The room was quiet again, and Lei Shaoqing had the urge to speak, but Tan Renhao quietly stopped him. Vice Admiral Jiang Bangguo's words are not wrong, the three capital ships will take several months to repair, but it is more obvious that Jiang Bangguo does not support the counterattack proposed by the Fifth Fleet, which is probably directly related to his still distrust in the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier.

After Jiang Bangguo expressed his attitude, the expressions of the other fleet commanders also relaxed, and Jiang Bangguo took the lead in opposing it, so they didn't need to directly confront Sajiting. Obviously, these fleet commanders also did not believe that the Fifth Fleet would be able to turn things around.

Sajiting's expression did not change much, but it could be seen from his eyes that Jiang Bangguo's words made it difficult for him to step down. This is the main reason why Jiang Bangguo has not been able to become an admiral for so many years, and he has been left in the Second Fleet. In World War I, Jiang Bangguo commanded the Second Fleet to block the Western Combined Fleet near the Anambas Islands for nearly a year, buying time for the Imperial Navy's later counterattack. The result of the competition between the two was very clear, Jiang Bangguo was so angry that he didn't even want the opportunity to be promoted to general, and stayed in the Second Fleet as his vice admiral commander for more than 20 years.

"Elder Jiang, then the other warships of the Second Fleet should be temporarily lent to the Fifth Fleet, right?" Liao Hanxiang is of course aware of this contradiction between Sajiting and Jiang Bangguo, and his words also gave Sajiting a step to step down.

"Old Jiang, those capital ships are still in the Second Fleet, and those battleships that are not damaged or can be repaired quickly are temporarily transferred to the Fifth Fleet to participate in the counterattack campaign." Sajiting didn't use a negotiating tone at all this time, "Everyone, do you have any other opinions?" ”

Seeing that Saditin showed his hole cards, the commanders of the other fleets did not object, anyway, it was the Second Fleet that was weakened, what does it have to do with them?

"That's all for today, then." Sajiting glanced at the generals, "Within five days, all the battleships that can be navigated by the Second Fleet must arrive at Zhoushan Port, and if there is any violation, it will be punished according to the military law of the Imperial Navy!" ”

Tan Renhao also saw that Marshal Satieting was already very annoyed with the commanders of these fleets, and Satieting obviously wanted to weaken the Second Fleet, or even cancel the establishment of the Second Fleet, otherwise he would not directly target the Second Fleet. At this time, he saw Liao Hanxiang's eyes, and then quickly called Lei Shaoqing, and went directly to Liao Hanxiang's office after leaving the conference room.

After Liao Hanxiang let the two in, he closed the office door and poured a glass of water for each of them. "As you can see, even at this time, the commanders of the various fleets are still making their own calculations. It is impossible to keep Marshal Saditin from getting angry. However, now that the First and Third Fleets were in existence in name only, and the Second Fleet had suffered heavy losses, Marshal Saditin wanted to take this opportunity to completely reorganize the establishment of the Imperial Navy. I don't know exactly what the plan is, but I will definitely re-divide the fleets according to the theater of operations, so as to disintegrate the interest groups of the various fleets. That's not something you should be concerned about, though. Tan Renhao, how sure are you of this counterattack? ”

"More than fifty percent." Tan Renhao replied very directly.

Liao Hanxiang nodded slightly, obviously he was quite satisfied with this answer.

"If it goes well, then we have a good chance of winning." Tan Renhao smiled a little reluctantly, "Anyway, we must turn the tide of the war as soon as possible, at least in some areas, so as to give us hope, if we have been beaten passively, I am afraid that we will be defeated within two years." ”

"So we're going to have to take a gamble?"

Tan Renhao nodded. "War itself is a gamble, but we can only do it with certainty, not blindly follow it. If we cannot seize the initiative in naval warfare, then victory will never be achieved. ”

"Well, I have faith in you." Liao Hanxiang went to get a document and came over, "This is a plan sent by the army yesterday, they will strengthen the defense force on Jeju Island in the near future, and ask us to provide transport ships." You've read the report, and I'll arrange a convoy of convoys as soon as possible to cooperate with your counterattack. ”

Tan Renhao nodded, this is the most critical part.

"Now, you have to further define the details of the counterattack plan, although it can't be foolproof, but at least it gives us more hope." Liao Hanxiang quickly lit a cigarette, "Therefore, you have to spend all your energy on this." I have already said hello to Wu Xianyu and Ji Xiaobin, and they will fully cooperate with you. This counterattack was nominally commanded by General Wu Xianyu, but I hope you will play a greater role. ”

"I'll do my best."

Liao Hanxiang stood up with a smile, which was a sign of his send-off. As he sent them to the door, he said, "Of course, you have to come back alive, and I don't want to lose my most important men." ”

Tan Renhao and Lei Shaoqing smiled awkwardly, and then left Liao Hanxiang's office.

"Renhao, are you sure?" Lei Shaoqing was still a little worried about Tan Renhao's plan.

"It's uncertain, do we have a better choice?" Tan Renhao glanced at his companion, "At least, we have the support of the commander and chief of staff of the Navy, and we can't even lose confidence in ourselves, right?" ”

Lei Shaoqing smiled and nodded, if none of them who made plans had confidence, then how could they expect others to have confidence in them? However, confidence alone is still not enough, just like Tan Renhao said to Liao Hanxiang, war is gambling, and whether you can win or not depends on how big the cards in your hand are and how well you know the cards in your opponent's hand. If both conditions are met, then victory is more certain.

Tan Renhao's office was one floor below, and when he walked into the office, Hao Dongjue and Chang Jianxin were gathered around a radio.

"Renhao, you came back at the right time, Prime Minister Xue Xiyue is delivering the ****** of the empire through the radio!"

Tan Renhao and Lei Shaoqing immediately sat down with chairs. Prime Minister Xue Xiyue had already published the Empire's declaration of war in the newspaper two days ago, and now the Prime Minister wanted to mobilize the Imperial military and civilians through radio broadcasts, so as to unleash all the war potential of the Empire.