After listening to Tan Renhao and Gan Yongxing's words, Nie Renfeng seemed to be listening to an ordinary work report. He kept looking at the map on the wall, not interrupting anyone or asking any random questions. This is his usual expression, and it is also the expression on his face when he thinks about problems.

"Judging from the current situation, the army is not capable of launching a large-scale landing operation on its own, so Ren Hao and I both feel that this is Marshal Yan Dingyu putting pressure on us. When the time comes, the Prime Minister will most likely take the Army's advice and order us to cooperate with the Army in launching this landing campaign, which will eventually lead us to follow the Army's lead and get bogged down in the quagmire of war on the American homeland, with more soldiers killed and unnecessarily costed. ”

Nie Renfeng looked very calm, his gaze stayed on Gan Yongxing for a moment, and then turned to Tan Renhao. "You think so too."

Tan Renhao did not hesitate. "I and the Chief of Staff both think so, no matter what, Yan Dingyu wants to influence the next stage of the empire's strategic purpose by submitting such an operational plan."

"Headmaster, we can't wait for Yan Dingyu to make the first move!"

Nie Renfeng pressed his hand and did not let Gan Yongxing continue. "I understand this, Yan Dingyu is scheming, I have dealt with him for decades, don't you know who he is?"

Both students fell silent, and they could see that the headmaster already had an idea of his own.

"It doesn't really make much sense for the Army to do this." Nie Renfeng's tone was very calm, "How much experience does Gu Xunlei have?" Even if he participated in the Australian landing campaign, the overall planning of the campaign was completed by Yan Guozhong, the front-line command was in charge of Yuan Ye, and Gu Xunlei's armored troops went ashore after the marines seized the beachhead, and they only participated in ground combat operations, basically did not participate in landing operations, how much experience can he gain? ”

Tan Renhao and Gan Yongxing both had to admit this.

"The prime minister, who was also a former army general, is well aware that landing operations are not the army's strong point. Fought in the Pacific for several years. Except for the South Seas, Australia, and the Korean Peninsula, the Army has hardly contributed anywhere else, and if it really wants to land on the west coast of the United States, the Army will at most go ashore after the successful landing of the Marine Corps. Nie Renfeng smiled, "The prime minister will not fail to understand this, even if Yan Dingyu puts the battle plan on the prime minister's desk now." The Prime Minister will not pay attention to it, without the Navy, without the participation of the Marine Corps, the armored forces of the Army will not even be able to go to the shore. ”

"However, the Army can also train its own Marine Corps."

"Even so, so what?" Nie Renfeng looked at Gan Yongxing, "The training time will take several months, and where does the army get the landing equipment?" You can't build it now, does the army have so much money? Even if there is. Will the Prime Minister approve it? We're going to have to get out of the way. ”

"Then we'll have to let the Prime Minister know. Now the Navy is not capable of accomplishing this task. Tan Renhao immediately mentioned another important point.

"Renhao, you can't say that." Nie Renfeng laughed, "If I go and tell the prime minister directly." If the Navy is not strong enough to land directly on the West Coast of the U.S. mainland, how will the Prime Minister react, and what will the Prime Minister think of the Navy, which consumes tens of billions of dollars in military spending every year? ”

Tan Renhao lowered his head, he really can't say that, if the prime minister feels that the navy is incompetent, then the prime minister will fully support the army.

"We can only tell the Prime Minister that landing directly on the US mainland is a risky thing to do, and it will only put us in another quagmire of war, a quagmire of war from which we cannot extricate ourselves." Nie Renfeng stood up. "There is another point, which you have also mentioned, and that is to let the Prime Minister know that now the Navy is sweeping the Pacific Ocean with all its might, and is trying to expand the results of the war, and the forces are invested in other directions, and there are not many remaining forces. Then, the prime minister may have two options, one is to directly veto the army's proposal. The second is to wait for us to gather our forces and cooperate with the army's operations. In any case, the Army's plans will certainly not be implemented immediately, things will drag on, and it will be good for us. ”

Both students nodded, and in terms of their analysis of the situation, they were still not as thorough as Nie Renfeng.

