Guo Xinga wanted to balance power in Europe and also wanted to make his eyes quiet, so it was imperative to kill the Anglo-French expeditionary fleet that concentrated all the elite warships of Britain and France. Now that the Manchurian Navy has concentrated all its elites in the Ryukyus, and the British and French expeditionary fleets have also docked in India, the two sides seem to be ready to fight, but they have not done so. The British and French expeditionary fleets did not dare to approach the Strait of Malacca, and the Manchurian navy did not want to enter the Indian Ocean as far as possible.

Both sides wanted each other to make the first move, and then they would fight a defensive counterattack in the hydrological conditions that were favorable to their own side, and everyone wanted to go together, and then they were all embarrassed. The Anglo-French expeditionary fleet was extremely expensive, and it was not well supplied and maintained in India, and it was very detrimental to them to wear it out. The Manchurian Army's homeland is not bad, but the diplomatic aspect urgently needs a naval breakthrough, otherwise it will not be easy to negotiate and blackmail Germany, which makes the military want to fight early. However, it is useless to be in a hurry, both sides adhere to the principle that the enemy will not move and we will not move, and no matter how urgent it is, it will not be able to fight.

"If it continues like this, there will be no end at all, it is better for our army to take the initiative to attack and seize the control of the sea in the Indian Ocean!" There was a stalemate, and Guo Xing'a had no choice but to hold a meeting, and then the radical river faction jumped out. Bian Changdi's meaning is very simple, anyway, the fleet is strong, so it is better to take the initiative to find the British and French forces to fight.

"The Anglo-French expeditionary fleet is very cautious, and if we make no move, they will certainly hold out in Bombay, and hinder the movement of our troops with their presence. So we should indeed take the initiative and lure the Anglo-French expeditionary fleet out of Bombay. Since the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the opinions of the Inland River faction and the Liuyang faction have gradually unified, and now they are only one faction serious and the other radical, and Bolton also agrees with Bian Changdi's idea.

"How to lure?" Goxinga didn't want his navy to rush to the Indian Ocean to find fault, and the Manchurian navy didn't know anything about the hydrological situation there, and it was easy to suffer losses when it suddenly passed.

"After we left the Strait of Malacca, we did not go to western India, but operated in eastern India, escorting the landing of marines in Dhaka. In this way, the range of our army can be reduced, and it can also be used to cooperate with the war situation of Li Zhi in Burma. If Britain and France do not want the troops on the Indo-Burmese border to be surrounded, they will inevitably come east to compete with our army for the right to control the sea in the Bay of Bengal, and then we can fight a decisive battle with the British and French expeditionary fleets in the Bay of Bengal! "Bolton's plan is to lure the snake out of the hole, and by the way, he is cooperating with the Burmese Li Zhi.

"Bangladesh?" Goshinga hesitated, because he was not prepared to invest more in India.

After the end of the Battle of Imphal, there has been no progress on Li Zhi's side, neither because the Anglo-French forces have reorganized the defensive line, nor because Li Zhi, who was shocked by the palace change, wants to raise his own respect, but because the supplies can't keep up. The Nanyang Dispatch Army has always had a supply problem. In addition to Singapore and Manchuria for many years and can provide certain materials, only the Republic of Lanfang can support a little, and other Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar are all backward, not to mention providing supplies for the army, and it would be good not to ask Changchun for subsidies. The Qing Dynasty has been good in recent years, but Yunnan, Guangxi, and Tibet are the poor areas of the Qing Dynasty, and they can't provide anything. The Manchurian and Qing armies fought in Southeast Asia and India, and most of the supplies had to be transported from the mainland, which was very costly. Moreover, the transportation of these poor places is not very convenient, and land transportation is more difficult than the Long March. The supply of Li Zhi's various departments completely relied on sea transportation and airdrops, and the high cost made Guo Xing'a very painful.

The Manchurian Empire had a great cause, and it didn't matter if it burned some money, but it was not worth spending money in India, because India was a place that was destined to be swallowed. India is vast and abundant, but the population is too large, and if Goxinga sends a thousand guinea pigs, there are still hundreds of millions left. And India is the jewel in the crown of the British Queen, and it is definitely the eyeball of the British. Guoxinga, who already has a lot of territory, doesn't want to spend so much money for a colony. Pi Runmin has already said that as long as they defeat Britain in other aspects, their cabinet has many ways to control India, and there is no need to spend blood to fight at all. At the same cost, Goxinga prefers to annex places like Canada and Australia, which are vast and sparsely populated, at least to fight for themselves.

"Yes, if you attack it, you will save it, and you will save Zhao by encircling Wei!" Bolton is quite enthusiastic about his plan.

"How's it going on the Army's side?" This plan of the navy is not on their side, and the army has to attack Imphal to cooperate with them, so Goxinga has to ask the army's opinion.

"There is absolutely no problem in terms of strategic concept, but it is a little difficult for Li Zhi to launch a coordinated offensive. They've been plagued by a long supply shortage, and it's hard to organize a large-scale offensive, but I'll find a way to get them to do their best! Tan Shaoguang was a little difficult, he and Guoxing Ah both felt that India was very weak, and Li Zhi was more than enough to defend in Imphal and not enough to attack.

"If the plan succeeds, can we annihilate the British and French expeditionary fleets in the Bay of Bengal?" What Guo Xinga wants is to annihilate it all and solve the problem at once.

