Back in the imperial capital, Bai Zhizhan realized that the situation was not as simple as he thought.

The Hindman Navy did send three armored cruisers, but the reason given was that they were on a military visit at the invitation of a friendly country.

In the Southern Lonely Continent, there are indeed a few countries that have friendly relations with the Empire, such as the Öting Kingdom, which has absorbed more than a million Empire immigrants.

Of course, this is just an excuse.

The battle is still going according to plan, as soon as April 1, and as late as April 30, the Empire will ignite the war as agreed.

The specific date was decided by the Liang Xia Empire.

In other words, it depends on the arrangement of the Liang Xia Empire.

How long will it take for the Liang Xia Empire to take the Narrow Empire?

As for sending oil tankers to pick up the matter, Liu Changxun has already arranged it.

The Imperial Navy will arrange for four fast tankers that have been converted to the South Sunset Ocean, and will send warships, tentatively two heavy cruisers and four light cruisers to accompany them, and use the ports on the Fanyan Ocean to resupply and support the Fernando fleet after the war.

As for the person who commanded the "expeditionary fleet", Liu Changxun was also selected, and it was also related to the White War.

That's right, it's Li Mingbo.

Liu Changxun has signed Li Mingbo's brigadier general promotion order. According to Liu Changxun, after completing the mission and returning to China, Li Mingbo will be promoted to major general.

The risk is high, but the rewards are even greater when the mission is completed.

Because he was exceptionally promoted to colonel shortly after the start of the war, after missing this opportunity, with Li Mingbo's current situation, it would be good to be promoted to brigadier general in the next ten years.

In addition, Li Mingbo could be transferred from the 21st Task Force in this way.

Task Force 21 is the Task Force.

According to the reformed establishment system, the Guia Fleet is numbered in an even number, from north to south, the Second Fleet, which is responsible for the Guina, the Fourth Fleet, which is facing the Guina, the Sixth Fleet, which is operating in the Southwest and Guia, and the Eighth Fleet, which will enter the Guia Ocean in the future.

The fleets facing the Fanyan Ocean are numbered in the singular, those facing the Yanhai Sea and the Northeast Fanyan Ocean are numbered as the First Fleet, those facing the Northwest Fanyan Ocean and extending to the Luxinhai in the future are numbered as the Third Fleet, and those facing the Southwest Fanyan Ocean and marching into the Nanxi Ocean in the future are numbered as the Fifth Fleet.

Under the fleets, there is a task force, which is numbered.

The 21st Task Force was the first task force to be established to operate in the Guia Ocean.

Interestingly, the Saoyi Imperial State, which belonged to the Guina States, was subsumed under the Guina, so it was the Second Fleet that fought against the Baic Empire.

As for the Fourth Fleet, it is mainly responsible for the sea area between the South Pearl Kingdom and the North Malaysia Islands.

According to Bai Zhizhan's understanding, Liu Changxun's arrangement is equivalent to letting the Fourth Fleet focus on local defense and consolidate the outer defense line with the Sadou Islands in the north and south as the core.

Obviously, this is against the Nuland Federation.

This also reflects from one side that even Liu Changxun lacks the confidence to defeat the Nuland Navy and does not dare to guarantee that he will seize the initiative after the engagement.

Under the new establishment, the task force does not have a permanent command, but only temporarily sets up a command during operations.

In addition, both the fleet and the task force are under the command of the Navy.

As for the former Home Fleet and the Southern Fleet, they were renamed the Eastern Fleet and the Western Fleet, and they only had administrative jurisdiction.

On the matter of going to Nanxi and falling into the ocean, Liu Changxun asked Li Mingbo's opinion, and Li Mingbo was very happy to be transferred from the 21st Task Force.

These were all on the way to the Shoufu Residence, Liu Changxun told Bai Zhizhan.

In order to save time, Liu Changxun went to the airport to pick up Bai Zhizhan, and then took him to the Shoufu Residence.

For the same reason, Xue Yuanzheng personally convened a battle meeting, determined to put an end to the endless quarrels, and laid down a strategy for attacking the Narrow Imperial State.

The meeting has lasted all day, and Shousuke did not announce the adjournment of the meeting, just to have a result.

Obviously, if you just take Bai Zhizhan to the Shoufu Residence, you don't need Liu Changxun to make a special trip, just send someone to the airport.

Liu Changxun personally came to pick up Bai Zhizhan to tell Bai Zhizhan about these things.

In addition, Liu Changxun also brought a piece of information.

Peng Huaisheng personally submitted the army's battle plan.

According to the most optimistic estimates, it will only take half a year to end the ground war and enter the occupation phase, which is mainly to maintain order.

However, this is only the most optimistic estimate.

In this plan, the requirements for the navy are too great, and the navy needs to concentrate its forces to provide firepower support in the early stage, which will inevitably have an impact on the operational deployment of the navy in the western and eastern seas. To put it bluntly, with the current strength of the Navy, there is no way to achieve both left and right. If you want to support the army to attack the narrow territory, it will create an opportunity for the Newland Federation to take advantage of it, and may even cause the Newland Federation to enter the war early.

That's the key.

The Imperial Navy currently has only four aircraft carriers at its disposal!

Across the Guia, the Nuland Navy has a full five fleet aircraft carriers!

With only four aircraft carriers, it is already difficult to deal with the Nuland Navy, counting the Royal Navy of Bran, which is about to enter the war, where can it support the army to attack the narrow homeland?

"What about the 'Yokoe'?"

"The maintenance report has come out, there are problems with the main structure of the hull, there are serious safety hazards, and it is impossible to sail at high speed for a long time."

"Can't fix it?"

Liu Changxun shook his head and said: "It's not cost-effective to repair, it's better to build a new one, and there is no dock available for the time being, and there are not enough workers." According to the shipyard's report, even according to the most optimistic estimates, after repair, it can only be used as a training aircraft carrier, and the risk of sending it out to fight is too great. ”

After listening to Liu Changxun, Bai Zhizhan sighed, and didn't know what to say for a while.

To say, there is nothing to regret.

Even if the "Yokoe" is counted, the Imperial Navy only wiped out the narrow navy with six fleet aircraft carriers at a slight cost of losing two aircraft carriers.

Those battleships that were sunk in Chengjiang Port?

All old battleships.

Six of them have been salvaged and will certainly be repaired. In addition to the three that sank, the other three are also being salvaged and will be re-entered after restoration.

The point is, those old battleships were of limited value.

Even in good condition, the old battleships of the pre-treaty era could only be used as gunboats, providing artillery support to the Marines during landing operations.

According to this exchange ratio, the remaining four fleet carriers can be exchanged for the Nuland Navy and the Royal Navy.

Of course, this is only on paper.

Even if Bai Zhizhan is asked to command the battle with the Nuland Navy, he is not sure of victory, and it is very good to be able to guarantee undefeated, or a draw.

"What about the Riman Empire?" Bai Zhizhan brought the topic back.

"That's the problem." Liu Changxun paused slightly, waited for Bai Zhizhan to look at it, and then said: "According to the information received so far, the secret talks between the Rock Empire and the Rock Republic have not made substantial progress, and the Rock Republic will be an unpredictable uncertainty factor. ”

"What do you mean?"

Bai Zhizhan was a little confused, because Liu Changxun's words were unclear.

"I'm still waiting for the final confirmation before I come out to pick you up. If you don't do it, I'm afraid you'll have to start a backup plan. ”

Hearing Liu Changxun say this, Bai Zhizhan suddenly understood.

Where is this unpredictable, it is completely messed up!