The submarine unit on reconnaissance and alert duty reported that a large number of enemy ships had sailed out of Singapore Harbor!

Ma Shengyu subconsciously nodded to the position of his right ear.

Ten years ago, during the naval battle in the South China Sea, which annihilated the Russian Second Pacific Fleet, Ma Shengyu, who was then the commander of the patrol team, had his right ear cut off by shrapnel......

The ears could not go back, and of course this battle could not be avoided, and the judgment of the General Staff was correct, and the British really moved quickly and quickly to kill them.

The main force of the 2nd Fleet went straight up and repeated the South China Sea massacre again?

Save it, at this time, at that time, the old guys of the 2nd Fleet are outdated after all, and it is true that they will be slaughtered by the other party if they fight directly.

Not to mention anything else, that Malaya can at least top three or four Ruizi, the speed of the cruiser is enough to keep an appropriate distance from the Ruizi at any time, and then bombard the Ruizi with the world's No. 1 main gun outside the effective range of the Ruizi...... Dead!

In this way, we can only let the shore-based aviation and surface and underwater lightning strike units consume the strength of the enemy fleet one by one, and then use the main force to fight a decisive battle with the enemy.

From this point of view, the most suitable place for the decisive battle should be...... Halong Bay!

The purpose of the enemy's sortie is, of course, to seek a decisive battle with the main force of our fleet in the South China Sea, and second, to destroy our landing fleet as much as possible, strike at our maritime strength, and delay our landing operation.

Yesterday, the main force of the 2nd Fleet was still shelling Haiphong Harbor, and at this time Ha Long Bay was gathering a large number of ships to transport the landing of the 1st Army of the Asian Liberation Army, so it was logical that the enemy chose Ha Long Bay as the target of attack.

As far as our side is concerned, Ha Long Bay is within the cross-strike range of our army's many aviation bases, and there are many islands and harbors around Ha Long Bay, which is very suitable for the torpedo boat unit to make a covert attack, and our submarine unit is very familiar with the water conditions in Beibu Gulf.

However, this is not the only option.

The 100,000-strong troops of the Seventh Army are landing in Lingayen Bay and Subic Bay, where there is also a large convoy of transport ships, which will take a long time to complete the unloading due to the beachhead conditions, and the main forces of the 3rd Fleet have been shelling the fortresses at the entrance to Manila Bay these days - the enemy also has good reasons to attack the Philippine side.

If so, the limited range of the combat aircraft allowed the shore-based air to attack only when the enemy ships were in the vicinity of Lingjayan Bay during daylight, and if the enemy ships were attacking Subic Bay only or entering Lingayen Bay at night, the bombers of the twelve squadrons would be completely useless.

There is also another possibility, such as the enemy fleet going straight to our home port - although that is a great risk, but if the other side does break through the warning circle (which is still possible at night), since the naval reserve has been drawn to the limit, the home port can almost only be defended by coastal batteries.

However, for many years, the navy has carried out an offensive strategy, taking the development of the fleet as the first priority, and the resources allocated to the coastal defense forces are really very small; after the rise of naval aviation, the coastal defense has become even more deserted, most of the coastal batteries are either outdated or the infrastructure is in disrepair, and many newly opened commercial ports are even more defenseless.

Attacking our homeland, bombarding our harbor, destroying merchant ships in our harbor, and forcing our main fleet to meet it is not entirely impossible.

What is the goal of the other party?

By judging the true intentions of the opponent as early as possible, we can gather the maximum number of troops on the predetermined battlefield and deliver the most powerful blow to the enemy.

Otherwise, you will have to divide your forces into different places, and the defense of a single area will naturally be greatly reduced, and the main force of your own fleet will not necessarily be able to enter the battle at the right time - or even miss the opportunity to engage the enemy.

Time is pressing, and the ships on the cordon alone obviously can't immediately judge the destination of the enemy fleet, so they can only whip the base camp for information, and the overall intelligence gathering power of the empire is always better than a single fleet.

Thinking of this, Ma Shengyu called the intelligence staff officer and drafted a telegram to the base camp and sent it immediately.

However, it is not enough to just pin your hopes on the base camp, you have to take into account the worst-case scenario...... Worst-case scenario......

Beijing Division, the headquarters of the East Asian Coalition Army, and the headquarters of the Joint Staff.

The luxurious hall of Xinhua Palace, which can accommodate thousands of people, is divided into several large compartments, and in each compartment there is a large picture table more than ten meters square, and some small models are planted on each picture table—infantry, cavalry, chariots, artillery, aircraft, ships...... Models are usually colored in two colors, and they are engraved with numbers or Chinese characters – to represent the number of troops.

According to the instructions of the officer on duty, every once in a while, the beautiful girl in uniform next to the picture table used a long push rod to push the small model to the designated position, and used pieces of cardboard of different colors to spell out the movement trajectory of each small model. Standing on the command platform two or three meters above the side of the picture table, you can enjoy the seductive posture of the beautiful girl lowering her body to push the small model and the changes in the situation of the enemy in each theater at the same time.

Staff officers or heralds are constantly coming in and out of these compartments to deliver the latest information to the working groups on the command platform, and from time to time senior generals enter and exit the cells to confirm the situation in the theater of operations, and sometimes to issue orders on the spot.

Liu Bailiang, Chief of General Staff, and Yan Fu, Chief of Staff of the Navy, were above the picture table in the South China Sea Theater at this time, silently watching the beautiful girls - NO, it should be the movement of those small models on the picture table......

The chief officer on duty mechanically shouted the order: "A large surface formation on the Singapore side is passing through the submarine cordon of the 2nd Fleet, and the number of enemy ships is forty to seventy, including a large number of capital ship-class combat ships. No. 2 note, to the vertical 104, horizontal 1 grid to place a special British ship mark......"

"Where is the target of the enemy fleet's sortie, and there is no definite information yet?"

Liu Bailiang asked the chief officer, but the other party still replied like a machine and said no.

"Tell Your Excellency the Chief of the General Staff about the state of defense of several landing sites in the Philippines and Vietnam." Yan Fu said to the chief officer.

"Yes, look over here." The chief officer picked up a whip beside him that was several heads taller than him, and drew it on the table below.

"The two landing sites on the Philippine side are mainly protected by the 3rd Fleet. As of 9 a.m. this morning, Lingayen Bay has deployed:

8 old light cruisers of the 3rd and 11th warbands of the North Korean Light Patrol,

North Korea expelled 3rd and 12th destroyers of the 11th Sentai Squadron,

8 submarines of the DPRK's 4th Fleet,

and 30 torpedo boats and 4 gunboats transferred from the DPRK Coastal Guard. ”

"Subic Bay deploys:

8 old light cruisers of the 5th and 11th Japanese light cruisers,

Japan expelled 3rd, 4th, and 11th destroyers of the 11th Sentai Squadron,

A total of 8 submarines of the 2nd Japanese submarine squadron and the 1st detachment of the 6th Chinese submarine squadron,

and 36 torpedo boats and 6 gunboats transferred from the Japanese coastal defense local squadron. ”

"On the Manila Bay side, the main force of the 2nd Fleet is now carrying out an approach blockade with a total of 6 old patrol ships, 4 old light cruisers, 8 destroyers and 4 submarines."

"The landing ground in Halong Bay on the Vietnamese side is now under the protection of the 2nd Fleet, deployed:

4 light cruisers of the 2nd Japanese Light Patrol Team,

8 large torpedo boats of the 3rd Sentai of the Imperial Lightning Strike Team,

40 torpedo boats and 11 gunboats transferred from the Imperial Coastal Guard. ”

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