On the night of July, Xiang Yinghui returned to Beijing. Pei Chengyi personally went to the airport to welcome the Chief of Staff.

"Ling Qixiao and the others are gone?"

"Let's go, I left in the morning." Pei Chengyi glanced at Xiang Yinghui and said with a wry smile. "Mr. Xiang, you really can lose your burden and leave such a big trouble. You go to Chengdu without caring about anything.

"I'm also letting you know these commanders. If you don't meet now, you will have to cooperate in the future. Isn't it?"

“That's right,

"I greeted Ling Yunxiao. As long as he didn't cause trouble, the other commanders would not make trouble. Yinghui laughed and said, "There is basically no problem with the Daojun. Yang Guang mistakenly patted his chest and promised to obey your command. According to my idea, let the Daojun enter Tibet first."

Pei Chengyi frowned slightly. "Mr. Xiang. Have you promised again?"

"It's not a promise, someone has to complete the basic work, right?

"Okay, since you agreed, I have nothing to say.

“I will help you get rid of the obstacles, and you should thank me.

Xiang Yinghui took out a cigarette, "The war must be fought. In the few days you went to Pakistan, the head of state has talked with Li Cunxun several times, probably creating the last condition."

“Reasons to enter India?”

Xiang Yinghui nodded and said, "Since you have guessed it, I won't say much. I don't know much about how to do it. These things have always been the responsibility of the Military Intelligence Bureau. Li Cunxun has some methods and is not afraid that he will not be able to make a reason. The key is how to fight, which is how to fight the battles after entering Sikkim."

Pei Chengyi took the cigarette handed over by Xiang Yinghui and lit it slowly and took two sips.

"Tell me what you think." Xiang Yinghui lit a cigarette and glanced at Pei Chengyi. "Although the battle plan and thugs are not confirmed yet, with your personality, you must have had a clear idea.

"The idea is, but it's not clear."

Xiang Yinghui frowned slightly and signaled Pei Chengyi to continue.

"Compared with previous wars, this time is very different." Pei Chengyi sighed and said. "Peninsula War, except for air combat, is mainly ground war, and there is no fight at sea. Although the US military has caused us a lot of trouble, it is limited to the early stages, and the scope of the war is very limited. We can concentrate our efforts to fight ground battles. Apart from air combat, it is mainly sea war, and there is no fight on the ground. There is almost no trouble in attacking the Ryukyu Islands. The combat operation is very smooth. In the later stage, there is no difficulty at all. India is not the Korean Peninsula, nor is it?

Japanese archipelago. This war will definitely cover land, sea and air, and every direction is very important. If we want to win, in addition to fighting air combat and ground combat, we will also fight sea combat. Ground combat and air combat are not bad. After all, we have been building for many years, and the conditions in the front line have been greatly improved. As long as we use various forces reasonably, we will have a great grasp of victory. The key to fighting a good war is maritime operations. The navy attacks alone, and the logistics support line alone is thousands of kilometers long. Whether the fleet can complete the task and seize the control of the Indian Ocean will have a decisive impact on the entire war.

"That is, the navy is the key."

Pei Chengyi nodded, and what he wanted to say was this true thought.

"I thought of this problem, so I rushed back in the evening."

Pei Chengyi frowned slightly, not understanding Xiang Yinghui's meaning.

"On the way back, I went to Qingdao and talked to Lin Xiaolei for a few hours." Xiang Yinghui smiled and said, "Although Lin Xiaolei was a little uneasy and did not take anyone seriously, when it comes to combat, he was more active and serious than anyone else. He also had similar ideas. So he hoped that when arranging combat operations, he would give the navy greater freedom. After all, we are all army generals, and we are a little sure of air combat, and we have far less understanding of maritime combat.

"Mr. Xiang, what you mean is

"If you have time, you can go to Qingdao and talk to Lin Qiaolei in person.

Pei Chengyi nodded and said, "Okay. I'll go tomorrow. It's just a matter of Qian Qian Command.

"Juan Chenhao is responsible for general affairs, and I will talk to the head of state for other matters. Since I have decided to fight, I should set up a front-line command as soon as possible. I can't just drag it all the time."

