Chapter 148 Select

Nanjing, on the banks of the Yangtze River, the third floor of the east wing of the Imperial Navy Building, Imperial Naval Intelligence Office.

Wu Ziyi, the director of the third class of the Naval Intelligence Department, who has just been promoted, is looking at the mountain of reports, full of bloody eyes, black purple eyes, and the strong smell of tobacco in the room, reminding people that he has been working continuously for a long time.

"Kun, your tea."

A soldier with the rank of corporal put a large cup of strong tea on the director's desk.

Looking at the reports at hand, these reports are a summary of information from the past few months, but Wu Ziyi has to make a detailed intelligence analysis and an enemy analysis based on the main information.

"I've been here for a long time!"

His voice was hoarse as if his vocal cords had been scratched. He looked up at the clock on the wall. Wu Ziyi packed up his information, picked up a thick folder, walked out of the office, locked the door, and then walked to the elevator.

"Cough..."

With a cough, Wu Ziyi began to calculate how to make his own intelligence analysis at the ongoing naval combat conference.

There is a large naval combat command room on the ground floor of the naval department and the west wing. On the surface, this combat command center is located on the negative floor, but in fact, this basement is equal to two rooms. The central position of the combat command center with an area of 1,000 square meters is a large chart sand table in the center. There is a circle of platform around, which is a communication platform. Telephone officers, telegraphers and crews are all transferred to telegrams and telephones from all over the world, and the same officer's lounge is also on the platform.

"...there is no reason to doubt!"

"Yes, it can be concluded that the war will break out soon!"

"We must take into account the diplomatic endorsement made by the Japanese envoy to the President of the United States!"

"The endorsement is not credible!"

Almost the moment Wu Ziyi entered the operational command center, he heard a noisy argument in the hall. The direction of the sound was the chart table in the center of the combat command center. At this time, the chart table was covered with a large Japanese map, and dozens of warship models were deployed in various ports.

"Drink a cup of tea first!"

Entering the operational command center, he saw several tea cups with tea on the edge. Wu Ziyi hurriedly picked up the cup and took a sip. While drinking tea, he looked at the people in the hall, most of whom were young staff officers. As for the minister, commander and so on, they had not come in at all.

"Isn't the meeting held at three o'clock?"

Looking at the time, Wu Ziyi muttered in his heart. When he muttered in his heart, he looked at the lounge beside him again. The lounge was lit. Are they there?

"...After a series of military chess exercises jointly conducted by the staff, the fleet and the rear colonel, we judged that with our current strength, we tried to rely on a decisive battle at sea to defeat or at least hit the joint fleet, there is no possibility at all!"

In the commander's lounge, Su Yueyang, dressed in a snow-white naval officer's uniform, but wearing the rank of trainee staff officer, looked at the chief, chief of staff and commander sitting on the sofa, his face did not fluctuate because of his words.

On the contrary, his words made several officers in the lounge look extremely ugly, but no one said anything. The military chess deduction has been carried out four times, and the result of each time is unsatisfactory.

"Sier, first of all, we must consider that on the "Qiyuan" ship, officers and sailors have just taken over the ship. The warship is mechanical, but the machinery is alive. It itself needs time to run in, and sailors who are manipulative also need time to get familiar with, adjust and master the machinery. However, I didn't give us time to master the machinery. I did not hesitate to say that just letting us sail from seven warships back to China from Germany can be regarded as a strange one. During this period, it is almost impossible to master the subtle surnames of the seven new warships to complete the queue change.

Su Yueyang's outspoken words were in exchange for Ye Zugui's nodding. The most fundamental reason why he was removed from the ship list of the same sea colonel was to save the rare tactical genius in the navy.

However, this tactical genius failed to bring any "miracle" that everyone expected to the military chess deduction. In the four military chess deductions, the Imperial Navy was defeated miserably, losing the last warship every time, and even the Zhiyuan ship sank into the ocean in the deduction.

"It is impossible for the Zhiyuan ship to disperse and attack more than three targets. If it is besieged in wartime, it will sink!"

"In the early decisive battle, the Zhiyuan ship has been seriously damaged, and it is impossible to run to a 20-kour high speed. It is impossible to escape..."

Four deductions, it was the boy who fought to send the "Zhiyuan" ship into the sea. In the deduction, although the boy was on the side of China, he was not polite to his own side. For the heavy blow of a warship, he even quarreled with the officer for an hour or two, and finally got the battleship Zhenhai. After half an hour of war, he was hit hard, and the former main gun lost its combat ability. In other people's words, there was no imperial navy in this boy's mind.

