Volume 2: War breaks out Chapter 27 Internal Struggle (Part 1)

Tan Renhao quickly assigned tasks to his three deputies. Lei Shaoqing became his main assistant, while Hao Dongjue was responsible for aviation operations, Chang Jianxin was responsible for navigation during operations, and fleet air defense work.
After arranging for Lei Shaoqing to meet with Hao Dongjue and Chang Jianxin, Tan Renhao delivered a reorganized battle plan to Chief of Staff Liao Hanxiang that evening. Early the next morning, he and Lei Shaoqing attended the general meeting of the Naval Staff.
The Naval General Staff is the operational department of the Naval Command.
In peacetime, the Naval Staff is mainly responsible for arranging training and formulating combat plans in advance against various imaginary enemies.
During wartime, the mission of the Naval General Staff is to command the operations of various naval forces, plan combat operations, etc.
It can be said that the Naval Staff is the most powerful department of the Imperial Navy. Especially in times of war, almost everything is based on the decisions of the Staff, and the Navy Commander also mainly relies on the Naval Staff to issue combat orders.
Because of this special nature, the naval staff also has two different organizations.
In peacetime, the work of the officers of the General Staff is mainly led by the Chief of Naval Staff.
During wartime, the commanders and chiefs of staff of each fleet are members of the Naval Staff and have the right to submit combat plans or opinions to the Naval Chief of Staff. The Naval Chief of Staff will decide the navy's combat operations based on the opinions and combat plans put forward by the fleets and arrange relevant troops to provide cooperation.
Such an organization and personnel system make the role of the Naval Staff in the Imperial Navy more important and can also better exert the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Navy. This is the most effective system that the Imperial Navy has explored in wars over hundreds of years.
Attending the plenary session were four fleet commanders, four fleet chiefs of staff, and representatives sent by the Fourth Fleet.
Of course, Wu Xianyu and Ji Xiaobin are also among them, and now they have officially become the commander and chief of staff of the Fifth Fleet.
Tan Renhao also quickly discovered that among the people attending the meeting, except for the staff officers who were responsible for distributing documents and serving tea and water, he and Lei Shaoqing were the lowest-ranking officers, because the others were generals!
Sitting in the most prominent position was Marshal Sagittin. Admiral Liao Hanxiang (the lowest level of military rank equivalent to the Chief of Naval Staff) was on the left of Marshal Sagittin. The other fleet commanders and chiefs of staff sat in several groups separately.
Liao Hanxiang first announced the cabinet government and the naval command's principles for future operations.
There is only one principle, and that is to defeat all enemies until complete victory is achieved.
"This morning, the German Empire and the Persian Empire officially declared war on Japan, the British Empire, the Kingdom of France, and the Kingdom of Italy. Subsequently, the Russian Empire declared war on the German Empire and the Persian Empire, but did not declare war on us."
Marshal Sajiting spoke after Liao Hanxiang, "The Prime Minister Xue Xiyue will issue a letter to the subjects of the Empire in the afternoon. By then, I hope everyone can sit by the radio. Prime Minister Xue Xiyue will let us know how to defeat the enemy.
What we have to do now is to make all enemies who have declared war on the Empire clearly realize, during this difficult period, that they have made a serious mistake, a mistake that they will regret in a few years or even decades.
We must use our actions to show the world that the Tang Empire has been dragged into war again, and we will persevere to the end and win the final victory, just like we did more than 20 years ago."
No one applauded, no one cheered. All the generals knew that the empire would have to pay a huge price to win the final victory. However, all the generals also believed that victory would definitely belong to the empire. For thousands of years, the empire had never been defeated by any enemy, and this time would be absolutely no different.
"Before the fleets start preparing for counterattacks, we can only use submarine forces to attack the Japanese fleets and fleets.
The German Empire has agreed to send a group of submarine commanders to support us, and they will probably arrive in ten days or so.
However, our focus remains on fleet operations.”
Liao Hanxiang did not say anything inspiring.
“The Army has already launched a counterattack against Japan, but we have all seen the effect. Without sufficient strength, the strategic bombing of Japan has little effect, and the losses of the Army Aviation are very huge.
Now, the responsibility of fighting back falls on our shoulders, and we are ready.
Colonel Tan Renhao, please explain the counterattack plan in detail to the generals. "
Tan Renhao immediately stood up, and Lei Shaoqing ran to the side of the projector. He would be responsible for assisting Tan Renhao in explaining the battle plan that had taken two days to complete.
“…Specific actions will be determined in the next few days.”
Tan Renhao glanced at Lei Shaoqing and asked him to turn off the projector. In the previous half hour, he explained the feasibility, risks, and possible results of this counterattack plan from all aspects.
"Now, the most important issue is that the Fifth Fleet needs stronger escort and air defense capabilities. If we look at the current strength of the Fifth Fleet, the aviation strike force of the three aircraft carriers is sufficient, but it lacks sufficient air defense firepower. Therefore, warships need to be urgently dispatched from other fleets to support the Fifth Fleet."
The conference room fell silent. Tan Renhao did not speak too directly, and he was not qualified to make direct requests to the commanders of other fleets, but his meaning was very clear.
The Fifth Fleet was the only fleet without capital ships (aircraft carriers were not considered capital ships at the time), so warships had to be dispatched from other fleets to strengthen the Fifth Fleet.
Now the only ships that can be mobilized are the remaining warships of the Second Fleet that have withdrawn to Haikou and Sanya.
Sajiting's gaze quickly fell on Lieutenant General Jiang Bangguo.
Sajiting is about the same age as Jiang Bangguo, and they were classmates at the Naval Academy.
Because of his bad temper, Jiang Bangguo served as commander of the Second Fleet for decades.
However, Sagittin was very polite to the old general.
"Old Jiang, can the warships of the Second Fleet recover their combat effectiveness as soon as possible?"
Jiang Bangguo looked very serious. He was silent for a while before saying, "Three battleships are under repair in Guangzhou Port, and four heavy cruisers are also under repair. If you need us to provide support to the Fifth Fleet, I will try my best to arrange it. It will take about two months."
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