The research attitude of the old man and the current research atmosphere are almost two different eras, although he was born in the military, but the old man has the demeanor of the literati of that era. Only delve into one aspect of your life, focus on the field you are studying, and not go around for the sake of popularity and influence.

When the car arrived at the school, Ye Xing didn't let too many people come to greet him, and Zhong Chen personally brought a few professors to the front of the school auditorium.

The old man's public class was arranged in the largest auditorium of Huaihai University.

All the students were informed early, not only the students of the School of History, but most of the students of the entire Huaihai University heard that the Haiphong Lieutenant General was going to give a lecture, and they were very enthusiastic to listen to the lecture.

At this time, the auditorium was already full of students, and many students, because they had no place to sit, could only stand in the corridor, and the school arranged a lot of temporary seats in time for them to sit down, so as not to block others.

Not only that, but the local TV station that learned the news also came to broadcast the whole process. The old man walked to the lectern tremblingly, and Ye Xing took a chair and let the old man sit on the chair.

Looking at the eyes below that were full of curiosity and thirst, Zhan Haicheng's eyes were slightly astringent. For many years, he dreamed of telling the stories of his comrades-in-arms.

And now, it's finally time to make that dream come true.

Zhan Haicheng stood up first.

A slight salute was given.

Zhan Haicheng, the first naval soldier in China, reported. ”

Everyone was in awe at the moment when the old man saluted, even if the old man was in his last years, he still adhered to the standard of a soldier to demand himself, and in the salute just now, it seemed to have traveled to the past and became that young and mighty naval soldier!

Many of the students below followed his example and returned a military salute, and then the old man sat down and began to tell the story of his military service.

In that era, when the country was in peril, every young person had the belief to die for the country. When he first joined the army, he was not the first army in China at this time.

At that time, his unit was still listed in the navy of the Republic of China, and at that time he had just graduated from a naval academy abroad and returned to China for the safety of the motherland.

However, their warships, as a rare naval force in China at that time, were treasures, so they were rarely allowed to participate in too difficult battles.

Originally, they were all a little slack, but no one expected the war to come so quickly. An economic crisis occurred in the country, and the war spread from the country to China.

At that time, the Japanese Navy, the third largest naval power in the world, was terrifying, and only those naval soldiers who had participated in the battles of the Japanese Navy could understand.

Initially, in Shanghai, they wanted to surround the Japanese navy with warships, but even in the first place, they still couldn't defeat it.

The armament of both sides is not above the same level.

This battle made him completely lose his dignity as the pride of the sky. Since then, they have become an army that can only escape.

They did not have a single real battle with the Wa Navy. Most of the time, they were harassing, harassing to cover the retreat of the army and local civilians. When the great retreat was over, they were outcasts, they could not follow the troops into the interior, and once they entered, they became a live target, and at that time, the Japanese bombers could easily sink them.

So, they stayed in the open sea.

With support from the Pacific, they turned a navy into a guerrilla force that could only harass them from afar.

Once, Zhan Haicheng was also very dissatisfied with this way of fighting. I feel that instead of fighting like this, it is better to burn the jade and use my own ships to replace the warships of the Japanese State, their warships are much weaker in terms of cost and tonnage, and if they can change to the other party's ships a little, they will definitely make money.

However, at that time, his captain gave him an account.

At this time, they were the only fleet in China, and each of their ships was indispensable, but at that time, the shipyards of the Wa Kingdom were able to produce one warship every month, and they had no place to replenish.

The captain's words made him silent for more than half a month, and since then, Zhan Haicheng understood that because they were weak, they had no qualifications to exchange with each other, nor did they have the qualifications to go to the jade burning.

They can only hide in the shadows like rats in the sewers, waiting for their strength to grow. Since then, he has had a dream of a strong coastal defense in his heart.

Later, the Wa Kingdom was defeated, and peace was restored in China after a war, and he was ordered to form the first navy of New China because of his great meritorious service. But he will always remember what the old captain told him before he died under the fire of the Japanese fleet.

At this point, the old man opened his eyes slightly, looking at the ignorant children below, they had not experienced that chaotic era, and they didn't know how their lives came to be now.

"The old captain told me that we need coastal defense in China, and we need to let the enemy sink before they reach our mainland. Therefore, every one of us in Haiphong is the spark of China's Haiphong. He looked forward to watching the day when Huaxia had the most powerful navy in the world. ”

Today, although Huaxia's navy is not the strongest in the world, it is enough to make all who dare to defy it regret it.

"Many friends who have studied coastal defense may feel that our current coastal defense strength is still not strong enough, and feel that in some aspects we are not as good as the more powerful countries such as the United States, but they don't know where our starting point is. The past 50 years have been won by generations of Haiphong people with their lives, and now we in Huaxia Haiphong have been able to loudly announce to the world that we have the ability to defend our country, and no matter who vainly tries to get their hands on Huaxia Haiphong, we have enough ability to let them come and go. ”

The old man spoke, slowly standing up.

He remembered the war they had with pirates on the ocean, and as a navy, they were blocked in the bay by pirates, and in the end, it was a few brother ships that attacked them suicidally to let them leave safely. I remembered that they had worked hard to obtain some advanced coastal defense weapons from abroad, and that over the years, advanced warships had been launched again and again.

He recounted everything he could still think of, and when he finished speaking, all the students present were still immersed in it, unable to calm down for a long time.

Until they saw the old man salute again.

Involuntarily, everyone stood up and returned a military salute to the old man.

They didn't know at this time that the study of Huaxia coastal defense had taken root in Huaihai University.

Finally, looking at the figure of the old man leaving, Ye Xing sighed slightly, although this old man was just a mortal, the spirit in his body was incomparable to many monks.