Faced with the huge casualties of more than 250,000 army units in one night, the combined fleets of the navies of the four countries and the armies of the three countries, the Red Tiger, Ice Lion, and Dongxiong, voluntarily abandoned the landing operation on the port of Minggang on the morning of 4 November.

At this time, tens of thousands of army troops of the Red Tiger, Ice Lion, and Dongxiong, who had already landed in Minggang Port and were attacking several batteries in Minggang Port, also hurriedly sat on the landing craft that had not yet lost their losses, and withdrew to the direction of the combined fleet of the four navies in the face of the shells that kept falling.

The combined fleet of the four navies did not wait for the tens of thousands of retreating army troops, but directly turned around and headed north along the coastline, preparing to find another suitable landing site, and only let some transport ships come to meet the tens of thousands of army troops returning from the port of Minggang.

The combined fleet of the four navies and the armies of the Red Tiger, Ice Lion, and Dongxiong were forced to give up the attack on the port of Minggang, after all, after a night attack, after paying huge casualties, they did not even capture a single fort in the port of Minggang, and in the port of Minggang and the mountains surrounding the port of Minggang, the Yueyang Front army built a total of sixty batteries.

However, the carrier-based aircraft of the Independent Fleet and the fighters of the Independent Air Force Division will not stop attacking the combined fleet of the four navies just because the combined fleet of the four navies has given up attacking the port of Minggang.

From 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 4 November, the Independent Fleet and the Independent Air Force Division launched a total of 10 rounds of air raids on the combined fleet of the four navies, inflicting very heavy losses on the combined fleets of the four navies and the Red Tiger, Ice Lion, and East Bear armies on transport ships.

If it weren't for the submarine forces of the Red Tiger Navy and the Blood Wolf Navy, which ambushed and attacked the independent fleet of the Yueyang Front in the waters near the port of Minggang, and sank most of the simple aircraft carriers of the independent fleet, the independent fleet would still have to chase the combined fleet of the four navies and continue to launch the eleventh round of air raids.

As the combined fleet of the four navies fled all the way south, by about one o'clock in the afternoon, it was beyond the attack range of the various air regiments of the independent air force division near the port of Minggang.

A total of twenty submarines from the Red Tiger Navy have joined the Combined Fleet of the Four Nations Navy, while ten submarines from the Blood Wolf Navy have joined the Combined Fleet of the Four Navies.

During the fierce battle during the day on 3 November, two submarines of the Red Tiger Navy and one submarine of the Blood Wolf Navy were unlucky enough to be sunk by aerial bombs that fell into the sea.

The remaining eighteen submarines of the Red Tiger Nation Navy and the remaining nine submarines of the Blood Wolf Nation Navy lurked in the waters near the port of Minggang in accordance with the orders of the commander-in-chief, the Red Tiger Navy, Marshal Longcott, when the combined fleet of the four navies withdrew north along the coastline.

In order to maintain the attack distance between the carrier-based aircraft and the combined fleet of the four navies, the independent fleet had already pursued it to the sea area about 70 kilometers southeast of Minggang Port at 2 p.m. on 4 November.

The two super dreadnought battleships, two heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and four destroyers of the Independent Fleet, as well as the improvised aircraft carriers, were equipped with sonar and depth charges, but the Independence Fleet still suffered heavy losses from the submarine forces of the Red Tiger Navy and the Naval Submarine Forces of the Blood Wolf Nation.

Seventeen airstrips and one heavy cruiser were sunk in the Independence Fleet, and many of the remaining warships were seriously damaged, including the Super Dreadnought battleship Star, the flagship of the Independence Fleet, which was also damaged by a 500-mm torpedo.

The submarines of the Red Tiger and Blood Wolf that participated in the attack were all sent to the bottom of the sea by the depth charges of the independent fleet, but the total annihilation of the submarine forces of the two navies caused the simple aircraft carriers of the independent fleet to lose most of the simple aircraft carriers, and it can be regarded as saving face for the joint fleet of the four navies.

In the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Xingchen, Ding Haifeng, the commander of the independent fleet, said with a blue face: "I was really careless, I never thought that our independent fleet would capsize in the gutter, and was sunk by a group of submarines with a displacement of only a few hundred tons, sinking seventeen simple aircraft carriers, losing a heavy cruiser, and missing the opportunity to continue to attack the combined fleet of the four navies, how can I explain to the commander!" ”

The improvised aircraft carriers of the Independent Fleet are all converted from large transport ships or large passenger ships, and these civilian ships are not equipped with protective armor at all, and almost as long as they are hit by a torpedo, they are basically immune.