"To be realistic, we have to put forward another set of battle plans, a set of campaign plans,-for-tat." Nie Renfeng turned around, "Since the Army will propose to land on the west coast of the continental United States, then we must choose another location where we can land on the American continent and arrange a new mission for the Marine Corps and the fleet." As soon as our plan is approved, the Prime Minister will then support the Navy's strategic objectives, which will be even more beneficial to us. ”

"Then we have to choose the Panama Canal." Gan Yongxing looked at the principal, "Landing operations at other points are unlikely to have much effect, only the Panama Canal Zone has almost as important strategic value as the mainland of the United States." If we had proposed a landing in the Panama Canal Zone, with the assurance that victory would be achieved as soon as possible without prejudice to future operations, the Prime Minister would most likely approve the campaign. ”

Nie Renfeng sat down. "Indeed, the only suitable landing site that can be found now is the Panama Canal. You've been working on this before, right? ”

Gan Yongxing looked at Tan Renhao and asked Tan Renhao to introduce the situation.

"Before you came back, I discussed the Panama Canal with the Chief of Staff." Tan Renhao spoke very carefully this time, "If we just block the Panama Canal, the difficulty is relatively minimal, and we don't even need to send out marines. If we need to destroy the Panama Canal, the bombs used by the carrier-based bombers are not powerful enough to blow up the gates, so we have to arrange for the marines to use explosives to achieve the goal, and we need to invest a limited number of marines. And if we want to occupy the Panama Canal and use the Panama Canal, then we will invest about 8 divisions of marines, and even more troops in the later stage! ”

"There is little point in blockade and destruction, if we want to do it this time, we must do it thoroughly, occupy the entire canal zone, and on this basis, complete the combat operation of attacking the American continent." Gan Yongxing added Tan Renhao's words, "In addition, the current situation has also decided that we can only capture the Panama Canal. ”

Nie Renfeng nodded slightly. "You have to choose the right time to land. Do you have a battle plan now? ”

"This ......" Tan Renhao didn't know how to answer.

"If there is a problem with intelligence, the preparation of the troops has already begun at the beginning of the month. At this time, we have not received detailed information on the deployment of US troops in the Panama Canal Zone. ”

"Without intelligence support, we can't determine the number of troops to be committed, let alone ......."

"I know that." Nie Renfeng stopped talking about Renhao's words, "Intelligence is indeed a problem, I will personally urge the intelligence department, but if we don't even have a detailed battle plan, then how can we get the prime minister to support us?" ”

"We'll come up with a battle plan as soon as possible." Gan Yongxing immediately made assurances.

At this moment, the phone rang on the desk. Nie Renfeng motioned to Tan Renhao and Gan Yongxing not to leave first. Then he walked over and picked up the phone. "Lao Yan, why are you in the mood to call me?"

"It must have been Yan Dingyu calling." Gan Yongxing whispered in Tan Renhao's ear.

Tan Renhao nodded immediately. "Most of the time it's about attacking the United States."

Both of them laughed, Yan Dingyu called the principal at this time, and it was impossible to have anything else than to talk about the next stage of combat operations.

“…… No problem, don't worry, then we'll talk when we meet...... Okay, that's it, I'll hang up first. ”

Nie Renfeng laughed after putting down the phone, and walked over. said: "Yan Dingyu is really positive." It's about to get ready so soon. ”

"He proposed to the Prime Minister about landing on American soil?" Tan Renhao immediately asked.

"Of course not, now he doesn't even have a plan, how can he tell the prime minister?" Nie Renfeng sat down. "He asked the Navy to send a few people over to assist them in completing the battle plan."

"Headmaster, what do you mean......" Gan Yongxing was immediately unhappy, this was clearly against the navy.

