713 is decided

Dalian, Imperial Admiralty. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

In front of the door, the guards dressed in white naval uniforms and holding steel guns made hundreds of students who had just arrived and were about to register for the Naval Academy envy the hundreds of students who passed through here on their way to the Naval Academy.

The military vehicles, the admirals that can be seen in the newspapers, make them wish they could be one of them, and the bright red blood cloud dragon claw flag with a touch of gold on their heads is the totem in everyone's hearts.

Not to mention the students, since the beginning of the war, this building has attracted the attention of the whole world, and since the world entered the maritime age, the navy has become a symbol of national strength and a pioneer in the struggle for world hegemony.

Overseas army building, standing on the shoulders of Britain to start, using the tail of the free economy of the capital world to swallow continuously, the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, the Tsushima Naval Battle, the Micronesian Naval Battle, the Bahraintang Strait Naval Battle, the Sibilu Island Naval Battle, the Imperial Counterattack Battle, the Gulf of Panama Naval Battle, etc., etc.

More than 20 years of blood and fire, the sacrifice of tens of thousands of soldiers, forging a powerful navy, but also finally let the idea of sea power take deep root in the Shenzhou continent, more and more young people began to dream of walking out of the loess and going to the sea to travel the world.

From the famous Mahan's "Theory of Sea Power", to His Majesty the Emperor's handwritten "Towards the Deep Blue", to the memoir "Pacific Rush Pioneer" by retired imperial admiral Tan Xiaozeng, who has just been put on the bookshelf, etc., they have all become sought-after books, and even the books written by old-fashioned old pedants are embarrassed to be published without a few words of "let go of your arms and go to the world".

And all those eyes converged on this building.

But Tan Wang, the commander of the navy's logistics, didn't feel any joy, and the good news was a lot of trouble for him, more telegrams urging supplies and more supply ships!

"General, Panama urgent."

"Bastard, these guys will die if they remove the word "urgent"? When I am a god, I am in a hurry for everything, even if I want a few screws, I am in a hurry! In the corridor, with the old man's memories and autobiography, he was about to go back to the office to find a conspicuous place to put it up, so that the colleagues who came to do the work were jealous, but he didn't expect to hear the word emergency again, Tan Wang suddenly jumped up like a rabbit that had been stepped on his tail.

To tell the truth, in the past year since the start of the war, not only did he not feel the joy of victory, but he was tortured to death by these two words, except for the northwest, regardless of his business, the others were basically all the navy losing departments, and even the air force was squeezed in, although he had all the ocean-going freighters in the country, and even the dispatch of small ships was only a word, but he couldn't stand so many long-distance fronts!

Finally, Australia is over, the Persian Gulf is also opened, but before it can take a breath, the supply of supplies to Germany has begun again, plus Panama and the landing in the United States have reached a critical time, in the end, not only can they not be comfortable, but they are getting busier and busier, if they wait for the United States to start, they don't know how to toss themselves!

"General, it's from the chief of staff." The staff officer didn't know the general's temper, so he held the corners of his mouth and spit out a few words.

"Oh, show me." As soon as he heard that it was sent by the chief of staff, Tan Wang did not dare to slack off, but after reading the telegram, he made a difficulty, because the telegram said that the navy had begun to clear mines in the Bay of Panama, and the route to Panama City was about to be opened, and he asked that the materials for repairing the canal be transported over as much as possible. 【 I want: super fast update 】

Tan Wang sighed in his heart, walked into his office, first put the book in a prominent position, and then walked to the blackboard, on which was a large table, and the dazzling numbers and symbols that others seemed to represent a fleet, destination, arrival time and other information.

This blackboard is in charge of all the logistics and transportation forces of the navy, although he is not good at arranging troops, but when it comes to dispatching transportation, there are really few people who can match him.

The supplies are no problem, just the reserves in Dalian are enough, but all the fleets on the blackboard have tasks, what about dismantling the door panel to fill the hole this time?

"General, we don't have any extra ships at the moment, only the preset fleet is the closest fleet, or let the South American fleet No. 2 be diverted." Now the logistics department controls more than 1,000 ocean-going freighters, divided into 15 fleets, each with 30 to 150 ships, of which 6 are mainly responsible for domestic ore materials and other work, which cannot be pumped for the time being, and aircraft artillery shells all need ore materials, without which the troops will not be able to fight for a day.

