Chapter 1508 I Don’t Believe It
From the volcanic island of their Great Zhou to the tropical island where they are currently stationed, and then to the North Sea of the Patton Empire, these three coordinate positions are obviously not in a straight line.
By combining their Great Zhou's nautical charts with the ones obtained from the Patton prisoners and comparing them together, they would soon come to a conclusion.
That is, the distribution of these three coordinates is basically triangular.
If they had obtained this nautical chart at the beginning, then the distance between the volcanic island of their Great Zhou and the North Sea of the Badon Empire would not actually feel as far.
At this point, Bai Tu has made a major adjustment to the original plan.
According to the current situation, if they move the battlefield to the tropical island, not only will they continue to bear tremendous pressure, but the development and construction they have done on the island before will also be likely to be destroyed by the upcoming battle.
On the contrary, if the enemy fleet could be led directly to the volcanic island, the situation would be different.
Compared with the tropical islands on the front line, the defense facilities and deployment of their Da Zhou volcanic island are at least more complete.
There must be enough barrels of explosives in the military district’s warehouses, and there is also a garrison fleet of a certain size left in the territory.
Basically, once they get there, they will have the confidence to fight back! "Pass my order, count the supplies on the ship!"
According to the preparations Bai Tu made before the expedition, there were definitely sufficient supplies on the ship at this point in time.
Just as predicted before they set out, the round trip would take them at least a month and a half.
But as a mature commander, how could he only prepare supplies for one and a half months?
He has to consider how to deal with various emergencies. In terms of supplies, basically, there can only be more, not less, and he must have enough tolerance for errors.
Bai Tu actually knew the remaining status of the supplies on the ship, and he was asking people to count them just to be cautious and confirm it again.
After listening to the report, Bai Tu was completely relieved.
As long as there are enough supplies, the worst case scenario for them is to retreat to the volcanic island.
Now that the action had a backup plan, Bai Tu's mind became more active.
Don't forget, he still has ten sets of explosives.
How should these ten groups of explosives be used? Bai Tu was thinking about this question.
The whole process didn't take too long and he soon came up with an idea.
The current pursuit battle is undoubtedly a bit torturous for the Patton Navy, which is the pursuing party.
The speed of the clippers on both sides is almost the same. In this situation, it is unrealistic for anyone to catch up with anyone else.
The main reason why they are still pursuing them relentlessly, besides being unwilling to give up, is that they want to seize this opportunity to find out the location of the enemy's stronghold on the front line.
Although there was little evidence, the Governor of the North Sea was almost certain that the strange fleet before them was the culprit that caused the fleets they sent out to disappear one after another.
Now they see that their entire North Sea Fleet is about to be lost, and they don’t even know the exact location of the enemy. What could be worse than this?
Oh, there really is! That is the enemy's aerial bombing method!
Before this, he had never heard of or seen anything like it.
It is no exaggeration to say that the emergence of that kind of attack method posed a devastating blow to the entire naval warfare system of their Patton Empire!
Just when the Governor of Beihai was still worried about this matter, another bad news came from the front.
The two speedboats they sent out to follow the Great Zhou fleet were bombed and sunk directly!
"Provocation! This is a naked provocation!!"
At this moment, in the command room of the North Sea Fleet's main flagship, the Governor of the North Sea was instantly furious.
The two phantoms in front of him, one blue and one red, also produced violent rhythmic movements due to his excited emotions.
Facing the excited Governor of the North Sea, a relatively calm voice sounded from the green shadow.
"Governor, just as the intelligence just said, we can't catch up with the enemy fleet at this stage, and we can't even effectively close the distance, but the enemy can use that new attack method to attack us directly."
"The enemy was able to sink two speedboats now. Does that mean that if we give them enough time, they can destroy our entire fleet?"
"It's too risky to continue pursuing this."
Having said this, the voice paused.
"We cannot afford the consequences. As the captain of the First Fleet of the East China Sea, I believe we should withdraw our troops for the time being, report this matter to Your Majesty, and then discuss a strategy."
Obviously, this is the point.
During this process, the captain of the West Sea First Fleet, who also came to support, did not say a word throughout the whole process, but he obviously agreed with the other party's words.
So far, the losses of the North Sea Fleet have been a big problem.
The two of them came with a support mission, and the previous losses of the North Sea Fleet had basically been incurred before they arrived.
In other words, they have no responsibility in this regard.
But if they continue to cooperate with the Governor of the North Sea in the pursuit mission, they will be dragged into the water.
By then, it will be impossible to explain the matter.
To put it bluntly, he was afraid of taking responsibility. This meaning was already very clear. How could the Governor of Beihai not hear it? In an instant, his anger grew even stronger.
"Your Majesty's order is that you obey my command completely! Do you think you will end up well if you disobey my order now?!"
As these words were spoken, the scene suddenly fell into dead silence.
The captains of the first fleets of the two fleets were silent at this moment, and the atmosphere became stiff.
Obviously, the Governor of Beihai's words directly hit their soft spot.
Judging from his appearance, the Governor of Beihai looks like a bald, rough man who seems to be without any brains, but the person who can become the Governor is naturally not that simple.
After all, the captains of the two supporting fleets were not his direct subordinates, so he had to say both soft and hard words.
"You should now understand how great the threat of the enemy fleet is. It is such a huge threat, but we don't even know where their front-line bases are."
"If we let them go today, they will come back another day and we will only pay a more painful price than today."
"In the current situation, the most important thing is to determine the location of the enemy's base, even if it costs a certain amount of money!"
After expressing his thoughts, the Governor of the North Sea's voice softened a bit.
"And according to my observation, the opponent's attack should also have some kind of limitation. Either it's the physical strength of those large monster birds, or the number of explosive weapons is limited, or even both!"
"Anyway, I don't believe they can keep fighting like this!"
(End of this chapter)
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