When Tan Renhao went to the Navy Headquarters to explain today's work, and when he arrived at Zhoushan Airport, Liao Hanxiang and Lei Shaoqing had already left by plane, and Hao Dongjue was about to rush back to Naha. When Tan Renhao returned to the naval headquarters, the 1st Task Force returned to his home port of Naha, where he rested.

"You're saying there's a problem with our current deployment?" Hao Dongjue asked the adjutant to inform the transport plane to take off late, and then followed Tan Renhao into the pilot's lounge.

There was no one in the lounge, and Tan Renhao called Hao Dongjue aside, and then closed the door.

"I thought about it last night and thought there was still something wrong." Tan Renhao leaned against the wall, "We can't determine the direction of the U.S. army's counterattack at all, and now all the deployments are based on speculation, which makes us have to divide our forces to guard the long defense line, and as a result, our entire defense line is full of holes, which is equivalent to giving the opponent more opportunities and giving the opponent a chance to break through." ”

Hao Dongjue nodded slightly, it makes sense to talk about Renhao's analysis.

"The key is the first two or three days of fighting, especially the actions of the fleet that entered the battle first in the first two or three days." Tan Renhao glanced at his partner, "After you go back, contact Shaoqing and Huang Xiaotian as soon as possible and tell them what I think." No matter where the US forces attack, the first fleet to enter the battle must hold its ground in the first two or three days, and must not adopt any risky tactics, and wait until the support fleet arrives before counterattacking the US attack, so that we can have a chance of victory, and this is the key to this. ”

Hao Dongjue pondered for a moment, then nodded. "Well, I'll contact them as soon as I get back to Naha and tell them to be vigilant and not rush into war with the American fleet."

"Yes, that's what it means, I'll send them a telegram too." Tan Renhao patted Hao Dongjue's shoulder, "It's not early." You should get out of here. When I arrived in Naha, I told me about the situation of the fleet as soon as possible, and when I was done with this side of the business, I immediately rushed back, and when the time came, I would go to Guam first, and then return to the fleet. ”

"To Guam?" Hao Dongjue frowned, Tan Renhao could completely transfer to Ryukyu Island and return to the fleet. Why go around Guam?

"Your sister-in-law has been transferred to a war zone hospital in Guam, and I'll drop her off."

"You mean Liao Yingyu?" Hao Dongjue was even more surprised, "No, why did she want to be transferred to the front-line hospital, could it be that this is the arrangement above?" ”

"No, it was where she submitted her application, and now there is a shortage of trauma medical officers in the front-line theater hospitals, so she was transferred."

"She applied on her own? Why don't you stop it? You go to the chief of staff and let her stay in Zhoushan, why go to the front and take risks. ”

"Forget it. It's her own choice. And the father-in-law is nodding, can I still stop it? ”

"But ......"

"Don't be verbose, get on the plane!" Tan Renhao patted his partner on the shoulder. "Call me when you get to Naha, you have to care about the fleet."

Hao Dongjue shook his head, then said goodbye to Tan Renhao and left the pilot's lounge. Tan Renhao stood by the door and watched his partner's plane take off from the runway, and then walked to the other car. He didn't know why he wanted to agree to his wife to go to the front-line theater hospital, but he really wanted to tell the chief of staff about it and ask the chief of staff to transfer his wife back, but he couldn't do it.

After returning to the naval headquarters, Tan Renhao was a little restless. Jiang Zhongmin had already gone to the Fourth Task Force, which was the first to leave for the war zone. He needed time to get acquainted with the new position, and at the same time get acquainted with the situation with the fleet. Now there is only Tan Renhao alone in the office, and Du Xing also found a group of logistics personnel from the headquarters to move all Jiang Zhongmin's office utensils out in the morning, and restored the original appearance of the office. Tan Renhao didn't reproach this adjutant who was a bit self-proclaimed, and he also knew that Du Xing didn't have much affection for Jiang Zhongmin.

