By the time Tan Renhao figured out these three main issues, it was already the morning of July. Seeing that there were still a few hours before dawn, Tan Renhao went to sleep on the sofa. Just after half past six, he woke up, and after a hurried breakfast, Tan Renhao called Duchen to the naval headquarters. What he didn't expect was that Gan Yongxing came earlier than him.

"The principal only came back four hours ago and is now sleeping at home." Gan Yongxing seemed very energetic, and he must have slept soundly last night. "I just called, and his adjutant told me that the principal would be in the office at ten o'clock on time, and that we should get ready first, and then go straight over."

"It seems that the headmaster is also exhausted."

"Yes, it's strange to negotiate a joint operation with those allies, and the headmaster is so old, so it's not tired." Gan Yongxing brought a teacup to Tan Renhao, then took a document from the desk and threw it to Tan Renhao. "This was brought back by the principal, and it was placed on my desk early this morning, probably sent by the principal. I only roughly flipped through it, and you can see how much trouble the principal is in Tehran this time. ”

Tan Renhao hesitated for a moment, and then opened the document. After seeing the title on the homepage, Tan Renhao knew why he wanted the principal to go to Tehran in person this time, and why the chief of staff said that the principal's life in Tehran was not easy. It can be said that the meeting held in Tehran some time ago was directly related not only to the development of the final stage of the war, but also to the internal relations of the Allied bloc.

This was supposed to be a meeting of the Chiefs of Staff of the Allied Powers, and since 24 the Chiefs of Staff of the Confedient Powers have held such a meeting once a year, and the place of the meeting is not fixed. The main purpose of the meeting was to coordinate the military operations of the States and to determine the main military operations for the following year. In the past. Gan Yongxing attended the meeting, and each time it lasted about five to eight days, and the meeting would not last too long, and many issues were actually held by special personnel sent by various countries for consultation, and the chief of staff was only responsible for meeting to determine the main body of the meeting. and the main issues that need to be addressed, and then a few days of rest at the venue where the conference will be held, and maybe even a reception by the head of state if it is in the capital of the country. Take part in some social events. For example, the 25th was held in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, where the participants not only had dinner with the President of Finland, but the chiefs of staff of various countries were awarded a medal of honor for the Finnish army. And in 26 years it was held in Berlin. The German prime minister also specially arranged for dozens of courtesans to receive the chiefs of staff of various countries, and the scale of several banquets held at that time was very large, and even Gan Yongxing sighed that the Germans, who have always been serious, do have such a hand in organizing social activities.

The 27th meeting was held in Bangkok, and the venue for the 28th was decided to be in Tehran. And the meeting is tentatively scheduled for the beginning of the year. By the end of 27, the meeting was postponed to March, and by the end of 28, 28, it was postponed to 5, mainly because of the disagreements and contradictions between the Tang Empire and Germany in Europe at that time. On 5, just as Gan Yongxing was preparing to go to Tehran, he received a notice that the meeting would be upgraded and postponed to June. As a result, Renfeng had to leave Zhoushan in mid-June. Fly to Tehran to attend the Conference of Allied Commanders. And this time the meeting was attended by all the commanders of the services of the Allied powers. More than 2,000 people attended the meeting, including commanders of the Brazilian and other national and local services who had not been in the regiment for a long time. Britain, Spain, France, Italy and other countries that had already been defeated and surrendered sent representatives to observe.

It can be said that this can be regarded as the highest-level military summit of the Allied bloc during the war, and the main representatives of the empire are Nie Renfeng and Yan Dingyu, and Liao Hanxiang attended the meeting as the commander of the imperial naval aviation. Originally, it should have been Luo Yunchong, but Luo Yunchong's qualifications were too shallow, and he was busy with the landing flight at that time, so he couldn't spare time, so Liao Hanxiang had to deal with the air force commanders of those allied countries.

