Tan Renhao slept until dawn before waking up, and he was also very simple, asking Du Xing to bring lunch in advance, and put breakfast and lunch together to solve it. When Duchenne went to get lunch, Tan Renhao came to the balcony, where freshly brewed tea and a newspaper from Guangzhou were already on the table. After a short time, Duchenne rushed back with his meal.

"Talking about big brother, General Zheng has been here at the beginning."

"Zheng Guanhua?"

Duchenne nodded and put the meal on the table. "He has already contacted the shipyard and will be able to go over in the afternoon."

"Okay, let's go over in the afternoon." Tan Renhao put down the newspaper, "You can eat it too." ”

Du Xing didn't say much, he first served Tan Renhao a good meal, then served himself a bowl, and then sat on the chair opposite Tan Renhao and ate it.

In mid-May, Guangzhou has begun to heat up, and the temperature here is much warmer than in Zhoushan, and the sun shines on the body, making people feel lazy. After lunch, Du Xing packed up the dishes and chopsticks and went out, Tan Renhao sat on the balcony for a while, then remembered that the chief of staff had given him several documents, and thought that it would take a few hours to go to the shipyard, so Tan Renhao went to take those documents over, and was going to take a moment to take a look at them. The first thing he turned to was the new compilation report of each navy fleet, that is, the specific compilation roster of each main task force.

The war had been fought for nearly five years, and during these five years of fighting, the situation of the Imperial Navy had changed a lot, from the beginning to a collapse. Now that it has taken the initiative, it can be said that in the brutal war, the Imperial Navy was not only not weakened, but became stronger and stronger. This is also a major feature of the Imperial Navy for hundreds of years, and in several large-scale wars, the Imperial Navy has become stronger and stronger. Never been defeated by the enemy on the battlefield.

It has been two and a half years since the United States entered the war, and after two and a half years of hard fighting, the superiority of the Imperial Navy has become more and more obvious, and it is precisely through the small victories accumulated in each battle in the past two years or so that it has been transformed into the current strategic advantage. Though. In each of the previous battles, with the exception of a few rare victories, the Imperial Navy did not have much advantage on the battlefield. It even suffered a lot of losses, such as the two setbacks of the 2nd Task Force. On the whole, the Imperial Navy remained the victor in these two and a half years of fighting, and even at a tactical level, the Imperial Navy was the victor.

From the beginning of its entry into the war, the US Navy lost 16 fleet aircraft carriers in the Pacific theater (including the CV-7 "Wasp"). 9 small aircraft carriers. 18 battleships (including two captured), 6 large cruisers (then classified as battle cruisers), more than 40 cruisers, and hundreds of destroyers. Judging by the official records of the United States after the war, at that time. The United States has killed more than 300,000 naval officers and sailors in the Pacific theater and injured more than 500,000 (including marines). Before the outbreak of the war, the U.S. Navy (including the Marine Corps) had only 600,000 troops. That is, in two and a half years, the United States lost almost all of the main forces of the Navy, and the veterans who were able to survive were quite limited.

During the same period, the Tang Imperial Navy lost 7 fleet aircraft carriers in the Pacific theater. 4 small aircraft carriers. 5 battleships, as well as more than 30 large cruisers and heavy cruisers, more than 60 destroyers. In two and a half years, the Imperial Navy lost more than 210,000 officers and men (including the Marine Corps) and more than 300,000 were disabled (including the Marine Corps).

Both in terms of the number of warships lost and the number of officers and men killed and wounded, the losses of the Imperial Navy were far less than those of the American Navy. And in this set of statistics, there is another point that is not highlighted, that is, the loss of pilots on both sides. At that time, the United States had lost about 21,000 pilots, while the Tang Imperial Navy had lost about 17,000 pilots (including shore-based aviation and Marine Corps aviation). This is also a reflection of the tactical strengths and weaknesses of both sides.

It can be said that the Empire's naval superiority was based on fewer losses than the American army. The Tang Empire and the United States were on par in terms of the ability to build warships and the ability to train personnel, and in order to seize strategic superiority, they could only strive to lose a little less than the enemy, and accumulate small victories into big victories. Not to mention anything else, the Imperial Navy has lost 9 fleet aircraft carriers, even if the "Xuanzong" has been incorporated into the reserve and no longer performs combat missions, then the Imperial Navy's superiority in this is quite obvious.