After hearing Xiang Yinghui's promise, Pei Chengyi felt a little relieved.

Although the General Staff has dozens of combat plans for Pei Chengyi's reference, before the war broke out, Pei Chengyi had to come up with a formal combat plan. It was said that it was not in his position or a certain position. Before the front line command was formally sorted out, Pei Chengyi could only work as the director of the Operations Department, and could not arrange combat tasks for each combat unit like the front line commander-in-chief, so he could not formulate a detailed combat plan. These things were linked one by one, and the middle link was not in place, and the subsequent work could not proceed smoothly.

Pei Chengyi went to the airport to pick up Xiang Yinghui, hoping that Xiang Yinghui would find the head of state to confirm the matter of the front line command as soon as possible.

The next morning, Pei Chengyi left the General Staff and headed to the Navy Command.

Compared with the General Staff, the Naval Command located in Jiaozhou Bay seemed even more shabby. As early as after the Peninsula War, Lin Xiaolei, then chief of staff, proposed to transfer the Naval Command to Zhoushan, Kaohsiung, or Yulin Port. Simply put, it was to migrate the Navy Command southward to a wider sea area. Lin Xiaolei's proposal was supported by the head of state, but the subsequent Japanese war, the southern Tibet conflict dragged down the Navy's reconstruction headquarters. It was not that the head of state refused, but that the military expenditure was limited. According to the plan submitted by the Navy, if the headquarters were transferred to Zhoushan, the infrastructure cost alone would be as high as 10 billion yuan, and the cost of transferring to the other two locations was even higher. This money was equal to

"The price of skin and type warships, or tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, Jin Xiaolei was very shocked in the treatment of Qumao and senior officers and soldiers, but he was very stingy in the infrastructure construction that had nothing to do with the combat effectiveness of the fleet. Besides, the office building of the General Staff Department took several years, and Xiang Yinghui was reluctant to use the money to rebuild it, and the navy had to be more economical.

When Pei Chengyi arrived, Lin Xiaolei was discussing combat operations with Zhang Weichang, Mu Qingyun, Mo Yi and others.

It must have been Xiang Yinghui who said hello, otherwise Lin Xiaolei would not have called the Navy's pounds and the main generals over.

"General Pei, you are too disrespectful to us."

"Commander Lin, what do you mean?" Pei Chengyi was as soon as he sat down, when Lin Xiaolei took action.

"If you want to poach people from the navy, you should say hello in advance. If you say you can transfer people, you can transfer people. I have been trying to make up for the gaps for this period of time." Lin Xiaolei smiled and said, "It's not that I don't support the work of the General Staff. Bi Jian's establishment of a front-line command is the meaning of the head of state and the chief of staff. The navy will definitely support it. It's just that you poached hundreds of people, which made the grassroots troops complain to me every day."

"Thank you?" Pei Chengyi laughed. "The Navy won't lack more than 100 officers, right?"

"They are all the best Dongqing officers in the Navy. What should we do if you poached them?" Lin Xiaolei smiled even happier, "After that being said, it is their fortune to be able to serve in the General Staff or under General Pei, at least it is much better than staying in the Navy."

Hearing this, Pei Chengyi was completely sure that Xiang Yinghui and Lin Xiaolei had greeted him.

With Lin Xiaolei's personality, if Xiang Yinghui had not given him special advice, he would definitely not be so polite to Pei Chengyi.

"General Pei, how are the things at the front line command?" Zhang Weichang came up with the main topic.

"It's being dealt with, mainly the issue of the head of state." Pei Chengyi sighed and said. "President Xiang is responsible for this matter personally. As long as the head of state gives up, I will go to Pakistan immediately. This time, it's also Mr. Xiang's intention. Although the head of state authorized me to command full authority to command combat operations, there are very different maritime operations and land combat operations and air combat operations. I was born in the army again and did not know much about naval operations. Mr. Xiang asked me to come over to discuss the main issues of maritime operations with you."

"What's the problem with the Indian Navy?" Lin Xiaolei smiled coldly and said, "Twenty years ago, we could defeat the Indian Navy without an aircraft carrier. Now, we have a powerful fleet in the world second only to the US Navy, and we can easily defeat the Indian Navy."

