When Tan Renhao finished reading the main content of the meeting minutes, he got up on the desk, and he found that it was already past ten o'clock, and more than two hours passed so quickly, and he didn't feel it at all. Immediately, the two of them went to Renfeng's office, and the Navy Commander's office was actually at the other end of the corridor here, and it was also the most luxurious and largest office in the entire Navy Headquarters.

"Renhao, when did you come back?" Nie Renfeng looked a little tired, probably not yet recovered.

"Just arrived yesterday." Tan Renhao nodded at the principal, "This was caught by the chief of staff, and he didn't even have time to rest." ”

"Don't blame the Chief of Staff, I asked you to come back this time." Nie Renfeng invited the two students to sit down, "The situation on the other side of the Caribbean is okay, right?" ”

"It should be okay, Han Shaofeng has been preparing for several months, and this time it broke out, I'm afraid no one will be able to stop him. In addition, I heard that Gu Xunlei's progress is also good, and it seems that now the two of them are going to fight for speed. ”

"It's time to fight for speed." Renfeng laughed, "I chatted with Yan Dingyu when I was in Tehran, and I also talked about Gu Xunlei and Han Shaofeng. These two people can be regarded as the new stars of the army and navy now, but they are both a little more tempered and a little stubborn, it seems that no one cares about them, I am afraid it is really difficult for them to unite. ”

Tan Renhao heard the meaning of the principal's words, and it seemed that the pressure exerted by the prime minister had shown its effect, and now even the commanders of the army and navy were thinking about joint operations.

"But, this matter is Yan Dingyu is having a headache now, how to say, we are the master, the army is the guest, there is no us. The Army can't do anything, and without the Army, we can still move forward. Ren Feng said as he brought a document. When I came back, I sent someone to put the minutes in Yongxing's office, have you all read them? ”

"I took a look at it." Gan Yongxing glanced at Tan Renhao, "Tehran's harvest this time should not be small, I'm afraid the prime minister will not be dissatisfied with anything, if it is completed according to the agreement we reached......

"It's just an agreement of intent. And we all know that Persia is unreliable, and Germany is even more unreliable. Renfeng gave the document to Gan Yongxing. That's what's really important, relatively speaking. Our relationship with Germany is more important, and this is what I learned the most in Tehran. ”

Gan Yongxing immediately opened the documents, which were actually several documents, and he divided several copies to Tan Renhao. The two of them looked at it at the same time. Soon, the two students realized that what the principal had given them before was indeed just some to take out and fill the table. And this time Nie Renfeng's harvest in Tehran is much more important than what they have learned before.

"Actually, fundamentally, the Germans are more positive than any of us think." Nie Renfeng leaned back on the sofa, as if he didn't have much strength on his body. "Before I went to Tehran, the prime minister had a private conversation with us, and the focus of this meeting in Tehran was not to ask other countries to contribute, but to lay the foundation for solving the US problem in the future."

"What is the Prime Minister thinking about what to do with the United States?" Tan Renhao looked up at the principal.

"Yes, and I've been thinking about it for a long time." Ren Feng nodded, "It's only a matter of time before the United States is defeated, if we don't think about how to deal with the United States after the war, why don't we think about it after we defeat the United States?" To know. When Russia was first resolved, we negotiated with Germany two years in advance. In addition, it is precisely because there is no prior agreement on the European issue that so many problems have arisen. ”

"What does the chancellor mean is that he doesn't want Germany's sphere of influence to enter the United States?"

"Hope and reality cannot be the same, just as we want the war to end now, but we still have to fight the United States." Nie Renfeng laughed, "Your idea is almost all of our original thoughts, but is it possible for us to exclude Germany?" ”

Tan Renhao also felt that it was a bit naïve to start that question. The United States is inherently a nation of immigrants, and among the European immigrants in the United States. German immigrants are by no means in the minority. Before World War I, about 40 percent of white Americans were Germans, which almost led the United States to join the Tang Empire and Germany in World War I. And now, there will not be a small number of German citizens in the United States, so that it is impossible to exclude German influence from post-war America.

"So, what exactly does the prime minister mean?"

"If we can't avoid a new opponent and we have to fight it, what's the best thing to do?" Nie Renfeng asked rhetorically.

Gan Yongxing hesitated slightly, then nodded understandingly.

Tan Renhao also quickly reacted, if it cannot be avoided and must be confronted, then the most effective way is to isolate this opponent and win more allies.

"Now, our superficial contradictions with Germany have been largely eliminated, the British question has been resolved, the post-war pattern in Europe has been basically formed, and other related problems have basically been resolved. However, judging by what happened in England, will we still be allies with Germany after the war? Nie Renfeng shook his head to himself. As its power grows and its influence expands, so does Germany's ambitions. Originally, our alliance with Germany was based on a common enemy, and when we defeated all the common enemies, will this alliance continue to be maintained? It can be said that what happened between the second half of last year and the present day basically determines the future of our relationship with Germany. Perhaps, Germany will not soon become our enemy, because neither we nor Germany can afford the losses and pressures of the next all-out war. Peace is what we all want, but it does not prevent us from standing in opposition to Germany, an adversary who may not break out into war, but who will compete for interests. ”

"Then we must try to limit Germany's influence, and at the same time tie it hand, just as I did with the European powers. In addition, Germany must be avoided becoming a second Britain, a second America. Tan Renhao immediately followed.

