Hao Dongjue's words gave Tan Renhao a great enlightenment, and the next day, Tan Renhao went to General Gan Yongxing.

"Do you think the United States will not declare war on us first?"

Gan Yongxing's eyebrows furrowed slightly, then flicked his fingers and said, "Actually, it's not important. Now it is no longer a one-sided war. After our war with Japan, the German Empire and the Persian Empire both declared war on Japan, and we have declared war on Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, and Russia. If the United States declares war on the German Empire, we will certainly declare war on the United States! ”

"So will the United States take this into account?"

Tan Renhao thought much more than Hao Dongjue, "Although most of the powerful countries have joined the war now, there are still many countries on the American 6 that have not joined the war. Will the United States take these countries first? ”

"You mean Mexico?"

Gan Yongxing stood up and walked a few steps around the room: "Such a possibility is not non-existent. Now Mexico is not at war, but we have an alliance agreement with Mexico, and if the United States declares war on Mexico, then Mexico will declare war on the United States, and if we do, we will declare war on the United States. ”

"The question is whether Mexico will declare war on the United States?"

Tan Renhao glanced at Gan Yongxing: "If Mexico doesn't declare war, we can't declare war on the United States first." ”

"So why is the United States doing this?"

Gan Yongxing walked to Tan Renhao's side.

"Because the U.S. needs a reason to get them armed quickly."

Tan Renhao glanced at the document that was handed to Gan Yongxing at the beginning, "We have analyzed the current situation, even if the United States enters the war, it will take at least a year to reorganize their armaments and complete the war mobilization. But we are ready for war, and the United States will be very passive in this year's time, as long as we seize the opportunity of this year. By the time the United States had completed its mobilization for the war, the front had already advanced to the other side of the Pacific. Will the United States go to war with us unprepared? ”

Gan Yongxing shook his head slightly. "You mean the U.S. will find someone to warm up and have the president convince Congress to put the country into a state of war?"

"For the United States, this must be done, and this is determined by the American political system."

Tan Renhao took the cigarette handed by Gan Yongxing, but he was not in a hurry to light it. I've smoked enough cigarettes these days. "The President of the United States has no right to put the country at war if the House of Commons does not agree. In order to win the majority of the House of Commons, the President of the United States must come up with a convincing reason for Congress, and the best reason is that there is a country around the United States that threatens the security of the United States, not a country that is far away across the ocean and has not caused harm to the United States. ”

"If the president of the United States were to drag the United States into a war, then they would do everything possible to create some border conflicts that would eventually turn into border wars."

Gan Yongxing sat down and said with a solemn face. "Finally. The U.S. is perfectly fine in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. There is also the issue of southern California, which claims that Mexico seeks to reclaim these areas in order to put pressure on Congress to pass a wartime mobilization bill, and the United States will enter a state of war. ”

"If this is just public opinion created by the United States, then there is a good chance that Mexico will not declare war on the United States."

Tan Renhao gritted his teeth, "At least if we make it clear that we will provide security guarantees to Mexico, Mexico will not rashly join the war zone." ”

Gan Yongxing sighed and fell silent.

During the two Mexican-American wars. The empire made security guarantees to Mexico, but in the end, Mexico was not guaranteed. This has led to serious separatist forces in Mexico, and even some Mexicans no longer believe that the Tang Empire has begun to fall to the United States. After World War I, the Tang Empire preferred to lose some overseas territories in the Pacific Ocean to secure its presence in Central America, precisely to stabilize Mexico and prevent Mexico from completely falling to the United States, so that the United States could plant a time bomb in its backyard. And now. The navy of the Don Empire had already left the seas around Mexico, and the forces left by the Don Empire in Central America were less than 2ooo men, which was only a symbolic force, and a force without any foundation. Will Mexico believe the security guarantees given to them by the 2ooo Tang Emperor? At least until the Tang Empire's warships reappeared in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific, Mexico would not have gone to war with the United States lightly.