"It's always a good thing to underestimate the enemy, after all, the Indian Navy also has six aircraft carriers."

"General Pei is right, we must pay attention to the enemy." Zhang Weichang said in front of Lin Xiaolei.

Lin Xiaolei snorted coldly, not obsessed with this topic.

"General Pei means that the Navy cannot be commanded by the front line command?" Mu Qingyun pulled the topic back.

"It cannot be said that, after all, modern warfare is a systematic war, not a war of a certain branch of arms.

Pei Chengyi picked up the cigarette, dispersed one for the others before lit it for himself, and said, "As Commander Lin said, we will definitely be able to defeat the Indian Navy, but Chief of Staff Zhang said it is correct. The Indian Navy is not only a few aircraft carriers, but a stronger system combat capability. I believe you are also very clear about the military aid provided by the United States to India in recent years. If those three aircraft carrier battle groups have more than doubled the combat effectiveness of the Indian Navy, then the military command system established by the United States and the modern warfare idea have increased the overall combat capability of the Indian army several times. Not to mention anything else, in my years in Pakistan, Pakistan

What Stan attaches most importance to is the comprehensive combat capability of the Indian army. Naval warfare has its own uniqueness, but as the combat weapons strike distances get farther and farther, modern naval warfare has undergone great changes, and it is part of the overall war, and it is impossible to exist alone from the overall war. If the navy acts alone, it will face not only the Indian Navy, but also the Indian Air Force, and even the Indian Army. I am not underestimating the combat effectiveness of the navy, but I do not want to lose the war. Everyone knows the importance of this war to the country and nation, and also the degree of importance of the Head of State and the Chief of General Staff. As the commander-in-chief of the front line, I must be responsible for the war, so I hope everyone can actively cooperate

Pei Chengyi's words were reasonable and Lin Xiaolei couldn't help but feel dissatisfied.

Pei Chengyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the expressions of several naval generals.

After two years at the National Defense University, it was indeed not in vain. As a senior general, Pei Chengyi mainly learned the combat characteristics of other branches of the army during his further studies, and the navy was the key point among the key points. Although in terms of naval combat tactics, Pei Chengyi was far inferior to any naval general who was sitting in, in general, Pei Chengyi was no worse than Lin Xiaolei.

"In this way, General Pei means. We still have to obey the command of the front line command?"

When Pei Chengyi heard Lin Xiaolei's words, he smiled bitterly.

The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change.

Lin Xiaolei is Lin Xiaolei. Although he was very polite at the beginning, this sentence was very awkward.

Fortunately, Pei Chengyi was mentally prepared and was not influenced by Lin Xiaolei. "Since the Head of State appointed me as the commander-in-chief of the front line, I have full authority to command the war operations, and maritime operations are part of the war operations, so I must ask. Of course, this does not mean that I will interfere in your command work. I just hope that the navy can act according to the combat plan."

Lin Xiaolei nodded slightly, as if he agreed with Pei Chengyi's statement.

Pei Chengyi was a little surprised by the performance of the naval commander, because in his opinion, Lin Xiaolei should have reacted more excitedly instead of concessions.

"Do General Pei have a specific combat plan?" Dou Haijie spoke.

"This is exactly the other front paw of my front paw. Pei Chengyi smiled and said, "The overall war is only determined by the General Staff. My mission is only to improve the combat plan. You must have read the General Staff's plan and have some understanding of combat operations. After the front line command is established, I will come up with a specific war plan as soon as possible. Because of the special nature of maritime combat operations, I think the Navy Command should submit the naval tactical plan."

Lin Xiaolei frowned slightly and glanced at Pei Chengyi.

"In other words, it is up to us to decide on the combat operations?" Zhang Weichang seemed even more surprised.

"It's not a combat operation, but a tactical plan." Pei Chengyi emphasized the basic point. "Only by obtaining the navy's tactical plan can I complete the overall war strategy. After all, you know more about maritime operations than me and know more about how to defeat the Indian Navy. I'm not good at playing a role in front of you.

