When Tan Renhao arrived at the wedding site, the wedding was already over. Except for Hao Dongjue's parents, who are still settling expenses with the hotel, the others have left one after another. This made Tan Renhao feel a little disappointed, he was still a step late, and when he asked about the situation and was about to go to find Hao Dongjue, he saw Liao Hanxiang walking in from outside the hotel.

"Dad, why are you here?"

"I heard that you came back today, so I went to pick you up at the airport, but I was a step too late.

Liao Hanxiang said, and motioned for Tan Renhao to go outside to talk, "I knew you would come here, how are you on the way?" ”

"Not bad, but I'm still a step late." Tan Renhao sighed, "What about the others?" ”

"Dongjue and Qinglian have gone back to where they live, and Yingyu has already returned to Zhoushan with your parents." Liao Hanxiang got into the car first, and after Tan Renhao followed, he continued, "I'm also going back to Guam." I heard that the talks went relatively smoothly, that we had reached an agreement with Germany that the Germans were ready to launch a general offensive in August? ”

"Yes, the plan is like this, the talks are not very smooth, there are no big troubles, there are many small problems." Tan Renhao shrugged his shoulders, "You're in a hurry to go back to Guam, is there something big?" ”

"When you go to Tehran, the marshal has given us an order to plan a battle plan for attacking Midway, and then he can make new arrangements. I had already arranged this a few days ago, and I was still a little uneasy, so I was going to go back and watch it, so as not to make any mistakes. Liao Hanxiang glanced at his son-in-law, "I'll give you a ride, maybe you will arrive before Xiaoyu and them." ”

Tan Renhao did not refuse. Originally, he wanted to go back to Zhoushan directly, he had a lot of things to report to the principal, and coming to Songjiang was just a private matter on the way.

That same evening. Tan Renhao returned to Zhoushan, shortly after he arrived home. His wife and parents also returned. At dinner, everyone was talking about what happened at the wedding during the day.

Tan Qinglian did not return to Zhoushan, Hao Dongjue had already rented a house in Songjiang, which could be regarded as a short, close-up honeymoon. And Hao Dongjue still had to go to the training class to study. After the training is over, they will first go back to Hao Dongjue's hometown and have a banquet for Hao's relatives, and then Hao Dongjue will return to the headquarters to report.

"So, Hao Dongjue is still a very shy person?" Listening to his wife talk about how those young officers at the banquet tricked Hao Dongjue, Tan Renhao laughed, "This kid is also in the sky, who told him to come and tease me that day." However, if he is thin-skinned, there will be no thick-skinned people in this world. ”

"You're pretty much the same. Don't laugh at people. Liao Yingyu smiled and shook his head, "I read in the newspaper that this time it was to entertain you generals." The emperor of the Persian Empire also set up a state banquet to entertain you, how does the roasted camel taste? ”

"Roast camels?" Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "It seems that there are indeed roasted camels." There are roasted lizards or something, but I'm not from Cantonese, so I'm not interested in this. ”

"So you've been in meetings?"

Tan Renhao nodded. "I had meetings for six days, and on the last day I went to visit the royal guards of the Persian Empire. We are not going to travel, we were originally scheduled to go to a few places of interest today, but the chief of staff was in a hurry to come back, and in the end we still didn't catch up with the little sister and their wedding, it's a pity! ”

"Ren Hao, you go all the way, go and rest early." Tan Jingkang glanced at his son, who was a little excited, "Xiaoyu, you are the same, you all go to rest early, and we will clean up the dishes and chopsticks later." ”

Tan Renhao and his wife glanced at each other, and immediately slipped away. Of course, they didn't go to bed so early, but hid in their bedrooms and talked until midnight, until they couldn't open their eyelids, and then they fell asleep.

After Gan Yongxing returned to the Navy Headquarters, he went to report the results of the meeting to the president. The next day, after Tan Renhao went to the Navy Headquarters to report, he was immediately called to the principal's office.