"Chief of Staff, maybe we'll have to think about declaring war on our own initiative."

Tan Renhao also realized this, so he felt anxious.

When he saw this relationship clearly, he had actually already figured out the strategic plan of the United States. In the entire anti-Tang alliance, the United States is the real mastermind behind the scenes, and Japan, Britain, France, and Russia are just pawns in the game of chess of the United States. Perhaps the most unexpected thing was that Japan went to war against the Tang Empire ahead of schedule. If Japan delays the start of the war until 23 years, at least until 22 years, then the United States is very likely to enter the war at the end of 23 or the beginning of 24, and at that time, the Tang Empire is still going all out to deal with Japan, and there is no strength to deal with the United States at all, and it is not even wary of the United States, and it is very likely that the Naha Port incident will be staged again.

In this game of chess in the United States, Japan is the most unreliable and crucial. If the Japanese navy could defeat the Tang Empire's navy, it would naturally be even better, and the United States could even force the Tang Empire to surrender without a complete war mobilization. Even if the Japanese Navy fails, it will definitely consume a lot of the strength of the Tang Empire, and when the time comes, the US Navy will be finished as long as it enters the war at the most appropriate time, and the Tang Empire will be finished, but the problem is that Japan has advanced the time of the war by more than a year, and when the Tang Empire Navy regained its strength and swept across the western Pacific to send the Japanese Combined Fleet to the bottom of the sea, the US Navy was not ready for war!

It is entirely the "credit" of the United States that Japan is able to survive now, and under the total blockade of the Tang Empire's strategic bombing, Japan may not be able to hold out for even two months. And the United States is still providing a steady stream of war materials to Japan. On the North Pacific route, the loss rate of American transport ships reached 45%, which means that only half of the transport ships were able to reach the Japanese port of Hokkaido safely, and the other half were sunk by the submarines of the Tang Imperial Navy. The United States has borne all of these huge losses (far more than those in the Atlantic), and the United States aims to make Japan hold out for a while more until the United States completes its war mobilization.

Gan Yongxing pondered for a long time. He also glanced at Tan Renhao a few times before he said: "It is not up to us to decide the matter of declaring war. In a few days, the headmaster will go to the capital to discuss the progress of the war with Xue Xiyue. Maybe we will not be in a hurry to declare war on the United States? ”

"Why?"

Tan Renhao suddenly became excited: "Do we have to wait until the United States is fully prepared for war, and then go to deal with a heavily armed enemy?" Why can't we beat him down before the United States has even stood up, this is not a knightly duel in the European Middle Ages! ”

"Yes, I know it's not some shit gentleman's duel. But we're not gentlemen, we're soldiers, aren't we? ”

Tan Renhao smiled bitterly and then fell silent.

"This is actually a decision of the upper echelons of the Reich, not of the Reich Navy."

Gan Yongxing sighed: "Let's put it this way, if there is an extra opponent now, it will not be good for us." ”

"But ......"

Gan Yongxing pressed his hand to silence Tan Renhao, and then continued: "First of all, the problem of our navy. Both Task Force 1 and Task Force 2 are being maintained. And the fighting in the South Seas will probably continue until the end of the year. Even early next year, the 1st Task Force must stay in Nanyang to support the 6th Army and the 6th Sentai Fleet. Before the surrender of Japan. The Second Task Force will certainly remain in the waters near Japan. The third task force will be withdrawn after the second task force is in place to rest and many of the new ships in the fleet will need to be retooled. At present, our newly built warships are being launched in June, and the arrangements for the formation of a new task force will not be until the middle of the year at the earliest, that is, after the 'Lake' class aircraft carriers are officially put into service. ”

Gan Yongxing's words are very clear, and the Imperial Navy has no extra fleet to undertake strategic offensive tasks. Especially without more aircraft carriers. The "Lake" class aircraft carrier is a kind of real fleet aircraft carrier designed and built by the Imperial Navy since the "Yangtze River" class, and it is the best aircraft carrier in the world. Due to design problems and the construction of two new "Yangtze River" class aircraft carriers and "Lake" class aircraft carriers, the construction of which was previously built was delayed by about three months. It will not be in service until the middle of 24. Other supporting escort warships will not be able to reach the army until mid-24. The Imperial Navy could only wait until this time to form a third aircraft carrier task force.