It was Germany that proposed to escalate the conference, and relations between the Tang Empire and Germany had already improved, and the proposal to upgrade the meeting of chiefs of staff to a meeting of commanders based on the principles of mutual trust and sincere cooperation was quickly agreed to by other countries. Of course, the reason for the escalation of the conference is by no means so simple, and if we look at the goals that countries hope to achieve at this conference, perhaps it is more appropriate to have the heads of state attend the meeting, and it is impossible for the heads of the armed forces alone to solve many substantive problems. It was precisely because the issues that needed to be discussed at the meeting were too in-depth and the goals that the countries hoped to achieve were too high, that the meeting lasted for more than ten days, and in the end, not much agreement and consensus could be reached.

The intention of holding such a high-level meeting at the end of the war was very obvious. By the beginning of 28, victory was no longer far from the Allied bloc. Especially before the start of the conference, Britain had already been defeated, only the United States continued to resist, and almost all countries believed that the war would end in 29 years at the latest. After several years of fierce warfare and a huge price, the members of the Allied bloc naturally hope to reap more benefits from the victory and ensure their interests to the greatest extent. That is to say, it was a meeting to divide interests, a meeting to prepare for the finalization of the post-war world pattern by the heads of state of the Allied countries.

But the problem is that the war was not over at that time, and there was no doubt that the Empire would be the one who contributed the most to the war, and it would certainly be the one that benefited the most, and the other member states wanted to get more benefits from the Empire, rather than being sidelined after the war was over. Even Brazil, a few countries that have just entered the war, want to seize this opportunity to reap some benefits, let alone other countries. In addition, several of the defeated countries that participated in the meeting as bystanders certainly hoped to gain some benefits from the Big Three in order to secure their post-war status.

Anyway, almost all the attendees at the time thought it was a meeting to share the victory. It is precisely because of this that Nie Renfeng and Yan Dingyu affirmed to reporters from various countries that they had come to interview reporters on the day they arrived in Tehran that this was not a meeting to share the fruits of victory, but a meeting to work hard to achieve a final victory. With the speeches of these two heavyweights, the other participants also realized that the Tang Empire would not have come to cut the cake of victory so early, and it can be said that as long as the war was not over, the Tang Empire would not consider providing non-military assistance to other countries, let alone discussing post-war benefits

。 The words of Renfeng and Yan Dingyu also represented the intention of the Tang Empire government> and the main body of the meeting was quickly determined, that is, how to defeat the last enemy as quickly as possible!

This main topic did not become the most concerned topic at the meeting, because until this time, only the Tang Empire, as well as a few weak allies such as Mexico, participated in the war against the United States, while strong allies such as Germany and the Persian Empire did not participate in the fighting in the Americas. In the eyes of many people, how to defeat the United States is the business of the Tang Empire, not the entire Allied bloc, and this is definitely the last thing the empire wants to see. 1c209a

At that time, the most common question raised by the other allies at the meeting was how the Tang Empire would help them restore and expand their military strength. After all, this is an army summit, and economic issues are not on the scope of discussion, and only military issues can be raised. Renfeng and Yan Dingyu are trying their best to avoid these questions, to put it bluntly, if there is no investment, how can there be a return?

On the third day of the meeting, both Nie Renfeng and Yan Dingyu realized that if they did not make their positions clear, then the meeting would be entangled in some minor issues, and it would be impossible to discuss major issues. On the same day, after consulting Prime Minister Xue Xiyue, the two made their position clear at the afternoon meeting, that is, military aid is directly linked to investment in the war with the United States. In other words, if any country wants to receive military assistance from the Tang Empire, it must participate in the war against the United States, and the amount of military aid it can invest will directly determine the amount of military aid it can receive.

At this point, the meeting can be regarded as entering the official topic. But the problem was that when the various member states recognized the attitude of the Tang Empire, the plenary meeting became secondary, starting that evening. Representatives of various countries visited Renfeng and Yan Dingyu separately one after another, hoping to obtain more benefits through bilateral agreements. This can exhaust the two old men, Renfeng and Yan Dingyu. And Yan Dingyu's health was not very good, and on June 23, Yan Dingyu returned to the empire with physical discomfort, and almost all the burden was on Nie Renfeng's body. If it weren't for Liao Hanxiang's assistance at that time, I'm afraid Nie Renfeng would have returned to China a long time ago.

