It takes some time for the fleet to turn and re-form.

This is impossible. When the aircraft carrier releases and recovers carrier-based aircraft, other warships need to maintain a distance of at least 5,000 meters from the aircraft carrier to avoid interference. A destroyer must be arranged in front and behind the aircraft carrier to rescue the pilots who fell into the water.

During this period, the telecommunications officer sent the telegram he had just received.

It was sent by the Navy Command, not new news, but related to the order. A submarine operating in the northeast of Naqiu Port discovered the Nayi Navy's transport fleet, a total of eight transport ships, and an artillery support fleet including four heavy cruisers.

The telegram also contains the exact time and exact location of the submarines to discover the transport fleet.

At 4:25 pm, the northeast of Naqiu Port was fifteen degrees northeast, with a distance of about 350 kilometers.

This is too far away!

After marking this coordinate on the map, Bai Zhizhan frowned.

When the Nayi troop transport fleet arrived at the Qiu Harbor, not only did the distance beyond Bai Zhizhan’s judgment, but the position was also obviously eastward, which was equivalent to taking a detour.

Could it be that last night, it was speculated that the Third Air Special Mixed Fleet had returned to Asahi and Takano ordered the transport fleet to evade eastward?

However, the Third Air Special Mixed Fleet was on Zudao last night and could not have appeared near the Qiu Harbour.

It is obvious that the transport fleet did not go to the Ball Port, and the waters in which it is located also deviated from the route to the Watcher Strait.

Is the submarine's information wrong?

There is indeed such a possibility, but there is no way to be sure. After all, the Navy Command is not sure enough and will not send a telegram.

If the submarine is not wrong, the transport fleet will not arrive at Naqiu Harbor as early as tomorrow morning.

This is the key reason why the Navy Command sent a call to allow Bai Zhizhan to preserve his combat effectiveness and lead the Third Air Special Mixed Fleet to intercept the troop transport fleet.

"What do you think?"

When Li Yunxiang called Zhou Yongtao, Bai Zhizhan went to make a cup of coffee.

Although the attack has been cancelled, under the current situation, it is probably necessary to sail at high speed all night, and you may not be able to sleep well by then.

"It is obvious that the troop transport fleet did not go to the Watcher Strait as planned. Judging from its current position, it must have turned in the early morning of this morning and slowed down its navigation speed." Zhou Yongtao was not polite. After all, Li Yunxiang called him to make a statement. "This actually proves the previous speculation that after encountering the cruiser team led by the Guard, Takano took the opportunity to send a telegram to other teams."

"Let the transport fleet go to that ball port?" Li Mingbo asked.

"That's not sure."

Li Mingbo frowned, obviously not understanding what Zhou Yongtao meant.

"What's left in Ball Port? Is there anything worth sending troops to occupy, or is it necessary to use the only ground troops at this critical moment?"

After hearing what Zhou Yongtao said, Li Mingbo understood.

In the decades before the last war, Naqiugang was the most important and one of the largest naval bases of the Liangxia Empire in the west and east. Although it was not the home port of the Imperial Navy's local fleet, in many cases, Naqiugang has always played the role of the home port.

Not to mention anything else, the Empire's expansion operations in the West and Southwest Oceans are almost always based on Naqiu Port.

For a long time, explorers, colonists, scholars and offenders had to come here and take ships to the west and southwest and east. After a few months or years, whether they were full of loads, lost their souls or lost their money, they also had to return here to take a ferry back to the empire. In that era, the Qiugang was the eastern gate of the empire.

Unfortunately, this is all history.

In the last war, the Imperial Navy burned Naqiu Port before retreating, and since then, it frequently sent warships to attack. By the end of the war, Naqiu Port had been completely paralyzed. After the war, the North-South Sadou Islands became a demilitarized zone again, and Naqiu Port was completely abandoned.

The current gulf port is actually a fishing port, and it is nothing wrong to say it is a safe haven.

Although the harbor is large enough to accommodate hundreds of warships, it lacks infrastructure such as deep water docks, oil depots and ammunition depots, and cannot provide support to the fleet. To make the harbor a military port, it only takes a lot of effort to build the infrastructure.

What's the point of winning that ball port?

It is precisely because the Nai Navy did not take a fancy to the Ball Port, but stared at the Watcher Strait.

However, for the Imperial Navy and the local fleet, that is not the case.

After losing the Ball Port and the North-South Sadou Islands, the Imperial Navy retreated to the Qianyu Islands west of the Xuhai Sea, and using the Mastmaster Port as a base, which was equivalent to losing the last line of defense outside the local area. As a result, in the past twenty years, the Imperial Navy had to implement a defensive strategy in the direction of the Xuhai Sea.

In order to avoid being taken over, the Imperial Navy placed its main force on the relatively large sea of ​​Yan.

The result is that when confronting the Navy, the Imperial Navy, which had absolute strength advantages, was passive everywhere.

It is still tolerated during peacetime. When the war breaks out, the open East Gate will be the fatal pit of the Imperial Navy!

In Zhu Shijian's words: If the war cannot be recaptured and controlled the North-South Islands after the war begins, the warships of the Imperial Navy will line up in the Watchmen Strait to fight.

To avoid defeat, not only should we regain the North-South Bean Islands, but we must also control and rebuild the Naqiu Port.

In fact, Naqiugang has been a naval fortress in the North and South Sad Islands in history, and has great strategic value to the Imperial Navy.

"Talk about the key points." Bai Zhizhan reminded Zhou Yongtao.

"My personal judgment is that Takano is not sure of winning, so he plans to decide whether to let the transport fleet go to the Watcher Strait after the decisive battle with the local fleet. As for the Football Port, there is nothing to worry about. To put it bluntly, if the Watcher Strait cannot be blocked, there will definitely be no way to occupy the Football Port. Now send troops to occupy it, and when the permanent fleet is defeated, they will not be allowed to surrender in the end."

"Can this possibility be completely eliminated?" Li Yunxiang asked.

"Zhou Yongtao is right, but he can't make a judgment on this." Bai Zhizhan said at this time: "We can only be anxious on the side of the Watcher Strait, at least we can't help at night. I mean, sail northwest and go between the Strait and the Ball Port."

As he said that, Bai Zhizhan pointed at the chart.

Seeing Bai Zhizhan’s fingers, Li Yunxiang immediately frowned, and Li Mingbo’s eyes widened, both of them were obviously scared.

"It's too risky to do this." Zhou Yongtao was the same. "After the two main teams were defeated, the remaining warships would definitely withdraw back to the East Ocean and return to the local area. If we go here, it would be like blocking the front of these defeated troops and would definitely be impacted, and we..."

"Even if you can't beat it, you can still run."

"What if the heavy cruiser rushed over and the captain was jealous?"

After hearing what Li Mingbo said, Bai Zhizhan rubbed his forehead.

This is really a problem.

If it is a battleship, you don’t need to worry. The “Imperial Capital” class can get rid of it by speed. But it’s different when encountering a heavy cruiser.

The key is that the heavy cruisers of the Nai Yi Navy are above the "Imperial Capital" level.

What should I do now?
Chapter completed!