"This is your office!"

The captain officer who led the way in front was very polite to Tan Renhao and Hao Dongjue: "General Tan, Chief of Staff, please go to his office at two o'clock in the afternoon, and he will explain to you in detail." ”

"That ......"

Tan Renhao stopped, Hao Dongjue smiled and said to the captain: "No problem, I will come on time, thank you for your help." ”

"The general is polite, if you need anything, feel free to come to me, I'm in the front office on the left side of the hallway!"

After the captain finished speaking, he left, he was assigned to assist Tan Renhao and Hao Dongjue, called Dong Shirong, an ordinary confidential staff officer of the naval staff.

"Do you remember the documents I told you yesterday?"

Tan Renhao knew that Gan Yongxing didn't let Hao Dongjue pass, so he found something for Hao Dongjue to do: "Wait a minute, you can go and get these documents back, and then read them carefully, it's best to keep them in your mind." ”

"This is important?"

Hao Dongjue looked a little unhappy, this is the difference between an officer and a general.

"Very important!"

Tan Renhao sat Hao Dongjue down, "Do you know the reason for this personnel change?" ”

Hao Dongjue shook his head and pretended not to know.

"The marshal found two people to sit on the two cold benches of the commander and chief of staff of the Western Pacific Theater, and transferred me out, which is naturally very important for us, isn't it?"

Tan Renhao laughed, and he could also see that Hao Dongjue was pretending not to understand: "Remember what we discussed about the United States' entry into the war?" This time, Chief of Staff Gan Yongxing asked us to come over, it must have something to do with this, so you have to familiarize yourself with that intelligence as soon as possible, which is very helpful to us! ”

"No problem, then I'll go and get the documents back now, hurry up and read them in the next few days."

Hao Dongjue suddenly came to his senses.

Tan Renhao smiled and nodded, and didn't say anything to let Hao Dongjue go out. Gan Yongxing transferred him back to the Navy Staff at this time. Serving as a staff officer of an unnamed rear admiral is certainly not an ordinary transfer, and there is no precedent of two generals in the history of the naval staff. This must be the principal's arrangement, what is the purpose of this? It's impossible to raise Tan Renhao and not do things first.

At 1:50 a.m., Ren Hao arrived at the chief of staff's office, and Gan Yongxing had just returned from lunch and was resting on the sand.

"Sit down, what do you want to drink?"

"Just whatever. You're welcome the Chief of Staff! ”

"Then just drink some tea, I don't have any good tea here."

Gan Yongxing quickly brewed a cup of green tea: "How is it, how do you feel about returning to the Navy Staff?" ”

Tan Renhao shrugged his shoulders. "Haven't you changed much, haven't you been like this for more than a month?"

Gan Yongxing immediately laughed. "It's still a free supernumerary. Okay, do you know the reason for bringing you back this time? ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly. "Probably preparing for war with the United States, right?"

"Exactly!"

Gan Yongxing smiled and sat down, "Before that." One more piece of good news. ”

"What's the good news?"

Tan Renhao was a little puzzled.

"Xue Xiyue has recovered. I will return to the Prime Minister's Mansion in a few days! ”

Tan Renhao was taken aback and immediately smiled and said, "This is indeed good news." We can rally more support! ”

"In fact, the support of the Zonghan Qin Dynasty relative to the navy was not weak."

Gan Yongxing took out a cigarette, "Xue Xiyue Xiang started to deal with cabinet affairs a few days ago, but the news has not yet been announced, after all, it takes time for the transfer of power." ”

Tan Renhao frowned slightly. "Is there a problem on the side of the Prime Minister of Zonghan and Qin?"

"Don't worry, the prime minister of Zonghan Qin was pulled up by Xue Xiyue back then, otherwise, Xue Xiyue would not have arranged for him to be the prime minister!"

