In the next few days, accompanied by Li Yunxiang, Bai Zhi fought around the nearby military base, including the Tingcomalien Military Port.

The navy picked and chose Tengcomali, not because Colombo Port was not big enough, but just didn't want to have a quarrel with the army that took the lead.

Trincomali used to be a military port, but it was the military port of the Royal Navy of Bran.

Before the Imperial Navy dominated the Fanyan Ocean, Tingomali was a transit port between Mumbai and Shiquan City, mainly providing supplies to passing ships. In the era of ironclad ships, there was also the largest coal trough in the Northern Fanyan Ocean, which could provide boiler coal for the entire fleet.

Because the Imperial Navy did not seek military occupation, Tingomali was abolished in the era when the Empire dominated the Fanyan Ocean.

After the end of the last war, the Royal Bran Navy focused on the construction of Colombo and did not return to Trincomali.

Until now, Tengmali has been valued again.

Like Li Yunxiang's side, the construction work in Tingcomali is also in full swing.

According to Bai Zhizhan's understanding, the Navy has received a grant and is preparing to build Tingomali into the number one military port in the Northern Fanyanyang area in more than a year.

At the beginning, the Imperial Navy did not intend to carry out construction in Sri Lanka, at least it did not think about building a large naval base at the home port level here.

It is not far from Lion Spring City to Sri Lanka, and the naval base of Lion Spring City is enough to support the fleet's activities in the Northern Fanyan Ocean.

Even when we reach Guadal, it is only a few thousand kilometers, which is not far away for the fleet.

The key is that there are too many places that need to be built, and in contrast, the threat from Beifan Yanyang is not serious.

The destruction of the United Fleet changed all this.

No matter what the reason for the failure of the naval battle was, after the joint fleet suffered a crushing defeat, the Imperial Navy had to face up to the defensive needs of the Northern Fan Yanyang.

Between Lion and Guadal, a large naval base is indeed needed that can support the fleet.

That's why the Imperial Navy selected Tengomali.

According to the plan, the expansion project of the military port is divided into three phases. The first phase, mainly focusing on expanding the foreign port, has been completed and put into use.

Now, the escort brigade stationed in the outer port is an escort brigade of the Fanyan Ocean War Zone.

Because adjustments will be made according to actual conditions, the scale of the escort brigade's force is not constant, but the change is not large.

Most of the time, there are nearly 100 escort ships, but they are mainly small offshore ships, and most of them are performing missions outside.

The long-term stationed in Tengmali is a near-shore patrol team, whose main task is to protect the military port and prevent enemy submarines from laying mines outside the military port.

In addition, there is the 14th Patrol Aircraft Detachment based on Tengmali.

If you want to say, long-range patrol aircraft are more effective than small ships.

Because we have to cover the fleet coming from Lion Spring City, we have to keep an eye on the route to the Maldives and Guadal, which is located right in the middle of the North Fanyan Ocean route, Tengmali is the central base of the North Fanyan Ocean area, and at most, almost 200 patrol aircraft were deployed.

There is no doubt that anti-submarine patrol aircraft are the number one nemesis of submarines.

Because it is mainly used for anti-submarine patrols, most of the patrol aircraft deployed in Beifan Yanyang are second-hand goods eliminated from the main forces, including hundreds of "White Swans" alone. However, in anti-submarine operations, the focus is not on flight speed and maximum ceiling.

To be said, the "White Swan" is actually particularly suitable for carrying out anti-submarine patrol missions.

This huge patrol aircraft can not only carry 3 tons of weapons and ammunition, but also fly in the far sea all day long after being filled with fuel, and even travel 2,000 kilometers away for 4 hours.

When performing remote patrol missions, several additional crew members can be carried to reduce work burden.

Some "White Swans" also have modified toilets and beds.

Simply put, a huge body can accommodate more things, which naturally has many benefits.

Let several "white swans" take turns to fight, that is, use relay tactics, and even rely on powerful self-sustaining power to consume all the oxygen in the submarine.

This is definitely not a bragging.

There have been three related battle cases, and they have all been confirmed by the Navy.

Simply put, after discovering the submarine, it immediately calls nearby patrol aircraft to support it with the radio station, and takes turns to throw deep-water bombs in the sea where the submarine is active, so that the submarine dares not float up rashly, and at the same time, it dares not sail quickly because it is worried about using up all the electricity in the battery.

Sometimes, you can also use large-charge grenades or mortar shells to pretend to be deep water bombs.

If you are lucky, you may be able to force the enemy submarine to surrender in 2 to 3 days.

Even if you are not lucky, it only takes 5 to 7 days.

Many times, enemy submarines will float on the surface of Shanghai before using photoelectric energy or oxygen to launch a counterattack, and will most likely be sunk by patrol aircraft with rockets or bombs.

Among the three existing battle cases, two Newland submarines were sunk, and the other one surrendered after floating.

Now, the second phase of the project is underway, mainly building a deep-water dock in the outer port to provide services to large warships and freighters.

In addition, oil depots, ammunition depots and military camps are built in the connecting area between the outer port and the inner port.

If you want to say, what Trincomali lacks is infrastructure.

Whether it is the area of ​​the harbor or the average water depth of the main channel, Trincomali exceeds Colombo and is the best port in the Northern Fanyan Ocean region.

This is also the key to the Imperial Navy's choice of Trincomali.

Of course, it also has something to do with the remoteness of Tengcomali.

The biggest advantage is that confidentiality work is easier and can block messages more effectively, thereby enhancing the confidentiality of fleet and fleet activities.

When the port expansion project is completed, that is, after the inner port is put into use, Tengomali will become the home port of the Imperial Navy Vanyan Fleet. At that time, it will provide support for hundreds of ships at the same time, and even accommodate all warships of the Vanyan Fleet.

But now, large ships that need to enter the port and park in Colombo still have to go to Colombo.

The "Prime Minister" of the Thaman Navy is located in the Port of Colombo.

Although according to the initial arrangement, the "Prime Minister" should go back to the Imperial Port through Shiquan City and try to repair it, after the engineering personnel conducted a comprehensive survey, the Tiaman Navy listened to the Imperial Navy's suggestions and only carried out limited repairs to the "Prime Minister". After the sea route was opened, it tried to return to the Tiaman local port, and the Tiaman Shipyard, which built the ship, repaired it.

For this reason, the "Prime Minister" has been staying in Colombo.

The Imperial Navy sent a self-seasoned floating dock to Colombo, and the "Prime Minister" was lying in the floating dock.

If you want to say it, the self-seasoned floating dock is the magic weapon of the Imperial Navy.

Before the outbreak of the war, the Imperial Navy had only two large floating docks. So far, there were more than 20 floating docks put into use, of which 8 were 50,000 tons, and the other 12 reached 30,000 tons. In addition, more than 10 floating docks are under construction.

The key is that all these floating docks adopt a modular design, which can be easily split and combined.
Chapter completed!