After seeing off Lei Shaoqing and Hao Dongjue, Tan Renhao and Chang Jianxin left the airport by car.

"Old Chang, when are you going back to the fleet?"

"Tomorrow, the plane is already arranged." Chang Jianxin took out a cigarette, "I went to the chief of staff yesterday, and this time the chief of staff let me go, if I don't go back, I really want to be a deserter." ”

"It's okay, go back early, so you can rest assured."

"And when are you going back?" Chang recommended the new Chao Tan Renhao and looked over.

"I don't know, I haven't talked to the chief of staff yet, probably only in the past two days." Tan Renhao sighed, "It's time to go back and take a look, I've been busy not contacting Zheng Guanhua for the past few days, and I don't know what the situation in the fleet is now." ”

"You don't have to worry about this, although Zheng Guanhua is not as good as Dongjue in many aspects, but he is definitely better than Dongjue in managing logistics." Chang Jianxin laughed, "However, you should also go back, to be honest, I only know now what it feels like every time you go back to the Navy Headquarters." ”

Tan Renhao also laughed. "There's no way, I don't want to stay longer, but the chief of staff won't let me go, what can I do? Is it really impossible to be a deserter? ”

"That's right, hey, it's better to come back less in the future."

After arriving at the naval headquarters, Chang Jiexin was busy going through the procedures for returning to the fleet, and Tan Renhao was also ready to go to Gan Yongxing to talk about his own return to the fleet. This time, he didn't wait for him to go to Gan Yongxing, so Gan Yongxing sent someone to find him first.

"Are you going to send Lei Shaoqing and Hao Dongjue?" Gan Yongxing is also relaxed now, not as busy as he used to be.

"yes, just took them to the airport. Chief of Staff, you should let me go too, right? ”

"Don't worry, it doesn't make a difference if it's two days earlier or two days late, anyway, the first task force won't be able to complete maintenance and rest until the beginning of next month." Gan Yongxing invited Tan Renhao to sit down, "In the afternoon, Liao Hanxiang and Huang Xiaotian are leaving. You come with me to drop them off. ”

Tan Renhao nodded a little helplessly, he talked to his father-in-law last night.

"Yan Guozhong, Yuan Ye and Gu Xunlei will leave tomorrow morning, we have to send them off too." Gan Yongxing took a document, flipped through it twice, and then handed it to Tan Renhao, "After sending these people away." You'll go back to the fleet, no problem, right? ”

"Even if there is, can I say?"

Gan Yongxing sat down with a smile. "It seems that your kid has long been in Cao Ying's heart in Han. Well, I won't delay you too much. After sending Yan Guozhong and the others away tomorrow, you can go back to the fleet. ”

"Chief of Staff, did you really give me permission?"

"Am I going to be kidding you?" Gan Yongxing shook his head, "You are ready to leave the day after tomorrow." Or will you leave tomorrow afternoon? ”

"This ......," Tan Renhao hesitated, "It's better to leave tomorrow afternoon, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

"Renhao, you don't feel like you're being mistreated at the Navy Command, do you?"

"Chief of Staff, I didn't say that, in fact, I just don't worry about the situation in the fleet, and nothing else."

"That's right, too. Okay, I'll help you get in touch with Guangzhou. Gan Yongxing stood up as he spoke, "You also take the time to contact Zheng Guanhua and find out the current situation of the fleet first." By the way, you come over tomorrow morning, and I'll put some relevant documents together for you. ”

"Then I'll take my leave." Tan Renhao immediately got up to say goodbye and walked to the door. He hesitated for a moment, then turned around and said to Gan Yongxing, "Chief of Staff, I haven't thanked you all along, this time ......"

"Come on, when are you polite to me?" Gan Yongxing looked at Tan Renhao with a smile, "Don't be so verbose." You're not the kind of person who is verbose, go and contact Zheng Guanhua. ”

In the afternoon of the same day. Liao Hanxiang and Huang Xiaotian left Zhoushan, and Tan Renhao followed Gan Yongxing to the airport to see off the two, and naturally there was some politeness and advice. Liao Hanxiang also told Tan Renhao before leaving, and told Tan Renhao about Liao Yingyu's arrangements, and Liao Yingyu had agreed to stay in the Navy General Hospital, which made Tan Renhao a lot less trouble.

