"After Liu Changxun came back, he told me. I've been seriously considering it these days, and your proposal is indeed a viable one. ”

What does that mean? Bai Zhizhan frowned, and looked at Shousuke with a puzzled face.

Xue Yuanzheng's two sentences did not affirm Bai Yuan's proposal to stop the war, but were questioning.

"The key is actually in the Army." Xue Yuanzheng added.

"I heard that the army's offensive operations on the Toe Peninsula are going relatively smoothly, so it shouldn't be a big problem to attack Shiquan City in advance."

"It's easy to attack Lion Spring City, but no one can guarantee whether it can be defeated."

Hearing Xue Yuanzheng Xue say this, Bai Zhizhan's expression became even more gloomy.

This is clearly throwing off the burden!

After Xue Yuanzheng let out a long breath, he continued: "In the past few days, the Sixth Bureau has sent an analysis report every day, all of which are related to the Royal Navy of Buran. According to yesterday's report, the Sixth Bureau determined that the Royal Navy would send a fleet to Van Yan Yang by the end of the year, and that there would definitely be an aircraft carrier. ”

"How many are there?"

"Maybe two, maybe three."

Bai Zhizhan rubbed his forehead and didn't answer.

"I have also discussed with the generals of the army, unless the route to Lion Springs City can be cut off, even if enough troops are invested, they may not be able to take this fortress-level island city within the planned time. If anything, the question comes back to the Navy. ”

Bai Zhizhan still didn't answer, just nodded to show that he understood what Xue Yuanzheng meant.

Lion Springs is actually an island, in the Throat Strait, to be precise, in the narrowest part of the Strait, a sea fortress that guards the Throat Strait.

Although it is bordered to the north by the Malai Peninsula and is separated by a strait similar to a river, the city itself is a fortified fortress. As long as the defenders can get assistance by sea, then the attacking side may not be able to successfully capture Lion Springs even if they have sea supremacy.

If you have to say, blockades are more effective than assaults.

Back then, Chen Bingxun took Lion Spring City through the blockade.

Before attacking Shiquan City, the fleet under his command made a big circle, avoided the throat strait, went south from the east, and then entered Fanyanyang, cutting off the route from Van Luo to Shiquan City in one fell swoop, cutting off the possibility of reinforcement Shiquan City, and forcing the Buran Kingdom to withdraw its troops from Shiquan City.

In order to achieve the effect of the raid, Chen Bingxun was almost gambling with his life.

During the half-year period of the fierce battle, the fleet under his command did not enter the port after entering the Fanyan Ocean, and even the daily necessities were obtained by plundering merchant ships.

When the Bran army left behind in Shiquan City surrendered, half of Chen Bingxun's fleet was about to burn out of coal.

If Bran's army holds out for half a month longer, I'm afraid it will be the Imperial Navy that surrenders!

To say, Chen Bingxun became famous in this battle.

Time has passed, and this kind of gambling tactic simply doesn't work now.

The key is that in Chen Bingxun's time, radio stations were not yet popular, and the speed of merchant ships was very slow, so they could loot merchant ships to get supplies.

Now that radio has long been popularized, the raiding of merchant ships will certainly reveal their whereabouts.

In addition, several straits to the east of the Throat Strait are also under the control of, or monitored by, the Royal Navy of Bran.

If anything, the Imperial fleet couldn't sneak into the Fanyan Ocean at all.

As long as the whereabouts are revealed, or the Royal Navy of Bran guesses the intention of fighting, it only needs to block the main straits and bring back all the civilian ships operating on the ocean, and it will only take 3 months at most, so that all the officers and men of the Imperial fleet can die of thirst or starvation.

In fact, after about a month and a half, most of the battleships will run out of fuel.

Before proposing to Liu Changxun, Bai Zhizhan had considered commanding the fleet to enter Fanyanyang before capturing Shiquan City.

After much thought, he had to give up this somewhat stupid idea.

To say, Lion Springs City is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed.

After pondering for a while, Bai Zhizhan said: "If I bring two aircraft carriers over first and support the army to storm Lion Spring City, how sure is the army?" ”

"It's not big, after all, it's only two aircraft carriers."

Bai Zhizhan smiled bitterly, but he knew that Xue Yuanzheng would not joke on such a major issue.

"If you really want to say it, here's the problem."

Bai Zhizhan nodded, but did not answer.

"Now that the war has been going on, the strategic situation has long been clarified, and there are no secrets to speak of. At the tactical level, it's mostly a matter of mentality. To put it bluntly, as long as we storm Lion Spring City, those guys in the Bran Kingdom will believe that as long as we defend Lion Spring City, we can be finished. To put it bluntly, it can even be used to boost morale and let the defenders of Lion Springs fight to the death. ”

"It's not just morale and fighting spirit that determine the outcome of the game."

"You're right, there are historical factors that none of us can ignore. Until now, the Royal Navy of Bran has been haunted by the initiative to abandon Lion Springs in the first place. ”

Bai Zhizhan was stunned for a moment, but then sighed.

After the end of the last war, the Bran Kingdom made a review, and came to the conclusion that if the imperial fleet commanded by Chen Bingxun had been withstood in Shiquan City, there would have been no subsequent global war at all, because it could not dominate Fanyanyang, and the Liang Xia Empire would not be able to become a global hegemon.

This is by no means an exaggeration.

Whether it is the Bran Kingdom in the period of "the sun never sets", or the rapidly rising Liangxia Empire, they all rely on the colonies around Fanyanyang, to be precise, the resources and markets of the colonies. Among them, there are hundreds of millions of people and the resource-rich Van Luo region is the mainstay.

Without the Van Luo market, the Liangxia Empire would not have been able to complete industrialization in just a few decades.

Even industrialization has not been achieved, so why should it dominate the world?

The Liang Xia Empire did not rise, which country could challenge the Bran Kingdom?

It is based on this inference that after the last Great War, the Royal Navy of Bran paid special attention to Lion Springs.

After 20 years of hard work, the Royal Navy of Bran once again built Lion Springs into the strongest fortress in the East.

According to the propaganda of the Royal Navy of Bran, Lion Springs City is the Zhiluo Fortress in the east, and it is the Kibu Fortress in the east of Fanyanyang.

To put it mildly, the Bran Royal Navy actually relied on two fortresses, one east and one west, that is, Lion Spring City in the east and Kibu in the west, to control the entire Fanyan Ocean.

Strategically, the importance of Lion Springs is still above the Kibu Fortress.

By defending Lion Springs, the Kingdom of Bran will be able to obtain a steady stream of resources necessary to sustain the war from colonies such as the Van Roe region and Posha Bay.

"It's just that this matter can't be rushed, the ground forces are still north of Daiman Bay, attacking Lion Spring City, and it will be next month."

"Already swept the South Toe area?"

Xue Yuanzheng nodded and said, "Just a few days ago, the army is already preparing for the attack on the Malai Peninsula, and it is expected to start before the Spring Festival. ”

"In this case, I will go to the front line first, and maybe I can find a way."

"Is it necessary?"

"You can't do anything else if you stay in the imperial capital, can you?"

"Okay, I'll let Liu Changxun arrange it, and you have to be careful yourself. If you're not in a hurry, stay for a few days before leaving. ”

"There's no need for that, I'll leave early tomorrow morning."

Bai Zhizhan said so, and Xue Yuanzheng didn't persuade him more.

Attacking Lion Spring City was a top priority, and Xue Yuanzheng didn't want to delay serious business.