At this time, the Imperial Navy had 13 fleet aircraft carriers (in fact, 12, the "Qiandao Lake" was still under repair, not counting the "Xuanzong"), 9 battleships, 6 small aircraft carriers, and a large number of cruisers and destroyers. The U.S. Navy has only six fleet aircraft carriers in service, as well as a much smaller number of cruisers and destroyers. And the 7 extra fleet aircraft carriers of the Imperial Navy were actually "saved" during the war. Without the previous small victory, it would not have been possible for the Imperial Navy to gain such a huge advantage.

The document mentions in detail the specific establishment of the five task forces, which are different from the previous expansions, and this time they are expanded on the basis of the original five task forces, that is, in addition to retaining most of the main warships, the corresponding warships will be added according to the situation to enrich the fleet, so as to be able to concretely ensure that the combat effectiveness of each fleet will not drop sharply, and after the expansion, it will be able to put into combat operations in a timely manner. The details are as follows:

Task Force 1:

"Longganhu" aircraft carrier battle group: "Longganhu" fleet aircraft carrier; the large air defense cruiser "Phoenix", the large air defense cruiser "Tang Jian"; "Wujiang", "Jialingjiang" heavy cruisers; Six destroyers of the "City" class.

"Hongze Lake" aircraft carrier battle group: "Hongze Lake" fleet aircraft carrier; the large air defense cruiser "Qinglong", the large air defense cruiser "Wei Chigong"; "Yinghe", "Ganjiang" heavy cruisers; Six destroyers.

"Gaoyou Lake" aircraft carrier battle group: "Gaoyou Lake" fleet aircraft carrier; Large air defense cruiser "White Tiger". the large air defense cruiser "Duan Zhixuan"; "Xiangjiang", heavy cruisers "Xianjiang"; Six destroyers.

Shelling formations: "Daxue", "Xiaohan", "Dahan", "Mangzhong", "Daxia", "Lichun" heavy cruisers; Twelve destroyers.

In fact, the "Longganhu" aircraft carrier battle group has been newly added. And all the ships of the battle group are newly commissioned. In addition, three heavy cruisers that originally belonged to the 4th Task Force were added to the shelling formation, and the others were not much different from the previous formation.

Task Force 2:

"Xingkai Lake" aircraft carrier battle group: "Xingkai Lake" fleet aircraft carrier; the large air defense cruiser "Qilin", the large air defense cruiser "Li Jing"; "Tumen River", heavy cruiser "Vortex"; Six destroyers of the "City" class.

"Weishan Lake" aircraft carrier battle group: "Weishan Lake" fleet aircraft carrier; the large air defense cruiser "Evil Spirit", the large air defense cruiser "Changsun Wuji"; "Fujiang". heavy cruiser "Minjiang"; Six destroyers of the "City" class.

"Poyang Lake" aircraft carrier battle group: "Poyang Lake" fleet aircraft carrier; the large air defense cruiser "Tianlu", the large air defense cruiser "Li Xiaogong"; "Dadu River", "Yalong River" heavy cruisers; Six destroyers of the "City" class.

This is because the second task force is mainly responsible for aviation support. So there was no separate shelling formation. In addition, with the exception of the "Xiaoxingkaihu" aircraft carrier battle group, the other two aircraft carrier battle groups are all newly reorganized in the near future, and some of the escort warships are former warships, and the number of newly formed warships is not very large.

Task Force 3:

Battleship formations: "Guangzhou", "Guiyang". "Nanning", "Wuhan", "Nanchang", a total of five "new provincial capital" class battleships. The .1 text version was first released

Cruiser formations: "Lidong", "Liqiu", "Chuxia". "White Dew", "Autumn Equinox", "Sting", six heavy cruisers of the "Solar Terms" class; "Wudinghe", "Luohe" (both ships were reequipped with triple 200-mm guns during maintenance), "Litanghe", "Nanpanjiang", four heavy cruisers of the "Jianghe" class. A total of ten heavy cruisers.

Destroyer formation: sixteen destroyers of the "City" class.

