Although Tan Renhao and Gu Xunlei are only two young lieutenant generals, as representatives of the Navy 6 Army, their views actually represent the views of the Sea 6 Army and the Navy 6 Army. On joint operations, the views of the two armies are the same. The focus of the 6th Army is still on the Great 6 Battlefield, with the main goal of destroying Russia, and at the same time stabilizing the North African and European theaters, and striving to win a decisive victory on the Great 6 Battlefield as soon as possible. The Navy's focus is still on the Pacific Theater, striving to expand its sphere of influence in the Pacific, and ultimately defeating the US Navy and seizing the initiative in the Pacific Theater.

Judging from this task, there is no conflict or contradiction between the two armies of the 6 Seas, and the possibility of cooperation in the short term is not very large. This also determines the center of the next phase of the Empire's operations. Tan Renhao and Gu Xunlei's judgment was not wrong, in the absence of sufficient strength, even if the imperial minister decided to take southward as the main combat policy, it was only an offensive plan against the islands in the southwest Pacific rather than an operational plan against Australia's big 6.

The next day, at a closed-door meeting of the Prime Minister's Office, Tan Renhao and Gu Xunlei respectively summed up the combat operations in the previous stage on behalf of the 6 th Army of the Navy and put forward a general policy for future combat operations. After the two made late reports, they were invited outside the conference room for closed-door consultations with the Prime Minister, the Minister of the Navy, the Minister of the Sixth Army, and several other important ministers of the Cabinet.

"What do you think of our report?"

Gu Xunlei said as he lit a cigarette. An officer of the Prime Minister's guard immediately brought him an ashtray.

"It shouldn't be a big problem."

Tan Renhao shrugged his shoulders, and then picked up the teacup, "At least we are relatively satisfied with the results of the previous stage." The problem is also obvious: we cannot achieve a quick victory, the war will continue, and our battle plan cannot exceed the actual tolerance range, and considering these aspects, we should not make too blind decisions. ”

Gu Xunlei smiled and nodded. "I hope so, I see. We're definitely going to work together this time. ”

Tan Renhao also laughed, cooperating with the 6th Army made him feel a little weird. After the establishment of the Imperial Navy, the cooperation between the two armies of the Navy and the Navy can be said to be very rare, and every time it is at the most critical time, the two armies of the Navy and the Navy will give up their previous suspicions and stand together for a common victory. It is as if the two armies of the Navy and 6 are rivals. Every time you work together to defeat your enemies, you will fight again. Hundreds of years of tradition have made the officers of the Imperial Navy not have much good impression of the 6th Army, and similarly, the officers of the 6th Army will not do much good to the Navy. Now, the two armies of the Sea 6 are standing together again, in addition to making people feel very strange, this also shows that the empire has reached the point of life and death, and the two armies of the Sea 6 can no longer fight in the nest. Maybe. In this special period. Only a powerful minister like Xue Xiyue can bring the two armies of Hai 6 together, if someone else is replaced, even if it is the second task of the cabinet, Zong Hanqin, the prime minister. I'm afraid I can't do it.

The two waited outside for about half an hour, and the door of the conference room was pushed open, Marshal Nie Renfeng and Marshal Yan Dingyu walked out side by side, they were followed by several other cabinet ministers, and Xue Xiyue did not leave the conference room. Tan Renhao and Gu Xunlei also immediately followed their marshal towards the outside of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Lao Yan, this time I want to thank you for your help, of course, I will wait for the good news of the 6th Army!"

"Old Nie, you're welcome, maybe. Before we arrived, the Navy was already one step ahead of the task. ”

The two marshals talked affectionately at the foot of the steps, Tan Renhao and Gu Xunlei glanced at each other, and then laughed secretly, from the conversation between the two marshals, it can also be seen that there is a lot less gunpowder smell and more sincerity in cooperation.

The car drove over quickly, because Yan Dingyu was older, so Nie Renfeng waited until Yan Dingyu got into the car. Only then did he get into his car, Tan Renhao nodded at Gu Xunlei opposite, and followed Nie Renfeng into the car.

"You had a good chat with that lieutenant general of the 6th Army, right?"

"Headmaster, he's the major general who came to give a report last time."

