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Due to a paper order, Kii's town guard office temporarily has an older predecessor who is on vacation - Izumo. This made the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Clan, who dealt with the four elementary school students and the "Demon King Couple" every day, happy. They were a group of professional idlers who were accustomed to eating and waiting for death, fishing for three days and playing cards for two days, and they went to the inner harbor where the Izumo was anchored to watch.

“…… In short, everyone warmly welcomes the Izumo residency, the flagship of the town guard of Yizhou Kaohsiung Port. "Sato Gonjun introduced the old ship girls in old military uniforms to the officers with heads and faces in the Ninth Sentai Team. In order to reflect the spirit of the ninth team, he cleaned the auditorium that had not been used for many years as the venue for the welcome ceremony.

Officers of all sizes had also remediated their knowledge before they came, and they knew what kind of identity the woman standing next to Kii and Sato Gonjun was. There was thunderous applause in the auditorium, and Kii also felt very face-saving. Vice Admiral Tanigawa, who is a naval boss of the same level as her father, specially handed over the flagship of the fleet to the Ninth Sentai to Sasebo Military Port, which is to rest assured of the ability of the Ninth Sentai.

"Izumo thinks my town guard is great, right? They are all positive and optimistic Imperial Navy soldiers, reliable in their work, and brave in battle......"

In the face of Kii's increasingly exaggerated introduction, Izumo made a stop gesture. She looked down at Kii, who was at a loss. "It's a pity, the elites you speak, I don't see the slightest bit of Imperial Navy soldiers. Maybe the soldiers of the Army's Division B are not much like them. ”

The entire auditorium fell silent, and the group of officers who were used to freedom, not timid and cowardly people like Kii, were silent after being reprimanded by Izumo. They were quiet for a few seconds before they "defended" the glory of the Ninth Team.

Sato Gonjun slammed the manuscript in his hand, which quieted down the bustling officers. He also knew what kind of people the officers of his town guard were people, but when it came to the face of the team, he had to pretend not to know. "Miss Izumo, that's a mistake. Our 9th Sentai team has been serving as a convoy escort for many years, and we don't have the first task of fighting like the town guard that Miss Izumo came into contact with. In your opinion, our military personnel are a little weaker in terms of combat effectiveness, but this does not affect our loyalty to the Empire, after all, the positions are different. ”

"Mr. Sato, your reasons sound good. If I were the commander of a submarine group in the American Federation, I would think so. ”

Izumo didn't show any mercy when she spoke, and she looked at the four destroyer girls standing in the back row, who had just heard the word "American submarine" and visibly shrunk their heads.

"The elite of the Ninth Sentai Team? That is, the so-called short and tall? It's no wonder that I heard that many military school Ershizu likes to run to the ninth team for a few years. Although you don't have military merits here, it's not bad to be able to live a good life of fishing, playing cards and eating military pay every day. ”

What Izumo said was not wrong at all, there were many military academy errand students present who came in by stuffing money and opening the back door to mix with the military. Many people also like the leisurely life here, they don't have to go to the front line, and they don't have to participate in military exercises and emergency training, so they simply stay in the ninth team and don't leave.

"Deliver me to my room for dinner. I won't be attending your welcome dinner. ”

After Izumo finished speaking, he turned around and left, hanging Kii and Sato Gonjun on the stage, as well as more than a hundred officers in the auditorium.

A welcome party ended awkwardly, not only did Kii lose face, but the entire ninth team lost face. In the past, Sasebo's colleagues knew the general situation of the Ninth Sentai and only laughed after dinner, but now Izumo's remarks have spread all over the Sasebo Military Port within a week, and if it weren't for the mediation of the Sasebo Military Port Headquarters, maybe the entire Imperial Navy would know about this good show.

Kii also received the first "Opinion on Rectifying Military Conduct and Military Discipline" issued by the headquarters since taking office, and Commander Sasebo Shiozawa said it very tactfully, and it also took care of Kii's special status.

"Sato-kun, what should I do?"

As the secretary, Sato Gonjun already has a preliminary rectification plan in mind, but when he thinks of a large number of old fritters in the ninth team, what is the point of just rectifying the military discipline and military style of the soldiers?

"Unless, you order drastic reforms. All officers who had disobeyed military discipline were dismissed. Otherwise, nothing works. ”

Gonjun Sato guessed that the headquarters would come to accountability, so he had already prepared a reply letter, plus a pair of calligraphy and paintings brought from China as a gift, and sent several subordinates sent by Commander Shiozawa.

When it comes to money, Kii's pockets are bulging. On this mission in China, she also bought cheap Chinese antiques. The original ordinary Admiral's office has now been converted into a Chinese-style study. Precious landscape paintings hang on both sides, and on each desk is more or less an authentic paperweight pen holder. The 8 vases in the office have also been replaced with a set of Jingde blue and white flowers in the Ming Dynasty, which is very good-looking.

