Looking at the glow shining through the cracks in the curtains, Tan Renhao thought of the days and nights of life at sea. The sunset scenery over the sea is very beautiful, especially when the weather is clear, Tan Renhao often watches the sunset on the sea antenna in the evening. He thought his idea was funny, but it was just a matter of asking a few questions, was it necessary to be so mysterious? Do you have to close the curtains of the windows, are you afraid that someone will peep outside?

"Brigadier General Tan Renhao, are you the commander of the First Task Force?"

Is this *** still asking? Tan Renhao smiled bitterly in his heart, but nodded. "Yes, I am Commodore Tan Renhao, commander of the 1st Task Force."

"You personally commanded the naval battle that broke out in the Ryukyu Basin between August 14 and 15, 1322 in the Tang calendar?" The government official who questioned him clearly knew nothing about the war.

"Yes, I personally commanded it, of course, the fleet staff also played a very important role, and there was no ...... of the staff," Tan Renhao really didn't know how to answer such an idiotic question, of course, he didn't forget to say a few more words.

"General, you just need to answer our questions." The officer glanced at Tan Renhao from the top of his nose-clipping glasses, "Did you command the whole process?" ”

"Yes, I commanded the whole process!" Tan Renhao really wanted to go up and give that guy a punch.

"So the second wave of the fleet's attack was also ordered by you to begin?"

"Yes!" Tan Renhao didn't bother to speak, did he want to order those pilots to dare to dispatch?

"So how did you confirm the results?"

Tan Renhao was shocked, and now he asked a key question. "Need a more specific or a more brief answer?"

"Brigadier General, you'd better cooperate!" A lieutenant general of the 6 Army knocked on the table with a wooden hammer: "Now we are asking you questions, you just need to answer, and not let you ask questions." ”

The two admirals on the other side laughed, and they were both on Tan Renhao's side. Of course, they can't stand up and help Tan Renhao speak.

"Well, what do you think I should say?" Tan Renhao also got on fire.

The government official struck the hammer several times. "Okay, General, you can answer as you wish."

"Well, to put it simply, I relied on the pilot's information to determine the outcome of the battle." Tan Renhao moved his buttocks, "These." In the Navy's doctrine of operations, the Fleet Commander will base his judgment on the information provided by the commander of the bomber group before returning home. Therefore, we all report on the results of the battle in accordance with the battle regulations. ”

"Then why is there such a huge error?" The government official pushed down the glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"It's simple, because it's impossible for a pilot to make a completely accurate judgment." Tan Renhao was really wondering if the other five people sitting on the ground, except for the two admirals, understood naval warfare. "The entire engagement lasted within three and a half hours, during which not all damaged ships were sunk, and the pilots were only able to judge the attack they had carried out. There is also the damage to the enemy ship to judge whether the enemy ship will sink or not. And whether it was hit hard. Only in rare cases can pilots aim enemy ships to sink as a result. These judgments are all made by inference. ”

"So is this also written in the Naval Combat Regulations?"

Tan Renhao was shocked, and now he knew that he was in big trouble. This is because there is no explicit provision in the naval combat doctrine that it can be inferred to determine whether an enemy ship has sunk or suffered heavy damage.

"I have a complete copy of the Naval Combat Doctrine here." The government official picked up a booklet: "I spent several days looking through the booklet, and there was nothing in it that stated that the commander of the naval fleet could determine the results of the battle on the basis of some circumstantial evidence and write it into the war report. General Tan Renhao, don't you think this is lying about the results of the war? ”

"But ......"

"Master Li, in fact, this is all the practice of the Navy." A vice admiral spoke. "Naval battles, unlike 6 wars, in most cases it is difficult for us to determine the enemy's losses in a short period of time by direct evidence, and ......"

"Do we, then, manage the army by convention, or do we manage the army by means of written rules and laws?" The government official glanced at the vice admiral, and his gaze fell on Tan Renhao's body again. "General Tan Renhao, do you think this is a lie about the results of the battle?"

Tan Renhao gritted his teeth, he hesitated for a moment, and said loudly: "Lord Li, I don't think this is lying about the results of the battle. ”

"Why?" The government official pushed down his glasses on the bridge of his nose again.

"Because we are soldiers, we are emperors, from the moment I swear to join the Imperial Navy and defend the interests of the empire to the death, I will never do anything to harm the interests of the empire!"

"Then how do you explain ......?"

"I don't need to explain!" Tan Renhao stood up: "There is no way to explain this. Lord Li, have you ever been on the battlefield? Have you ever seen a brutal scene on the battlefield? If you were a naval pilot, would you have been on a battlefield full of artillery fire and had to see an enemy battleship sink before leaving? If you were the commander of the fleet, would you let your best officers and men go on an adventure only to prove whether the enemy's ships were sunk or wounded? ”

"Talk about Renhao!" The lieutenant general of the 6th Army knocked on the table again: "You are not qualified to ask questions!" ”

"I'm not qualified to ask questions, so what about you?" Tan Renhao was about to go crazy: "What qualifications do you have to sit here and interrogate me?" Do you know naval warfare? Have you ever been on a battleship? How much do you know about the Navy? Do you know how to command a fierce battle? If you don't, what qualifications do you have to interrogate me! ”

The 6th Army general was immediately choked up, and then the government official knocked on the table. Two gendarmes ran in and immediately pressed Tan Renhao into a chair. Tan Renhao didn't struggle or resist, just glared at the general of the 6th Army angrily, until the other party avoided his gaze, he glanced at the seven people sitting in front of him, and then sneered.

"Okay, let's leave that out for now." The government official was probably a little weak-hearted: "Let's start the following questions, talk about General Renhao, you ......"

