Chapter 1341 The Empire’s Thunderstorm Plan (Third update, please subscribe)
Author: Xiaoyu’s Destiny
Chapter 1341 The Empire’s Thunderstorm Plan (Third update, please subscribe)
"Active attack!"
In the palace in Zhongdu, facing Qian Degong, Emperor Zhu Da said directly.
"In future wars, we must ensure that we have a comprehensive advantage from the beginning. And if we want to maintain the advantage from the beginning, we must completely disintegrate and destroy them by seizing the initiative in the war.
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Emperor Zhu Da, who was sitting on the mahogany "dragon chair", was gently tapping the dragon armrest with his fingers while he was speaking.
"So, I have ordered the military to formulate a "Thunderstorm War Plan", and they should come up with a plan in the near future."
The so-called "Thunderstorm War Plan", its predecessor was the "Red Plan", was a war plan planned by the Imperial General Staff Headquarters many years ago regarding the measures needed to enter a state of war with Britain. It was originally a defense plan, but now it has become a war plan.
It became an attack, and then the target of the war changed from Britain to a slave country of Britain.
The plan proposed a series of pre-emptive actions that the Empire could take, and these actions were mainly to invade and occupy some major ports and railways in Australia and New Zealand before the British reinforcements arrived in the two places, so as to prevent the British reinforcements from landing and cut off their supply routes.
According to the plan, the Imperial Navy fleet will defeat the American fleet before the British Royal Navy invests its power, thus preventing the American and British navies from joining forces.
"Your Majesty has decided?"
Qian Degong seemed very calm. On the issue of war against Britain, he, like most senior officials of the empire, was convinced that a war between the empire and Britain was inevitable.
The outbreak of war is only a matter of time. Now that Your Majesty is ready to formulate this battle plan, it is definitely imminent.
And judging from the current situation, it is indeed urgent.
"Regarding the current situation, if we don't prepare as soon as possible, we will have to face the British taking the initiative to attack us."
Emperor Zhu Da said bluntly.
"There is never any justice in a war between imperialists. We must not bring the country to the brink of crisis for a false name, so if the situation continues to deteriorate, then we will fire the first shot before they are ready.
Before."
Emperor Zhu Da was never a pedantic person. He was very aware of the power gap between the Ming Empire and the United Kingdom and the United States. It was for this reason that he advocated preemptive strikes and allowed the enemies to be severely damaged before they had completed their preparations.
Imperialist wars are unjust. To a large extent, all actions taken by the great powers are motivated by selfish desires. Now is also an era of rampant imperialism in world history. In this case, why should we care about false reputations?
"Actually, now is an opportunity..."
Emperor Zhu Da said with regret.
"Now that the Americans' "Great White Fleet" is showing off there, it is an opportunity for us. They have concentrated all their main forces in one area - in the next few months, they will stay in San Francisco. If we
If we can seize this opportunity, we are absolutely sure to eliminate them all there. In this way, we will not need to consider the threat of the U.S. Navy in the next two or three years."
Emperor Zhu Da still felt it was a pity when he mentioned the "Great White Fleet". After all, such an opportunity is very rare.
"Your Majesty, we are not ready, at least not yet, but I think..."
Looking at His Majesty, Qian Degong continued.
"Since they can give up the so-called Great White Fleet because of the Cuban issue, they will also reorganize the "Great White Fleet" in the future because of other similar issues. When the time comes, when they join forces again,
It’s not too late for us to catch them all in one fell swoop.”
Qian Degong's suggestion made Emperor Zhu Da nodded slightly. Although he knew that it was unlikely that the United States would gather all its battleships together, he still said it.
"Hopefully, I hope there will be such an opportunity in the future."
In fact, Emperor Zhu Da was not the only one who felt it was a pity. Almost at the same time that Emperor Zhu Da was talking to Qian Degong, in the courtyard of the General Staff Headquarters, two young naval officers were walking there.
The collar badge on the left side is a bamboo knot, which is the staff logo and means "operation only grasp".
"It's such a pity..."
Qiu Zhenzhi said regretfully.
"If we are ready, then this time the Americans use the "Great White Fleet" to show off their power is our best opportunity. We can seize this opportunity and use a decisive battle at sea to destroy them, such as when they cross the Strait of Magellan.
At that time, we can take advantage of their passage through the strait, block the strait, use submarines, warships and torpedo boats to annihilate them all in the Strait of Magellan."
However, Qiu Zhenzhi, who is only 25 years old, is one of the youngest staff officers in the General Staff Headquarters. He graduated from the Naval Academy with first place three years ago, and then served on the "Qingzhou". Last year, he was transferred to the Commander of the Atlantic Fleet.
He joined the first section of the Military Affairs Department of the Ministry and became the standing fleet staff officer.
This time, the reason why he had the opportunity to join the "Thunderstorm Research Team" that gathered almost all the elite staff members of the imperial military was because he was strongly recommended by the fleet commander.
"Opportunities are good opportunities, but we must also consider reality. The reality is that we are not prepared for war. Really, if you think about it carefully, how can we defeat the U.S. Navy before the British Royal Navy intervenes.
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Pan Renwei and Qiu Zhenzhi are both naval staff officers. The reason why they came to the staff headquarters was to participate in the formulation of an extremely large and complex battle plan.
"This is not easy. After all, the United States is a country with a huge army and navy, and our two countries are similar in national power. If you want to destroy the United States' maritime power before the British can use it, you must strike first, and it is not easy to strike first.
.Because the U.S. Navy is usually dispersed among many military ports on the east and west coasts, which means that we must attack them from the Pacific and Atlantic at the same time. Moreover, as you know, this plan is a global plan and requires
Investing millions of troops in such a huge combat plan, every detail must be considered, and the core is the navy! Even the invasion of the Northern Territory requires maritime transportation power to ensure its combat effectiveness, and it goes without saying that in the Pacific region
, once an accident occurs in the navy, failure is inevitable."
As soon as he finished speaking, Pan Renwei said straightforwardly.
"That's why the superiors asked us to formulate a battle plan that can be 100% sure of winning."
"One hundred percent sure? Baga!"
Although he has been naturalized for many years, Qiuzhi will inevitably speak a few dialects when he is excited.
"Is there anything in this world that is 100% certain? Sun Tzu said: If you don't expect victory, you should expect defeat first. No matter what kind of battle, the first thing to consider is not what happens after the victory, but how to deal with the adverse factors after encountering them. Now what we are doing
The question that needs to be considered is not just winning, but what happens after losing?”
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