"Hui Shan, you once told me that in order to win this war, the navy needs to constantly expand its forces, and in the past ten years, we have expanded our power at sea at any cost. You have also vouched for me www.biquge.info that the Navy can win this war, that it can defeat our enemies, and now the real test has come. ”

In the Admiralty's operations conference room, Tang Haoran said without looking back. He leaned forward and looked down at the huge chart on the table, which was a large chart of the world, on which he could clearly see where the two fleets were. Three fleets to be exact, and one more fleet exists within the mine blockade line in Tokyo Bay.

Tang Hao, who was focusing on the charts, ignored Rong Shangqian, the Minister of the Navy in the Northeast, although he had always thought that he was just a "transition", but he, the "transitional minister", had been "transitioning" for nearly ten years. His consciousness became more and more concentrated, his somewhat hoarse tone became lower and lower, his half-inch long black hair looked completely erect, and his eyes with complex expressions were shining.

The large-scale area of Tierra del Fuego in South America fell completely into his eyes, and the map immediately changed to blue fjords, deserted islands full of deserted islands, white snow-capped peaks, and, of course, penguins.

Now as the time approaches, Tang Haoran is becoming more and more nervous about the naval battle, which is more or less always very much related to the modern Chinese Navy, the modern Chinese Navy has no trace, and more importantly, the ten-year army, the hundred-year navy, the Northeast Navy is too young, and there are a large number of young officers in the seemingly powerful Northeast Navy. Among the navies of other countries. The officers, who had only graduated for seven years, had only just become cruiser captains. In the Northeast Navy, they have become the captain of the capital ship, how can this not make Tang Haoran worried?

The 39-year-old Rong Shang stood humbly on the sidelines. He was dressed in a neat naval uniform. As a native of Guangdong, he was of medium height, and his face was tired at the moment, and his eyelids were slack. But in his heart, his thoughts are like a tight cable, and his emotions can be said to have suffered from gains and losses in the past period of time. Sometimes it's even melancholy and depressed, it's just terrible.

Although he never attended a real naval officer school, he was also a standard soldier as the Minister of the Navy, and his character can be said to be extremely resolute, although he was the "Transitional Minister", but from the day he took charge of the Navy, his highest ambition in life was to build the world's strongest fleet for China.

To this end, he proposed an ambitious "30-year plan" to Tang Haoran, who was keen on armaments, to be prepared in 1922. Let the strength of the Chinese naval fleet be enough to compete with the British Royal Navy. Naturally, his timetable was approved, and the corresponding one was the Naval Academy. Over the past few years, with 1,600 students graduating each year, it has grown to become the largest naval academy in the world.

But a plan is a plan, a thirty-year plan is planned for thirty years later, and what is more urgent at the moment is a realistic timetable for war.

So, in the past ten years, he has constantly adjusted that timetable, and worked hard to build the core force of the Northeast Navy - "Zhenyang Fleet".

It all starts from scratch!

At the beginning of this path, the Northeast Navy even had only one gunboat and one cruiser, the former was captured by the Japanese who had surrendered to Chengcheng, and the latter was captured in Lushun, and then there were several training ships converted from merchant ships.

A great career begins with a blank, perhaps externally, this blank may be regarded as the beginning of a legend, but for Rong Shangqian, as the Minister of the Navy, he is very clear that this blank is a challenge to him personally and the Northeast, although he spent ten years to build a powerful "Zhenyang Fleet", but out of caution, after the outbreak of the war, the "Zhenyang Fleet" did not play its own role, and even the Navy did not organize a large-scale naval battle or amphibious landing campaignEven in the case of the Russian army with only three brigades in the entire Philippines, even under the intelligence of the Philippine detachment that has been beaten back to Manila Bay several times, the Zhenyang fleet is still there "holding the ocean".

Now, however, this caution has come to an end, and the "Zhenyang Fleet" has long since sailed out of Zhenwan Bay, and has even sailed to Warwoorad Island, near the South Pole, where it will meet the Russian Second and Third Pacific Fleets accurately. What will be their fate? Almost from the day the main force of the Zhenyang fleet left, he was in that trance every day.

Dashuai's question pulled Rong Shangqian's thoughts back to reality, and he replied in a low voice.

"Yes, Boss, it's a real challenge, but right now, there's nothing we can do. The strength of the Russian Navy is very strong, it is not a fair fight, and our tactics have made us sacrifice our advantages. ”

Rong Shangqian thought for a while and added.

"If there is any remedy, it is to transfer the remaining Zhenhai and Dinghai to reinforce them, of course, I am only suggesting."

Tang Haoran's head finally rose from the table, his gaze became a little hesitant, and even the whole person seemed more and more restless.

Transfer the Zhenhai and Dinghai over!

Mobilize every ounce of the Northeast Navy!

There was an unusual silence in the office. With its high ceilings, chandeliers, huge doors and windows, heavy carpets and elaborate furnishings, there is a deep sense of oppression in this oriental building, where the owner of the office is now pondering, pondering decisions that will change the course of history.

For the sea, Tang Haoran has always had an inexplicable longing, this desire can be said to be the common feeling of any Chinese youth in the 21st century, even if he has never been on any ship, even if he does not know much about the navy, but this does not prevent him from imagining a powerful fleet, imagining the appearance of the fleet across the seas.

But equally, he was afraid of the sea, in stark contrast to his familiarity with land warfare, even though he did not know it. But that doesn't prevent him from getting answers from history. Tang Haoran is familiar with history. He knows. Since the disastrous defeat of Spain's "Invincible Armada" in the Anglo-French Channel, the rise and fall of a country has been affected by the naval victories and defeats, and the Northeast Navy is undoubtedly the most "self-sufficient" side among those forces that try to win the naval war, because the Northeast Navy is so short to build a force, and its strength seems to be strong, but in fact, it is ...... But he challenged a giant with his weak strength.