"We have already faced this result. I asked you to come here today just to ask you something. Do you think there is anything you can do?"

Ye Zugui and Yan Yuese asked.

Measures?

What's the way? It's nothing more than defeating the Japanese navy and winning the naval battle.

From entering the lounge, Su Yueyang was silent for the first time. He looked at the officers in front of him and saw a trace of encouragement in the eyes of the officers, especially the principal.

"There is one way!"

After a long silence, Su Yueyang spit out a sentence, which only made everyone in the lounge lean forward at the same time, looking forward at the young man who was only 20 years old in front of him.

"You can't say that way. Say it out, it's up to you!"

Thinking of his friend's advice, Su Yueyang hesitated for a while before saying.

"I hope the officers can..."

"You just need to say! Don't worry about other problems!"

Ye Zugui hurriedly ordered, and his face was full of expectations. For this battle, the Naval Staff tried all kinds of possibilities, from active attack, to passive defense, to the existence of the fleet, to break through the cross, and finally came to a conclusion that even if it broke the battle, it could not be won.

"But once China declares war, this war can't be delayed, and China can't afford to delay it either. Every day of naval war is delayed, in the face of the sea blockade, China's direct economic loss is more than 5 million yuan. Even if the Zhiyuan ship attacks and uses the Pacific Ocean to break the battle, it can't be reached. To break the reality of the blockade on the sea, the navy can only rely on the decisive battle at sea to seek to defeat the opponent, seize the right to control the sea, or severely defeat the opponent, so as to meet the basic requirements of "no sea power and no sea power" on both sides, so as to lay the foundation for long-term combat.

When it comes to breaking the battle, Su Yueyang seemed a little depressed. Originally, this was what he was best at, but in the end it was rejected. Choosing to break the battle meant giving up the sea power. At that time, relying on high-speed ships to break the diplomatic relations means further dispersing the troops of the fleet that were not dominant, but further called this sea. The army has created the possibility of "anniiing the enemy".

And breaking the battle is a long-term way to show results, and this is not something that the country can afford. Automobile exports, raw silk exports, and mechanical imports are all inseparable from maritime transportation. Compared with Japan, China's modernization is more dependent on foreign countries. It could have provided escorts for merchant fleets, and China is not even redundant than The warships are used for combat, not to mention escorting merchant ships.

Decisive battle!

The dignified naval battle has become the only choice, but its strength is not as good as others. There is an occasional "advantage" on the warship, but the overall strength is far inferior to the original.

"The gap between us and the Japanese navy is not only in the gap in the number and tonnage of warships. There are 18 main ships. After the return of Qiyuan ships, we have 12 of them. On the capital ships, we are 10 to 9 and 9 on armored cruisers, but the gap in the number of warships can be made up by tactics and artillery. The gap in artillery can be made up by technology, but the gap between sailors cannot be changed in a short time, and this is the real gap!"

The voice sank, and there was a trace of helplessness in Su Yueyang's expression.

"Just like the Second Pacific Fleet, the bravery of the sailors can't hide the incompetence of the general, let alone the strangeness of the ships and cannons. Therefore, in the deduction, I will judge that after three hours of the battle, all the Qiyuan ships sank. The introduction of the Qiyuan ships seems to have enhanced the strength of the navy, but in fact At least before June next year, the Qiyuan ship will not be able to achieve its due combat effectiveness. If it is an explosive naval battle after June next year, I dare not say that I will lose the navy. At least there is no problem in hitting the navy hard, but now..."

Su Yueyang smiled. Sometimes the world is so wonderful that the advantage sometimes becomes a disadvantage. Similarly, if it is done properly, the disadvantage will also become a benefit.

"Sir, according to our deduction results, in any case, I have to pay the price of 70% of the damage. The question now is, if I were Yamamoto Quan Bingwei or Dongxiang, how would I choose!"

Su Yueyang, who suddenly changed the topic, kicked the problem to the officers. He knew the risks that his suggestion needed to take, but before he made his decision, he must make the officers realize that it might be surnamed.

"The joint fleet has been built for decades. Will they be willing to bear the loss of 60% of the capital ships and hit the remaining warships at the cost of a decisive battle with our navy!"

After asking a rhetorical question, Su Yueyang took out another piece of paper and lay on the coffee table, wrote down a few numbers on the paper, and then showed the numbers to the officers in front of him.

"The answer is yes! They have to fight, but..."

Holding the paper with a few words and a few percentage numbers in his hand, Su Yueyang continued.

"The question is how to choose Akiyama?"

(to be continued)