When they came to the "Longgan Lake", Hao Dongjue and Chang Jianxin felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong.

"What happened?" Hao Dongjue stopped Zhu Rongzhe.

Zhu Rongzhe glanced in the direction of the commander's cabin. At first, Jiang Zhongmin came, and talked alone with General Tan in the conference room for a while, and then Jiang Zhongmin left, and now General Tan is still looking at the map in the command cabin, and no one dares to provoke him."

"What did Jiang Zhongmin say?" Chang Jianxin followed up and asked.

"I don't know. Anyway, after he left, General Tan asked me to invite you over, and besides, the order for the fleet to turn to the ground was also given by General Tan, and he hasn't told us the reason yet."

Chang Jianxin and Hao Dongjue glanced at each other, this is not good news.

"Let's go to the command cabin first, maybe General Tan's temper is a little better now."

When he came to the command cabin, Tan Renhao was staring intently, lying motionless on the chart table. The two walked up and took a look, only to find that Tan Renhao was looking at a sea chart of an archipelago.

"You're here?" Tan Renhao raised his head, "Let's go to the conference room and talk, Xiao Zhu, bring the chart, besides, make three cups of tea, you can drink whatever you want."

Dongjue and Chang Jianxin had already sensed that something was not quite right on Tan Renhao, and neither of them was in a hurry to ask, but followed Tan Renhao into the conference room.

"Jiang Zhongmin has been here, you should know, right?" Tan Renhao said as he invited the two of them to sit down.

"I just heard, it seems that he has come to trouble us again."

"Yes, this time it's trouble that came to the door."

Zhu Rongzhe walked in with the map, and the two staff officers went out after bringing in four cups of tea.

"Right now, the fighting on the Monrovia side isn't over. But we don't have to be nosy, Jiang Zhongmin didn't ask us to support him in attacking Monrovia, he himself has enough strength to take down Monrovia."

"Why?" The look of the Chang recommended Xindi has also changed.

"He's got what he does? If he had enough strength, then Monrovia would be under our control by now. For more than 20 days, not to mention Monrovia, even San Francisco has been defeated."

Tan Renhao sneered. Since he says he can do it, then we think he can do it. There's no need to get involved."

"And what does he mean?" Chang Jianxin is not as impulsive as Hao Dongjue.

"We've got a new land mission." Tan Renhao asked Zhu Rongzhe to spread the charts on the table." Our target is the Cape Verde Islands, and now the Second Fleet is responsible for attacking Monrovia, and we are responsible for attacking the Cape Verde Islands."

■Dong Jue and Chang recommended the new encirclement. Both eyes fell on the charts.

The Cape Verde archipelago has a total of fifteen large and small islands. It had been a Portuguese colony before. Although Portugal has been politically neutral and did not participate in this war, in reality, Portugal has been secretly supporting and assisting countries such as Britain and France. The port of Praia, the Cape Verde archipelago, was leased to the British for 22 years and is under the care of the British army, which has been one of the bases for the activities of the British fleet and fleet in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and the west coast of Africa.

"Where's the Marines who are with us?" Chang Zhixin first raised the question.

"Arrived in ten days. This is the land that Jiang Zhongmin promised, but we can't pin our hopes on someone else's land." Tan Renhao brought the documents to Chang Zhixin." This is the information we collected earlier about the Cape Verde Islands, and I started to take a look at it, maybe not the Marines. We can all lay down the Cape Verde Islands."

"How can you fight without the Marines?" Hao Dongjue was also annoyed, "The fleet is at most control and blockade. If you want to get to the islands, you'll have to rely on the Marines."

"To be precise, we have a Marine Corps. It's just a little smaller." Tan Renhao laughed, "Don't forget. There is a squad on each battleship, or a platoon of marines, and if these officers and men are organized, what to say. There are also one or two camp troops."

■Dongjue glanced at Tan Renhao in surprise, and then shook his head, as if Tan Renhao was joking with him.

"There is only one point in the attack on the Cape Verde Islands, and that is Puerto Praia." Tan Renhao clicked on the chart, "This is the only place that is worthy of our troops to attack the territory. Because there are no airfields or ports on the other islands, we don't even need to send troops over, and there is no need to even bomb the ground."

