"It is better to pursue the enemy with the remaining courage, and not to seek fame and learn from the overlords."

When the generals asked Zhang Meng whether to continue to pursue the remnants of the joint fleet by taking advantage of the victory, Zhang Meng told them this.

However, when the Tang Army aircraft carrier battle group chased the joint fleet a few days ago, it threw away the slower supply fleet.

After a fierce battle, the Tang Army aircraft carrier battle group was already quite scarce, both ammunition and water.

For this reason, the Tang army had to stop and rest, so that the pilots could rest and regain their energy, and at the same time ordered the supply fleet in the rear to come and meet quickly.

"The Japanese combined fleet was severely damaged, and the balance of maritime power in the Pacific Rim has been broken. Our army will quickly fill the maritime hegemony vacuum zone left after the Japanese Navy contracted, that is, the archipelagos occupied by the Japanese army in the Pacific will be occupied by our Tang Empire."

After discussing with the generals, Zhang Meng agreed that the Tang army would occupy the archipelago controlled by the Japanese army, as an indestructible fortress and unsinkable aircraft carrier in the absolute defense circle of the Tang Empire.

At this time, the Tang Army's First Marine Division had completed its occupation of the entire Marshall Islands. Zhang Meng immediately ordered Zheng Shaoqiu to quickly organize troops and follow the supply fleet to rush to the Northern Mariana Islands, preparing to capture Saipan Island controlled by the Japanese army and its nearby islands.

The news that the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire defeated the Japanese Combined Fleet and won the naval battle has been officially released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire. Once the news came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the whole world.

If the Tang and Japan naval battle, when the Tang army wiped out the powerful fleet of Ono Shisanidi, countries around the world thought that the Japanese army was too lucky to succeed from the Tang army's sneak attack, then this time the Japanese Navy dispatched all the main battleships of the joint fleet, but were still defeated by the Tang army. It can even be said that it was wiped out completely, because the six main battleships of the Japanese joint fleet were sunk.

"Those are six super fearless battleships. How did the Royal Navy sink them? Or did it rely on submarines?" a British reporter asked.

"This time, our Tang Empire Royal Navy's First Aircraft Carrier Battle Group achieved brilliant results. This is the victory achieved by all the Tang army officers and soldiers under the wise command of His Highness Zhang Meng, the commander of the Imperial Army, Navy and Air Force, and the submarines are just one of them." The spokesperson explained so, deliberately avoiding the topic of how to sink six Japanese super fearless battleships.

"Navals of all countries generally believe that only battleships can sink battleships. However, there seems to be no battleships in your aircraft carrier battle group. Could it be that the Raptor carrier-based fighter jets and Hellfire carrier-based bombers that are newly equipped by your naval aviation?" A senior French female reporter continued to ask, and she seemed to know a lot about the equipment of the Tang Army aircraft carrier battle group.

"This journalist friend seems to have great magical powers. The two newly installed carrier-based fighter jets in the Naval Aviation Army of the Tang Empire have advanced performance. They are enough to protect the airspace of the Tang Empire, and their territorial waters and territory are not violated. As for the battleship you mentioned, you can only be sunk by the battleship, I personally agree with this point."

"But your country does not have battleships. How did you sink six Japanese super battleships? Please don't bend around the bush!" An American reporter could no longer help.

The spokesperson of the Tang Dynasty News Office has always advocated how powerful the Tang Empire and the Tang Army are and how advanced the equipment is. They have always avoided the real concerns of journalists and governments of various countries. They can be said to be irrelevant nonsense without any real value.

Of course, nonsense is a must. This is one of the abilities that a press spokesperson must possess, and it is also a clever speaking skill in answering reporters' questions. This is true for press spokespersons from all countries.

However, Americans obviously rely on their country's strength and regard themselves as the world's boss, they actually asked the spokesperson of the Tang Dynasty to give an answer.

Americans are used to being arrogant. Journalists from all over the world have long been accustomed to it. At the same time, they also want to know the answer in their hearts, and they all united to ask for an answer.

The spokesperson of the Tang Dynasty originally organized good words to swear American journalists, but he never thought that journalists from various countries would unite, so he had to answer.

Of course, as the spokesperson, he had already exchanged opinions with senior officials of the Tang Empire before entering the press conference.

Zhang Meng once sent a special telegram to instruct to downplay the power of the Tang army aircraft carrier battle group as much as possible. Based on this principle, the spokesperson of the Tang Dynasty responded immediately.

"As far as I know, the main battleships of the Japanese Navy lack air defense artillery and cut corners, they are just a matter of appearance. It is more appropriate to say that they are battle cruisers than battleships."

Many people believe that the Japanese battleships were forced to call them battle cruisers. However, more people still believe that the Japanese warships lacked enough anti-aircraft artillery, which gave Tang army aircraft the opportunity to drop aviation bombs on Japanese ships.

Even though this reason is a bit far-fetched, it is just a press conference. How many military secrets can be revealed? No matter what the Tang Dynasty said, as a winner, it makes sense.

The reporters knew that they could not ask any valuable information in this regard, so they changed the subject one after another.

"Would the Tang Empire have achieved such an unprecedented victory? Should we take advantage of the victory to seek peace with Japan, or continue to fight against Japan?"

Journalists from China are very concerned about this issue. After all, the Japanese army had just fabricated the August 15th Incident and occupied the entire Northeast China. In order to divert international attention, they launched the January 28th Incident in Shanghai, provoking the Sino-Japanese War, and forcing the National Government to move its capital to Luoyang. The Sino-Japanese War is imminent.