It is precisely because they have no confidence in sea control. Tang Haoran's whole talent will seem so nervous, and even suffer from gains and losses, after all, there are always too many accidents in the factors that determine the outcome of the war.

"No!"

Shaking his head violently, after a long period of contemplation, Tang Haoran said categorically.

"I believe in them, I believe that they must have their reasons for doing so, and I believe that they will be able to win the war and bring us the good news. Please remember. The Pacific Ocean is vast, but there is only room for one giant! I believe. We are the only giants! ”

He rang the electric bell on the table, and a waiter brought two cups of coffee. After taking a sip of the unsweetened black coffee and milk, Tang Haoran once again regained his former composure, and the cold will and stubborn determination returned to him. He looked out the window at the street—the atmosphere was deserted and pedestrians were rushing.

The impact of the war on the Northeast is multifaceted, after 15% of the population was conscripted into the army, even in Dalian, the streets seemed a little deserted, and now the Northeast has decided to devote every ounce of its strength to win this battle...... Oh no! Not every force, at least two capital ships of the Navy, the reason why they were not incorporated into the fleet is very simple - their performance is outdated, they cannot fight with the fleet, and of course, there is also the Far East, which still needs the fleet to deter them, and they need to block the Russian Pacific Fleet.

"Jianxun, you know what? Our nation, once the greatest nation in the world, we once ruled the whole of Asia, now, everyone knows very well that this is the era of "British governance", but hundreds of years ago, for thousands of years, Asia has been in the era of "Chinese governance", and now, what we are working hard to, what we want to build, is to regain the glory of yesterday, this war is not only the "rise of the yellow race", but also will be the clarion call of "Chinese governance", of course, If we don't speak with guns, then no one will listen to us......"

Thirteen years ago, he was just a poor boy who played "mouth cannons" in the historical forum, and his remarks would be criticized, and even the so-called "historical glory" remarks that are now being said will not be universally recognized after more than a hundred years, but now, those obtained from the historical forum and processed by the literati of this era have been digested by the long-term political career. It has even been appropriately distorted out of political necessity, and then turned into a completely new viewpoint -- "Chineseism."

Of course, as in the past, at all times, in Tang Haoran's view, the so-called "ism" is to be used, to be used at will, not to use discardable things, the so-called "Chineseism" is a doctrine when it sounds good, but it is not good to say, it is just a core of the "theory of Chinese superiority", it is just to unite China, Japan, and North Korea, and to incorporate the latter two into the ideological basis of "China", just for one use!

But after a lie repeated a thousand times, not only will it deceive others, but sometimes even he will believe it, just like now, Tang Haoran seems to fully believe in this point of view, in China's natural protection of Asia, and in that China should be the only "ruler" in the Pacific.

"Japan should be Chinese. If we don't occupy it, the Russians, the British, and even the Americans will occupy it, and at that time, Japan, which is under the control of Western countries, will become our nightmare......"

Isn't that what Japan is like in another time and space? That kind of threat close to his home is not something Tang Haoran is willing to face, and it is precisely because of this that he will do everything possible to prevent the United States from getting involved in Asia, of course, this is because they have not yet realized the strength of their own power.

"There are many people who think that we are fighting this war for Japan, and I can say that they don't understand it at all, they don't know at all, that behind this war is actually a battle for survival between people of color and white people, and if we lose this war, then we will undoubtedly lose the hope of survival of the yellow race!"

Is that so?

Tang Haoran didn't know the answer, but he knew very well that if China lost this war, then China would inevitably become a weak person at will, and this was undoubtedly not something Tang Haoran could accept, after all, this was the situation he wanted to reverse.

There are some words, even I will believe in it if I say it too much, just like the future of the so-called "yellow race", the fate and future of that race, in the past ten years, he has been using similar views to "fool" others, just like now if you say who believes most in "East Asia's three ethnic groups have the same language and the same ancestry", I am afraid it is Tang Haoran, after all, he has always endorsed this point of view, of course, this is from the position of the strong, it is China to "the same clan" Japanese, "the same clan" Koreans, if it is the other way around, he will inevitably oppose it, He doesn't even mind advocating a "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" if needed, as long as it's beneficial to him.

"So, the reason why we are fighting this war is because of race, and it is a battle for the survival of race, as for Japan...... Well, I'd rather like it's a trophy! ”

Booty!

Unlike Korea, which has been dependent on China for thousands of years, Japan has been outside China, and now Japan will certainly be the spoils of this war, and it will be incorporated into China as a trophy, not as a so-called independent country.

"Japan should belong to the empire. We need Japan for our interests, we need North Korea ......"

Turning around, Tang Haoran greeted Rong Shangqian, who was listening to his speech, pointed to the big map and said:

"You see, Japan, as an archipelago, is not only our huge base leading to the open sea, but also a barrier to the mainland, and with Japan as China's Pacific barrier and Hawaii as our base in the Pacific, then the future Pacific Ocean will definitely belong to us. From Hawaii, our fleet could threaten the west coast of the United States, and the United States, even if it crossed Hawaii, would be blocked east of Japan. On the other hand, if Japan gains independence or is controlled by other countries, not only will we lose this barrier, but we will also be in a blockade of the island chain, and our coastal areas will be immediately threatened. ”

Tapping the map with his knuckles, Tang Haoran's eyes narrowed.

"So, no matter what, we have to win this battle for the survival of the East Asian race! And naval battles ......"

The words were abrupt, Tang Haoran looked at Rong Shangqian and said.

"It is directly related to the victory or defeat of this battle for the image and storage!" (To be continued.) )