It is estimated that when Hao Dongjue is about to reach Naha, Tan Renhao is a little irritable. His wife's affairs annoyed him enough, thinking about what the fleet was like now after he hadn't returned to the fleet for more than a month. He doesn't know yet. Thinking about it again, Tan Renhao felt that his worries were a bit redundant, the quality of the officers and men of the fleet was very high, and Hao Dongjue had already proved that he was capable of the position of chief of staff of the fleet, and under his arrangement, the fleet would definitely not have any problems.

Just as Tan Renhao was waiting for Hao Dongjue's call, Nie Renfeng's adjutant rushed over. He had to temporarily let go of the phone that had been guarded for several hours and walked quickly to Nie Renfeng's office. Gan Yongxing is also here, and it seems that he has received important information, otherwise, the principal would not have called him and Gan Yongxing over at the same time.

"Sit down, I heard that Liao Yingyu took the initiative to apply to go to the front-line theater hospital?" Nie Renfeng was very well-informed, and as the commander of the navy, he even noticed such small things.

Tan Renhao nodded and took the teacup handed by the principal. "I just talked to her in the morning, it was her own choice, and the application was also submitted by her volunteers, and I didn't stop it."

"Then do you want me to let Yongxing cancel this withering order?" Nie Renfeng glanced at the student.

Tan Renhao shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Headmaster, there is no need for this, this is her own choice, if it is suddenly canceled now, I am afraid I will not be able to live a stable life." And this time I went to Guam, and with General Liao's care, there shouldn't be much of a problem. ”

"Okay, Yongxing, you say hello to the theater hospital on Guam, you must not let Liao Yingyu go to the front line, you can only stay in Guam."

"Okay, I'll call later, and ask them to arrange a more relaxed location for Liao Yingyu." Gan Yongxing smiled and nodded, and then said to Tan Renhao, "Renhao, you don't have to worry, with General Liao Hanxiang taking care of you, there will be no problem, if there is trouble, I promise to be the first to withdraw your wife." ”

Tan Renhao also laughed. "If it does, I'm afraid I won't be able to worry about anything about her."

"That being said, who knows?" Gan Yongxing let Tan Renhao sit beside him, "To be honest, I have to admire you and General Liao Hanxiang, if it were me, I would definitely leave Liao Yingyu behind, how could I not let her go to the front line." ”

Tan Renhao smiled and shook his head, he was not Gan Yongxing.

"Okay, there's no need to worry about Liao Yingyu's affairs. Let's get down to business. Nie Renfeng took a document from his desk, "I just received it, the new personnel changes in the US Navy." ”

Gan Yongxing swept it first, and then handed it to Tan Renhao, and when Tan Renhao saw the contents clearly, his eyes immediately widened in surprise.

"Spruance was transferred to the command of the Fifth Fleet, and Halsey remained commander of the Third Fleet." Nie Renfeng sat on the sand and crossed his hands, "In other words." If the U.S. Navy attacks in the Southwest Pacific, we're going to face Halsey, and if the U.S. Navy strikes back in the Central Pacific, we're going to face Spruance. ”

"Both are great characters." Gan Yongxing then said, "The command styles of the two are very different, but they are both proficient in aircraft carrier operations, and no matter who commands the US aircraft carrier fleet, it will be a great threat to us." ”

Tan Renhao read the contents of the document again, this is provided by the intelligence department, and the payment was made yesterday.

Then it was delivered today. And the personnel changes in the US Navy must have been a recent one. Previously, Spruance was Chief of Staff for the Pacific Theater of Operations, where he advised Nimitz.

And now Nimitz must not have a better fleet commander, so Spruance was transferred to the commander of the Fifth Fleet, which also happened to be under the command of Nimitz himself. Then, Tan Renhao saw a problem.

"There is no specific personnel arrangement for the commander of the task force?"

Nie Renfeng shook his head and said, "Not yet, unless the US Navy is ready to put four aircraft carriers together, it will definitely form at least two task forces." According to the more reasonable arrangement, Spruance is also the commander of a task force, so he needs a partner to command another task force. ”

"At least it won't be Halsey, if the two of them are a team. The threat to us is even greater. Gan Yongxing sneered, since the "Second Battle of the Marianas", Spruance has been listed as the number one opponent of the Imperial Navy, and Halsey is tied with him.

