A few hours after Tan Renhao and Nie Renfeng arrived in the capital, a second transport plane carrying naval staff officers also arrived in the capital. The long-term war planning meeting of the army and navy, chaired by Prime Minister Xue Xiyue himself, will decide the empire's war plan for the next two years, and will be attended by more than a dozen cabinet members in addition to the commanders of the army and navy. This is also the second important meeting presided over by Prime Minister Xue Xiyue after he returned to power (the last was the plenary meeting of the Imperial Cabinet).

Tan Renhao got the detailed meeting arrangements on the second day after he arrived in the capital, that is, on October 4. The previous meeting focused on the development of the Empire's domestic military mobilization (including industrial and agricultural mobilization) and implemented the bills identified at the last plenary session of the Cabinet. The fourth meeting is the most important, in which the navy and the army will separately explain their long-term war plans (that is, to convince the prime minister and other cabinet members to produce reliable arguments and evidence as much as possible), and the fifth meeting will have Prime Minister Xue Xiyue and other cabinet ministers (the navy and army ministers do not participate) discuss the plans proposed by the navy and the army in detail, and finally at the sixth and final meeting, the specific combat operations of the navy and the army will be determined.

Nie Renfeng also gave Tan Renhao a specific task on this day, and he had to make a detailed, wonderful, and convincing exposition of the navy's long-term war plan at the fourth meeting held on the 8th. In addition, there are doubts about the plans of the Army.

The previous task is not difficult. Admiral Gan Yongxing's long-term naval war plan was completed on the basis of Tan Renhao's analysis report on the United States. Tan Renhao read the plan on the day he arrived in the capital and mastered the details. And for each possible vulnerability has been carefully considered. The problem is that the second task is not easy to complete. Before the official submission, neither the navy nor the army will announce their plans, and Tan Renhao has no way of knowing what plan the army will come up with, so he will not be able to prepare in advance, and can only play on the spot.

In the next three days, Tan Renhao attended the first three meetings. Before. He only reported on the documents on the mobilization of the war in the Imperial Land, more precisely. It's the Imperial War Machine that has a half-understood understanding. Now when he got the most direct knowledge from the war mobilization reports submitted by the Imperial Cabinet Ministers.

The war potential of the Tang Empire has always attracted much attention, although in the previous hundreds of years of wars, especially in the First World War, the war potential of the Tang Empire surprised many countries, but it has always been a mystery how strong the war potential of the Tang Empire is. It is also what the opponents of the Tang Empire want to know the most. However, all the enemies of the Tang Empire may only see the tip of the iceberg, because even the subjects of the Tang Empire do not know how powerful the war potential of their homeland really is. Tan Renhao has always wanted to know how much war potential the empire has, which directly restricts how many tasks the imperial navy can undertake.

"That's the Minister of Industry." Nie Renfeng once again acted as Tan Renhao's teacher, "Last time, Prime Minister Xue Xiyue put forward the main industrial production target for 24 years, and now it will be determined whether this industrial production target can be completed." ”

Tan Renhao was a little puzzled, Nie Renfeng glanced at him, and then put a document in front of him. When Tan Renhao opened the document. He was also taken aback when he saw the detailed indicators of industrial production marked with red lines on them.

In 23 years, the scale of the empire's war industry production was very large, and some of the main figures were: 300 billion kWh of electricity (220 billion kWh actually completed in the first three quarters, and 288 billion kWh is expected to be actually completed, the same below), and 700 million tons of coal (.5). 150 million tons of oil (1.. 55. In addition, 75 million tons of oil were imported from the Persian Empire), 80 million tons of iron and steel (), and 300 million tons of grain (2. 9. Grain production is in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, and because it is a strategic material, it is counted in a table).

Tan Renhao did not know the industrial production of other countries, but he knew very well that no country could surpass the empire. It is not even possible to connect closely. And this is also the basis of the bloody struggle of the Tang Emperor's ** team. Without such a huge industrial strength, it would be impossible for the Tang Empire to quickly turn the tide on the battlefield after a serious defeat in the initial battle. What surprised Tan Renhao even more was that. Xue Xiyue set an industrial production plan for the first year of the underground and called for an overall increase in industrial production by two percent!

