To say, Zhou Yongtao is inexperienced.

He racked his brains to think about the way of the permanent fleet to assault the special mix, but he ignored the essential thing, that is, what was the purpose of the permanent fleet's killing?

Die?

If Lan Yun is tired of living, he will simply commit suicide by seppuku, or take poison, why bother to take a whole fleet and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers to be buried.

Destroy a task force with four carriers, four fast battleships, and eight heavy cruisers?

If it could be done, there would be no fiasco in the sea of fire.

Go back to defend the homeland?

If the outlying islands are lost and they are strategically blocked, even the permanent fleet that was fully formed before the start of the war will not be able to hold the narrow gates of the country.

It can be seen that Lan Yun has only one task: to help defend Huangdao.

Even if you know that it's just a mantis arm as a car, you have to fight to the death.

If the Liangxia Navy can be severely damaged on Liuhuang Island, even if it fails in the end, it will only be a bloody war of attrition, which is of great significance.

This is the case with a small Liuhuang Island, but what about the local area?

Obviously, as long as the Liang Xia Navy tasted the hardships in Liuhuangdao, such as losing a few aircraft carriers and suffering heavy casualties in ground battles, then before preparing to attack the Narrow Yi mainland, it would inevitably have some concerns, and if it was not sure, it would look ahead and backward, thus delaying the fighters.

This is what the Sayi Navy wants to achieve in the offensive and defensive battle of Liuhuang Island!

If it can be realized, then even if it loses the permanent fleet and tens of thousands of officers and men of the permanent fleet die on the battlefield, it will not hesitate.

So, does the permanent fleet need to go to the special task force and fight hard?

From a tactical point of view, wouldn't it be cooler to wait for the landing campaign to start directly at the landing site and fire at those landing ships that have no ability to resist?

In the eyes of Bai Zhizhan, this is also the key to the permanent fleet's delay from the Tuke fortress until now.

If the target is the Task Forces, then a few days ago, the Task Forces supported the Army's march to Busju in Asahihae, as well as covering the Marines' attack on Jedo, Lan Yun should take action and take the permanent fleet to kill and fight the Task Forces closer to the mainland.

In that case, it will also be possible to get the cover of shore-based aviation.

The volcanic archipelago is thousands of kilometers away from the mainland of the Narrow Territory, which exceeds the combat radius of shore-based fighters, and do not want to be able to get air defense cover.

Since it is an assault landing site, the place of engagement and the object of engagement have been determined, and if it is not determined, it is the time of engagement.

Herein lies the problem.

How long will the battle take on the side of Liuhuang Island?

Not to mention Zhou Yongtao, even Bai Zhizhan couldn't make a positive judgment, maybe even Liu Xiangzhen and the commander of the Marine Corps didn't dare to draw conclusions easily.

The point is that no one knows how long the defenders on Liuhuang Island will be able to hold out, or how well they can fight.

In addition, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Marines was not very strong, and it was somewhat inferior to the army, let alone the armored forces of the Praetorian Guard.

It's a small island, and there's no way to make a big deal out of the armored forces.

According to the arrangement of the naval command, it was the 7th Marine Division that was sent to attack Liuhuang Island, and the vanguard was only one reinforced Marine Brigade. Among the first batch of heavy equipment delivered, there were only a dozen tanks, and all of them were light tanks that had been eliminated by the army.

This is a lightly armed force, mainly infantry.

According to the experience of the last war, it may take ten days and half a month to conquer Liuhuangdao, and it is likely that reserves will be used to finish the battle in the later stage.

It has long been mentioned in the battle plan that the shortest combat time is expected to be half a month, and it can be extended to a month at most.

If necessary, other units of the 7th Marine Division can also be committed, and even troops from the 5th Marine Division can be drawn as reserves.

It's just that there is no clear specific time for the operation.

There's no way to say for sure.

At present, this kind of landing operation has not been fought before, and there is no experience to talk about, so everything has to be reexplored.

If the landing on Jidao is a warm-up, then the attack on Liuhuangdao is a training exercise, so that the marines can familiarize themselves with and understand the landing operations with the support of naval aviation. As for the exercises that were conducted before the outbreak of the war, even if some tactics were explored and summed up, they could not replace the actual combat.

During the exercise, the officers and men of the Marine Corps did not brave the rain of bullets and bullets to rush to the beach and land at all.

In addition, in the fleet exercises over the years, the landing exercises were merely a formality and never treated as a serious show. Even if live ammunition was required, it was only after the shelling that the Marines were brought ashore, and then the beachhead was declared to be occupied after a pretentious sweep.

After some discussion, Bai Zhizhan and Zhou Yongtao decided that the permanent fleet would go directly to Liuhuangdao and would not delay much time on the way.

Here, there is a very important reason.

Why was the sixth game able to get the news of Li Zhong's death so quickly?

Bai Zhizhan knew this general of the narrow-minded army, and he could barely be regarded as understanding. About ten years ago, when Li Zhong was debating with Lian Xusheng about armored operations, Bai Zhizhan was present. In terms of Bai Zhizhan's understanding, Li Zhong can be regarded as one of the few all-round generals in the Narrow Army.

At least in terms of the ability to "talk on paper", Li Zhong is not below Lian Xusheng.

At that time, there were not many tanks, and like the navy's "Nine Days of Thunder" war games at the end of the war, it could only be talked about on paper.

What if the information about Li Zhong's death in battle was deliberately leaked by the Sagayi Navy?

Obviously, this is clearly a trap, and what is to be caught is the special mixed group, to be precise, to induce the special mixed group to launch a landing operation as soon as possible!

Isn't that what it is now?

After judging that the defenders on Liuhuang Island were leaderless, Liu Xiangzhen most likely thought that this was an opportunity, and decided to launch a landing operation in advance.

What if Li Zhong hadn't died?

Of course, this is not important, the point is not combat operations on the island.

The defenders on Liuhuang Island were incompetent, they were also armed to the teeth, and in the past few months, Li Zhong must have strengthened his defenses, strengthened his fortifications, stockpiled a large amount of ammunition and supplies, and even built bomb shelters and underground tunnels in response to bombing and shelling.

All in all, after the Marine Corps goes ashore, it is very likely that they will be in a bitter battle.

Then, it may not be possible to control the beachhead in time, and it will not even be possible to unload equipment and supplies according to the plan, so that the landing fleet will have to stay at the landing site.

Even if all went well, it would have taken several days for the landing ship to unload the equipment and supplies.

If Lan Yun led the permanent fleet to kill at this time, it would definitely be a huge disaster for the landing ships in the landing field and the Marine officers and soldiers gathered on the beach. If it is not done well, the combat operation of landing on Liuhuangdao will be declared a failure!

From another point of view, since you don't know how long the battle on Liuhuang Island will last, why not pick the time of the decisive battle yourself?

Can Liu Xiangzhen think of this?

"Actually, we don't have to worry about it."

After Bai Zhizhan raised the question, it scared Zhou Yongtao, or stumped it.

"Commander, the situation is ...... now"

"The biggest problem is that I don't know how capable the defenders on Liuhuang Island are and how long the battle will last. We don't know, does Lan Yun know? ”

"You mean......" Zhou Yongtao suddenly understood.

"He doesn't know either, so he can't hurry up?"

"Not only do you have to hurry up, but you also have to cut corners."

"Isn't that amazing?"