"No matter what, the Newland fleet will only be in one place and will never divide the troops into two groups."

After Liu Zunling finished speaking, Bai Huawei pondered for a while before nodding slightly.

There are only 6 aircraft carriers in the Newland Navy in service, one of which is overhauled in the shipyard, so there are only 5 aircraft carriers that can be used.

The key is that after the end of the Second Global War, the Newland Navy had not participated in a real war.

In fact, the current Newland Navy has nothing to do with the powerful navy that competed with the Imperial Navy more than 40 years ago.

That navy had already disappeared with Niz's death and Spook surrendered.

The current Newland Navy was formerly the original Xiluoyang Fleet. During the Second Global War, the Xiluoyang Fleet was more like an anti-submarine brigade.

This feature is fully reflected in the reconstruction process of the Newland Navy.

Take aircraft carriers for example. The Newland Navy spent almost 20 years accumulating technology. During this period, it designed and built several small aircraft carriers that were not very successful, and there were only one or two ships in each class, which was exactly the same as the way of building a dreadnought before the First Global War. It was not until the 125th year of the New Calendar that the Newland Navy changed its mind and officially started the construction of the "Newland"-class large aircraft carrier.

Because a large number of ship engineers were poached from the Newland Federation, the overall design of the "Newland" class can be said to be quite avant-garde, and in many aspects it can be compared with the "Chen Bingxun" class of the Imperial Navy, and in some aspects it is even slightly better.

Interestingly, only two ships were planned for the "Newland" class at first.

The reason is also very simple. The Newland authorities do not believe that the first large aircraft carrier can achieve perfection, and still hold the mentality of trial production.

The result is that after completing the construction of the first two ships, the Newland and the Kitty Hawk, the "Nez" class, which was highly anticipated by the Newland Navy, had not yet completed the design and could not start construction immediately. The shipyard obviously would not pay wages to thousands of workers who did not work. In order to retain skilled workers and to retain the design team, the Newland Navy purchased the third "Newland" class.

This is the Kenny.

However, this aircraft carrier named after the third president of the Republic of Newland has been in trouble since its construction stage.

During the construction, a very serious fire broke out in the aircraft carrier, killing hundreds of workers.

After completion and delivery, when the fastest test was conducted, a propeller broke and had to return to the factory, which took more than half a year to repair. Later, after investigation by the Newland Navy, the cause of the accident was that the new process of making propellers was not up to standard, and all warships equipped with new propellers had to return to the shipyard for maintenance. There were more than 20 large warships in total, and it cost hundreds of millions of dollars to replace the propeller.

After formally serving, the Kenny has been in a bad state.

Although the Newland Navy never admitted it, according to a more reliable statement, the problems existing in the "Kenny" cannot be solved through maintenance and improvement.

The reason is that this aircraft carrier cut corners when it was built.

Don't forget that the Newland Navy originally planned to build two "Newland" class ships, but did not consider the third one. It was because the "Nez" class design work had not kept up, so that the third one was forced to purchase. During the construction process, we had to hurry up to free up the ship platform to build the "Nez" class. Because the Navy was rushing and used the punishment clause in the contract to make the "Nez" class, the shipyard could only tamper with invisible places.

Just the displacement can show how serious the problem is.

The standard displacement of the Newland and Kitty Hawk at delivery was about 62,000 tons, which had some deviations, but within the allowable error range, the standard displacement of the Kenny was only 59,500 tons, which was more than 2,500 tons less, far exceeding the allowable error.

In response, the Newland Navy claimed that it had adopted new equipment to reduce weight by more than 2,000 tons while maintaining performance indicators.

This is not the case.

According to the service performance of the Kenny, the reduction of more than 2,000 tons is likely to be due to the hull structure.

As a result, after the first three Niz class were officially put into service, the three Newland class were transferred back to Xi Luoyang one after another. Moreover, the Kenny was transferred from combat troops to reserve forces after less than 15 years of service, and has been serving as training aircraft carriers since then.

Even so, it is still a minor illness for three days and a serious illness for five days.

Now, the Kenny is lying in the dock.

From this we can see that the current Newland Navy is simply incomparable.

Not to mention three aircraft carriers, even if you send all five aircraft carriers here, you may not be the opponent of the 41st Special Mixed Fleet.

Don't forget that the Imperial Navy has never been free.

Even after the Boei War, the empire entered a stage of strategic contraction, and the navy insisted on its global existence and frequently carried out combat and deployment tasks.

At any time, one-third of aircraft carriers are in deployment or are performing combat missions.

When Zhou Yongtao moved into the official residence of the Chief Auxiliary, the Imperial Navy became more active.

During the Posa Bay War, being able to deploy five aircraft carrier battle groups to the front in just over 10 days is enough to prove the quality of the Imperial Navy.

As for the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Navy, there is no doubt about it.

Under such circumstances, the Newland Navy dares to underestimate the enemy?

Obviously, the five aircraft carriers must be together and are divided into at most two aircraft carrier battle groups.

