The "anti-Tang alliance" moved faster in terms of basic war decisions and the assistance of the allies. It was also when the United States, Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, and Japan had a decisive meeting over the issue of unrestricted submarine warfare and Japan's surrender, and the meeting decided the position of the United States in this war.

The meeting was arranged aboard the American battleship "South Dakota", which was on its way to the Pacific Fleet to report that the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Japan arrived on a fast destroyer as it sailed to the waters east of the Little Antilles. A few hours later, the British Prime Minister, the French Prime Minister, the Italian President, the Spanish Minister, and the Russian Prime Minister aboard the battleship "South Dakota" aboard the British battleship "George V", and it was the Seven Nations Brain that met.

This was the first and last meeting of the Seven Nations Brains during the war (the Japanese Prime Minister did not have a chance to attend the next brain meeting), and it was also the first brain meeting between the warring sides during the entire war. Although the United States had not officially entered the war at that time, many of the actions of the United States had led it to join the war. In fact, this was also the meeting that finally decided the entry of the United States into the war. bsp; The first to appear in the Seven Nations Brain Conference was a German submarine (Germany's newest submarine) that was patrolling the nearby waters, but unfortunately, this German submarine missed three of the four torpedoes fired at the "South Dakota", and the torpedo that hit did not explode! Otherwise, this submarine will rewrite the entire history. After the failed attack, the submarine was besieged by several American destroyers and hid in the sea for a day and a night before surfacing and escaping the attack of American destroyers. The communication antenna on the submarine was blown off by depth charges, and as a result, the news was not brought back until it returned to its German port a little more than a month later. At that time, the brains of the Seven Nations had already returned to their own capitals.

The intelligence department of the Tang Empire cracked this information the next day, and the source of this information was a telegram from the Japanese minister back to the mainland. Then. The intelligence agencies of the Tang Empire had basically mastered the Japanese communication code, and the cracking rate of Japanese telegraphs exceeded eighty percent. The telegram, which was sent from Washington to Tokyo, Japan, was received by a radio station on Hachijo Island and immediately deciphered by the intelligence services. Immediately, this extremely important information was sent back to China.

Tan Renhao saw the detailed telegram in Nie Renfengdi's office on the afternoon of the 24th, the day after the Imperial Intelligence Agency obtained this information. The same telegram was also sent to several relevant agencies, such as the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Headquarters of the Imperial 6th Army.

"Now it's the Empire's top secret."

Nie Renfeng glanced at Tan Renhao and Gan Yongxing, "Xue Xi, Yue Xiang has already said hello." This message must be kept secret and must not be disseminated. Now the Navy is the only three of us who know about it. ”

Gan Yongxing nodded and handed the telegram to Tan Renhao.

As soon as he read the contents of the telegram, Tan Renhao immediately opened his mouth in surprise.

"The attitude of the United States has been clear, although there is no specific time for the United States to enter the war, but the intelligence services have judged through other clues that the United States will enter the war within this year."

Nie Renfeng's expression was still very calm, not showing any surprise or excitement. "In addition, we can judge from the details mentioned in the telegram. The United States will focus on the Pacific after entering the war. And not on the European battlefield. ”

"What is the excuse for the United States to enter the war zone?"

Gan Yongxing lit a cigarette, he had nothing to say, he was looking for something to say.

"It is not clear that the United States is by no means short of an excuse. Even if you don't, you can make an excuse. ”

Nie Renfeng's answer was very crisp.

"Why should the headmaster keep it a secret?"

Tan Renhao asked a very different question.

"In order to make sure that Japan does not know that we have mastered their radio code, if Japan is aware of it and changes the code, then we will have to work harder to decipher the new code, and we will not be able to understand the specific situation in Japan in the short term."

Nie Renfeng laughed: "Of course, there is another point, this is a very important bargaining chip. ”

"The brain talks have been decided?"

Gan Yongxing glanced at Nie Renfeng. In fact, this is the question that Tan Renhao wants to ask.

