When he took the teacup handed by General Gan Yongxing, Tan Renhao still felt a pain in his head, and he couldn't stand it when he poured two bottles of two-pot heads with more than 60 degrees. However, he has regained his senses, and the drunkenness has relieved him of the pressure on his body, while also making him forget his grief.

"Colonel, we can blame the past for yesterday's incident, but I hope to see the same thing happen again in the future." Nie Renfeng's expression was very serious, "As an imperial soldier, especially an imperial naval officer, you must set an example at any time. You are now the chief of staff of the 1st Task Force and an example to tens of thousands of officers and men of the fleet, what will the officers and men of the fleet think if you know that you are drinking and making trouble outside? ”

"Headmaster, not in the future." Tan Renhao smiled awkwardly.

"I also believe that there will be no next time." Nie Renfeng let out a sigh, "I know you're under a lot of pressure, this battle was fought beautifully, this is a battle for the Imperial Navy to turn over." Our submarines, as well as intelligence officers, have confirmed that three aircraft carriers of the Japanese First Air Fleet were sunk, and several heavy cruisers and destroyers were destroyed by you. It was a brilliant victory, and it was a battle that changed the balance of power. Of course, the disaster at the last moment, this is not your responsibility alone, Major General Ji Xiaobin has already taken the initiative to ask to be punished. Now, we are still investigating the cause of the sinking of the 'Taizong', and of course, I believe that it is not your fault, you have done all the things that a fleet chief of staff should do. This time, we were able to defeat the Japanese First Air Fleet, and your credit is the greatest. ”

"Headmaster, in fact, this is all the credit of everyone, what I did is what should be done, without the efforts of all the officers and men of the fleet, there would be no victory this time."

Nie Renfeng smiled and nodded. "Of course, I don't deny that, but you are the one who has the most credit for the entire fleet. From planning the campaign action, to the execution of the campaign process, to the final closing phase, you performed well. Of course, the most important thing is that your plan succeeds. ”

"Thank you, Headmaster!" Tan Renhao let out a sigh, although the "Taizong" aircraft carrier was lost, the campaign operation was indeed successful. In Nie Renfeng's campaign demand, even if the First Task Force is exhausted, the Japanese First Air Fleet must be wiped out and Japan's operational plan for landing on the island of Taiwan must be dismantled. Now that Japan's First Air Fleet has collapsed, it is impossible for Japan to land on the island of Taiwan.

"This is information we just received." Gan Yongxing walked over and gave a document to Tan Renhao, "The Japanese ground forces previously deployed on Shikoku Island have begun to move to Kyushu Island and Honshu Island. The Japanese military department has abandoned the campaign plan for landing on the island of Taiwan. However, there are now at least 300,000 ground troops on the Japanese mainland. Now Japan does not need to increase troops to the southern theater, and these 300,000 ground troops will definitely take action. ”

"Landing on the Korean Peninsula?" Tan Renhao was secretly shocked that Japan was still ready to make a move on the Korean Peninsula.

Gan Yongxing nodded. "This is our most direct judgment, and now the intelligence department is seizing the time to collect intelligence on the Japanese side. However, judging from the current deployment of Japanese troops, it is most likely that they will attack the Korean Peninsula. ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, in fact, from the very beginning, Japan's purpose was to attack the Korean Peninsula. Perhaps, it was the Japanese military department, or the contradiction between the navy and the army, so Japan took a detour in the past few months, but finally returned to the road of landing on the Korean Peninsula.

"If Japan lands on the Korean Peninsula, all it needs is a transport force for the Navy." Nie Renfeng spoke, "The army has deployed nearly 200,000 troops on Jeju Island, and there are more than 500 combat aircraft. However, Japan can rely on its combat aircraft deployed on its own territory to control air supremacy in the Korean Strait and cover the convoy of transport ships transporting landing troops and war materials. They can complete the combat operation of landing on the Korean Peninsula without a large mobilization of the naval fleet. ”

