When Tan Renhao came to the principal's office, Gan Yongxing had been chatting with Nie Renfeng for a while, and both of them were laughing, and they were smiling happily.

"You don't know the look on the face of the Speaker of the House at the time." Nie Renfeng hadn't been so happy for a long time, "When the emperor asked him about the no-confidence case last time, his face turned red. The justices, who were still very hard at the beginning, lowered their heads directly, if it wasn't for someone else to deal with this time, I'm afraid the speaker of the House would have been suffocated at that time. ”

"The result?"

"The result? Ren Hao, you are here, sit down, and pour yourself a cup of tea. Nie Renfeng nodded at Tan Renhao, and then continued, "In the end, the prime minister came forward to calm down the emperor's anger. ”

"The Prime Minister's motion to recall ......"

"Don't worry, the emperor will say on the spot, and this matter will be handled by the prime minister." Nie Renfeng looked at Tan Renhao and walked over, "Before I came back, the prime minister had already submitted the list of the two new justices to the inner room, and now I only need to wait for the emperor's symbolic approval, and the result will be available in about these two days." ”

The Inner Chamber is not a cabinet agency, but an institution mainly responsible for handling the affairs of the emperor's side, a bit like the previous inner court, but does not interfere in government affairs, and its main responsibility is to keep the imperial jade seal, and to stamp a large seal on some documents that require the emperor's symbolic approval.

"Renhao, I just said that it will be fine this time, now that the prime minister has settled the Supreme Court, the legislation will be ...... soon"

"It's not going to be fast, the appointment of Supreme Court justices is a complicated process, and it takes some time for any wartime bill to go into force." Nie Renfeng corrected Gan Yongxing's statement, "But it's also very fast, now the most important step has been taken, the emperor has clearly expressed his support for the prime minister, and the rest of the matter is relatively easy to handle." And in order to prevent a resurgence. The Prime Minister asked us to wait. ”

"Do you want to keep delaying time?" Tan Renhao was a little annoyed now.

"It's not that it's delaying, it's that it takes time to build momentum, and then it takes time to calm down the domestic situation and eradicate those chaotic parties." Nie Renfeng corrected Tan Renhao's statement again, "The prime minister was able to get the emperor's support this time, which is directly related to the disadvantage of the front-line battle, and he wants to use the emperor's support." At least until the bill is passed, we have to keep the situation going. Of course, preparations for the next stage of combat operations will begin immediately, only the launch will be delayed. We should make adequate preparations as much as possible, and this will also be more beneficial to our future combat operations, and at least judging from the situation reported by Liao Hanxiang now, we will not be able to continue to advance until the end of October at the earliest. By then, Task Force 2 had already regained its combat effectiveness, and Task Force 4 should be able to restore its combat effectiveness. If there is more to be gained from the battle on the Australian continent, then we can still have the Fifth Task Force come over to help. ”

Tan Renhao was even more reluctant now, but he hadn't had time to speak. was kicked by Gan Yongxing.

"Principal, can the prime minister get domestic affairs done by the end of October?"

Nie Renfeng shook his head slightly. "It's unlikely, and it's pretty good to be able to adjust the domestic situation this year."

Tan Renhao noticed that Nie Renfeng's words were relatively light, and he didn't use serious words, so he didn't know if the situation was not dangerous in the first place, or the principal deliberately wanted to make the situation a little calmer.

"In that case, why don't we put it off until early next year?" Gan Yongxing ignored Ren Hao's surprised gaze, and continued, "Although the US military will have six new aircraft carriers in service by the end of this year. At that time, they will have nine aircraft carriers, forming a maximum of three aircraft carrier task forces. And we will have six aircraft carriers in service by the end of the year, and we can create two new task forces. In addition, by the end of the year, we will be able to acquire at least twenty more escort aircraft carriers. Escort warships in large batches. In addition, landing ships and transport ships will be more abundant by next year, and it will be more beneficial for us to launch an attack on Kauai when that time comes. ”

Nie Renfeng pondered for a while, then nodded. "You can consider this, let Liao Hanxiang weigh this, but. Also make a little more preparation, if we have the opportunity to launch a campaign in October. Then, we should attack as early as possible and take out the Fifth Fleet before the U.S. Navy gets new ships. As for whether to fight next year, I have to look at Liao Hanxiang's detailed plan first, and in addition, I have to talk to the prime minister to see what special requirements the prime minister has. ”

"Then I'll call Liao Hanxiang later, and ask him to make arrangements in this regard." Gan Yongxing kicked Tan Renhao under the coffee table again, "Principal, then we won't bother much." ”

Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment, and immediately stood up with the chief of staff and said goodbye to the principal.

