In the next few days, Tan Renhao really didn't do anything serious, Gan Yongxing gave him time to familiarize himself with the current war situation first, Nie Renfeng would not come back too soon, so there was no need to talk about Renhao preparing for the attack on the Hawaiian Islands too early. In fact, on the issue of attacking the Hawaiian Islands, Tan Renhao really had nothing to do, the fleet's battle plan was in charge of Huang Xiaotian, and Tan Renhao couldn't understand the battle plan of other troops, so after returning to the Navy Headquarters, Tan Renhao found himself an idler.

After Duchenne sent the large stack of documents, Tan Renhao couldn't be idle. Fighting in the southwest Pacific for nearly two months, and in these two months, many things happened that even Tan Renhao could not imagine. It can be said that after 25 years of counterattacks and the decline of the first half of 26 years, the strength of the imperial navy and army finally broke out completely under internal pressure and external challenges. In the past two months, not only the navy has frequently reported successes, but the army has also been no less impressive. The first thing Tan Renhao read was the army's combat report on the Russian battlefield, which was also the combat report that had the least to do with the navy.

The operation to attack Russia went smoothly, and the army units basically completed their tasks ahead of schedule, advancing faster than all parties had estimated in advance, and if there was a problem, the only problem was that the combat operations of the German army did not meet the expected requirements.

At that time, the Tang Empire, Germany, and the Persian Empire, the three major belligerent powers, had a secret agreement that after the victory over Russia, the occupation zone would be divided according to the Line of Actual Control of the three countries. To put it bluntly, the more power whoever contributes to the war, then the more occupied areas will be acquired, and the larger the area of control after the war. Although this agreement does not fundamentally agree to a straightforward Russia. But the occupation itself implies interests, especially post-war interests. It was also after this secret agreement was reached. Only then did the three countries mobilize heavy troops to attack Russia and gain more benefits for themselves.

In terms of the overall strategic division of labor, the offensive destination of the Tang Imperial Army was Moscow. The German offensive was St. Petersburg, while the Persian Empire was attacking southern Russia centered on Kiev. According to the estimates of the Tang Empire's army before the war, at the time of the victory over Russia, the Tang Empire would control half of Russia's territory, but most of it would be uninhabited areas. Germany will control thirty percent of the Russian lands. Mainly in the western and northwestern regions of Russia. The Persian Empire would control two percent of Russia's lands, mainly southern Russia. In addition, Finland and several other countries will occupy part of the territory of Russia. As for how to deal with Russia after the war, the question has not yet been discussed in the negotiations, and now the first task is to defeat Russia and completely defeat this hostile country that threatens the Tang Empire, Germany, and the Persian Empire.

In order to defeat Russia as soon as possible, the Tang Imperial Army attacked from the very beginning, and the momentum of the offensive was unstoppable. On the one hand. This allowed the Tang Empire to occupy more areas. For example, the area around the Caspian Sea, which was supposed to be under the control of the Persian Empire, as well as the eastern part of the Black Sea, were also controlled by the Tang Empire, leaving only a land passage for the Persian Empire. But on the other hand, this also increased the pressure on the Tang Imperial Army, after all, Moscow was the capital of Russia. In the event that the capital is threatened, the Russian army will definitely desperately defend the capital, even at the expense of transferring troops from St. Petersburg and Kyiv to defend the capital.

The encirclement of Moscow was never completed, and the stubborn resistance of the Russian army caused great trouble to the Tang Imperial Army. The operation, which was supposed to be completed at the end of July, dragged on until early August without success. The problem was not with the Don Imperial Army, but with the Germans.

According to the agreement between the Tang Imperial Army and the German army, the Tang Imperial Army would be responsible for attracting the main Russian army in Moscow, and the German army must assist the Tang Imperial Army in taking Moscow from the north before attacking St. Petersburg. Finally achieve the goal of encircling Moscow. That is, the Army of the Don Empire was only responsible for encircling Moscow in three other directions. The northern barrier was left to the Germans. As early as the beginning of July, the Imperial Army had already completed encirclement operations in three directions, and its advance troops even reached a distance of several tens of kilometers outside Moscow. However, the problem was that the Germans were slow to capture Moscow from the north, and as a result, the Russian army in Moscow was still able to obtain outside support and continue to resist the attack of the Imperial Army.