Tan Renhao broke away from the hands of the two gendarmes. He's calmed down.

The government official asked a few inconsequential questions, and only then did he get to the most critical issue.

"The exclusive text version of this work may not be reproduced without permission, excerpts, more latest and fastest chapters, please visit! This is the logbook and operational log of Task Force 1. The government official held up the two folders and put them down again, "which contains the voyage and battle records of the 1st Task Force between the 14th and 15th." According to the information we have obtained from these logs, the fleet received information about the Japanese Combined Fleet at 10:55 a.m. on the 15th. After this you gave the order to retreat. Is it? ”

"Yes, I gave the order to retreat."

"Why did you order a retreat?"

Finally, the most critical issue has arrived. Tan Renhao sneered and said, "First of all, the information we received has not been confirmed. ”

The government official frowned slightly, and then motioned for Tan Renhao to continue.

"The telegram from the naval command at that time claimed that there was only one suspicious radio signal, suspected to be from the radio on the battleship 'Yamato', the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and this was only a suspicion, not a confirmation. Other than that. The exact location of the Japanese Combined Fleet was not clearly stated in the telegram. It just gives the possibility of appearing in a rough sea area. In addition, there was no mention in the telegram that it was the Japanese Combined Fleet. So as any fleet commander. It was impossible to make a major decision on the basis of such an incomplete and vague telegram, and it was a major decision at the risk of sacrificing the entire fleet. ”

The government official nodded slightly, pondered for a moment, and asked, "So in other words, under the circumstances at that time, judging by your position, it is indeed possible that the Japanese Combined Fleet will appear within the sea area mentioned in the telegram?" ”

"Yes, that's possible."

"How likely is that?"

"Master Li. If we rely only on one possibility to judge the enemy's situation, then we are not directing a battle, but gambling with the enemy! Tan Renhao did not answer this question directly.

The lieutenant general of the 6th Army was about to speak again, and the government official stopped him and asked: "Then why don't you want to find a way to determine the specific location of the enemy fleet?" Judging by your logbook and logbook, you didn't give any orders at all. ”

"No orders have been given to me." Tan Renhao laughed secretly in his heart: "The reason is very simple. We don't have reconnaissance planes anymore. Most of the fighters of the 1st Task Force that can carry out reconnaissance missions are attacking the fleeing Japanese 1st Air Fleet, so it is impossible for us to send reconnaissance planes at this time! ”

Seeing that the government official nodded, Tan Renhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Obviously, this government official did not know the situation of the navy, and at that time the first task force did not have bombers that could carry out reconnaissance missions, but there were quite a few fighters, and these fighters could carry out reconnaissance missions when necessary!

"That's why you ordered the retreat?"

"No, it's just a reason!" Tan Renhao is very clever to avoid this trap, and if he answers "yes", then he will be accused of deciding the fleet's actions through his own subjective assumptions. Maybe in the Navy this is not a problem, but if it is put in front of the acting minister, then this is the problem.

"What about the other reasons?" The attitude of government officials has also been much calmer, not as sharp as it was at the beginning.

"The second reason is that we don't have enough strength anymore." Tan Renhao leaned back in his chair, and he glanced at the gendarme next to him, "Is there any smoke?" Don't mind if I smoke? ”

The government official nodded at the gendarme, pulled out a cigarette, and lit it for Tan Renhao.

"The fleet first carried out the task of bombing the Japanese Imperial Palace, and the first batch of 36 bombers, which is also the best in the fleet aviation, was sent out, and until now it has not returned to the fleet. Then we engaged the Japanese First Air Fleet, and in the early reconnaissance and battle, the fleet lost a large number of fighters, and when we received a telegram from the naval command, that is, the telegram about the possible existence of the Japanese Combined Fleet in a certain sea area, the fleet was left with only about 40 bombers, and these bombers were dealing with the Japanese First Air Fleet. At that time, no one knew how many bombers would come back. ”

"Then why don't you wait until you're sure of this news before retreating?" The lieutenant general of the 6th Army rushed to ask.

Tan Renhao laughed, and he took a long breath. "This is a naval battle, not 6 battles. We don't know how much damage there will be until the bomber group returns. Secondly, it is quite possible that these bombers will not return until 12 o'clock or even 1 o'clock in the afternoon. If the fleet had remained in its original seas, and the Japanese Combined Fleet had indeed been in the waters of the telegram and were approaching us, the fleet would have been less than a hundred and twenty nautical miles from the enemy. At this distance, it was difficult for us to organize an attack, and in fact by the end of the campaign we had less than thirty bombers left, and we could not organize a single bombing at all. So we will also retreat in the afternoon, just a few hours later than the actual situation to return to Naha. ”

After speaking, Tan Renhao sneered at the lieutenant general of the 6th Army, he was laughing at the other party, he didn't understand naval warfare, but he wanted to ask some key questions in naval warfare.

The government official sighed and said, "General Tan Renhao, your answer is very satisfying to us, and your performance in the battle has indeed proved that you are an excellent soldier. Now we will record what you say and put it in the report. As for the outcome, it is not up to us to decide, but to the Emperor Zonghan and the Emperor of the Dynasty. ”

"Then I can go now?" Tan Renhao threw away his cigarette butt and stood up.

"Yes, you can leave now, and you don't have to go back to the gendarmerie barracks." The government official also stood up, "Also, you have to remember that what we are talking about today is top secret, and I hope you don't talk to anyone about today's events, understand?" ”

Tan Renhao sneered, picked up the general's hat next to him, he glared at the lieutenant general of the 6th Army one last time, then smiled at the two admirals and nodded, turned around and strode out of the room. When the glow of the setting sun shone on his face, Tan Renhao greedily took a breath of fresh air, and the air was full of the smell of freedom!