"Okay, I promise I'll come to you whenever I'm free!" Tan Renhao pulled Liao Yingyu to the door of the hotel, he didn't want the two officers in the car to see him in front of his girlfriend.

"This is what you promised, as long as you are free, you must find me!" Liao Yingyu looked very disappointed, but she was also a soldier and knew the rules in the army.

Tan Renhao nodded. "Okay, you go in, I'll call you in the evening."

"You go first, I'll go in later." Liao Yingyu pinched Tan Renhao's hand: "Do you go first, I'll watch you leave, I'll go back to the room later, and I'll not wait for your call anywhere at night." ”

Tan Renhao smiled, and no longer arguing about who left first, turned around and walked towards the jeep. He never looked back, but in the rearview mirror of the jeep, he saw Liao Yingyu standing by the door of the hotel and watching him leave.

"Colonel, I'm really sorry, if it weren't for Marshal Nie Renfeng's request for you to go right away, we wouldn't have bothered you at this time." The captain's officer, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, looked embarrassed.

"Is there anything important that the marshal is in such a hurry to call me there?" Tan Renhao also smiled awkwardly, could he say that Nie Renfeng disturbed his private life?

"I don't know the headmaster, just let us take you to him immediately." The captain officer shook his head, then took out his cigarette: "Does the colonel want to smoke one?" ”

Tan Renhao did not refuse, since he was injured last time, Liao Yingyu did not allow him to smoke, so that he didn't smell the smell of cigarettes for a day, and the addiction had already come.

The captain blocked the wind with his hand and lit a cigarette for Tan Renhao before saying: "Now the principal is in the garrison headquarters, and General Gan Yongxing is also here, and there are also a few generals of the 6th Army. Anyway, it's the general, the headmaster, who only asked me to come to you. Didn't say why I was looking for you. ”

Tan Renhao nodded, and then slowly spit out the cigarette, there must be something to do in terms of fighting, otherwise what would he ask him to do?

Fifteen minutes later, the jeep stopped outside the Hangzhou Garrison Headquarters. This was the headquarters of the Empire's local garrisons, which were located in every major city of the Empire. In addition to safeguarding the security of the area, the garrison is also responsible for maintaining local stability. In times of disaster, he is responsible for participating in disaster relief work, and in times of war, he is responsible for recruiting new recruits in the local area.

When he was taken to the large conference room, Tan Renhao immediately saw that except for Nie Renfeng, Gan Yongxing. In addition to Liao Hanxiang and Wu Xianyu, there are several generals of the 6th Army, but he doesn't know any of them.

"Everyone, our great heroes are here!" Nie Renfeng stood up. smiled and walked next to Tan Renhao, and then said to the generals of the 6th Army: "This is Colonel Tan Renhao." The Chief of Staff of Task Force 1 commanded three naval battles and was the main contributor to the victory. ”

Several generals of the 6th Army smiled and nodded at Tan Renhao, and Tan Renhao hurriedly returned the salute to these generals of the 6th Army, but he had already keenly noticed that the relationship between Liao Hanxiang and one of the generals of the 6th Army was definitely not good, because the two of them looked at each other and did not look at each other so friendly

"Colonel. Let me introduce you to these generals! ”

Before Nie Renfeng introduced the general of the 6th Army, Tan Renha had already guessed that he was General Wei Boyu, the commander of the 6th Aviation. Regarding the contradiction between Liao Hanxiang and Wei Boyu, Tan Renhao has also heard about it, and Liao Hanxiang has no other opponents in the 6th Army. Of course. Tan Renhao also took this opportunity to quickly look at Wei Boyu. Admiral Wei Boyu's figure is not burly, nor is he very tall. He looks a little thin, about 55 years old, has a lot of wrinkles on his face, and his skin is relatively black, and his head is more than half whiter. What made Tan Renhao attach great importance to it was Wei Boyu's eyes, which gave people a sinister and cunning feeling, especially when Wei Boyu's gaze fell on him, Tan Renhao always felt a feeling that he was not so comfortable.