"The general matters of the talks have been decided, and now the prime minister is making the itinerary."

Nie Renfeng also knew what Tan Renhao and Gan Yongxing wanted to know, "The venue is set in Tehran, the time is in Tehran, it will probably be around the 5th in the first half of next month, and the meeting time will be at least three days, and it may be extended to five days." In addition, Prime Minister Xue Xiyue will also take this opportunity to meet the emperor of the Persian Empire. Two separate meetings with the Persian Empire and the German Imperial Brain to discuss the military aid plan for the next fiscal year and the signing of the relevant import agreement. The most important talks remain the programmatic documents of the war. And in order to ensure the interests of the empire as much as possible, this matter of the Western Seven Nations Brain Talks will become the most important weight in our hands! ”

"Didn't Germany and Persia know about this meeting?"

Gan Yongxing was a little unconvinced.

"At least they don't know yet."

Nie Renfeng stood up: "Okay, I called you over, I just want you to know a little bit, the United States will not delay until next year's war." The United States is most likely to enter the war in December, with the Pacific becoming the main battlefield. All you have to do is get the officers and men of the Navy excited before this and prepare for a decisive battle with the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Of course you can't get the word out. ”

"We'll pay attention to the problem ......"

Gan Yongxing hesitated: "Didn't the prime minister revise the allocation of military spending next year?" ”

"Not yet, but there's a good chance it won't change."

Nie Renfeng smiled and grabbed Gan Yongxing's shoulder: "Military appropriation is related to the overall strategy of the empire. The news has not yet been announced, and many cabinet ministers do not know the existence of this telegram, and they will not take the risk of publishing the contents of the telegram now, so it is impossible to revise the distribution of military spending. We must be prepared to fight the United States in extreme circumstances, and I believe that the Imperial Navy will not be defeated at the hands of the American Navy, right? ”

Gan Yongxing nodded reluctantly, this result has actually been produced a long time ago, but now it is difficult for people to accept.

"Okay, I'll worry about the rest, you all do your job!"

Nie Renfeng sent Gan Yongxing and Tan Renhao to the door, "Pay attention to the matter of confidentiality." Don't let the Americans' machinations succeed. ”

After leaving Nie Renfeng's office, the two smiled bitterly.

"Renhao, it looks like we're going to have to fight again!"

Gan Yongxing took out a cigarette and looked very irritable.

"The chief of staff isn't that bad, is it? And then again, you can't just go on a collective strike with the navy just because you have less military spending, right? ”

Tan Renhao looked very open. "There is nothing wrong with agreeing on a strategic policy for the ground, and after the Tehran Conference, the empire will definitely increase its investment in the big 6, and the 6th Army will undertake more important war tasks. This must also be the demand of Germany and the Persian Empire, and as long as the Russian Empire is not extinguished, then none of our three countries will feel safe. In the current situation, we can only rely on the strength in our hands to fight. ”

"The United States is not Japan!"

Gan Yongxing quickened his pace and walked towards his office: "Japan can be dragged down, and if the Japanese navy loses one warship, it will lose one. If one Japanese plane is knocked out, one will be missing. But the United States is not Japan. The war productivity of the United States is not below us, and the war with the United States is certainly a brutal war of attrition, a war of warships and planes piled up. If we don't give it our all, then we can't guarantee victory. ”

"Strengthening the investment in the Big 6 is actually to achieve this purpose."

Tan Renhao did not agree with Gan Yongxing's view: "Only by defeating the Russian Empire as soon as possible can we mobilize most of our forces to deal with the United States." On the contrary, if the Great 6 war drags on for a long time, then we can only use half of our forces to fight the United States, and this will become a war of attrition! ”

"But now we don't have half of the strength we have invested here!"

