After returning to Naha Port, Tan Renhao handed over the work of repairing the battleship and treating the wounded to Lei Shaoqing, Hao Dongjue and Chang Jianxin. A few days later, he received a message and an order.

The news was that the Japanese First Air Fleet was not completely destroyed, and the results of the sinking of the "Flying Dragon" were confirmed, and the "Shozuru" was only heavily damaged, which was confirmed by a submarine. The submarine had been operating in the vicinity of the Truk base, and when the "Shohe" formation was present, the submarine fired six torpedoes, none of which hit (in fact, one torpedo hit but did not explode, while the other torpedo passed under the belly of the aircraft carrier due to a problem with the depth fixing device). The "Xianghe" returned to Truk four days after the end of the naval battle. The "Zuihe" suffered only minor injuries and returned to Truk three days later for repairs.

Seeing this news, Tan Renhao even forgot to be surprised. According to Zhang Naiding's report, the "Ruihe" was attacked by at least dozens of bombs and torpedoes, and as a result, it was only slightly injured and not seriously damaged! What made him feel even more incredible was that the "Xianghe" later ate a few torpedoes, but it was not finished, and it struggled to return to Truk. He couldn't blame Zhang Naiding and Zhang Zhitao, because it was impossible for the pilot to completely judge the situation of the enemy's ships in a naval battle, let alone wait until the enemy's aircraft carrier sank before returning home. Most pilots make guesses based on the damage to enemy ships.

The order sent with the news was for Tan Renhao to immediately return to the commander of the Zhoushan Navy and submit a combat report for the naval battle. As soon as Tan Renhao saw this order, he knew that there was trouble, so he immediately asked Duchenne to go to the officer who came to deliver the news to inquire about the attitude of the naval command. He didn't go directly to Nie Renfeng, Gan Yongxing, or Liao Hanxiang, because he felt that it would not be a good thing to let him go back to Zhoushan this time. Because on the day he returned to the fleet, the combat report had already been sent back. If it was not necessary, the command of the Navy would never have asked him to submit a second operational report.

"Ask clearly," Duchenne didn't waste any time, he couldn't help much during the war, and now it was his time to show his skills, "The officer's adjutant and I are from the same school, and I have a little friendship with him, and I have been in this position for a long time." Finally got some news out. ”

Tan Renhao motioned for Du Xing to continue, and he put a few changes of clothes into his duffel bag.

"It's not Marshal Nie Renfeng who wants to trouble us this time, it's someone else, especially the 6th Army and some officials in the cabinet government who are exerting pressure." Du Xing went to pour himself a glass of water, "Marshal Nie Renfeng, after receiving the first battle report, immediately handed it over to the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty of Zong Han, and immediately went to do propaganda. As a result, new information was received four days later, and the Japanese 1st Air Fleet was not finished. And there are also reporters who have investigated some inside information. Knowing that we did not attack the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet at the last moment, several cabinet ministers and the 6th Army were putting pressure on Marshal Nie Renfeng. Asked to investigate the matter, why not to crush the Japanese Combined Fleet with an advantage, but to spare the enemy. This time, Marshal Nie Renfeng was also forced to let you go back quickly. ”

Tan Renhao let out a sigh, dropped the clothes on the ground, and sat on the bed. He had expected such a thing, and then he smiled bitterly. Cabinet officials who had never been on the battlefield and reporters who only knew what was going on in the back didn't know what was going on on the battlefield and made ridiculous comments. This made Tan Renhao almost unbearable.

"General, are we going to delay for a few days and wait for the limelight to pass before we go back."

"No, we'll go back to Zhoushan in the afternoon!" Tan Renhao stood up: "You go and contact the plane, since someone wants to deliberately embarrass us, and it is for the First Task Force, then we must not avoid it!" ”

Duchenne gritted his teeth. "General, I'll go and find out the news again......"

"No need. Naturally, people will come to us when we go back. Tan Renhao sneered: "We are not even afraid of Japanese devils, are we still afraid of those few stink bugs who don't even know what it is like on the battlefield?" ”

Duchenne also laughed, those who only knew gossip didn't know how tragic the war was, but dragged the emperor's ** team back!