"It's not for sure, the U.S. ** team is very flexible, and the personnel transfer is very fast." Tan Renhao put down the document, "Halsey has a very good relationship with Nimitz, and it was Nimitz who promoted him. In addition, Halsey has a good personal relationship with the President of the United States. Spruance and Halsey were previously in a subordinate relationship. Also got Nimitz's weight. If necessary, Nimitz could transfer Halsey back to the Pacific Theater at any time to partner Spruance. In other words, Spruance is also likely to go to the Third Fleet and be Halsey's deputy.

Either way, it's possible for the two to work together. “

"I've taken this into account, but I don't think it's likely." Nie Renfeng said his thoughts, "First of all, no one under Nimitz is more suitable to be the commander of the Fifth Fleet than Spruance, and according to the establishment of the U.S. military, Nimitz himself is also the commander of the Fifth Fleet, but this possibility is very small, so he can't transfer Spruance to the Southwest Pacific Theater." In addition, only Halsey can command the Third Fleet in the Southwest Pacific Theater, and if Halsey is transferred back to the Pacific Theater, then the Southwest Pacific Theater will be commanded by MacArthur alone, and Nimitz will naturally not hand over the Navy to a 6th Army admiral to command. So, I think this time Nimitz will appoint a rookie in addition to a capable player to work with Spruance or Halsey. ”

"The headmaster's words make sense, no matter what, Nimitz can't easily change the position of these two admirals, so we only need to worry about one of them."

Tan Renhao pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Principal, this arrangement of the US military is actually very interesting. ”

Nie Renfeng laughed, then nodded slightly.

"What do you mean?" Gan Yongxing was a little puzzled.

"In fact, we can determine the direction of the US military's counterattack based on the personnel arrangements of the US military, of course, this is not necessarily accurate, it is just a well-founded speculation." Tan Ren Haohao quickly sorted out his thoughts, "Let's put it this way, now we have an advantage in the overall situation, especially in terms of troops. Halsey and Spruance had completely different commanding styles. Halsey loves to take risks, which puts the fleet in danger. The premise for him to swing out completely is to let go of his hands and feet and let him fight according to his own arrangement, which is probably the reason why Nimitz sent Halsey to the Southwest Pacific theater, at least over there, Halsey is the supreme commander of the Navy, and MacArthur cannot completely restrain his movements. Spruance, on the other hand, was better at taking advantage of all favorable conditions and seizing every opportunity to launch a counterattack and win when the conditions were insufficient and the fleet's activities were restricted. The command styles of these two men are too different, and in the current situation, who is more suitable to command this strategic counterattack? ”

Gan Yongxing also thought about it, and then nodded slightly.

Ren Hao's words are not wrong, although other possibilities are not ruled out, but we can figure out the strategic deployment of Manimitz from this personnel arrangement. Of course, this information may not be true, or Nimitz will make temporary adjustments in the future, but it at least shows that Nimitz preferred Spruance to command the strategic counterattack rather than Halsey. ”

"If this is the case, then the direction of the US military's counterattack is likely to be in the direction of the Central Pacific." After Gan Yongxing finished speaking, he looked at the two.

Tan Renhao and Nie Renfeng both laughed, if this information is true, and this is Nimitz's final arrangement, then the possibility of the US military launching a counterattack in the Pacific theater is the greatest, which at least allows them to make further arrangements and partially concentrate their forces, which is of great significance for pre-war preparations.

"Okay, what is the arrangement of the US military, and whether this information is true, it will take more time to verify, and the intelligence department will try to collect clues." Nie Renfeng walked to the desk and brought another document, "There is also good news, the Atlantic side is about to be lively." ”

Tan Renhao and Gan Yongxing were both shocked, and then both remembered that the German side had promised to launch a major attack in the Atlantic Ocean to contain the fleets of the British and French navies and ensure the existence of the Tang Empire in the South Atlantic. It seems that the German Navy, after months of preparation, is finally about to start.