At that time, the task of the German army was to attack Yaroslavl and cut off the railway lines between Moscow and Arkhangelsk, as well as Murmansk. But until the beginning of August, the Germans were still tossing and turning in Bologoye, and there were still hundreds of kilometers from Yaroslavl! And it was precisely because they were not able to capture this transportation hub that as a result, the Russian army in Moscow received a large amount of combat materials, and even replenished its troops for a time, causing the Tang Imperial Army to stop outside Moscow.

At that time, most of Russia's industry was relocated to the northern regions, centered on Arkhangelsk and Murmansk. These two ports are also where Russia receives U.S. aid. With most of the country's mineral areas lost and most of its factories falling into enemy hands before they could be relocated, Russia's only hope is to receive strategic assistance from the United States. At that time, Russia was one of the main countries supported by the United States, and after the United Kingdom, Russia received the most strategic assistance.

Almost every day ships arrive in Murmansk or Arkhangelsk. Judging by the information obtained after the war, from the end of 24 to the defeat of Russia in 26, the export of strategic materials by the United States to Russia totaled 36 million tons. Most of these materials are finished or semi-finished products. Take steel as an example, in 25 years, the United States provided Russia with 3.5 million tons of steel, which is enough for Russia to build tens of thousands of tanks. In the same year, 2.1 million tons of oil, 250,000 tons of aluminum ingots and 3.5 million tons of food were exported to Russia. In addition, a large number of tanks, aircraft, artillery, ammunition and other materials were continuously delivered to these two ports through the Arctic Ocean route. It is precisely these war materials, as well as equipment and ammunition, that support Russia, and without the strategic assistance of the United States, Russia may have been defeated in 25 years.

In a strategic sense. Murmansk and Arkhangelsk are heavier than Moscow, and these two ports are built. Russia is finished. But the problem is that at that time, it was neither Germany nor the Tang Empire. Neither of them was able to directly attack these two ports. Although Finland has already sent troops to attack Murmansk, there is nothing to hope for in the combat effectiveness of the Finnish army, and after more than two years of fighting, it has advanced less than 100 kilometers, and it is still hundreds of kilometers away from Murmansk!

In order to strangle Russia. Since 24, the German Navy has made the Arctic Ocean route a key hunting area. At that time, on average, every week, a fleet of ships would sail from the United States to Russia, and the size of these fleets ranged from more than 50 merchant ships to a few small ones. Dozens of submarines of the German Navy have set up ambushes on the Arctic Ocean route in turn, and have been trying their best to encircle and suppress these fleets, but the effect is far less good than the ambush in the North Atlantic, mainly because the harsh climate in the Arctic Ocean also has a considerable impact on the submarines. Other than that. Long-range anti-submarine patrol aircraft deployed by the United States, Great Britain in Iceland, Greenland posed a considerable threat to German submarines.

The Imperial Army had also planned to bypass Moscow and attack Arkhangelsk first, but the long ground supply lines and the harsh natural environment were present. Poor transportation infrastructure, which discouraged the Imperial Army. It was precisely because of the difficulty of attacking Murmansk and Arkhangelsk from the ground that both the Reich and Germany decided to isolate these two ports first, and then take Moscow and St. Petersburg before continuing to advance.

But the problem is that the Germans are not stupid either, and the attack on Yaroslavl is actually assisting the Tang Imperial Army in attacking Moscow, which will not help the German army much in attacking St. Petersburg. Therefore, the main forces of the German troops were concentrated in the St. Petersburg direction. The Germans even planned after the capture of St. Petersburg. Quickly sweep the northern regions of Russia and control Russia's access to the sea in the Arctic Ocean. Eventually take control of more occupied territories. And according to the previous agreement, that side should be the occupied zone of the Tang Empire, not the occupied zone of Germany!

