In addition to the "Imperial Fleet Command" and "Combined Fleet Command", there is also a large-sized panoramic sand table in the referee center.

In fact, this is the home court of war chess performance.

The combat instructions issued by the two "commands" are summarized here. The staff of the referee group displays them on the sand table. The referee makes a decision based on the reflected situation. After obtaining a consistent result, the staff will feed the results of the judgment to the two teams of deducing personnel.

The battle that originally lasted for several hours or even days could be completed in just a few minutes on the sand table.

Although Zhu Shijian is the leader of the referee group and has the final decision, he did not directly participate in the ruling work. As long as there is no serious dispute, he does not need to make the final decision. In this deduction, Zhu Shijian is more like a bystander, after all, he does not understand aviation tactics very well.

In fact, after the deduction began, it showed a huge difference between aviation tactics and traditional tactics.

After a few hours, the two sides were still testing each other.

If it is in actual combat, it has been more than ten days.

Perhaps they didn't know much about aviation operations, so both sides were very cautious from the beginning, almost to the point where they were undecided.

The key is that both captains have a thorough understanding of the tactical ideas of naval battles.

The tactical dogmas divided into three sections have been verified in actual combat countless times and have long been deeply rooted in the souls of naval officers.

Of course, aviation operations are different.

After several rounds of temptations, Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen both put "reconnaissance" first, fully leveraging the ultra-high efficiency of aviation forces in performing reconnaissance missions.

The key is that both of them attach great importance to concealment.

To this end, after completing the temptation, the two men retreated all the light cruisers that were usually used for reconnaissance missions, and narrowed the scope of activities of the fleet.

At first, Zhu Shijian didn't understand very well.

In traditional naval battles, light cruisers with fast speed, long range and low firepower are the main reconnaissance forces and will definitely be fully utilized by the fleet commander. To make an inappropriate analogy, if the main fleet is regarded as a hunter, then the light cruiser is a hunting dog.

However, in naval battles with aviation as the core, the first thing that was replaced by aircraft was the light cruiser.

In addition, when light cruisers perform reconnaissance missions, they are generally only more than 100 kilometers away from their fleet, and this distance is definitely not far for the aircraft.

This also reflects the difference between Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen's understanding of future naval wars.

In the Imperial fleet of the White War, there were only four light cruisers, all of which were organized together, and most of them followed the mothership.

From the configuration, Bai Zhizhan mainly uses these cruisers to deal with small ships and provides close-range cover for the mothership at night.

According to the settings, the planes carried by the mothership cannot take off and land at night, so the mothership cannot fight at night.

In Liu Xiangzhen's joint fleet, there were twelve light cruisers of two squadrons, and eight of them were formed into a special mixed group.

It can be seen that when chorebating the fleet, Liu Xiangzhen still regarded light cruisers as reconnaissance forces.

This difference is also reflected in other battleships.

Bai Zhizhan selected four motherships to reach the prescribed upper limit, and gave up four main battleships for this purpose, and only brought four battlecruisers. In his special mixed fleet, all four battlecruisers were strengthened in air defense, providing air defense cover for the motherships.

Actually, this is a very tricky choice.

Among the performance indicators of the mothership, the most outstanding one is its speed, reaching 33 knots. Therefore, only the battlecruiser can keep up with the mothership and provide cover for the mothership in battle. Battleships, even the fast battleships of the "Queen Isa" class, cannot run alongside the mothership.

But the problem is also very prominent.

Four motherships and four battle cruisers occupy 80% of the tonnage. Apart from the four light cruisers, the rest is only enough to bring a few supply ships.

Bai Zhizhan also chose supply ships, three oil tankers, one bulk cargo ship, and four large destroyers.

This configuration makes Bai Zhizhan's special mixed fleet almost unable to engage in artillery battles with the enemy fleet, nor has the ability to fight night battles. In addition to having extremely strong long-range strike capabilities, the most prominent one is the ability to continue combat, which can move for two months without relying on the port.

In comparison, Liu Xiangzhen's special mixed fleet is more traditional.

Two motherships, four battleships, four battlecruisers, twelve light cruisers, six large destroyers and two oil tankers.

Obviously, this configuration is more suitable for fleet decisive battles.

If you encounter it head-on, the special mixed fleet commanded by Bai Zhizhan will only be pressed to the ground by his opponent, and he will not even have the strength to struggle and resist.

In fact, the configuration of the aviation force also reflects the combat intentions of the two commanders.

Bai Zhizhan's four motherships carried a total of 344 aircraft, only 72 fighter jets, and the others were attack aircraft and bombers. Liu Xiangzhen's side was exactly the opposite, with a total of 176 aircraft, and there were 96 fighter jets. The remaining were three torpedo attack aircraft that were more suitable for reconnaissance missions, and none of the bombers were equipped with bombs.

It was very obvious that Bai Zhizhan betted all Baoqian on the aviation army, while Liu Xiangzhen only regarded the aviation army as a means to support and assist the fleet in the decisive battle.

Which tactic is better?

It's hard to say.

Only one thing can be confirmed, the purpose of Bai Zhizhan is clearer, and after determining the policy and route, he continued unswervingly. However, Liu Xiangzhen was hesitant, or worried about gains and losses, and as a result, he exposed the problem of disregarding both sides when he was deploying troops.

The key is actually the oil tanker that Bai Zhizhan brought!

If you bring one more oil tanker, the special mixed fleet in Baizhizhan can move at sea for more than half a month, while Liu Xiangzhen's special mixed fleet must return at this time.

After more than half a month, what can’t be done?

After the early confrontation, the special mixed fleet commanded by Bai Zhizhan began to move towards the enemy's back, clearly waiting for Liu Xiangzhen on his way back.

Is this his intuition, or is it given guidance from an expert?

In order to understand this, Zhu Shijian also found Zhao Yu specifically.

However, Zhao Yu made it very clear that he was just a skilled person, did not understand the navy's tactics, and he did not have the ability to give Bai Zhizhan the guidance.

Could it be that this is really the intuition of the silence of the war!?

If so, it would be very precious!

For a commander, whether it is the skills required to command operations or the experience accumulated through combat, they are actually acquired attainments that can be learned or obtained in other ways. The only thing that cannot be obtained through learning and training is the innate intuition.

In other words, this is talent.

What kind of talent does not have, not only the characteristics of a commander, but also the ceiling of personal talent, determines the highest achievement a commander can achieve!

Bai Zhi Zhan really has such a keen and accurate intuition, and his future will inevitably be limitless!
Chapter completed!