Zhou Yongtao was leafing through the intelligence documents when Lin Shiping walked over to the window, lighting a cigarette.
Strictly speaking, the severe impact on Task Force 51 was indeed unexpected, inevitably forcing the Empire's Navy to adjust its combat deployment.
Simply put, the strategic directions related to the Navy in the Southern Subcontinent and East Ocean have been affected.
The intelligence documents brought by Lin Shiping had already provided a detailed explanation of this issue.
Firstly, the Southern Subcontinent.
After Task Force 51 suffered heavy losses, an awkward situation arose. The Empire's Navy, with its three carriers deployed in Fan Flame Ocean, could not complete the strategic blockade of Fanluo Country without a carrier battle group of three carriers in both Mua Sea and Bengal Bay. Only then could strategic blockade and deterrence be maintained, keeping the always resentful Fanluo Country in check.