The slow advance of the German army largely forced the Reichsian Army to find a way to solve the problem on its own. It was at the end of July that the Reichs, having lost hope in the Germans, decided to send a rapid armored force to capture Yaroslavl without the help of the Germans. But the problem was that at that time, the Imperial Legion was still hundreds of kilometers away from Yaroslavl, and it would take at least two months to conquer this transportation hub. Therefore, at the same time as the attack on Yaroslavl was planned, the Imperial Army also decided to storm Moscow in August, at the latest, in mid-August, before the Germans took St. Petersburg, so that they could gain more occupied territories.

The storming of Moscow was not an easy task, and Moscow at this time could almost be said to be completely armed. As early as in the previous battle, the Imperial Army had captured a lot of baby soldiers on the battlefield, some of whom were not even fourteen years old! In addition, the Russian army also mobilized women, and even encouraged some women to deal with the soldiers of the Tang Empire in various ways, even seductive ways. To this end, the Imperial Army even issued an order strictly forbidding any sexual relations with Russian women in order to avoid danger!

The war has reached this point, and Russia is not far from the end. Judging by a report submitted by the Imperial Army at the end of July. Moscow has 8 million citizens, and in addition to some of the elderly, the Russian army has armed at least 5 million of them. In addition, there are at least 2.5 million Russian troops deployed in Moscow. Although among the 2.5 million "militiamen", there are not many people who really have combat quality, I am afraid that there are less than 1 million, but the Tang Imperial Army has to deal with 1.5 million armed enemies, even if this is 1.5 million pigs, it will take a long time to slaughter it!

In order to capture Moscow before the end of the year, and even to complete the most crucial offensive operations before the Germans, the Imperial Army was ready to use at least 250 divisions, more than 10,000 troops, to attack Moscow. This includes at least 20 tank divisions and 60 motorized infantry divisions. In addition, there are 20 separate artillery divisions, 40 aviation divisions. More than 5,500 tanks, more than 10,000 armored vehicles, more than 6,000 artillery pieces, and more than 7,500 combat aircraft were engaged in the offensive campaign. That is to say, even if these tanks, artillery, armored vehicles, and warplanes are laid on the ground, they can almost cover the whole of Moscow!

In order to ensure the smooth offensive, the Imperial Army also stockpiled at least 15 million tons of war materials on the front line. If all these supplies were to be transported by train, each train car carrying 50 tons of cargo, 300,000 wagons would be required. And a locomotive can pull up to 50 wagons, so it needs to run at least 6,000 round-trips! If these supplies were shipped from Lanzhou City, the empire's homeland, 300,000 tons of coal would need to be burned just to send these 15 million tons of supplies to the front line!

The war was fought on the industrial base of a country, and the huge investment of the Imperial Army was itself a direct manifestation of the industrial base of the Empire. Relatively speaking, at that time, I am afraid that no other country's army had such a large investment. Take, for example, the attack on St. Petersburg by the German Army. Although the German army deployed nearly 3 million troops near St. Petersburg, Germany only prepared less than 5 million tons of war materials for these troops, which was only one-third of the Tang Imperial Army, and the average distribution per person was almost one-third. The Persian Army has prepared 1.2 million troops for the assault on Kyiv, while stockpiling less than 1 million tons of war materiel. It can be said that this alone is enough to show how much advantage the Tang Empire has over the other two main allies.

When Tan Renhao saw the army's campaign plan, he was extremely surprised. What is the concept of 15 million tons of war materiel? This was enough to fill 1,500 10,000-ton transport ships, and the empire had only more than 2,000 10,000-ton ships at that time. Tan Renhao couldn't believe how so many supplies were delivered to the front line. If a fifth of these supplies were munitions, then Moscow would have almost disappeared from the face of the earth after these munitions were smashed.

Perhaps the Army's operational plan has moisture, which is also a consistent feature of the Army, but it will not be exaggerated. At least one thing can be determined for now, the Army's determination to take out Russia by the end of the year and no longer make Russia an obstacle to stopping the Army's pace, which is definitely great news for the Navy!