Relatively. Such bilateral consultations are more advantageous to the Empire, so that different policies can be adopted for different countries. According to the Empire's usual strategy, this is also an effective way to control the Allied bloc. For example, the Empire's attitude towards its two allies, the Kingdom of Korea and the Kingdom of Thailand, was relatively conciliatory. No too high demands were made. Finland was treated much harsherly, since Finland was a close ally of Germany and had been secretly supporting Germany, and there was no reason for the Reich to give Finland too much aid.

In dozens of bilateral talks. The most important were the two talks with the representatives of Germany and Persia. At that time, the Tang Empire was hesitating whether to land on the American mainland, one of the main reasons was the fear of suffering huge losses in the ground war on the American mainland, which would lead to a serious decline in national strength. Let Germany and Persia choose the cheapest. In addition, the Reich was very dissatisfied with the attitude of Germany not taking the initiative to participate in the war against the United States, and Persia only saying that it would not move. Therefore, when the naval commanders of Germany and Persia expressed their desire to purchase more warships from the Tang Empire, Nie Renfeng did not make any concessions at all, and bluntly said that if Germany and Persia did not make greater contributions in the war, the local shipyards of the Tang Empire could only produce more warships for their own navy to defeat the United States, and there was no spare shipbuilding capacity to meet the needs of Germany and Persia. That's a kind of polite remark. To put it bluntly, as long as Germany and Persia do not help. Don't even think about getting military aid from the Tang Empire!

It can be said that Nie Renfeng's attitude was extremely tough at that time, especially in terms of military aid to Germany, and he did not make any concessions. At that time, Raeder proposed to repair the three battered battleships for Germany as soon as possible (these three battleships had been parked in the port of Kiel, because the German shipyards could not repair them because of the lack of necessary facilities and accessories), Nie Renfeng immediately took over the three battleships sold to Germany with the shipyards of the empire were all full, and there was no extra dockyard to receive the three battleships sold to Germany. When Raeder proposed to purchase relevant supporting spare parts from the Tang Empire and repair the three battleships by himself, Nie Renfeng rejected Raeder's request on the grounds that the Imperial Navy had stopped the construction of the "New Provincial Capital" class and the production line of related spare parts had been closed. In the end, when Raeder proposed to buy spare parts from the Tang Empire's naval reserves, Nie Renfeng rejected Raeder's request again on the grounds that several battleships of the Imperial Navy had also been injured and the spare parts in reserve had been consumed.

This little thing shows how dissatisfied the Reich was with the Germans' behavior of watching the fire from the other side. Moreover, the attitude of Renfeng is not the attitude of the Imperial Navy that is represented, but the attitude of the Prime Minister of the Reich. If you only look at it from the perspective of the navy, Nie Renfeng definitely wants to help Raeder repair the three battleships, so that the German navy can also contribute to the war. But before Xue Xiyue nodded, it was impossible for Nie Renfeng to make concessions.

It was precisely because of the Empire's hard-line attitude that Persia was the first to make concessions, saying that it would fulfill its promises, and then entered into more in-depth bilateral negotiations with the representatives of the Empire, and signed a detailed bilateral military cooperation agreement at the end of July. According to the agreement, the Persian Empire will send the navy and army to participate in the war against the United States in stages, and the Tang Empire will also provide military assistance to the Persian Empire in stages, including designing and building new aircraft carriers for it, selling more battleships, and assisting the Persian Empire in building a new fighter production line, selling new fighters, tanks and other equipment production technology to the Persian Empire, and conducting more in-depth cooperation in the research of some emerging technologies.

The Germans were quick to make concessions, as the attitude of watching from the other side of the strait was contrary to the fundamental principles of the Allied bloc. Because Germany was the second most powerful power in the Central Powers after the Tang Empire, the issue of Germany's participation in the war against the United States would be more complicated, and the negotiation work would be more difficult. Coupled with the strategic contradictions between the Tang Empire and Germany at that time, it also took more time.

As bilateral negotiations on all sides gradually unfolded, Nie Renfeng returned to the empire in early July. It can be said that his operation was only a prelude, and the real negotiations were completed after his departure from Tehran, and the representatives of various countries were completed, and this was also the last large-scale military cooperation within the Allied bloc.