if he hadn't been caught by Li Mingbo, even if Bai Zhizhan hadn't won a place in the Imperial Navy Cemetery, he would definitely go to the Center for Disabled Veterans to report, even if he later recovered, it would not have been possible to achieve such an achievement as he is now.

Falling from the watchtower at the top of the mast was no joke.

Obviously, Liu Xiangzhen sent Li Mingbo over just to let Bai Zhizhan leave Li Mingbo behind.

As long as Bai Zhizhan does this, Liu Xiangzhen can go to the Navy Headquarters to join him!

This is obviously to stop the battle against Bai, and it is related to the battle on the 19th.

On the morning of the 20th, the Navy Command had already determined that the First Task Force had made the main contribution, and that the submarine that finally sank the four battleships, the "Blue Ring Octopus," was the second contribution, and the reason for the determination was the same as that when the credit for the annihilation of the second main force was mainly given to the home fleet.

The results of this assessment by the Navy Command left those generals of the Southern Fleet speechless to say.

The First Task Force will inevitably take the lead in annihilating the permanent fleet and replacing the special task force to support the landing operation.

If he wants to lead the fleet again, who has reason to oppose letting Bai Zhizhan take command?

The key is that last time in the West and East of the ocean, Bai Zhizhan won the battle with two aircraft carriers, and this time he achieved a great victory with one aircraft carrier.

No matter what criteria are used, Bai Zhizhan is the undisputed and unquestionable number one commander of the Imperial Navy!

Liu Xiangzhen?

Up to second.

He had four aircraft carriers in his hands, but he stayed in the southwest direction of Liuhuang Island and missed the opportunity to annihilate the permanent fleet on the 18th.

It can be seen that unless Bai Zhi's war criminals are stupid, after going back this time, he will definitely soar.

If Liu Xiangzhen wants to turn the tables, he has to find a way to make Bai Zhizhan stupid, and the method he adopted is to send Li Mingbo over to make it difficult for Bai Zhizhan to do.

This is clearly putting eye drops on Bai Zhizhan.

What made Bai Zhizhan sad was not only what Liu Xiangzhen did, but also Li Mingbo.

After coming to the "Hengjiang", Li Mingbo deliberately kept a distance from Bai Zhizhan and others, and he always looked like he was doing business.

In the first few days, Bai Zhizhan also thought that Li Mingbo had changed.

But later, Li Mingbo couldn't act by himself, and after being dragged by Shenpu and Zhu Huasheng to have a few drinks, he told the situation.

He also guessed Liu Xiangzhen's thoughts, and he was thinking about Bai Zhizhan, and he didn't want Bai Zhizhan to make mistakes for him.

It's taboo to go to other fleets to dig corners.

Not to mention that it did not have the permission of the Navy Command, and even if it did, it would be difficult to obtain the approval of the officers and men at the grassroots level.

To say, this is the sense of belonging in the Navy.

In fact, it was manifested in Bai Zhizhan's body.

Although Bai Zhizhan did not take refuge in the He family, he has always regarded himself as a member of the home fleet, so even if he has a good relationship with Liu Xiangdong, he usually calls him a brother and a brother, he never thought of going to the Southern Fleet, and Liu Xiangdong did not invite him to the Southern Fleet.

Similarly, Gui Boyong definitely didn't think about poaching Liu Xiangzhen from the Southern Fleet.

That's the reality.

Even if he knew that Li Mingbo was not comfortable in the special mixed group, Bai Zhizhan could not forcibly keep people, so he could only wait patiently for the opportunity to be replaced.

Bai Zhizhan is going to do this, not only will he not be able to get people to come, but it will also make it more difficult for Li Mingbo to do it.

Even if Liu Xiangzhen would not embarrass him, the staff officers of the special mixed group would give him a look on his face and put on small shoes for him everywhere, making his life in the fleet even more difficult.

It can be seen that Bai Zhizhan could not do anything, or could not do it.

Now, the Task Force has returned.

After hearing the roar coming from the air, Bai Zhizhan came back to his senses and turned around and walked into the ship island.

It was a group of planes sent by the task force, flying to Liuhuang Island for the last bombing mission of the day, but it looked more like a demonstration to Task Force 1.

That's where the fleet is coming!

Where did it not work to fly over, why did it fly over the "Hengjiang" and fly so low?