"I just soaked it, take a few sips and wake up the spirit?"

Hearing the hello, Bai Zhizhan turned around and took the thermos cup handed over by Li Mingbo. It was indeed tea inside, and it was strong tea.

Li Mingbo is now a major and the navigation staff of the First Aviation Special Mixed Fleet.

In the 87th year of the New Calendar, when Bai Zhizhan was promoted to major, he went to the Naval Academy with Bai Zhizhan's recommendation letter and received three-year ability training. Because he served in the Navy for eight years, after completing the training, Li Mingbo obtained the rank of lieutenant and returned to the original army to report.

After that, he went to the aviation squadron where Bai Zhizhan was located and followed Bai Zhizhan.

Two years ago, after Li Jie returned to his local fleet as a captain, Li Mingbo served as a navigation staff member as a premier and became a regular last year.

It was probably because of the reason why he became a monk halfway through. Li Mingbo's ability is worse than Li Jie, who was a professional. However, in the aviation special-mix fleet, the work pressure of the navigation staff is not very high, and the requirements for timeliness are not very high, so even if he is less capable, he can still be competent.

Interestingly, after becoming an officer, Li Mingbo became a good man who never gets drunk.

In his own words, it was a sense of crisis that a middle-aged man who had to support a family of people could only experience after getting married and becoming a father.

"I've asked. Within half an hour, the last few reconnaissance planes that took off will reach the steering point. To continue to maintain the attack, other warships have to send seaplanes." Li Mingbo paused for a moment before saying: "If you want to adjust, it's best to arrange it now."

Bai Zhizhan didn't say anything, raised his telescope and looked at the majestic battleship several thousand meters away.

That was after three modernization improvements and upgraded to a fast battleship, but it was affiliated to the local fleet and temporarily assigned to the First Aviation Special Mixed Fleet.

She is the knife-wielding guard of the "Longjiang" and the final air defense barrier.

Fleet exercises over the past decade, especially in recent years, have been repeatedly proved that in high-intensity combat, a fierce air defense warship can often determine the life and death of an aircraft carrier, and can even have a decisive impact on the outcome of a naval battle.

The ideal air defense warship must have huge decks, fast enough to speed with good stability.

This refers to battle cruisers and fast battleships.

To this end, in the third modernization improvement, four newly upgraded rapid battleships, including the Beihe, all focused on strengthening air defense firepower.

In addition, in the aviation special mixed fleet, the fast battleship is also a formation flagship, or to be precise, a command ship.

According to unwritten rules, the commander of the fleet was on the command ship and obeyed the commander of the Navy headquarters, that is, the commander of the special mixed fleet was on the aircraft carrier.

"Where is the weather forecast?" After asking, Bai Zhizhan put down his telescope.

"The weather reconnaissance plane has not come back yet, but looking at the sky, it will definitely rain tonight. It's winter now, so maybe it will take a few days in a row."

Bai Zhizhan looked at his watch and then rubbed his forehead.

It's already past two o'clock.

For more than ten years, Bai Zhizhan has climbed from grassroots officers step by step to the position of Chief of Staff of the Special Mixed Fleet, only one person admired.

That's right, it's his dead rival, old enemy, Colonel Liu Xiangzhen, the chief of staff of the Second Air Special Mixed Fleet.

Although both of them are just chiefs of staff and not commanders, they have played the lead role in fleet exercises over the years, and the others are all supporting roles.

Last year, after three rounds of fierce battles, the First Aviation Special Mixed Fleet commanded by Bai Zhizhan won by a slight advantage.

Because the ruling was made by the referee team, there were deviations that could not be ignored, so according to Zhu Shijian's intention, the results of the exercise were not recorded in the files of the two.

This year, it's almost half a month. Not to mention fighting, the two sides didn't even fight!

Bai Zhizhan has two aircraft carriers, and Liu Xiangzhen also has two. Both sides play two special aviation fleets, and the aviation force will be doubled.

This setting is actually imitating imaginary enemies.

However, this also means that the party exposed first will inevitably suffer a devastating blow, and there is a high possibility that there will be no chance of counterattack.

Very cruel!

However, this is also a major feature of modern naval warfare, with aircraft carriers and aviation as the main force.

It is precisely because Bai Zhizhan is particularly cautious.

There is no doubt that Liu Xiangzhen is the same.

The problem now is that the cold air flow in the north has moved south and is expected to arrive tonight, with rainy weather likely to last for several days.

Fighting on rainy days?

It's not that it can't work, it will significantly reduce combat efficiency.

Not to mention, because visibility is reduced, reconnaissance and search missions are carried out within the same range, and three times the reconnaissance aircraft are required to be dispatched on rainy days.

Move southward and avoid the rolling cumulonimbus clouds?

Yes, but that must be what the other party dreams of, because it is really easy to guess.

Bai Zhizhan is waiting.

For this reason, he specifically asked about the weather forecast.

But now it seems that if it rains only at night, I may have to reconsider it, that is, whether to arrange a reconnaissance operation in the afternoon.

Also, should we use seaplanes or ship-based aircraft be dispatched?

If you still don’t find it, it’s nothing. At worst, you can turn to avoid it after dark and use the cover of cumulonimbus clouds to leave the dangerous sea area.

The key is, if you find it, how should you deal with it?

Don’t forget that this is a real exercise, not a deduction of war on paper.

In the First Ship-Board Air Force, that is, the aviation force affiliated to the First Air Special Mixed Fleet, less than one-third of the pilots have mastered the skills of landing at night, and no pilot is 100% sure, with a comprehensive landing success rate of up to 30%.

Recovering carrier-based aircraft at night is equivalent to making jokes about the life of the pilot.

In addition, there is a time difference that must not be ignored.

Simply put, if the fleet dispatched by Bai Zhizhan launched an attack in the evening, Liu Xiangzhen could wait for the effort and use all his strength to carry out air defense operations. Regardless of the result of the attack, the carrier-based aircraft sent by Bai Zhizhan would return after dark, and then most of the carrier-based aircraft crashed when landing. Although for safety reasons, these carrier-based aircraft would return to the local airport, it would still be considered a war loss for the exercise.

This means that Bai Zhizhan must be gambled.

On the marine battlefield, which commander has the courage to take all his might?

If you are not absolutely sure, you will definitely not bet on the war without any mercy. If you let the God of War Chen Bingxun come, you will never bet on it.

How to fight?

It is not about making a decision after finding an opponent, but about making a decision now, because it is related to whether to use carrier-based aircraft to perform reconnaissance tasks.

The seaplane is too slow.

At this moment, the hatch door leading to the commander's bridge opened and a young staff officer hurried out.

"Report!"

When the young staff member handed over the telegram, Li Mingbo grabbed it and waved his hand to let the staff member return to the commander's bridge.

After a quick glance, Li Mingbo's face changed.

Something bad happened?

Bai Zhizhan didn't ask much and took the message.
Chapter completed!