"We all know that, and to get there, we have to act." Renfeng motioned for Tan Renhao to continue looking at the documents in his hand, without paying attention to him. "The fundamental purpose of our trip to Tehran this time is to pass the head of the army

of exchanges to contain Germany. As you know, I have had private talks with many countries, and military cooperation is a major foundation of the alliance, and only through military cooperation can we effectively understand and control the military strength of our allies, so as to grasp the power of the alliance bloc. ”

Tan Renhao hesitated slightly, this time, he completely understood, no wonder the empire did not forget to provide large amounts of military assistance to those weak allies who had almost no performance in the war during the most difficult period of the war.

It can be said that military aid itself is a double-edged sword, especially when it comes to arms sales, the impact of which is absolutely multifaceted. Take the military cooperation between the Tang Empire and the Persian Empire at that time, since the establishment of an alliance between the two countries, military cooperation has been ubiquitous and at all times. Especially before World War I, when the national crisis within the Persian Empire intensified, the national strength was declining, and it was no longer able to keep up with the pace of world development, it had to rely on the military assistance of the Tang Empire. After the first global war, the Persian Empire was even in danger of splitting, and it is likely that the Persian Empire would have broken up into many small states without the military assistance and covert support of the Tang Empire. Unable to produce weapons and equipment that were advanced enough to meet the needs of the army, the Persian Empire could only purchase weapons and equipment from the outside world, mainly from the Tang Empire. For a long time, the Tang Empire has opened a back door in arms sales to the Persian Empire, and many advanced weapons that should not have been sold to other countries have been sold to the Persian Empire, and only the Persian Empire has obtained the most advanced weapons and equipment of the Tang Empire. For example, in the sale of the "New Provincial Capital" class battleships to Germany and the Persian Empire, the Germans only got a simplified version, while the Persian Empire got the original version, and the Tang Empire itself used the enhanced version. There is no doubt that this kind of arms sales led to the outflow of advanced military technology from the Tang Empire to a large extent. At that time, Germany had been trying to obtain some advanced military technology of the Tang Empire from the Persian Empire. But at the same time, when the weapons and equipment used by the Persian Empire's army came from the Tang Empire, the Tang Empire naturally knew how strong the Persian Empire's army was and what its shortcomings were.

That is, to control the armies of the allies through arms sales. In order to achieve the goal of controlling the territory of the allies, it is a convenient, efficient, and effective means that will not arouse the objection of the allies. Especially with the increasing technological advancement of weapons and equipment. War is more dependent on the systematic play of the whole weapon, rather than determined by the performance of a single weapon, and tactics and technology are more and more closely integrated when with arms sales. In the end, it is not only the allied armies that control, but also their military ideas, and even the soul of the entire army.

"Here are our secret agreements with some of our allies." Nie Renfeng glanced at the documents in Tan Renhao's hand. "The specific arms sales contract is still being negotiated, and it is certain that the scale of this arms sale is definitely not small, and many weapons and equipment that we have not included in the export list before will be exported, of course, we will soon obtain more advanced weapons of the same type. In addition to arms sales, assistance in the area of military training is also under way. Let's put it this way, when the vast majority of countries use our weapons and equipment and accept our military ideas, then we control the vast majority of the world's armies. The vast majority of countries have become our allies! ”

"Germany will lose the space to survive and expand, and it will not be possible to gain the strength to compete with us." Gan Yongxing added Renfeng's later words. "The Prime Minister proposed this solution?"

"It's not someone who came up with it, it's our policy." Nie Renfeng laughed, "It's just that this time the prime minister has done it more thoroughly." In the past, we basically only engaged in arms sales, and it was very good to engage in free aid, but this time, the prime minister has put free aid first, and arms sales are only secondary. ”

"Don't make money, give it away for free?" Tan Renhao was a little surprised.

"I can't say it's free. The equipment is sent, but the future maintenance still costs money, isn't it? Also, if you send a cannonball, you have to need a cannonball, and we don't send cannonballs, do we? Nie Renfeng smiled and shook his head. To make money, we should also consider ways and means. In addition, we made so many weapons and equipment during the war, and now the factories are still producing non-stop, when the war is over, do we need so many weapons and equipment? Not to mention anything else, up to now, we have a total of more than 20 fleet aircraft carriers, several more under construction, escort ships, and thousands of warships, and it is enough for us to be able to save one-third of them in the future. If we stay, how much do we have to spend on maintenance each year? And how much allowance do the officers and men needed to maintain these warships need? ”

Tan Renhao also laughed, it is indeed a good choice to give it away, if other countries get the aircraft carrier, then they have to spend money to buy planes, so they can make money by selling planes.

"Of course, these issues are for the prime minister to consider." Nie Renfeng crossed his hands, "Now the Prime Minister has given me the task of taking stock of our weapons and equipment arsenal to determine which ones are temporarily unusable, which ones need to be eliminated or replaced, and which ones have lost their use value." Anyway, we need to come up with a list of obsolete weapons and equipment as soon as possible. ”

"It's a big cake, I'm afraid a lot of people are staring at it."

"Of course, Yongxing, you have to organize some staff officers to do this, don't delay too much time, maybe the prime minister will ask us for this list at any time." Nie Renfeng looked at Gan Yongxing, "Don't trouble Ren Hao about this matter, you can arrange for the staff officer to be responsible for the small matter." However, there is one thing that you two need to get done as soon as possible, and I received the Prime Minister's order before I returned. ”

"What's the matter?" Gan Yongxing frowned, the matter explained by the prime minister is definitely not a trivial matter.

.& Tomorrow, no, you have to give me a detailed answer this afternoon. You're all right at night, right? That's good, let's have dinner together, and when the time comes, we'll talk. ”

Gan Yongxing and Tan Renhao did not delay time, and immediately got up to say goodbye, both of them knew that after the principal came back, they would not want to have a little relaxing time.