"I heard, you didn't catch up with Hao Dongjue's wedding with your sister?" Nie Renfeng still cares about his students, "It's a pity, if you can start two hours early, you should be able to catch up." ”

"It's nothing, I've got a gift for them, they're going to love it." Tan Renhao did feel a little sorry. Since he was a child, he had a good relationship with his sister, but he did not attend the most important wedding in his sister's life, which made him feel that he was a bit derelict as an older brother.

"According to the chief of staff, this meeting is not going very well?" Nie Renfeng brought the teacup over, "You are a little puzzled by our strategic assistance to Germany, thinking that we are trading at a loss, don't you?" ”

"Headmaster, the chief of staff must have told you, right? I'm just a little confused. ”

Nie Renfeng sat down with a smile. "This isn't something you should care about. From this meeting, do you think it is possible for the Germans to defeat France before the middle of next year? ”

"This ......" Tan Renhao frowned, "Based on my personal feelings, the problem shouldn't be very big, it's just that I'm a naval admiral and I don't know much about ground warfare, so ......"

"Yan Dingyu just called me, do you know who he sent over?"

"Who?" Tan Renhao immediately became interested.

After the matter of the Imperial Armored Expeditionary Force was confirmed at the meeting, Tan Renhao judged that this time Yan Dingyu would definitely arrange a general who was good at attacking, knew armored operations very well, and had a good view of the overall situation to serve as the commander of the Armored Expeditionary Force.

"Gu Xunlei."

"Him?" Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed, "No wonder he was so active in the past few days, it seems that he has long known that he will be the commander of the armored expeditionary force, so he wants to have a good relationship with the German generals, so that it will be more convenient to go to Germany to fight." And who was the commander-in-chief of the German army, Manstein? ”

"Yes, it was Manstein who planned the general offensive, and if nothing else, then he would also be in command of the strategic offensive on the Western Front." Nie Renfeng laughed, "The one in charge of the defense command on the Eastern Front should be Moder, in addition." Most of the German armored commanders will be assigned to the Western Front, and it is heard that Guderian, Rommel and others will fight on the Western Front. Those who remained on the Eastern Front were basically the commanders of the former infantry corps. ”

"That is, Germany will transfer all their main armored forces to the Western Front? But the problem is. Why do they want us to send an expeditionary force? "The text version of the .1 text version was first released

"Germany should have been preparing reserves, not immediately throwing all the Panzer armies to the front." Nie Renfeng brought a document, "This is an analysis report given to us by the General Staff of the Army, which has made a relatively comprehensive analysis of the offensive tactics that the German army may adopt on the battlefield on the Western Front. Judging by the fighting in the past three years. The Germans had several chances to reach Paris, but in the end, they all ran out of reserves too quickly, resulting in the final attack becoming the end of the crossbow and being routed by the British and French forces. Geographically, the Western European battlefield does not have the huge depth of the Eastern European battlefield, and as long as it breaks through the mountains of northern France, then France will be completely defeated. The French defenses in its northern part were very dense, and the attacking forces were sure to be quickly depleted. Therefore, Germany asked us to provide armored corps, the most important purpose was to leave their troops behind as reserves. Sufficient reserves are the basic guarantee of victory. ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, this is a difference between land warfare and naval warfare at the campaign level. In a naval campaign, there is no talk of reserve ground. From the beginning of the engagement, the key to victory is to defeat the opponent with all its strength, and no admiral will keep a strong reserve for himself in the battle. On the contrary, in land warfare. Whether it is tactical, campaignal, or strategic, sufficient reserves are the key to victory, and whoever commits all his forces from the beginning will also lose.

"We don't have anything to worry about over there. I have already asked Wu Xianyu to arrange the transfer of the Strategic Strike Force, and the fighter unit of the HNA will also be transferred to Germany as soon as possible. As for the agreements with the Persian Empire, we are already fulfilling them. Nie Renfeng crossed his hands, "Judging from the information provided by the army, at the end of this year, that is, after the army adjusts the defense line of the mainland battlefield, it can transfer eighty divisions to the Pacific theater, of which there are about ten armored divisions. ”

"So we still plan to land in Australia in March?"

