After listening to Cai Yi's briefing on the military situation in Europe, Yang Du said with a smile: "The British and French are really tenacious, the battle has been fought to this point, France is directly destroyed, and the British have not surrendered, so they are not afraid to follow in the footsteps of the French?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei shook his head and smiled when he heard this: "Want the British to surrender? How can it be said that it has also been the world leader for hundreds of years, how easy is it to say? So, sometimes this face problem kills people! ”

All the staff members smiled knowingly when they heard Xiao Zhenlei's words, and Xiao Zhenlei said: "After this period of time, the situation in the European battlefield, as we deduced at the beginning, the war potential of the Entente, especially Britain, is huge, it has the largest number of colonies in the world, occupying the most strategic resources in the world, it is not so easy to defeat him, it can be seen from the battle situation during this period of time, now its colonial army is constantly rushing over, if the British Navy does not have problems." , It is basically impossible for Germany to hit the British mainland, that is to say, who wins and who loses between the Allies and the Entente, in the end it depends on whether the British Royal Navy fleet is powerful, or the German High Seas Fleet is powerful, as long as they divide the victory and defeat, then the result of this battlefield is basically out, but I am not optimistic about the German Navy, of course, even if Germany defeats the British Navy, it does not mean that the Allies have won the war, and there are many factors that affect the outcome of the war, and now we will not discuss this issue for the time being, We now turn to the question of the Far Eastern Campaign, where Tsarist Russia, despite withstanding the frenzied attacks of the Allies in Europe, was losing ground in the Far East, and the Japanese were already fighting well. A large number of weapons from the Tsarist side were also seized, according to the latest information. The Japanese had already defeated the Russian army in Khabarovsk, and the Russians had only three divisions in Irkutsk in the Far East. The troops in other places cannot form combat effectiveness and cannot stop the Japanese occupation of Siberia, the specific situation is told by General Cai, let's analyze and analyze it together! ”

Cai Ye stood up again: "Okay, now I will continue to inform you of the situation in the Far East, a week ago, more than 70,000 people from four divisions of the Japanese army launched a fierce attack on the Tsarist army in Habarsk, and the Russian army lost the outskirts of the city and most of the area in the city, and the remnants of the Russian army originally wanted to retreat by train. However, before the attack, Japan sent spies to blow up a section of railroad tracks, and the remnants of the Russian army did not have time to repair the blown railroad tracks.

"In addition, the 50,000 Russian troops who have held out in Vladivostok for more than half a year have surrendered to the Japanese army the day before yesterday, there is no way, although Vladivostok is a strong fortress, it is difficult to break through from the outside, but the food and ammunition stored inside can only support the Russian army for so long."

"That's it. The three Japanese divisions besieging Vladivostok would be free, and with the addition of the four Japanese divisions in Khabarovsk to the north, the total strength of the Japanese army in the Far East would reach 130,000. Now Tsarist Russia has only three divisions in Irkutsk in the Far East, and the strength of these three divisions is nothing compared to seven Japanese divisions. Then it's good that these Japanese troops don't attack us, once they attack us, on such a long border. We simply can't prevent it! If it is reassuring, according to the information we get. After learning of the surrender of the Russian army in Khabarovsk, the Russians had already blown up all the key points of the Trans-Siberian Railway from Khabarovsk to Irkutsk. The Japanese wanted to occupy the huge whole of Siberia and it was not at all possible in a short time! ”

At this time, Xiao Gao, the secretary of the president, walked in and whispered beside Xiao Zhenlei: "President, Chief of General Staff Jiang is here, saying that there is an emergency!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand and said, "Please let him in!" ”

"Yes!" Xiao Gao said yes and turned to leave, while everyone continued to discuss.

Within a minute, Jiang Fangzhen walked in with the official bag, "Hello President, everyone! ”

Xiao Zhenlei asked, "Brother Baili, I heard Xiao Gao say that you have an emergency, what happened?" ”

"The situation is urgent, and the stakes are high, I called and heard that the president was in a meeting with his staff, so I rushed over immediately!" Jiang Fangzhen said and immediately opened the briefcase and took out a stack of papers from it and said: "The General Staff Comprehensive Intelligence Analysis Bureau has received some very strange information from the Japanese side in recent days, including one piece of information that the Japanese Eighth Division was transferred from Hirosaki to Yokohama, and the Tenth Division was also transferred to Yokohama, and another piece of information showed that the Tenth Division and the Eleventh Division were also transferred to Yokohama. If the Japanese side were to send more troops to the Tsarist side, wouldn't it be better for the army to board the ships at all without boarding at the port of Yokohama, and to board the ships directly at the Osato Port military port in northern Japan as before? In the past few days, we have received another piece of information, the Japanese Navy has begun to form a joint fleet, of which the standing fleet has begun to assemble in the waters southeast of Japan, and we have also received an inexplicable piece of information that the Japanese Army has ordered a large number of sunscreens from a number of factories, where do you need to use sunscreen? Only in the tropics, the General Intelligence Analysis Bureau believes that Japan is likely to make a move against the Pacific region, but I don't know which side it is going to do, if it is against the American side, we must immediately prepare for war against Japan, and if it is against Britain and France, we should still have time! ”