Gan Yongxing stopped outside his office door: "This is very likely to cause us to lose the initiative in the early stage of the Pacific War, and if we want to regain the initiative in the future, we will have to pay a greater price!" ”

"That's only a temporary difficulty. If we can hold out for two years, maybe just one year, we will have the victory on the battlefield of the Big 6. ”

Tan Renhao has the strength, "And we will not necessarily lose the initiative in the Pacific theater, our fleet size is not below the United States, and next year at least a third aircraft carrier task force will be formed, we are no worse than the United States, the early stage of the war is not the strength." It's tactical. We have been fighting with the Japanese Navy for two years, there is a good group of commanders, and the US Navy has nothing, on what basis should they seize the initiative? ”

Tan Renhao's momentum shocked Gan Yongxing, and then he laughed.

"Chief of Staff, I remember you once said something to me."

Tan Renhao also realized that his words were too heavy, and he smiled awkwardly: "You once told me, if we don't even have confidence in ourselves, then how can we defeat the enemy?" The United States is a formidable adversary, but it is not an adversary that can intimidate us and make us retreat. Now what we need is not military spending, not warships, but confidence, confidence in the Reich, confidence in the Reich Navy. ”

"Ren Hao, it seems that I am sometimes too extreme!"

Gan Yongxing patted Tan Renhao's shoulder, "I also hope your judgment is correct." So now let's pick up faith and get ready for battle! ”

After Gan Yongxing entered the office, Tan Renhao leaned against the wall and sighed. In fact, he was not at all sure. The United States is not Japan's kind of adversary that can be underestimated and easily dealt with. Although the United States has not yet carried out regular mobilization for war, the United States has been preparing for war for more than two years. In the past two years, the Tang Empire has consumed a large amount of resources and forces into the war against Japan. On the contrary, the United States has used the past two years or so (more importantly, a large number of military orders from other countries) to expand the scale of industry (especially heavy industry and military industry), establish a large number of factories, train a large number of excellent workers (the value of workers is by no means inferior to that of soldiers, especially high-quality skilled workers), improve the military results, and strengthen the training of the army. As a result, the strength of the Tang Empire and the United States has risen and gone, and perhaps now the productivity of the United States has passed the Tang Empire.

Compared with the U.S. team, the huge industrial base in the United States is more worrying. This is like a duel between two swordsmen, the sword in the swordsman's hand is important, but more important is the swordsman himself. During this period of "staff work," Tan Renhao learned a lot of US intelligence and developed this strong understanding. Relatively speaking, the Tang Empire did not have a geographical advantage. The western Pacific Ocean is full of islands, and if the Tang Empire is unable to fully control these islands, then it will leave room for opponents. And the difficulty of taking full control of the islands is not only great, but also very costly. The United States could use these islands to advance step by step towards the Tang Empire. On the other side of the Pacific, however, there were not many islands to exploit, and even if the Tang Empire had captured the Hawaiian Islands, the Tang Empire's expeditionary force would have to travel thousands of kilometers to threaten the continental United States. The geographical location of the United States was far superior to that of the Tang Empire, which must have had a huge impact on the entire war.

"Renhao, what are you doing here?"

Tan Renhao was startled and saw Hao Dongjue standing next to him, and he didn't even hear Hao Dongjue's footsteps at first.

"Didn't you go to the marshal?"

Hao Dongjue glanced at the door of Gan Yongxing's office next to him, "Why is there any bad news?" ”

"No, we have a new mission."

Tan Renhao immediately walked towards his office: "Dong Jue, if we go to war with the United States in these few months, then what should we do?" ”

"You mean a war with the United States this year?"

"...... right"

Tan Renhao immediately corrected his words: "I mean, if we go to war with the United States this year, then what kind of preparations should we make?" ”

"This is our new mission?"

Tan Renhao nodded, he couldn't tell Hao Dongjue what he knew. "This is a new task, and now the chief of staff is too busy to do so, so the task of drawing up the battle plan for this stage has been entrusted to us."

Hao Dongjue nodded thoughtfully, he didn't suspect that Tan Renhao had something to hide from him.