The ship had not yet docked, but the shore was already full of people greeting them, and there was a military band of honor guards on the shore, neatly dressed. Luo Yue was also a little surprised, he didn't expect so many people to come to welcome the return of the marines, in fact, they were not the first batch of returning combat troops to return to Japan, they had already returned two batches in front, but all the people who returned this time were members of the marines, with a total of one division and two regiments, about 22,000 people.

The steamer slowly approached the shore and took the gangway, Luo Yue was the first to come down from the gangway, and the Minister of the Navy Shang Jinfeng immediately greeted him, Luo Yue hurriedly stood up and saluted, and said, "Minister Shang." ”

Shang Jinfeng returned the salute, then stretched out his hand to shake Luo Yue, and said, "Commander Luo, welcome you back." At this time, the military band also played cheerful music, and the crowd immediately burst into cheers and applause, and many people held flowers and waved banners.

Luo Yue said: "Minister Shang, this is too grand!"

Shang Jinfeng said with a smile: "You are a meritorious army, you have made great contributions on the battlefield in Japan, and now that you are back, of course, you must make it more grand, and you can also increase the sense of honor of the soldiers." ”

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Also, the troops are really hard to fight in Japan, so it can be regarded as a kind of comfort." ”

Shang Jinfeng said with a smile: "This is nothing, there will be a commendation meeting for the Marine Corps tomorrow, which is the main event." But you can't go back yet, go to the Military Commission first, Lao Xiao is waiting for you? Your things will be sent back by the guards first. ”

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Okay, I'll arrange the troops and go right away." ”

So Luo Yue ordered the troops to go back to the barracks to rest first, and called his guards to send his luggage home first, and then told his family to pick him up at the Military Commission in a while.

So the Marines lined up and walked down the gangway in turn, and the welcoming crowd automatically divided a path for the Marines to pass, and there were constant cheers and applause, and the people holding the flowers stuffed their flowers into the hands of the soldiers, and some people took out the big red flowers made in advance and put them on the soldiers, and the whole atmosphere was very warm. The soldiers are also very excited, in fact, during the war in Japan, there are indeed many people who have fluctuations in their hearts, Bi Jing is fighting far away from his homeland, and the freshness is over, and the feeling of homesickness is naturally getting stronger and stronger, but now it seems that these efforts are worth it.

After the army left the port, Luo Yue and Shang Jinfeng boarded the car, came to the Military Commission together, and went straight to Xiao Jianjun's office.

After the ceremony, the three of them sat down on the reception sofa, Xiao Jianjun said: "Xiao Luo, you fought very well in Japan this time, and played our military might, didn't you see Ito Hirobumi come to negotiate, honest as Sun Xiao, if it wasn't for you playing well in Japan, what would he be so cowardly? So you have made great contributions." ”

Luo Yue said: "Commissioner Xiao has won the award, these are what we should do." ”

Xiao Jianjun nodded and said, "Russia in the northeast has also asked to restart negotiations, and there is a great possibility that the negotiations will be successful this time." After this war, there should be no large-scale wars for a while, so you can also stay in Qingdao for a while, take a good rest, and spend more time with your family. However, Lao Qin may have to stay in the Northeast for a while, and your family can't be reunited yet. ”

Luo Yue hurriedly said: "We can understand that it's all for the country." ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "I called you here today, mainly to tell you that although there is nothing to do during this time, you can't be idle." Although we won the war in the Far East this time, many problems in the troops were exposed, and the navy and army will repair and improve the building of the troops, and I think the Marine Corps is no exception. ”

Luo Yue said: "Yes, when I was in Japan, I was already thinking about the next development of the Marine Corps, and I also wrote a lot of notes. ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "Very good, you are indeed a person with a heart, but there is one thing I don't know if you have thought about it, that is, the positioning of the Marine Corps!"

Luo Yue was stunned for a moment and said, "Positioning?"

Shang Jinfeng said: "At present, there are two opinions in the Central Military Commission: one is to set up the Marine Corps as an independent service, just like the United States, and give full play to the advantages of the Marine Corps in rapid response, flexible deployment, and comprehensive combat capability; and the other is that the Marine Corps will remain in the Navy and only exist as a marine force of the Navy. Because you are the commander of the Marine Corps, you should have the most say in the positioning of the Marine Corps, so we would like to hear your opinion as well. ”

Luo Yue thought for a while and said, "I only think about the improvement of the formation of the Marine Corps, so I haven't thought about the positioning of the Marine Corps!" After a pause, he said: "And the positioning of the Marine Corps, in principle, should not be considered by officers of my level, it should be considered at the level of the Military Commission, and I will only implement it in accordance with the resolution of the Military Commission." ”

