Keiji Yokoji looked at the people present: "Sir, we don't have any problems. $Swastika $"

"Alright, let's get to work." Xu Lang said, "Thank you for your hard work. ”

These staff officers began to work according to the division of labor, and Gao Chen took a pencil and quietly looked at the situation recorded in the notebook and was thinking about something. Xu Lang knew Gao Chen's habits, and he wouldn't say anything before he had a certain line of thought.

Leng Tianbing quietly dragged Xu Lang: "It's not early, you watch here first, I'll go and let the kitchen prepare some dinner, we're going to work until midnight today." ”

Xu Lang smiled: "You go and arrange it, get more delicious food, don't let these children go hungry." ”

Leng Tianbing went to arrange dinner, Xu Lang kept staring at Gao Chen, Gao Chen bit the tip of the pencil from time to time, and sometimes wrote and drew in the notebook.

After a long while, Gao Chen raised his head and saw Xu Lang watching him.

Gao Chen hurriedly stood up: "Chief of the General Staff." ”

Xu Lang smiled and said, "Staff Officer Gao, have you come up with any good way?" ”

Gao Chen handed the notebook to Xu Lang: "Chief of Staff, I don't dare to say a good way, but my subordinates have some ideas." ”

Xu Lang took the notebook and looked at it a few times, Gao Chen's drawings in the notebook were a little messy, but Xu Lang could still understand a rough idea. Gao Chen drew a simple map of North Korea, Japan, and Shandong in his notebook, and emphasized a few circles and arrows in several places. Two of the arrows point from Dengshu to Lushun and Nampo, and one crossed out arrow points to Tsushima.

Xu Lang understood what Gao Chen meant, he had also thought about this idea just now, to give up Tsushima Island, directly attack Lushun or Nanpu from Dengzhou, and force Tao Min to withdraw from Tsushima Island.

In addition to these arrows in Gao Chen's notebook, he also put a small cross on the outside of Nanpu and wrote the word "J".

Xu Lang thought for a while, and seemed to understand what Gao Chen meant, this idea Xu Lang had never thought of. The attack on Nampo is fake, and it is true that the warships that attracted Tao Min to return to Nanpu are real. Look for an opportunity to annihilate Tao Min's warship outside Nampo, without the battleship, Tao Min will naturally lose the opportunity to attack Japan.

Xu Lang closed the notebook: "Senior Staff Officer, you come with me." ”

Xu Lang led Gao Chen out of the war room and returned to his office: "Staff Officer Gao, sit down first." Let me ask you a few questions, if we attack Nampo or Lushun, how can you guarantee that Tao Min will definitely return from Tsushima Island. If Tao Min's battleship does not come back, will our combined fleet have the ability to take Nanpu, what will the army do, how can we take how many army troops to Nanpu? ”

"Sir, that's what my subordinates think." Gao Chen replied, "We shouldn't be able to defeat Nanpu, and even if we do, we won't be able to defend it, so the main purpose of this idea is to be able to defeat the Tartar warship on the sea." Our combined fleet now has the Pearl, and there may also be warship reinforcements on General Zheng's side, so there is no problem in defeating the Tartar fleet. As for whether the Tartars will return to Nanpu from Tsushima Island, their subordinates think that they will definitely come to help, because we have to put on a posture of inevitability. This time we can do without any land forces, which will increase the speed of the combined fleet. We set out from Dengzhou, and all the land forces were dispatched by Dengzhou, but this matter still needs to be negotiated by the commanders with the Beijing side and the Dengzhou side. ”

"Use the Ming army in Dengzhou to fight Nanpu." Gao Chen's suggestion was something Xu Lang didn't expect, "Will Dengzhou agree?" ”

Gao Chen didn't answer, Xu Lang thought for a while: "Governor Denglai is now Yang Wenyue, but he will be replaced again next year, will he agree to attack Nanpu or Lushun." ”

"Chief of Staff." Gao Chen said, "We didn't really use the Ming army to attack Nanpu, just to bluff. Moreover, our victory rate in this battle is very large, and our subordinates think that Yang Wenyue will not agree. ”

"You have a point." Xu Lang asked again, "Even if we can follow this plan and annihilate the Tartar warship at sea, then what should we do next, whether we can fight Tsushima or Dongying." ”

"Don't fight." Gao Chen's answer was very simple, "Sir, we have nothing to replenish in the north, let alone a source of troops, so we can't afford to fight a war of attrition." The subordinates believe that as long as the Tartars' warships are defeated and the Tartars are prevented from advancing to Dongying, our combined fleet should immediately retreat to Yulin Bay. The subordinates have an idea, although our Yulin Bay currently controls Qiongzhou Mansion, it is very unstable. Therefore, our goal should be Annam and Luzon, if we can completely control these two places, we will have a source of troops, and when our army expands to more than 780,000 or even 100,000, it is better for us to fight a decisive battle with the Tartars. ”

Xu Lang looked at Gao Chen with some surprise, Gao Chen's idea was very similar to Zhou Lei's original proposal of flattening the continent. Without a solid rear, without a large population base, it cannot withstand a large-scale war of attrition. Now Yulin Bay can't turn its face with Chongzhen, and it's better to transform the Ming Dynasty, so this rear base can only be selected in Southeast Asia, preferably Vietnam, because Vietnam has three million population resources.

Gao Chen was a little hairy by Xu Lang: "Chief of Staff, is this method of his subordinates not good?" ”

"No, your approach is good." Xu Lang praised, "Gao Chen, it seems that it is right to promote you to be the deputy minister of this major, you think long-term. ”

"Chief Xie compliments." Gao Chen stood up and thanked him.

Xu Lang smiled and suddenly changed the topic: "Gao Chen, how is the personal matter resolved?" ”

Gao Chen smiled embarrassedly: "Sir, it's still like that." The subordinates are now less and less interested in these things, and the subordinates just want to be able to go into battle to kill the enemy and share the worries of the commander. ”

Before Xu Lang could speak, Leng Tianbing pushed the door and came in: "Why are you two hiding here, dinner is ready, let's go eat together, and talk about it after eating." ”

"Let's go, let's go eat first." Xu Lang greeted Gao Chen and left the office together.

There were several large pots of food in the war room, and all the staff officers were snoring and eating with bowls. Seeing Xu Lang and Leng Tianbing coming in, the staff officers all put down their jobs.

"Don't stop, keep eating." Xu Lang also served a bowl of rice and a few chopsticks dishes, "It's okay today, and when this plan comes out, I'll invite everyone to drink." ”

"Thank you, sir." These staff officers all know that when Xu Lang said that please drink, he must have recognized everyone's work.

Xu Lang took two mouthfuls of rice and asked Henglu Jingji, "Henglu-kun, have you discussed something?" ”