This means that among the two pieces of intelligence provided by the Air Force and the Military Intelligence Agency, one is definitely fake and the other one is real.

But which one is fake information and which one is real information?

Obviously, this is the key!

What to say is also what Bai Huawei is most worried about.

From a rational perspective, Bai Huawei was more willing to believe in the information of the Military Intelligence Bureau. The Newland Fleet was in the east and was looking for an opportunity to raid the 41st Special Mixed Fleet. But Bai Huawei also knew that if there was a problem with the information of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the consequences would be unimaginable.

To put it simply, if you believe the information of the Military Intelligence Bureau and fight the upcoming Newland Fleet to the east, or avoid the west, or move south, the 41st Special Fleet must stay away from the Hovay Islands, and you cannot go north in time to block the Newland Fleet that is rushing around the Northeast. As long as the commander of the Newland Fleet is a little bolder, you will seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attack the Aliu Islands.

This may be the strategic plan of the Newland Navy!

What's even more terrible is that after being well prepared, especially investing enough troops and willing to withstand huge casualties, the Newland Navy can even launch an attack on the Hovay Islands.

At this point, Bai Huawei will become a sinner for the ages.

Of course, this is just a metaphor.

In addition, in the east, waiting for the 41st special fleet may be a trap.

You only need to deploy submarines near the preset combat waters, and after discovering the 41st special mixed fleet, the Air Force can dispatch strategic bombers to launch an attack.

If you have good luck, the Newland submarine will do it by itself and use torpedoes to end the aircraft carrier of the 41st Special Mixed Fleet.

Don't forget that the number of anti-submarine patrol aircraft deployed on Yoton Island has been greatly reduced.

It can be seen that as long as you determine that the Newland fleet is in the east and take action against you, you will have to bear great risks.

However, another option is not necessarily much better.

If you determine that the information provided by the Air Force is correct and take action based on this information, go to the Northeast Ocean to find the Newland Fleet to fight to the decisive battle, you are likely to be attacked. Even if you stay in the south of the Hovay Islands and rely on the shore-based aviation force, you cannot guarantee that everything will be foolproof.

As long as you are attacked, the 41st special fleet will be in danger.

In history, especially in the fleet decisive battles conducted by aircraft carriers, there was no case where they could turn defeat into victory after being attacked.

What to say is what Bai Huawei is worried about.

The Forty-first Fleet operates south of the Hovay Islands, in order to avoid being attacked.

On the other hand, the Newland Navy has done so many tricks, and its ultimate goal is to gain or create opportunities to sneak attack the 41st Special Mixed Fleet.

Going north, you may be attacked.

Other options are risk of losing the Aliu Islands.

"No matter what, you must make a decision as soon as possible." After saying this, Liu Zunling sighed. He knew what Bai Huawei was embarrassed about.

Bai Huawei still nodded only and did not speak.

It is already noon and fuel supply will be carried out in the afternoon. Therefore, whether to go north or go elsewhere, you have to make a decision before the fuel supply is over.

There are only a few hours left for Bai Huawei.

In fact, this is the first time Bai Huawei has commanded a fleet to carry out combat missions, and it is also the first time that the Imperial Navy has faced a decisive battle against the fleet in more than 40 years.

It was not until this time that Bai Huawei truly understood why talented generals like Li Mingbo and Zhou Yongtao admired his father very much.

Every decision made by the commander will have an impact on victory or defeat, and it will affect the fate of thousands of officers and soldiers.

It is so difficult to make a decision, and his father, Marshal Bai Zhizhan, the god of war in the imperial navy, has made countless such decisions.

The key is that it is not wrong once, and every decision proves to be the best choice.

Otherwise, Bai Zhizhan would not be able to surpass Chen Bingxun and become the number one god of war in the Imperial Navy.

"Report!"

The communications officer suddenly shouted, let alone Bai Huawei, even Liu Zunling was scared and shivered a few times.

However, before Liu Zunling got angry, an alarm sounded.

It's fast and urgent, it's an anti-submarine alarm!

"What's going on!?"

"There are suspicious targets that are suspected of submarine snorkels in the southeast direction!"

Liu Zunling didn't ask much, and immediately walked towards the porthole on the right.

The fleet sailed northward, while the southeast was at the rear right.

Bai Huawei also walked over, and a staff officer sent the telescope over.

At the right rear of the aircraft carrier, about 10 kilometers away, an ocean frigate had opened fire, using anti-submarine missiles, namely rocket-boosting torpedoes.

There were 2 obvious smoke marks in the air, and 2 missiles were fired at one time!

There is also a moving object above the sea farther away.

It was not an anti-ship missile launched by a submarine, but an anti-submarine helicopter hovering in that direction.

However, the helicopter may not be able to arrive in time.

The range of anti-submarine missiles is only 20 kilometers. Even if the range of light anti-submarine torpedoes is included, they can only attack submarines more than 20 kilometers away at most.
To be continued...