Of course, Bai Zhizhan was well aware.
Liu Changxun intended for Bai Zhizhan to gradually take over control of the Navy, which meant treating Bai Zhizhan as the successor being groomed for the next Navy Commander.
In fact, there was no need for any great fuss.
If previously he had had to compete with Liu Xiangzhen, then after the Northwest East Ocean Battle and the Southwest Fan Flame Ocean Battle, Bai Zhizhan's status in the Empire's Navy had already far surpassed Liu Xiangzhen, and nobody doubted that he was the next in line to be Navy Commander after Liu Changxun.
The key was actually the Southwest Fan Flame Ocean Battle.
From another angle, had Liu Xiangzhen led the Eleventh Special Mixed Fleet there, even if they could have destroyed an enemy fleet, they'd likely have lost two carriers.
Of course, Bai Zhizhan was not smug about it.
After the battle, he told Li Mingbo that if they hadn't left the "Xiaotian" squadron behind, the "Longjiang" might not have been hit.