"Originally, Marshal Yan Dingyu was also going to come, but because there was an emergency, Marshal Yan Dingyu returned to the capital ahead of schedule." Nie Renfeng took a pair of brigadier general's epaulettes from Gan Yongxing's hand: "Colonel, this is what Marshal Yan Dingyu personally proposed to the Imperial Minister, you don't have to thank me, I'm just doing a favor." But now you're the youngest admiral in the history of the Imperial Navy. I believe that you will bring us more surprises in the future, and more victories for the Empire! ”

Tan Renhao was shocked, he didn't expect that Marshal Nie Renfeng called him to promote him to commodore general, and what he didn't expect was that Yan Dingyu, commander of the 6th Army, proposed to promote him to commodore general. Of course, there are still a lot of things that I didn't expect, and Ren Hao's first reaction was to stand upright, just like when Nie Renfeng pinned the rank of second lieutenant on his shoulder.

But this is not over, when Nie Renfeng pinned Tan Renhao with a brigadier general's epaulettes, he received an imperial cabinet medal. In the middle of the medal is a command knife worn by the emperor ** official before, and around it is a circle of golden lightning-shaped ornaments, symbolizing the emperor ** officer commanding the emperor ** team to fight bravely. This is the third best medal that the emperor can get, and it is mainly awarded to commanders who have made meritorious contributions to the battle, commending the commander's outstanding performance in battle.

"This medal was personally signed by Prime Minister Xue Xiyue, although he can't come to pin the medal for you, but he asked me to tell you that the empire will not treat any soldier badly, and the contribution you have made to the empire will be remembered by the people of the empire!" Just like when he gave Tan Renhao the Shanghai Lion Medal, Nie Renfeng pinned the medal to Tan Renhao's left chest, and then wiped the colonel's uniform on Tan Renhao's body with his hand, but now Marshal Nie Renfeng's hands have more wrinkles. "Work hard, I hope to be able to pin more medals for you in the future!"

"Thank you, Headmaster!" Tan Renhao said the wrong thing as soon as he was excited, but he immediately added: "Thank you, Marshal!" ”

Then Gan Yongxing, Liao Hanxiang, and Wu Xianyu all came up to congratulate Tan Renhao on his promotion to general, and several generals of the 6th Army also expressed their congratulations politely. Later, Liao Hanxiang brought a bottle of champagne, which was one of the five bottles of champagne he prepared that year, and a general was born in the Fifth Fleet!

Tan Renhao was also very happy. Or rather, excited. All of this surprised him, and Nie Renfeng gave him a big surprise.

After sending off those generals of the 6th Army, Tan Renhao was not able to leave immediately, he was called to the upper room by Nie Renfeng. It was a huge suite, reserved for high-ranking generals, and Nie Renfeng lived here after coming to Hangzhou. The room is apart from an earthy living room. There is also a bedroom as well as a study that is not too small.

After entering the study, Gan Yongxing took the initiative to open a bottle of wine, and Nie Renfeng and Liao Hanxiang. Wu Xianyu sat down separately. Tan Renhao also sat down a little embarrassed, and now he is still a little uncomfortable with the identity of a general. However, according to the rules of the Imperial Navy, even if he is the lowest-ranking brigadier general, he is already a general. It is possible to sit and speak in the same way as other generals without having permission as before. Can only stand.

"Brigadier General, don't pay attention to the jealous eyes of those 6th Army generals." Gan Yongxing brought a few glasses of wine, "The 6th Army has not made any major moves recently, and Marshal Yan Dingyu is embarrassed to recommend a new general, so this time he took the initiative to recommend you." The other generals of the 6th Army did not feel the same in their hearts. But there's nothing to say, we won the battle, and you're the biggest contributor. If you don't get promoted, you won't be able to get anywhere. ”

Everyone laughed, and now the two armies of the 6th Sea have begun to cooperate with each other on the battlefield, but the prejudice between the two armies has not disappeared.

"After Ren Hao's promotion this time. You're the commander of Task Force 1. Liao Hanxiang then spoke: "This is what the marshal meant." But. We're not going to make any big moves in the near future. The 6th Battle of Deng-6 on Ryukyu Island has been basically successful, and the 6th Army and the 6th Sentai are enough to complete the tasks below. So you can take a break for a while first. However, the battle will certainly be even tougher in the future. ”

Tan Renhao nodded, of course he understood this, and now there are not many warships in the First Task Force, and the officers and men also need to rest, so they can't participate in the Deng-6 combat operation on Ryukyu Island at all.

