"This stage belongs to you sooner or later, Ah Hai, under the leadership of the head of state, you have more room for performance than us." Gao Feng said seriously, while Li Mingxun smiled. He called the attendant and said, "Cut some fruit."

"Don't be so serious. Gao Feng is all his own people. Let's be the melon-eating crowd. Watch Ah Hai's performance. Ah Hai, please start your performance." Li Mingxun smiled. There are many reasons for him to smile. The main reason is that one thing he finally decided was that he chose Ah Hai as the second generation ruler. There is nothing wrong with his plan, because his plan is to launch a full-scale war against Japan!

For a long time, the atmosphere in the Senate was very harmonious, but with the emergence of the political system of lawmakers, the Senate became rigid and serious. But today is a secret meeting, with only senators and no senators, it can be easier.

Ah Hai sat there and asked first: "Simmons, when do you feel that the Navy can destroy the enemy's fleet?"

Simmons was carrying a piece of watermelon and was about to be a melon-eating crowd. Unexpectedly, Ah Hai asked himself again. He said dissatisfiedly: "If the Japanese pirates had not made such a move, my fleet might have eliminated the main Dutch force at the Batavia port at this time."

Ah Hai smiled: "Simmons, you are wrong, and you will soon receive the news, Cebu, Zamboanga, Batavia, Banda, Malacca, Galle Port, all the Dutch East India Company and Spanish ports, you can't find an enemy's main battleship and large armed ship, you have no chance to fight the enemy at all."

"How is this possible? Will the Netherlands and the Spaniards hide?" Simmons shook his head.

Ah Hai said: "It must be like this. Among the three enemies, the highest priority is the Netherlands. You know, I know, Matt Solko must also know that first sea and then land is our consistent strategy, and our head of state always advocates taking the initiative. Matt Solko will not let you block his fleet in the port. You must know that the most beneficial thing for the Dutch is that we are fighting with the Qing, Japan and the colonists at the same time. In this regard, the Dutch is the most unlucky. He must participate in the war in the last time to have a chance. It must be after we fall into the quagmire on land. Otherwise, the fleet will go south at any time to kill the Dutch East India Company. This is why Matt Solko jumps up and down but does not take any action."

Li Mingxun thought so, confirming that the cooperation between the Netherlands and the Qing Dynasty was learned from the British Norton. The reason why he got information from this way rather than intelligence was because the Dutch had never done any provocation or preparation for war. In fact, according to Norton, the armed ships between France and Denmark will arrive next year.

Think about it, if the Dutch began to assemble fleets and mobilize the army this year, even if Li Mingxun did not discover Matt Sorko's conspiracy, he would go south to kill the Dutch first. Let's talk about the war against the Qing Dynasty. Because he knew that the fleet was not easy to win, Matt Sorko secretly operated without any trace. The East India Company's armed ships still put business first, wanting to hide the truth and wait until the United States falls into the quagmire before gathering for war.

"Simmons, although you are secretly gathering a fleet, all the battleships maintained in the dock were launched, and all the heavy patrols of the Beiyang, Jiangnan, Luzon and other fleets were all transferred. The Dutch would not know about such a big deal. Even if they didn't know, they hoped to wait until the war between the land and the Japanese side started before taking action. You put on a decisive fleet battle. How should Matt Solco take it?

He is an old fox. He is not sure to defeat you even assemble the fleet of the five countries. Is it okay to rush to assemble some Dutch and Spanish ships now? Your punch is too heavy and Matt Solco cannot take it. He can only hide all the ships and let you punch the cotton!" Ah Hai smiled.

Simmons was stunned and put down the fruit, while Umu said: "He hid the fleet but couldn't hide the port. You can hit the port first."

Ma Donglai smiled and echoed: "General Umu, do you think it's possible? If you annihilate his fleet first, the Marines can attack all the strongholds with the army, but once Matt Solko hides the fleet, you can only knock them one by one. Lord Simmons will not split the fleet, it will be defeated by each one."

"What should I do if I follow you?" Wumu asked.

Ma Dong said, "Then we won't start a war, we will hide the fleet."

"Don't start a war? Isn't that a missed opportunity?" someone asked at the moment.

