Although he had received the telegram last night, it was not until the next morning that Bai Zhizhan summoned the staff officers to announce the new tasks issued by the Navy Command.

Go to the Northeast Fanyan Ocean to assist the Army Aviation Corps, suppress and attack the Newland Aviation Corps in northwest of Austria.

Simply put, it is to bomb the airport in northwest of Austria.

There are not only two special mixed fleets involved in this combat operation, but four special mixed fleets. In addition to the 11th special mixed fleet and the 12th special mixed fleet, there are also the 21st special mixed fleet and the 41st special mixed fleet from the East Ocean. The main force of the former is the three fleet aircraft carriers, while the main force of the latter is the second batch of four small aircraft carriers in service, as well as several fast escort aircraft carriers that are also in service in the near future.

In addition, there are also the Army Air Force that has entered Bali this month.

Unfortunately, because the local military airport is still under construction and field airports can be put into use, so only tactical aviation can be deployed.

In other words, the main task of the land aviation is to provide air defense cover for the fleet, and the attack operations are undertaken by the fleet.

According to the combat plan sent by the Navy Command, the 11th Special Mixed Fleet and the 12th Special Mixed Fleet formed the second echelon and acted as a battle reserve.

Simply put, the 21st Special Mixed Fleet and the 41st Special Mixed Fleet will first launch an attack.

Only when the scheduled strike mission is not completed, the 11th Special Mixed Fleet and the 12th Special Mixed Fleet will be allowed to take action.

Before this, the main tasks of the two special mixed fleets were actually to deter the enemy and prevent the Newland fleet stationed in Austria from coming to participate in the war.

The reason is also very simple: Spear is still here in the southwest and east.

According to the information provided by the Sixth Bureau, the Newland Navy's "Independence" small aircraft carrier went to sea in mid-September and has never appeared again.

In other words, this aircraft carrier is likely to have also gone to the southwest east ocean.

This is understandable.

It was just relying on a small aircraft carrier that could not seize the power of sea control, let alone counterattacking the transit island, which did not help much in defending the Hovayi Islands.

But it has made great achievements in the southwest and eastward.

With three small aircraft carriers, they can launch at least one decent attack.

If used for breaking the war, more than 50 carrier-based aircraft can be dispatched in one wave and launched two consecutive attacks to avoid hard battles with the escort fleet.

Don’t forget that most escort fleets have escort aircraft carriers.

In addition, the escort fleet can also obtain support from shore-based aviation forces.

If you want to say it, if you fight with the escort fleet, if you do not have enough strength in breaking the fleet, you may not be able to gain advantage, and you may even bring shame to yourself.

In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the fleet, the Newland Navy sent four self-portable docks to Austria and sent a large number of equipment for repairing large warships.

There is enough reason to believe that the two aircraft carriers in Spur's hands do not need to return to the local area and can be maintained in the ports in Austria.

As for carrier-based aircraft, it is even more not a problem.

After the Battle of Galapagos, the Newland Federation has been sending additional tactical aviation troops to Austria.

If conditions were not allowed, Newland Federation would even build an aircraft manufacturing plant in Austria.

The key is that almost all carrier-based aircraft deployed in Austria are ship-based aircraft.

The reason is also very simple. These combat aircraft are mainly carried by escort aircraft carriers, that is, when the escort aircraft carrier returns, two-thirds of the carrier-based aircraft will be left behind.

This arrangement is mainly to save transportation capacity.

The intelligence provided by the Six Bureaus is still provided, with more than 2,500 tactical combat aircraft deployed in Austria, and it is still increasing at a rate of about 500 per month. In addition to some old aircraft with lagging performance, most of them are advanced new fighter jets.

Not to mention anything else, there are more than 400 F6Fs.

It must be admitted that the military industry of the Newland Federation is indeed very powerful and is by no means under the empire.

Although the F6F currently produced is an early model, that is, the pre-production model, equipped with a reduced performance of 1,600 horsepower engine, only a small amount of 1,800 horsepower engine, and the supporting 2,000 horsepower engine has not been mass-produced, this fighter still has a flight speed of up to 600 kilometers per hour after reducing some unnecessary counterweights, especially cockpit armor and removing two internal fuel tanks.

To be honest, the F6F is the only fighter jet that can compete with "Xiaotian" on the marine battlefield so far.

As for the "Sea Fire" style of the Bran Royal Navy, at least the early model, it is not as powerful as the legendary one, and still has many flaws.

The key is that the output of "sea fire" is pitifully small, and it is mainly used in the direction of the land and sea.

However, what really needs to be worried about is not the shore-based aviation force.

Although there are more than 2,000 tactical aircraft, most of them are deployed in the southeastern region of Austria, and there are less than 500 tactical aircraft deployed in the northwest region.

It’s not that the airport is not enough, but that there is not such strong logistical support capabilities.

Fuel and ammunition cannot be transported, so no matter how many combat aircraft are deployed, it is still a decoration.

If you want to say it, transporting daily necessities to northwest of Austria is a troublesome thing, and this directly limits the total number of troops deployed in the region.

What I really have to worry about is actually Spoo's "small fleet".

Because the Imperial Navy had controlled Bali and strengthened its existence in the northern part of Austria and the Alafla Sea, Spear would never go north from the Coral Sea and enter the Fanyan Ocean from the north of the Austrian continent, so he could only circle from the south and move around the Walton Sea Basin.

In fact, this is also the key to the Navy Command sending two special mixed fleets.

According to the arrangement, the 11th Special Mixed Fleet and the 12th Special Mixed Fleet were on standby in the north of the Walton Sea Basin and waited for Spear to come and die.

As long as Spoo dares to come, he will seize the opportunity to annihilate the last aircraft carrier fleet of the Newland Navy.

If you want to say, if you can win the championship, you may be able to return to the Howayi Islands around New Year's Day and launch a combat operation to march into the Howayi Islands.

Of course, the premise is that the combat operations in Posa Bay are smooth sailing.

As usual, Bai Zhizhan gave the staff enough opportunities to perform.

The discussion lasted for a whole morning and it ended almost noon, but there was no result in the discussion.

The reason is also very simple. Half of the staff members think that Spoo will not be stupid and die. At most, he will move to the southwest waters of the Austrian continent and appear near Perth, posing a limited threat to the Imperial Navy, making the Imperial Navy dare not rashly send Marines to land in Austria.

Simply put, it is to block the Imperial army from entering Australia through deterrence.

Here, a very critical issue is involved.

Only by trying to allow the imperial army to directly attack the southeastern region of Austria can we turn Austria into a quagmire and consume the imperial war potential.

On the other side of the mainland, this goal is simply not achieved.

In addition, the Liangxia Empire would definitely not cross the entire continent to march towards Melbourne and Sydney, because it was difficult to advance thousands of kilometers in the Gobi desert and the price it required to pay, to seize the sea control of the Coral Sea and organize a landing fleet to land on the southeast of Austria.

Just the cost of time is enough to discourage the imperial authorities.

However, landing in northwest of Austria has great political significance.

In fact, this is also the thing that the Newland authorities are most worried about.

Because there is no way to grasp the whereabouts of the Newland fleet in advance, there is no chance of raiding, and there is no reason to venture for the three small aircraft carriers.
Chapter completed!