Chapter 1500 Before the Expedition
Lin Youshu's presence can indeed greatly reduce his command pressure, and it also makes it easier for him to make the entire fleet carry out more precise tactical coordination.
But to be honest, when it comes to commanding operations, Lin Youshu's presence is icing on the cake for Bai Tu.
Even without this adjutant, he could still command properly.
He brought Lin Youshu with him as his adjutant, and focused more on training him and letting him gain experience.
But this time they took the initiative to attack the North Sea region of the Patton Empire, which was very risky in itself, and they also had to consider reducing casualties as much as possible.
Compared to Lin Youshu, Bai Tu chose to bring Kara with him.
Facts have proved that the gap between five stars and three stars is not ordinary. Kara is a more pure warrior. Since her surrender, just by getting a few bites of meat from Lin Youshu, her current strength has been upgraded from Bronze One Star to Bronze Two Stars.
Kara's existence can better make up for the shortcomings of their fleet's insufficient high-end combat power.
Under this premise, Kara's loyalty has recently increased to seventy-four points.
It can be basically ensured that the other party will not betray easily, which makes Bai Tu think in his heart that it is time to give Kara some opportunities, let her build some merits, and take the opportunity to improve her treatment.
After all, judging from the speed of improvement that Kara has shown at this stage, as long as her nutrition keeps up, her strength will probably reach Bronze Three Stars soon.
And this is undoubtedly a good thing for their front-line troops.
During this period, Kara seemed extremely excited about the fact that she could finally go to war with the army.
It's finally her turn!
She had long wanted to find an opportunity to make merit and improve her salary, but she had never had the chance.
Kara still has a relatively clear self-awareness of herself.
She only has some talent in fighting. If you ask her to do other things, she basically can't do it.
If one wants to survive in the Great Zhou, the only option is to join the army.
If she wanted to make achievements in the military, the fastest time was during the war. If she missed this opportunity, she didn't know how long she would have to wait.
Following this line of thought, Kara is still very confident in her own abilities.
The reason why he lost to Lin Youshu was simply because of his poor equipment and long-term malnutrition, which also affected his physical fitness.
After surrendering to the Great Zhou, although he still did not eat enough meat every day, his nutritional status had definitely improved sharply compared to before.
In the past, she was very skinny, but after having a normal diet and a stable nutritional intake, her flesh and blood gradually became fuller and she looked more and more like a human being.
While the appearance is changing, the strength is also improving rapidly.
With the same equipment, Lin Youshu was never her opponent. Now, during the daily practice, Kara was completely sure that her strength was definitely above Lin Youshu's.
And as time goes by, the gap between us and the opponent continues to widen!
Lin Youshu is a smart man, and he certainly knows what Bai Tu’s arrangement means.
In fact, as his superior, Bai Tu has always reminded him to focus more on tactics and fleet command, as charging into battle is not his main job.
At the same time, Lin Youshu himself is also aware that his talent in martial arts training is relatively limited, and he may not be able to break through the limits of the Hundred Refining Realm and become a martial artist at the Vajra Realm level throughout his lifetime.
But after all, they are young people, and they always yearn for the strong.
So he still wanted to try harder, thinking, what if? What if he really succeeded in breaking through and became a strong man at the level of King Kong Realm? However, Kara's recent appearance was like a basin of ice water, pouring directly on his head, making him clearly realize how big the gap was between him and those who had the qualifications of top warriors!
Looking back at himself, Lin Youshu recently felt that his martial arts talent was probably among the poorer ones even among the three stars.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be so difficult to break through to Bronze 2 Star.
It would be a lie to say that I wasn't shocked at all.
But overall, his mentality is still very stable, because Lin Youshu himself knows that his real talent lies in fleet command.
What he needs to be is a fleet commander, not a fierce general who charges into battle.
Having martial arts skills at the Hundred Refining Realm level is just icing on the cake for him.
This time, Bai Tu was going to lead the fleet to attack the North Sea of the Patton Empire.
Unlike the previous battles that took place directly outside the island, according to the nautical charts obtained from Charlie and the results of the interrogation of the prisoners of war, even if the direction was clear and they headed straight for the target location, it would still take about 17 or 18 days by sea.
The round trip and the time spent on the road alone took more than a month.
Not to mention that once they get there, Bai Tu may not take action immediately considering some tactical arrangements.
A rough estimate is that this journey will take at least one and a half months.
And for the past month and a half, he has been leading the team on the tropical island alone! To be honest, this is the first time that Lin Youshu has faced such a situation.
In the past, even if he was asked to take command, Bai Tu would often be by his side.
In other words, someone is backing him up, which makes Lin Youshu feel very reassured.
This time, he was truly allowed to take charge! Even if he was only allowed to sit alone in the rear, Lin Youshu still felt a pressure he had never felt before.
"Keep calm, you can do it."
Seeing Lin Youshu's nervousness, Bai Tu patted his shoulder.
"I will allocate some of my troops and leave two large warships and four fast ships to you."
The entire army is mobilized, but the house is not defended at all. This is a low-level mistake and we must never harbor such a fluke mentality.
After two naval battles, Bai Tu discovered that the large warships with slow speed could not keep up with the current offensive rhythm of their Great Zhou fleet.
Under this premise, another large warship previously captured from Charles' fleet was also repaired.
The two large warships were simply left to Lin Youshu for defense.
As for the four speedboats, two of them belonged to their Great Zhou, and the other two were spoils of war from the previous few days.
The damage was not serious, and with the boatmen working day and night to repair it, they managed to catch it in time.
Now it is also left to Lin Youshu to form a defensive fleet.
At the same time, the number of warships in their expeditionary fleet was basically determined to be thirteen speedboats.
At first glance, compared with the number of warships of the North Sea Fleet calculated previously, they do not seem to have any advantage. The opponent even has two large warships, which should mean they have the advantage.
But in fact, the two naval battles have made Bai Tu fully aware of it.
Putting aerial bombing forces on the naval battlefield is a dimensionality reduction strike! (End of this chapter)
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