Speaking of which, Bai Zhizhan, Lian Xusheng and Li Yunxiang just vented.

Fundamentally, the key is whether or not we can achieve military victory.

In Zhao Yu's words, Xue Yuanzheng's prestige was there, and he was supported by the army and navy, so no one could shake his position in a short period of time. If you really want to say, there will be no crisis until the second half of next year at the earliest, so in the future, as long as you win a few battles, all the problems can be solved!

In a word: to reverse the unfavorable situation within half a year, at least the most critical problems must be solved.

Capture an oil field.

Whether it is to build a cave or capture Posha Bay, as long as there is a stable supply of oil, all the current problems will disappear.

So, is it easier to take the cave, or is it easier to capture Posha Bay?

Because there were no outsiders, Bai Zhizhan and Lian Xusheng were open and honest and had an in-depth discussion.

In the end, it was concluded that it would be several times more difficult to conquer the cave than to capture Posha Bay.

Of course, the capture of Posha Bay was not easy.

Not to mention the need to keep two task forces in the Guia Ocean, even if Bai Zhizhan takes four large aircraft carriers to Fanyan Ocean, it may not be smooth sailing.

Fundamentally, the key is still on the side of the Army.

The invasion of Fanyan Ocean is not only the task of the navy, but also the task of the army, because the army needs to capture and control the fortresses along the way, and establish a base for advancement.

On the north shore of Fanyanyang, there are a large number of aboriginal inhabitants in strategically valuable places!

In other words, the task of occupation after the attack was extremely heavy, and the Navy and Marine Corps would certainly not be able to do it, so they needed the full support of the Army.

In fact, history has taught the Imperial Navy an extremely painful lesson.

Chen Bingxun marched into Fanyanyang, mainly to seize the port, and avoided fighting inland as much as possible, because he did not want to create an opportunity for the army to participate in the war.

Because these ports, or island fortresses, resemble pearls scattered across the ocean, they are also called "strings of pearls".

The key is that Chen Bingxun's martyrdom during the attack on the Kibu fortress is also related to this.

Prior to this, the army had proposed to land south of the Kibu fortress and then advance by land and sea to reduce the pressure of a frontal attack and reduce the difficulty of the operation.

Chen Bingxun refused, because he did not want to ask the army for help, or he did not want to owe the army a favor.

It's just that after Chen Bingxun was martyred, he let the army land on the south side of the Kibu fortress, and then surrounded the fortress from the land direction, cutting off the ground supply channel, and then let the defenders of the fortress surrender, thus ending the fierce battle that lasted for more than ten years, and the empire became the overlord of Fan Yanyang.

Of course, the main task of the army is to be responsible for the occupation.

To say that the 300 million indigenous inhabitants of the Van Luo region alone exceed the control capacity of the navy.

Not to mention the end of the war, I am afraid that no admiral can imagine the difficulty of ruling 300 million people, and no admiral is willing to do such a thankless task.

For the navy, which pursues a "brinkmanship strategy", it is certainly reluctant to occupy populated areas, after all, occupation itself is equal to a burden.

It's just that Bai Zhizhan is not as arrogant as Chen Bingxun.

When discussing with Lian Xusheng, Bai Zhizhan admitted that if there was really no way to avoid it, it was still up to the army to seize and occupy strategic bases along the way.

That is, the Navy needs the support of the Army.

This is also the conclusion of the discussion.

Lian Xusheng was very cheerful, and immediately said that he would submit a report early tomorrow morning and apply to go to the Toe Peninsula to be responsible for the combat operation of entering Fanyanyang.

As for the northwest, just leave it to Li Qing.

If not, there is also Situ Jingde.

Bai Zhizhan also made a guarantee, and when the "Imperial Capital" was repaired, he would immediately lead the fleet over to provide support for the attack on Shiquan City.

As expected, it's next month.

If it is really necessary and the conditions permit, I will also consider entering Fanyanyang in advance.

According to the previous analysis, as long as the fleet can enter the Fanyan Ocean in advance and cut off the route to Shiquan City, the operation of attacking Shiquan City will be twice the result with half the effort.

If you can win Shiquan City in one fell swoop, then you are expected to enter Fanyanyang before the Spring Festival.

In the end, how to fight, Bai Zhizhan and Lian Xusheng did not say, after all, the two did not go to the front line and did not know much about the situation on the battlefield.

In the end, Li Yunxiang also expressed his position.

If needed, he would personally go to the Toe Peninsula and enhance his deployment there to support the Army with massive bombardment.

The key is actually to monitor the Bran fleet of Fan Yanyang.

Because there is no guarantee of entering the Fanyan Ocean before the attack on Shiquan City, it is difficult to effectively use the port on the west coast of the Malai Peninsula, so there is no way to deploy patrol planes there, so we can only use the large aircraft deployed on the airport, especially the bombers with a range of thousands of kilometers, to carry out reconnaissance and search missions.

Nanzhu has already done this.

After the capture of Lu Dao, because the rout of the Nuland army was faster than expected, many bombers that were originally going to carry out bombing missions were all changed to carry out reconnaissance and search missions, to be precise, they carried out search missions with bombs, and dropped bombs and bombed immediately after discovering the target.

This set of tactics has received very good results.

Later, many twin-engine, long-range fighters or medium bombers were converted into bomb-carrying attack aircraft for "search and hunt" missions.

Before Bai Zhizhan returned to the imperial capital, bombers sent by Li Yunxiang discovered and sank hundreds of small civilian ships in the waters south of Lu Island.

According to Li Yunxiang, these ships are all transporting supplies to Lu Dao or evacuating people stranded on Lu Dao.

Anyway, in the skies over the oceans, bombers with a long range, especially four-engine heavy bombers, are very useful and not without value.

If you really want to storm Lion Springs City, the bombers will definitely be useful.

Judging from the battle on the island side, in the battle against the island fortress, the large-scale covering bombing can have a very significant suppressive effect. A high-intensity bombardment can greatly weaken the morale of the defenders, and in some cases, it can also make the defenders lose the courage to resist.

On the battlefield of the island, there are countless examples of strafing by several fighters to repel the defenders' counterattacks.

For example, in the battle for Capitol Hill, an infantry company of the Marine Corps, supported by aviation, broke through the defense line guarded by thousands of enemies and made it all the way to the top of the mountain. After repelling several enemy counterattacks, the marines, supported by air, also succeeded in forcing the remnants of the enemy to surrender.

Shiquan City is not only a fortress, but also an island city with nearly a million inhabitants, and bombing the city is Li Yunxiang's forte.

Interestingly, more than half of the residents of Lion Springs are descendants of the narrows!

After the capture of Lion Springs, the Imperial Navy recruited a large number of hard-working laborers to repair the damaged infrastructure. Since then, many of the parsiacal laborers have remained in Lionsprings, and have become permanent residents after receiving special approval from the Empire.

When the three of them discussed, it was already early in the morning.

Lian Xusheng and Li Yunxiang were very energetic, and after they left, they went to the army headquarters together.

Zhao Yu did not return to Puzhou immediately, he still had to go to the naval headquarters to deal with a few things related to the construction of warships, but he was not in a hurry.

Bai Zhizhan did not delay, and called Liu Changxun before breakfast, proposing to go to the front line of the Toe Peninsula.

After he finished breakfast, Zheng Jiangming drove to the hotel and said that he was taking him to the airport.