Early the next morning, Yan Guozhong, Yuan Ye, and Gu Xunlei also left Zhoushan, and Tan Renhao still followed Gan Yongxing to the airport to see off the three of them. Of course, this is indispensable for politeness. Tan Renhao also chatted with Gu Xunlei alone for a while, and after solving the problem of the army's combat units, Gu Xunleidi's expression was much better. In addition, Gu Xunlei has already gone to the army's hospital to find enough officers of the armored unit, and these officers will arrive in the Southwest Pacific Theater one after another before the end of the month and be incorporated into Gu Xunlei's two newly built tank divisions.

After returning to the naval headquarters, Gan Yongxing gave copies of several important documents to Tan Renhao, which were all relevant materials for the campaign plan, and Tan Renhao was supposed to stay in the naval headquarters for a few more days, but now Tan Renhao was in a hurry to return to the fleet, and Gan Yongxing did not keep more, so he could only let Tan Renhao return to the fleet with these materials. After having lunch with his family, Tan Renhao left Zhoushan by plane in the afternoon of the same day and flew directly to Guangzhou, where most of the warships of the First Task Force were under repair, and before he set off, he had a telephone conversation with Zheng Guanhua, asking Zheng Guanhua to recruit back all the officers and men on leave in the fleet as soon as possible, so that the fleet could recover as soon as possible.

The plane arrived at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport after dark, which was previously a civilian airport, and the first civil flight in the empire was from Guangzhou to Songjiangdi, and Baiyun Airport was also the first civilian airport in the empire. After the outbreak of the war, all civilian routes were cancelled, civilian passenger planes and transport planes were all conscripted by the army, and Baiyun Airport was also converted into a large military airport. Originally, the airfield was originally allocated to the Army, but after the reconquest of the South Seas, the use of the airfield was transferred to the Naval Aviation.

"Talking about the general, how are you doing along the way?" Zheng Guanhua rushed to the airport to greet Tan Renhao.

"Not bad, how is the situation with the fleet?"

"Yesterday I went to the shipyard to take a look, the maintenance work is going on normally, I have contacted the shipyard side, they will first ensure the maintenance of the main battleship, and strive to complete the repair a few days in advance." Zheng Guanhua first asked Tan Renhao to get into the car, "In addition, in the afternoon, I have arranged for personnel to contact those officers and soldiers who have returned to their hometowns to visit relatives, and before the end of the month, the officers and soldiers should be able to rush back." ”

"How long has the training of recruits been going on?" Tan Renhao touched his forehead. When he returned to the fleet, he felt completely different from when he was in the headquarters.

"Ongoing, according to your arrangement, the recruits will be scattered and organized into various warships, and the backbone of the new aircraft carrier battle group is all veterans of the fleet. In addition......" Zheng Guanhua hesitated for a moment, he took out a document from his briefcase, "The list of newly added officers is largely confirmed. It's up to you to make the final decision. ”

Tan Renhao nodded, and then took the document. "We'll talk about it in detail tomorrow. Where do we go now? ”

"I've already booked you a room in the hotel, I'll go to dinner later."

"What's the plan for the next few days?"

"This ......" Zheng Guanhua scratched his scalp, he hadn't thought of so much.

Tan Renhao glanced at Zheng Guanhua. "You contact the shipyard, and we'll go to the shipyard tomorrow to have a look."

"No problem. When I arrived at the hotel, I contacted the shipyard. ”

"Who's back now?" Tan Renhao sighed secretly, Zheng Guanhua is indeed inferior to Hao Dongjue in dealing with details.

"The main staff officers are back, along with a dozen other captains. As well as Yang Qinkai, An Shile and several other major officers of the aviation unit also rushed back. They are all staying in the hotel now, and we will wait for you to come back and make sure the specific arrangements. ”

"Then call them all together for dinner, and then arrange relevant work after we have determined the situation of the battleship maintenance."

Soon, the car arrived at the Navy Hotel in downtown Guangzhou. This hotel was opened by the navy itself, and it entertained all the officers and men of the navy who came to Guangzhou on business, and although it was not as comfortable as those high-end hotels outside, it was definitely much better in terms of security and confidentiality.

