The result of the disastrous victory was not expected by Tan Renhao, and in his opinion, if the Second Task Force could seize the opportunity, then the certainty of victory would definitely be more than fifty percent. Actually, Task Force 2 did seize the opportunity, and the problem is not entirely here.

From Tan Renhao's point of view, he first considered the command of the fleet and the judgment in battle. This is actually the responsibility of the commander and chief of staff of the fleet, the officers and men of the fleet are in the best condition, the pilots are also very desperate, and the responsibility for the loss cannot be shifted to the subordinates.

When Tan Renhao finished reading the battle record, he no longer thought that Lei Shaoqing had not seized the opportunity. In the process of fighting, the second task force did not keep up, and this responsibility is actually not on Lei Shaoqing, if you want to blame, you can only blame God. Under the circumstances at that time, it was impossible for anyone in Lei Shaoqing's position to receive the first telegram from Liao Hanxiang, because the communication equipment on the battleship was damaged by the storm. In terms of command, Lei Shaoqing did hesitate, but he soon sent the first wave of bombers, and it was this wave of bombers that sank the "Saratoga" aircraft carrier, severely damaged the other two aircraft carriers, and laid the foundation for the second wave of bombers to completely annihilate the 16th Task Force. Although Lei Shaoqing was a little hesitant when he sent the second wave of bombers, in the end, this wave of bombers completed the task well. Therefore, judging from Lei Shaoqing's command throughout the battle, he did not have any mistakes worthy of criticism.

Soon, Tan Renhao took into account another point, that is, the commander of the American fleet.

Throughout the course of the engagement, the American fleet commanders were extremely decisive in making decisions, especially in sending bombers. For example, when attacking Task Force 1, the opponent did not know the exact location of Task Force 1, but only knew an approximate range, and Rear Admiral Spruance immediately used half of his strength to kill Task Force 1, and he did achieve his goal. When dealing with Task Force 2, Spruance still made most of his decisions based on speculation. And immediately after receiving the telegram from the reconnaissance plane, he sent a group of bombers to let the bombers take off before he suffered heavy damage, and if he had hesitated for half an hour, he would probably not have had a chance to blow up and sink the two aircraft carriers of the second task force and severely damage the third aircraft carrier.

Spruance was a calm and decisive general. This is Tan Renhao's first impression of the American major general in his 50s after passing through limited information. "Decisiveness" is extremely important to the commander of the aircraft carrier fleet, unlike the previous naval battles, which required hours of artillery battles to determine the victory. Battles between aircraft carriers may be decided within a few tens of minutes, and a decision made a few dozen minutes later means that victory is missed and the most painful defeat is suffered. Therefore, the commander of an aircraft carrier must be able to make a decisive decision on the basis of limited battlefield intelligence, and must not drag the slightest, still less look ahead and look backwards; as long as an opportunity appears, it must immediately seize the opportunity. At this point, Spruance was in no way worse than any of the commanders. He knocked out five aircraft carriers of the Tang Empire with the strength of three aircraft carriers. Although he also lost three aircraft carriers as a result, it can be said that his decisiveness largely turned the tide of the battle. Otherwise, the US Navy will be a fiasco!

As a fleet commander, Tan Renhao naturally analyzed the battle situation from the eyes of a fleet commander. Similarly, standing in the position of the commander of the navy, Nie Renfeng will analyze this battle in his own way.

Judging from the comparison of the strength of the two warring sides, in fact, the gap between the two sides is not large, and both have the ability to kill the opponent and win an absolute victory. From the perspective of the battlefield environment, the impact of the storm on both sides is almost the same, and both have created a lot of contradictions on both sides. And judging from the arrangement of troops. The strategy adopted by both sides is the same, they should try their best to win a complete victory, instead of fighting aircraft carriers and fighting fighter planes in a head-to-head duel, both hoping to lure out the opponent's main fleet and then concentrate on killing the opponent's main force. It can be said that there are many similarities between the two sides in terms of pre-war deployment and operational command, and as a result, the bait of both sides bites together first. In the end, the main fleet was fighting each other, and it was only then that both sides suffered heavy losses.

