The plane was the first to arrive in the capital of the empire, and here, Nie Renfeng went to meet the prime minister of the empire first. Tan Renhao did not have this opportunity, and he returned to the Zhoushan headquarters with several other naval officers in the negotiation team. However, to his surprise, General Liao Hanxiang personally came to the airport to greet him.

"I heard that this negotiation did not go well?"

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The next negotiation will be held in Washington, but the specific time has not been determined, it seems that there may not be this need." ”

Liao Hanxiang laughed, he also knew that Tan Renhao would not reveal more information to him without approval.

"However, it doesn't matter whether you talk about it or not." Tan Renhao let go of this embarrassing topic, "General Liao, I think that if war breaks out, the Fifth Fleet stationed in Naha Port will be the first target of the Japanese Navy. ”

"What do you mean?" Liao Hanxiang glanced at Tan Renhao with a little puzzlement, the Fifth Fleet is not the most powerful fleet in the empire, it can even be said to be a weak fleet.

"Let's imagine how war would break out. If, as was the case in World War I, both sides declared war first, then sent fleets to fight for sea supremacy, fought several decisive naval battles, such as the Battle of Hachisho Island, and finally determined who would dominate the sea supremacy, how sure would Japan be of victory? ”

Liao Hanxiang hesitated for a moment and said, "It's almost equal to zero." ”

"So, will Japan go to war in this way?" Tan Renhao sneered, "If I were the commander of the Japanese Navy, I would definitely launch a surprise attack first, and at most make a public declaration of war half an hour before the raid, so that I would not be accused of undeclared war." In such a situation, the first thing the Japanese Navy will definitely deal with is our fleet. And when the signs of war appear, we will certainly concentrate more of our fleet in the western Pacific. If we follow the old line of thought of World War I, we would have sent a main fleet to Naha. However, most likely it will not be the Fifth Fleet, which is not yet qualified. ”

"Then it can only be the First Fleet."

Tan Renhao nodded. "At that time, the First Fleet will be stationed in Naha Port as a threatening force, and it will be the target of the Japanese Navy's key attack. If they send out an aircraft carrier fleet and cooperate with shore-based bombers, what chance does the First Fleet have of survival? ”

Liao Hanxiang was taken aback, and immediately said, "Then they must be finished." ”

That's enough. Tan Renhao didn't say any more. He was just a small captain in the navy, and there were thousands of captain officers in the Imperial Navy. What he knows is only a naval "outlier" like Liao Hanxiang, as well as Principal Nie Renfeng, who is no longer counted in the ranks of active naval generals. His knowledge had almost no influence on the Imperial Navy. The power of the Imperial Navy is in the hands of Marshal Satietin, maybe even Marshal Satitin does not hold this power, it is the veterans of those navies who control the Imperial Navy.

Liao Hanxiang only sighed. He was only the commander of the Fifth Fleet, not the First Fleet. In addition, his background also made his position in the Imperial Navy very embarrassing. He could speak to Marshal Saditin, but his influence on the marshal was very small. Marshal Sajting may change his view of the Fifth Fleet and increase his attention to the Fifth Fleet based on some of Liao Hanxiang's words, but he will never be able to revise the basic naval strategy that has a direct bearing on the security of the empire because of some analysis and judgment that Liao Hanxiang heard from a captain officer.

Two days later, Tan Renhao completed the report on the trip to Japan in accordance with the instructions of President Nie Renfeng, explaining in detail what he had seen and some of the problems he had considered. It was also the only document he could hand over to the Navy's top brassips. Of course, he didn't know that Marshal Sajting didn't read his report at all, but threw it directly into the filing cabinet, and then rushed to the imperial capital to attend the imperial cabinet meeting convened by Prime Minister Xue Xiyue.

Later, Tan Renhao waited in Zhoushan for two days, he originally thought that Nie Renfeng would go to Washington to participate in the next round of arms negotiations, and he would be brought with him at that time. As a result, all he was waiting for was a notice from the school, telling him to return to the academy as soon as possible to prepare for the final exams. Tan Renhao did not delay the "precious" study time any longer. After sending a message to Principal Nie Renfeng, he immediately rushed back to Chengdu Flight Command College to prepare for the final exam.

Later, Tan Renhao learned that the second round of negotiations scheduled for Washington had not taken place. Just over a month after the end of the Tokyo talks, Japan announced that it would withdraw from the Matsue Treaty system and would no longer fulfill its commitment to limit naval armaments. According to the terms of the treaty, if one of the nine parties withdraws early, the treaty will automatically be null and void. Thus, with Japan's withdrawal from the treaty, the arms treaty limiting the development of the Navy was null and void. In a very short period of time, several countries have come up with their own plans for naval construction.

The most positive remains Japan. When the two "Soryu"-class aircraft carriers had only begun to be inhabited, the construction of two more "Zuihe"-class aircraft carriers had already begun, and the number of "Yamato"-class giant ships had been expanded to three. The British Empire, the Kingdom of France, the German Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, and finally even the United States of America, which was not very enthusiastic about the arms race, came up with their own plans for naval expansion. The Tang Empire also finalized the construction plan for the new capital warships of the Navy in the middle of that year. This plan was mainly formulated for Japan, and in addition to the two "Yangtze River" class aircraft carriers of the new class were included in the design plan, the construction of four other new battleships was put on the schedule. There is no doubt that the Navy of the Tang Empire did not completely change the idea of naval development with battleships as the core, and aircraft carriers were still not the main force of the Navy.

At this time, Tan Renhao was busy completing his studies at school. Because of the delay, he had to seize every minute to catch up with his classmates who had more time to study than he did. If it weren't for Tan Renhao's extremely rich aviation knowledge, perhaps, he would not have been able to graduate from this school at all, and he would not have wanted to become the best among the trainees that year.

While Tan Renhao and the others were enjoying the comfortable life on campus, a new global war was brewing, and the world that had been flat for more than 20 years was once again shrouded in the shadow of war.

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