In the early morning of January 15, the east side of the Watcher Strait was about 500 kilometers south of Naqiu Harbor.

Although it was almost dawn, the sky was still pitch black.

The "Hengjiang" has been turned to sail in the wind, but it has not accelerated. Several destroyers have dispersed and maintained a distance of thousands of meters from the aircraft carrier.

In the commander's bridge, Bai Zhizhan asked about the situation for the third time, but he still got the previous reply.

The group of aircraft is flying towards this side.

Bai Zhizhan was a little anxious, but he couldn't blame him.

Because several hidden dangers with serious threats were discovered, the speed had to be reduced and the time for the ferry through the Xuhai was extended by half a day.

Until dawn, the last batch of engineers and workers from the shipyard were transferred to the cruise ship. However, the restoration work was not completed. Because we continued to go deep into the east, we could encounter submarines from the Navy at any time, and there were no extra destroyers to cover the cruise ship to return, so we could only let the engineers and workers evacuate in advance, and the remaining maintenance work could only be handed over to the fleet officers and soldiers.

Fortunately, the maintenance plan had been determined long ago, and the engineers also taught a group of officers and soldiers step by step.

That's why the acceptance of carrier-based aircraft was delayed by one day.

Last night, after confirming that the maintenance work could be completed in the early morning, Bai Zhizhan sent a destroyer to the north at full speed, and then sent a telegram to Naqiu Port, allowing the carrier-based aviation troops who had arrived there to take off in the early morning and come to join the aircraft carrier.

Although according to Bai Zhizhan's judgment, the telegram sent by the destroyer would not attract the attention of the Nai Navy. After all, after controlling the North-South Sadou Islands, the destroyers of the Imperial Navy have been moving around the Watcher Strait, searching for the Nai submarines trying to sneak into the Ayu Sea, and these destroyers will definitely shoot and send telegrams from time to time. But no one can guarantee that it was a large ocean destroyer affiliated with the local fleet.

All the people patrolled here before were small destroyers with offshore anti-submarines, and many of them were the products of the last war.

Of course, even if it has received attention from the Nai Navy, there is no danger for the time being.

Bai Zhizhan’s concerns are related to the battle reports he received last night.

Yesterday, the day before Laba Festival, to be precise, it was in the evening. After three days of uninterrupted artillery and bombing, the Sai army guarding Buzhou completely collapsed, let alone continued to fight. Because reinforcements were hopeless, General Niu Man, the commander of the defender, issued a surrender order, and then went out of the city in person and handed over a sword symbolizing command to the front commander of the Imperial Guard who came to surrender.

It was not Lian Xusheng who went to receive surrender, but Li Qing.

It is rumored that when the Sayi army surrendered, Lian Xusheng happened to be out of the front line and went to the rear headquarters to report the war to General Situ Jingde. Because it could not be delayed, hundreds of thousands of panic Sayi officers and soldiers were waiting to disarm. Not all Sayi soldiers were willing to surrender. So after Li Qing, who was staying on the front line, called Lian Xusheng to ask for instructions, accepted General Niu Man's surrender as an acting commander.

Obviously, this is actually a humiliation of the narrow army.

Why?

Li Qing was also a major staff officer, and the one who came to surrender was a general, and the gap was too big.

At that time, there were actually several generals at the front line command center, such as the Chief of Staff of the Armored Division, Needle Colonel, etc.

As for the real reason, Bai Zhizhan knew it very well.

This is clearly meant to let Li Qing take the credit. Perhaps when the Nayi Army surrendered, Lian Xusheng was on the front line and just didn't show up.

In any case, the battle on the Icestorm Peninsula is over.

Also, Lian Xusheng fulfilled the slogan of "Go home to drink porridge".

Although it is just a slogan, even if you win a battle, it is impossible to let the front-line officers and soldiers go home. At most, all officers and soldiers drink a bowl of hot eight-treasure porridge. However, for all the soldiers fighting bloodyly on the front and for the civilians who are waiting in the rear, a slogan that is like talking nonsense can come true. It must have an unparalleled appeal and inspiration, which will make the confidence of the imperial military and civilians more firm.

However, for the Nayi Empire, this is a disaster!

Just the day before surrender, the Saiyi Navy sent several destroyers and risked being bombed to send thousands of officers and soldiers to Buzhou overnight. Although this amount of force is a drop in the bucket, it can boost morale and make the frontline soldiers believe that the Saiyi Empire will defend Busan to the death.

Unexpectedly, after one day, hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers surrendered!

If Busan is just thrown away, it's nothing. After all, it's just the foothold of the Sayi Empire on the Ice Storm Peninsula, or the springboard for entering the huge land. But what's so bad is that the main force of the Sayi Army, about 300,000 officers and soldiers of the standing troops, were all trapped in Buzhou.

There are not many permanent troops in the narrow and erectile dynasties!

The Nayi Empire is a typical island country, similar to the Bran Kingdom. During peacetime, the Nayi Empire did not retain a permanent army on its own.

To be said, the scale of the Naoyi Army is not very large.

After the end of the last war, the Nayi Army laid off 80% of its troops, and almost all of the retained ones were used to control the overseas territory seized during the war.

The most important of these is the Lower High Kingdom at the southern end of the Icestorm Peninsula.

As a result, the Nayi Army placed about two-thirds of the troops, including all elite troops.

When the war broke out, as many as 600,000 Nayi soldiers deployed in Xiagao Kingdom. After several battles, only 300,000 people retreated to Buzhou.

If you want to say it, this is understandable.

At the beginning, when the bloody battle of the Ice Storm Peninsula was killed and millions of officers and soldiers were sacrificed. What was the purpose of?

With the ambition of the Naoyi Empire, it is obviously to transform this puppet country into a part of itself through long-term military occupation and assimilation of the Gao Kingdom, so as to gain a foothold at the eastern end of the huge land, so as to continue to advance to the hinterland of the huge land when the time is ripe in the future.

During the golden decade, the Nayi Empire had been inciting the civilians of its country to immigrate to the High Kingdom.

For example, providing immigrants with land expropriated during the war, giving tax incentives, and even conducting nationwide publicity, describing immigrants to the Gao Kingdom and cultivate the country, which is a major event that benefits the country and the people, and is related to the narrow imperial kingdom for generations.

According to incomplete statistics, in the previous twenty years, at least three million Naoyi immigrated to the Gao Kingdom, and many intermarried with locals.

In addition, the population of the Xiagao Kingdom is less than 20 million in total.

In other words, the immigrants from the Nayi Empire account for more than 10% of the total population of the Gao Kingdom!

Putting heavy troops on the Icestorm Peninsula is to protect the interests that have been obtained and protect the narrow-minded people who responded to the call to immigrate.

The fall of Buzhou, and 300,000 officers and soldiers and 3 million immigrants became abandoned sons.

After all the main forces of the army are finished, how can the Nayi Empire continue to play?

Even if the army does not take a hundred years, it will take time to recruit and train new recruits. It does not mean that a group of strong men can be sent to the battlefield by simply bringing in a group of strong men.

If so, I was sent to be cannon fodder.

The impact is obvious. After the collapse of the army, the Nagai Empire could only place its hopes on the navy and do everything possible to maintain the control of the sea.

If it was just a construction of Buzhou, there would be no problem.

But just yesterday, two hugely influential things happened, and they were all delivered to Bai Zhizhan in the form of a war report.
Chapter completed!