Gan Yongxing patted the handrail of Xiasha, "The acting prime minister of Zong Han Qin has also submitted a request to the emperor to resign as acting prime minister and only serve as internal minister." His Majesty has approved it. Now it's just a matter of completing the transfer of power. The headmaster is also preparing to rush to the capital tomorrow to participate in the activities of Xue Xiyue to re-inaugurate as the supreme government of the empire. I didn't go to say that the navy has to have someone to stay behind! ”

"Will this affect our show?"

Tan Renhao is most concerned about the future of the navy.

"There shouldn't be a bad effect, but for others, it's not that simple."

Gan Yongxing glanced at Tan Renhao, "In the past, many generations of ministers could not deal with problems, but here is not a problem." And I also received the wind. Xue Xiyue had already signaled the day before yesterday to rectify the emperor's ** team! ”

Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment, and then he was relieved. At a time when Xue Xiyue was unable to handle cabinet affairs, Zong Hanqin was actually only a transitional national leader. This point cannot be changed in essence, which is also the main reason why Zong Hanqin cannot replace Xue Xiyue. Of course, Zong Hanqin didn't think about replacing Xue Xiyue. In addition, Zong Hanqin had no experience in service, and took tough measures against the affairs of the emperor's ** team. On the contrary, Xue Xiyue was a general of the 6th Army of the Empire when he retired, and he had an army background, so he was much more spicy when dealing with the internal affairs of the army. During the period of Xue Xiyue's fall, the performance of the Imperial ** team was indeed unsatisfactory, especially the performance of the Imperial 6th Army. Now that Xue Xiyue is back in power, there will definitely be some people who will be unlucky!

"The second order of the Prime Minister is to make us fully prepare for war with the United States!"

Tan Renhao was shocked again. "The Prime Minister decided to declare war on the United States?"

"No, it's not decided yet, but it's a matter of time!"

Gan Yongxing sighed, "Xiang is just preparing us to expand the scale of the war." Judging from the current situation, our main task is to force Japan to surrender and at the same time guard against the United States. On the Japanese side, there is no need to expand investment. The battle plan of the Imperial 6th Army to ascend to the 6 in Japan has been rejected. From now on, the center of gravity of the war will shift to the east and south. ”

"So what are we supposed to do?"

Tan Renhao immediately saw hope.

"Be vigilant and prepared!"

Gan Yongxing laughed, "That's why you were transferred back." Last month, the US president's envoy secretly went to England, then to France, Italy and Spain. Now the affairs of the war are being discussed with the Russian Empire in Moscow. ”

"It seems that the United States is also making final preparations."

"There is also an internal problem in the United States."

Gan Yongxing nodded: "The upper and lower houses of the United States have not yet approved the wartime bill proposed by the president. Other words. The President of the United States also does not have the authority to order mobilization for war. As a matter of fact, more than a year ago, the US president was secretly mobilizing for war, passing some executive bills that did not touch federal laws, adjusting the domestic industrial base of the United States, secretly increasing arms production and expanding the production lines of weapons and ammunition by using a large number of military orders from other countries. What the United States lacks now is only a reason to mobilize for all-out war and a reason for the U.S. Congress to hand over full power to the president. ”

"This is a shackle that the Americans have put on themselves!"

Tan Renhao sneered. "It's a good thing for us, the later the United States mobilizes for war, the more we can be sure of victory!"

"For us, there is little difference in strength between the United States and the United States, and what we fight is who can seize the initiative and who can seize the initiative!"

Gan Yongxing took out a cigarette: "This is what you have to do now." The Minister-sama has not yet given a formal order, but we have to prepare in advance, and we can't wait for the Minister-sama to give the written documents before we can make preparations. Right now. What you have to do. It is to make use of the clues provided by the intelligence agencies as much as possible and come up with a complete set of combat plans against the United States in light of our own situation. Best. There are also several spare combat plans. I will assign you more than a dozen staff officers, and Hao Dongjue will be your deputy. If you need any help or support, you can come to me directly. ”

Tan Ren Haoxun thought for a moment and asked: "If we really fight with the United States, will we attack first or defend first?" ”

"It depends, I can't give you any hints!"