Originally, the Australian fleet could be transferred, but due to the ongoing large-scale migration work, it is still relatively difficult for the country to be self-sufficient in food and other things in the short term, and if it wants to be self-sufficient, it will have to wait at least until the first half of next year, not to mention that the fleet is currently transporting the captured weapons and ammunition to Mexico, so it cannot be drawn.

The three Persian Gulf fleets are no longer working, and Germany is still in a difficult situation, all counting on the input of this lifeline, even if there are contradictions between the two countries, it is not the time to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle.

As for the rest of the fleet, they are all devoted to the task of transporting supplies and personnel to Hawaii, and if they don't stock up on more supplies at the bridgehead before they start landing now, I'm afraid there will be no place to cry in the future.

"South Preset Fleet!"

Tan Wang's head shook like a rattle, the 200 preset ships he had prepared for the landing battle, they were all full of weapons, ammunition and necessary supplies, although they could be dispatched with just a phone call, but this was his card, just in case!

"Let's let South America No. 2 be diverted to Dalian, yesterday they sent a message that they have arrived in the Ogasawara Islands, and the distance is close."

"But ......." The staff officer frowned, the 33 cargo ships of the No. 2 South American Fleet were originally docked at Lianyungang and Zhoushan ports, and the copper ingots, balsa wood and other things on them were all urgently needed supplies, so that after they came to Dalian, they would have to delay the time of transshipment to various parts of the south.

"Okay, you will contact the Ministry of Railways later, let them organize a train to transfer, order the fleet to change the course, and don't forget about the escort, by the way, if the Ministry of Railways calls me, just say I'm not there!"

"Yes."

The staff officer smiled bitterly and nodded, and the materials of the 33 10,000-ton ships suddenly diverted, not only involving the navy's supplies, but also involving the railway to readjust hundreds of wagons, don't scold the mother!

After the staff officer left, Tan Wang continued to sigh continuously, although he demolished a wall to fill the loopholes, but it is not a way to go on like this, especially the time of landing has not yet been decided, so that these people who are engaged in logistics can't help but be constrained in the arrangement, thinking of the previous calculations, his flesh is a little trembling, because according to calculations, if you land in the United States and fight for a year, at least more than 10,000 ships will be transported and reinforced, isn't it fatal!

So after thinking about it, he immediately picked up the phone, ready to ask Tang Xiao how many more Hualun he could give him before the end of the year, but unexpectedly, the operator's voice came, and laughter sounded outside the door.

"No need to call, I brought someone to you directly, you can ask yourself."

Tan Wang looked up, a little surprised, it was actually Duan Qirui and Tang Xiao who came together, and hurriedly got up and welcomed: "Who is my Dao, it turns out to be Lord Feng and Lord Tang, rare guests." ”

"Come on, don't be a stranger." Before Tan Wang could see Duan Qirui, Tang Xiao immediately threw out a document, he had been urged to death by the Admiralty in the past few months, especially after the Hualun project was launched, the Navy called several times a day to ask how much it had made, and this was not a cabbage!

"Here, this time it's 11, and we have also registered and cleaned up the transport ships captured by Australia, all of which add up to a total of 56, all of which are given to you!" Tang Xiao said with a frightened face: "Before the end of the year, stop calling and harassing me!" ”

"Hehe, how can it be, Brother Tang is the food and clothing parents of our navy, I don't have time to talk about it, how can I harass it!" got 56 10,000-ton ships at once, Tan Wang's face was full of smiles, and he hurriedly took out the best Chinese cigarettes and handed them over.

Tang Xiaona didn't know his virtues, and after snatching the cigarette, he smiled and said, "Good smoke, just leave me here." ”

Tan Wang's eyes twitched, it was a good cigarette that the lord embezzled from the emperor, he didn't smoke a few cigarettes, if it weren't for Duan Qirui's presence, he would definitely have to fight with this Tang Fat.

"Hehe, it's a lot of pressure near me."

Duan Qirui didn't care about the joke between the two, and walked to the blackboard and nodded secretly, although Tan Wang, the major general, was somewhat stained with his master's light, but this job was done with dedication, if it wasn't for him to dispatch it, I'm afraid that the transfer of naval materials would not be so smooth.

