When Bai Zhizhan walked over, He Yongxing waved to him and then walked forward towards the porthole.

"Are you still the previous question? Have you figured out the answer?"

Bai Zhizhan was really a big shot and wanted to find a crack to get in. Unfortunately, the floor of the commander's bridge was a piece of welded armored steel plate.

Fortunately, He Yongxing did not make things difficult for him.

"Many people believe that this mission cut off the lifeline of the Naoyi Empire and assist the Army in launching a counterattack on the Northeast Front, thereby revitalizing the situation and turning the situation around."

“Isn’t it?”

Looking back at Bai Zhizhan, He Yongxing continued: "It's really that simple. This war ended more than two years ago."

Bai Zhizhan shut up honestly, and he just said casually at first.

"From the overall strategic perspective, this is indeed the ideal result we hope to achieve. But we all know that the difference between ideals and reality is too great, and ideal things are often impossible to achieve. Take this combat operation as an example. Even if the Navy successfully completes the mission, or even regains the Strait of Watchers in one fell swoop and regains the strategic initiative of the East Ocean, will the Army definitely win?"

"The Navy has other plans?"

He Yongxing was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"Commander He, I just said casually, I..." Bai Zhizhan wanted to slap himself. If it were OK, he would want to take back what he had started.

"You said casually, it's really accurate." He Yongxing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You're not wrong. The Navy does have another plan. Fundamentally speaking, this is actually a comprehensive outbreak of sea and land differences in the past four years, or the final showdown of sea and land strategies."

Hearing this, Bai Zhizhan shivered involuntarily.

The differences between the Imperial Navy and the Imperial Army have never been a secret, and even the common people know it, but they are by no means able to be casually mentioned.

In the army, this is a well-known taboo.

The key is that the empire has fallen to its current situation and is closely related to the differences between sea and land.

"Do you think we still have a chance of winning?"

"Commander He..."

What Bai Zhizhan did not expect was that He Yongxing went around and brought the topic back.

"After the Ter Empire announced its surrender last year, we had lost hope of victory. Going forward, the Nayi Empire suddenly turned against us more than two years ago, captured the North-South Islands through sneak attacks and controlled the Watchmen Strait. After the Newland Federation officially sent troops to fight, we lost hope of achieving a comprehensive victory. If we had made active and decisive adjustments at that time, it would not have been like this."

“How to adjust?”

"What do you think is that we suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Beans?"

"Commander He, are you talking..." Bai Zhizhan was stunned for a moment, because it was because he suffered a crushing defeat in the Sadou Navy that the Imperial Navy lost its strategic initiative.

From the perspective of the entire war, the Battle of Beans was a strategic turning point for the Liangxia Empire to decline from prosperity.

He Yongxing sighed and said, "These are all past events. The key is that after losing the strategic initiative, we realize that it is unrealistic to make adjustments to the strategic goals, to be precise, to lower the goals, and continue to strive for a comprehensive victory."

"What should I fight for?"

"It's better to reconcile, at least there's a truce."

"But……"

He Yongxing smiled and said, "A victory of any nature requires a large enough price, but may not be able to obtain equal returns. When the price paid for victory exceeds the rewards that can be obtained, it needs to be re-evaluated and adjusted for the purpose of the war."

After hearing this, Bai Zhizhan understood everything.

"So, are we going to fight a war of attrition with the Joint Fleet?"

"I just said, you didn't have a sudden idea to conclude that you would encounter the First Battle Patrol team." He Yongxing smiled and before he could wait for Bai Zhizhan to answer, he said: "Many times, the losses we suffer are actually to remove the burden and allow us to move forward faster. From this perspective, the Newland Federation and the Nayi Empire became enemies, and even the defeat of the Ter Empire is not a bad thing."

"We lost one tank, but the enemy added two uncertainties."

"You are right, but there are only a few people who can have this kind of understanding, especially the top leaders of the army." He Yongxing sighed. "For those who are staring at the victory or defeat on the battlefield, they also cannot realize that defeat and victory are actually not the end."

Bai Zhizhan frowned because he hadn't thought of this level yet.

"Take the Alliance Group as an example, even if you win, will it stop? I dare say that after we fall, the Alliance Group's powerful gun will reveal its jackal nature, and draw swords to each other in order to divide the fruits of victory. If you don't do it well, you will soon part ways because of uneven division of spoils. However, few of the generals of the Army understand such a simple truth. Sometimes I have to suspect that they are all idiots!"

"Maybe it's not that I didn't understand it, but that I was unwilling to admit it."

He Yongxing smiled bitterly.

Bai Zhizhan was very tactful and said one sentence until he finished speaking, but he didn't continue.

In fact, when it comes to this, Bai Zhizhan has a long idea.

The Army's intentions are obvious, but it wants to turn the world in one fell swoop through this strategic counterattack and still strive for a comprehensive victory. The Navy believes that under the current situation, it is impossible to achieve a comprehensive victory, and it is good to be able to win relatively ideal ceasefire conditions.

Because of different purposes, there must be huge differences between the Army and the Navy in terms of specific means, such as the scale of strategic counterattacks and tactical focus.

According to He Yongxing's meaning, the Navy wanted to fight a war of attrition with the enemy, at least it would severely damage the joint fleet.

If the world after the war is still divided, then the great powers who have won will do their best to protect the capital to win the fruits of victory. Because the construction cycle of the navy is extremely long and the technical requirements are higher, it is still a vanguard who protects and plunders overseas interests. It has irreplaceable value when expanding, especially when sending military power, so the great powers will definitely focus on protecting maritime forces.

In other words, the great powers may not willingly cause losses to the fleet in order to completely defeat the Liangxia Empire!

When signs of potentially suffering heavy losses occur, especially when such signs gradually become reality, the great powers are likely to choose to compromise.

For this, we have to sacrifice our lives with the joint fleet!

Unfortunately, not many people have this awareness, not only the army, but even within the navy, there are probably few people who have the courage to give up everything.

In fact, this is probably why He Yongxing was willing to talk to Bai Zhizhan but did not tell Gui Boyong and other senior staff members.

While the two were sighing, a telegraph soldier hurriedly ran over, holding a folder specifically used to release telegrams.

"Report to the Commander, Naval Command Telegram!"

The telegraph soldier was a little panicked, probably because he had never faced the commander of the squadron.

Bai Zhizhan sighed with a wry smile and walked to the telecommunications soldier.

"It is a secondary encrypted message, and it must be interpreted by the commander himself."

Now, Bai Zhizhan was also stunned.

He Yongxing was also very surprised, but without asking any more questions, he took the document from the telecommunications soldier, opened it and walked towards the chart table.

Bai Zhizhan did not follow him. If he could show it to him, He Yongxing would show it to him.
Chapter completed!