This is also an important reason why the Independence Fleet suffered such a large loss in an ambush attack by enemy submarine forces.

Liu Bin, the captain of the Xingchen, said with a wry smile: "We are indeed a little careless, we only want to cause greater losses to the joint fleet of the four navies as much as possible, and ignore the counterattack of the joint fleet of the four navies, and are exploited by their submarine forces. It is simply impossible to form an effective air attack on the combined fleet of the four navies, and it seems that the continued attack on the combined fleet of the four navies can only be ended. ”

Ding Haifeng shook his head helplessly and said, "Report the situation to the headquarters!" ”

When he received the news that the independent fleet had been attacked by enemy submarine forces, Su Yi was in the urban defense headquarters of Yueyang City, discussing with Sun Guodong, deputy commander of the Yueyang Front, and Liu Pengbin, chief of the general staff, about continuing to increase troops on the battlefield of the Ice Lion Country.

Liu Pengbin, chief of the general staff of the Yueyang Front Army, was an all-round high-level elite combat biochemical who was transferred by Su Yi from the Tang Empire.

Now the time of the world on the side of the Great Qin Kingdom is November 4, 2539 in the divine calendar, and the time in the world on the side of the Tang Empire is February 4, 3020 in the Tang calendar, Liu Pengbin, an all-round high-level elite combat biochemical person, was purchased by Su Yi from the system at the beginning of the year 3020 of the Tang Dynasty.

In the world of the Tang Empire, the all-round high-level elite combat cyborg still can only buy one from the system every year.

Su Yi looked at the telegram sent by the independent fleet, frowned and said: "The loss of seventeen improvised aircraft carriers is nothing, after all, this kind of improvised aircraft carrier is not a regular aircraft carrier, if necessary, it is completely possible for the shipyard to use large transport ships or large passenger ships to carry out large-scale reconstruction, but the independent fleet has suffered such a heavy loss, there is no way to restore combat effectiveness in a short time, which will cause a lot of trouble to the defense of our coastal areas." ”

Liu Pengbin, chief of the General Staff, immediately said: "Commander, the first phase of the new Puyuan Shipyard in Puyuan Port, Huijiang Province, has almost been completed, plus the Minggang Shipyard, it is completely possible to transform a batch of improvised aircraft carriers in a short period of time to supplement the independent fleet, as for carrier-based aircraft, pilots and crews, our Yueyang Front is not lacking, but the shipbuilding plan we formulated before will have to be postponed." ”

Using the equipment and various materials transported from the two worlds of the Tang Empire and the Han Kingdom, Su Yi in addition to expanding the Minggang Shipyard, also planned to build a larger shipyard in Puyuan Port in Huijiang Province in Northeast China, only the first phase of the Puyuan Shipyard project, 24 new docks were built, the largest eight docks are 50,000 tons, the smallest eight docks are also 10,000 tons, and there are eight docks of 20,000 tons.

According to Su Yi's shipbuilding plan for the independent fleet, eight 50,000-ton docks at the Puyuan Shipyard will build eight Wasp-class aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.

The Wasp-class aircraft carrier is the first aircraft carrier independently designed and built by the Tang Empire, with a full load displacement of 42,000 tons and a maximum speed of 28 knots, and can carry 48 Bamboo Dragonfly fighters, 36 Black Butterfly dive bombers, 36 Moth torpedo bombers and 6 Ladybug reconnaissance aircraft, with a total of 126 carrier-based aircraft.

In addition, eight 20,000-ton docks at the Puyuan Shipyard will build eight heavy cruisers with a full load displacement of 20,000 tons, and eight 10,000-ton docks will build eight light cruisers with a full load displacement of up to 8,000 tons.

At the same time, the Independence Fleet will also build eight Wasp-class aircraft carriers, eight heavy cruisers with a full load displacement of 20,000 tons, eight light cruisers with a full load displacement of 8,000 tons, 16 light cruisers with a full load displacement of 5,000 tons, and 36 destroyers with a full load displacement of 1,600 tons.

