The one who answered this question was not Liu Zunling, but the latest battle report sent by Zhenbaogang.

At around 9 o'clock local time, the Keith Naval Air Base and the Ebony Air Base were bombed almost at the same time, and the raid was very strong.

When the telegram was received, the bombing was not over yet.

The telegram also clearly mentioned that the enemy's main cruise missiles, or just cruise missiles, were mainly used, and the number of projections was as high as thousands.

In the first 15 minutes, there were more than 500 cruise missiles fired at the Ebony Air Force Base.

In order to destroy the air base, or paralyze the air base, more than half of the cruise missiles are equipped with mother-child warheads that specialize in dealing with the runway. Although the air defense forces guarding the base tried their best to shoot down hundreds of cruise missiles, they still failed to protect the crucial runway.

Fortunately, all combat aircraft deployed at the Ebony Base were launched before being hit.

In addition, field airports on several adjacent islands were not hit.

There is nothing strange about it, because most field airports are actually a relatively flat area with cement at most open landings on the runway. Because they are mainly used for combat aircraft to land, and blocking nets can be used when necessary, so the runway length of field airports is often within 1,000 meters. Do some necessary camouflage, such as building some sheds on the runway that can be quickly demolished, which is perfect.

Relatively speaking, the Keith Navy Aviation Base is the key target.

Before the raid, except for more than 20 anti-submarine patrol aircraft dispatched in the early morning, only about 30 anti-submarine patrol aircraft on standby were launched in time. The remaining nearly 100 anti-submarine patrol aircraft were all destroyed, and all important facilities were hit by key attacks.

Most of the cruise missiles that attack the Keith Air Force Base are equipped with semi-armored warheads that are specifically designed to deal with permanent fortifications.

The main thing is that there are more than 100 mainframe forts reinforced with reinforced concrete at the Keith Naval Aviation Base.

In addition to providing services to anti-submarine patrol aircraft, these aircraft can also provide services to large early warning aircraft and strategic bombers of similar sizes.

However, this round of strikes was obviously targeted at anti-submarine patrol aircraft.

This also illustrates a problem from the side.

The Newland Fleet is likely to be active in the Northeastern Ocean.

After almost all reconnaissance satellites were lost and the frontier air bases were destroyed, the main reconnaissance methods that the Imperial Navy could rely on were patrol aircraft.

Although there are submarines, the usage method of submarines is different from that of patrol aircraft.

Besides, no commander will arrange for large attack submarines to perform reconnaissance tasks, usually during other tasks.

In addition, the anti-submarine patrol aircraft that killed the Imperial Navy's shore-based aviation force was also related to anti-submarine warfare.

For the Newland Fleet far away from its homeland, except for not many carrier-based anti-submarine patrol aircraft and anti-submarine helicopters with low combat efficiency, they can perform long-range anti-submarine missions and drive away enemy submarines on the periphery of the aircraft carrier battle group, only large attack submarines that are active with the aircraft carrier battle group.

Usually, when the Special Mixed Fleet fights in the long sea, it will deploy one ship, or even multiple large attack submarines, 300 to 500 kilometers ahead, to perform long-range alert and expulsion missions. Because it is too far away from the Special Mixed Fleet and is a covert operation, it is difficult to obtain cover from its own strength.

If an offensive mission is performed, the forward submarine is likely to be hit by enemy anti-submarine forces.

The key is that in the Northeastern Ocean, submarines are also the most important thing in the Newland Navy, and can even be said to be the only reliable long-range reconnaissance method.

Relying on the local area, the Newland Air Force's long-range reconnaissance aircraft could not penetrate the Northeast.

When the fleet must be allowed to penetrate the Northeast, the Newland Navy can only let the submarines go forward and perform long-range reconnaissance and alert tasks.

To put it bluntly, it is to search for the Imperial Navy's special mixed fleet.

It is precisely this that we must focus on attacking the Keith Naval Air Base and destroying the anti-submarine patrol aircraft deployed there!

But the question is, is the Newland Fleet really in the Northeast?

Bai Huawei and Liu Zunling were both skeptical about this.

The reason is also very simple: unless you attack the Aliu Islands and occupy Kiss Island and Ebony Island, there is no reason to send a fleet to the Northeastern Ocean.

But the problem is that capturing the Aliu Islands does not make much sense.

In addition, according to the battle reports that have been received, there were no fighters from the Newland Navy in the first round of battle in the morning.

In fact, there was no air battle on the Aliu Islands.

Before being bombed, the early warning aircraft deployed at the Ebony Base only reached less than 500 kilometers in front, while the range of cruise missiles was more than 1,500 kilometers. Apart 1,000 kilometers, even if the early warning aircraft detects the enemy bomber, the fighter cannot intercept it.

However, about half an hour later.

When it was almost 10 o'clock, Zhenbao Port sent the latest war report. Following the Aliu Islands, the military base on the Hovay Islands was also bombed.

What to say is the key.