Xiao Zhenlei listened to Jiang Fangzhen's words and knew that it was very important to figure out Japan's intentions now, so he immediately said: "Xiao Gao, immediately notify Ma Xiaoshuang and Wang Yaqiao to come over!" ”

"Yes, President!"

Ma Xiaoshuang and Wang Yaqiao, who received the urgent notice, quickly rushed over, and someone in the staff quickly described the situation to the two in the most concise words, and after both of them understood the situation, Xiao Zhenlei said: "The current situation is that we already know that the Japanese are about to make a big move, but we don't know what they want to do?" Do you want to launch an attack on our country? Or do you want to deal with Australia, the Philippines, or Guam and Pearl Harbor? It is impossible for Japan to be engaged in acting in such a big move, and besides, doesn't it seem stupid to conduct exercises at this time? Therefore, I need your two intelligence agencies to work closely together to obtain relevant information as quickly as possible to confirm Japan's true intentions! ”

The two of them stood up and saluted: "Yes, President!" ”

The two major intelligence agencies acted urgently, and in less than two days, a steady stream of information was gathered and sent to the president's office.

The President's Office has a special international strategic intelligence analysis department, which is responsible for providing international affairs consulting services to the president, and Wang Yaqiao of the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau, Ma Xiaoshuang of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and Hu Weishan of the Internal Affairs Investigation Bureau are among the main figures of this strategic intelligence analysis department.

On this day, Wang Yaqiao came to see Xiao Zhenlei, and after obtaining permission, he walked into Xiao Zhenlei's office under the leadership of Xiao Gao, and he said: "President, there are results, according to the summary and analysis of intelligence from all sides, we deduce that Japan's biggest target this time is Australia, and this possibility is more than 80%!" ”

"Oh?" Xiao Zhenlei frowned, got up and came to the wall, looked at the map on the wall, gestured with his hand and asked, "Attacking Australia from the port of Yokohama, Japan, does the Japanese Combined Fleet have such a long endurance and combat capability?" ”

Wang Yaqiao hurriedly pointed to the map and said: "President, please see, in addition to Guam and several of your islands are under the control of the Americans, the Caroline Islands and Micronesia in the south. New Guinea is a German possession, and Germany is an ally of Japan, so if Japan wants to use these islands as a transit point to attack Australia, I don't think it will be a difficult task! ”

When Xiao Zhenlei heard this, he suddenly realized that there were still so many islands in the Pacific Ocean that were German territories, so it was too easy for Japan to borrow these islands to attack Australia, and Germany still wished that Japan would attack Australia, if Japan occupied Australia, then Britain would have reduced its military support and resources from the outside by more than one-third.

With the support of Germany on these islands in the Pacific, the Japanese fleet could receive material support and supplies at any time, such as the Caroline Islands, which consisted of more than 900 islands such as Yap, Truk, Pohnpei, and Palau Islands, and there was a large port in its administrative center, Colonia, where warships could dock, and the German East Asian Fleet had often docked and replenished here. The Micronesian archipelago is more than twice the size of the Caroline Islands, and the Marshall Islands also have military ports and bases built by the Germans.

Xiao Zhenlei touched his chin, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he asked, "What is the size of Japan's escort fleet this time?" Is it the standing fleet of the Japanese Navy, where all the ships are there? ”

Wang Yaqiao nodded and said: "That's right, after all, there are four divisions and more than 70,000 people in the transport fleet this time, if there is an accident, it is not a joke, and although Australia's naval fleet is not as good as the powers, the scale is not small, if Japan does not send out all the ships of the standing fleet, it is not absolutely certain that it wants to protect the safety of the troop transport fleet!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei stared at the map for a while and said: "On the way from Japan to Australia, it is obvious that the Caroline Islands are closer to Japan. Brother Hisamitsu, is there a problem in trying to figure out the specific sea area where the Japanese naval fleet is assembled in the southern waters of Japan and the specific time when the fleet will depart? ”

Wang Yaqiao thought for a while and said, "Although the difficulty is great, we must figure it out as quickly as possible!" ”

"Okay, it's up to you!" (To be continued......) R1292