On the evening of August 14, the north entrance of the Wangxi Canal.

After putting down the telescope, Hal looked at the sunset in the west again.

The canal is right in front of you, and the time is grasped very accurately.

After the staff came out to remind him, Hal ordered a slowdown so that the "Entertainment" behind him could follow.

Choosing the "Lek" as the flagship is actually giving Spee face.

The "Entertainment" has always been Spur's flagship, and after following Spur, he participated in two fleet decisive battles, it can be regarded as Spur's personal car.

In the navy's words, "forward" is more like Spoo's woman.

Of course, for ordinary officers and soldiers, warships are homes and are the most unavailable places.

According to unwritten rules, as long as Spoo is still in the position of the fleet commander and does not have a new flagship, the "Entertainment" will always be his flagship. Unless he has a deep hatred with Spoo, other fleet commanders will avoid the "Entertainment" when choosing a flagship.

In addition, the "Lek" was originally commanded by Hal.

During the Northwest and East Ocean Naval Battle, this aircraft carrier was organized into Hal's 16th Special Mixed Fleet, and eventually took Hal away from the battlefield.

Not long after, the "Entertainment" caught up.

According to the arrangement, in the afternoon, several cruisers went to Fry and would follow the "Independence" commanded by Fry through the Wangxi Canal.

To this end, there were only 4 destroyers following two fleet aircraft carriers through the canal through lock 3.

This is also for anti-submarine, otherwise these 4 destroyers would have saved.

Of course, it is not a submarine on Xi Luoyang, but a submarine on Dongwangyang.

On Xiluoyang, under the joint suppression of the Royal Bran Navy and the Newland Navy, the submarines of the Tyman Navy have been much more honest than before. They have narrowed their range of activities and are concentrated near the route from Beixiluoyang to Bingyang, and are mainly dealing with fleets heading to the Luosha Federation.

Of course, this is related to the current situation.

If you want to say it, Liang Xia's submarine is even more threatening.

Although the submarine force of Liang Xia's Navy was limited before the outbreak of the war, especially large submarines that could operate for a long time in the ocean, and Liang Xia's Navy did not pay much attention to submarine-related technologies, these problems no longer existed after the war between the Great Man Empire.

With the information that the Tiaoman Empire not only provided the design drawings and construction technology of ocean submarines to the Liangxia Empire, but also assisted more than a dozen large ocean submarines, and sent experienced submarine officers and soldiers to the Liangxia Empire to help Liangxia navy master the ocean-breaking tactics as soon as possible.

The key is that the shipbuilding industry of the Liangxia Empire was too powerful.

After obtaining the design drawings, even the private shipyards that mainly build freighters can build submarines.

According to the latest information, Liang Xia's Navy's ocean submarine has exceeded 150, and is growing at a rate of 10 to 15 ships per month.

Although this scale and growth rate are not as high as the Newland Navy, the threat of these submarines is very huge.

According to incomplete statistics, the freighters sunk in the East Ocean every month are no less than 200,000 tons, and the maximum is more than 500,000 tons in the month.

Most of them are the results of Liang Xia’s submarine.

In fact, when the Newland submarine desperately destroyed the sea route of the Liangxia Empire, the Liangxia submarine also rushed to the fleet of the Newland Federation in the southwest.

Of course, if you really want to say it, almost all of Liang Xia's submarines are imported.

In any case, Liang Xia's submarine is a huge threat.

The key is that after the defeat and surrender of the Saiyi Empire, the Liangxia Navy was able to use the port of the Saiyi Empire North Island as a base to significantly shorten the navigation distance of the Northeastern Ocean. Those ocean submarines with a range of more than 15,000 nautical miles often patrol the Northeastern Ocean and stay south of the Wangxi Canal for a while to see if they could meet a fleet. When returning, they first go to the southwest Ocean and attack the fleets they encountered along the way. Unless they have used up all torpedoes and cannot contact the attack cruisers responsible for providing supplies, these submarines will try to return to the Yanhai, or go to South Zhuhai to join the submarine support ships that are supporting.

It can be seen that there are several Liang Xia submarines waiting for the rabbits on the south side of the canal at any time.

But anti-submarine is not a big problem.

As expected, more than a dozen patrol aircraft are now operating opposite the Panama Land and the number of anti-submarine patrol aircraft will double by tomorrow morning.

The key is that this high-intensity anti-submarine patrol has lasted for five days.

As for the reason, it is to cover the battle group of the "Independence" aircraft carrier led by Fry to pass through the canal, and a fleet of transport will enter the East Ocean.

Unless you have prepared for it, no submarine can lurk under the sea for so long.

Soon, the fleet arrived at the entrance of the canal.

Relatively speaking, the Wangxi Canal is wider than the Xifan Canal, and the main channel can accommodate two aircraft carriers in parallel, but no captain will take risks in rushing.

In addition, after the outbreak of the war, the Newland army took over the canal and classified the 1,000-meter area on both sides of the canal as a military restricted area for civilians to enter.

In order to guard the canal, the garrison built a watchtower every 250 meters on both sides of the canal.

In order to enhance safety, fires were set to burn down the dense forests on both sides of the strait.

Not to mention human beings, even a sparrow cannot fly over.

To be honest, it is actually near the lock.

Although the main part of the No. 3 lock has been completed, the commissioning and testing work has not been completed yet, and many workers still live on construction sites near the lock.

Even if the arrangements were made in advance and the work was suspended for two days in the name of testing, it would not be guaranteed that there were no intelligence personnel in the workers.

If you want to say it, there must be spies from the Liangxia Empire among the workers.

There is nothing we can do about this either.

Most of the workers were recruited local residents, including many Indians. In terms of race, there was no significant difference between the Indians and the Orientals of the Liangxia Empire.

In addition, there were about 5 million immigrants from the Liangxia Empire in Nangu Continent.

It is precisely because of this that military and police must be arranged to martial law near the locks to shorten the passage time as much as possible.

Of course, the key is Fry.

As expected, the "Independence" that passed through the lock No. 2 at the same time, as well as several newly built ships, ready to go to the west coast for acceptance and testing, and have not been delivered to the Navy, will surely lead to the Liang Xia spymen lurking in the canal area.

As long as everything goes well, it only takes 4 hours at most, which means two operation times, two fleet aircraft carriers and four destroyers can pass through the No. 3 lock in two batches.

After that, you can leave the main channel of the canal at dawn tomorrow.

Maybe it will be smooth sailing.

It is strange that the preparations are done so well and not going well!

About 2 hours later, the Lek came outside the lock No. 3 and entered the lock under the push of four barges.

Hal stayed in the corridor outside the commander's bridge.

When the lock started to fill water, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Although Har's usual temper is very generous and gives people a very generous feeling, his temperament changed dramatically after the Battle of the Northwest and East Oceans.

Not to become timid, but to be more cautious.

After 11 o'clock at night, the "Lek" and two destroyers successfully passed through the lock No. 3.
Chapter completed!