"Yes, the battle plan for landing in Australia has not changed, and we are assisted by eighty army divisions, not the fifty divisions previously estimated." Nie Renfeng nodded, "Our preparations will be completed by the end of February next year, and this time we will probably put in thousands of transport ships and landing fleets, and gather at least 250 warships to participate in landing operations."

All four task forces operating in the Pacific Theater will take part in this campaign. I am in charge of Gan Yongxing for the specific plan, and now I am only coming up with a general strategic plan, while the Southwest Pacific Theater is responsible for the implementation of the specific campaign. ”

"Then we must crush the US Navy before that, at least to maintain maritime superiority until the middle of next year, or even the end of next year."

"No, we should maintain the advantage until the end of the war." Nie Renfeng corrected Tan Renhao's words, "The U.S. Navy will definitely recover in July." I have already asked Liao Hanxiang to go back and make a plan for attacking Midway, and in addition, in early next month, Gan Guozhong will concentrate his forces on attacking Port Moresby before marching on the New Hebrides. ”

"The battle plan for the Southwest Pacific Theater has been decided?" Tan Renhao was a little surprised, Yan Guozhong's speed in formulating the battle plan was still very fast.

"It's largely decided, and now all that's missing is a complete battle plan."

Nie Renfeng paused, his expression fluctuated slightly, "After the Battle of the Solomon Islands ended, the U.S. Army has reinforced about two divisions of troops to Port Moresby, and the difficulty of capturing Port Moresby has increased a lot.

"Task Force 4 has not been able to stop the American reinforcements?" Tan Renhao was shocked again.

"The Fourth Task Force left the Southwest Pacific Theater yesterday, and now the US Third Fleet has three small aircraft carriers and some escort warships. Considering the current situation of the Fourth Task Force, I have asked Huang Xiaotian and them to withdraw back. Nie Renfeng sighed, "Until the First Task Force and the Second Task Force are back in combat, we will not rush to reinforce the fleet in the Southwest Pacific Theater. In addition, Task Force 4 is also preparing for a rearmament.

If the U.S. Navy strikes back in July, then we need to get the fleet ready to leave by July. In addition, considering our strategic offensive actions in the direction of Midway, it is also very important to keep the four fleets in the rear for the time being in order to confuse the enemy and prevent the American forces from making correct judgments. ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly. "Then the most important thing now is to take Port Moresby and attack Midway before the U.S. counterattacks."

"Maybe not so quickly, we lost a lot of marines in the Solomon Islands campaign, we lost a lot of landing ships and transport ships, and now most of the landing ships are repaired in the rear, and there are problems with the sea force. In order to capture Midway, it is first necessary to deal with the US air force, and without aircraft carriers, it is simply impossible to do so. Nie Renfeng smiled bitterly, he rarely showed this kind of expression. Before July, it was almost impossible for us to attack Midway. That is, we may be fighting in two directions at the same time. ”

"That depends on the direction of the counterattack chosen by the U.S. military."

"This is basically certain, the U.S. military will definitely hold Port Moresby, and if they have control over the Coral Sea and the Solomon Sea, they will also counterattack the Solomon Islands. In other words, if we still decide to attack Midway, we must be prepared to fight two battles at the same time. ”

Regarding the meaning of the principal's words, Tan Renhao is still very clear. If the Navy were to be forced to fight on two battlefields, the pressure would be enormous.

"Headmaster, what can I do now?"

"Let's assist the Chief of Staff in completing our overall strategic plan." Nie Renfeng stood up, "You don't need to worry about the affairs of the fleet, I will arrange someone to take care of it for you." After Hao Dongjue returns, let him go back to the fleet first. ”

Tan Renhao nodded a little reluctantly, he didn't need to ask this question at all, anyway, the principal would not let him leave the Navy Command.