Ah Hai said: "If we start a rashly, we will not find the enemy's main fleet and can only go to the stronghold ports. The Dutch can launch an attack war, which is not worth the loss. On the contrary, according to Brother Donglai, if we do not start a war, we will hide our fleet, and the Dutch dare not start a war at will. Then next year's southwest monsoon season, we can safely dispatch troops and resources from overseas territories to complete the pre-war assembly. Why not do it?"

A group of people were discussing, and one person knocked in the door. The veterans thought it was the attendant who came in to clean up the mess on the table. They never thought that the intelligence staff of the commander in military uniforms came in. They looked quite anxious and handed Li Mingxun a red-headed document and walked out.

Li Mingxun glanced at it and said, "It's really the next wave of the Yangtze River pushing the previous wave."

The documents were circulated. It was sent by intelligence personnel from the Security Bureau from Cebu. It was said that about a month and a half ago, the Cebu fleet in the Philippine Governor of Spain sailed for the name of fighting in Mindanao and took away all the main ships. However, the intelligence personnel walked all over Mindanao and did not find the war between the Spanish and the local indigenous people, and the Cebu fleet "disappeared".

Obviously, the Spanish hid the main ship, which confirmed Ahai's judgment of the Colonial Alliance. Although there was no news from Batavia and other places, the Dutch fleet would be the same if it was speculated. After seeing it, Simmons called the adjutant and issued an order to enter the highest alert state. Simmons is not a reckless person. Even if Ahai's guess is 99%, he dare not reveal more than one percent possibility. Who can guarantee that the colonists' fleet will not gather to attack the large fleet in Keelung's military port?

It is worth Li Mingxun's gratitude that the Yangtze River pushes the old waves because he did not expect the Dutch to do this, hiding the fleet and declaring war secretly. Li Mingxun knew very well that for the colonists of the alliance, the best situation was to fight the United States and other opponents to the death before taking action, so as not to show their evil appearance in advance and be beaten up in one fell swoop. He also knew that the assembly of the United States Navy would not be completely confidential. Li Mingxun thought from the perspective of Matt Sorko, and he believed that the best situation was to take the initiative instead of waiting for death. Before the large fleet headed south, he would attack the Indian Ocean Fleet in advance.

The commander's so-called plan was that before returning to the base camp, Lee Myung-hoon ordered the newly expanded Indian Ocean fleet to be on alert, and no longer used ports with merchant ships, and sent small ships to be alert outside. The navy, rather than the coast guard, control the main waterway of Penang Port, to ensure that everything is foolproof.

Now it seems that the Dutch took a different approach and chose a strategy of declaring war. As long as the fleet is not exposed, the United States will not declare war rashly. If it drags on, the United States will suffer great losses. Sooner or later, it will go to full war with the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the colonists' joint fleet will have a lot of room for victory.

Every veteran knew the weight of this information and even more recognized Ah Hai's strategic vision.

"In fact, maintaining a war avoidance strategy in the direction of the ocean is not a loss of opportunity for us. A safe marine environment next year can allow us to calmly dispatch troops and allocate resources. The current situation is that before next autumn, we will have no war, which is the one-year window period." Ah Hai said casually.

The Dutch's strategy of avoiding war was to open the land direction first, but at least they had to wait until other marine allies and ships returning to Europe returned to the east. Therefore, the ocean direction would not start a war to a large extent. So far, the two major battlefields in the southeast, southwest and southwest are also quiet. It is easy to say that the southwest is both accumulating strength and not getting sufficient troops and resources, and no one can do anything to each other. However, the calm southeast is because the Qing Dynasty is also avoiding war. At least the commander believes that the Qing Dynasty will still launch an autumn and winter offensive this year, but on the front line, the Qiantang River is quiet on the one hand.

In this way, next year will be a hurdle. The strength of the Qing Dynasty, the Netherlands and the United States will reach its peak, and a decisive battle is inevitable.

"Ahai means to use this window period to fight against Japan?" Lin Cheng asked.

Obviously, this is exactly Ah Hai's plan, which also refutes an important point of opposition, that fighting against Japan is a waste of time. Instead of doing nothing for a year, it is better to fight Japan.