Specifically, electricity reached 350 billion kWh, coal production reached 850 million tons, oil reached 300 million tons (including imports), steel production reached 110 million tons, and grain production increased to 380 million tons.

In addition to these, Xue Xiyue also formulated a detailed production plan for the military industry for 24 years. The total tonnage of newly built warships (based on the date of launch) is 1.05 million tons, and the gross tonnage of merchant ships (including military transport ships) is 8.5 million tons. The production of 45,000 aircraft (including 12,500 combat aircraft), 15,000 tanks, 120,000 artillery pieces, 12,000 self-propelled guns, 130,000 military engines (including both the army and navy), and 25 million tons of ammunition (all ammunition for the army and navy are included).

This data is not fabricated out of thin air, or delusional, but is based on the vast industrial base of the empire, and the result of rigorous argumentation and analysis. For a soldier like Tan Renhao, who had never been in contact with the empire's huge war production capacity, when he saw these astronomical figures, he was only extremely surprised in his heart, and he also had a strong sense of pride, which gave him great confidence.

The discussion of the tasks of industrial production for 24 years was the focus of the first three meetings. War is based on industry, and the scale of industry determines the scale of war, and also determines the war actions of the emperor. At this point, Xue Xiyue's mind is very clear-headed, and any war action that exceeds the country's ability to withstand can only lead to defeat, not victory. Therefore, the military must be subordinated to the economy, there is no economic base. There is no way for the empire to win the war. This is precisely the fundamental reason why the 24 annual industrial production plan meeting was arranged between the long-term war plan review meeting of the navy and the army, and at the same time, Tan Renhao, who was specifically responsible for planning and reporting, was allowed to participate in the industrial production plan meeting. Through these meetings, Prime Minister Xue Xiyue sent a very clear signal that the army's war plans must not exceed the country's economic capacity.

Tan Renhao quickly understood the meaning of this signal, and he also seized the time to make some minor revisions to the navy's long-term battle plan. At the third meeting, Prime Minister Xue Xiyue approved an adjusted industrial production plan. The general direction remained unchanged, that is, the scale of industrial production in the empire continued to expand. Minister Jonghan Khin also made a report that he planned to add 1.5 million industrial workers in 24 years. It also ensures the smooth completion of the industrial production plan. The new mobilization plan proposed by the Minister of Industry, the Minister of Agriculture, was also approved by the Prime Minister. The new industrial production program will be officially launched at the end of the year, while previous preparations will be in full swing at the beginning of November.

On October 8, Tan Renhao followed Liao Hanxiang to the Imperial Prime Minister's Office. Marshal Yan Dingyu also arrived ten minutes later with a major general. It was a closed-door meeting attended by senior cabinet officials (at least deputy ministers). Unlike the previous three conferences, the long-term war plan was the top secret of the Empire, and those industrial production plans were also important. However, other countries can roughly judge what level the Tang Empire will be able to increase its industrial output value to in 24 years, but they cannot figure out the Tang Empire's war plan.

There were only more than a dozen people attending the meeting, and except for a few important ministers, no one else knew Tan Renhao, not even the army major general.

"You're talking about General Renhao, right? I have admired the daimyo for a long time! While waiting for the meeting to be held, the army major general took the initiative to come over and introduce himself, "I'm Gu Xunlei." Major General, it's an honor to be in the same room with you. ”

Tan Renhao quickly looked at the major general who was not a few years older than him, and at the same time imprinted the resolute and unruly face in his mind. Gu Xunlei left a deep impression on Tan Renhao, and in Tan Renhao's previous understanding, the army did not have too many young generals. Marshal Yan Dingyu also rarely reuses young generals (the army is more conservative than the navy in the appointment of young generals), and Gu Xunlei is obviously a young major general who has just been promoted, and he must be regarded as a new star in the army.

"By the way, I used to be in the Third Cavalry Army, General Shi Naixing's deputy." Gu Xunlei made another introduction.