"Radical reforms? You sit in this kind of office and talk about reform? Izumo walked into Kii's office just in time. Several civil officials who were working outside saw the evil star, and immediately flashed under the signal of Sato Gonjun's eyes.

Sato Gonjun rarely had a face on the floor, and he didn't have his usual false smile. "Lady Izumo, this is the Ninth Sentai Town Guard. If you are dissatisfied, please report back to your Admiral, Lieutenant General Hasegawa. Our Ninth Squads will treat you with the highest level of courtesy, what makes you feel sluggish? Do you have to find fault everywhere? That's what you see in our Ninth Sentai team, so what about the lack of discipline? What about the erosion of military style? Commander Shiozawa is not on our side yet? If it weren't for your face, he would have been idle to send us 'submissions'? ”

Sato Gonjun is really angry, he is not a good-tempered person, and in his eyes, the so-called military discipline and military style are just façade skills. I didn't see Commander Shiozawa's subordinates receiving "political contributions", and all of them smiled like chrysanthemums, and perhaps when I went to Commander Shiozawa's residence in a few days, I could also see a Chinese calligraphy and painting from a famous artist hanging on the wall.

"Don't be afraid of her, you're the newest super dreadnought-class battleship. The Izumo was nothing more than an armored battlecruiser from the British in the early stages of World War I. Compared to you, what is she? ”

With Sato's encouragement, Kii also mustered up rare courage and faced the other party for the first time. "Everything in the office, I paid for it. Don't compare your town guard standards to mine with my town guard house! My Sanjo family is financed by seven or eight large consortia, and my eldest brother is the president of Hiroshima's largest firearms and munitions company, and I have the money to buy luxury goods to decorate my home. How? Look down on rich people, right? ”

Ji Yi also held her breath, except for her third brother Sanjo Teimasa, no one has ever criticized her harshly. She used to focus on ship design, but now that she is free, she rarely enjoys the life of a rich child, who has she provoked?

Izumo's face finally lost its poker-like seriousness, and she bent over her stomach and laughed. "Kii, I've never seen anyone as straightforward as you. It's so much fun! You get angry, like a little kid who has been robbed of a bear doll...... Hahaha......"

Kii and Sato Gonjun also saw Izumo smile for the first time, which made them completely confused. One second she was an old woman with the concept of the last century, and the next second she became as unimaged as the eldest sister next door.

"Yes, since you are dissatisfied, you have to speak out, your power must be shown, and cowardice will only make others want to bully you more. Don't think that you are the strongest battleship in the Empire, and do the same thing as some destroyers. Your brother is just a commander like you. He punched you hard, and you didn't even think about fighting back? You are a ship's mother, not a weak little girl. Maybe you haven't realized it yourself, but now that you're arresting me and beating me up, Nagato won't hold you accountable. Got it, you have a strength in your hands that ordinary people can't imagine. ”

Izumo didn't understand what Kii understood, but he still stretched out his hand and looked at the ten white fingers, and he didn't have much power.

"It seems too early to tell you this. Mr. Sato, you understand, right? Izumo pointed to Sato Gonjun beside Kii. A smart person like you must have already had contact with the 'seven or eight foundations' that Kii just mentioned, right? Man dies for money, and birds die for food. I don't believe you're going to be impressed by the sheer power behind Kii's Sanjo family. ”

"Izumo belongs to a more unlikable genre than me." Sato Gonjun acquiesced, but Kii wouldn't mind, and she also took the initiative to ask Sato Gonjun to handle the accounts of the "political donation" for her.

Izumo laughed and said, "I'm married, whether others like me or not, what does it have to do with me?" After many years of fighting in the south and the north, there are more people who hate me. ”

Thinking of Izumo's husband, Yasunari Kawabata, in the investigation materials, Sato Gonjun couldn't help but admire the writer.

Izumo is not a person with a mental cleanliness, and she also knows the bad situation of Sentai Nine, but that is a legacy of Sasebo Gunport's own history. Her purpose is only to let Kii grow during the rare long vacation. The Nagato faction is indeed powerful within the navy, and there is also the figure of Emperor Hirohito behind it. But can the so-called imperial faction and the unification faction lead Japan to prosperity and strength?

Izumo and Vice Admiral Hasegawa never felt that war would solve all problems, but since they couldn't stop it, what they could do was to end it as soon as possible. The Command faction has taken control of the army, and becoming the only voice of the military department is just around the corner, and the royal faction has lost its competitiveness. Now the Nagato faction of the Imperial Road faction has a firm grip on the power of the navy, and the control faction is using the power of the chaebol to become a new force in Kii. Regardless of who is the truth or neither, Izumo just wants to speed up the process of competition.

"Admiral Kii, from today onwards, I will teach you the combat experience necessary to be a battleship shipwive. Don't think about how kind the two women of Nagato Mutsu are, they don't have a good heart to give you a promotion. ”