"But there must be quite a few British troops on the island."

"I've thought about it. This information was collected six months ago, and some of it was a year ago." Tan Renhao glanced at the documents that he usually recommended for novices. The British are now defending Monrovia in full force. And the British Southern African Korps is only about 100,000 people in total. Now that 60,000 have been committed, how many Mongol troops can be deployed in Praia? ”

■Dong Jue didn't ask any more questions, he took the document from the novice and read it carefully.

"But that doesn't mean Praia is easy to capture." Chang recommended a new cigarette.

"Here's the problem, I reckon. Praia won't have many enemies." Tan Renhao sat down, "First of all, Praia is a leased land, not a British colony, and the main defenders of the Cape Verde Islands are the Portuguese army, and probably less than 2,000 troops will definitely fight against us. And now, Spain has surrendered. France has been defeated, and there is only one lonely overseas place in Europe, Britain, except for Italy, which is crumbling and eager to surrender early. I'm willing to bet you that even if we occupied all of the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal would at best protest and not dare to take any action, especially if we were to occupy Puerto Praia, not the entire Cape Verde Islands."

"What about the British troops stationed in Praia?"

"There's no need to worry about this. Praia is nothing more than a leasehold for the British, and there are other ports on the west coast of Africa that can replace the port of Praia. What's more, the island of Santiago, where the port of Playa is located, is just an isolated island, and it is more fortified with the back of the mainland. Or is it stronger to defend on silos? Now that the British fleet is trapped on the mainland, and their commander will not be unaware that the port of Playa cannot be held at all, then there will not be too many British troops in the port of Praia, and maybe there will be no British troops stationed there at all.

Chang Jianxin nodded slightly, these analyses are reasonable.

"But we can't just guess, can we?" Hao Dongjue put down the documents in his hand.

"So, we can send a force to the island of Santiago to find out the situation first. Didn't we have a group of ground marines who were specifically responsible for rescuing pilots? They should be familiar with the way of acting in concealment, reconnaissance, and search on the island, right? After we rush over, let them go up first. And then there will be bombing and blockade. As long as we are sure that there is no main force of the enemy in the port of Praia, then we do not need the support of the marines, and the use of the officers and men of the marines in the fleet will be enough to take the port of Praia."

■Dong Jue and Chang Jianxin glanced at each other, and still felt that Tan Renhao's proposal was very risky.

"Of course, if it's the other way around, then we'll wait patiently for a few days, as soon as the Marines arrive. Then it won't be a big problem to lay down the entire Cape Verde Islands."

"Ren Hao," Chang Jianxin leaned on the table, "Do we need to rush for time?" ”

Tan Renhao glanced at Chang Jianxin, and then laughed. You mean, because of my personal grudge with Jiang Zhongmin, I made a blind . Decide irrationally? ”

Chang Jie Xin did not answer this question. That's actually what he meant.

"Old. We've known each other for a few years, right? Do you think I'm that kind of person? ”

Chang Jian Xindi's gaze still did not change, Tan Renhao looked at Hao Dongjue again, and it was obvious that Dongjue also had the same question.

"Come on, you two are still using me as a prisoner." Tan Renhao leaned back in his chair. Okay, I'll admit it, I do feel very angry about Jiang Zhongmin, and I do want to give him some color, especially after he came to me today and said those words. I even wanted to throw him out into the sea to feed the sharks. However, I am not the impulsive person, nor am I the kind of person who can't control my personal feelings. Do you really believe that I will ignore the interests of the Empire because of my personal vendettas? ”

"So, what is the reason for attacking the Cape Verde Islands in such a hurry?" Chang Jianxin asked directly this time.

Tan Renhao took a sip of tea, and then said: "Before leaving, you should also know that the Third Fleet has completed the combat operation in the Hawaiian Islands, and has finished its rest, and is now heading for the Caribbean, right?" ”

Chang Jianxin and Hao Dongjue nodded at the same time. Of course they know about it.

