After a simple welcome ceremony, surrounded by Chen Shaokuan and others, Chen Feng came to the battleship "Zhonghua", the flagship of the Navy.

The battleship "Zhonghua" is an Iowa-class battleship of the United States, which was only built in 1940 by the United States, and the first ship is still under construction, and it will take 43 years to complete and enter service. When Chen Shaokuan first came to the navy, he saw this big guy right at a glance, and after obtaining Chen Feng's consent, he designated this huge battleship as the flagship of the Chinese navy.

In the operational command room, the admirals were star-studded, and the admirals sitting under Chen Feng were Admiral Chen Shaokuan, Rear Admirals Chang Zhiguo, Tian Haiyang, Jiang Haitao, and Ouyang Hai; Navy Colonels Zhao Baojia, Tiemur, Liu Shun, Hu Haibin, Wang Changhai, Li Tao, Yang Huwei, Qu Lang.

After everyone sat down, Chen Feng got up and said, "Before the meeting, I will read out a commendation order from the Military Commission for you!" ”

"Order No. 18 of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government [1942], the Army, Navy and Air Force of the National Revolutionary Army: On March 29, 1942, the first squadron of the Yangtze River Fleet of our heroic navy met the Japanese navy unexpectedly in the Coral Sea. Won praise from all parties at home and abroad. In order to commend the navy for its outstanding performance in this campaign, the Central Military Commission decided to issue a circular order to the army, navy, and air force to commend the first detachment of the navy's Yangtze River fleet. I hope that your ministry will take this opportunity to maintain its honor. Make persistent efforts, brace our spirits, work in a down-to-earth manner, forge ahead, blaze new trails, comprehensively enhance our combat effectiveness, and make new contributions to the realization of national independence and national reunification and the complete expulsion of the aggressors from China! Chen Feng, Chairman of the Military Committee and Chairman of the National Revolutionary Army! ”

Although the old man used the same thing as straw paper, many troops have received commendation orders, some issued by the military government, and some by the Ministry of Defense. Some of them were issued by the chamber of the commissioner. Not rather. However, after a long time, more people and departments have been issued, and the commendation order is no longer valuable, so now the soldiers do not pay much attention to the commendation order of the Military Commission.

However, since Chen Feng took office. It is strictly forbidden for all departments to arbitrarily issue commendation orders. Every commendation order should not be just a verbal commendation. There must be corresponding material and spiritual rewards, so in the more than half a year after December 1941, the Nationalist Government issued a total of only 18 commendation orders. But every unit that received a commendation from the General Order subsequently reaped tangible benefits.

For example, the Northeast Theater conquered Harbin, and the reorganized 4th Division, which served as the main force, was commended by general order, and then the division went up to the division commander down to the promotion of ordinary soldiers, and the military commission rewarded 500,000 oceans at one time, and according to the number of people, each person can also get 15 oceans.

You must know that this is not five years ago, an ocean for a dollar of fiat currency, now with the progress of the war, the depreciation of fiat currency is very serious, a black market can already be sold for 40 yuan of fiat currency, 15 oceans are enough for a family of 4 to eat and drink for more than half a year, it can be regarded as a small windfall.

This time is no exception, after reading the commendation order, Chen Feng said: "After reading this commendation order, I will announce a promotion order for you: After the unanimous decision of all members of the Military Commission, Chang Zhiguo is hereby promoted to vice admiral, deputy commander of the navy and commander of the Yangtze River fleet, and promoted to colonels Zhao Baojia, Timur, Liu Shun, and Hu Haibin to rear admirals."

After the promotion order was read out, Chen Feng, on behalf of the Military Commission, awarded medals of various ranks to 76 officers, including Chen Shaokuan, and 1,287 soldiers.

After doing this, the meeting officially began, Chen Feng first asked Chen Shaokuan to briefly talk about the current situation of the navies of China, the United States and Japan, and then explained the purpose of his visit to the Nanyang Consulate.

Chen Feng carefully looked at all the naval officers who were doing it, most of them he knew, and he personally selected them from the army, and then sent them to learn naval tactics.

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, there are people who have become generals, and there are many lieutenant generals and major generals. Thinking about the fact that three years ago, many of these people were only lieutenants, second lieutenants, and some were even big soldiers, so it can only be said that the world has changed too much.

In fact, Chen Feng doesn't want to think about it, he himself is also such an image in everyone's hearts, Chen Feng five years ago was a gentleman on the grassland, bullying men and women, not to mention, lingering in the brothel of the Qinglou all day long. Five years later, Chen Feng did not say that he had a millionaire army in the world, but that his prestige in China was unmatched, and no one could compare to him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the naval war between China, Japan, and the United States in the Pacific Ocean determines the final outcome of this war to a certain extent, and if China and the United States win, then the entire world will be preserved, otherwise, the fascist forces will gain the initiative in the war, and in the end, they will choke us to death one by one in the dung pit."

