Tan Renhao put down the work he was doing, the other two reports were no longer important, he joined the team headed by Chief of Staff Wu Xianyu, and began to prepare for the Fifth Fleet's exercise to show its strength. A few days later, Japan's Southwest Combined Fleet, with the aircraft carrier "Akagi" as its flagship and more than 30 large warships, arrived at Naha Port, and the exchange activities between the navies of two neighboring countries, two countries with centuries of brotherhood and hatred, began.

Marshal Sajitin prepared a grand welcoming ceremony for the visiting Minister of the Japanese Navy, the commander of the Japanese Navy, and then the two men jointly inspected the Imperial Navy's honor guard. The next day, Marshal Saditing boarded the aircraft carrier "Akagi" and, accompanied by the commander of the Japanese Navy, Marshal Bogong Wang, inspected the honor guard of the Japanese Navy. Subsequently, the exchange of the navies of the two sides began in full swing.

Marshal Bogong was accompanied by Admiral Nagano Setomi of the Japanese Combined Fleet (in fact, the command structure of the Japanese Admiralty responsible for commanding the four major fleets), Vice Admiral Gozen Yoshida, commander of the Southwest Fleet, and many fleet generals and officers. This was the largest, most numerous and highest-ranking visit to the Tang Empire by the Japanese Navy since the end of World War I. In addition to promoting the "traditional friendly relations between Tang and Japan", this was also a threat and provocation by the Japanese Navy to the Tang Empire.

Low-ranking officers like Tan Renhao are not qualified to participate in reception activities, and even officers of the Fifth Fleet are not arranged in the ranks of the reception personnel, and most of the activities are presided over by the First Fleet, and the task of the Fifth Fleet is only to provide a venue for the event and assist the First Fleet in organizing the reception activities. However, Tan Renhao didn't want to participate in such a "lively" event, and he didn't have any extra time. The vast majority of the officers and men of the Fifth Fleet watched the friendship between the First Fleet and the Japanese Southwest Fleet with a lively mentality. Of course, it's not that no one likes to watch the excitement, and Second Lieutenant Hao Dongjue is an alternative in the Fifth Fleet.

"Do you know that Japanese Navy Major named Minoru Genda?" Hao Dongjue was still asking Tan Renhao while doing what he was doing, as if he was more interested in what was happening outside.

Tan Renhao shook his head, it was not that he didn't know this person, but he didn't want to continue to talk to Hao Dongjue about things that had nothing to do with his current work. Since accepting the new task, Tan Renhao has found that there are still many things that need to be done and knowledge that need to be mastered, and he simply does not have time to talk about anything that has nothing to do with the work at hand, and at the same time, he also understands why Colonel Ji Xiaobin is so busy.

"I've heard that this guy is the most determined aviation officer. Don't look at him as just a small young man, but he has made a huge contribution to the Japanese naval aviation. Now, he is in charge of aviation operations in Japan's Southwest Combined Fleet. Hao Dongjue shrugged his shoulders, "It's just that Yoshida Gozen and Nagano are both staunch 'big ships and giant artillery' theorists, and they don't pay attention to aviation operations at all, and King Bogong doesn't care about naval affairs at all, just to save face, I'm afraid that Genda Minoru's life is not better than ours now!" ”

"Dong Jue, give me the data sheet for that aviation torpedo!" Tan Renhao barely heard Hao Dongjue's words at the beginning, "The torpedoes used before were not powerful enough, and we had to get this plan out as soon as possible." By the way, do you have a data sheet on the performance of the new torpedo there? ”

Hao Dongjue immediately handed the two documents to Tan Renhao. "Renhao, you didn't listen to me at first?"

"What did you say?" Tan Renhao glanced up at Hao Dongjue, and then said, "If you are very free, go and sort out the information of the combat aircraft in our hands, no problem, right?" ”

Hao Dongjue shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and stopped talking about those things related to the Japanese Navy.

In the past three days, the Naha Naval Base has not calmed down, and social activities have been carried out almost every moment in various departments and at all levels. On the evening of the third day, the night before the two fleets held a friendly exercise, all the officers and men of the Fifth Fleet were invited to attend a banquet hosted by the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Gozen Yoshida. This time, Tan Renhao did not refuse, and his work was almost completed, several important reports had been sent to Chief of Staff Wu Xianyu, and he could let himself relax.

"I heard that it cost more than 500,000 Japanese people to hold this banquet!" Hao Dongjue still looked like he liked to be lively, "However, this drink is indeed a little too inferior, could it be that those bastards in the base headquarters took out all the expired beers and sold them to the Japanese?" ”

Chang Zhixin immediately laughed, this idea is indeed good, but most of the people who attended the banquet were officers of the Imperial Navy, and if Shui ate expired food and fell ill, it was the Imperial Navy that suffered.

Tan Renhao could only smile and shake his head, after working together during this time, he found a lot of similarities with Lei Shaoqing in Hao Dongjue, both of them are very outgoing, bold, and informal. However, there are some differences between the two, especially because of their different origins.

"See that guy? The one who wears the Shaozuo military uniform is not tall, yes, the one in the middle. Hao Dongjue pointed at the Japanese naval officer, and Tan Renhao immediately pulled his hand down, which was very impolite. He is Minoru Genda, who doesn't look much older than us, and he is actually a young officer! ”

"He's in his thirties, but he's well-maintained!" Tan Renhao said softly, "However, looking at his appearance, he is not very good." ”

"You know him?" Hao Dongjue looked at Tan Renhao with a little surprise.

"Of course I know, at least in our part, he is the best of the many young officers in Japan, and he can be regarded as a person who shares the same goals with us!" Tan Renhao sneered, "However, I don't know when he will become our most difficult opponent." ”

Tan Renhao's words were immediately approved by Hao Dongjue and Chang Jianxin, and the three young officers couldn't help but glance at the Japanese. Tan Renhao had already regarded the young Japanese officer as his biggest potential opponent in his heart. If one day the Empire goes to war with Japan, then Minoru Genda is definitely a huge threat!