"Judging from our current judgment, the Japanese Navy has always believed that it should go south, open up a sea passage to the Indian Ocean, join forces with the fleets of the British Empire and the Kingdom of France, and finally wipe out our fleets deployed in the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic, and complete the encirclement of the empire on three sides." Gan Yongxing took out a cigarette, and he lit one for Tan Renhao first, "The Japanese army is firmly in favor of a war with us on the Korean Peninsula. Recently, Japan's contacts with the Russian Empire have been quite frequent, and their prime minister's envoy even made a special trip to Moscow via the United States, where he heard that he wanted to discuss with Russia the matter of attacking the empire on land. Now the Japanese began to organize a combat operation to land on the Korean Peninsula, and perhaps, they had already reached an agreement with the Russian Empire. ”

Tan Renhao was shocked and said: "General, you mean that if Japan lands on the Korean Peninsula, then the Russian Empire is very likely to declare war on us?" ”

Gan Yongxing and Nie Renfeng both nodded. Now Russia is the only one of the countries participating in the war that did not declare war on the Tang Empire. However, relations between the two countries were already extremely tense, and the main contradiction was the land that the Tang Empire had acquired after World War I. At present, the Tang Empire has deployed about fifty army divisions there, including five tank divisions and eight motorized mechanics, while the Russian Empire has also deployed forty divisions, including three tank divisions, near the border line. In other words, if the Tang Empire went to war with the Russian Empire, then Central Asia would become a new battlefield. And the problem is that now the Tang Empire has not been involved in the ground war, and in the last war, the Russian Empire suffered enough from the ground war, and it was precisely because the Tang Empire contained a large number of troops of the Russian Empire on the Eastern Front, which caused the Russian Empire to overconsume and surrender before the end of the war. This time, the Russian Empire was very "sensible" and only declared war on the Persian Empire and the German Empire, without provoking the Tang Empire first, making it clear that it was to solve the problems on the European battlefield first, and then fight a decisive battle with the Tang Empire. However, if Japan landed on the Korean Peninsula, the Tang Empire would fall into an embarrassing situation of a two-front war, and if the Russian Empire launched an attack from the west, the Tang Empire might not be able to stop the Russian Empire's tank army.

There was silence in the room, and all three of them knew very well how much impact Japan would have on the entire war situation if it landed on the Korean Peninsula.

"The army attaches great importance to the movement of Japanese troops." Nie Renfeng broke the silence, "Now, the army is sending ten more divisions to the Korean Peninsula, and will also concentrate the reserves of fifteen divisions on the north bank of the Yalu River. If Japan landed on the Korean Peninsula, the army would devote at least forty divisions to fighting here. However, Marshal Yan Dingyu called me yesterday, and he congratulated the Navy on its great victory, but at the same time asked us to repay the favors we owe. ”

Tan Renhao laughed, Marshal Yan Dingyu is a very realistic person, but it cannot be denied that in the naval battle of Ryukyu Island, the support of the army aviation played a huge role, without the full cooperation of the army aviation, then the first task force would not be able to achieve the final victory at all, maybe there will be no return. Therefore, the navy does owe the army a great favor, and now Yan Dingyu wants the navy to repay the favor, which is also a very normal request.

"Marshal Yan Dingyu's request is very simple, to help the army gain three months to six months of preparation time." Gan Yongxing took Sajiting's words, "The best way is to launch a naval campaign to force Japan to concentrate its forces on the ocean, as long as Japan's war resources are consumed, then they will not be able to land on the Korean Peninsula, at least, they will not be able to land on the Korean Peninsula for a few months." ”

Tan Renhao nodded and said, "This is indeed the best way, at least on the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula, we can't provide much support to the army." However, now that the 1st Task Force has just completed its combat operations, we may not have the strength to immediately organize the next round of battles. ”

"That's what we're facing, but that's not the most important thing." Gan Yongxing laughed, "Now, the Japanese Navy only has two aircraft carriers, and one of them is a small aircraft carrier. Japan's two new Shozuru-class aircraft carriers have already been launched in the past few months, but they will not be commissioned until the middle of next year at the earliest. By the middle of next year, our 'Yangtze River' class will probably be completed, and the newly built aircraft carrier will also be launched at the end of next year, and it will be able to enter service after the middle of the next year. Thus, we still have a certain advantage in terms of aircraft carriers. However, the problem is that now Japan's First Battlefleet has begun to move south, probably to the Ryukyu Islands to carry out the task of sea domination. ”