"Also, the two of you will go back to Songjiang and Harbin in two days, this time to see what those manufacturers have to say, it is best if you can negotiate, if it is not appropriate, then we will let the prime minister deal with these problems!" Nie Renfeng also stood up, "For us, it is more beneficial for us to deal with the procurement of equipment a few months earlier, and we can't wait until the prime minister does it before we start to contact the manufacturer." In addition, Yongxing, you remember to tell Liao Hanxiang that the beginning and end of the work on Nihua Island should be as meticulous as possible, not seeking speed, but doing the best. ”

Both nodded, and left the principal's office.

"Chief of Staff, why drag it out until next year?"

"You're going to have Task Force 5 come and intervene?"

Tan Renhao immediately shook his head, he didn't want the Fifth Task Force to come to the Pacific Ocean to help.

"That's right, you wanted to raise an objection directly, right?" Gan Yongxing laughed, he first invited Tan Renhao into his office, and then followed, and closed the door at the same time, "If you directly oppose it, it will definitely not have any good effect." Maybe the headmaster will adopt your objection, but it's not because you're against it that the headmaster won't let Task Force 5 come to the Central Pacific, understand? ”

Tan Renhao thought about it for a while, and then understood what the chief of staff meant. The headmaster's proposal to send Task Force 5 to fight in the Central Pacific theater was mostly just for the purpose of testing Ren Hao, or simply a joke, because a strong fleet was needed on the South Atlantic side now. Task Force 5 definitely went to the South Atlantic. Tan Renhao does not need to raise direct objections at all.

"Wait a minute, am I going to find Liao Hanxiang, or are you going to call?"

"It's better for you to fight, didn't the principal let us negotiate with the manufacturer?"

"What's the hurry?" Gan Yongxing sat down, "This matter is not the most important thing, you should familiarize yourself with the situation first, especially pay attention to the recent reports of major newspapers, what new news is there." I'll let you know, and we'll leave again before the time comes. Anyway, now it's not that we have to rush to negotiate with manufacturers, but that those oligarchic families are going to negotiate with us. ”

"Okay, I'll understand the situation in the next few days, if nothing else, then I'll leave first."

Gan Yongxing nodded. Then he stopped Tan Renhao. "Ren Hao, don't think too much, things will be resolved, at least now you should understand the principal's attitude."

Tan Renhao smiled, he had indeed doubted the principal's role in this matter before. It wasn't until the past few days, when the situation gradually became clear, that Tan Renhao suddenly realized that the principal was the real protector of the navy, although the principal did not directly disobey the prime minister's order, but from beginning to end, from beginning to end, the principal was doing his best to maintain the navy and safeguard the interests of the navy officers and men!

The battle on Nihua Island dragged on for almost a month, plus the Imperial Propaganda Department. As well as editorials published in newspapers by some so-called experts, comments on the radio, etc., as a result, they caused a blatant stir in the Empire. This is also a storm directed by Xue Xiyue, in the case of the Propaganda Department leading the trend of public opinion, the spearhead was first aimed at the Imperial Navy, but it didn't take long. An expert who seemed to have nothing to do with the Imperial Cabinet government made a profound comment that could arouse the imagination of many people, and the anger of the people immediately shifted from the navy to the factories, then to the capitalists who controlled them, and finally to the crux of the matter, that is, the bill that Prime Minister Xue Xiyue had prepared to submit as early as the end of 21.

At this point, when the time was ripe, Xue Xiyue submitted a motion to the emperor to remove the two justices of the Supreme Court, and the emperor's attitude was not so firm at first. However, with the increasing pressure at home, the front-line troops repeatedly sent back telegrams with insufficient supplies. Coupled with the covert support of some of the small capitalist associations that had already received the news, the emperor soon had to make a decision, and then there was the debate before the emperor in the imperial cabinet, the wartime parliament, and the Supreme Court.