Gan Yongxing replied very simply: "This is not the same as the current battle, and Japan is not worthy of being our opponent at all." The war with the United States will be even more brutal. And no one can predict in what way this war will explode. And where. What time to burst. What you have to do is to ensure that after the outbreak of war, the empire can seize the initiative and never allow the Americans to seize the opportunity. ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, he understood this truth very well. War is like two masters in a competition, Japan can only be regarded as an ordinary swordsman, not the opponent of the martial arts master at all, so the sword that Japan sneaked up on not only did not take the life of the master, but also let himself be finished in the end. The United States is a real master and a formidable adversary. If the United States is allowed to seize the initiative on the battlefield, then the empire will have a hard time.

"You're the best person to do this!"

Gan Yongxing looked at Tan Renhao, as if he was worried that Tan Renhao had any doubts, "This task is very difficult. Although we have seen the United States as our most powerful potential adversary for decades, we have no experience to draw from. We don't know enough about the U.S. team, and we don't know enough about the U.S. itself. In the face of such an opponent, we would have to start almost everything from scratch, and we would not be able to use our experience to win as we did against Japan. But this task is critical. On the surface, this is just a simple battle plan, but in reality it is far from that. What we need is a comprehensive, well-thought-out, strategically oriented plan to guide future combat operations. ”

"Chief of Staff, this ......"

"You're young, and that's a good thing and a bad thing."

Gan Yongxing pressed his hand: "Being young means that you lack experience and lack the necessary foundation. It also means that you have a richer imagination and bolder ideas than others. Since we can't know all the details of our opponents, how can we defeat them? In addition to continuing to understand the opponent, I think the best thing to do is to make the opponent unable to know our details and make them make wrong judgments, right? ”

Tan Renhao laughed, Gan Yongxing's hint was enough.

"Make good use of your abilities, and if you need help, you can come to me at any time."

Gan Yongxing stood up: "I will always stay in the Navy Command, of course, you can even come to my home to find me!" ”

"Chief of Staff, I'm sure I'll come to trouble you often!"

After leaving Gan Yongxing's office, Tan Renhao sighed. He also felt nervous when he realized that what he was doing now would affect the fate of the empire. Gan Yongxing's words are not wrong, if the Navy Staff is still to formulate this plan, the United States can find out the next move of the Imperial Navy based on the previous combat operations of the Imperial Navy, so as to be prepared. Put a supernumerary in charge, so that the enemy will have a hard time finding out the actions of the Imperial Navy.

This is also a very difficult task, to come up with this plan in a short period of time, which is almost impossible, the reason is very simple, Tan Renhao lacks the foundation and experience in this area, almost everything has to start from scratch. This is different from those battle plans he had completed before. Almost all previous battle plans were tactical, at most at the campaign level, but this time he had to complete a strategic plan, a plan that would guide the war operations of the Imperial Navy and even the entire Empire for years to come.

Pressure is also the driving force, Gan Yongxing has given Tan Renhao the greatest guarantee, also gave him confidence, gave him the right to let go, now what he has to do is to wave his ability to win this "war" on paper first, within more than ten days, Tan Renhao and Hao Dongjue have "buried" themselves in a large number of intelligence and documents. Some top-secret documents that they had previously had no access to were also made available to them. The more than 10 staff officers transferred by Gan Yongxing to Tan Renhao were also seizing the time to absorb information.

As soon as September began, Tan Renhao mobilized his staff officers. More than a dozen staff officers were divided into four groups, each with three or four people, and these people were given specific tasks. Hao Dongjue is specifically responsible for the integration of work between various groups and reports directly to Tan Renhao. Tan Renhao was in charge of the final checks and took out what Gan Yongxing needed.

Troubles and difficulties were not expected by Tan Renhao before, doing this kind of unfamiliar thing made Tan Renhao feel a headache, after all the clues were straightened out, the work was gradually put on track, and the problem was gradually solved!