It was almost five o'clock in the morning, Bai Zhizhan returned to the commander's bridge.

Outside, on the flight deck, aviation service personnel were preparing for the upcoming reconnaissance plane, and the pilots who received the mission were briefed at the aviation operations center.

Beginning to eat breakfast in the dining room, the telecommunications officer brought in the last war report of the home fleet.

Gui Boyong adopted conservative tactics and did not fight hard with the second main team, which was completely expected by Bai Zhizhan. What he didn't expect was that the two fast battleships led by Li Jie and Jin Hong actually killed halfway and annihilated the first main team commanded by Gao Ye himself. In the last battle report, it was clearly mentioned that both Gate-class ships had been sunk and that almost no personnel survived the Gate.

If Takano hadn't left before the battle, he would have been on the "Daimin" at that time, and he would have been finished with the "Daimin", and the probability of survival would have been almost zero.

Because Takano's body was not found and could not have been found, the survivors of the "Daimon" had not been found for the time being, and it would take time to interrogate the officers and men of the Sayoi Navy on other warships, the telegram only mentioned the sinking of the "Daimin" and "Luo", and did not mention Takano's life and death.

In addition, the second main team has returned to the Guia Ocean from the Watchmen Strait.

The telegram also clearly mentions that all four battleships of the second main force were heavily damaged, and that the evacuation could not exceed ten knots.

Gui Boyong emphasized this point, not to let Bai Zhizhan pick up the leaks, but to let Bai Zhizhan let go and do more important things.

Strike the convoy of transports heading to Naqiu Harbor and sink those troop carriers!

Yesterday evening, after dark, to be precise, several telegrams came from the command of the Navy, all of which were related to the convoy.

Perhaps in order to follow the same fleet, the convoy did not maintain radio silence and kept making telegrams.

According to the judgment of the naval command, the Navy will deploy shore-based aviation to provide cover for the convoy and expand the search area.

This means that the Third Air Task Force should pay attention to concealment and not be discovered.

Bomb that ball port before landing?

Totally unnecessary!

After the end of the last war, the North and South Sabean Islands became a demilitarized zone, and the port was abandoned, not to mention the garrison, and even the police in charge of law and order were local natives, and they obeyed the Trusteeship Bureau under the League of Nations, and only nominally applied the laws of the Empire.

In that ball port, there were simply no armed forces capable of preventing the enemy's landing.

Although according to the information provided by the naval command, the location of the transport fleet had been grasped, but in order to be safe, Bai Zhizhan still asked Li Yunxiang to arrange reconnaissance operations. However, as soon as the reconnaissance plane departs, it prepares for the attack without waiting for the reconnaissance report.

Anyway, as soon as the reconnaissance plane discovered the convoy, it launched an attack.

If all goes well, you will receive the reconnaissance report by seven o'clock.

After a full night of rapid sailing, the Third Air Task Force galloped more than 400 kilometers northward. If the convoy had been sailing towards the harbor, it would be northwest of the Third Air Task Force at dawn, at a distance of about two hundred kilometers, and no more than three hundred kilometers at most.

By daybreak, the Third Air Task Force was only 300 kilometers away from the port.

This distance allows the "Typhoon" to carry out bombing missions with bombs!

In fact, this is also the key reason why the Third Air Task Force went north overnight.

Do not forget that after two days of fighting, more than half of the carrier-based aircraft carried by the fleet were fighters, and there were only more than eighty in total. Even troop carriers are not resistant to beating, they need bombs to sink, and a few machine guns on fighters are obviously of little use.

If only against troop carriers, a few dozen bombers with torpedo machines are enough.

But the problem is that there is enough intelligence to prove that there are warships operating with the convoy, most likely including four heavy cruisers.

Counting the accompanying battleships, it will definitely not be enough.

As a result, it was necessary to have a part of the fighters carry out bombing missions.

With bombs attached, the combat radius of the "Typhoon" is only 300 kilometers at most.

This means that the 3rd Air Task Force will enter the strike range of shore-based aviation after dawn, to be precise, the strike range of the 96 land attack.

According to the information received last night, the Navy has deployed dozens of such heavy fighters capable of carrying half-ton bombs and flying thousands of kilometers in the western part of the mainland. There is also a seaplane unit with more than 10 97 boats that specializes in reconnaissance missions in Changqi Port.

The Navy Command also sent a special telegram to remind Belarus to stop the war and pay attention to air defense.

The White Stop War did not take it lightly.

According to his arrangement, after the departure of the reconnaissance plane, air defense fighters will be arranged to take off into the air, and eight fighters will be guaranteed to patrol the skies over the fleet at any time.

Considering that the zero battle of the Narrow Navy has been exhausted, just to deal with the Type 96 land attack, eight fighters are enough.

In fact, the White Stop War has no intention of continuing to drag on.

The home fleet won a resounding victory on the Watcher Strait, sinking two of the strongest battleships of the Sasashi Navy and possibly killing Takaya. The price paid for this was only the damage suffered by the four "Longxing" class ships to varying degrees, and all of them were injured by small-caliber shells. For a battleship with rough skin and thick flesh, it was not even a minor injury. Perhaps four battleships will be able to repair themselves before returning to their home port.

In the event of a major defeat, the narrow-minded top will inevitably become angry and angry, and then they will become frustrated.

Bai Zhizhan is not worried about being attacked from the air, what really worries him is actually the threat from under the surface of the sea and the sudden change of luck.

Don't forget, now there are only six destroyers, and two have to be sent out, and only four are left to cover the aircraft carriers.

Allocated, two destroyers protect one aircraft carrier.

It would be dangerous if you encounter a narrow-minded submarine and you are not very lucky, for example, the destroyer is not detected in time and is not in a vantage point for anti-submarine operations.

With just one narrow submarine and a few torpedoes, you can take out two "Imperial Capital" classes!

In previous fleet exercises, the only thing the aviation task force feared was the elusive submarine and the sudden turn of luck.

When the two are combined, even the White Stop War will capsize in the gutter.

So far, no narrow-sized submarines have been encountered, not by luck, but so far the enemy has not expected the Third Air Task Force to operate in the Guia Ocean!

As soon as the enemy deduces the whereabouts of the Third Air Task Force, the trouble will be great.

Actually, there is no need to speculate.

In the early morning battle, that is, after the bombing of the convoy by carrier-based aircraft, the whereabouts of the 3rd Air Task Force were not a secret.

Even if it is still not exposed by then, the enemy will be able to guess that the third task force is definitely not in Xuhai.

If you can't guess it, the narrow navy also deserves to be defeated.

Perhaps, the enemy has already guessed and acted.

Who can guarantee that at this moment, the narrow-handed submarine operating in the Guia Ocean has not received an order and is coming towards this side?

It was this concern that made Bai Zhizhan decide to turn back immediately after completing the final blow, and send a telegram to contact the rear when he reached the safety of the sea.

Anyway, it's time to go back!