Chapter 493
On the afternoon of the 21st local time, Liang Xia Navy Command issued the highest combat readiness order, and the two special mixed fleets on the East Ocean have also entered combat readiness.
According to the cracked message, the two special mixed fleets will leave the anchorage in the early morning of the 22nd.
As expected, the third fleet, the landing fleet that stayed at the anchorage of Huangdao, Nanliu, will set off in the early morning, just a few hours later.
The key is that there is also information that Liang Xia’s navy is preparing to attack the Transit Island.
This information has not been proven yet.
Here, the intelligence war involves both sides.
At the end of last year, shortly after the Northwest and East Naval Battle, the Newland Intelligence Agency obtained a set of communication passwords for Liang Xia Navy through fleeing intelligence personnel. Although during the war, Liang Xia Navy would change the password book once a month, its encoding rules were traceable, so some scattered information can be obtained through intercepted telegrams, thereby making a rough guess about Liang Xia Navy's actions.
Never underestimate these scattered information.
Even if it is just deciphering one sentence or even a few words, it has a military value that cannot be underestimated.
For example, at the beginning of the year, through the deciphered telegram, the Newland intelligence agency speculated that Liang Xia's navy was about to send troops to attack Shiquan City. After that, based on this speculation, the Bran authorities persuaded the Bran authorities to increase their troops, which led to the later formation of a joint fleet to go to Fanyanyang.
After the Battle of Fanyan Ocean in the Southwest, the Newland Intelligence Agency discovered that a location codenamed 001 appeared in Liang Xia Navy's daily communications.
At that time, the Newland Intelligence Agency suspected that this "001" refers to the transit island.
To prove this speculation, the Newland Navy failed to transport parts of seawater desalination equipment to the transit island for three consecutive times, which was precisely a necessary consumable. As a result, a seawater desalination equipment could not work properly, and the defenders on the island could only limit the supply of freshwater.
During this period, in Liang Xia Naijun's telegram, the frequency of "001" appeared significantly increased a lot.
Of course, under the guidance of intelligence agencies, the Newland Navy also adopted other methods to prove that the transfer island was the one that Liang Xia was focusing on.
For example, bombers are sent to the transit island from time to time, and there will definitely be relevant content in Liang Xia's Navy's telegrams during the same period.
All these signs prove that Liang Xia’s navy is preparing to attack the Transit Island.
However, there is a problem that has never been reasonably explained.
The Nayi Empire had been defeated, and the Nayi intelligence personnel who had not had time to escape had been controlled by the Liangxia Empire. Doesn’t the intelligence agencies of the Liangxia Empire know that the navy’s password had been leaked? The key is that the set of passwords provided by the Nayi intelligence personnel was obtained before the war, and there were many insiders, some of them remained in the Nayi Empire and were still working for the Liangxia intelligence agencies.
Also, what reason does Liang Xia Naijun have to use a set of passwords all the time?
Changing your password is not complicated.
Besides, after the defeat of the Naiyi Empire and the Newland Federation joined the war, as the scope of the battle expanded, Liang Xia's Navy must have to change the password.
In addition, it is too explicit to call the Transit Island by "001".
Feelings, these are all intentional. Liang Xia Navy seemed to be worried that the Newland Navy would not guess its strategic intention to attack the Transit Island.
Not to mention Hal, even Niz felt that this was the trick of Liang Xia's Navy. The fundamental purpose was to strengthen the defense deployment of the transit island so as to attack Wei Island.
But Spear doesn't think so.
There is only one reason to say.
After the battle on Seyat Island ended, Liang Xia's navy did not withdraw the Marine Corps. The four marine divisions involved in the combat operations against Seyat Island were all on the east ocean. Two of them were on Seyat Island, one was on Liuhuangdao, and the other one was on Nanliuhuangdao where the landing fleet was located.
This kind of deployment is very abnormal.
If the troops were to rest, they should be withdrawn from their homeland, and at least they had to be sent to the Nayi Empire, not to stay on the frontline island.
It is reasonable to send to Fan Yanyang, after all, the Liangxia Empire will still take over Boshawan.
Staying in the west and facing the ocean and deploying on frontier islands, it can only be said that Liang Xia’s Navy is ready to launch an attack in the near future.
So, where do you need to use 4 land divisions to attack?
You know, even if we attack the island, at most, only three land divisions were dispatched, not four land divisions were on the field together.
In the early days of landing on the island of Peru, only one land division was used.
According to statistics from the Newland Navy, during the offensive and defensive battle in Seyat, Liang Xia's ground troops fighting on the front line actually had only one land division.
It’s not that I’m reluctant to invest, but that the battlefield is too small and I can’t invest too much troops.
It is based on these that Spp still believed that Liang Xia’s Navy was preparing to attack the Transit Island, not Wei Island.
Strictly speaking, it is the entire Hovay Islands. Attacking the Transit Island is just the beginning. After occupying the Transit Island, it will continue to advance eastward.
Only by attacking several islands in succession can four land divisions be dispatched at once.
Although four land divisions were definitely not enough for capturing the entire Hovayi Islands, Liang Xia's Navy would definitely increase its troops during the battle.
In theory, four land divisions are enough to capture 2 to 3 islands to build a solid defense system.
To be said, Liang Xia's Navy captured three islands west of the archipelago in one fell swoop, forming a horn-like momentum, and Navy Newland would be unable to turn the world back.
As for the password, Spear thinks it is a tactic of hard to get.
Spe made a very bold speculation about this.
If the Liang Xia Navy was going to attack the transit island rather than Wei Island, then the two special-mixed fleets deployed in the anchorages of Liuhuangdao and Beiliuhuangdao will set off at the same time, with a maximum interval of several hours, and the 21st special-mixed fleet in the south set off first.
The reason is also very simple: head to the transit island and depart from Liuhuangdao and Beiliuhuangdao, with a similar voyage.
On the contrary, if you go to Wei Island, it will be hundreds of kilometers away.
In this way, the 22nd Special Mixed Fleet, which should be deployed in the anchorage of Huangdao, Beiliu, set off first.
As for going to the transit island, why should we let the 21st special-mix fleet set out first? It is not that we still let the 22nd special-mix fleet set out first. Spoo is gambled for luck.
Simply put, he felt that Bai Zhi fought in the 21st special fleet.
There is no reason, Spur's intuition.
Of course, it can be regarded as a habit.
In Tian Shi's words, Liang Xia's Navy abides more by common rules on the fleet's number, unlike the Newland Navy's Navy as casual as it would.
That's why the two special mixed fleets set out together became the key basis for judging which island Liang Xia's Navy will attack.
However, it is not easy to obtain accurate information.
For senior generals of the Newland Navy, what can be done now is to wait patiently.
In fact, the intelligence problem has always existed, and it is the same for both parties in the war.
In Spee's words, in many cases, their number one enemy was not Liang Xia's Navy, but was inconsistent and often unable to deliver information in time.
If there is timely and reliable information, it will no longer be difficult to win a battle.
Unfortunately, no one can guarantee that timely and reliable intelligence can be provided.
If you want to say it, it is because you cannot guarantee that you can obtain timely and reliable information, which can the talents and abilities of commanders such as Spoo, Bai Zhizhan be revealed.
Chapter completed!