Because he was still the commander of the First Air Task Force and the Third Air Task Force, in terms of personnel, Bai Zhizhan was still subordinate to the Fleet Operations Division.

Immediately after arriving at the office, he received a piece of good news from the officer on duty.

Ground forces have already been stationed and controlled in Naqiu Harbor, and a field has been leveled, and the shore-based air force on Ashishima will be sent over in the next few days.

If nothing goes wrong, the Third Air Task Force will be able to be drawn out by January 5 at the latest.

It's just that so far, the command of the Navy has not clarified the whereabouts of the 3rd Air Task Force.

In the words of the officer on duty, stuck with the commander-in-chief. The Fleet Operations Office had already handed over the scheduling arrangements, but Liu Changxun did not reply for a long time.

Because the 3rd Carrier-Based Aviation Wing had already been replenished, the 1st Carrier-based Aviation Wing had already returned to the Qianyu Islands yesterday, before Bai Zhizhan returned to the imperial capital. According to the above meaning, the 1st Carrier Aviation Wing will conduct rearmament training there.

In accordance with the principle of station ownership, the 1st Carrier-based Air Wing will temporarily be placed under the command of the home fleet until it returns to the fleet.

Now only four aircraft carriers are available, and only two carrier-based aviation wings are needed.

Don't look at the Third Carrier-based Aviation Wing that followed the White Stop War to fight in the West and East and the East and made great achievements, but in terms of relations, the First Carrier Air Force Wing was the descendant unit of the White Stop War. In the Third Carrier-based Aviation Wing, there are quite a few officers promoted by Liu Xiangbin. As long as they are classified as special groups, these officers will definitely come together with Liu Xiangzhen, and at most they are only grateful to Bai Zhizhan for leading them to a big victory.

In the future, if they achieve a more important victory with Liu Xiangzhen, they will forget about the war in vain.

More than ten years of painstaking management is definitely not something that can be surpassed in one battle.

By noon, Bai Zhizhan received the second piece of good news of the day.

The "Xuhai" and "Yanhai" have already returned to the port of Matsukachi accompanied by two destroyers, and according to the plan, they will leave for Puzhou tomorrow.

If all goes well, the two battleships will undergo final overhaul at the Puzhou shipyard and be officially delivered to the Navy by January 10.

It has not yet been decided which fleet will be incorporated into the final fleet, or which task force it will be assigned to.

As soon as he went to lunch, Liu Changxun's secretary came over and called Bai Zhizhan to go to the commander-in-chief's office.

"When you come back, how are you doing?"

"Thank you Commander-in-Chief for your concern, everything is fine." Bai Zhizhan noticed that the wall facing the door had been replaced with a portrait of Zhu Shijian.

It is a naval tradition to hang portraits of former commanders-in-chief, as a way to show that the strong navy is now based on the inheritance of generations of soldiers.

When Zhu Shijian worked here, there was a portrait of Zhou Kuande.

"That's good. Just relax, don't drink too much. Liu Changxun looked Bai Zhizhan up and down, and said, "I don't want to explain the decision made at the meeting last night. Now that Lian Xusheng and the others have returned to the imperial capital, it is a matter of the past few days. It is impossible for the next stage of the combat plan to be dragged on forever. Before I have a new arrangement, I have a very important matter for you to take care of. ”

Bai Zhizhan was stunned, he couldn't think of anything more important than the second phase of the offensive operation.

"According to the plan, we have to start the fleet reform ahead of schedule."

Hearing Liu Changxun say this, Bai Zhizhan was immediately stunned, and stared at Liu Changxun intently for a while before he came back to his senses suddenly.

"Commander-in-Chief, this ......"

"I went to talk to the principal, and he also meant the same thing, and recommended that you be in charge of this matter, and Liu Xiangzhen has returned to Chengjiang Port."

"When did he leave?"

"After last night's meeting."

Bai Zhizhan nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

Liu Xiangzhen rushed back in a hurry, which must have something to do with the second phase of combat operations, and it also showed that the Navy Command had already made a conclusion on personnel arrangements.

This means that He Yongxing did not come forward to speak for Bai Zhizhan.

Thinking of this, Bai Zhizhan couldn't help but sigh.

If you want to say it, He Yongxing's gas pattern is still a little smaller, even if it is similar to Liu Changxun, there is definitely no way to compare with Zhu Shijian.

Perhaps, this is also the reason why Zhu Shijian did not let him sit on the throne of commander-in-chief of the navy.

"You and Liu Xiangzhen have both participated in the reform of the navy, and they are both proud disciples of the principal, Liu Xiangzhen is not here, so you need to promote the reform."

"Commander-in-Chief ......"

"Let's take a look at this first."

When Liu Changxun handed over the folder, Bai Zhizhan closed his mouth.

Although he felt very uncomfortable, Liu Changxun said that this was an arrangement made by Zhu Shijian, and there must be some very important reasons for it.

Flipping it open, Bai Zhizhan immediately tightened his brows.

The implementation of naval reform for nearly 20 years can be said to be Zhu Shijian's number one achievement during his tenure as commander-in-chief of the navy, and it is also the greatest legacy that Zhu Shijian left to his successor. It's a pity that by the day Zhu Shijian left the Navy Headquarters, there were still many reform measures that could not be implemented.

The two fleets still exist, still in separate positions.

To put it simply, it was just the transfer of fleet aircraft carriers to form a task force directly subordinate to the naval command, which indirectly weakened the two fleets.

The next thing to do is to make a radical change, preferably to completely abolish the fleet system that has continued since Chen Bingxun.

Fundamentally, in fact, the command authority was withdrawn, and the Navy Command made unified arrangements and arrangements, and the two fleets were transformed into administrative functional organs.

First of all, it is necessary to change the number of the fleet.

This is also the hardest step.

"Home Fleet" and "Southern Fleet" are not just names, they are the spiritual pillars that have been condensed by the painstaking efforts of several generations of naval personnel and followed by thousands of naval officers and men. It is more appropriate to say that it is a totemic symbol. It will certainly not be an easy task to abolish it.

What's more, it is still to name the fleet with cold, emotionless numbers.

According to the original arrangement, in the future, the fleets facing the Guia Ocean will be named in singular, and the fleets facing the Yanhai and Fanyan Oceans will be numbered in an even number.

The key is that the number of the fleet is not inherited, resulting in the fleet itself losing its inheritance.

That's the hardest part to accept.

A century-old navy, that's not an empty slogan.

In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, a strong navy has a strong inheritance, which is the fruit of the hard work of the navy people from generation to generation, and it is also the destination of the navy officers and men.

What will the navy look like if it loses its heritage?

No one can imagine, and no one dares to imagine.

In addition, the Home Fleet will be renamed the Guia Fleet, and the Southern Fleet will be renamed the Fanyan Ocean Fleet.

All in all, after such a change, both the Home Fleet and the Southern Fleet will become history, and the faction based on the two fleets will become rootless duckweed.

After that, all warships were placed under the command of the Navy.

As for personnel appointments and dismissals, even if they are temporarily in the hands of the two fleets, because officers are bound to battleships, they ultimately have to look at the face of the naval command.

Admittedly, this is a step that must be taken.

It's just that Bai Zhizhan knows very well what is going on.

When looking through the documents, Bai Zhizhan had already thought through it.

Zhu Shijian asked him to do this by name, Liu Changxun also took the initiative to talk to him, the key is that he is a general who came out of the home fleet!

After the battle in the West-East Guiat, the prestige of Bai Zhizhan in the home fleet was only under He Yongxing.

But the problem is, it's definitely not a bad deal.