After the fleet turned, Mu Haoyang explained. Then he called Zhou Yusheng out of the cabin.

"You boy, you're quite calm."

"Ma Mingtao provides a zodiac timetable, you should want to get it."

"I guessed it, but I didn't expect why." Zhou Yusheng smiled and said, "Those calculations are very complicated, and I'm not a professional intelligence analyst."

“We have twelve hours.”

"what?"

"Catch up with the Joint Fleet."

"Do you think it's possible?"

Mu Haoyang took out his cigarette and lit it with his back, avoiding this problem.

"The speed of the joint fleet has been around twenty-four knots, and I'm afraid it won't slow down next. With the current situation, even if we throw away those slightly slower warships, we will not be able to catch up with the joint fleet." Zhou Yusheng thoughtfully and said, "When we arrived, the joint fleet had entered Blair Port for more than six hours and must have completed the supply operation. Before that, we will be exposed, and the joint fleet will definitely leave the port urgently."

"Then, we can only change the combat plan."

“How to change?”

"First of all, you have to take a gamble."

"What are you betting on?"

Mu Haoyang smiled and said, "There is an extremely critical point in this combat operation, that is, when will India start war? According to our speculation, it will be after the arrival of the joint fleet. However, this is just a speculation, without any basis, and cannot be proved."

“Is there any problem?”

"Do you think, if you put this problem aside, when is the ideal time to take action?"

"This..." Zhou Yusheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Of course, after the joint fleet enters Port Blair, as long as the joint fleet can be killed, it will be much easier to deal with the Indian Navy."

"What if the war did not break out at this time?"

"Why do you care about so much? First, you have to enter the Indian Ocean."

"Defending the joint fleet does not require entering the Indian Ocean."

"You mean..."

"As long as we enter the Gulf of Thailand, we can dispatch ship-based aviation."

Zhou Yusheng was stunned and said, "In this case, the aircraft fleet must pass through Thai airspace. Do you think Thailand will let our fighter planes fly across the border?"

"Take first and then report."

"You boy..."

"No matter what, our relationship with Thailand is pretty good. Even if the Thai authorities are reluctant, they cannot change the fait accompli. At most, let Mr. Huang help us wipe our butt."

"I think it's better to report first and then make a decision."

"Is it necessary?"

Zhou Yusheng nodded and said, "You are not unaware of the current situation. The senior management has a lot of differences. If we act without authorization, Mr. Huang may not be able to bear it."

"this……"

"If you report it, no matter what the result is, you will finally have an explanation. At worst, you will have to cause some equipment failure and say that you have not received the instructions from the General Staff."

"You..." Mu Haoyang glanced at Zhou Yusheng and laughed.

"This is called "the general is outside, and the military will not be given any orders."

"Okay, when the situation is confirmed, I will report this to Mr. Huang and let him think of a solution. If Mr. Huang supports us, there should be no problem with the above."

"How to confirm?"

"That's why I asked you to come out."

Zhou Yusheng just took out a cigarette and started smoking, so he didn't have such a big addiction.

"Where are the other submarines except the first two 095s?"

"Let the submarines look for the joint fleet?"

"There is no need for this. You only need to deploy a submarine outside Port Blair to provide us with more than eight hours of tactical decision-making time. That is to say, it is best to send back intelligence two hours before the joint fleet enters Port Blair, so that we have enough time to adjust the combat deployment."

Zhou Yusheng nodded, indicating that he understood Mu Haoyang's meaning.

At this time, the Chinese fleet should be near the Anambas Islands. If it continues to move south, there will not be enough time to maneuver to the attacking waters in the Gulf of Thailand. If it turns into the Gulf of Thailand and the Joint Fleet does not enter the Port of Blair, it will miss the best time to enter the Indian Ocean in time.

"How about it?"

“I’m thinking.”

Mu Haoyang did not hurry and lit another cigarette.

After pondering for a while, Zhou Yusheng said: "Although there are two 095s ahead of us, it is definitely not appropriate to speed up these two submarines to Port Blair. When passing through the Strait of Malacca, the whereabouts will be exposed. Only in an emergency situation will the attack nuclear submarine continue to sail at 35 knots."

"So, will the United States be suspicious?"

Zhou Yusheng nodded and said, "No matter whether the United States has a share or not, it is not worth taking risks."

"Then you can only use submarines that have entered the Indian Ocean."

"I'll make arrangements, and it will be done in as early as eight hours."

"Don't tell anyone else for the time being."

"Why?"

"No need." Mu Haoyang smiled and said, "When you make sure, we still have enough time. It's not too late to talk to Lao Yang and the others to discuss the crackdown plan."

Zhou Yusheng nodded, indicating that he understood Mu Haoyang's meaning.

After smoking, Mu Haoyang did not return to the command center, but returned to the commander's cabin and contacted Huang Zhibo with a confidential telephone number specially prepared by Ma Mingtao for him.

