C146 (1/2)
The arrival of Tuo Ni allowed him to smoothly take over the command authority of the Bay Station Army. Using the authority granted to him by Li Huashan, he immediately formed a few lines of defense and as the first line of defense, he had set up a strong army of three hundred thousand in the Kaohsiung and Tainan City, with two hundred and fifty thousand in the Bay Station Army and fifty thousand in the Gome's army. He had set up fifteen hundred fighter jets and two thousand five hundred bombers in the military field behind the Kaohsiung County. The reason he made the first line of defense was so that he would have to take the opinions of all the parties into account. In the end, he combined them together and drew up a complete plan of the first line of defense, following that, the Bay Station Army and the Gome army that were stationed at Tainan and the Kaohsiung County immediately took action and went to the designated areas to carry out the offensive, the government immediately wanted to set up a combat zone to mobilize the local citizens, to prevent them from being threatened by the war. The entire Tainnan and Gaoxiong region wailed and shouted, many people were forced to leave their homes to prevent chaos. The front of the battlefield had long since entered into a state of intense tension.
As the main fighting force of the Bay Station Navy, Xu Zheng had almost used 80% of his power in the sea of bay stand to head to the Kaohsiung Harbor to participate in the battle to seize the Kaohsiung Harbor. Xu Zheng had gathered 100 battleship s, 200 cruisers and 50 submarines to form a strong maritime combat group.
Now, the group was moving towards the Kaohsiung Harbor with all their might. When they reached the seas near Tadong City, Xiang Mingtian immediately ordered all the warships to form battle squads and move forward steadily. All the combat units entered their combat posts, preparing for sudden attacks.
After arranging the battle squads, the battle battleship s were in the center, the cruiser guards were on both sides, the submarines were leading the way, the whole squadron once again advanced towards the Kaohsiung Harbor in a triangle formation.
Seated in the command ship, Xiang Mingtian saw that the fleet was already nearing the Kaohsiung Harbor and he couldn't sit still anymore. He asked the aide beside him, ”Has there been any news from the command center? Are there any fleets from the mainland ambushing us? ”
Hearing Xiang Mingtian's question, he immediately replied. ”Yes, General, there's no news from the command center, I have already ordered the submarine to start spreading around fifty miles in front of us to conduct a search, and there's still no information coming back yet, we're only one hundred miles to the Kaohsiung Harbor. I wonder what the situation of the Kaohsiung Harbor is like?”
Xiang Mingtian immediately became anxious: ”Immediately, contact the command center and confirm any further information. We will order the fleet to advance slowly, all units must be on alert, especially in the sky.
The aide immediately bowed, ”Yes, general.” Then he went to the communicator and ordered, ”Order all ships to be on high alert and move slowly. The lookout must be on high alert. All anti-aircraft cannons are on standby. If any enemy is detected, an aerial assault alarm will be sounded.”
The communications officer immediately gave the order to the aide-de-de-camp and the speed of the fleets immediately slowed down. They only maintained a moderate speed of 11 knots as they slowly advanced.
After the order was given, the aide-camp said anxiously, ”Quickly contact the country and ask for information from the Kaohsiung Harbor and the nearby areas. We request for the necessary support from the air force.”
The hurried radio waves were quickly transmitted to the underground command center of Presidential Palace under the orders of the deputy commander. The communications personnel who were preparing for battle immediately decoded the radio waves and passed the message to the secretary. The secretary immediately came to the command center and reported, ”Reporting, the navy troops have arrived at the predetermined sea surface.
Tuo Ni and the others were looking at the map. Tuo Ni also asked anxiously, ”General Bai, is there any news from your reconnaissance aircraft?”
Bai Yu said seriously, ”Yes, our reconnaissance aircraft have already completed their search in all the designated areas. They did not find any battleships or groups of aircraft from the continent. With that, he stared at Tuo Ni, waiting to see how he would explain why the reconnaissance aircraft they sent out still had not sent back any messages.
Tuo Ni shook his head helplessly: ”Seems like the enemy's fleet is indeed hidden in this area. All of our reconnaissance aircraft have already lost contact with us, and we can now prove that there are enemies here. However, we just do not know the actual situation of the enemy.
Li Zhongyi looked at Tuo Ni with contempt, thinking to himself, isn't your reputation the best scouting technique? Why was it that at such a critical moment, he could not even pinpoint the exact details of the enemy? Seeing Tuo Ni's awkward expression, he was actually very happy. After hearing him ask, he immediately said: ”I think we should start the second scouting plan, if we do not clearly investigate the enemy's situation, then it will definitely be a fatal threat to the navy, and may even change the entire situation, so sending out a second batch of reconnaissance aircraft is already a problem that cannot be ignored. Furthermore, after sending out the reconnaissance aircraft, the air force's bombers and fighter aircraft should also immediately prepare to fly into the sky. If we can't give the navy an effective aerial firepower, I think it would be a nightmare for the mainland's air force to cooperate with their fleet. If our navy were to be lost again, then the whole battlefield wouldn't be something we can control anymore, so General Tuo Ni, please send out your second batch of reconnaissance aircraft as soon as possible, and at the moment, you also have to let the intelligence personnel understand the situation inside the Kaohsiung Harbor.
Tuo Ni looked at the crowd's expression, obviously agreeing with Li Zhongyi's suggestion. Tuo Ni also knew that sending another reconnaissance aircraft had already exceeded his limit, but it was not wise to send another one, because right now, the bay stand had already sent all of their reconnaissance aircraft near Gao Xiong to search for their area, and on the way back, it was impossible to attack them. Furthermore, they were running out of fuel, so it was impossible for them to continue the search, and Tuo Ni did not have anymore reconnaissance aircraft on his own.
Ai Kejimu immediately received the orders, and when Li Zhongyi saw Tuo Ni's pained look, he felt even better. At the same time, he scolded Gome in his heart, saying how crafty he was, he had actually saved so much scouting power, if they had all been sent out together, then there would already be accurate information coming back, but it was still not too late. As long as their scouts could detect the situation of the troops on the continent as soon as possible, the war would be on the bay stand's side.
Just as Tuo Ni was feeling extremely pained, Secretary came in to report the latest information: ”Report, according to the latest intelligence from Kaohsiung Harbor's spies, the fleet from the continent have already started to evacuate from Kaohsiung Harbor, heading towards our warships. There are thirty enemy ships there, and the submarines are unknown, but according to the intelligence of the spies, there should be at least ten of them.”
This news immediately caused the people who had just quietened down to become busy. Tuo Ni asked in confusion, ”What does the continent mean by this action? Instead of retreating, they faced the fleet. Could it be that they want to commit suicide? That's impossible, then the mainland Navy can only do this for one reason, and that is that they want to set up a Navy Fleet near the Kaohsiung Harbor that wants to attack us. Furthermore, there are other forces supporting them, it seems that the navy is a little tight, so let's give the order for the Air Force to prepare.
Regarding Tuo Ni's arrangement, no one had any doubts about it. After all, there is nothing wrong with doing so, Xu Zheng looked at the chart near the Kaohsiung Harbor, and after carefully studying it, he said: ”I think that the fleet of the mainland is planning to fight a cross battle with our fleet here, and this is the only route our fleet can take, and there are a lot of reefs nearby. If they want to ambush us here or face us head on, we will have to pay a huge price to pass through here, and if they want to change the route, we will need to spend at least two more hours to reach the Kaohsiung Harbor.