"Major Smith, what do you think we should do?"

Stark suddenly asked, making the Major Staff standing next to him a little helpless.

However, Stark did not urge him and handed the message he was holding to the Major Staff Officer, and then picked up the coffee cup placed on the table.

The coffee was already cold, so he poured another cup.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Major Staff quickly browsed the message.

"Tell me any ideas."

"According to the information currently available, the most urgent task is to join the 52nd Special Mixed Fleet. The two Special Mixed Fleets can only respond together when they are attacked."

Stark didn't say anything, just nodded to show that he understood Smith's meaning.

"But the information on which we make our judgments cannot stand scrutiny, and it is more like a carefully written script."

"script?"

"The screenwriter and director are both Liang Xia Haijun, and we are the inevitable villains."

Stark pursed his mouth and said, "According to your opinion, we cannot join the 52nd Special Fleet?"

"The key to the current situation is the whereabouts of the 41st Special Mixed Fleet. There are generally two situations."

“Which two?”

"The first situation is that the 41st Special Mixed Fleet has returned to the vicinity of the transit island and has joined the 61st Special Mixed Fleet."

Stark glanced at Smith and told him not to keep it in hiding.

"Using this as a premise, let's look at the recent actions of Liang Xia's army. The only reasonable explanation is that Liang Xia's Navy hopes that we can retreat when the fleet is inevitable and we definitely cannot win, retreating is undoubtedly the most rational choice."

"What if we don't retreat?"

"It's obvious that we must meet with the 52nd Special Mixed Fleet, and then fight with the Liang Xia Fleet in the northeast of the transit island. Or let the 52nd Special Mixed Fleet follow and fight with the Liang Xia Fleet here. No matter what, we must let the two special Mixed Fleets merge."

Stark breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed his forehead hard.

In fact, he had long thought of this.

Whether it is to withdraw the 51st Special Mixed Fleet or to let the 52nd Special Mixed Fleet arrive, both Special Mixed Fleets need to work together.

This means that it is likely to be attacked at the same time.

Obviously, whether it is on the north side of the transit island or in the northwest, as long as it is hit, the ending will be the same. A few hundred kilometers apart, even a distance of thousands of kilometers, is not a problem for strategic bombers and will not have much impact on the strike operation.

If so, the purpose of Liang Xia's Navy is to annihilate two special mixed fleets of the Newland Navy in one fell swoop.

"What about the other one?" Stark didn't think much about it and let the topic continue.

"The 41st TCM Fleet did not return to the transit island. After the 53rd TCM Fleet exposed its true face, it headed north from Yoton Island and entered the Northeastern Ocean in the eastern part of the Hovay Islands. Now it is rushing to the attacking waters and is preparing to attack the 52nd TCM Fleet, which is still supporting the Marine Corps."

Stark's brow jumped a few times, and his eyes also fell on Smith.

"The first thing we need to do to make such a judgment is to immediately join the 52nd Special Mixed Fleet to face the Liang Xia Fleet that was coming by."

"According to your analysis, no matter what, you need to join the 52nd Special Mixed Fleet."

"The question is, what if these speculations happen to be wrong?"

"wrong?"

Smith nodded and said, "The key is that we do not know the whereabouts of the 41st Special Mixed Fleet, but it is just a speculation based on intelligence. More importantly, after our satellite system was paralyzed, our advantage, which was originally ours, has now become the advantage of Liang Xia's Navy. Don't forget that there are thousands of combat aircraft on the Hovay Islands. The strategic air transport a few days ago is enough to prove that it is not difficult to send large aircraft to the front line. Just relying on the shore-based aviation force, Liang Xia's fleet can discover the enemy first."

Stark couldn't help but smile bitterly as Smith said this.

Until now, the 51st and 52nd Special Fleet are still far away from the transit island, which means they are afraid of Liang Xia's shore-based aviation forces.

Or rather, it is avoiding shore-based aviation troops to avoid premature exposure of their whereabouts.

But the key is not how far away it is from the transit island.

The range of large anti-submarine patrol aircraft exceeds 6,000 kilometers, and most of them can fly to 3,000 kilometers away to perform search missions, far exceeding the combat radius of carrier-based aircraft.

As for air defense interception, it is only a temporary solution.

The battle lasted for more than 10 days, and the two special mixed fleets have not yet been exposed. The key is the bombing and suppression of Liangxia's shore-based aviation base.

Simply put, it is to repeatedly attack airports and military bases where large aircraft are deployed.

Through this suppression action, the dispatch efficiency of Liang Xia's anti-submarine patrol aircraft and maritime patrol aircraft was at least 90% lower than the normal dispatch rate.

In this case, reconnaissance satellites play a crucial role.

Don’t forget that the Hovay Islands are more than 5,000 kilometers away from Newland.

Without reconnaissance satellites and relying on the Air Force's reconnaissance aircraft, it is impossible to accurately grasp the situation of Liangxia's shore-based aviation base in any case.

Unfortunately, this situation is gone forever.

Soon, perhaps on the night of the 12th, or in the early morning of the 13th, the long-range patrol aircraft deployed on the Hovay Islands will be in full swing.

Even if the two special mixed fleets dispatched all fighter jets, they could not be foolproof.

