After receiving the news, Bai Zhizhan's first thought was to warn Liu Xiangzhen.

It's just that he controlled the urge to send a telegram.

The reason is also very simple, there is no enemy fleet in Lu Xinhai, and at most there are only some submarines of the Royal Navy of Bran. As for the threats to be worried about, the main ones are the air forces deployed in the western part of the Hokugen region. Because the Nuland Navy had already withdrawn the fleet, and the difficulty of ground transportation was great, the actual threat to the aviation forces deployed by the Allied group in the Beixuan region was not very large.

Crucially, Task Force 31 is not acting alone.

Prior to this, the 32nd Task Force, which consisted of four small aircraft carriers, had already left for Malta and had been operating in the western waters of the Luxin Sea.

If anything, it was the 32nd Task Force that provided air cover, and the Raleigh Navy sent out a fleet of 2 fast battleships.

It was through joint operations with Task Force 32 that the Raleigh Navy decided to have its own aircraft carrier.

According to the news sent back by Liu Xiangzhen, the Raleigh Navy proposed to directly purchase several active aircraft carriers from the Empire, even if it was a small aircraft carrier like the 32nd Task Force.

For this matter, the commander-in-chief of the Navy Raleigh also specially found Liu Xiangzhen, and seemed to think that as long as Liu Xiangzhen was dealt with, he would be able to obtain the aircraft carrier of the Imperial Navy.

Unfortunately, that's not even close.

The reply of the Imperial Navy was straightforward, it would not sell active aircraft carriers to any country in wartime, and the same would be true for the allies, who would not accept orders from other countries. If the Raleigh Navy wants to have aircraft carriers, it can refer to the Kingdom of Tall and the Kingdom of Daiman, and purchase aircraft carriers from the Empire through assistance in construction.

Obviously, the Raleigh Navy would certainly not agree to such an offer.

If nothing else, why are the Kingdom of High Giant and the Kingdom of Daiman on a par with the Kingdom of Raleigh?

Although the Gaoju Kingdom and the Daiman Kingdom are both allies of the Liangxia Empire, and they are eastern countries, these two kingdoms are typical agricultural countries, not to mention industrialization, and there are not even a few factories, so they are not qualified to compare with the Raleigh Kingdom that has achieved industrialization.

The point is, the level of industrialization in the Raleigh Kingdom is not low.

Taking the most representative navy as an example, there are only seven countries in the world that can build fast battleships, among which the Locke Republic and the Narrow Imperial State failed to put fast battleships into service before the defeat of the war, and the Raleigh Kingdom is one of these seven industrial powers.

If built is the standard, it is still one of the top five.

The Kingdom of Raleigh was the first country in the West to build a fast battleship. The "Veneto" was built a few months earlier than the "George V" of the Bran Royal Navy. Before officially entering the war, the Raleigh Navy had always been proud and proud to have the first treaty-type fast battleship, but it also became very arrogant because of this, otherwise there would be no tragedy in Taranto.

The Raleigh Kingdom did not build aircraft carriers, and the problem was not in industry, but in the lack of relevant technology.

To put it bluntly, there is no ability to design aircraft carriers of the fleet.

In fact, the Raleigh Kingdom has always lacked the ability to design large warships.

Take "Vittorio?" The "Veneto" class has a standard displacement of more than 40,000 tons, and an unusually strong combat power on paper, but its reliability is very poor. For most of the time after they were built, these battleships either lay in the dock for repairs, waited outside the dock for repairs, or rushed out for testing after the repairs were completed, and the combat readiness rate was less than 20% when it was in-flight.

Even the "George V" class, which is famous for its many failures, has a combat readiness rate of more than 60%.

If anything, many times the Raleigh Navy is actually to blame.

It's not that they don't dare to come out to fight, but they can't come out to fight, because the absolute main force of the fleet is all lying on their stomachs.

Of course, the Raleigh kingdom similarly lacks such technical equipment as catapults.

The most important thing is experience.

From this point of view, the Raleigh Kingdom turned to the Liangxia Empire for help, more in the hope of strengthening its relationship with the Liangxia Empire by purchasing aircraft carriers.

To put it bluntly, it is actually paying protection money to the Liangxia Empire.

At least that's what the leaders of the Raleigh Kingdom think.

It's a pity that the Reich authorities don't care about this "protection fee" at all, and the Navy's reply is not wrong, the Reich currently has no extra aircraft carriers at all.

The arrival of the task force gave the Raleigh Navy great courage.

Now, in the West Continent Heart Sea, in addition to the two task forces of the Imperial Navy, there is also the Raleigh fleet, which is led by two fast battleships.

Although it is not enough to support the Marines to storm the Telok Fortress, and there is no ability to storm Tangier for the time being, it is still more than enough to seize the sea supremacy on the battlefield and grasp the air supremacy on the battlefield.

As for anti-submarine warfare, there is nothing to worry about even more.

After the surrender of the Buran army in Malta, the Imperial Navy reached a provisional agreement with the Palman army to deploy a group of anti-submarine patrol aircraft at the dock of the port of Malta to strengthen anti-submarine patrols in the land and heart seas, and prepare for the next route to the Empire.

Of course, the same is to protect the route from the Shifan Canal to the country of Locke.

Before the direct route to the mainland of Manman is opened, it is the most efficient transport route to let the transport ships go to Marseille, through the country of Locke.

The reason is also very simple: Locke has a large and well-developed railway system, and the transportation capacity is very sufficient.

Although it is closer to the Balkan Peninsula from the shore to the Manman mainland, the transportation infrastructure of the entire Balkan region is very backward.

In addition, after the 32nd Task Force left for the Western Continent, the Imperial Navy also deployed more than a dozen escort destroyers to the port of Malta.

Strictly speaking, it's a temporary move-in.

According to the agreement reached between the two sides, Alexandria is the only base of the Imperial Navy in Luxinhai, and all other ports have nothing to do with the Imperial Navy.

As such, the port of Malta was under the care of the Terman Army, and the destroyers and patrol planes of the Imperial Navy were only temporarily stationed.

The port is run by the Hindman Army, not the Hindman Navy.

The reason is that the Manman Navy has not yet sent a fleet to Lu Xinhai!

It can be seen that the problem of anti-submarine is basically non-existent.

With the current lineup, even if there are still a few submarines of the Bran Royal Navy or the Nuland Navy operating in Luxinhai, I am afraid that they will all be near the Zhiluo Strait.

It was with these thoughts that Bai Zhizhan dispelled the idea of sending a telegram to Liu Xiangzhen.

Liu Xiangzhen first sent the 32nd Task Force over, and also reached an agreement with the Terman military to let anti-submarine destroyers and patrol planes go to the port of Malta in advance, which was to prepare for the next operation to enter the West Continent and Xinhai, indicating that he had long been aware of the possible threat.

This is the Liu Xiangzhen that Bai Zhizhan is familiar with.

For Liu Xiangzhen, Zhu Shijian's evaluation is the most pertinent.

It is not enough to enter, but it is more than enough.

Because he tends to be conservative, Liu Xiangzhen has always behaved very steadily in battle, and at some times he seems to lack aggressiveness.

Now Lu Xinhai needs not to be enterprising, but to be steady!

It can be seen that Liu Changxun asked Liu Xiangzhen to stay behind and recruit Bai Zhizhan back, what he valued was Liu Xiangzhen's stability.

The fleet only stayed in Shiquan City for 2 days, 2 days and 1 night to be exact, and did not let the officers and men go ashore, so there was no need to delay too much time here.