As time went by, many departments in Dorne began to seriously consider whether they had fallen into the Tang Empire's scheme.
It seems that the other party has not prepared for a large-scale cross-sea landing at all. It has only been using aircraft carriers to harass Dorne's sea areas and undermine Dorne's economic development.
At this latest operational meeting, an officer once again put forward the argument that the Tang army's attacks were weakening: "The Tang Empire's recent attacks are decreasing, and their number of aircraft carriers must have been reduced."
The reason why his voice began to appear is that in addition to the fact that the Tang Navy was indeed reducing the number and intensity of attacks, another reason was also because Dorne had also made preparations to resist the landing.
According to the plan, bunkers and trenches have been built near many easy-to-attack beaches in Dorne, and well-hidden artillery positions have been deployed.
Some key areas even have armor-covered omnidirectional turrets equipped with 381 or 350 caliber heavy artillery.
These cannons were originally spare barrels for battleships, but as Dorne's navy was severely damaged, the spare barrels were no longer needed, so they were used in key defense areas.
Coupled with the cement piers laid on the seabed to block landing ships, the barbed wire fences laid on the cliffs on the shore, etc., the entire defense line has begun to take shape.
Because there was also Sun Guang, a Qin general who was exiled to Dorne, who was making suggestions. Dorne, who had learned from experience and lessons, divided the defense line into small blocks, so that these small blocks had certain battlefield decision-making capabilities, so that they could
When communication is suppressed, ensure that the nodes on the defense line can play their due role.
The seemingly very solid defense line gave Dorne greater confidence, which made many people begin to re-examine the Tang Empire's preparations for landing - and looking at it this way, it seemed that the Tang people had no intention of landing at all.
"And all the intelligence we have received indicates that they will not conduct a large-scale landing operation in the near future." Dorne's intelligence department official also said confidently.
If it were in the past, he really wouldn't have the guts to say such a sure thing. However, Anzi, who was recently deployed to the Qin State, brought back some news, which showed that the Tang Army's 2nd and 3rd Army Groups were indeed still there.
There is no sign of movement in Qin.
How could a large-scale landing operation be launched across the sea when the main force of the Tang Army had not yet moved? In addition, in addition to the fact that the main force of the Tang Army had not assembled at the port, it seemed that the supplies of the Tang Army had not been sent to Linshui and other ports.
Therefore, the Dornish intelligence official continued to judge: "The other party has not assembled supplies, nor has it assembled troops. The ports are busy transporting various commodities, and there is no sign of fleet assembly."
Every day, hundreds of ships leave from Linshui and other places, bound for the Ice Empire and the Yangmu Empire... This cannot be faked, as long as someone is arranged to watch near the port.
"In addition, their air raids are indeed decreasing on a large scale. Judging from the frequency, at least half of the Tang Army's fleet has left." The officer who has been responsible for statistics of Tang Army's air raids answered and gave an intuitive data.
This data made Dorne I, who was listening on the sidelines, breathe a sigh of relief. This could at least show that the Tang army had weakened its air strikes for a long time, and was not actually withdrawing its fists to prepare for a fatal blow to Dorne.
The officer continued: "Although I don't know much about aircraft carriers that can take off and land jets, and I can't accurately judge the number of aircraft carriers participating in the battle based on the invading aircraft fleet, the number of the opponent's aircraft carriers has been reduced by half. This should be
There is no doubt about it.”
"Previous assessment showed that the number of aircraft carriers in Tang State is about 6 to 8, so the other party only has about three aircraft carriers still cruising near our coastline." When he said this, King Dorn I finally couldn't help it anymore.
He interrupted the officer and asked, "Is this amount accurate?"
"It should be accurate, because there is definite news that someone saw an aircraft carrier in the waters near Mirage Island. In addition, there is another aircraft carrier that should be deployed near Linshui Port, so what Tang Guo can take action is
There are only six aircraft carriers. Half...exactly three." The officer's analysis sounded quite reasonable.
In fact, they were too cautious this time. The Tang Empire only had two aircraft carriers in its aircraft carrier fleet left to perform deterrence missions in the waters near Dorne.
And they actually misjudged the overall strength of the Datang Imperial Navy: as of now, the Datang Imperial Navy has a total of ten aircraft carriers!
One of these ten aircraft carriers is currently deployed near the mirage, and the other is deployed near the water. Both of these can be seen by ships from other countries, so there is no concealment.
In addition, Tang State also has two aircraft carriers on standby near Long Island. The commander of this large squadron is still Lu Qianshan, who is responsible for the security of Long Island waters.
This fleet also has another mission, that is, if special circumstances arise, they will give priority to moving to the southeast to support the squadron deployed in the Dorne Sea.
The remaining four aircraft carriers are currently undergoing modernization and modification at Longdao to adapt to the new carrier-based fighter Flying Shark that is about to be put on board.
This modernization actually takes a long time because a new ejection device needs to be installed to eject the super carrier-based aircraft weighing nearly 30 tons.
Anyway, the Tang Empire is not in a hurry to use it, so this time the modification work does not place special emphasis on speed. The radar on the aircraft carrier and many electronic equipment also need to be replaced. The amount of work is quite large.
It is expected that it will take a full year to complete these modifications. Of course, the speed may also be accelerated, because according to the plan, the Tang Empire will eventually modify all ten aircraft carriers into the most advanced state.
Before that, the navy would not carry out large-scale cross-sea landing missions. This was Tang Mo's guarantee to Marshal Bernard.
"It seems that we really made a mistake. The Tang State really did not intend to land directly...or maybe our resolute defense scared the other side and made them think that they need to be more prepared." Dorn
I finally nodded and agreed with the views of his ministers and officers.
"That may be the case. The Tang people are indeed busy building roads, building power plants and other facilities, and are not in a hurry to mobilize troops." Several ministers nodded. They also felt that after the Tang army annexed such a vast territory,
, it must take some time to repair. Their previous preparations were indeed too cautious and a little too hasty.
