In the next few days, Zhu Shijian personally served as the chief referee and organized the first stage of the wargame exercise codenamed "Towards Victory" in the decision-making command center of the Navy Command.

Although Bai Zhizhan did not participate, he watched the whole process as a substitute staff officer.

The home fleet, to be precise, is on the side of the Shaozhuang faction, the leading commander-in-chief is Gui Boyong, and his opponent is Liu Xiangbin, the second ancestor of the Liu family.

According to the regulations, there are a total of five rounds of deduction, and the best-of-five system is adopted.

Because it is a campaign-level deduction, each round takes one day.

On the evening of the third day, that is, after the end of the third round of deduction, the winner was decided, and there was no need for the next two rounds of deduction.

The first three rounds of deduction were all carried out according to the existing tactics, predicting the outbreak of war with the Western powers in five, ten, and fifteen years later, respectively, and the warring sides entered a state of war in advance, and invested heavy troops at the time of the battle, striving to achieve a quick victory after the war.

There was no suspense in the results.

In the first two rounds of the exercise, the Imperial Navy did not kill the Asahi, once it was severely attacked when it marched into the Guia, and the other time it was defeated on the way to Fanyanyang. Although in the third round of exercises, the Imperial Navy used the tactic of waiting for work and inflicted heavy losses on the invading enemy fleet at home, but in the end, it was still judged defeated, because it was during this period that the Great Powers completed the mobilization for war.

To put it simply, the Imperial Navy achieved tactical and operational victories, but it was a complete strategic defeat and missed a great opportunity to break through. As long as the Great Powers have completed the mobilization for war, then the Imperial Navy will not be able to win the decisive battle in any case if it is fought in the traditional way.

In fact, this is the key to repeatedly emphasizing "quick wins".

However, the problem is that relying on a fleet with battleships and capital ships as the core will not be able to achieve a complete victory in a limited time.

It's just that the Chengwen faction is still not giving up.

In the last two rounds of deduction, Zhu Shijian agreed to Liu Changhe's special request and modified the rules of the deduction to allow the imperial navy to adopt a proactive offensive strategy, that is, it could use surprise attacks or even sneak attack tactics to ensure that it would seize the initiative after the war.

In addition, Liu Changhe personally went into battle.

In order to reciprocate, He Yongxing replaced Gui Boyong.

The next two rounds of deduction are absolutely wonderful, and it can be said that it is the highest level of paper talk today.

Wargame deduction is essentially a battle on paper.

First of all, Liu Changhe seized the initiative after the start of the war through a surprise attack, and maintained the initiative until the end, and finally won a heavy victory with huge casualties and losses. In the final round of the next round of exercises, He Yongxing learned a lesson, and through full pre-war preparations and more thorough authorization, each detachment of the detachment was given full opportunity to perform, which not only successfully smashed the opponent's sneak attack, but also curbed the momentum of the counterattack. In the end, the combined fleet commanded by He Yongxing achieved a great strategic victory at a very small cost.

Zhu Shijian judged that the two were tied, but this sentence was actually to give Liu Changhe face.

The key is that in the deduction of Liu Changhe's "victory", the imperial navy still did not open up the situation, and the performance at the strategic level still did not change.

In Zhu Shijian's words, what is the significance of a crushing victory?

Since the Battle of Nanjiangkou, when did the Imperial Navy need to pay a heavy price for victory?

Killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred has never been a dish of the Imperial Navy, and in the doctrine of the Imperial Navy, there has never been a school of disastrous victory.

In the past five days, Bai Zhizhan's friends have also come to the imperial capital one after another.

The last one to arrive is definitely the one with the biggest face.

That's right, it's Zhao Yu, who just got the nickname "Monte Cristo".

He was a hereditary count, and a popular Western novel before the war was called The Count of Monte Cristo, so He Pengfei gave him this nickname by the way.

In fact, he was only a few hours late, and the train was late.

As a sign of respect, Bai Zhizhan personally went to the station.

Because of the dispatch of the naval headquarters and Liu Xiangdong's arrangement, Zhao Yu's military train also enjoyed the treatment of a hereditary earl.

The war was not officially over, the empire was still in a state of wartime, and the military still had privileges.

At night, only military vehicles enter the station.

"Zhao Gong!"

In terms of title, it really gave Bai Zhizhan a headache.

"Your Excellency" is definitely not good, "Your Excellency" is ironic, "Earl" is even more explicit, and "Senior Engineer" is easy to misunderstand after the surname Zhao.

By their first name?

Obviously, the relationship between Bai Zhizhan and Zhao Yu has not yet reached that level!

"Just call me Lao Zhao." Probably because the weather is very cold, Zhao Yu seems very normal, compared with the last time they met, it is like two people.

"Get in the car, it's cold outside." He Pengfei greeted.

Because he had known each other for a long time, he was very casual in front of Zhao Yu and didn't have so many concerns. It's just that it's also about identity.

"I'm the last to arrive, right?"

He Pengfei had already gone over and opened the car door, the heating of the car was on, and the inside of the car was much more comfortable.

After getting into the car, Zhao Yu continued: "I heard that you have conducted several deductions in the past few days, and the guys in the Southern Fleet have been defeated and lost, and the old faces of the Liu family are almost unbearable. ”

Bai Zhizhan was speechless, this guy was only in his thirties, but he was so old when he spoke.

"If you want me to say, you deserve it. After Marshal Chen Bingxun, the Liu family controlled the naval command coefficient for ten years, and almost lost the family's wealth. ”

As soon as Zhao Yu said this, Bai Zhizhan was a little relieved.

Obviously, Zhao Yu also looked at the Liu family unpleasantly.

"That's how you know?" He Pengfei changed the subject.

"You think you're the only one who thinks of me?"

"Have the people of the Liu family looked for you?" Bai Zhizhan obviously did not keep up with Zhao Yu's train of thought.

"To be honest, I thought you were a smart guy. But now it seems that it is nothing more than that. Zhao Yu looked at Bai Zhizhan carefully before saying: "I'm not saying that the trust is not human, but you don't want to think about it, what is more important than the core interests of the family?" ”

Now, Bai Zhizhan figured it out.

Zhao Yu is talking about Liu Xiangdong, and it is very likely that Liu Xiangdong leaked the news, and the Liu family found Zhao Yu.

Even if the Liu family didn't think about wooing Zhao Yu, he was a hereditary earl, and he was by no means so easy to woo, and the Liu family definitely wanted to find out the news through him.

"Lao Zhao, you didn't talk nonsense, did you?"

"I'm a man with a big mouth, I can say whatever I want, and I never know how to lie."

He Pengfei rolled his eyes, and pouted at Bai Zhizhan, saying that Zhao Yu is this kind of person, don't take it to heart.

Is he telling the truth, or is he deliberately telling the opposite?

Bai Zhizhan is also uncertain, but he feels that there is nothing to worry about, because Zhao Yu is notoriously crazy, and the people of the Liu family are also not sure what he said.

Of course, we can't be careless.

The Liu family sent someone to find Zhao Yu, saying that they had begun to attach importance to the Bai Zhizhan and would do their best to win in the next second stage of the deduction.

Now, there's a good show to watch.