"Now the movements of the Japanese Navy are unknown, although a detachment of the fleet went to the Aleutians, but the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet did not appear anywhere, and according to reliable information, the Japanese target was actually here, not the Aleutian Islands." As he spoke, Chen Feng's finger pointed to a place that was barely visible on the map.

Chen Shaokuan and the others carefully stared at Chen Feng's fingers and searched for them on the map, and they all looked at Chen Feng in surprise.

"That's right, it's Midway! One of the most important US naval bases in the Pacific! Chen Feng expressed the thoughts of all naval officers.

Chen Shaokuan opened his mouth and said, "Is it really Midway? However, it is possible that Midway is only 1,135 nautical miles from Pearl Harbor and is an important US military base and transportation hub in the Central Pacific, as well as the gateway and outpost of US troops in Hawaii. Once Midway Island is lost, Pearl Harbor, the base camp of the US Pacific Fleet, will also be affected, and if Midway Island is captured, then it will be very troublesome for the United States to send troops and supplies to Asia! ”

Chen Feng added: "Not only that, if the Japanese Navy achieves the set goal and captures Midway, then the Japanese Navy will have an important foothold in the eastern Pacific." From there, as a transit base, Japanese naval ships can intercept U.S. military and civilian ships at any time, and at the same time, they can also prevent the naval fleet from attacking the U.S. mainland, so that the west coast of the United States will be directly threatened by the Japanese navy. ”

"Since the rest of the U.S. Navy warships have been deployed to the North Atlantic, the U.S. is not capable of effectively counterattacking the Japanese Navy in the Pacific in the short term. Japan is well aware of the military potential of the United States, and once the huge industrial production capacity of the United States is fully brought into the orbit of war, Japan has little hope of victory. If the Japanese Navy threatens or really attacks the West Coast of the United States, it will force the United States to transfer the military equipment urgently needed to the front line in Europe to the West Coast of the United States, which will not only cause a shortage of military supplies in the European theater, but may even cause the European theater to lose ground again, and allow Nazi Germany to achieve the ultimate victory. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the relationship between Germany and Japan is also well known, and the victory in the European battlefield has passed, so when he comes to his senses, it will be difficult to hold the Asian and African battlefields, and we will be passive at that time, so this time we must prevent the Japanese Navy from capturing Midway."

Chen Feng's words resonated with all the officers in the conference room, it is indeed the case, once the European battlefield is lost, Germany can penetrate into China through the Siberian artery to the east, attack China with Japan, or move the main force south to capture the Balkan Peninsula or intervene in the North African battlefield, these are all disasters for the Allied forces.

Most importantly, they already knew that the main force of the U.S. Pacific Fleet had already gone north to the Aleutian Islands, and that there were only a small number of ships and guards guarding Pearl Harbor and Midway.

"Commission, what is the strength of the Japanese army, do we know the way?" Chen Shaokuan asked.

"In fact, how many troops Japan sends has nothing to do with us, do you know that it is the same, the opponent of our navy is Japan's combined fleet, and the strength of our navy is not much worse than that of the Japanese navy, even if the main force of the Japanese combined fleet pours out, we have nothing to fear, and we will kill them if we encounter it." Chen Feng said confidently.

"Then do we need to inform the US side and let them cooperate with us?" Chen Shaokuan said.

"No, let's let the Japanese and the American troops stay behind fight to the death first, and when they are almost done, it is better that after the Japanese completely occupy Midway, we will go into battle." Chen Feng said with a smile.

"What is this for?" Chen Shaokuan asked in surprise.

Chen Feng replied: "You all know the importance of Midway's geographical location, and occupying this place is equivalent to choking the throat of the Americans, which is related to the situation in the Pacific Ocean in the future, so this place can only be in our hands." But we are allies with the United States, and we cannot directly steal them from them. However, we and Japan are hostile countries, and no one can say a fart about grabbing territory from the Japanese! ”

"But will the Americans agree that we will not leave? With the domineering of the Americans, they will never let us stay there forever. Chen Shaokuan asked again.

"It doesn't matter, our occupation of Midway Island is just to use it as a bargaining chip in exchange for a promise from the U.S. government, as for how to choose, it is a matter for the U.S. government, if we agree to plant a strip flag on Midway, if we don't agree, it will be the blue sky and white sun flag and the grassland wolf flag!"

Under Chen Feng's chairmanship, all the officers present formulated a detailed operational plan around the Battle of Midway, and also formulated a set of contingency plans, after doing so, this huge fleet of 226 warships and 876 carrier-based aircraft sailed towards Midway. (To be continued......)