In addition, there was also the "Fuzhou" at that time. Four battleships, 12 cruisers, and 16 destroyers "Hefei", "Nanjing", as well as "Songjiang", were temporarily assigned to the battle sequence of the 3rd Task Force. This is only a temporary establishment, while its administration remains the responsibility of the theater fleet.

Task Force 4:

"Taihu" aircraft carrier battle group: "Taihu" fleet aircraft carrier; the large air defense cruiser "Suzaku", the large air defense cruiser "Gao Shilian"; "Root River", heavy cruiser "Hailar"; Six destroyers of the "City" class.

"Chaohu" aircraft carrier battle group: "Chaohu" fleet aircraft carrier. the large air defense cruiser "Pixiu", the large air defense cruiser "Qu Tutong"; "Nenjiang", heavy cruiser "Songhuajiang". Six destroyers of the "City" class.

"Honghu" aircraft carrier battle group: "Honghu" fleet aircraft carrier; the large air defense cruiser "Lion", the large air defense cruiser "Du Ruhui"; "Jinghe", "Qingchenghe" heavy cruisers; Six destroyers of the "City" class.

Because of the change in basic tasks, the artillery bombardment formation originally assigned to the Fourth Task Force was abolished, and its warships were strengthened to several other fleets; in addition, most of the warships of the newly formed "Honghu" aircraft carrier battle group were transferred from other fleets, and only one cruiser was newly built and put into service.

Task Force 5:

"Dongting Lake" aircraft carrier battle group: "Dongting Lake" fleet aircraft carrier; the large air defense cruiser "Che", the large air defense cruiser "Zhang Gongjin"; "Beipanjiang", heavy cruiser "Hongshuihe"; Six destroyers of the "City" class.

"Dianchi" aircraft carrier battle group: "Dianchi" fleet aircraft carrier; the large air defense cruiser "Gill Peng", the large air defense cruiser "Yu Shinan"; "Qianjiang", heavy cruiser "Zhujiang"; Six destroyers of the "City" class.

"Namco" aircraft carrier battle group: "Namco" fleet aircraft carrier; the large air defense cruiser "Xuanwu", the large air defense cruiser "Liu Zhenghui"; "Hanjiang", heavy cruiser "Minjiang"; Six destroyers of the "City" class.

Shelling formations: "Fuchunjiang", "Ulunguhe", "Kaiduhe" heavy cruisers; Twelve destroyers of the "City" class.

Comparatively speaking, the Fifth Task Force has a larger ground establishment than the Fourth Task Force and the Second Task Force, which is also determined by the tasks of the Fifth Task Force. According to the Navy's deployment, the Fifth Task Force will assume the same combat missions as the First Task Force, so its task weight will be relatively larger, and a separate artillery formation will be formed. In terms of size, Task Force 5 is still inferior to Task Force 1.

In addition to these five main task forces, there is also the Southwest Pacific Fleet, and the size of this fleet is not much smaller than that of the task force, the main force is six small aircraft carriers ("Lushan", "Qinling", "Taihangshan", "Wuyishan", "Emeishan", "Qingchengshan"), in addition to twelve large air defense cruisers, twenty-four destroyers.

In addition, after a large number of new warships were put into service, some of the ground warships that were originally assigned to the main task force were assigned to other fleets. For example, a number of "Li Jing"-class large air defense cruisers that are not in good condition, and some "Tsavage"-class heavy cruisers have been assigned to the theater fleet or other fleets, and those that can continue to remain in the task force are the warships that are in the best condition and perform best in battle.

It can be said that this is the fourth large-scale adjustment of the fleet of the Imperial Navy since the outbreak of the war. One of the main reasons for this is that after the adoption of a flexible task force structure, the readjustment of warships between various fleets is more convenient and more flexible, and this is the key factor in bringing into play the combat effectiveness of the naval fleet.

This is also the capital of the Imperial Navy at this time, only in the five task forces, there are 12 "Lake" class fleet aircraft carriers, 9 "New Provincial Capital" class battleships, 12 "Rui Beast" class large air defense cruisers, 12 "Li Jing" class large air defense cruisers, 31 "River" class heavy cruisers, 24 "Solar Terms" class heavy cruisers, and 128 "City" class destroyers! And there are more than 130,000 naval officers and sailors on these warships!

This is also the basic guarantee of the victory of the navy, and the fundamental symbol of the imperial navy, and even the great power of the empire!