"With our current strength, it is certain to defeat them, but it will be difficult to wipe them all out. There are still a few ports in the east of India, and they may escape and then rely on shore defense batteries and * defenses! "Botun can't stand the most Guoxinga, naval warfare is different from land warfare, both sides have extremely high mobility capabilities, there is no barrier on the sea to rely on, there is no way to form an encirclement like a land battle, Guoxinga Lao wants to annihilate the enemy, isn't it fatal!

"Let's look into it again!" Guo Xinga shook his head in denial, this is high input and low output, and he doesn't like it very much.

"A midshipman staff officer of the Japanese Combined Fleet has also drafted a concept, and we all think it's good when we see it, and the general can also think about it!" Seeing that Gohinga had little interest in attacking Bengal, Botun came up with a second plan.

"Trainee staff officer, or Japanese soldiers? Aren't the adjutants! You are really good in this regard, you can listen to a wide range of opinions, and do not judge people by their seniority and official position. What's his name? "Guo Xinga doesn't like the Japanese background, but he is very satisfied with the wide range of opinions that Botun can take.

"His name is Mayuki Akiyama, and he is currently a midshipman combat staff officer on the Musashi, who has just studied at the Higher Naval College in Vladivostok. His ideas and strategies are quite different from ours, but his goal is to annihilate the Anglo-French expeditionary fleet! "The navy has used a lot of Japanese, and a large group of Japanese generals such as Munehide Asano and Yuyuki Uesugi are all from the navy, so Botun and others are not very exclusive to Japanese people.

"Mayuki Akiyama? Where do you seem to have heard this name? "Many of the memories of Guo Xing's previous life have been blurred, otherwise he would not have forgotten this big celebrity.

"The Japanese cavalry wing captain Akiyama Yoshiko, who has performed well in northern Xinjiang, is his brother!" Botun and the others thought that Goxinga remembered Akiyama Yoshiko, who had appeared on the list of meritorious personnel.

"Ahh I remember, that cavalry wing captain who always had ideas! The brothers in this family are very active! Guo Xing's impression was already very vague, and others took him with him.

"What is this Akiyama Shinyuki's plan, can he ensure the annihilation of most of the Anglo-French expeditionary fleet?" Gokokoa is now in a high position of power, and he has seen a lot of historical celebrities, and the vague Akiyama Shinyuki soon becomes indifferent.

"Akiyama Mayuki basically thinks the same as us, but he goes in a different direction. He considered moving our main fleet south to Dingfuzhou (New Guinea), and then covering the southern march of the Tal to launch a sea-crossing operation against Australia, so as to lure the British and French expeditionary fleets to the Torres Strait to fight our army in a decisive battle. Boton briefly stated Akiyama's vision.

"This is a good idea, plus the islands assigned to us by the Southern Han Dynasty, this sea area is under our control. If Taal is able to occupy the northern part of Australia, this area will form a corridor, and the British and French expeditionary fleets will come in, and we will be able to close the door and fight the dogs! "Goxinga is very happy that he finally has a solid idea, of course, because he wants to win Australia more.

"Akiyama Shinyuki's idea of completely annihilating the Anglo-French expeditionary fleet has a total of seven steps, and he gave it the name of the seven-stage attack. Assuming that the day when our main fleet encountered the British and French expeditionary fleets was the "first day", then the detailed steps of Akiyama Shinyuki's seven-stage attack were roughly as follows: The first stage of the attack: On the night of the first day, before the main warships above the cruiser engaged in battle, destroyers should be used to first attack the British and French expeditionary fleets at night, consume the small and medium-sized ships and supply ships of the expeditionary fleet, and slow down the overall speed of the expeditionary fleet, and the location of the night attack is expected to be the waters around Sumba Island. The second stage of strike: Jiajia is engaged in a decisive battle with the main warships during the day, trying to destroy the command system of the expeditionary fleet in one fell swoop and throw it into chaos, annihilate its main force or seriously weaken it. The third attack: Jiajia one day and night, once again engaged in a night attack on the destroyer, continued to attack the remnants of the expeditionary fleet, and at the same time withdrew the main warship, and ambushed the expeditionary fleet in advance at the next necessary place. Fourth Strike: During the day on the 2nd of Jiajia, the main warships were re-engaged and dealt a devastating blow to the expeditionary fleet, in an attempt to defeat the expeditionary fleet as a whole, causing it to rout and flee, and conducting an extensive search for the escaped enemy ships. Fifth Strike: On the night of the second day, the night attack of the destroyer was repeated again. Sixth Strike: During the day on the third day of Jiajia, the main warships finally fought with all their might, striving to annihilate most of the warships of the expeditionary fleet at sea, and the battle location was estimated to be close to the waters around the Southern Han Dynasty. Seventh Strike: On the night of the 3rd day of Jiajia and later, if there are still warships in the expeditionary fleet that escape, our main fleet must gather all the warships that are still capable of fighting, and surround all the fleeing enemy ships outside the port of Mumbai, which is the * area arranged by our fleet in advance. Outside the port of Mumbai, the minelaying ships had to lay more than 1,200 anchor mines at intervals of 100 meters, and all the remaining warships of the expeditionary fleet were driven to the * area to be destroyed! "Boton told Akiyama all of his plans.

"You guys adjust the details and follow this!" Goxinga nodded with satisfaction, he finally remembered who Akiyama Shinyuki was, and this plan would definitely come to fruition.