On the night of January 19, the north of Xunfeng Strait.

After seeing the destroyer in front turn again, Bai Zhizhan returned to the bridge.

For safety reasons, Li Mingbo went to the Navigation Bridge, and Zhou Yongtao arranged night patrol missions for the pilots at the Aviation Operations Command Center.

The staff officers were busy, and Bai Zhizhan did not disturb them.

Four days ago, after making a bold judgment, Bai Zhizhan ordered the fleet to go south at full speed and head straight to the Java Sea north of Xunfeng Strait and Longyan Strait.

At the same time, the two destroyer teams headed south at full speed and rushed to Xunfeng Strait and Longyan Strait in advance.

However, whether to go to Xunfeng Strait or Longyan Strait, Bai Zhizhan did not make a decision at that time, but depends on the actual situation.

Last night, the 11.5th team rushed to Xunfeng Strait first.

Subsequently, the four destroyers began to drop deep-water bombs in the strait, and hundreds of them were deployed from north to south, just like they really discovered a submarine. However, after passing through the strait, the four destroyers did not penetrate the Fanyan Ocean. They circled around the Krakato volcano, and then returned to the Java Sea from the strait. In the next ten hours, the four destroyers ran two rounds in the Xunfeng Strait in a similar way.

During this period, several patrol aircraft were always wandering south of Xunfeng Strait.

The 11.6 team arrived at Longyan Strait a few hours later, so they only had time to run two rounds, but they also used up a lot of deep-water bombs.

As for the bet, Bai Zhizhan has already lost.

Shortly after the 11.5th Team passed through the Sunfeng Strait for the first time, a patrol aircraft from Saigon Port discovered a submarine in the southwest of the strait, and was also judged to be an ocean-going submarine of the Royal Bran Navy. However, according to the order, the patrol aircraft did not launch an attack.

Because there is no anti-submarine bomb, it is impossible to launch an attack.

In the next few hours, two Bran submarines were found on the Fanyanyang side of Xunfeng Strait.

Obviously, these three submarines were lurking in or near Xunfeng Strait before. They were frightened when the destroyer randomly dropped deep-water bombs and used up all the electricity that was not much, so they had to float up and charge after leaving Xunfeng Strait.

On the other side of Longan Strait, the 11.6th Team also bombed two Bran submarines and one Newland submarine.

In the early morning of this year, the fire support fleet that covered the landing fleet entered the Shiquan Strait, bombarded the Shiquan City, and covered the minesweeper to clear the waterway.

The key is to clean up the main channel!

If it is to attack Shiquan City and clear out a piece of sea area for landing fleets, there is no need to spend time cleaning the main channel.

Objectively speaking, the sea area east of Shiquan City is relatively open, so it is more suitable for landing sites.

Besides, without capturing the city of Shiquan, you cannot get to the Throat Channel, so there is no need to clear the mines laid by Bran’s army in the Shiquan Channel.

Before this, the Imperial Army Air Force focused on bombing the eastern part of Lion Spring City, and carried out five large-scale bombings at Changi Airport, dropping more than 3,000 tons of bombs.

Of course, sending minesweepers to the Shiquan Strait is actually to deceive the enemy.

In the three straits, there were warships of the Imperial Navy, and they all made a lot of noise.

So, where is the Imperial Navy's special mixed fleet?

Or, which strait will the special mixed fleet enter the Fanyan Ocean from?

What is certain is that after making such a big noise, the 11th Special Mixed Fleet will definitely enter the Fanyan Ocean and fight to the Bran Fleet.

What to say is exactly the purpose of Bai Zhizhan.

If Cunningham had already led the fleet to the northeast Fanyan Ocean, after these things happened, he could only temporarily retreat.

The fleet has withdrawn, can we still defend Shiquan City?

As for whether he could fight the Bran Fleet, or when he would fight the Bran Fleet, Bai Zhizhan didn't take it seriously.

The number one task at present is to quickly take down Shiquan City.

If you want to say it, the Eleventh Special Mixed Fleet can make the Bran Fleet flee in panic, which is the best strategy to attack Lion Spring City.

If you can win without a fight, that would be better.

So, can we win without fighting?

Bai Zhizhan was not sure, but so far, the situation was still under control, and what happened was not much different from what had been expected.

"Commander!"

When the telecommunications officer came over, Bai Zhizhan realized that Li Mingbo was not inside the commander's bridge.

Otherwise, the telecommunications officer would not have looked for him directly.

A telegram sent by the Navy Command was signed by Zheng Jiangming.

Latest information.

After only looking at the beginning, Bai Zhizhan frowned.

More than ten days ago, the transport fleet that passed the Xifan Canal and entered the narrow sea was already identified as a fleet, because last night, intelligence personnel from the Sixth Bureau confirmed that the transport fleet was hidden in a remote bay in Cyprus, and all the crew were on the ship.

The key is that the two fast battleships of the local fleet have not appeared yet!

Because there was no fast oil tanker to follow, and the "Prime Minister" has been moving south at a speed of nearly 20 knots, if the two fast battleships were pursuing the "Prime Minister", they would have burned out their fuel long ago. They would have to go to a port or naval base in Nanxi Luoyang a few days ago to replenish fuel.

But the problem is that there are not many ports that provide support for battleships and reserve heavy oil for high-quality ships with tens of thousands of tons!

Intelligence analysts from the Sixth Bureau speculated that the two fast battleships were likely not heading south, but quietly entered the narrow sea from the Xifan Canal.

That's right, it just disguised as a merchant ship and passed through the Xifan Canal at night, tricking the spy lurking in the local area.

If so, the two fast battleships had already caught up with the Bran fleet led by Cunningham.

The key is that there are enough Bran cargo ships on Fanyan Ocean, many of which are oil tankers, so it is not difficult to obtain fuel supply.

In addition, the Imperial Navy has not yet invaded Fanyan Ocean and has not sent submarines to Fanyan Ocean to carry out a breakthrough mission, so the Bran warship can move around with confidence, including fuel supply outside the sea, at least there is no need to worry about being exposed when encountering the Imperial submarine.

Also, before leaving the port to deal with the "Prime Minister", the two fast battleships were maintained.

As long as fuel is not a problem, these two warships can be active in the offshore for several months, and there is no problem of returning to Hong Kong for maintenance in the near future.

Even though the main gun of the "George V" has always had problems and has never been solved, it is just that when it comes to Fan Yanyang, whether the main gun can be used is a problem.

Relatively speaking, hundreds of anti-aircraft guns are more valuable!

For this reason, Zheng Jiangming issued a warning.

The Bran Fleet, which has 3 fleet aircraft carriers, 2 fast battleships and 2 battlecruisers, and a large number of cruisers and destroyers, is likely to have arrived in the Northeast Sunset Ocean, stand by in the Andaman Sea, or the Bay of Bengal, ready to fight the arrival of the Empire Fleet.

Obviously, Zheng Jiangming's move is to rush to fight and strengthen his vigilance.

Unfortunately, he did not know that the 11th Special Mixed Fleet had entered the Java Sea and was preparing to enter the Fanyan Ocean from the Xunfeng Strait tonight.

At least, according to the initial plan, the fleet's early entry into Fanyanyang is not within the optional range.

Zheng Jiang knew that he was kind-hearted, and the information he provided was also valuable.
Chapter completed!