"By the way, you hurry up and go to the chief of staff, they tell them to keep their mouths shut before I come back, and don't talk about the battle!" Tan Renhao walked over and patted Du Xingdi on the shoulder: "Let them all keep a low profile, it seems that this time the trouble is not small." Go and get back quickly, we'll be out after lunch. ”

In the afternoon, a transport plane left Kadena Airport with Tan Renhao and his adjutant. The plane arrived at the Zhoushan Naval Base in the evening, and to Tan Renhao's surprise, it was not the officers of the Naval Staff who came to greet them, but several imperial gendarmes wearing black uniforms and wearing wolf head epaulettes!

"General Renhao?" The captain of the gendarmerie did not salute Tan Renhao, and the gendarmerie did not need to salute anyone. (Text: 'heart', hand, 'hit', group, hand, hit, 'whole')

Tan Renhao nodded, glanced at the several gendarmes behind him, none of whom he knew, and he had never been in contact with the gendarmerie troops.

"General, please come with us!" The captain's words were cold, and he walked towards the jeep next to him: "During this time, your activities will be arranged by us, and if you need anything, you can call us at any time." ”

"What about my lieutenant?" Tan Renhao glanced at Duchenne, and the other two gendarmes were walking towards another jeep with Duchenne.

"General, we'll make arrangements, you don't need to worry about anything." The captain smiled coldly, "Please get in the car." ”

Tan Renhao gritted his teeth, nodded at Duchenne, who was looking at him, and got into the jeep. The gendarmerie has a lot of power, and an ordinary gendarmerie captain can arrest a general. And the Imperial Gendarmerie is a shackle imposed on the Imperial ** by the Imperial Cabinet Government. According to the Imperial Constitution, the gendarmerie had power over the police and the army, and was a powerful institution for maintaining order within the army.

The convoy quickly left the airport and drove directly in the direction of the naval headquarters, there was a gendarmerie camp there, and it seemed that Tan Renhao would not see anyone he knew at all.

Tan Renhao was taken to a not spacious room, which was much more powerful than the prison cell, and there was also a soft bed. But this is a cell, a place dedicated to temporarily imprisoning generals like Tan Renhao. Tan Renhao felt very uncomfortable, he felt that he had become a criminal, but what did he do wrong to be treated as a criminal?

The door was not locked, but there were two heavily armed gendarmes standing outside, and he didn't even think to go out, that is. He's already under house arrest! Thinking of his current treatment, Tan Renhao is about to go crazy, he is a hero of the triumphant return, and he should have been greeted with flowers and applause, but now it is a cold prison cell, and those sculpture-like gendarmes guarding outside!

"!" Tan Renhao smashed the empty cigarette case out and jumped out of bed.

He looked at his watch, and it was already eleven o'clock in the evening. Within four hours. No one came to him, which made him even more irritable. Maybe he wasn't trying to talk to anyone about anything. Just wanting to meet individuals just wondering why they're locked up here. He walked briskly to the door and pulled it open.

"Is there anything we need to serve, sir?" The gendarme by the door was very polite but also ruthless, and directly blocked the door, not letting Tan Renhao leave at all.

"I ......," Tan Renhao hesitated, "Do you have cigarettes?" Can you buy a few packs of cigarettes for me when I run out of cigarettes? ”

"Sir, this is a trivial matter!" The gendarmes brought out a cigarette. Directly put it in Tan Renhao's hands, "If you need anything, you can find us at any time, we are outside!" ”

Tan Renhao smiled bitterly and closed the door with a "bang". Damn, these gendarmes are still thinking about it, and if you ask them if they have any erotic magazines, they will definitely be able to come up with several copies!

When he finished smoking another half pack of cigarettes, there was the sound of footsteps outside. He immediately sat up from the bed.

"Hello sir!"

The footsteps were heard outside the door, and then Tan Renhao heard two gendarmes leave, and then the door was pushed open. When he saw Liao Hanxiang walking in, he immediately rushed forward.