Nie Renfeng glanced at Tan Renhao in surprise, and then looked at the car with the license plate of the 6th Army Headquarters outside the window. "He's a lieutenant general now?"

"Yes, he should be promoted with me, he commanded the armored group of the Kazakh Army Group before, and his performance was very good, otherwise Marshal Yan Dingyu would not have brought him here."

Nie Renfeng nodded slightly. "Heroes are boys. It seems that Yan Dingyu, an old stubborn, can be regarded as enlightened, I heard that in the past six months, the 6th Army has promoted more than 20 major generals under the age of 35, and most of them are front-line commanders. There are really a lot of talents in the 6th Army. ”

"There is no shortage of talent in our navy."

Tan Renhao felt that the principal's words were a little sour.

"Yes, there is no shortage of talent in our navy."

Nie Renfeng crossed his hands, "What do you think of this meeting?" ”

"There is more cooperation than confrontation, and we have both recognized the importance of cooperation."

Tan Renhao paused slightly, "Of course, this is the trend of form, and it is our only choice. On the surface, we are still in control of the situation on the battlefield and the situation is in our favor, but this is only temporary. The United States is an unprecedented adversary, the greatest enemy in the history of the empire, with whom we have never fought before, and many times, simply do not know how to fight such an enemy. All this has caused us problems, and if the two armies of the Navy and the 6th Army cannot cooperate sincerely at this time, then we will lose hope of victory. ”

"We all understand these truths, but it doesn't mean that everyone understands them."

"Headmaster, I don't have anything to worry about about the 6th Army."

Tan Renhao glanced at the principal, "General Gu Xunlei has guaranteed that the 6th Army should be able to transfer 2o reserve divisions to support our combat operations in the southwest Pacific. Although these are all infantry divisions, they are also excellent combat units, and their combat effectiveness will not be much worse than that of the 6th Sentai team, so it is more appropriate to participate in the battle for the islands. In addition, it is also important that the 6th Army can also provide a batch of heavy equipment that the 6th Squad lacks. I'm more worried about something else. ”

"Voyage 6?"

Without waiting for Tan Renhao to say it, Nie Renfeng took the initiative to mention it.

Tan Renhao nodded. "Wei Boyu, the commander of the 6th Voyage, has always been at odds with General Liao Hanxiang, and for some well-known reasons, he has never taken me seriously, and he has a great prejudice against the navy. Judging from the matter of the Navy's strategic bomber, he was very dissatisfied with Xue Xiyuexiang's decision, of course. It's not that I doubt his loyalty to the Empire, it's just that if he wants to make a name for himself, I'm afraid the consequences will be unpredictable. ”

"You don't need to worry about these things."

Nie Renfeng laughed very calmly, "Wei Boyu is just a villain, I probably know a thing or two about the contradictions between him and Liao Hanxiang, to put it bluntly, it is a mediocre talent not to be envied." We all know Liao Hanxiang's ability, and your performance is obvious to all. These things are going to make a big fuss, and there is no need for the prime minister to come forward, Marshal Yan Dingyu will give us an explanation. You have to understand one thing, we are fighting for the Empire, and the same is true for the 6th Army, the Emperor ** people are all fighting for the Empire, if anyone dares to endanger the interests of the Empire, then his fate will definitely be very miserable. ”

Tan Renhao sighed secretly, he would also say these big truths. But if it really has bad results. Then the consequences will have to be borne by others.

"The Prime Minister has approved our plan and has given us full operational authority in the Pacific Theater."

Nie Renfeng changed the subject, "The commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater is tentatively determined to be General Yan Guozhong. In this theater, it would be more appropriate to have General Yan Guozhong take full command of the Deng-6 operation. Do you have any thoughts on the specific battle plan? ”

"Headmaster, I think it's best to capture Wake Island before launching an offensive in the Southwest Pacific Theater."

Nie Renfeng nodded slightly, and then pondered. He was well aware of the importance of Wake Island. Wake Island is an isolated island between the Mariana Islands and the Hawaiian Islands, about 35 nautical miles north of the Marshall Islands. The capture of Wake Island would give the Mariana Islands a thousand nautical miles of defensive depth and push the battle line to the edge of the Hawaiian Islands. If the U.S. military wants to counterattack the Mariana Islands, it must first recapture Wake Island. In the same way, if the Tang Empire wants to attack the Hawaiian Islands in the future, it can use Wake Island as an advance base, shorten the length of logistics supply lines, and quickly assemble and mobilize troops.