Tan Renhao immediately understood what General Gan Yongxing meant, if he could seize the opportunity to take out the Japanese First Battlefleet, then the situation at sea would be completely changed, and the Tang Imperial Navy would gain naval superiority in the western Pacific for the first time. However, the Japanese First Battlefleet was a tough nut to crack. This was adapted from the Japanese Home Fleet and consisted of six battleships, more than a dozen cruisers, and a large number of other battleships. Coupled with the Japanese air defense forces deployed on the island of Ryukyu, if you want to take out this fleet, I am afraid that it will not be as good luck as the last time.

"The First Battlefleet is not to be feared, and after the Battle of Ryukyu Island, the Japanese Navy may also have to admit the dominance of aircraft carriers in the seas. Our purpose in launching the next naval battle is not to destroy a certain fleet of the Japanese Navy, but to delay the landing of the Japanese Army on the Korean Peninsula. Nie Renfeng pulled the topic back, "Even if the First Battle Fleet is killed, it won't be of much help to the army, and Japan will not need the support of the fleet at all when it lands on the Korean Peninsula." At the same time, it may even strengthen the determination of the Japanese Army and prompt the Japanese Army to launch a landing campaign ahead of schedule, so as to contain our war forces and relieve pressure on the Navy. ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, Marshal Nie Renfeng's analysis was very reasonable.

"And to get there, we have to trouble the Japanese Army, not the Japanese Navy. Of course, if the Japanese naval fleet takes the initiative to send them to death, we cannot be soft-hearted. ”

"Marshal, then our only way is to launch a landing operation." Tan Renhao quickly understood what Nie Renfeng meant, "Only by launching a large-scale landing operation can we force the Japanese Army to transfer its forces to the battlefield we have chosen, so that the Japanese Army will not be able to launch a landing operation on the Korean Peninsula." ”

Gan Yongxing glanced at Nie Renfeng and said, "This is also our idea, and the landing site we can choose is an island in the South Sea, and the other is an island in the Ryukyu Islands. ”

Tan Renhao quickly thought for a while and said: "There are many islands in the South Seas, except for a few islands such as Lion City, Sumatra, Java, Luzon, etc., the other islands are not of great strategic value at this time. At the same time, even if the Lion City is recovered and other islands are captured, the impact on Japan will not be great, and it will be difficult to force the Japanese army to shift its strategic focus. I believe that in order to achieve strategic goals, it is necessary to make a fuss on the island of Ryukyu. The advantages of landing on Ryukyu Island are very great: First, it can contain the Japanese ground forces, and second, it can open the door to the Pacific Ocean for the navy and give the fleet more room for maneuver. Although it is very difficult to land on Ryukyu Island now, it will be very beneficial for us in the long run! ”

Gan Yongxing and Nie Renfeng both laughed, obviously this was also their idea.

"Colonel, give us a battle plan as soon as possible." Nie Renfeng stood up, "Originally, now I should have worn the epaulettes of the Navy Brigadier General for you, but considering the losses in the later stage of the battle, your promotion was excluded this time." However, I promise that as long as the Imperial Golden Dragon Banner can be planted on the Ryukyu Island, then when you return in triumph, I will personally put a gold star epaulette on you, and I believe that you will become the youngest admiral of the Imperial Navy! ”

Tan Renhao was taken aback, and immediately said: "Thank you for the principal's cultivation, I will live up to the principal's expectations." ”

After sending Tan Renhao away, Nie Renfeng and Gan Yongxing sat down.

"Headmaster, you could have promoted Colonel Tan Renhao this time, why are you pressuring him?" Gan Yongxing was a little puzzled by Nie Renfeng's arrangement.

"Yongxing, how old were you to become a general?" Nie Renfeng glanced at Gan Yongxing, "I admit that Tan Renhao is a very good soldier, but he is still too young, if he climbs all the way without encountering any resistance and challenges, it will not be good for him." Let him exercise again! ”

Gan Yongxing nodded thoughtfully, Tan Renhao is indeed too young.

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