It was said that I understood the situation, but I actually had lunch again.

Of course, Bai Zhizhan took this opportunity to sort out his somewhat messy thoughts.

After arriving at the commander's bridge, he immediately asked Zhou Yongtao to gather all the main staff officers and senior officers of the air wing.

Now, both air wings are commanded by Simp, and his identity is the 11th Special Mixed Fleet Aviation Operations Commander.

Unless there is a special situation, carrier-based aircraft will never be launched into the air again.

What to say is also the arrangement of Bai Zhizhan.

In Bai Zhizhan's words, people in their 40s are still flying in the sky all day long and can only work in the navy until they are old.

Bai Zhizhan said so, and Shenpu was not easy to argue.

Besides, at the end of last year, during a training session after the live-fire test, the "Surpriser Bird" driven by Simp failed to hang up the aircraft carrier's blocking cable, crashed into the blocking net, and also damaged several carrier-based aircraft parked in front. He himself was injured in the accident.

This experience forced him to admit that he was old.

After returning to the team after recovering from injury, Shen Pu followed Bai Zhizhan's arrangements and transferred from combat post to command post, and set an example for Zhu Huasheng.

Zhu Huasheng was responsible for training pilots on the Hengjiang River.

When four large aircraft carriers are in service, he will also be transferred to a command position and serve as an aviation combat commander in a newly established special-mix fleet.

Zhu Huasheng was not trying to fly for a while. After all, Shenpu was injured before, so one person had to stay and command the newly established aviation force.

This move is also to gain command of a special mixed fleet for the Baizhi War.

When the staff arrived, Bai Zhizhan raised the topic of discussion.

There is only one: whether you need to enter Fanyan Ocean in advance, and if so, then which tactic is the most appropriate to adopt, and give sufficient reasons.

In fact, this is also Bai Zhizhan's usual style.

During the tactical discussion stage, Baizhizhan usually only mentions combat purposes and does not restrict combat means, giving the staff a huge enough operational space.

However, after a discussion, no staff member gave valuable suggestions.

The reason is also very simple, there is too little information for reference.

Not to mention other staff officers, even Zhou Yongtao felt that it would be too early to discuss the tactics of entering Fan Yanyang now, and it was meaningless.

In Zhou Yongtao's words, even if you want to discuss it, you must first understand the situation of the Bran fleet.

After the discussion ended and the other staff members returned to their posts, Bai Zhizhan told Zhou Yongtao about his thoughts.

The key is that the Bran fleet may not come directly. It was probably a smokescreen to make the Imperial Navy fear the head.

To put it bluntly, the Bran fleet is limited by certain factors and cannot arrive in time.

If the Imperial Navy is timid and does not decisively enter the Fanyan Ocean, it is equivalent to missing the opportunity.

If you delay it to the end, you may even suffer a crushing defeat.

If the purpose of the Kingdom of Bran is to delay time, especially before the defeat of the Taurus Empire, and did not want to invest too much troops in the Fanyan Ocean, they would make a fuss about the actions of reinforcement of the Lion Spring City, or even bluff, and postpone the decisive battle with the Imperial fleet as much as possible.

"The problem is that no matter whether Cunningham brings the fleet or not, we will attack Lion Spring City. Without fleet cover, Bran's army will not be able to defend it at all. If the morale is over, I'm afraid we can't hold on for even a month. What's more, if we drag it for a few months, we will send large aircraft carriers here. As long as there are two special mixed fleets, even if Cunningham brings three aircraft carriers to the east, he will be just a mantis arm to get a car."

"So, it's a dead end if you drag it on?"

Zhou Yongtao nodded, indicating that Bai Zhizhan was not wrong.

Bai Zhizhan breathed a long sigh before saying, "Actually, this is also something I didn't think of."

Zhou Yongtao was stunned for a moment, obviously surprised.

"As you said, except to defend the city of Lion Spring, the Kingdom of Bran has no reason to increase troops to Fanyanyang, and there is no reason to delay time. The problem is that there are many signs now that the fleet led by Cunningham has not entered Fanyanyang, at least not rushing over at full speed."

“What are the signs?”

Bai Zhizhan glanced at Zhou Yongtao and said, "So far, we have not received any news that the Bran fleet has passed through the Xifan Canal."

"this……"

"The Xifan Canal is so long, and it takes more than ten hours to pass through a fleet. Even at night, it is impossible to pass silently."

“It’s wartime now.”

"So what? Even if the controls during the war are more severe, intelligence personnel will be more vigilant, and the Sixth Bureau will not relax its surveillance on the Xifan Canal."

Zhou Yongtao shrank his mouth and did not continue to argue with Bai Zhi.

The reason is here, and it is useless to argue.

"If we just believe that this inference is correct, then the new question is, what are the delays in the Bran Royal Navy waiting for?"

"Or there is anything worth waiting for."

After Zhou Yongtao followed this sentence, Bai Zhizhan laughed.

Obviously, Zhou Yongtao has followed his ideas, so there is no need to remind him.

"If you really want to say that the three aircraft carriers are indeed a little less. Considering the combat effectiveness of the Bran carrier-based aviation, even if it is replaced with the carrier-based aircraft of the Newland Navy, it is definitely not our opponent."

"Then what?"

Zhou Yongtao rubbed his forehead before saying, "Looking at the world, except for those small aircraft carriers and escort aircraft carriers, there is only one that can be mobilized."

“'Entertainment'?”

Zhou Yongtao nodded and didn't say anything more.

Bai Zhizhan's face also immediately reminded him that Bai Zhizhan had thought of this issue for a long time, but he was not sure yet, so he needed to discuss it.

To be honest, the key lies in this aircraft carrier.

In addition, even if the "Entertainment" is still not enough to change the strategic balance, it has a greater chance of winning, especially making full use of other favorable conditions.

However, will the Newland Navy send the "Entertainment" to Fanyanyang?

Previous information shows that the only remaining fleet aircraft carrier in the Newland Navy has been operating in the East and the East to wait for another aircraft carrier to restore the team.

Of course, it is mainly to train carrier-based pilots.

During the Northwest and East Ocean Navy, the Newland Navy lost hundreds of carrier-based pilots and did not step up training, and there will definitely be major problems in the future.

The key is that when the Endeavour passes through the Wangxi Canal, it will definitely be discovered by lurking intelligence personnel.

Bypassing Australia?

Even so, you have to go to the southwest to look east first, and the intelligence personnel from the Sixth Bureau will also be discovered by intelligence personnel.

“There is another very critical issue.”

After Zhou Yongtao said this, Bai Zhizhan immediately looked at him.

"We must protect the Fanluo area and guard the Xifan Canal to prevent us from entering the Luxinhai. What else can we do besides defending the Shiquan City? There is almost no place to defend between the Shiquan City and the Jibu Fortress. Isn't giving up the Shiquan City now equivalent to giving up the Fanluo area?"

Bai Zhizhan didn't say anything, and the questions raised by Zhou Yongtao were indeed very sharp.

"With the full support of the Newland Federation, the Kingdom of Bran is indeed likely to abandon the Varo region and retreat to defend the Kibu Fortress as decades ago."

"No matter what, I have to figure out this issue first."

"I'll send a telegram now."

"After taking the telegram, remember to remind Li Mingbo and ask him to adjust the course of the fleet."

Zhou Yongtao nodded and agreed, then ran out of the commander's bridge.

In fact, Zhou Yongtao's last sentence reminded Bai Zhizhan. With the support of the Newland Federation, the strategic value of the Fanluo region is no longer as good as before.
Chapter completed!