It is obviously not a trivial matter to use Thailand to attack the Japanese joint fleet.

The key is not whether the crackdown can be successful, but how much political and diplomatic trouble will be caused by invasion of Thai airspace.

Huang Zhibo was more aware of the above situation and knew that Yi Yuandao had always opposed sending troops to the Indian Ocean and was always looking for reasons to cancel the military operation.

If Mu Haoyang let the aircraft group break into Thai airspace at this time, the consequences will definitely be very serious.

Huang Zhibo did not hesitate and quickly went to find Lu Fenglie, and then went to Fu Xiubo's residence together.

As a politician, Fu Xiubo is more sensitive and knows more how much trouble it will be to do so.

You should know that Thailand is not an ally of China, it can only be regarded as a friendly country. In terms of foreign policy, Thailand has always pursued multilateral diplomacy, on the one hand, cooperating with China and on the other hand, cooperating with the United States. Not to mention other things, in Southeast Asia, Thailand is the only country that opens military bases to the US military except Singapore and the Philippines.

More importantly, the current ruling party in Thailand is the "Yellow Shirt Party".

In terms of political tendencies, the "yellow shirt party" that supports the king has always been more pro-American, while the "red shirt party" that is supported by the people is more pro-China.

After thinking about it again and again, Fu Xiubo asked Huang Zhibo to warn Mu Haoyang not to act rashly.

To put it bluntly, do not invade Thai airspace without authorization until the central government has approved it.

At this time, Fu Xiubo did not reject Mu Haoyang's combat plan, but was still considering it. As a result, Huang Zhibo did not contact Mu Haoyang immediately, but decided to wait until Fu Xiubo made the decision before telling Mu Haoyang. Huang Zhibo did this, and telling Mu Haoyang what was not certain would only affect Mu Haoyang's tactical command and was very unfavorable to combat operations.

After seeing off Huang Zhibo, Fu Xiubo called Li Pingko and asked him to contact the US Secretary of State through the head of government hotline.

Because Fu Xiubo is no longer the head of state, he cannot use the hotline of the Chinese and US dollar heads.

At this time, Chandler had already arrived at the White House, and Macmillan got up from the bed, but was not wearing formal clothes, but casually wore pajamas.

The Secretary of Defense shouted out of bed in the middle of the night, which made Macmillan very upset.

In fact, at this time, the relationship between McMillan and Chandler had already rifted. The reason was that Chandler did not accept McMillan's suggestion and decided to participate in the 2028 general election as a Republican member, posing a direct threat to McMillan's nomination of party candidates.

"General, you won't disturb me with these unsure news, right?"

"President, this is not a lack of certain news, but a very conclusive fact."

"What fact?"

"If our judgment is correct, China and Japan will soon be at war in the Indian Ocean and will also bring India into it."

"Judgement?" Macmillan smiled and shook his head, saying, "Do you have direct evidence? Or, has the war already broken out? How many pounds are there in Japan? You know better than me. The Akagi-Cheng is still in the dock of the shipyard. Why should Japan go to the Indian Ocean to fight China? General, I admit that I don't have much geographical knowledge, but I at least know that neither Japan nor China are Indian Ocean countries."

“India is.”

"Of course, India is."

"If India starts war with Pakistan, China will definitely be involved in the war."

Macmillan's brow jumped a few times, not refuting Chandler's point of view, because Cia had long provided intelligence, and China signed a secret military alliance treaty with Pakistan, clearly stipulating that when Pakistan was invaded by India, China had the obligation to send troops to participate in the war.

"If China starts war with India, Japan will be involved in the war."

Macmillan still said nothing, and the secret military alliance treaty between Japan and India was not a secret at all.

"India-Pakistan relations are very tense, I'm worried..."

"Why are you worried? At least as far as I know, Pakistan is not able to defeat India, and China has not promised to send troops when Pakistan provokes a war. Therefore, you have to give me a definite reason why India wants to start a war against Pakistan."

“Resources, resources of the Siachen Glacier.”

Macmillan immediately frowned. It was a rare resource worth more than 2 trillion US dollars.

"There is Japan that needs these resources, but the main part of the mine is on the Pakistani side, so Japan has enough reason to incite India to start a war. If Japan can make a promise to send troops, India will not have any concerns. After all, this resource can make India prosperous."

"In the name of military exercises?"

Chandler nodded and said, "This is the best trick and the most clumsy method. China must have been alert for a long time."

"So, China decided to send a fleet to the Indian Ocean."

"Not only go to the Indian Ocean, but judging from the time when the Chinese fleet turned, the Chinese authorities have definitely made a war decision and are ready to do a big battle in the Indian Ocean."

Macmillan nodded thoughtfully. Chandler had a greater say in military issues than him.
Chapter completed!