Lin Xiaolei smiled slightly and said, "General Pei. Are you too modest, are you?"

"Commander Lin, I'm not humble, I'm telling the truth." Pei Chengyi also laughed. "I'm going to care about the sea combat operations, but what I learned is not as good as practical experience. More importantly, the sea combat operations are related to the success or failure of the entire war, and no mistakes can be abandoned. It can even be said that after the navy wins a decisive victory, we will launch a large-scale attack in other directions. In this way, the navy's actions determine the subsequent combat operations and the overall war strategy and thugs.

Lin Xiaolei nodded and said, "General Pei is right. We are discussing this issue before you arrive."

Pei Chengyi looked at him with a scrupulous look and took the opportunity to light a second cigarette.

"We all have the confidence to defeat the Indian Navy, but when it comes to absolute certainty, no one dares to guarantee it." Pei Chengyi made an open and honest statement, and Lin Xiaolei was also very refreshing. "There are many problems in combat operations and it is very difficult to solve them. Not to mention anything else. The fleet operates alone. If there is no sufficient support force, it is difficult to take the initiative after entering the Indian Ocean. Seizing the power of the sea is only the first task of the navy. If the landing operation is required, it is difficult for the navy to provide sufficient support for the landing operation. There are many similar problems, and all of them need to be found as soon as possible. Overall, the navy is likely to suffer heavy losses in combat, and we must be mentally prepared.

"There is a loss when there is war." Pei Chengyi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The key is not loss, but whether the task can be completed."

"It depends on what mission it is. Zhang Weichang said it for Lin Xiaolei.

"As Commander Lin said, the navy's primary task is to seize the power to control the sea." Pei Chengyi took a two-sip of cigarettes and said, "What tasks will be left next? This depends on the specific circumstances of the war, and I cannot make a conclusion. Of course, the navy should prepare in advance, at least formulate a combat plan in advance."

"General Pei doesn't need to worry about this matter. We will make arrangements." Lin Xiaolei paused for a moment, "What I want to know is whether General Pei can guarantee that he can provide sufficient support to the navy."

"I will do my best to arrange it." Pei Chengyi smiled and did not take out the documents he brought. "This is the preliminary combat strategy I took out after discussing with President Xiang, and there are still many places that are not perfected. If everything goes well, several countries along the South China Sea coast will open military bases to us. At that time, long-range air force air force can be deployed forward."

"Air Force?" Lin Xiaolei immediately frowned.

"It can also be a long-range aviation force of the Navy."

Hearing this, Lin Xiaolei nodded slightly.

"No matter what, the navy's combat operations are particularly critical." Pei Chengyi glanced at several naval generals and said, "The situation may change. After all, diplomatic work is still in progress. It is not certain whether there are countries willing to provide us with military bases. The navy is better off formulating different combat plans based on different situations so that it can determine combat operations as soon as possible when needed.

Lin Xiaolei handed the document to Zhang Weichang and said, "When will General Pei need the navy's combat plan?"

“The faster the better.”

After thinking for a while, Lin Xiaolei said, "I can't guarantee anything else that when General Pei arrives in Pakistan, we will be able to come up with the first combat plan and send it to the thug."

"This is the best." Pei Chengyi was very satisfied with Lin Xiaolei's answer.

"If General Pei is free, we can also discuss the details of the combat tactics and thugs. After all, General Pei is not an outsider." Zhang Weichang smiled and said, "Besides, General Pei is directly involved and can better understand the navy's combat operations, which will be of great help to command combat operations."

Pei Chengyi did not immediately express his opinion and turned his eyes to Lin Xiaolei.

"It's good, let's continue to discuss this in the afternoon." Lin Xiaolei looked at his watch, "It's getting late, so have lunch first. General Pei rarely comes to the Navy Headquarters. Today I am the East to welcome General Pei. Of course, the specifications are not very high, I hope General Pei will forgive me."

"Commander Lin, you are polite. If you can fill your stomach, I will be satisfied.

"It's easy to fill your stomach. You can't let General Pei go to the Navy Command and go back hungry.

Everyone laughed.
Chapter completed!