At midnight, outside the Admiralty building, several guards walked back and forth, always watching with wary eyes anyone approaching the Admiralty building, or more precisely, the "cordon" between Admiralty Square and the building—the white marble line that only those who needed to enter the building would cross. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because it was midnight, the Admiralty Square was empty, and in fact, the guards were not so much looking at the people approaching the building with wary eyes as they were watching the quiet Admiralty Square, which always made people think about it at night.

Perhaps, for these naval gendarmes, they are more eager for the sea than to guard a building, and of course even if it is the navy, not all of them will go to the sea, just like the people in this building, and many of them, in fact, to some extent, have "said goodbye" to the sea when they enter this building.

Life is always faced with one choice after another, no one knows, when should make what choice is most beneficial to themselves, but for Han Che, who is the chief of the general staff of the Navy, he has already recognized his own path, compared to commanding a warship, he hopes to be the brain of the navy, in a sense, in his opinion, even if the naval fleet misses, it is just a "puppet" of the chief of the general staff.

However, as a "brain", there are also headaches of "brain", just like now, many problems always plague him. Almost every day. He needs to devote more energy to the study of those problems. Even at the end of the day, he still thinks about the unresolved issues.

"Akiyama, come on, let's go together!"

When he walked out of the Admiralty building, Han Che deliberately stopped Mayuki Akiyama.

"Hmm!"

Akiyama nodded, but on the rest of the road, they didn't speak, and the two walked silently on the sidewalk. Behind them, two cars drove slowly. As with any other "novelty", government agencies, including the military, have always been the first users, and as senior military officers, they have been given the first "personal car".

The two of them walked on the sidewalk, and after a while they turned onto a fork in the road, and then turned into a nearby park. As the night deepens, the park becomes dark and silent.

While walking, Han Che kept smoking a cigarette. As for Akiyama, he eats fried soybeans as always. The two have their own habits, and out of understanding each other. They both know that the other party is also thinking about the problem, and even if there is no accident, the two of them are thinking about the same problem at all.

The two of them were speechless all the way to the lakeside of the park, looking at the lake, Han Che threw away the cigarette butt between his fingers, and said unhurriedly:

"Akiyama, how sure do you think I am in that plan?"

Again, Han Che mentioned his plan, which is still a top secret to this day, and under his strong initiative, even the navy's preparation is based on that plan, such as strengthening training in bad sea conditions, and training for several years has made the navy's artillery level, especially in harsh weather conditions, far exceed that of any other country's navy. As for the ability of officers and men to adapt to the harsh sea conditions, they are also the best in the world.

"The plan is good!"

Although Akiyama was not in the country when Han Che made that plan, he had to admire Han Che's meticulous thinking whenever he mentioned this plan now.

"The longer the voyage is in a safe sea area, the closer the distance, the more supply points, if I were Russian, I would have chosen this route, although it is risky, but it is actually more secure than the other route."

All along, Akiyama agreed with Han Che's point of view, and helped him refine his plan, and proposed a more detailed battle plan in his plan.

"It's safer too!"

Taking out the lighter and lighting a cigarette, Han Che took a hard puff of the cigarette.

"Crossing Malacca into the South Seas, breaking into Manila Bay, the risk is too great, we can start from Malacca to intercept, all the way to Manila Bay, if we fight the Philippines before the war, then, the Russians have to face the situation of being surrounded on all sides, as long as the Russians are not stupid, they will not choose this route!"

Han Che sighed and said, until now, he couldn't understand why some people would still say anything about "Malacca, Nanyang decisive battle", can't they see, whether it is Malacca or Nanyang, for the Russians, it is a place full of traps, but it is impossible for any Russian admiral with a little common sense to choose such a dangerous place as a necessary place to reinforce Japan.

O the eyes of these people!

Even in the Northeast Navy, there are many wishful thinking fools!

That's right, it's stupid, they always think that the Russians will be stupid enough to jump into the trap dug on their own initiative. It seems that the Russian admirals are all made up of a bunch of brainless idiots. Completely ignoring the reality of the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, they wishfully believed that the Russians would send their fleet to a narrow sea area that could be carefully ambushed, extremely beneficial to the Northeast Navy, and could even ambush all the way from Malacca to Nagasaki.

What kind of idiot would think that?

At least in the General Staff of the Navy, Han Che would never allow his people to think so! Of course, there are also people who have thought about it, but for that kind of person, Han Che's way to deal with it is very simple, he will not even give the other party a chance to be transferred, he will directly order that kind of person to retire, for the army, that kind of stupidity is undoubtedly fatal, no matter what position he puts in, it will be a disaster. Because of this, he has always had a reputation as a "tyrant" in the General Staff of the Navy, but he never cared about it.

"So, how likely do you think the Americans are to support the Russians, after all, the Philippines ......"

Akiyama, who participated in the "Spanish-American War" as an observer, naturally knew what kind of "repercussions" the Russians caused in the United States during the war. The entire United States is hostile to Russia's "robbery". And even far beyond China's control of Hawaii. After all, China's control of Hawaii was only a few years ago, but it took advantage of the inability of the United States to look westward to complete its actual control of Hawaii and completely exclude the United States from Hawaii.