"Let's not delay our new general's personal time, he is not us old men, it is rare to have free time, and it can't all be wasted on us old people." Nie Renfeng laughed, it seemed that he still knew his students very well. "In addition to the promotion and award, there is another very important thing to call you over this time."

Tan Renhao frowned slightly, he knew that there would be no good things and no bad things.

"The Russian Empire is massing ground forces in its eastern regions, and in addition, according to the information we have received, Japan has not abandoned the battle plan for Deng-6 Korea." Gan Yongxing took over Nie Renfeng's words: "In addition, several new warships of the Japanese Navy are being built. The two Shozuru-class aircraft carriers may be completed two months ahead of schedule, and Japan has converted several submarine support carriers into light aircraft carriers, converted three ordinary cruise ships into escort aircraft carriers, and two large cruise ships that have passed 25 knots will be converted into aircraft carriers. However, the biggest threat is the new first-class fleet aircraft carrier being built by Japan, which will fully surpass the performance of the Soryu-class and will not be under the Akagi and Kaga......"

"Can Japan afford to start building so many aircraft carriers at the same time?" Tan Renhao was very surprised in his heart, and he made a mistake.

"It's not completely built, and a lot of it is actually directly retrofitted." Gan Yongxing corrected Tan Renhao's mistake. "Before the war, Japan had already formulated some regulations for civilian ships that could be quickly transformed into aircraft carriers in wartime, especially many of their cruise ships. But these are not the biggest threats. The biggest threat is that Japan is rushing to build their Yamato-class battleships! ”

Tan Renhao was shocked, this is not a trivial matter. The Imperial Navy has long known about Japan's construction of such "perverted" warships, but what he didn't expect was that the strength of aircraft carriers has now been proven, why does Japan continue to build battleships?

"We are also preparing to build at least four new battleships to meet the threat of Japanese naval battleships, as well as the battleships of the United States Navy across the ocean." Nie Renfeng's words were very calm: "Although the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier has been confirmed, no one doubts the power of the aircraft carrier now. But battleships are not useless, at least in the naval battle when we landed on 6 Ryukyu Island, it has been proved that as long as the opportunity is right, battleships still pose a great threat, and all the cruisers we are building now, including the large cruisers of the Li Jing class, as well as the large cruisers of the same class that are being designed, are actually no match for the battleships. Therefore, we need battleships, and more battleships that are stronger than the enemy. ”

Tan Renhao frowned slightly, and then said: "Marshal, I also admit it, but I hope that the new battleship can pass 3o knots in degree, and it should also have strong anti-aircraft firepower, so that it can at least escort the aircraft carrier." ”

"Don't worry, it's all been designed with in mind." Gan Yongxing took over the topic: "The question now is what we should do if Japan lands on the Korean Peninsula. ”

At this time, Wu Xianyu handed over a document to Tan Renhao. "That's the information we've just received. You can first take a closer look at what the marshal needs your opinion on. Tan Renhao took the document, and at this time he had already thought that Japan's landing on the Korean Peninsula must be the result of negotiations with the Russian Empire. If Japan were to start a ground battle on the Korean Peninsula and the Russian army would attack from the west of the empire, then the empire would have to fight two countries on three ground fronts, which would certainly have a great impact on the strategic deployment of the empire and even affect the outcome of the war as a whole.

"Okay, you can take it back and look at it." Nie Renfeng stood up: "But don't divulge this information. Now I'll give you a month's vacation, your hometown is in Wenzhou, right? Go back and see, come back in a month, and tell me what the Navy should do in this new challenge. ”

Tan Renhao immediately stood up and then bid farewell to Marshal Nie Renfeng and several other generals. And as soon as he walked out of the headquarters of the garrison, he remembered that he hadn't called Liao Yingyu yet! As soon as he saw that it had passed twelve o'clock in his watch, Tan Renhao suddenly felt a big head, and he immediately asked the driver who sent him back to hurry up, anyway, the military vehicle is not afraid, and no policeman dares to stop the military vehicle.

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