September 8, Huangshan, Presidential Villa.

Xiao Zhenlei walked on the mountain path, breathing in the fresh air, and his boredom dissipated a lot at once. Looking down from the top of the mountain, halfway up the mountain is surrounded by clouds and mist, like a fairyland on earth. Wang Yanan and Cheng Biguio took the children to play in front and had a good time.

After walking around the mountain, the family returned to the villa sweating profusely, Xiao Zhenlei didn't have time to take a bath, when he saw Wang Yaqiao wearing a military uniform walking over, "President, news just came from Moscow that Vladimi was assassinated!" ”

"What?" Xiao Zhenlei's face changed, "Did you send someone to do it?" ”

Wang Yaqiao shook his head and said: "No, the former Russian agent we arranged was taken first before he had time to do it, this matter is very strange, the murderer identified by the Soviet Russian side is a member of the Social Revolutionary, but according to our investigation and speculation, this assassin was not at the scene at that time, when Vladimi was assassinated, he had just finished a speech and was about to get into the car, when a female worker came forward to talk to him, just when he turned around, three gunshots rang out in a row, one of which hit the woman who was talking to him, He himself was shot twice, and according to reliable information, his life is not in danger for the time being, but with the current level of surgical skills in Soviet Russia, he cannot take out the bullets."

Xiao Zhenlei did secretly and implicitly instruct Wang Yaqiao to send people to assassinate Vladimi by pretending to be those high-ranking subordinates of Soviet Russia who opposed Vladimi, warning him not to go too far, but this was just a warning, and he would not really want to kill him. In fact, Xiao Zhenlei has always opposed the use of assassination to achieve political goals, and this time he saw that Flakimi had gone too far to let Wang Yaqiao warn him.

Xiao Zhenlei was really surprised that someone made the first move, in fact, in another time and space, Vladimi was also assassinated, although the assassination situation was slightly different from this time. But it's not much the same.

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a few seconds and asked, "Can this Vlakimi still handle political affairs now?" ”

"The Soviet and Russian sides are very well guarded, and our intelligence personnel have not been able to know about his situation, but judging from the analysis of various situations, his injuries should not be too serious, otherwise the decrees of the Soviet and Russian sides will not be so smooth!"

Xiao Zhenlei nodded, and then instructed: "Pay close attention to the situation on the Soviet and Russian sides." Report as soon as there is news! ”

"Yes, the lowly post went down first!"

Not long after Xiao Zhenlei came out of the shower, Chen Bui came over and reported: "President, just now Chief of General Staff Jiang called and said that the naval commands of Britain, France and the United States have jointly sent a telegram, hoping that our side will send someone to attend the high-level meeting of the Allied Navy!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei said: "Oh? Send someone to a high-level meeting of the Navy? What do you think Britain, France and the United States are trying to do? ”

Chen Breliu thought about it and said: "With the idea of humility, Britain, France and the United States probably want to completely solve the German Navy from the sea surface in order to maintain the safety of the sea route!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei took a few steps and stopped: "It is not easy to completely solve the German Navy, it is said that the German side has deployed a large number of mines in many areas of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. If you don't know these mines, it's almost impossible to get close to the German naval base and fight a decisive battle, and that area is close to the German mainland, and the German air force is not vegetarian, and the intention of Britain, France and the United States is only afraid that it will not be easy to realize, but if it is a joint operation of the Allied navy, we will still send someone to participate, and you reply to Jiang Baili like this. Let Cheng Biguang go, he has been to Europe. I'm also a little more familiar with that side than others."

Chen Bui bent down and said, "Yes!" ”

In order to take care of the Chinese side, Britain, France, the United States, and other countries decided to hold a high-level naval meeting in Rome, Italy.

After three days of discussions, it was decided that the navies of the five countries would send a number of ships to form a combined fleet of the Allied powers to the North Sea for a decisive battle with the German navy. It was expected to solve the main forces of the German Navy in one fell swoop, and then completely block the German army on land.

The idea of Britain, France and the United States was very good, if the German navy was settled, then the Entente war would be easy to fight, and the Entente troops could land on any coastline. The naval side can also land from the north, but this is just an idea, and it will not be so easy to completely deal with the German navy.

A few days later, Cheng Biguang returned from Italy and immediately rushed to Huangshan to meet Xiao Zhenlei and reported to Xiao Zhenlei the detailed process of going to Rome, Italy to attend the Allied naval military conference and the resolutions of the meeting.