The problems that Nie Renfeng saw were different from Tan Renhao, he did not care about the command of the fleet in the operation, nor did he care very much about the uncertainties brought about by the commander of the US fleet, what he saw was the serious problems exposed by the command mechanism of the Imperial Navy in this naval battle. It stands to reason that the Tang Imperial Navy had an advantage, five aircraft carriers against four aircraft carriers, and there was also the support of shore-based aviation, and it was also waiting for work when fighting. But the question is, why did they only win a crushing victory in the end, a small victory in exchange for a huge sacrifice?

It is not unreasonable for Nie Renfeng to attribute the reason for the disastrous victory to the command system. As the commander-in-chief of the campaign, the command of the Imperial Navy was practically incapable of directing the combat operations of the front-line troops. On the front-line battlefield, because all units are directly subordinate to the command of the Navy Command, they do not have a clear command over each other, and as a result, not only do the units do their own thing (for example, the reconnaissance planes of the Navy did not go out immediately after the storm, and the bombers of the Strategic Strike Force missed the opportunity to kill the "Enterprise"), it is extremely difficult to coordinate with each other, and there are even problems in communication with each other (for example, there has always been a problem with the connection between the two task forces). These problems all boil down to one point, that is, the Imperial Navy Command is too broad. From strategic deployment, campaign planning, to battlefield command, the Navy Command almost wants to intervene. The only people in the Imperial Navy Command who have the power to direct front-line operations are Nie Renfeng and Gan Yongxing, and Nie Renfeng has to coordinate the development of the navy, and is mainly responsible for the navy's reserve plan, coordination with the 6th Army, and also has to deal with a large number of matters related to the cabinet, so it is impossible to interfere in the front-line command. Gan Yongxing, as the chief of the general staff of the Imperial Navy, has more things to take care of than Nie Renfeng. As a result, neither of them has enough energy to command front-line operations, even if the hundreds of staff officers of the Navy Command can process a large amount of battlefield information, but these staff officers are only the torso of the Navy Command, and without the support of their brains, their work has no substantive effect to a large extent.

It is precisely this problem that Nie Renfeng found, if the Navy Command is responsible for the specific command work, even if the Navy Command has 10,000 staff officers, it will not be enough, because the Imperial Navy can only have one marshal and one chief of general staff. In fact, the solution to this problem is not difficult, that is, to set up another level of command structure in the naval command and front-line troops. This intermediate command structure directs front-line operations. And in fact, this body already exists, and that is the Theater Command. This is the product of Nie Renfeng's first reform, but now, the theater command is basically an empty shelf, because most of the people in power do not want to give up the power in their hands, and the serious infighting makes the most critical part of Nie Renfeng's first reform meaningless.

Decentralization and strengthening of the position of intermediate command bodies. This is the ultimate goal of Nie Renfeng's second reform. In order to achieve this goal, Nie Renfeng also comprehensively revised the personnel system of the Imperial Navy, and the status of the task force, as the main combat force of the Imperial Navy, has been greatly improved. In addition, the status of front-line combat units such as the 6 Sentai Corps and the Naval Aviation Corps has also been correspondingly improved. The problem was that the Imperial Navy had not attempted to do so at the time, and there was no reliable mechanism for the intermediate command structure to wield. If there is no mechanism to consolidate this command structure, which sits between the naval command and the front-line forces, the results of this reform will not be much better.

This is a new task that Nie Renfeng gave to Tan Renhao, think of a good way to come out. Enabling the Theater Command to play a significant role. As a result, the naval command will be freed from tedious battlefield command work, and the front-line troops will be able to operate more flexibly.

Nie Renfeng handed over this extremely important task to Tan Renhao, so he naturally had his reasons.

First. Although Tan Renhao's qualifications are still very shallow, he has rich service experience. Tan Renhao was originally a staff officer of the fleet, and he started as an operational staff officer, participated in many large-scale naval battles, and was extremely familiar with the battles on the front line. And he also served many times in the Fleet Staff, the Navy Staff, which made him familiar with the operation of the General Staff, which is the basic organ for directing operations. In addition, and most importantly, Tan Renhao worked in the theater command for several months. Have a deep understanding of the responsibilities of the theater command, as well as the awkward position.