"The second is that the strategic focus of the empire will shift westward."

Gan Yongxing picked up another cigarette: "The empire has always regarded Japan and Russia as the two most dangerous adversaries. Now that the Japanese issue has basically been resolved, even if Japan has not surrendered, it will not be able to jump a few times when it comes ashore. And in order to ensure the security of the empire itself, the empire must first deal with Russia, its close enemy. At present, the situation on the battlefield in Europe is also not optimistic, and the US B-17 has completed test flights. Soon mass production will take place, and we have reliable information that the first batch of B-17s will not be equipped with American 6 Airlines, but will be supplied directly to the UK. The significance of these bombers is significant, and if Britain can get the B-17 by the end of the year, the situation in Germany will be very troublesome. Therefore, the Imperial 6th Army must break the stalemate in the northwest theater by the end of the year and exert greater pressure on Russia. The Persian Empire is also concentrating forces in the Caucasus and Southeastern Europe, and will join us in a strategic offensive against Russia. As long as Russia is held back, Germany will be able to redeploy forces to strengthen the offensive on the Western Front and at the same time free up more fighters to carry out the task of territorial air defense. Now the Reich had to ensure that Germany would not suffer defeat in order to hold back Britain and France. And if Germany could complete the attack on France as soon as possible, the problem would be much easier. ”

"Our focus will shift to the ground battlefield?"

Tan Renhao understands now.

Gan Yongxing nodded slightly. "The 6th Army will get the bulk of the military spending for 24 years, and it will probably account for about half of it. A few days ago, the president's plan to form a fourth strategic strike force was rejected, and the batch of bombers that left the factory at the end of this year will be transferred to the aviation of the 6 th Army, except for the replenishment of three strategic strike armies. Wei Boyu had already formed a strategic bomber unit of the 6 Army Air Force last month. In addition, starting next year, we will supply heavy bombers to Germany and Persia. Although the construction of warships in the Imperial Navy has been guaranteed, we have no additional funds and it is impossible to complete the shipbuilding program ahead of schedule. ”

"So what should we do now?"

Tan Renhao is no longer excited, in this war, the views of politicians are certainly different from those of soldiers.

"Be ready to do this, let's tell you, we need to have a solid forecast, and we need someone to sound the alarm."

Gan Yongxing walked up to Tan Renhao's side, "Maybe the prime minister won't believe our judgment, and maybe no politician will support our views." But it doesn't matter, it's a time of war, the navy has a certain degree of autonomy, and what we have to do is to do everything possible to prepare for war within this range! ”

Tan Renhao stood up and said, "Chief of Staff, I know what to do......

"There's a lot more you have to do."

Gan Yongxing smiled and nodded, "The principal is also aware of the threat from the United States, and now we will seize the opportunity of Japan's defeat to continue to apply for military appropriations and continue to expand our fleet." Replenishing our naval fleets is what we must do, and your task is to find a suitable use for these fleets, a battlefield where they can be used. ”

"Then I'll go back now and get a detailed report as soon as possible."

"I believe in your abilities, and of course I also believe that you won't let the enemy get your hands on it easily."

Gan Yongxing sent Tan Renhao to the door: "I have asked the intelligence department to send you a copy after receiving new information, I believe this is very important." In addition, the principal will be back in a few days, and he will definitely ask you to make a detailed report when the time comes. The Prime Minister has just returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and now many things have to be straightened out again, and we must also establish the status of the Navy at this time! ”

Tan Renhao nodded, to put it bluntly, this is still a battle for the 6 seas, maybe the internal enemy that the Imperial Navy has to face is more troublesome than the external enemy.