The day after returning home, Tan Renhao went to the Navy Headquarters to report, and now he is still the commander of the First Task Force, but there are only a few escort warships left in the First Task Force, with Hao Dongjue watching, there is nothing to worry about Tan Renhao. After he arrived at the Navy Headquarters, he was immediately called to Nie Renfeng's office.

"Are you all well?"

Nie Renfeng personally made a cup of tea for Tan Renhao.

"Almost, I can walk anyway."

Tan Renhao smiled and took the teacup, "Headmaster, is there anything you can let me do now?" ”

"For the time being, you don't have to return to the fleet, Yongxing has already put Hao Dongjue in charge of the affairs over there, and the second task force has gone to the Guam battlefield, and the 6th team is expected to complete the sweeping operation next month, that is, this battle will end next month. Now, the U.S. Navy has no strength to continue to threaten us, so Task Force 1 will not leave Naha. ”

Nie Renfeng sat on the sand opposite Tan Renhao, "Your father's matter has passed, I have asked the Ministry of Security, this is a misunderstanding, and now it has been investigated." ”

"Chai Jinbiao was arrested?"

Tan Renhao didn't want to ask this question, but he still didn't hold back.

"I don't know about this, this is a matter for the Imperial Ministry of Security, and we don't have any reason to interfere."

Nie Renfeng crossed his hands, "Well, you don't have to worry." Liao Hanxiang has already told me, that one is called Chai ...... Chai what? ”

"Chai Ronggui."

"Yes, it is impossible for that person named Chai Ronggui to join the navy, and even if he joins the navy, Chai Jinbiao will not want to be protected by the navy."

Nie Renfeng's facial muscles twitched, "The Chai family's affairs are very serious, you should listen to General Liao Hanxiang." No matter who you are, don't want to have a good life if you are involved in this matter. I have never doubted the means of Lord Xue Xiyue to strike at the enemy, and this matter is extremely wide-ranging. Maybe more people will be unlucky. Well, it's not about us, though, so you don't need to worry about it. ”

Tan Renhao nodded, as emperors, they are loyal and conscientious, what else do they have to worry about?

"Okay, I'll take care of these things for you, as long as I'm still in the position of commander of the navy. No one can go to the navy to run rampant! ”

Nie Renfeng went to the desk and brought a document, "During this time, you will stay in the headquarters first, on the one hand, you can recuperate from your injuries, and on the other hand, you can help Yongxing do something, even if it is a temporary part-time job in the headquarters, by the way, how did you think about the things that made you think about it last time?" ”

Tan Renhao knew that the principal was asking about the reform of the naval system. He thought about it for a moment. "I think the biggest problem is responsibility. ”

"Responsibility?"

Nie Renfeng frowned slightly, and motioned for Tan Renhao to continue.

"Yes. The key issue is accountability. ”

Tan Renhao picked up the teacup, and after he recovered from his illness, he rarely smoked. "Let's put it this way, the current system of the Imperial Navy is that all the responsibility is borne by the Imperial Navy Command, so the pressure on the Navy Command is very great, and at the same time, it tries to control all the troops, because no one can afford to take the responsibility for defeat. The position of Chief of Staff Gan Yongxing is actually very awkward, even if he has to hold on to power, he also has to take responsibility. It would be almost impossible to let him delegate power without reducing his responsibilities! ”

Nie Renfeng nodded slightly, the Navy Command is directly responsible to the Prime Minister, although on the surface, he, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, is taking all the responsibility, but in fact, as long as something goes wrong, almost all the people who come out to take responsibility are the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy, because the Chief of the General Staff is the person responsible for the specific implementation. In other words. The pressure on Gan Yongxing is even greater than that of Nie Renfeng, which is why Gan Yongxing does not support this naval reform.

"So you mean that the responsibility must be divided?"

"Headmaster, we can't do anything better."

