After burying his head in the chart and looking carefully for a while, Tan Renhao glanced up at the three generals. The three generals were also looking at him, wondering how Tan Renhao would convince them.

"Commander Liao, Chief of Staff, and Staff Officer Ji, I will postpone a simple war game, I believe this will give you a clearer understanding of the plans and intentions of the Japanese Navy." Tan Renhao turned the charts of the western Pacific region to the top. "At present, the four major Japanese fleets are concentrated in the sea area between Minami-Torishima and Midway. From the last time we got information, what is probably? ”

"Two days ago, 42 hours ago, to be exact." Wu Xianyu answered Tan Renhao's question very accurately.

"So, when will our next submarines be able to reach this area, and when will they reach the eastern part of the Ryukyu Islands for three hundred nautical miles?"

"Three days, and one day later."

Tan Renhao nodded, pondered for a moment, and said: "Taking the Japanese Southwest Combined Fleet as an example, if they also leave the exercise area before and after our submarine leaves, if calculated at a cruising speed of 18 knots, they have now reached the waters near Iwo Jima, and will probably reach less than three hundred nautical miles from Ryukyu Island tomorrow morning, and the bombers carried by its aircraft carrier are enough to bomb Naha Port and other military bases on the island at this distance." Combined with the Japanese long-range bombers deployed on the islands of Kyushu, Shikoku, and the southwestern part of Honshu, all of the Imperial military bases on the island of Ryukyu would be reduced to a sea of fire within two hours, including all the main warships of the First Fleet anchored in the port of Naha. ”

"We have reconnaissance planes, and it is impossible for Japanese bombers to easily fly over Ryukyu Island." Ji Xiaobin frowned.

"Yes, they will indeed be discovered, but why can't the Japanese gamble?" Tan Renhao glanced at the three generals, "The First Fleet concentrates forty percent of the Empire's capital ships, and sixty percent of the Empire's capital ships deployed in the Eastern Hemisphere are in the First Fleet, and more importantly, eighty percent of all the capital ships built by the Empire after the war are in the First Fleet. If the Japanese bombers attacked suddenly, even if they were discovered, the Imperial fleet on the island would have less than an hour to prepare for combat at most. Moreover, we all know the capabilities of those reconnaissance aircraft, how likely are they to detect the Japanese bomber group? If Japan wanted to control the sea supremacy in the western Pacific, it would first have to defeat the Imperial Navy, and the First Fleet was the most powerful fleet in the Imperial Navy. As long as the fighters of the Japanese Navy can seize air supremacy on the Ryukyu Route, then the First Fleet in the harbor will become a fish on the chopping block, and it will only be slaughtered by others. ”

"However, we still have the second and third fleets, and our fifth fleet is not vegetarian." Wu Xianyu raised another question.

Tan Renhao smiled bitterly, and then continued with the help of the chart. "The Japanese Southern Fleet must have gone south, and they are probably in the waters near the Caroline Islands now, heading towards the Sulu Sea. This is the second most powerful fleet of Japan, and its strength is not below the second fleet. If it is supported by bombers on the island of Timor, the Second Fleet may not even have the strength to fight back. ”

The three generals all gathered around, and they all listened carefully to Tan Renhao's analysis.

"The Third Fleet's operation is to send people to their deaths." Tan Renhao nodded in the Sea of Java, "Judging from the current speed of the Third Fleet, they will enter the Java Sea this evening, and early tomorrow morning - this is very likely the time for the Japanese Navy to launch a surprise attack - the Third Fleet will reach the south of the Makassar Strait, which is less than 300 nautical miles away from Timor Island, and the combat radius of hundreds of Japanese warplanes deployed on Timor Island is more than 300 nautical miles, even if there is no naval fleet to cooperate, there is a great chance of destroying the Third Fleet. There was also the South-Western Fleet, which acted in tandem. ”

Liao Hanxiang's expression became gloomy.

"At our current speed, when will we be able to reach Naha?" Tan Renhao let out a sigh.

"Probably tomorrow at noon." Ji Xiaobin answered Tan Renhao's question.

"That's totally right." Tan Renhao sat down, "We will appear in the waters near Ryukyu Island tomorrow morning and enter the strike range of the Japanese fleet. If we don't know anything, then I can guarantee that then bombers with plaster flags will appear over the fleet, and we will probably not even have time to take off anti-aircraft fighters. ”

"Major, do you know what these analyses mean?" Liao Hanxiang also sat down.

"I know, and I know it." Tan Renhao met Liao Hanxiang's gaze, "Commander Liao, these analyses are not fabricated by me out of thin air, I am analyzed through facts. How many famous halls have the Japanese made in this half a year? Every time there was tension between the two sides, Japan took the initiative to give in and let us relax our vigilance. And with each alarm sounded, the nerves of the Imperial Navy relaxed. This is Japan's constant test of the Empire, and the reaction of the Imperial Navy. Now, we didn't react in any way, and we didn't even take the war signal they sent to Japan, which was actually a very clear signal to Japan that the empire was not ready for war, and that the empire did not want to go to war with Japan at this time. So, how will Japan react when it receives this signal? ”

The three generals looked at Tan Renhao again, but this time they were much less suspicious.

"We have proven that a fleet without aircraft carriers, a fleet without the ability to master air supremacy, will be vulnerable. Moreover, warships docked in ports were more vulnerable. Tan Renhao lit another cigarette, "The First Fleet is a live target parked there, and this is also the opportunity that the Japanese are waiting for." They first issued an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Korea to send the First Fleet south to pose a threat to the Japanese mainland. Then turning the spearhead to the United States of America, we are not mistakenly thinking that Japan will break out into war with the United States of America, or at least move Japan's main fleet eastward. Just when we all thought that the Japanese Navy's focus was on the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they suddenly killed back and took advantage of the opportunity that we were not prepared to destroy the First Fleet in one fell swoop, and at the same time defeated the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet, so that the Empire lost its naval supremacy in the Western Pacific, and the Empire would lose the initiative in the war from now on! ”

Liao Hanxiang nodded slightly, he had already made a decision, of course, it was a very difficult decision.