"Ren Hao has been suffocated for the past few hours, right?" Liao Hanxiang twisted two bottles of rice wine in his hand, as well as half a slaughtered braised duck and a bag of salt peanuts. "Hey, sit down, let's talk."

"General, what the hell is going on?" Tan Renhao still hasn't changed his name, and he and Liao Yingyu are only engaged and not married, so he hasn't called Liao Hanxiang his father-in-law yet.

Liao Hanxiang opened a bottle of rice wine while putting the food on the table. "You should know what's going on?"

"Is it just for those rumors?" Tan Renhao sat down, "Fuck just a few rumors made for those bullshit people who don't understand it?" Why are you treating me like this, am I doing something wrong? What do those who spread rumors know? If they go to the front line, I'm sure they'll pee their pants in fear when the Japanese bombers dive down, they're a bunch of guys with no eggs, why should they accuse me, blame Task Force 1? ”

Liao Hanxiang glanced at Ling Tianxiang and then smiled bitterly. It was the first time he saw Ling Tianxiang so excited, in Liao Hanxiang's memory, Ling Tianxiang was the kind of young officer who was very calm and calm, which was also what Liao Hanxiang valued him back then. But now, Ling Tianxiang was very excited, very excited, and he almost didn't scold other people's ancestors for eighteen generations.

"Do you think these accusations are made out of thin air?"

Ling Tianxiang seemed to have enough of it, he grabbed a bottle of wine and poured a few sips.

"Yes, I also think that these accusations are groundless, those guys who are in the rear and enjoy peace, why should they accuse the Navy of our combat operations?" Liao Hanxiang was also very emotional, "But that's the way it is." I also received the news yesterday that several cabinet ministers and generals of the 6th Army jointly impeached you, and some reporters concocted some so-called gossip out of nothing, saying that the First Task Force had let go of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and even said that you had contact with the Japanese and were traitors***! ”

Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment and immediately laughed. "*** really ***. Am I a traitor? It's really *** funny, who is behind the scenes to make these famous halls? ”

"I don't know I've heard about it too." Liao Hanxiang sighed: "But the problem is that the Prime Minister of Zong Han and Qin has already ordered an investigation, and at the same time, a special investigation team has been set up to investigate why the First Task Force has falsely reported the results of the battle, why it has taken the initiative to retreat in the back instead of facing the Japanese Combined Fleet!" ”

Tan Renhao gritted his teeth, what results can these bullshit investigations produce?

"You'll be arraigned in two days." Liao Hanxiang slammed his fist on the table: "Damn a bunch of shit, you don't know how to drag us back!" ”

Tan Renhao calmed down now. "The Headmaster knows about this?"

Liao Hanxiang nodded and took out a cigarette. "It was Commander Nie Renfeng who asked me to come to you. We also learned through insiders that the investigation was carried out in secret, and did not pass through the Navy, and the military police outside were not under the jurisdiction of the Navy. Marshal, let me see you and tell you these things at the same time. The special investigation team has three cabinet members, two generals of the 6th Army, and two admirals will be selected tomorrow. When the time comes, you will be interrogated, and then you will be asked some questions, and the final result will be sent directly to the hands of the prime minister of the Zong Han Dynasty. Therefore, you have to think about how to answer those questions and not fall into the trap. ”

Tan Renhao nodded, and he had already thought of it when Liao Hanxiang told him that he would be arraigned.

"We'll do something else." Liao Hanxiang lit a cigarette: "Commander Nie Renfeng has already spoken to Marshal Sajiting on the phone, and we will do our best to do our best after the investigation is over." Commander Nie Renfeng also said that if the result was unfavorable to us at that time, he would directly guarantee Zong Hanqin and even threaten to resign. It is believed that Marshal Sajetin will also go to the event. I'm going to see what those bullshit guys can figure out. ”

Tan Renhao laughed, Liao Hanxiang still has that temper, which originally had nothing to do with him, but now it seems that it is Liao Hanxiang who is going to be investigated.

Both of them drank too much that night. In the next two days, Tan Renhao has been restraining the anger in his heart, and what he is about to face is a battlefield without gunpowder.