"The most important point of capturing Wake Island is to distract the U.S. military and create the illusion that our next battle plan is to attack the Hawaiian Islands, or Midway. Such. The U.S. military would then strengthen its military presence in the Hawaiian Islands, thereby weakening its forces in the Southwest Pacific. We then proceeded to sweep the Bismarck Islands and the islands of New Guinea, striving to complete the first offensive operation by the end of the year, that is, before the U.S. military regained the ability to challenge sea supremacy, establish an advance base for sweeping the islands of the southwest Pacific, and then look for opportunities to annihilate the fleet of the U.S. Navy and lay the foundation for a final sweep of the entire southwest Pacific. ”

"That's a good idea, how many troops would we need to commit if we capture Wake Island?"

Nie Renfeng looked at the student.

"A task force and a ground force of the 6th division are enough."

Tan Ren Haoxun thought for a while, "The U.S. Navy is now not capable of competing with us for sea supremacy for the time being, they can only rely on the passive defense of the garrison on Wake Island, and the U.S. troops on this island will not exceed 4ooo people, if they can raid the airfield on the island, seize air supremacy, and then cover the 6th team to go ashore, the battle can be completed within a month, maybe only half a month, which will not affect our offensive operations in the southwest Pacific." ”

"And how many troops do we need to commit to sweeping the Bismarck and New Guinea?"

Nie Renfeng's consideration of the problem is much more comprehensive than talking about Renhao.

"At least two task forces, as well as five 6th divisions, plus part of the 6th Army."

Tan Renhao licked his lips a little dry, "The focus is on the first island to be captured, if the shore-based forces of the naval aviation can be quickly deployed and a temporary dock can be established, then the subsequent offensive operations will be much smoother." I haven't considered the specific campaign plan yet, and I can only roughly estimate that it will take at least four months to half a year. ”

Nie Renfeng nodded slightly. "In this way, after you go back, you immediately make a relevant battle plan with the chief of staff, and don't rush back to the fleet first. If it is necessary to launch an offensive in the direction of Wake Island, I think it would be more appropriate to arrange the 2nd Task Force, with the 1st and 3rd Task Forces concentrating on supporting the offensive operations of the 6th Squadron in the southwest Pacific, while the 4th Task Force will not participate in the preliminary combat operations and will complete the training work as soon as possible. If, by the end of the year, the U.S. Navy acquires four new aircraft carriers, Task Force 4 will play a key role. ”

"Then let's return to the Navy Command as soon as possible and get this plan out as soon as possible!"

Nie Renfeng closed his eyes, he had the same thoughts as Tan Renhao. Wake Island's combat operations were in fact a secondary direction, and Task Force 2 could take advantage of this opportunity to salvage and atone for its crimes. The offensive in the Southwest Pacific is the focus, and it is most appropriate to arrange two of the most powerful fleets to support the 6th Sentai Fleet. Of course, if necessary, Task Force 2, after completing the combat operation to capture Wake Island, could immediately rush to the Southwest Pacific Theater to strengthen the Imperial Navy's investment in this direction. That is, Task Force 2 is actually a mobile force.

In any case, the harvest from this trip to the capital is still very great, and due to the influence of the situation, both the Navy and the 6th Army have given up their contradictions with each other at the same time, and have turned from confrontation to cooperation, which is the biggest gain. In addition, the battle plan for the next stage proposed by the two armies is similar, and the prime minister has also approved this battle plan, which can be regarded as another huge gain. The Navy gained dominance in the Pacific theater and took on the most important tasks, which can be regarded as the third gain.

Tan Renhao left the capital in the afternoon of the same day and boarded a transport plane back to Zhoushan. Nie Renfeng did not return with Tan Renhao because he had to attend several other important cabinet meetings. Tan Renhao was thinking about the next phase of combat operations all the way, and although he already had a clear purpose, it was still a heavy task to turn ideas into plans.