"The Philippines is not a problem, and for the United States, I personally prefer that they want us to fight with the Russians, which is undoubtedly the most beneficial for the United States. As long as our navy suffers heavy losses, the Americans are likely to take advantage of the fire and seize Hawaii, so I think it is very likely that the United States will become an ally of the Russians in this war, at least half of an ally, and they will help the Russians in the hope that they will lose both sides with us! ”

There have always been only interests between countries, and Han Che has never doubted this. It's like between China and the United States, because of Hawaii. Relations between the two countries are rapidly deteriorating, while the United States and Russia are in a state of confrontation and détente, and in this complex international relationship, no one can guarantee the future. At least in Han Che's view, it is undoubtedly in the best interests of the United States for the Americans to give the Russians appropriate help in the war.

Of course, it is precisely based on this that he will formulate that battle plan beyond people's imagination.

"If that's the case, then interception at x-o'clock is undoubtedly the most suitable position!"

Mayuki Akiyama nodded, and added in agreement.

"But we should also take into account the possibility of its passage through the X2 sea zone, after all, for the Russians, France is perhaps more reliable than the United States......"

"If they choose France, then it is natural that they will also take the X3 route......"

Han Che's expression looked a little serious.

"Personally, I don't think it's very likely that they will take the X2 route, because the X2 route faces too many uncertainties, in fact, they just bypass the dangerous routes in the second half of the traditional route, in fact, they still haven't solved the port problem, even if they get to the X2-5 area, there is no port for them to use, so I personally prefer the X1 and X3 routes."

The two of them in the park walked like this, discussing the pros and cons of the two routes as they walked, in fact, as the chief of staff and the deputy chief, they can now be said to be worried about the Russians, even more worried than about their own fleet, this is also no way, after all, they need to consider many things from the enemy's standpoint, so as to plan future interceptions with the enemy's thinking.

"But if they get extra security on the route, it seems to be extremely disadvantageous for us, after all, when the time comes, they are likely to have to wait for work! At least their warships, most likely, are perfectly maintained, and we ......"

When this concern was raised, Akiyama Shinyuki, the deputy chief of staff who had not changed his name after naturalization, ate a few more bites of fried soybeans, and his eyebrows showed a little worry.

"Therefore, we need to pick the time, calculate the time, and then let the Russians send their reinforcements in the time period we need, so that we still have a certain advantage......"

After a slight pause, Han Che continued.

"Beiyang Shipping has agreed to the suggestion of the General Staff, and we can also requisition the equipment they purchased in the future, and when the time comes, we will have four such equipment, and I think we should be able to complete the preparation in advance!"

Although the words were unknown, Akiyama didn't know what he was talking about, and he saw his brows furrow slightly.

"In this case, what a gamble, after all, there has never been a navy of that country in the world that has done this!"

Not only did no one do this, but no one thought about it at all, and even Akiyama believed that if this plan leaked out, the world's navies would shout "impossible".

"Impossible?"

Smiling, Han Che took a deep puff of his cigarette and cast his gaze into the distance.

"Actually, what is the biggest possibility? It's not these things that we're going to do, these things we're going to do, in fact, they're just engineering problems, these problems are easy to solve, and there are ways to solve them, what is really impossible? Akiyama! ”

It is to defeat Russia with a weak national strength!

That's the biggest impossibility!

Their task is to make the impossible possible.

"It is precisely because everyone thinks this is impossible that we have to create this impossibility, and then use this impossibility to create another impossibility! Because ......"

After a pause, Han Che took a deep breath.

"The whole world thinks it's impossible, that's why it's possible to succeed,"

It is precisely because it is impossible, so he has to do it, what kind of courage is this, looking at Han Che beside him, Akiyama's heart couldn't help but have a trace of envy, what he envied was that His Excellency the marshal could let go and let him do whatever he wanted, and it was this kind of "arbitrariness" that made them create a legend together.

"Haha, if it really succeeds, then this naval battle will definitely go down in history!"

In Akiyama's laughter, Han Che also showed a hint of a smile, and then said with a smile.

"Of course, this is likely to be the largest naval battle in the world, but now we still need to consider the premise that if our main fleet intercepts the reinforcement fleet in the X sea area, the Pacific Fleet in the key sea area has not been resolved, what will we do then? If they get the main force of the fleet at that time and are not in the bay of the town, will they leave the port and attack the coast, thus forcing us to abandon the operation in the X sea area! ”

Until now, the navy has not reached a consensus on how to solve the problem of the Pacific Fleet, which is avoiding war and protecting ships, and even in many plans, the Pacific Fleet, which should have been the first to solve the problem, has been intact under the protection of the harbor fortress under the condition of "avoiding war and self-protection", and every time it can play an unexpected role at the most critical time.

"That's a real problem!"

Akiyama Mayuki nodded, and said with a sigh.

"The military ports where the four major town guards are located can accommodate the main force of the Pacific Fleet, which port will they choose to assemble at that time? Or dispersed? It's all a problem, if the build-up is fine, the big deal is the blockade, then the landing, and the problem can always be solved before the reinforcements arrive, but if they are scattered in various ports along the coast of Japan, constantly engaged in broken engagements, then the consequences are very likely to be catastrophic! ”

Yes, in the case of the Northeast Navy, it is natural to want the other side to be stationed in a certain port, but is it possible that the Russians will do this? What if they were scattered along the entire coast of Japan? I'm afraid it's just exhaustion.

"Hey, it's a troublesome thing, if we do that, it will really cause us a lot of trouble." (To be continued.) )