Gao Feng asked: "Well, time is not a problem, but Ah Hai, war resources, Japan is a big country with nearly 30 million people. Although it implements a feudal system, the Tokugawa shogunate has cohesion and control over the whole country. To eliminate such a powerful country, the resources required is a huge amount, even no less than a comprehensive land battle with the Qing Dynasty. I don't think it can be done in one year."

"You are right, but we don't need to destroy Japan. Although it is a total war, our goal is limited. The significance of this war lies in showing our strength to the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, that is, to defeat our opponents rather than destroy our opponents." Ah Hai said. Seeing Gao Feng's expression soothing, he said again: "There are three goals for combat against Japan. First, let Japan bear all responsibilities for the Nagasaki Incident. Second, open the country's doors and expand opening up to the outside world. Third, compensation!"

When these three goals were raised, it was in an uproar. Ah Hai then explained: "Don't forget that the Nagasaki Incident was not the original intention of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Perhaps they were happy to see such things. In other words, Japan is not a member of the alliance, they were just used by the Dutch, which led to a difference between Japan and the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty knew that the result of failure was the destruction of the country, so they would fight to the death, while the Tokugawa Shogunate would not fight to the end. Perhaps they did not realize that they were facing war at this time, which gave us the possibility of quickly defeating Japan."

Speaking of this, Umu stood up and said, "In fact, I feel that Japan is an easy opponent to defeat. This country that has been in a state of peace for half a century must have weak combat effectiveness. Moreover, this is an island country, an island country with a narrow territory. Most of the population and cities of this country are distributed within fifty miles of the coast, and land transportation is very inconvenient. With the navy's transportation capabilities and Marine landing capabilities, unless Japan can arm the army of four million people, it will not be possible to refuse us to go ashore. Japan obviously does not have this ability, so it is inevitable to lose sight of one thing."

Ma Donglai smiled and said, "Japan still has a very wealthy country. This country has rich gold and silver mines and has always restricted the export of precious metals. A large amount of wealth is gathered in the country. If we can defeat this opponent and put forward reasonable conditions, then I believe that we will definitely get a large amount of compensation. Even if it is only 30 million taels of silver, it will be a huge gain, almost equivalent to liquidating half of Jiangnan. I think this is what Your Excellency Ahai said, and the war against Japan is a leap of our strength."

Simmons asked: "If the Tokugawa shogunate insists on not paying compensation, what about the war?"

"This is impossible. My General Simmons, the favorite thing about the feudal dynasty when it failed was to compromise. Not to mention some money, territory, and marriage are the best choices. Even if revenge is a matter of time, it is only after surviving. Japan is not a member of the alliance. What cooperation can they get if they persist? Can the Dutch annihilate our fleet, or can the Qing Dynasty reinforce 200,000 troops to Japan?" Ah Hai said.

Ma Donglai said: "It's nothing to not surrender or pay compensation. As General Umu said, the rich areas of this country are all on the seaside, and their army can't take care of it, so that the army and the Marines can land and grab it. Japan is now a country and a city with a high degree of wealth accumulation. Japan's city is very tall and it is not easy to grab. If you grab it for a year or two, you should be able to grab tens of millions of taels."

Li Mingxun thought to himself that Ma Donglai was still the one who could do anything to achieve his goal. He shook his head helplessly and asked, "Everyone, what else do you have to worry about?"

Simmons shook his head. This war did not suffer any loss to the navy. The Japanese navy was not strong. The navy only needed to send a few heavy patrols. The main force was the sailing warships, which did not belong to the main fleet. Gao Feng also had such an expression, but he knew in his heart that this battle should have nothing to do with him.

Li Mingxun said: "So, Ah Hai will represent the President of the Senate to treat everything in Japan, and in all the troops of the United States, except for the Southeast War Zone, you will be dispatched at will. Generals and generals below will obey your orders. As for diplomatic and liaison issues, Brother He, you should come and take the role of Ah Hai's deputy."

Obviously, Li Mingxun wants to take this opportunity to train Ah Hai, and He Bin is very familiar with Japan and is most suitable to be a deputy.
Chapter completed!