"Hehe, it's okay, it's okay." Tan Wang laughed twice, and suddenly asked, "Lord Duan, didn't you go to the northwest?" How's it going there? ”

"The rest of the Northwest Army will not retreat again, don't worry." Duan Qirui didn't know what he was worried about, after the Northwest Army retreated one million, almost all of them would have to be transported to the United States through him in the future, so it was extremely important to accurately estimate the total number, otherwise there would be a situation where there would be more people and fewer ships.

As soon as he heard that the remaining troops in the northwest would not be withdrawn for the time being, Tan Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after waiting for the orderly to bring tea, he asked casually: "Lord Duan, there are still so many troops left in the northwest, is it still not peaceful?" ”

"There are no big problems in our country, but Russia ......." Thinking of the situation in Western Siberia, Duan Qirui also shook his head: "Russia is already inextricably fighting, refugees are pouring into our country every day, and soldiers enter from time to time, so the Northwest Army and the National Guard are very busy during this time, and it is impossible to transfer them back in the short term." ”

"No wonder, I heard that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued work visas to many Russians, I'm afraid they are all from the northwest, and there is also an aircraft designer named Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, even the emperor personally received him, what is his ability? I heard that for him, the emperor also asked Chang Lin to personally allocate funds for him to build an aircraft research institute. Tang Xiao asked beside him.

"Hehe, I don't know what he can do, but the one who can get the emperor's attention must be a very important expert." Speaking of this, Duan Qirui's eyes narrowed, not to mention Sikorsky, who fled from Russia to Western Siberia one after another, there are already hundreds of senior experts who are favored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, so in these three months alone, there are as many as 2,000 work visas issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Whatever, Russia is broken, it's good, all scientists come to us." After Tan Wang finished speaking, he suddenly walked to the door and looked at it twice, and closed the door.

His actions made Tang Xiao couldn't help but be surprised, but Duan Qirui guessed that he couldn't leave ten, and when he came back to sit down, he said with a smile: "There's no need to be so mysterious, do you want to know the specific date?" ”

"Huh? Could it be that it is decided! This time, even Tang Xiao's eyes widened, and Tan Wang glanced at each other, and they both saw the joy in each other's hearts, one of them was in charge of the equipment department, and the other was only the naval transportation department, but almost all the material transportation tasks of the navy, land and air forces were in charge of the sea campaign, and they were the people who were qualified to know about this matter.

Seeing the inquisitive eyes of the two, Duan Qirui smiled and nodded: "It's decided!" ”

"Great, it can be regarded as settled, if it drags on like this, it is estimated that Brother Tang and I will be consumed to death first." Tan Wang breathed a sigh of relief, even Tang Xiao took a hard puff of cigarette, there have been too many speculations about the landing time recently, everyone is talking about this topic, but no one has an accurate answer.

It's okay to say if it's other departments, but it's too difficult for the two logistics leaders, so that the two of them have to keep one hand when arranging work, for example, Tan Wang has always maintained a preset fleet in his hands and doesn't dare to move, just to prevent problems from occurring once the landing starts, and now Duan Qirui said that it is settled, which means that there is no need to guess and guess, and all the work can be arranged around the landing day.

"Originally, I was supposed to let Commander Long tell you, but yesterday he and the emperor went to Hawaii, so they had to bring me here to make up the numbers." Duan Qirui smiled at first, and his face became serious again: "I brought Tang Xiao here today just for this matter, I might as well give you a thorough explanation, now there is only the Prime Minister's side left, as long as the Eastpur Conference reaches an agreement, then we will go all out!" ”

The two nodded, Tang Shaoyi's attendance at the Istampur Conference was already known to both of them, this meeting seemed to be just to maintain and stabilize the morale of the army and coordinate the internal problems of the Allied forces, but it was actually a conference on the distribution of interests after the war, involving the ultimate interests of the allies, so it was still entangled and bargaining.

If the internal problems of the Allied forces cannot be solved before landing, it is impossible for Hua to deal with the United States wholeheartedly, so Duan Qirui has this to say.

"According to the Prime Minister's telegram yesterday, the negotiations are now nearing completion, so you must be fully prepared by December 20." After Duan Qirui finished speaking, he stood up and pointed to the blackboard.

"In the first wave, at least 1,000 ships must be ready."

RO！ ~！