Secondly, Tan Renhao is Nie Renfeng's proud disciple, and Nie Renfeng's reform will inevitably touch the interests of many generals, and it must not be leaked out in advance, let alone handed over to people who don't trust it. If you talk about trust, Nie Renfeng's trust in Tan Renhao is by no means under Gan Yongxing. If Nie Renfeng hadn't been appointed as the commander of the navy, I'm afraid Tan Renhao would still be training recruits in the reserve force!

Finally, Tan Renhao now has enough free time. This may not be a good reason, after all, he still needs to rest and recuperate.

Tan Renhao didn't want to participate in this kind of power struggle within the Imperial Navy, but this was a task given to him by the principal himself, so he had to do it with his heart. As a result, before leaving the hospital's intensive care unit, Tan Renhao began to work. Now, it's not just one or two people that he annoys.

"It's almost cold, eat first!"

Liao Yingyu's expression was ugly, she threw her rice bowl directly in front of Tan Renhao, "If you don't eat again, I'll take these things out and burn them, see what you're busy with!" ”

Tan Renhao let out a long sigh, could only barely squeeze out a little smile, and then picked up the rice bowl, and his eyes still fell on the document.

"I don't know what the marshal is thinking."

Liao Hanxiang shook his head as he spoke, "Let's eat first, otherwise Xiaoyu will be hot again." ”

Liao Yingyu didn't say so much, and immediately put away all the documents that Tan Renhao had put on the mobile desk and threw them into the trash basket next to him.

"Yingyu, how can you do this?"

Tan Renhao looked at his angry wife in surprise.

"Why can't I do this? Even if you are a soldier, what soldier still insists on working even when he is seriously injured? ”

Liao Yingyu also became excited, "If you fall down again, what will I do in the future?" You are not only a soldier, you are also the owner of this family! ”

Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment, and immediately lowered his head, and his wife couldn't answer him with a word.

"Alright, you two don't make a fuss!"

Liao Hanxiang went to take out the documents, "Let's eat quickly, have a good rest at night after eating." Starting tomorrow, only four hours a day will be spent working on these files. Xiaoyu, go make me a cup of tea! ”

Liao Yingyu glared at her husband, then turned around and walked out, she also knew that her father was giving them two steps.

"Renhao, don't be too desperate."

Liao Hanxiang pulled the chair to the side of the bed, "You have also seen that Xiaoyu has lost a lot of weight during this time, and everyone cares about you very much." When you are healthy, you have to work hard, no one can stop you, but you are still recuperating from your injuries, and you should pay more attention to your body. Tomorrow I will talk to the marshal. ”

"No, I just want to play a little bit of time."

Tan Renhao smiled awkwardly, "I also know that you all care about me." Well, starting tomorrow, I will try to find some time to accompany Yingyu every day. ”

"That's right, you have to learn to be a good husband, not a good soldier."

Liao Hanxiang laughed.

Tan Renhao didn't want to laugh, he knew that he was a good soldier, but he was by no means a good husband.

"I won't bother you anymore, hurry up and eat, I'll let Xiaoyu come in to accompany you later!"

Liao Hanxiang stood up, "Don't worry about other things, first rest assured, the body is the most important thing, after recovery, what do you do, no one will stop you." ”

Tan Renhao nodded and watched his father-in-law walk out of the ward. When he looked down and saw the bowl of rice in his hand with a few sweet and sour pork ribs on it, he immediately smiled bitterly. As a soldier, he did his duty, but as a husband, he did not fulfill even the most basic responsibilities, perhaps, it was a mistake to get married so early. As soon as this thought popped up, Tan Renhao immediately dispelled it, this is by no means a mistake, a wife like Liao Yingyu cannot be found anywhere, this is fate, a fate that has been decided a long time ago.

Before his wife returned, Tan Renhao ate all the food in the rice bowl. He didn't move those documents again, anyway, the principal didn't urge him to hand over the results, so he could recuperate with peace of mind, even if he was a good soldier, he needed time to rest.