"Just arrange a few people to deal with it, and we'll do ours anyway." Nie Renfeng gave instructions to Gan Yongxing. "I've already agreed with Yan Dingyu, and I'll talk about it in detail when we go to the capital. I think it's very likely that Yan Dingyu has already touched the bottom of us, and he won't be unclear about the purpose of the navy. ”

"You mean, Yan Dingyu knows that we are planning to attack the Panama Canal?"

Nie Renfeng nodded slightly. "Since we all thought of spying on the army's plan, why couldn't Yan Dingyu think of figuring out our plan? And we've been trying to avoid a direct attack on the U.S. mainland. In addition, the Panama Canal is our best choice now, and Yan Dingyu can guess it. He began to test my tone to get some news from me, and I had no problem revealing a little bit to him to give him a headache. ”

"Will this affect our plans?"

"Probably not." Nie Renfeng thought for a moment, "Yan Dingyu knows very well that without our cooperation, he can't do anything. Otherwise, he wouldn't have called me at this time. It might be good for us to let him know now that we are plotting an attack on the Panama Canal. ”

Tan Renhao and Gan Yongxing didn't understand.

"If we landed directly on the U.S. mainland, the scale of the campaign would be huge, and even at the bare minimum, it would take us a year to complete the preparations. In the meantime, we can't do nothing, can we? Nie Renfeng smiled at the two students, "Yan Dingyu has been fighting for decades, and he knows more about pre-war planning than me, and he must know this time limit." Therefore, if we take the Panama Canal in this year, then he has enough reason to attack the continental United States. He would even bring this up directly so that the prime minister would not immediately veto his proposal. ”

"You mean that Yan Dingyu will support us in attacking the Panama Canal?" Tan Renhao understands now.

"It's very likely, and in exchange we support the landing of the Army on the West Coast of the United States." Nie Renfeng sneered, "Yan Dingyu's plan is very shrewd, attacking the Panama Canal is just a campaign-level operation, while attacking the mainland of the United States is a war-level operation. As soon as we set foot on the American mainland, then we will advance according to the plan of the Army, and the Army will become the dominant force, and he will retreat first and then advance, making it clear that he is attacking our idea. ”

"So what should we do? You can't refuse the Army's help, right? Gan Yongxing touched his forehead, "Yan Dingyu, the old fox, really put us in a dilemma." ”

"Yongxing, Yan Dingyu is also an old marshal no matter what he says, don't be so mean when you speak." Nie Renfeng glared at the student, "Moreover, our ultimate goal is the same, but our opinions and ways of identity are different." Also, in my opinion, this is not a bad thing for us. A year is enough time for us to do a lot of things, and when to land on the US mainland, this is not for the Army to decide, but for us. If we had gone further and closer to victory before the Prime Minister approved the Army plan, the Prime Minister would not have considered the Army's plan. ”

At this time, Tan Renhao and Gan Yongxing immediately understood what the principal meant. Jiang is still old and spicy, Yan Dingyu seems to be the navy, but the principal can resolve the situation with a simple method, and take the advantage in his own hands, if he can really go to the front, then the prime minister will definitely adopt the navy's plan in the end, and will not support the army's direct attack on the US mainland.

"It's just an idea of mine, and we still have a lot to do to turn that idea into reality." Nie Renfeng's expression changed slightly, as if he was affirming his own way. "First of all, we need to come up with a realistic and short-term plan that will eventually capture and control the Panama Canal. Ren Hao was specifically responsible for this matter, while Yongxing was still responsible for the Navy's strategic master plan. Next month, I'm going to the capital, Ren Hao, can you come up with the battle plan before then? ”

"It's not a big problem, I'll do my best." Tan Renhao immediately agreed.

"Yongxing, you have to hurry up over there, I will take it with me when the time comes, the two of you should discuss it, this is not two sets of plans, in fact, it is one set of plans, understand?"

To be precise, the campaign plan that Tan Renhao was responsible for was part of the navy's overall strategic plan, the first and most important part.