The plane jolted slightly, and Tan Renhao tightened the seat belt on his waist. He is a bit embarrassed about his fear of heights and will definitely laugh at him if someone else knows about it. As the most staunch aviation triumphant in the Imperial Navy, it would be a joke if he was still afraid of flying.

"Renhao, how do you feel about this trip to Japan?" Nie Renfeng pretended not to see Tan Renhao's embarrassed appearance, and wanted to alleviate Tan Renhao's fear of flying through talking.

Tan Renhao pretended to think about it, but he was actually forcing himself to calm down and shift his attention to this issue. Finally, after he calmed down, he said: "If there is one sentence, it is this: war is imminent. ”

Nie Renfeng nodded slightly, motioning for Tan Renhao to continue.

"It can be seen from the entire negotiation process that Japan has no intention of extending the arms treaty at all." Tan Renhao quickly sorted out his thoughts, "Judging from the naval strength they proposed. In fact, the Japanese Navy only needs to fight in one direction, and the western Pacific is their only defense area. Our situation is completely different, in addition to the western Pacific, we need to maintain a sufficient fleet in the Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic, as well as the Eastern Pacific, the Caribbean, etc. At present, the strength of the Japanese navy is about 70 percent of ours, and this has actually led to the Japanese navy having a numerical advantage in the western Pacific, and at the same time forcing us to weaken the naval fleets in other regions and try our best to maintain a slight advantage in the western Pacific region, or at least to maintain a balance with the Japanese navy. If the size of the Japanese navy reaches 85 percent of the Imperial Navy, then we will have to concentrate our forces in the western Pacific region, such as the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Then, we will not be able to contain the other powers at all, and the overseas territories of the empire will also be in a state of insecurity! ”

Nie Renfeng kept looking at Tan Renhao, although Tan Renhao was just a small naval captain, he showed an attitude of great importance.

"This is still secondary, if the Imperial Navy has to concentrate more than eighty percent of its warships in the western Pacific region, then it will be easy to clash and friction with the Japanese naval fleet." Tan Renhao hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Nie Renfeng didn't mean to speak, he said, "And an overly concentrated fleet will be the most ideal target." If the Japanese Navy had launched a surprise attack at the beginning of the war, or even before the war, the Imperial Navy could easily have been paralyzed. The heavy losses would not only lead to the loss of the Empire's naval supremacy in the Western Pacific, but would also cause great difficulties to the Empire in the early stages of the war, and even lead to the fall of the Empire's overseas territories in the Western Pacific. By the time the empire is ready for war, I am afraid that the war situation will already be extremely unfavorable to the empire. ”

"If war breaks out, do you think the Empire will be victorious or will it be defeated?" Nie Renfeng asked a very direct question.

Tan Renhao hesitated, he carefully observed Nie Renfeng's expression, and then said, "Headmaster, I firmly believe that the empire will win the final victory. It's just that if we miss the last chance to develop, and suffer heavy losses when the war breaks out, then the empire will pay a greater price for the war. ”

Nie Renfeng's facial muscles trembled slightly, as a senior admiral, a principal who has cultivated a large number of naval talents, Nie Renfeng knows his students very well, and he knows very well what these words mean when they come out of Tan Renhao's mouth. If even Tan Renhao, the captain of the navy, can see the essence of the matter, then can those generals of the navy see it so clearly?

"The empire has huge resources, whether it is mineral resources or human resources, the empire is the most powerful in the world. In addition, the Empire has the most complete industrial system in the world, and I am afraid that only the United States of America has the industrial strength to challenge the Empire. In addition, the Imperial Navy had a tenacious fighting spirit, a glorious tradition, high morale, and a large number of talents. These were the basis for the empire's victory in the war. On the contrary, there are many deficiencies in Japan, and in addition to basic heavy industry, many factories in Japan are still in the stage of handicraft workshops. From the information we have obtained, many aircraft factories in Japan even order parts for aircraft from small workshops. In addition, Japan does not attach importance to the status of women, and the factories are mainly male workers, and women are not qualified to become workers, which inevitably leads to a shortage of labor in Japan. Japan's resources were also extremely scarce, which was their fatal flaw, and if they could not get foreign aid, Japan would soon be defeated. None of that, though, is the crux of the matter. Tan Renhao said his thoughts in one breath, and he didn't care that some words couldn't be said so directly, "If the empire is hit hard in the early stage of the war, for example, if the imperial navy loses the ability to operate in the western Pacific, then Japan will dominate the initiative in the early stage of the war, and it will take at least one to two years for the empire to recover from war mobilization to naval strength." During this time, the Empire will be in an extremely passive position, and will even have to resort to some unconventional tactics to turn the tide of the war. The loss of the empire itself, if it led to the British Empire, the Kingdom of France, the Russian Empire and other countries declaring war on the empire, the consequences would be unimaginable. Also, the attitude of the United States of America, which is the greatest enemy of the Empire, is also worth considering. ”

Nie Renfeng sighed and said, "The British Empire, the Kingdom of France, the Russian Empire, and the Kingdom of Italy are all in league with Japan. In this negotiation, the British Empire fully supported Japan's request. Had it not been for the fact that the German and Persian empires had also demanded a greater naval power, we would most likely have been forced to make concessions. In addition, last year, these countries have already formed a secret alliance. If war breaks out with Japan, they will rush to declare war on us. When the time comes, it will not just be our war with Japan, but a second global war! ”

Tan Renhao glanced at Nie Renfeng in surprise, but he immediately regained his composure. Actually, there is nothing surprising about this. In the last war, these countries were also the main members of the "Anti-Tang Alliance", and if war breaks out again, then they will definitely stand together again.

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