Among the carrier-based aviation gang, there is only one fighter brigade, usually 20, and at most 24. The two special-mix fleets have only 112 F-14Bs in total. And more than 10 were lost in the previous battles, but the supplementary fighter jets have not arrived.

The main reason is that the 52nd Special Mix Fleet has already advanced to the northeast of the transit island and has not stayed behind the 51st Special Mix Fleet. The distance between the two Special Mix Fleets to Newland is more than the maximum transition range of the F-14B. Without the 52nd Special Mix Fleet as a springboard, it is necessary to use the Air Force's large tanker. Unfortunately, the Air Force is now unable to take care of itself, and more than 100 large tankers deployed in the West Coast area are all serving the bombers.

In fact, even if the F/A-18 is included, the fighter jets are not enough.

"You mean, we will be exposed first?"

"From the current situation, this is a high probability event. Besides, the Liang Xia army has made so many achievements, which is nothing more than to make us lose our stance."

"Based on your analysis, we will definitely lose this naval battle."

"That's not necessarily."

"Do you have any good ideas?" Stark ended this meaningless discussion and turned directly to the most core topic.

"No matter how you fight, you can't follow the opponent's routine. In other words, we can't join the 52nd Special Fleet for the time being."

"Let the two special mixed fleets act separately, and our chances of winning are even more slim."

“That depends on how 'victory' is defined.”

Stark frowned and asked Smith to continue.

"In the current situation, if I were the commander of Liang Xia's fleet, I would definitely believe that after the military satellite system was paralyzed, we would definitely join the 52nd Special Mixed Fleet, and the two Special Mixed Fleets would act together. However, we may not withdraw troops from the transit island."

Stark nodded, indicating that he understood what this said.

"Since that's the case, what would the commander of Liang Xia's fleet think after discovering the 52nd Special Mixed Fleet?"

"You mean..."

"We will analyze it according to two situations. First, if the 41st Special Mixed Fleet is in the west and has joined the 61st Special Mixed Fleet, then we will definitely not stand idly by in the next fleet decisive battle. As long as we can seize this opportunity, we are confident of discovering the Liang Xia fleet."

"Start another attack?"

"It is definitely not enough to rely on the three carrier-based aviation gangs of the 51st Special Mixed Fleet, but there are dozens of bombers for us to dispatch on the ground."

Stark did not refute, it was the 40 B-1Bs he won.

"The key is that when the 52nd Special Mixed Fleet is attacked, we can dispatch carrier-based fighters to cover the bomber to launch an assault. Even with the worst result, we..."

Stark raised his hand to interrupt Smith, not letting him continue.

Obviously, Smith wanted to use the 52nd Special Mixed Fleet to exchange Liang Xia's two Special Mixed Fleets.

If you really want to be able to exchange, Stark will never hesitate.

Even if the 52nd Special Fleet is lost, the 51st Special Fleet will be able to rely on the 51st Special Fleet to sweep the entire Hovay Islands in the next few months.

In fact, it is enough to just set up the transit island.

Without any worries, the 51st Special Mixed Fleet can fully support the landing force, and it will definitely be able to eliminate the remaining enemies on the transit island within a few days.

If you want to say, after losing the decisive battle of the fleet, the troops guarding the island may not fight to the end.

Thinking of this, Stark couldn't help but sigh.

He waited until his emotions were calmer before he looked at Smith.

"If it is another situation, the 41st TFF is in the east, it will be easier to do. Because it is a long-range raid, the 41st TFF may not launch an attack directly, and may call for support from the shore-based aviation force, or even let the air force take action. Because the shore-based aviation force deployed on the Hovayi Islands has been severely damaged and is still responsible for search missions, and may not be able to organize an attack, so it will most likely be handed over to the Air Force and use bombers deployed in the rear, such as the North Horse Islands, to perform assault missions."

"You mean, we dispatched fighters to provide cover for the 52nd Special Mixed Fleet?"

Smith nodded and continued: "This is mainly to allow the 52nd Squad Fleet to concentrate its efforts to deal with the attacks from the 41st Squad Fleet. The key is that we will still use those bombers to launch an assault on the 41st Squad Fleet and strive to capture it all in one place."

"If this is true, the 61st Special Mixed Fleet will definitely retreat."

"This is indeed a difficult problem, but it will definitely be much better than nothing." Smith pursed his lips and said, "Besides, after the destruction of the 41st T-Million Fleet, Liang Xia's Navy will definitely make adjustments and become more cautious and will not let the 61st T-Million Fleet take risks. The impact we are actually spending more time to capture the transit island. At present, this is the best result we can achieve."

"No chance to ambush the Sixty-first Special Mixed Fleet?"

"Although from a tactical perspective, after the 41st TCMF launches an assault, the 61st TCMF will take action in the west to distract us, but there is reason to believe that the commander of Liang Xia's fleet will make full use of the Air Force bombers." Smith paused for a moment, and said after Stark saw it: "If we want to ambush the 61st TCMF, we have to stay here and move up to 500 kilometers northeast. If it is too far, it is very likely to exceed the combat radius of the carrier-based aircraft."

"You mean, we will be the first to be attacked?"

After saying this, Stark also breathed a sigh of relief.

The key is that the current waters of the 51st Special Mixed Fleet are located on the route from the Norte Martial Islands to the Hovay Islands, which is a must-pass place for bombers.
To be continued...