The Newland Air Force’s key target is Zhenbao Port!

When the battle report was issued, Zhenbao Port had become a sea of ​​fire.

Although there are no specific statistics, at least thousands of cruise missiles were detonated in Zhenbao Port within the first 30 minutes.

On average, 1 cruise missile falls every 2 seconds!

Almost all of these cruise missiles are equipped with heavy semi-armored warheads.

The main targets are the infrastructure of the port and ships that have not had time to leave.

The loss is indeed huge, but it did not exceed Bai Huawei's expectations.

In fact, Bai Huawei was a little surprised, that was, the strike came a little later than he had predicted before.

According to the battle time, if the preparation is sufficient, the Newland Air Force should bomb Zhenbao Port at 9:30 at the latest after 9:00.

Of course, the difference is more than half an hour, and it is not a big deal.

Subsequently, military bases located on Honu Island and several nearby islands were all hit, and cruise missiles were mainly used.

It is very fierce, and the impact caused by the blow is not too big.

Before 9 o'clock, shortly after the air combat started, the garrison headquarters issued a combat alarm, and all combat troops entered the combat state before 9:30. In addition to allowing combat aircraft to be lifted off the airplane and ships to leave the port, all personnel entered the air defense bunker.

This is why the air strike that lasted for more than two hours and ended until after 12 o'clock was only killed or killed or injured. Although the infrastructure was severely damaged, the losses suffered by the combat troops were not large, and only dozens of old aircraft and more than a dozen auxiliary military ships were destroyed.

In addition, it is the air defense force deployed from the front.

Shortly after the bombing began, the two "Arrowers" air defense systems deployed on Honu Island were destroyed, and the field air defense battalion affiliated with the Marine Corps also lost its combat capabilities.

However, the imperial army was not defeated.

At noon, Zhenbaogang sent another telegram.

It is not a war report, but a combat plan related to counterattack.

The Imperial Air Force has mobilized hundreds of strategic bombers in accordance with the combat plan and is preparing to launch a counterattack on Newland's homeland at night at the latest.

The key is that at least half of the bombers set off from the air base of the Nayi Empire and will fly through the Northeast Ocean.

This is exactly the case that the Navy needs to confirm the situation in the Northeastern Ocean.

This is not a task for Bai Huawei.

Before this, the Navy Command had made arrangements to contact all submarines operating in the Northeastern Ocean to look for the Newland Navy's special mixed fleet.

In addition, anti-submarine patrol aircraft deployed in the Aliu Islands will also be used to perform reconnaissance missions.

According to the Navy Command's inference, there must be a Newland fleet operating in the Northeastern Ocean.

The question now is whether the Newland Navy will send troops to attack the Aliu Islands, or will it distract the Imperial Navy by attacking the Aliu Islands.

In fact, this is also the issue that Bai Huawei and Liu Zunling are concerned about now.

According to the two inferences, there must be a Newland fleet in the Northeast Ocean, but it is not the main force.

So, where is the main fleet of the Newland Navy?

During lunch, it was almost 3 pm to be precise. The Communications Advisor sent the latest news, a piece of information forwarded by the Navy Command.

The Newland Fleet was discovered by a reconnaissance satellite controlled by the Military Intelligence Agency.

Just south of the Aliu Islands, there are 5 aircraft carriers, 3 of which are definitely super aircraft carriers with a flight deck length of more than 330 meters!

As for the other two, they are likely to be large aircraft carriers of the "Newland" class.

In addition, three super aircraft carriers are grouped in one fleet, and two large aircraft carriers are grouped in another fleet.

The Newland Navy actually sent all five aircraft carriers that could be used to the Northeast Ocean.

The key point is that the reconnaissance satellite also discovered a large landing fleet, with the main force being six amphibious assault ships with straight decks.

The flight decks of these amphibious assault ships are filled with AV-8B Harrier fighters.

Although the AV-8B is not a fighter at all and can be considered an attack aircraft at most, with such fighter aircraft, there is no longer a need to let the carrier-based aviation force undertake ground strike missions.

In regular amphibious landing operations, amphibious assault ships are responsible for strike tasks, and aircraft carrier battle groups are left on the periphery.

In addition, there are dozens of other models of landing ships in the landing fleet.

According to the report provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau, this landing fleet can send a landing division's troops, enough to capture a medium-sized island.

Kiss Island or Ebony Island!

In fact, this is also the entire landing ship of the Newland Navy.

What exactly does the Newland Navy want to do?

What is the significance of attacking the Aliu Islands?

While Bai Huawei was thinking, Liu Zunling sent out all the other officers and closed the hatch door.

Because of the sudden receipt of war reports from Zhenbao Port, lunch time was delayed by 2 hours, but the restaurants on the aircraft carrier were all open 24 hours a day. Besides, the staff of the Fleet Command will not affect other officers and soldiers when dining in the Senior Officer's Restaurant.

"Looking now, we may have misjudged the strategic intentions of the Newland authorities from the very beginning."
To be continued...