Nie Renfeng participated in this debate as the Minister of the Navy, but he did not have the opportunity to speak, and Yan Dingyu did not have the opportunity to speak, the two marshals are the kind of people who value hard work and light speech, compared to government officials, their eloquence is indeed not very good, so the cabinet speech is almost arranged by the prime minister alone.

It was also an extremely important debate, with Xue pointing the finger at the incompetence of the Supreme Court and the unreasonable criticism of the wartime parliament. Through a comprehensive analysis of the situation in the past few years, Xue Xiyue put forward the final question, that is, the reason why the empire has been fighting hard for several years and cannot defeat the opponent when it has a national strength stronger than any opponent, or even the sum of all opponents, is attributed to those oligarchic families who have been digging into the corners of the empire, and uses the bitter battle of the navy and land forces on the battlefield as an argument to prove that without eradicating the oligarchic families in the empire, no matter how many imperial soldiers are sacrificed, it is impossible to win the war. In the end, the emperor's attitude was loosened, and there was the scene that Nie Renfeng said at that time, the wartime speaker of the parliament was refuted and had no power to fight back, and he couldn't even raise his head under the emperor's questioning. Before the emperor wanted to hold the parliamentarians and the Supreme Court justices accountable, he proposed a motion to remove the two inactive justices, and finally obtained the emperor's authorization, and Xue Xiyue was solely responsible for handling the matter. This actually gave Xue Xiyue the greatest power, even a power that even the previous emperors had never had!

This political struggle ended here, and what makes people feel funny is that on the second day when Xue Xiyue got the emperor's "authorization", the Imperial Marine Corps commanded by Fang Xiaoxian completed the combat operation to capture Nihua Island, and the last group of recalcitrant American troops surrendered to the Marine Corps, but according to the Prime Minister's intentions, the work of cleaning up the battlefield continued, but the officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps on the front line were already lying on the beach basking in the sun, and this day was October 14, counting from the landing of the Imperial Marine Corps on Nihua Island on August 30, The assault on Nihua Island took a month and a half.

Compared with the previous island offensive campaigns in the Central Pacific, one and a half months is indeed a relatively long time. But the problem is that compared to so many island landing battles in the southwest Pacific, a month and a half is not a long time at all, and it can even be regarded as a shorter time. Therefore, the combat operation against Nihua Island was a success, not a failure. Because of this, the Navy does not need to make a scapegoat, but should consider who to award the medal. It's just that in the domestic atmosphere at that time, the medal was still exempted, and for all those in the know, not taking a general as a victim this time was already the best result.

It was also after knowing clearly that the prime minister would not make things difficult for the navy that Tan Renhao breathed a sigh of relief, and his hanging heart could finally be put down. He has also been following the situation in the country, and it can be said that most of the people's emotions are stirred up by propaganda agencies, which shows the power of propaganda. In addition, Tan Renhao also got a hint from Gan Yongxing that in fact, Liao Hanxiang knew the result of the Battle of Nihua Island, so from the beginning, Liao Hanxiang knew that he would not be in any danger. Later, Tan Renhao thought about it carefully, in fact, Liao Hanxiang must have known what kind of result the prime minister needed when he arranged the troops, otherwise, he would not have kicked Long Zhen away, and then arranged Fang Xiaoxian, a little-known young general, to the position of front-line commander.

After Fang Xiaoxian succeeded Long Zhen, he adopted conservative tactics and effectively controlled the losses of the Marines, but in this battle, there were still nearly 50,000 casualties among the Imperial Marines, and this was also the only battle during the entire Pacific War in which the casualties of the Imperial Marines exceeded the casualties of the American Army. And of these more than 40,000 marines, more than 12,000 were killed!

Compared with Tan Renhao's expectations, this loss was small enough, and by this time, Tan Renhao gradually realized that after solving the domestic problem, he would be able to avoid more casualties in the future, and in the long run, the bloody sacrifice of more than 40,000 Imperial Marines was still of great significance!