Xiao Jianjun said with a smile: "The establishment is set according to the positioning, if the positioning of the Marine Corps is not clear, then the formation will not be able to talk about it." Of course, officers of your level don't need to think about this issue in principle, but now that our institutions and systems are not perfect, we should not be too rigid in formality. You are the commander of the Marine Corps, and you fought many battles with the Marines in this Far Eastern War, so your opinion is also very important. Although you haven't thought about it, it's not rushed, we still have time. Tomorrow is the commendation meeting of the Marine Corps, and the day after tomorrow we will discuss it together at the Military Commission, and you can also think about it in the next two days. ”

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Okay, I'll think about it seriously." ”

Xiao Jianjun said: "I came to you, mainly to talk about this matter, and I won't delay your time much, go back and rest, you young husband and wife haven't seen each other for more than half a year, I don't dare to keep you anymore, otherwise Xiaoying will sue me in front of your mother-in-law again." ”

Luo Yue also smiled, and then got up to say goodbye to Xiao Jianjun and left.

Coming out of Xiao Jianjun's office, Luo Yue went down the stairs until he came to the lobby of the Military Commission building, and with a glance, he saw Zhou Weiying wearing a military uniform and sitting on the rest sofa in the lobby. At this time, Zhou Weiying's eyes happened to look in the direction of the stairs, and the two looked at each other, and both found each other.

Luo Yue couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and hurried over, Zhou Weiying also got up from the sofa and greeted him, and the two immediately hugged each other, which also attracted the attention of many people. But when I saw the epaulettes of the two, I didn't say anything, just looked at it twice.

Although Luo Yue and Zhou Weiying are not very old, but the military rank is not low, Luo Yue is now 31 years old, but he is already a major general; and Zhou Weiying is only 28 years old, but he is already a colonel, such two young people, but they have such a high military rank, everyone knows that these are two veteran officers, so even if the behavior is out of line, of course the naturalized officers dare not care, and most of the veteran officers know the two, know that the two are husband and wife reunion, and they can understand the behavior of the two, and the eyes of the two are also good.

However, Luo Yue and Zhou Weiying are not people who do not distinguish between important occasions, they were in a state of distress just now, but they recovered quickly, so they were quickly separated. Luo Yue said: "Why are you here?" Although Zhou Weiying is a soldier, he is actually a medical soldier, belonging to a technical branch, and generally does not have anything to do on the side of the Military Commission.

Zhou Weiying said: "I'm here to pick you up, Xiao Qi has sent all your luggage to the house, and told us that you came to the Military Commission, he was going to rush here to pick you up, I think he worked hard enough, so I told him to go back to rest, I'll come here to pick you up, let's go home!"

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Okay, go home." ”

The two walked out of the Military Commission building together, Zhou Weiying led Luo Yue to the parking lot on the side of the building, in front of a quaint car, opened the door of the driving seat, and said, "Get in the car." ”

Luo Yue opened the car door on the other side and said, "You have already got your driver's license?"

Zhou Weiying smiled: "Of course it's not from the hospital, although my dad is not at home, my mother won't let me use the hospital car, this is a new car that our family bought, and my driver's license was just obtained last day." ”

Luo Yue sat in the co-pilot's seat and said, "We already have a private car sold? ”

Zhou Weiying started the car, slowly drove away from the Military Commission, turned onto the road, and said: "Yes, not long after you left, Liu Gao's company launched a private car for sale, and the family ordered one, and after I got my driver's license, I picked up the car and came out, and it was much more convenient to have a car at home." After a pause, he said, "When you come back this time, just buy another one, anyway, when Dad comes back, you also need to use the car again." ”

Luo Yue looked at the structural layout in the car, compared with the old time and space, the structure in the car was of course much simpler, and there were not so many instruments, but Bi Jing was a real car. Although in the old time and space, family cars were no longer a rare thing, Luo Yue had not bought a car yet, and Bi Jing had served in the army since graduating from the military academy, so he had no time to buy a car. In the old time and space, Qin Zheng's family bought a car, but most of them were driven by Zhou Ping, because Zhou Weiying was still young and only 20 years old at that time, and her family was very strict with her, and she was not allowed to drive, and Qin Zheng was on overseas missions with warships for most of the year, and there were not many opportunities to drive. But in this day and age, this goal has been achieved.

After the car drove on the road, Luo Yue found that there were really some cars running on the road, although there were not as many as the old time and space, but it was by no means rare, it seems that in East China, there are really a lot of people who have bought private cars. Moreover, pedestrians and carriages are going their own way, and there are traffic lights and police commands at the intersection, which looks quite a bit of an old time and space scene. Of course, if the styling of the car were a little more modern, it would be more like it.