Minggang Shipyard originally had three 50,000-ton docks, two 40,000-ton docks, four 25,000-ton docks, four 15,000-ton docks and more than 20 docks of less than 10,000 tons.

Su Yi then asked: "This time the joint fleet of the four navies attacked the port of Minggang, will the loss of the Minggang shipyard be large?" ”

Deputy Commander Sun Guodong immediately said: "Commander, rest assured, the location of the Minggang Shipyard is not the focus of the attack of the joint fleet of the four navies, according to the report of the Minggang Shipyard, although there are also a few docks damaged in the battle, but most of the docks are intact, basically there will be no impact on the shipbuilding plan of the independent fleet." ”

Su Yi nodded slowly and said: "Then let the Puyuan Shipyard and the Minggang Shipyard make every effort to transform a batch of improvised aircraft carriers to supplement the losses of the Independent Fleet, but this kind of improvised aircraft carriers that have almost no defense capability can only be a product of the transition, and the shipbuilding plan we have formulated for the Independent Fleet must continue, and the Wasp-class aircraft carriers will be built for the Independent Fleet as soon as possible." ”

Deputy Commander Sun Guodong hesitated for a moment and said, "Commander, why don't we build a few super dreadnought battleships and a few battle cruisers for the independent fleet?" Although aircraft carriers have powerful attack capabilities, super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers still play a very large role in naval warfare. ”

Before Su Yi could speak, Liu Pengbin, chief of the General Staff, spoke: "Deputy Commander Sun, in fact, it can be seen from this naval battle in Minggang that only a few carrier-based bombers are needed to sink a super dreadnought battleship or battlecruiser, instead of investing heavily in building a super dreadnought battleship or battlecruiser, it is better to save money and build more aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers with the ability to perform various tasks." ”

Su Yi also nodded and said: "Although the super dreadnought battleship and the battle cruiser cannot be said to have no role in naval battles, the cost of these two battleships is too high, and the construction cost of a super dreadnought battleship with a displacement of 50,000 tons can almost build three Wasp-class aircraft carriers, and in a naval battle, maybe a carrier-based bomber can blow up and sink a super dreadnought battleship with a displacement of 50,000 tons." ”

Liu Pengbin, chief of the General Staff, then said: "Commander, the joint fleet of the four navies is currently heading north along the coastline, and it is likely to choose another port along the coast to carry out landing operations. ”

Su Yi looked at the military map on the table, Lengshan Port is located in the territory of Yuan'an Province in the northeast region, and it is the largest civilian port in Yuan'an Province, only about five hundred kilometers away from Ming Port.

The terrain to the west of Lengshan Port and the terrain to the west of Minggang are the same as those of Minggang, and if the Four-Nation Alliance can land in Minggang or Lengshan Port, they can quickly advance to the inland area.

Su Yi nodded and said: "Lengshan Port is indeed a suitable location for landing, let some air regiments of the Air Force Independent Division in Yuan'an Province immediately gather at the airfield near Lengshan Port, and prepare to cooperate with the defenders of Lengshan Port to resist the landing of the Four-Nation Alliance." ”

Then Su Yi asked Deputy Commander Sun Guodong: "How many forts have been built in Lengshan Port?" How many large-caliber shore defense guns are there? How many troops are there in the defenders? ”

Sun Guodong looked at the documents on the table in front of him, and then said to Su Yi: "Commander, Lengshan Port has built a total of twenty-four forts, with nearly three hundred large-caliber coastal defense guns, including eighteen 406 mm coastal defense guns, eighteen 381 mm shore defense guns, eighteen 356 mm shore defense guns, eighteen 334 mm shore defense guns and thirty-six 305 mm shore defense guns, and the remaining nearly two hundred shore defense guns are all over 150 mm in caliber. ”

After a pause, Sun Guodong continued: "At present, the 68th Provisional Division is stationed in Lengshan Port, and the 66th and 67th Provisional Divisions are also in Lengshan County, so they can support Lengshan Port at any time. ”

Su Yi immediately said: "Let's see which temporary division is closer to Lengshan County, it is best to send two or three more temporary divisions to the territory of Lengshan County, after all, the army that follows the combined fleet of the navy of the four countries has a total strength of 1.2 million, even if there are a lot of losses in Minggang, how can there be 800,000 or 900,000 people left." ”