In the evening, Tan Renhao invited the main officers of the fleet to dinner, and the food in the hotel tasted very ordinary. But most of the officers seemed excited. After resting for more than ten days, many officers returned to the fleet ahead of schedule, and now everyone is waiting for Tan Renhao to come back so that they can be assigned new tasks.

After dinner, Tan Renhao asked Zheng Guanhua to take those officers out for entertainment, and he did not participate in the officers' entertainment, but returned to his room. After taking a cold shower, Tan Renhao took out the list of personnel promotions that Zheng Guanhua gave him.

In the past. There is almost only one way to become a naval officer. That is to study at the Navy's Military Academy, and after graduating from the Academy, you will become a full-fledged officer of the Navy (a reserve officer during your studies). And the chances of being able to be promoted from an ordinary soldier to an officer are very slim. That is, in peacetime, the Imperial Navy adopted two systems of promotion, one for officers and the other for soldiers. With the increase of technical arms, ordinary soldiers need to spend a lot of time training if they want to become excellent soldiers, for example, a good gunner needs at least one year of training, while compulsory soldiers only have three years of service, if they leave the navy after completing military service, then the training cost of personnel alone will be unbearable for the navy. Similarly, if these men were to be kept and all of them were promoted to officers, the high officers' allowances would take up most of the Navy's budget. At this time, the Navy established a new promotion system, that is, strengthened the status and role of non-commissioned officers, and established a nine-rank non-commissioned officer system. If you can become a ninth-class non-commissioned officer, you will be treated almost the same as a colonel officer, and you will enjoy the protection of the navy for the rest of your life. In other words, the normal promotion channel for a soldier is a non-commissioned officer, and if he becomes a senior non-commissioned officer, he can serve in the Navy for life. This not only improves the treatment of soldiers, but also has huge benefits for the navy, one is to retain talent, and the other is to reduce military spending.

The system of promotions in wartime was completely different, especially in the first four years of the war, the casualty rate of officers was quite high, and if the previous system was adopted, all the officer academies of the Navy were mobilized, and it would not be possible to provide the Navy with a sufficient number of new officers. This requires the adoption of a new promotion system, which is characterized by the breaking down of the boundaries between soldiers and officers, and the high chance of promotion to officers is high for meritorious and capable soldiers. A soldier's ability is measured by his performance in battle, and promotion is often at the end of a campaign or when the army is expanded.

Now Task Force 1 needs a new group of officers, and they are new officers who are capable, have actual combat experience, and have already performed well in battle. Fundamentally, Tan Renhao didn't pay much attention to young officers who had graduated from the military academy, preferring new officers who had been promoted directly from the First Task Force. Most of these officers were promoted by soldiers and non-commissioned officers, and the power of promotion was in Tan Renhao's hands.

The list given to him by Zheng Guanhua included more than 400 soldiers and non-commissioned officers who had performed well in battle and had outstanding abilities, and these people were on the list for promotion. Now the fleet has expanded its aircraft carrier battle group, and in addition to the dozens of newly assigned young officers who have just graduated from the military academy, there are about 200 positions. In other words, Tan Renhao needs to select about half of the personnel from these more than 400 people, so that these people can be promoted and become the new backbone of the fleet.

This is a difficult choice, in the past, this matter was basically Hao Dongjue's responsibility, and when it was handed over to Tan Renhao, it was basically the final list of personnel, after all, Hao Dongjue knew more about the situation of the officers and soldiers of the fleet at that time. And now, this matter has to be done by Tan Renhao himself, which is one of the reasons why Tan Renhao has to take time to communicate with the officers and soldiers in the fleet.

The list also comes with the basic information of these personnel, it took Tan Renhao more than three hours to read it approximately, and if he really wants to make a choice, he is a little hesitant, in his opinion, these people are eligible for promotion, but he can only pick out half of them, and the other half can only wait for the next opportunity. It doesn't matter who picks, or who you give up, it's unfair. But the problem is that the army is originally a hierarchical social group, and there is no "fairness" to speak of in the army, just like an officer always has to salute first in front of Tan Renhao, in the army, there is only a hierarchy, and there is no so-called fairness.

was busy until midnight, and Tan Renhao screened out some of the personnel, but he still had to remove a batch. He was also very tired, and finally decided to put this matter on hold for two days, or to get a good night's sleep and recuperate.