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Nanjing, on the banks of the Yangtze River, on the third floor of the east wing of the Imperial Admiralty Building, the Imperial Naval Intelligence Office.

Wu Ziyi, the newly promoted section chief of the Third Section of the Naval Intelligence Department, was looking at the mountains of reports, his bloodshot eyes, black and purple circles, and the strong smell of tobacco in the house, all reminding people that he had been working continuously for a long time.

"Chief, your tea."

A soldier with the rank of corporal placed a large cup of strong tea on the section leader's desk.

Looking at the reports at hand, these reports are a summary of the information of the past few months, but Wu Ziyi has to make a detailed intelligence analysis and an analysis of the enemy situation based on the main information.

"It's been a long time!"

His voice was hoarse as if his vocal cords had been scratched, and he looked up at the clock on the wall, Wu Ziyi hastily packed up his materials, sandwiched a thick folder, walked out of the office, and walked towards the elevator after locking it.

"Ahem......"

With a cough, Wu Ziyi began to calculate in his heart how to make his own intelligence analysis at the naval combat meeting that was being held.

On the surface, this operational command center is located on the negative 1st floor, but in fact this basement is equal to two, and the central position of the combat command center with an area of 1,000 square meters is a large nautical chart sand table table, and around the center is a circle of platforms, which is a communication platform, where telephone operators, telegraph operators, and confidential officers are all transferred to telegrams and telephones from all over the country, and the same officers' lounge is also on the platform.

“…… There is no reason to doubt it anymore! ”

"Yes, it can be concluded that war will break out soon!"

"We must take into account the foreign endorsement made by the Japanese envoy to the President of the United States!"

"Endorsements are not credible!"

Almost as soon as Wu Ziyi entered the combat command center, he heard a noisy argument in the hall, and the direction of the sound was on the chart table in the center of the combat command center, where a large map of Japan was laid out, and dozens of models of warships were deployed in various ports.

"Let's have a sip of tea first!"

Walking into the combat command center, he saw a few teacups poured with tea poured on the side of the table, Wu Ziyi hurriedly picked up the cup and took a sip, and while drinking tea, he looked at the people in this hall again, most of them were young staff officers, as for ministers and commanders, they hadn't come in at all.

"Isn't there a meeting at three o'clock?"

Glancing at the time, Wu Ziyi muttered in his heart, and when he muttered in his heart, he looked towards the lounge on the side again, the lounge was lit up, could they be there?

“…… After a series of war games conducted jointly by the General Staff, the Fleet, and the Colonel Amigo, we judged that, with our present strength, it was impossible to attempt to defeat or at least inflict heavy damage on the Japanese Combined Fleet by relying on a decisive battle at sea

In the commander's lounge, Su Yueyang, who was wearing a snow-white naval officer's uniform but wearing the rank of trainee staff officer, looked at the chief of staff, chief of staff, and commander sitting on the sofa, and his face did not fluctuate because of his words.

On the contrary, it was his words that made the faces of several officers in the lounge extremely ugly, but no one said anything, and the war games had been carried out four times before and after, and each time the result was unsatisfactory.

"Sir, first of all, we must take into account that on the "Seven Distances" ship, the officers and sailors have just received the ship, and the warship is a machine, but the machine is alive. It takes time to get used to the longitudinal machinery, and the sailors also need time to familiarize, tune and master the machinery. But the Japanese did not give us time to master the machinery, and did not hesitate to say that the mere fact that we sailed from Germany back to China with seven warships could be regarded as a wonder in itself, and that it was ...... to master the subtleties of these seven new warships in the process of completing the queue change There are few possibilities. ”

Su Yueyang's outspokenness was exchanged for Ye Zugui's nod, and the most fundamental reason why he was removed from the list of Tonghai Colonels was to keep this rare tactical genius in the navy.

However, this tactical genius failed to bring any of the "miracles" that everyone expected in the wargames, and in the four wargames, the Imperial Navy was defeated miserably, losing the last battleship each time, and even the Zhiyuan ship was sunk in the ocean during the exercise.

"It is impossible for the Zhiyuan ship to scatter and attack more than three targets, and if it is besieged in wartime, it will sink!" ,

"In the early decisive battle, the Zhiyuan ship has been heavily damaged, and it is impossible to run at a high speed of 20 knots, and it is difficult to escape the ......"

In the exercise, although this kid was on the Chinese side, he was unceremonious on his own side, and even did not hesitate to quarrel with the commander for an hour or two for the heavy damage of a warship, and finally the "Zhenhai" battleship was heavily damaged in half an hour after the battle, and the front main gun lost its combat capability.

"We have already faced this result, and I called you here today to ask you something, do you think there is any way?"