It didn't take much time for Tan Renhao to find this problem. "The only way is to divide the responsibilities down the levels, and the responsibility cannot be borne by the chief of the General Staff alone, but by the specific implementers. For example, if an intermediate command structure is established, then this body should have enough power to command the campaign operations alone, and at the same time assume all the responsibilities of the campaign operations. If you win, you get honor. If it fails, then you have to be held accountable for it. ”

Nie Renfeng lowered his gaze and thought at the same time.

"To put it simply, it is 'accountability,' and responsibility is directly linked to power, which is the only way to solve the current chaos of naval command."

"It seems, as a bystander, that you can see better than we can see."

Nie Renfeng stood up and walked to the window behind the desk, "The navy is not short of motivation, nor is it short of talents, especially after your group of young generals have been tempered on the battlefield and gradually matured, a large number of talents have emerged in the imperial navy. What you are talking about is actually a key issue in restricting the wielding of naval power, and we do not have a good system of responsibility. Although the soldiers fought bravely, without unified command, bravery only meant greater sacrifices, even unnecessary sacrifices. ”

"Headmaster......

Tan Renhao also stood up.

"Your words are very reasonable, responsibility, what we want is to clarify everyone's responsibilities, so that everyone knows what to do on the battlefield, and how to best destroy the enemy and protect themselves."

Nie Renfeng turned around and asked Tan Renhao to sit down, "The method you came up with is very good, I will talk to Yongxing alone, and strive to promote it as soon as possible and complete this reform." ”

Tan Renhao did not speak. This reform will almost change the entire command system of the navy, and it will certainly offend many people. Nie Renfeng and Gan Yongxing have a strong foundation in the navy, and no one can do anything with them, but Tan Renhao is just a new rear admiral, and he is just a tyrant among most of the old admirals in the navy.

Nie Renfeng also saw Tan Renhao's thoughts, and he didn't want a young Zhuang general like Tan Renhao to participate in the core reform of the navy. Tan Renhao They are an important support force that Nie Renfeng relied on in this reform, and the most powerful support for these young generals is the military exploits established on the battlefield. As long as they have enough military exploits, they have obtained a high enough status. This is crucial, because at the heart of the reform is the transfer of power from the old generals to the younger ones who are more motivated and talented. The only way for young generals to think about the old school generals is to build up military merits and use military exploits to improve their status.

"That's the document we just received."

Nie Renfeng glanced at the folder on the coffee table, "Take a look." I haven't thought of anyone to do it yet. It just so happens that you don't need to rush back to the fleet now, so let you do it. ”

Tan Renhao hesitated for a moment, then picked up the folder, he roughly flipped through it, and immediately asked in surprise: "Headmaster, the Germans are ready to rush out of the Baltic Sea?" ”

Nie Renfeng nodded and sat down on the sand. "You think there's something wrong with that?"

"How do you say that?"

Tan Ren Haoxun thought about it again, "Now Germany's shipbuilding plan has not been completed. With just those few warships, it was difficult to break through the Anglo-French naval blockade. In that year, in the 'Battle of Jutland', the German Navy suffered a lot of losses. The fact that Britain and France were able to occupy a favorable position in these years and maintain the situation on the battlefield on the Western Front had a lot to do with their blockade of Germany's access to the sea. Britain is an island country, and sea supremacy is more important than anything else, can they tolerate the German navy killing out of the Baltic Sea? ”

"The question is not whether the British want to or not, but what does it mean to us to do so."

Nie Renfeng corrected Tan Renhao's opinion, "I don't deny it. Now Germany fought on three fronts. There was a lot of pressure on the ground battlefield, which was also directly related to the survival of Germany, so their investment in the navy was very limited. Originally. Their shipbuilding plan should have been completed last year, but a lot of materials were put into the ground battlefield, and there were not enough resources to build those giant ships. But the problem is that now we need the German Navy to stir up some waves in the North Atlantic. ”

"Is this what we agreed on?"

Tan Renhao immediately realized this.

"Yes, this is the result of mutual certainty between our two countries."