After listening to Cheng Biguang's report, Xiao Zhenlei asked, "When will the fleet arrive at Yasai Port?" ”

Cheng Biguang said: "We must arrive at Yasai Port before October 12 at the latest!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and asked, "Who do you think should be sent to lead the fleet to participate in the combined fleet?" How is the composition of the fleet arranged? Did you think about these questions on the way back? ”

Cheng Biguang said: "Yes, the president! According to the resolution of this meeting, our side should send a fleet of at least 300,000 tons, and on the way back, I thought about it, and also consulted Commander Sa Zhenbing's opinion, and we believe that the fleet should consist of four battleships, four aircraft carriers, eight heavy cruisers, twelve light cruisers, 24 destroyers, 36 torpedo boats, 12 supply ships, and 24 submarines. As for the commander-in-chief of the fleet, he wants to recommend himself."

Xiao Zhenlei looked at Cheng Biguang, "Oh? Do you want to be the commander of the expedition? ”

"Yes, President!"

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while, nodded and said: "You are familiar with European affairs, and you have some connections with the military of European and American countries, with your command ability, it is indeed the most suitable for you to be the commander, okay, I agreed, this time I will let you command the fleet to go to the Atlantic."

In addition, there are some things I still want to talk to you, you also know, the values of Western society are different from the values of our East, although there are human relations in the West, but interests are paramount, you must pay attention when dealing with the military circles of Western countries, since they do not talk about human feelings, only talk about interests, then you only talk about interests, but everything that involves the interests of our country, you must desperately defend the interests of our country, in the face of national interests, even if you have a good relationship with others, it is not worth mentioning! ”

Cheng Biguang agreed: "Yes, I understand!" ”

"Also, do you think it's good to send aircraft carriers over? In this way, wouldn't it have allowed Western countries to learn the secret of China's aircraft carriers, and if Western countries would not follow suit in the future, how could China's navy still have an advantage? ”

Cheng Biguang said with a smile: "The president filtered, I have always wondered before, aircraft carriers are such powerful warships, why doesn't the president let us take them out to fight the enemy, but has only been secretly researching and developing, and training hard, but I didn't expect the president to be worried that the secret of the aircraft carrier will be discovered by Western countries, in fact, the president doesn't have to worry, you are as wise as the sea, you should know that there are no eternal secrets in the world, and a behemoth like an aircraft carrier, coupled with its strong combat capability, even if our secrecy measures are strict, There will be a day when Western countries will notice, this day will come sooner or later, and then all countries will follow suit, and as long as we always maintain the technology of aircraft carriers far beyond other countries, we will always be able to maintain the advantage of combat effectiveness, for example, now, our aircraft carriers have been equipped with anti-air and sea-to-sea detection radars, and are also equipped with active and passive detection sonar systems, carrier-based aircraft and anti-air defense systems that far exceed the performance of fighters of other countries! Other countries are basically out of reach."

Xiao Zhenlei patted his head, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It seems that I care too much, it is because I am too deeply influenced by Confucianism, just like a low-key martial arts master, always thinking about hiding his own skills, not letting others know how powerful he is, worrying that others will come to steal learning, in fact, I think too much, of course I have to take out good things to shine, of course I can't walk at night in brocade, otherwise what's the use of wearing this brocade?" You're right, weapons are built for use, and battleships are built for defending the sea and killing the enemy, but we can't show it too much, this time send four aircraft carriers that were built first to join the fleet! ”

Cheng Biguang asked, "Are they the four seaplane carriers?" Each of the four seaplane carriers can only carry more than 30 fighters, and they are all equipped with second-generation fighters, neither the ships nor the carrier-based aircraft are equipped with anti-air and sea-to-sea radars, only active and passive sonar detection systems, even if the four will act together, it will only be 120 fighters, if the German army sends a large number of land-based fighters to bomb, we may not be able to stop it! ”

At this time, Xiao Zhenlei smiled and said: "Isn't it just our fleet, isn't there also a fleet of Britain, France, the United States and Italy?" Could it be that the anti-aircraft weapons on their ships are all decorations? Besides, it is not certain whether the fleet will be able to approach the German coast. You have to remember that we can't be too conspicuous, once it is beyond the tolerance of Britain, France and the United States, they may unite to isolate us, and now our national strength is not enough, and the economic level is not enough to support us to dominate the world, so we should hide our clumsiness when it is time to hide it, and when our national strength is enough to support us to dominate the world, then we will no longer have to worry."

Cheng Biguang got up and said, "Yes, President, I understand my humble position!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand and said: "Well, I won't keep you, you will rush back to the capital immediately to prepare for the expedition, the fleet still needs to be maintained, assembled, and the officers and soldiers also need to be given a few days off, many things need to be dealt with by you, the main general, as soon as possible, complete the formation of the fleet, and then set off."

"Yes, resignation!" (To be continued......)