Ye Zugui and Yan Yue asked.

Way?

What's the solution? It was nothing more than a way to defeat the Japanese Navy and win a naval battle.

From entering this lounge, Su Yueyang fell silent for the first time, he looked at the prefects in front of him, and saw a hint of encouragement in the eyes of the prefects, especially the principal.

"There's a way!"

After being silent for a while, Su Yueyang spit out a sentence, which only made everyone in the lounge lean forward at the same time, looking at the young man in front of him who was only twenty years old expectantly.

"You can't say that. Say it, it's up to you! ”

Thinking of his friend's previous advice, Su Yueyang hesitated in his heart for a while before speaking.

"I hope the chiefs will ......"

"All you have to say! Don't worry about anything else! ”

Ye Zugui hurriedly commanded, his face was full of expectation, for this battle, the naval staff tried all kinds of possibilities, from active attack, to passive defense, to the existence of the fleet, to the far ocean to break the jiā, and finally only came to one conclusion, even if it was a broken battle, it would not be able to achieve a complete victory.

"Once China and Japan declare war, Japan cannot afford to drag on this war, and China cannot afford to drag it out either, every day the naval war drags on, in the face of the naval blockade, China's direct economic losses will exceed 5 million yuan, even if the Zhiyuan ship attacks and uses the Pacific Ocean to carry out a breaking war, it will not be able to achieve the reality of breaking the Japanese naval blockade, and the navy can only rely on the decisive battle at sea to seek to defeat the opponent, seize sea supremacy, or inflict heavy damage on the opponent, so as to achieve the basic requirements of "no sea supremacy, no sea supremacy" on both sides, so as to lay the foundation for long-term operations. ”

Su Yueyang looked a little depressed when it came to the Battle of Breaking Jiā, originally this was what he was best at, but in the end he was rejected, and choosing to break the Battle of Breaking Jiā meant giving up the sea power, and at that time, relying on high-speed ships to break Jiā meant that the forces of the fleet that were not dominant would be further dispersed, but further created the possibility of "annihilating the enemy" for the Japanese Navy.

And the war is a long-term to show results, and this is not the country can afford, automobile exports, raw silk exports, machinery imports, all of which are inseparable from shipping, compared to Japan, China's modernization is more dependent on foreign oceans, Japan can provide escort for the merchant fleet, and China does not even have extra warships for combat, let alone escort for merchant ships.

Decisive battle!

The dignified decisive battle at sea has become the only choice, but its strength is not as good as others. There are occasional "advantages" in warships, but in terms of overall strength, they are far inferior to Japan.

"The gap between us and the Japanese Navy is not only the difference in the number of warships and tonnage, Japan has eighteen capital ships, and after the return of the seven long-range ships, we have twelve, on the capital ships, we are ten to nine, and on the armored cruisers it is nine to two, but the gap in the number of warships can be made up by tactics and gunnery, and the gap in artillery can be made up by technology, but the gap in sailors cannot be changed in a short period of time, and this is the real gap!"

His voice sank, and Su Yueyang's expression was filled with a hint of helplessness

"Just like the Second Pacific Fleet, the bravery of the sailors cannot cover up the incompetence of the general, and the same cannot cover up the rustiness of the naval guns, so in the deduction, I will judge that the seven ships will be sunk three hours after the battle, and the introduction of the seven ships seems to have enhanced the strength of the navy, but in fact, at least until June next year, the seven ships will not be able to achieve their due combat effectiveness, if it is an explosion naval battle after June next year, I dare not say that the Japanese Navy will be defeated, at least there is no problem with severely damaging the Japanese Navy, but now……”

Su Yueyang smiled, sometimes things in the world are so wonderful, advantages sometimes turn into disadvantages, and if you do it properly, disadvantages will also become advantages.

"Sir, according to the results of our deduction, no matter what, Japan will have to pay the price of 70 damage, and now the question is, if I were Yamamoto Gonbei or Togo, what would I choose!" ,

Su Yueyang, who suddenly changed the topic, kicked the question to the chiefs, he knew the risk he needed to take with his suggestion, but before he made his decision, he had to make the chiefs realize the possibility

"The Combined Fleet is the work of Japan for decades before it was built, will they be willing to bear the cost of losing 60 of the capital ships and severely damaging the remaining warships to have a decisive battle with our Navy!"

After asking a rhetorical question, Su Yueyang took out another piece of paper and lay on the coffee table, wrote a few numbers on the paper, and then showed the numbers to the officers in front of him.

The answer is yes! They have to fight, but ......"

Holding the piece of paper with a few words and a few percentage numbers written on it, Su Yueyang continued.

"The question is, how will Mayuki Akiyama choose?" A

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