Nie Renfeng crossed his hands, "We have made great progress on the battlefield in the six places, helping Germany relieve the pressure on the battlefield on the Eastern Front, so that they can send dozens of divisions to the battlefield on the Western Front, and strive to win victory on the battlefield on the Western Front within this year." Germany, then, has to do something for us. On the surface. The current battlefield of naval warfare is in the Pacific Ocean, but the Atlantic Ocean is not calm. After the United States entered the war, the British and French navies had expanded their range of activities to the middle of the Atlantic. Now that the U.S. Navy is losing ground in the Pacific, in order to salvage the defeat, they must disperse our forces, and the most effective way is to enter the South Atlantic and force us to reinforce the fleet in the Atlantic, so as to weaken our investment in the Pacific. Right now. You should get the idea, right? ”

Tan Renhao sighed, and when the principal explained this step, he understood why the German Navy was in a hurry to go to sea. The most direct and effective means to prevent the British and French fleets from entering the South Atlantic was to let the German Navy launch an offensive operation in the North Atlantic, so that Britain and France would inevitably leave their main fleet in the North Atlantic for their own security in order to ensure their superiority over the German Navy. The U.S. Navy was not able to move south in the Atlantic, which gave the Empire valuable time to continue to invest in the Pacific theater.

"The problem now is that the German Navy is not very familiar with the operation of the Grand Fleet, and their forces are limited."

Nie Renfeng glanced at the document that Tan Renhao was holding, "This time, they sent a group of officers over to learn from us. The prime minister has already greeted me, and it is polite to receive these German ** officers, after all, we have also learned a lot of experience from the German navy, especially the experience of submarine warfare. However, we can't reveal too much, and now the Reich is not in a position to provide naval support to Germany, so this is just an exchange. ”

Tan Renhao nodded and said, "I know what to do, who are the people they are leading?" ”

"It should be a major general, the specific candidate is not yet clear."

Nie Renfeng shrugged his shoulders, "They will arrive in about five days." For the sake of confidentiality and security, the German side gave us a list of personnel up to three days in advance. The specific event schedule document is there, you should take a look at it first, and then make relevant preparations. ”

"Okay, then I'll do some preparation work in the next two days."

"You contact the chief of staff directly, and Yongxing will tell you how to do it."

Nie Renfeng sent Tan Renhao to the door, "This is a trivial matter, even if you exercise a little during your physical recovery, if you don't have enough people, let the chief of staff help you arrange a few assistants." ”

"Headmaster, I'll be in touch with the Chief of Staff."

After Tan Renhao said goodbye to the principal, he went back to his office first, and Gan Yongxing still kept the office he had used.

In the afternoon, Tan Renhao went to the database to find some information related to the German Navy. Previously, he did not pay much attention to the German Navy. Germany is a typical big 6 type country in Europe, because there are powerful enemies on both the east and west, so after reunification, Germany has always put the 6th Army in the most important position, and even the air force established later is more important than the navy. As a result, the German Navy has not been able to compete with traditional maritime powers such as Britain and France. In the last war, if it weren't for the Tang Empire's quick reversal of the war and preparations to enter the North Atlantic, I am afraid that the defeat of the German Navy would lead to the defeat of the entire Germany! It is precisely because the German Navy has not been very strong that Tan Renhao does not care much about the German Navy. Compared with the warships of the German Navy, Tan Renhao was more concerned about German submarines.

Tan Renhao returned home before dinner, and went to the study after dinner. He may not have noticed that his wife was already dissatisfied with his attitude of working hard.

"This is a good medicine, used to replenish the body!"

Liao Yingyu entered the study without knocking on the door, "In addition, you must go to bed before eleven o'clock today, you are still a patient, you can't be too tired!" ”

"Okay, I'll go to bed on time at eleven o'clock!"

Tan Renhao laughed, "And now I just need to look at some information, and I'm not tired." ”

"Drink the medicine first, and it won't be good when it's cold."

Watching her husband drink the medicine, Liao Yingyu packed up her things and left the study. Seeing his wife's figure disappear behind the door, Tan Renhao shook his head with a wry smile, and then opened the document on the table, the document of the German Navy's warship information.