Fang Minghao and the other four were arranged together, with Lieutenant Colonel Von Toma and an Italian Army officer with a low figure and black hair. "Lieutenant Colonel Bagnani, the military officer of the Italian Embassy in China

.” Lieutenant Colonel von Toma introduced them.

The same deskmate is also two Italian writers and journalists, Donovan Lucirio, a reporter from the Roman Observatory, which belongs to the Roman Catholic Church. A writer with a socialist tendency. The writer is fat, sparse and fluffy.

Wearing a pair of gold-edged glasses, he spoke in a difficult dialect of Siena. The other is Ka Melini, a senior contributor of Italy**, a loyal believer of Mussolini, and a famous fascist

Theorist.

Although everyone was reluctant to say hello to each other, they rarely made comments because of their unfamiliarity and political views. No one mentioned politics or topics related to fascism.

The meal was very different. Fang Minghao and others hurriedly finished the meal and said goodbye, returning to the cabin, and did not attend the dance party held later.

The mail ship passed through the South China Sea and sailed in the Antuna Sea. You can see the coast of the Zengmu Xisha Islands from afar. The sun rose from the sea, dyeing half of the sky and the ocean red. The temperature in the cabin

It became hot and drove people to the deck to blow the sea breeze.

Fang Minghao finished his breakfast alone and arrived in the library located in a corner of the restaurant. Some German books were placed on the bookshelf, some literature, and some historical and military works. He took a fancy to one of them. "In the World War"

He borrowed it from the book "Naval Strategy" and went to the three-story deck, then found a bench and sat down, quietly picking out the part of the theory of asymmetric combat at sea

I read the discussion carefully.

"Can I sit here?" At this time, Lieutenant Captain von Thomas stood next to the chair.

"Of course!" Fang Minghao smiled slightly, "It's rare that it's good weather again."

Thomas sat next to him, looked at the book he held, and then smiled and said, "General Wegener's book? I heard that his theory is not very popular with the German Navy.

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"Oh, but many of his insights are indeed unique, and of course there are many things worth pondering." Fang Minghao closed the book in his hand and said. After a four or five-day voyage, everyone is now familiar with it.

"I am the army and I don't understand theories of these naval aspects. However, I have read some books on naval war history. I don't know how Chinese colleagues evaluated the performance of the German Navy during the European War?"

The lieutenant colonel said.

"A mainstream comment is that Germany's defeat was inevitable, but in fact, this failure was decided by the Bismarck era." Fang Minghao said, "Prime Minister Bismarck set a dead knot for the Germans, and was with Austro-Hungary.

The empire's alliance was the biggest failure, which made the German Empire have a grudge against the Russians and French at the same time, and inevitably faced a territory where wars on both sides and being attacked from all sides."

"Is there any difference in the situation? If you want to become a strong country, you will inevitably have to face these things, just like your current situation, fighting against the four countries of Britain, France, Russia and Japan at the same time. Oh my God, I was already you.

Madman, but the facts prove that perhaps only in this way can one truly become a world power." Von Thomas said slightly exaggeratedly.

"No, no, the situation is completely different!" Fang Minghao said, "We are no less than the sum of these four countries in terms of resources, population or industrial capacity, but Germany is different. The situation it faces is more than

We are much sinister. It lacks many important strategic resources and lacks sea access to resources."

"Well, a very pertinent view. But before 1918 did the Navy really have no chance?" Thomas asked.

"Not necessarily, there are often some uncertain things in wars, such as some tactics that may have been successful. In 1916, the strength of the German navy was so close to the British that if the tactics were used properly, they might have achieved some strategic

Success. We had originally conceived a tactic for the High Seas Fleet, which was to form multiple attack units with a battle cruiser and two to three cruisers to attack the British's transportation lines. This method was used to lure the British to send their main force.

After greatly weakening the strength of the Ocean Fleet, the High Sea Fleet will attack with all its might and fight a life-and-death battle with the Royal Navy. This will make it possible to seize control of the ocean in one fell swoop." Fang Minghao said, "This method and

General Wegener's tactics proposed are quite similar. Of course, if the Americans still join in, Germany will not be able to support it anyway."

"If... another war like this broke out, can this tactic still work?" asked Lieutenant Colonel von Toma.

Fang Minghao smiled and continued, "No tactic can last for a long time. With the different naval equipment, the threat from the air is getting bigger and bigger. I don't think this guerrilla tactic can achieve great results.

.Warships that lack air support, no matter how powerful they are, will become targets at sea. Times are different, and the navy's tactics are constantly changing."

"It's very interesting. I hope I can invite you to have two drinks together during dinner. Let's exchange views on the German affairs strategy. Is it OK?" Lieutenant Colonel von Toma saw several people looking to them.

He came, so he stopped discussing and invited Fang Minghao to have supper together.

"It's a great pleasure to be able to discuss some hobbies with you."

At this time, Ka Melini came over and greeted the two of them: "Hi, have you listened to the wireless radio just now?"

"No, what happened?" asked von Thomas.

"Chinese submarine forces sank two American cargo ships off the coast of Japan, and Washington announced that it would impose a full embargo on China!" Ka Melini's tone was excited.

"Ah?! Is this going to declare war?" Fang Minghao asked. Asians always don't understand what Westerners think.

"This may not be necessary, it may also be to force you to come to the negotiating table. This is a way to put pressure on me," said Melini. "Roosevelt wants to make you give in, or it may also be to prepare for war again."

"We agreed to the peace talks. The problem is that the British are unwilling to do so, and the location of the cargo ships to sink is outside Japan. We have set this area as a war zone and warned neutral ships not to enter these sea zones." Fang Minghao said.

"The Americans want you to quit the entire India and Southeast Asia and then let the British go back."

"This is impossible. We have announced that the Indian issue will be handed over to the Indian people for self-determination, and the Southeast Asian colonies will never be returned to these colonists!" Fang Minghao said that, and hurried back to his residence and went to Ambassador Liu to inquire about the details.

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At this time, many people had already arrived outside Ambassador Liu Yongqing's room, while Ambassador Liu was receiving the latest instructions from the country through the telegraph on the mailing ship.
Chapter completed!