Chapter 98: Siege and Interception
Recovering dozens of carrier-based aircraft is not an easy task.
From 6:30 a.m., it was almost 8 o'clock when the last "Typhoon" landed on the flight deck and almost collided with the carrier-based aircraft parked at the front of the flight deck.
There is no way to do this, and when recovering carrier-based aircraft, you can only use the elevator at the front of the flight deck. Because the delivery speed is not fast enough, many carrier-based aircraft that are not sent to the hangar in time can only be parked at the front of the flight deck. Not only the aircraft carriers of the Imperial Navy, but all aircraft carriers had this problem. Otherwise, the Narrow-Wing Navy and the Bran Navy would not have come up with a way to add a few decks.
Inside the commander's bridge, more than a dozen staff officers were already in place, and Li Mingbo was with the telecommunications officer.
When Bai Zhizhan came in, Li Mingbo nodded at him, and after a few more words of instructions from the telecommunications officer, he came over.
"I have just received that the declaration of war submitted by the first assistant has been adopted by both chambers of the parliament in an emergency plenary session, and not a single member of the parliament has objected."
"Expected."
"There's still half an hour, do you want to say a few words first?"
Bai Zhizhan glared at Li Mingbo, feeling that this old brother was getting more and more naughty.
Of course, being able to maintain such an optimistic and cheerful attitude at this time is a very valuable excellent quality, and it must not be poured cold water.
"Is there any news from the Southern Fleet?" Bai Zhizhan didn't want to joke, so he changed the topic.
"It's still the afternoon ones, and there's no new battle report."
Bai Zhizhan smiled bitterly and sighed, and rubbed his forehead a few times.
"I'll make you a cup of coffee."
"Don't add sugar."
Li Mingbo nodded and agreed, and he also knew very well that Bai Zhizhan was very irritable now.
In fact, it can't be blamed for stopping the war.
At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the Southern Fleet Headquarters sent a telegram saying that the special task force had been attacked, that the "Linghe" had sunk, and that the "Hengjiang" was also in danger.
In addition, more than two hundred carrier-based aircraft were lost in battle!
Although, according to the report, the record of sinking three narrow-minded aircraft carriers and shooting down more than 100 enemy planes has been achieved, such heavy losses are simply shocking.
After this battle, can the special mix continue to fight?
According to what was mentioned in the telegram, the special task force had been regrouped, and Liu Xiangzhen had been transferred to the "Longjiang" and would continue to command the fleet for combat.
In the evening, the command of the Southern Fleet sent another telegram.
According to the latest reconnaissance report, the results of the battle have been corrected, and only two aircraft carriers have been sunk, and the other two aircraft carriers are sailing at full speed in the direction of the Nanzhu Islands. Because the combat radius of the carrier-based aircraft had already been exceeded, and there were not many carrier-based aircraft left in the task force that could still carry out strike missions, the third round of attacks was not launched. The point is that there is now reason to believe that the Fifth Air Force of the Narrow-Minded Navy is in the Guia.
In addition, it has been confirmed that one of the two aircraft carriers that escaped was the "Jiahe", and it was heavily damaged.
As for the other one, it is very likely that the "Feilong", because according to the previous battle report, the ship that sank the ship on the port side was the "Chicheng".
That is, there is a high probability that only one aircraft carrier of the mobile fleet is still combat-ready.
Crucially, the mobile fleet also does not have many carrier-based aircraft left.
Unless the Nuland Federation secretly assists in opening up the airspace of Nanzhu and providing a transit airport, the Navy will be able to make the aircraft carriers in South Zhuhai replenish the mobile fleet with combat aircraft.
These are small things, and there is no need to worry about them for the time being.
Although the Fifth Air Force was intact, it was not integrated into the mobile fleet, which already proved that the squadron had not yet formed combat effectiveness.
If anything, those two aircraft carriers serve at most as transit platforms for carrier-based aircraft.
In addition, it is very likely that the mobile fleet will turn south at night, that is, after disengagement, bypassing the southern Pearl Kingdom and returning to the Guia Ocean from a strait to the south.
Venturing north?
Even if Takano is a real madman, unless his head is caught in the door panel, he will never take the initiative to come and die!
To the north, only the Shuangche Strait can enter the Guia Ocean, and the Shuangche Strait is located south of Ashishima, and the maximum width from north to south is less than 300 kilometers. If the Sagai fleet went this way, there would be no need to dispatch the air task force at all, and it would be enough to use the combat aircraft deployed on Ashima.
Breakout at night?
In one night, for more than ten hours, the battleship could run 500 kilometers at full speed, and it could not escape the bomber's strike range at all.
Of course, you can also choose to sail in the territorial waters of Nanzhu Kingdom.
It's just that there must be a key surveillance area over there.
The key is that there are only a few channels in the Shuangche Strait, which can be blocked by sending a few submarines, and the lurking submarines pose a mortal threat to large warships.
From this point of view, the first round of the war has come to an end.
A subsequent telegram from the command of the Navy turned the final period of this naval and air battle into a comma, perhaps a segment.
In the afternoon, two small fleet aircraft carriers of the Third Air Force, which were anchored at the Changqi Military Port in the western part of the country, left the port accompanied by more than a dozen warships.
The point is that both aircraft carriers leave the port "fully loaded".
To be precise, in fact, the flight deck is full of carrier-based aircraft, and the freed deck length can only allow light fighters to take off.
Although there is no mention of the fact that the two light fleet aircraft carriers carry several types of carrier-based aircraft, it is clear that the Navy does not intend to stop there.
Do you want to continue fighting, or do you want to pick up the mobile fleet?
The latter is significantly more likely.
In addition, the Navy Command gave a clear order to strive for the total annihilation of the Narrow-Sized Fleet that had entered the Yanhai Sea and to strive for the annihilation of the Narrow-Sized Navy's air force.
Although there is room for the order to be written, it can be written into the telegram, indicating that this is the basic goal.
The mission of the White Stop War is to stare at the two-car strait!
To put it simply, if the Sakuyi fleet slipped away from the Shuangche Strait, the White Stop War would have to bear full responsibility.
Of course, there was a premise that the Nuland Federation did not officially enter the war.
If the Nuland Federation declares its entry into the war, or if it does so, it will certainly have to be a different matter.
It's just that Bai Zhizhan is not worried about the Nuland Navy, because in the West and East of the Guia, the Nuland Navy can use the two heavy cruisers with the strongest combat effectiveness. As for the threatening fleet carriers, they are all deployed on the opposite shore of the Guia Ocean, as well as in military ports located on the islands in the central Guia Ocean.
The key is that after the task force is reorganized, the task force of the First Air Task Force will pursue the narrow fleet that has escaped to the southern Pearl Kingdom.
What is this for?
That's right, it's to drive the narrow fleet over!
The reason is that the "Jiahe" has been heavily damaged, and the speed of the narrow fleet may not be fast, so as long as the special group sails southward quickly, it may be able to catch up with the narrow fleet. If Takano has concerns, he may not be able to avoid the south, and may risk breaking through from the north.
The sea of flames is so big, where can you hide?
Crucially, the Sagai Navy has already sent the Third Air Force to meet it.
Combined with these factors, it is not unreasonable to fight the Sasayi fleet in the vicinity of the Shuangche Strait.
It's just that it's not these things that upset Bai Zhizhan.
In the list of missing pilots of the special group, the names of Zhu Huasheng and Shen Pu are impressively listed, and they are at the top!