Now talk about Renhao and understand, he has heard the name "Shi Naixing" from Liao Hanxiang many times. Back then, Shi Naixing and Liao Hanxiang were still comrades-in-arms in a trench, and when Liao Hanxiang was the commander of the cavalry battalion, he was the commander of another cavalry battalion. Later, Liao Hanxiang went to the army airline. Embarked on the path of aviation. Shi Naixing, on the other hand, stayed in the cavalry unit and devoted himself to the development of armored troops. The two have kept in touch. When Liao Hanxiang was still in the ground aviation area, the two also discussed many times the issue of the coordination of the air force and the armored force. Later, Shi Naixing proposed the "Armored Group Rapid Assault Theory" (the basic theory of "blitzkrieg") that used the ground speed of armored troops and combined with the strike capability of aviation units, which was based on his discussions with Liao Hanxiang. This became the classic theory of the Imperial Army on the eve of World War II, and it was the main development direction of the Imperial Army. As a result, Shi Naixing became the founder of the Imperial Army's armored corps. But his experience in the army is a bit similar to Liao Hanxiang, and he has not been reused. He did not jump ship to the Navy (and the Navy did not have a place for him to show his skills), but stayed in the Army, using his theories to form the Third Cavalry Corps (later renamed the Third Tank Army), and trained a group of excellent armored commanders for the Imperial Army.

"General Gu, it's time to meet!" Tan Renhao immediately had a good impression of Gu Xunlei, probably because of the relationship between Shi Naixing and Liao Hanxiang, and because they were both young generals. "I have also heard of General Shi Naixing's name for a long time, and I believe that General Gu will show his talents on the battlefield and turn General Shi Naixing's theory into practical combat exploits!"

"General Tan has won the award, compared to General Tan, I am just like a child who has just learned to walk!" Gu Xunlei also had a good impression of Tan Renhao, "Now General Tan is already a big celebrity in the navy and army, and I often hear General Wei Boyu talk about you." As for the future, we are all emperors, and it is our duty to fight on the battlefield for the empire, so what are those military exploits? ”

The two laughed at the same time, as the younger generation, they have a common social background and common values. This may be the only thing that the young generals of the Empire's navy and army have in common.

"Two generals, the meeting has begun, please come in!" A guard officer from the Prime Minister's Office came over and interrupted the conversation between the two.

"General Gu, please!"

"Talk about the general, please!"

The two walked into the conference room side by side, Xue Xiyue, Nie Renfeng, Yan Dingyu and others had already sat down, waiting for the two major generals who were making reports to come in. Tan Renhao walked to Nie Renfeng's side, and Gu Xunlei walked to Yan Dingyu's side. Both glanced at each other before sitting down.

"You know him?" Nie Renfeng looked at Tan Renhao with a little curiosity.

"I just knew, Gu Xunlei, it should be a major general of the armored corps."

Nie Renfeng frowned slightly, and then said in a low voice: "It seems that Yan Dingyu's old stubbornness has also begun to use young generals. ”

Tan Renhao also laughed and said: "The army has no way out, Marshal Yan Dingyu must have been forced to choose new tactics and use new talents!" ”

Nie Renfeng nodded first, and then glanced at Yan Dingyu. Yan Dingyu also happened to look this way, and the gazes of the two marshals stayed in the air for two seconds, and then they both smiled and turned away.

The Army had adhered to the tactics of World War I until then, and had not fully adopted the armored assault tactics proposed by Shi Naixing (in fact, the Imperial Army was equipped with tanks, self-propelled guns, and tactical bombers in no small number of numbers, more than any other country), and as a result, it was caught in a bitter battle in the Northwest Theater and was never able to open up the situation. Now that Yan Dingyu has used young generals like Gu Xunlei (and Shi Naixing's deputy), it is obvious that the stubborn Marshal Yan Dingyu has also begun to pay attention to the strength of the armored corps, and the tactics of the army will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Tan Renhao took a deep breath and tried not to think about the development of the army, which had nothing to do with him. What he has to do now is to make a wonderful report, let the prime minister and other officials join his team, instead of losing to Gu Xunlei, and let the prime minister of the imperial cabinet become the army "FAN".

When Xue Xiyue made an opening speech, Tan Renhao looked at Gu Xunlei. Gu Xunlei also looked at Tan Renhao, and the two laughed at the same time, this is just a friendly match!