Lei Shaoqing frowned, and simply found a chair to sit opposite Tan Renhao, and then lit a cigarette as well, he didn't take the initiative to ask questions, waiting for Tan Renhao to speak by himself.

"What do you think I'm doing?" Tan Renhao looked at Lei Shaoqing for a while, and couldn't help it.

"And what are you laughing at?" Lei Shaoqing also learned to talk about Renhao's appearance.

Both of them laughed at the same time, but this surprised the staff officer in the cabin, how could two senior officers be like two children?

"Alright, Captain, you're on the radio, and I'll stay here and let me know as soon as there's any new news." Tan Renhao let the captain officer leave first, and then said to Lei Shaoqing, "Now, I am eighty percent sure that the Japanese have been fooled." ”

Lei Shaoqing hesitated for a moment and asked, "Why?" ”

"Quite simply, because Nagumo Ichtada could not disobey the orders of his superiors, and the task of the Southwestern Fleet was not to deal with us, but to attack Jeju Island, the Japanese side accelerated the pace of achieving its strategic objectives." Tan Renhao sneered, "However, there is a saying that is good, but if you want to hurry, you can't reach it." The Japanese military department must be eager to achieve their strategic objectives, perhaps out of military necessity, perhaps out of political necessity, no matter what the need, Japan certainly wants to land on the Korean Peninsula as soon as possible and drag the empire into a ground war. Therefore, they must capture Jeju Island as quickly as possible. Now, we have just over 20,000 defenders on Jeju Island. Shaoqing, if you were to command the landing operation, how many ground troops would you need? ”

"I'm not a Marine officer, how do I know?" Lei Shaoqing didn't know, he just didn't want to talk nonsense, so that Tan Renhao could laugh at him.

"If it's just a beachhead, maybe 10,000 people will be enough, of course, this will require strong naval and air firepower." Tan Renhao found paper and pen, and after doing a simple calculation problem on it, he gave the paper to Lei Shaoqing. "If the submarine discovers a fleet of more than 50 warships, excluding the combat ships of the Japanese Southwest Combined Fleet, the rest of the warships can carry a light infantry division, and the strength is about 10,000. At that time, with the full support of the Southwest Combined Fleet and bombers from the Japanese mainland, these 10,000 people can establish a beachhead on Jeju Island. And the Japanese landing force from Matsuyama arrived two days later at most, perhaps only a day. With at least 40,000 troops, a lot of heavy equipment, 50,000 troops, plus sea and air superiority, and the front-line airfield established after the landing, the Japanese army could complete the combat operation of sweeping Jeju Island in 10 days to half a month. At that time, Japan will have at least 500,000 ground troops, plus convoys returning from other theaters of operations, to land on the Korean Peninsula, I'm afraid that our troops stationed there, and those troops of the Kingdom of Korea will not be able to stop it at all, right? ”

Lei Shaoqing nodded slightly, this set of reasoning is reasonable, but there is a problem with this. "If the Japanese really planned it this way, then their war pace was too fast? Perhaps, they will be able to show a strong advantage in the early stages of the war, but this fierce momentum will not last long at all, and when they are tired, they will be finished. ”

"Yes, but that's just the experience of the last war." Tan Renhao lit a cigarette, he didn't pay attention to his image in front of the staff officer, "In the last war, we had a strong enough naval fleet to blockade Japan, and the United States of America only entered the war at the end. This time, from the very beginning, the United States of America has been fighting against us, and has been supplying Japan with strategic resources such as oil, steel, coal, rubber, etc., and even providing Japan with aircraft engines, armor steel plates for ships, etc., and we have no ability to block the sea lanes between the United States of America and Japan, and if Japan can hold out until we fall, then the result will be completely different. ”

"Is the United States of America ready to go to war now?" Lei Shaoqing was taken aback, this is not a joke. The United States of America, the second most powerful country in the world, has been seeking to replace the Tang Empire, and if the United States of America enters the war, then the Tang Empire will have even more hope of victory.

"Of course not, because the United States of America sought more interests in the early days of the war, and they will not enter the war until the two sides of the war decide which side is better for them, not now. However, this does not prevent the United States of America from providing strategic resources to Japan, and as long as Japan can produce hard currency, then the United States of America has no reason to cut off the supply of strategic resources to Japan, right? ”

Lei Shaoqing breathed a sigh of relief, and then nodded. This is certain, in the last World War, the United States of America also made a huge war windfall at the beginning of the war, and then leapt beyond the British Empire to become the second most powerful country in the world after the Tang Empire.

"Actually, the most important issue is the political impact of the Japanese landing on the Korean Peninsula." Tan Renhao said with a wry smile, "This will inevitably have a shocking impact on the war situation, and it will directly affect the attitude of countries like the Russian Empire that have not yet declared war on us." Of course, as long as we hold Jeju Island, the Japanese will not dare to land on the Korean Peninsula easily, unless they think that they can block our naval and air strikes, and let the landing force risk being cut off from the logistics supply line to fight the imperial army on the Korean Peninsula without gaining complete sea supremacy. At that time, even if the Japanese army landed on the Korean Peninsula, we would have a great hope of stabilizing the battle line near Seoul, or at least being able to stop the Japanese army on the Yalu River. ”

"It seems that our actions this time will have a direct impact on the entire battle situation."

"Yes, that's for sure, and, as a soldier, although we are only responsible for combat operations at the tactical and campaign level, we must take into account strategic interests. If we forget our strategic objectives, no matter how great a tactical victory is, it will not be able to produce sufficient results. Tan Renhao threw away the cigarette butt and took out another one, "So, let's wait patiently this time, as long as the intention of the Japanese Southwest Combined Fleet is determined, then we can start." ”

Lei Shaoqing laughed, listening to Ren Hao's words, he felt like he was sneaking to stab the enemy in the back. However, it is also true, it is like hunting, the bait is released, the prey is about to take the bait, now all that remains is to prepare the shotgun, aim the prey, and wait for the best time to pull the trigger.