"Judging from the current arrangement of the Imperial Navy. The Third Fleet will be responsible for sweeping the Caribbean. Advance the front to the U.S. mainland, and even support the Marines in attacking Cuba, the Bahamas, and even Bermuda." Tan Renhao didn't speak quickly, because there were some things that he couldn't tell Chang Jianxin and Hao Dongjue, and he had to think about it before he said it." And we will go north in conjunction with the Second Fleet, aiming at the fortress of Gibraltar and the British. We're going to get to the British mainland before the Germans. For us, the resistance of the British army is not the greatest problem, time is our greatest enemy. Now, do you understand what I mean? ”

The two still haven't figured it out, because the Cape Verde Islands are not actually the most important base for the northward movement.

"Now, our two main fleets are fighting here, and if we concentrate on the ground to act, the combat efficiency will definitely be much lower. After conquering the Cape Verde Islands, there will be the Canary Islands and Madeira Islands in the north, and these will all be attacked." Tan Renhao is trying to convince the two partners. So we have to lay down the Cape Verde Islands as soon as possible. It is also hoped that the Second Fleet will be able to take Monrovia as soon as possible, and then we will attack the Canary Islands and Madeira, and quickly capture the fortress of Gibraltar. As for the attack on British soil, we will certainly need more support and assistance, and we will certainly have a decisive battle with the British fleet at some point, so we must complete the offensive operation as soon as possible, whether it is the First Fleet or the Second Fleet. It was a bit difficult to deal with the British fleet alone. Isn't it? ”

"Then what is your relationship with Jiang Zhongmin?" Chang Jianxin asked the questions he was more concerned about.

"It's not good, it's not bad." Tan Renhao stood up, "This time it wasn't me who took the initiative to provoke competition, it was Jiang Zhongmin who offered us to attack the Cape Verde Islands. I don't understand what he thinks, I just know that now we have to speed up. It is possible that the US Navy will recover in the middle of this year

The strength of the foreign fleet should not be underestimated, if only the Third Fleet is fighting on the other side of the Atlantic at that time, it will certainly be very difficult, do not forget, the Third Fleet has no battleships, all aircraft carriers, if the US military chooses the location at a more appropriate time, then the Third Fleet is unlikely to defeat the opponent. Therefore. We must defeat Britain as soon as possible, join forces with the Third Fleet, jointly encircle and suppress the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet, and finally seize control of the Atlantic Ocean and lay the foundation for us to attack the US mainland. Now, you guys should get it, right? ”

This time, Chang Jianxin and Hao Dongjue were silent. It makes sense to talk about Renhao. The western front of the Atlantic has advanced to the Caribbean, while the eastern Atlantic is still standing still, and if it cannot speed up, then it will give the enemy more opportunities to counterattack.

"Now, what's your opinion?" Talking about Renhao also has a showdown, there are enough words, and there is no point in talking about it.

"When are we going to do it?" Hao Dongjue no longer doubted Tan Renhaodi's motives.

"The fleet has turned, and it will probably be able to reach the combat area the day after tomorrow, and we will come up with the relevant ground battle plan within these two days. Chang, do you have any comments? ”

"It's better to find out the situation first, it's not enough to just send a reconnaissance unit."

"Yes, we have to arrange for a reconnaissance plane." Tan Renhao nodded at the two of them, "Then, it's still the old rule, Dongjue is in charge of aviation, and Lao Chang is in charge of reconnaissance troops' operations, and I will contact the rear to see when Jiang Zhongmin promised to give us the ground marines can arrive."

Subsequently. Tan Renhao deployed the specific tasks, and Chang Jianxin and Hao Dongjue also quickly left. If Tan Renhao felt very annoyed after meeting Jiang Zhongmin, and even talked like a beating, then when Chang Jianxin and Hao Dongjue arrived, he had completely calmed down. It doesn't make much sense to go to the Monrovia side of the battle, and it's even more important to attack the Cape Verde Islands alone. Maybe Jiang Zhongmin thought that this would kill Tan Renhao's army, but in fact, he gave up another precious opportunity to Tan Renhao.