The deduction was suddenly terminated, and was called out by the commander-in-chief's secretary and went to the secretary's office. No one came to greet him for half an hour.

Bai Zhizhan was not only confused, but also worried.

Did you do something wrong?

Maybe it is!

Because of the lack of experience and no war examples to learn from, Bai Zhizhan could only follow his feelings during the entire deduction process.

To be precise, you should command the fleet to fight according to your own understanding.

Anyway, this is a bold attempt.

Through this attempt, Bai Zhizhan has a deeper or more intuitive understanding of aviation operations.

In fact, before the deduction suddenly ended, Bai Zhizhan was very sure to achieve the final victory, and he even felt that he had grasped the trick to win.

Unfortunately, the moment the commander-in-chief pushed open the door, the inspirational idea disappeared.

Now that he came outside the commander-in-chief's office, Bai Zhizhan felt even more upset.

After pushing open the door, the secretary nodded to him. As a result, when Bai Zhizhan entered, the secretary pulled up to the door and did not follow in.

In the room, there was only Zhu Shijian.

"Commander."

"To be honest, I still like the title of 'principal'."

"headmaster."

Zhu Shijian smiled and said, "Sit as you like, don't stand stupidly. I don't have any hobbies. Many people think I don't look like a general. I'll have a cup of boiled water?"

Bai Zhizhan did not refuse, he was indeed thirsty.

"Although the result of the deduction has not yet come out, for us, it has ended, at least I think it has been divided."

"headmaster……"

"Although we often say that victory or defeat is not important, we must be determined to win, and this deduction is indeed very important." Zhu Shijian suppressed his hand, stopped Bai Zhizhan's words, and said, "I asked you to come over, but I actually wanted to ask you some questions in private."

Bai Zhizhan was stunned for a moment, then was startled and said quickly: "Principal Yan Chong, how can I have the ability..."

"There must be my division when we walk together." This time, Zhu Shijian still did not let Bai Zhizhan finish his words, but he did not waste any more saliva. "The first question is, if we are committed to developing aviation power and building a naval warfare system dominated by aviation, how likely will we win?"

Bai Zhizhan was stumped at once.

Is this a question?

Even so, can I answer casually?

"Don't have any worries, I just want to know your judgment, or what do you think will be fought in the next naval battle."

"Just a personal idea?"

Zhu Shijian nodded and asked Bai Zhizhan to say boldly.

After pondering for a moment, Bai Zhizhan said: "In fact, when developing the aviation corps, to be precise, it is actually a change. The key is not how much chance of winning, but that we have no choice at all. Now the only thing we can be sure is that if we continue to follow the old path, we will lose even worse in the next war. However, if we choose the right choice and master the first-mover advantage, coupled with the powerful strength of the empire itself, the chance of winning will not be too small."

"The second question is, how can we master and maintain the first-mover advantage?"

Is this a question?

"Principal, you also know that I am not a technical graduate, so Zhao Yu is more qualified to answer this kind of technical question."

“What about the strategy?”

Bai Zhizhan wanted to slap himself, but after he understood that Zhu Shijian would not let him go, he stopped talking nonsense.

After thinking quickly, Bai Zhizhan said: "I can't say anything else. As I personally see, the transformation to an aviation force is the general trend. As the saying goes, the world's martial arts are only fast and not broken. Aircraft are born with the advantage of speed, and the momentum of technological development is even more unstoppable."

"So, no matter what, will Western powers develop air power?"

"We are proactive, and the great powers are passive."

Zhu Shijian frowned, but did not interrupt Bai Zhizhan.

"We all know that the only way out for the Imperial Navy is change, which even affects the fate of the empire. We have no other choice. No matter how many difficulties and obstacles there are, we can only go to the dark side. For us, change itself is a powerful driving force, and only change can have hope. What about the Western powers? After the unprecedented and unprecedented victory has been achieved, there is no motivation to actively seek change. Maintaining the status quo can protect vested interests, and only maintaining the status quo can digest the fruits of victory. Even if we do not consider the basically irreconcilable internal contradictions, the great powers will be complacent after the war and do their best to protect it."

"You mean, can we use this as an entry point to limit naval armaments?"

"In fact, it is to emphasize the importance of traditional naval forces, so that the great powers feel that aviation forces are just an effective supplement to traditional maritime forces."

Now, Zhu Shijian understood.

According to Bai Zhizhan's meaning, it is definitely impossible to make the Western powers believe that aviation is insignificant. After all, the performance of aviation during the war is obvious to all. However, just as the Chengwen faction represented by Liu Changhe refused to believe that aviation could replace the main ships, the Western powers would not immediately accept the assertion that aviation would dominate the marine battlefield in the future. Because the country's resources are limited, and the navy relies heavily on resource-based heavy industries such as steel, no country can cover everything and must make a choice.

If you give up and take it, the relationship will be big.

Not to mention the Western powers who won the war and tasted the sweetness, even if the imperial navy lost and lost, it would be difficult to completely abandon the traditional route. Zhou Kuande retreated in the most extreme way and submitted the letter of recommendation to Zhu Shijian as commander-in-chief of the navy to the current emperor, which is related to this, because only Zhu Shijian can promote the navy to change.

Let Liu Changhe take over?

If Cheng Wen sent it to work, it would probably take twenty years to build fifty super-dreadnought ships to challenge the alliance group with one hundred super-dreadnoughts at that time.

Where is He Yongxing?

If the He family was allowed to take over the great power, the two major families would definitely be in a state of upside down and would not care about development at all.

The key is that Zhu Shijian has been the principal of the Naval Academy for more than 20 years, and is more able to accept new things and is more willing to promote change.

As for people's expectations, there is no need to say more.

Zhou Kuande did not choose the wrong person, but he never thought that this move would be like to put Zhu Shi on a bonfire and roast it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Shijian couldn't bear to sigh.

"headmaster?"

After Bai Zhizhan reminded him, Zhu Shijian suddenly came to his senses and found that several minutes had passed.

"It's getting late, so you can go back and rest early."

"Principal, you should also take a break early."

He stood up and said goodbye. The moment he walked out of the commander-in-chief's office, Bai Zhizhan breathed a sigh of relief.

At the beginning, Zhu Shijian kept bowing his head and said nothing. Bai Zhizhan felt that he would ask a few more difficult questions to answer, but he didn't expect that he was distracted.

No matter what, at least I can go back and rest.
Chapter completed!