"The Tang Empire is a peace-loving country. It was a war launched by Japan to peek at the economic achievements and national wealth of the Tang Empire. They declared war on us first. The Japanese side should propose peace. The Tang Empire will make a ceasefire or continue to pursue the victory according to the situation."

Originally, Japan successfully attracted the attention of the whole world in Shanghai and was preparing to conquer the puppet Manchukuo puppet regime to cover up the fact that it invaded Northeast China. But it was not as expected. The Tang Empire defeated and severely damaged the Japanese joint fleet, causing the Japanese naval power to be reduced from a first-class world naval power to a third-rate. The world's eyes were attracted to the fact that the Japanese joint fleet was almost wiped out.

In this way, European and American countries no longer fear Japan. Because the Japanese navy was severely damaged, there were only a few heavy cruisers left in the main warships. It would be difficult to recover in the next few years. Unless Japan once again devoted all its efforts to build ships on a large scale, it would be difficult for Japan, which was severely impacted by the economic crisis, to provide billions of dollars in shipbuilding funds. Even if Japan tried everything to start building ships, it would take at least three years to rebuild the power of the joint fleet.

European and American countries will no longer act according to Japan's expression, so the situation in the entire Northeast Asia will change instantly. Japan's invasion of China's Northeast and provoking war in Shanghai will be strongly counterattacked by European and American countries. How to deal with the aftermath will become the most troublesome thing for the Japanese government.

The Tang Empire obviously would not let Japan breathe a sigh of relief. It would beat the fallen dog and unite the European and American powers and China to suppress the Japanese imperialist forces.

"Japan is a very aggressive country. Our Tang Empire will join forces with European and American countries to defend world peace and pressure Japan to force its troops to evacuate Shanghai and Northeast China."

Once this news was released, it means that the Tang Empire officially became one of the world's naval powers after this war. If the great powers of various countries responded positively to the Tang Empire, it means that they recognized the rise of the Tang Empire. But if they did not respond, they would be strongly criticized by international public opinion and influenced the country's image.

When the press conference of the Tang Empire ended, the powerful governments of various countries held emergency meetings. In addition to discussing the Japanese issue, there was also a new opponent - the strongly rising Tang Empire.

No matter how European and American countries respond, the Tang Empire has undoubtedly become the biggest winner.

The Tang army won a great victory, and its momentum not only overshadowed the Japanese army's edge, but also failed to make his plan to divert international attention. At the same time, for Zhang Meng personally, he no longer had to pretend to be Zhang Xinhai's son. Instead, he became the real person.

Zhang Wei told Han Qingxuan the truth. She knew that Han Qingxuan's personality would not be told. She hoped that Han Qingxuan would cancel the marriage on his own initiative. However, the servants heard the conversation between the two of them, and it quickly spread throughout the Tang Empire. Because of Zhang Meng's reputation, the world immediately knew the gossip news.

Zhang Xinhai and his wife called Zhang Wei to force her to tell the truth. The two elders burst into tears and fell into a coma for several times.

Song Meiling, who accompanied Han Qingxuan to the Tang Dynasty, was stunned. This political marriage was suddenly overturned because Zhang Meng was not the other Zhang Meng. Song Meiling originally planned to take the opportunity to persuade Zhang Xinhai to seize the real power of the entire Tang Empire. After all, Zhang Xinhai was the emperor of the Tang Empire. Unexpectedly, Zhang Meng's control over the Tang Empire was far beyond her imagination. Although everyone knew that Zhang Meng was not Zhang Xinhai's son, they looked at Zhang Meng even more highly. After all, he served Zhang Xinhai and his wife with a stranger, and even let Zhang Xinhai become the emperor directly. How could this kind of mind not be admired?

The Tang Empire was as firmly under Zhang Meng's control as an iron barrel. Although Zhang Xinhai regretted losing his own son, he did not lose his mind and flatly rejected Soong Mei-ling's request.

Zhang Xinhai has his own persistence, and he has always been upright in the face of righteousness.

Zhang Wei did not expect that this would be the result. Fortunately, Zhang Xinhai and his wife withstood the blow, which has a lot to do with Zhang Meng's meticulous care over the past few years. Zhang Wei was grateful and strictly restrained some people from the Zhang family from doing nothing. Even if Zhang Meng was not their real young master, this Tang Dynasty was also Zhang Meng's rather than Zhang's family.

Zhang Fu, Zhang Zhong and Zhang Chengye were very confused. After learning about Zhang Meng's true identity, Zhang Fu just sighed. Zhang Zhong felt that it didn't matter whether he was the real Zhang family master. Only Zhang Cheng was even more afraid after learning the news in Shanghai. He once supported Soong Mei-ling and the others to drive Zhang Xinhai out of the Zhang family, intending to seize the entire Tang Empire, but in the end he found that Zhang Meng had already made all preparations, otherwise it would be impossible for Zhang Wei to tell the truth.

Everything was under Zhang Meng's control. When the news of the Tang army defeating the Japanese Joint Fleet came back, people's eyes were attracted, and the fact that Zhang Meng was not Zhang Xinhai's son was soon diluted.

This is also a comprehensive consideration made by Zhang Meng from the beginning. He personally directed the Tang Dynasty Navy to fight. In addition to establishing prestige and strengthening control over the navy, he also deliberately used this battle to divert people's curiosity and attention from his life experience.

Zhang Meng was obviously successful, and the whole world was shocked by the defeat of the Japanese Joint Fleet. Zhang Meng's personal life experience is no longer important.

For the Tang Empire, a small stone fell into a calm lake and rippled a small ripples. Before it spread, it was hit by a big rock. The small ripples were covered by the big waves. People on the shore only saw the big waves and ignored the small ripples.

Not long after, the entire Tang Empire, the big lake, returned to its former peace.
Chapter completed!