More than ten minutes later, the driver brought the set meal here.

When he noticed that Bai Zhizhan's expression was like the bad news of bereavement just now, the driver tactfully found an excuse, saying that he was going to find a clean coat for Zhou Yongtao, and then hurried out. After Bai Zhizhan for a few days, the driver had never seen such a serious look on his face.

The military green coat should have been lost. It was covered with oil and a very disgusting smell of sweat.

Obviously, it must be the work clothes worn by the ground staff when working outdoors. They will not change them at all. After wearing them for a winter, they will just throw them away.

Oil stains such as lubricating oil, antifreeze, and hydraulic oil cannot be washed away.

After eating, Zhou Yongtao told the reasons and consequences of coming back to find Bai Zhizhan.

It was Lee Myung-bak who asked him to come back.

Yesterday morning, Liu Xiangzhen took a "Flying Fish" to the "Imperial Capital". After taking over the Third Air Special Mixed Fleet, he immediately ordered radio control.

In order to keep this confidentiality, the matter has not been notified to other fleets for the time being.

Yesterday at noon, Li Mingbo found an opportunity and said he wanted to send a staff officer to investigate and count the situation of the injured officers and soldiers, so he sent Zhou Yongtao to a torpedo plane. Before taking off, Li Mingbo repeatedly reminded that Bai Zhizhan must be found and explain the situation clearly to Bai Zhizhan in person.

The Third Air Special Mixed Fleet has turned north and will participate in the combat operation to attack an island south of the Icestorm Peninsula.

Which island?

Li Mingbo did not say this because he heard about this news from a staff officer who had such a little friendship with Liu Xiangzhen on the "Imperial Capital" in the past. The combat plan is still highly confidential, and even at the Special Mixed Group Command, there are not many staff officers who are informed of it.

The key is that the special mixed group is rushing to Xuhai.

Because Li Hengjia did not come, Li Mingbo speculated that Liu Xiangzhen was likely to let Li Hengjia lead the special group temporarily, and he himself came to the Third Air Special Fleet.

There is nothing strange about it. Only Liu Xiangzhen can suppress Li Mingbo by himself.

These signs indicate that the Third Air Special Mixed Fleet is about to be incorporated into the Special Mixed Fleet and then heads to the northern part of Xuhai to support the Marines' landing operation somewhere.

"Brother Li asked me to ask you where the brothers in the headquarters should go."

"Is there any question?"

After being glared at by Bai Zhizhan, Zhou Yongtao pursed his mouth and looked like this had nothing to do with me.

"Li Mingbo is an old military officer. He cannot not know that the duty of a soldier is to obey and execute orders, rather than obey the orders issued by anyone. Since he has accepted General Liu Xiangzhen as the commander and sent him to command the Third Air Special Fleet, he must obey the commander's orders."

"I said so too." Zhou Yongtao quickly said to prove his innocence.

Bai Zhizhan was speechless, but in fact he was in a bad mood.

"Oh, I almost forgot. This was handed over to me by an officer named Zheng Jiangming before the plane took off, and I asked me to hand it to you in person."

When Zhou Yongtao said this, he took out an envelope.

Bai Zhizhan didn't say anything, and he took the envelope over.

There is only one page of letters, only a few passages.

After reading it quickly, Bai Zhizhan's brows tightened. After pondering for a while, he seemed to have come to his senses and handed the letter paper he was holding to Zhou Yongtao.

After taking it, Zhou Yongtao also frowned.

Just four passages, four huge things were said.

The navy and army have reached an agreement on the next stage of combat operations. The army will launch an attack on January 10 at the latest. The navy must open up the maritime route before this and assist and cooperate with the army in capturing the port at the southern end of the Icestorm Peninsula to transport combat supplies to the front line.

In order to cover up the army's combat operations on the Icestorm Peninsula, the Navy will launch an amphibious landing operation simultaneously. The target will be selected between Ji Island in the Xiagao Kingdom and Shuangma Island in the Sai Empire. According to the current combat situation, it is more likely to choose the former.

The mobile fleet has arrived at the Tuk Fortress, and judging from the arrival time, the damage of the four fast battleships is not serious. It is expected that the Fourth Cruiser Fleet will arrive in the near future and be incorporated into the mobile fleet. Lan Yun has been promoted to Lieutenant General and temporarily serves as the commander of the permanent fleet.

The Newland Federation's transport fleet arrived in Microroe and is expected to arrive at Fortress Tuc by January 7.

Based on these two pieces of information, it can be roughly inferred that the permanent warships can be prepared to set off as early as January 10 and at the latest on January 15. If the Imperial Army launches an attack on January 10 as planned and the navy attacks Ji Island simultaneously, the permanent fleet is most likely to set off from Fort Tuk before January 15. Unless a major change occurs, the threat of the permanent fleet must be considered in late January.

The implication is that Bai Zhizhan’s chance to reappear in the world is coming soon.

But Bai Zhizhan couldn't be happy at all.

After reading it, Zhou Yongtao was not happy either.

It’s one thing to reappear, but what’s the matter with logging in?

This is not planned at all!

Even if you choose to land on Ji Island, which is much more difficult to fight and has much less force, it will inevitably have a negative impact on the attack on Liuhuang Island.

There is no different reason: There are only two divisions of the Marine Corps that can be used in the direction of Xuhai and Dongwangyang, and they are very cramped when they are used to attack Liuhuangdao.

If the materials consumed by logging in are taken into account, the impact will be even greater.

Is it necessary to do this?

The distance between Jejima and the western part of Saiyi is almost the same as that between Buzhou and Changchi. Therefore, as long as Buzhou can be quickly built, there is no need for Jima to be used as a springboard.

Where is Shuangma Island?

The two islands are in the center of Shuangma Strait, between Buzhou and Changqi, and are slightly closer to Changqi, but the shortened distance has no practical value.

In addition, Shuangma Island is a territory of narrow and simple, with more troops garrisons on it.

The difficulty of attacking Shuangma Island is much greater than that of attacking Jeshima Island, and it may not be useful after the battle, so it is not considered from the beginning.

According to the original plan, even if we finally landed in the Nayi land, we would set out directly from Buzhou after we built Buzhou.

Before this, the capture of the offshore islands outside the Nayi land was actually a superfluous way.

Who came up with it?

To put it bluntly, if this is what Liu Xiang really thought of, it has nothing to do with supporting the army, but rather consumes the Marine Corps on the local fleet.

First, they consumed two land divisions under the local fleet on Ji Island, and then when attacking Liuhuang Island, the land division sent by the Southern Fleet should be shown its strength. When Liuhuang Island was defeated, the Southern Fleet gained a foothold and will be able to intervene in the battles in the east in the future.

After all this trouble, the Southern Fleet will inevitably be able to defeat the local fleet.

By then, Liu Xiangzhen would inevitably become the number one general of the Imperial Navy.

Going up the house and pulling the ladder, this trick is really good!

Bai Zhizhan is very big, but it is useless to have a big head.

"Do you have any arrangements?"

"General Li asked me to stay, so I don't have to go back. He also said that if there is an arrangement here, I will follow you here, and it will be troublesome to go back to the imperial capital."

Bai Zhizhan nodded, indicating that he had understood.

Because the Navy Command has not issued a letter of appointment yet, Li Yunxiang is still the commander of the Third Ship-Board Air Force, and Zhou Yongtao is the staff officer of the Third Ship-Board Air Force, so Li Yunxiang has the right to transfer Zhou Yongtao away and send him to assist Bai Zhizhan, who is nominally still the commander of the Third Air Special Mixed Fleet.

Having an assistant is not a bad thing.
Chapter completed!