Although the enemy was in front of him, Bai Zhizhan still returned to the cabin to sleep after dinner, and asked Zhou Yongtao and other major staff members to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, Bai Zhizhan returned to the commander's bridge and held a combat meeting.

At this time, the latest information has been received.

The Newland Navy dispatched not only two fleet aircraft carriers, but also one newly built small aircraft carrier, and these three aircraft carriers left the port on the same day.

In addition, the Newland Navy is likely to have obtained a new carrier-based fighter, nicknamed "Hellcat", F6F, also developed and produced by Grumman.

According to the information provided by the Sixth Bureau, the F6F is the only carrier-based fighter that can compete with "Xiaotian".

In fact, this carrier-based fighter was originally regarded as a spare tire by the Newland Navy.

Because the performance of the F4F is not as good as "Xiaotian", after participating in the war, the Newland Navy increased its investment in new fighter jets, and the focus was on the F4F, which was originally competing with the F4F, but because of its poor take-off and landing performance, it could not be deployed to the aircraft carrier.

Unfortunately, this fighter with advanced paper performance has never been able to solve its biggest problem.

Affected by the aerodynamic appearance, the low-speed operability of the F4U is very poor, and during the landing stage, the pilots can hardly see ahead, which makes landing control extremely difficult. Not to mention newbies, even test pilots participating in the test often make somersaults when landing.

In the absence of any help, the Newland Navy had to entrust Grumman to develop a carrier-based fighter jet that was more advanced than the F4F as soon as possible.

This is F6F.

Compared with F4F, the biggest feature of F6F is actually to install a 2,000 horsepower engine and appropriately amplify the fuselage.

This method is simple and crude, but the effect is very outstanding.

Because there is no need to redesign and adopt the pneumatic layout of F4F, Grumman completed the design work within a few months and produced a batch of prototypes.

Overall, the F6F is like an enlarged F4F.

To be honest, by using a more powerful engine, the F6F has obtained the fastest flight speed of nearly 600 kilometers per hour, a range of more than 2,000 kilometers, and a maximum ammunition load of 1,500 kilograms, thus obtaining capital to compete with "Xiaotian".

Even the latest batch of "Xiaotian" has the fastest flight speed of only over 600 kilometers.

The key is that under the premise that the overall performance is not bad, the F6F has very good operability, and as long as it can fly, the F4F is basically seamlessly connected.

In addition, you can directly use the F4F production line to reduce the difficulty of mass production.

However, the initial trial production model of the F6F is likely to use a 1,800 horsepower engine, because the 2,000 horsepower engine has not been mass-produced.

Of course, what is in conjunction with F6F is still SBD and TBF.

However, if you really want to say, what the Newland Navy carrier-based aviation needs to be replaced the most is actually the fighter jet.

As for dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft, even if they are not good, they are sufficient.

That's right, Zheng Jiangming also sent a special call to warn Bai Zhizhan, and never underestimate his opponent.

As long as you seize the opportunity, the Newland Fleet with two fleet aircraft carriers as the core can kill four fleet aircraft carriers in one fell swoop.

The key is that the fleet commanded by Spurs may not return to the East Ocean in early August and be strengthened by a small aircraft carrier.

In theory, the Newland Navy will be able to form two special mixed fleets by then.

Because it is impossible to capture the Transit Island in early August, by that time, Bai Zhizhan may not be able to do his best to fight the Newland fleet.

Of course, the situation is not that serious.

After the Marines landed, the two special mixed fleets were mainly responsible for providing cover and rarely dispatched carrier-based aircraft to provide support to the Marines.

Air support missions are undertaken by four small aircraft carriers in the support fleet.

Because of the rockets and the "Xiaotian" has already entered the full-speed production stage, there are many relatively old batches that have been withdrawn from the front-line troops. Therefore, except for the dive bombers of two squadrons, the four small aircraft carriers are all fighter jets.

If you want to say it, there is no need for the special mixed fleet to participate in landing operations.

Relying on more than 100 "Xiaotian", the support fleet is enough to provide air defense cover for landing troops.

In other words, as long as there is a need, Bai Zhizhan can take two special mixed fleets to fight the Arrival Newland fleet at any time.

That's why Bai Zhizhan immediately made arrangements.

Before August 1, we will do our best to support the Marines to attack the Transit Island, and do our best to expand their positions and eliminate the enemies on the island!

The meeting ended, it was already early in the morning of the 19th.

Because I slept yesterday, Bai Zhizhan was in a good state of mind.

After sending away several officers from the 22nd Special Mixed Fleet, Bai Zhizhan asked Li Mingbo and Zhou Yongtao to go to the restaurant for breakfast.

"Do you know what I'm worried about now?"

Li Mingbo forced a smile, while Zhou Yongtao was eating his own voraciously.

Zhou Yongtao is the hardest thing these days, because he is responsible for many miscellaneous things.

Tiredness is one thing, the key is that three meals are irregular.

No matter what, Zhou Yongtao is still very young. As long as his belly is full, he will be full of energy.

"There are actually two that really need to be worried about." Bai Zhizhan breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "First, the Newland Navy left the special-mix fleet east of the archipelago, instead of sending it to fight us, threatening us with the special-mix fleet, making it impossible for us to let go. Because there are huge risks, the combat operations to attack the transit island will inevitably be affected, and it may even be delayed for several more months."

"So, we must eventually give up attacking the Hovayi Islands." Li Mingbo continued in a habitual manner.

Bai Zhizhan nodded and said, "If we can't conquer it for a long time, we will make adjustments to our strategy and first ensure that we will take over the Posa Bay on time. Considering the situation in the Takaman Empire, we must increase our investment in the ground battlefield. After a few months, the only thing we can go to is the southwest to look east. If we really want to go that point, the duration of this war will be at least three years."

Li Mingbo shook his head with a wry smile, but he didn't answer.

"Where is the other one?" Zhou Yongtao asked casually, and didn't even look up, his attention was still on the plate.

"Do you think those two fleet aircraft carriers and one small aircraft carrier will definitely come to the east?"

Zhou Yongtao was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Bai Zhizhan with a very unbelievable look.

Afterwards, Li Mingbo also reacted, and was also extremely shocked.

"Are you worried about Liu Xiangzhen?"

"If there are two special-mixed fleets, you will be confident enough to defeat and even annihilate the 11th special-mixed fleet. With the strategic vision of Spoo and Niz, it is impossible not to know how great the significance of annihilation of the 11th special-mixed fleet is, nor can you not know how slim the chance of winning the decisive battle with us."

"Send a report now..."

As soon as he spoke, Li Mingbo shut up his mouth.

"But it's useless to worry about it. Whether the Newland Fleet has gone to Fanyanyang will know in a few days, and it's not too late to make a decision."

After Bai Zhizhan said this, Li Mingbo couldn't help but sigh again.

Even eating persimmons has to be soft. At this critical moment, the Newland Navy has no reason to fight a tough battle with almost no chance of winning.
Chapter completed!