The soft lighting, the wide bed, and the warm quilt are full of spring, intertwined with the joy and happiness of a pair of lovers' breathing. Sylvia's delicate face is as bright and pretty as a begonia, her beautiful eyes are colorful, her nose is delicate, and her tender and full cherry lips are hooked with a sweet smile, as if she wants to turn into a spring water and drown the handsome young man in front of her. Seeing the sparkling diamond on her slender orchid finger, the girl finally had a full grasp of her future fate, and she had successfully tied her loved one to her side.

After a few days of entanglement, Fang Yan, who had fulfilled his wish, also left Milan and resumed his journey back to the port of Kiel. His leave of absence was coming to an end, and the next step was the beginning of his service as a full-fledged officer. The warship he served on was still the old former Dreadnought Silesia, but the title was changed to that of a full-fledged navigator. This position is recognized as the most likely to be promoted in the entire German Navy, because navigation itself has a lot to do with power, logistics, equipment maintenance, etc.; In this position, you can get early exposure to the relevant areas of the entire warship, and lay a solid foundation for becoming a higher-level officer in the future.

In addition to his daily service on the warship, Fang Yan will also be arranged to enter the school for 3 months every year. However, this kind of training is obviously not the officer training he has just experienced, but the most difficult front-line professional knowledge imparted by senior officers with at least 20 years of military experience, so that those students who are already regular officers can further their professional skills. At present, there are 10 specialized training colleges in the German Navy, which are involved in the fields of communications, mines, medical treatment, torpedoes, naval artillery, shore artillery, navigation, air defense, sports, and chemical defense. Generally, lieutenants choose their professional direction early and then enter the corresponding school.

Since Fang Yan's goal in entering the navy was to rewrite the outcome of the future Atlantic naval battle, he needed to have enough influence on the fleet command as early as possible; Therefore, Fang Yan's positioning was clearly chosen above the chief staff officer of the main fleet. In this way, even if his length of service and rank are not enough to directly command the fleet, he can directly influence the course of the naval battle and the victory or defeat through pre-war planning and on-the-spot decisions. In the past, Masayuki Akiyama of the Japanese Navy, in his capacity as chief of staff of the fleet, formulated and led every combat operation of the combined fleet, and completely annihilated the two Russian Pacific Fleets. And Raeder, who is the commander of the Baltic Theater today, was also the chief staff officer of the commander of the battle patrol detachment Hipper 10 years ago; During the Battle of Jutland, he never left the general's side, and fought every bloody battle throughout the whole process!

With this plan, Fang Yan's efforts are completely towards this goal. Fortunately, as an officer, he had a lot more free time than ordinary sailors, which allowed him to have a lot of energy to improve his professional skills through self-study in addition to his daily service. In addition to the navigation industry, Fang Yan also studied the knowledge of naval air defense, which also laid the foundation for future naval and air operations. Fang Yan clearly understood that although he and Raeder had a very deep friendship, it was just an opportunity for him to be noticed in the promotion; If he did not have the corresponding excellent qualities, then Raeder, who had always been known for his fairness and seriousness, would not be able to promote and favor him.

However, soon, Fang Yan felt the resistance on this path. This was not because he was distracted, but because of the staggering pressure of competition within the officer corps: after all, there were only 1,500 officers in the German navy, and it was clear that the top brass could not accept that the personnel under his command should only have the level of qualified rank. At this time, the 100,000 army forces were no longer the big ones under the training of Sickert and his successors, and even the lowest men had at least the quality of non-commissioned officers; Once war breaks out, the entire army can be quickly multiplied by exponential multiples to meet the needs of the situation. Although the status of the German Navy is not as good as that of the army of a country within a country, and the way in which it forms its combat effectiveness must first rely on warships that need to be built for a long time, it is also an important member of the two troikas of the Wehrmacht.

In order to encourage the continuous self-improvement of officers and men, the German Navy conducts a large number of examinations during the daily period. In addition to the 10 basic courses offered in specialized schools such as communications and mines, the examination also covers foreign languages, mechanics, engineering, athletics, and even music. The difficulty of the exam is slightly graded, and all naval officers and sailors are free to choose to take it. On average, every half month, the two military district centers of Wilhelmshaven and Port Kiel each hold an examination in a different subject, and the content is also very practical and professional, and ordinary people have no way to achieve anything in it.

Driven by both honors and awards, the spirit of competition among German naval officers was extremely strong. A large number of officers and soldiers participated in each examination. Soon after becoming a full-fledged officer, Fang Yan took his navigation exam for the first time, and he only got a "yes" score, while a large group of people turned out to be "good" or even "excellent". Although those people's qualifications and military ranks were much higher than him, Fang Yan still felt severe pressure: he had to stand out from the ranks of lieutenants as soon as possible, and only by becoming a colonel could he have the most basic conditions to realize his ambitions.

Since then, Fang Yan has driven himself to fully immerse himself in the sea of books and practice. When he's not on duty, he spends most of his time on the ship or in his room, and he is not seen at all in the night lights of the city of Kiel. Fortunately, whether it was a past or present life, Fang Yan was accustomed to this kind of hard work, and he didn't encounter much obstacle when he picked it up at this time. Seeing that Fang Yan was so desperate, Otto, who was serving on the same battleship with him, could only throw away the pictorial in his hand in a grunt, and then picked up the book on gunnery again.

The time of October flies by in a hurry, and in a blink of an eye, it is the beginning of November, which is close to winter. Fang Yan, who took time to celebrate Sylvia's birthday, immediately took the relevant documents on the morning of the 8th of the next day and went to the local government department in Kiel with the girl to go through the formalities of formal marriage registration. Sylvia, who was eager in her heart, had already prepared all the information, and when she reached the age of 16, she would also be legally married to her lover. Although they both had important things to do, they had to go their separate ways after noon, but Sylvia did not have the slightest reluctance and loss when they parted, but was full of joy and smiles. From this moment on, the young man she fell in love with was already her husband, and as for the grand and solemn wedding, would there be a lack of it in the future?

In the process of frequent exams, Fang Yan also became familiar with quite a few of his colleagues. Because of the apocalypse of the rise and fall of the High Seas Fleet, he had already become a well-known figure in the navy, and even the colonel, who was several ranks higher than him, had a lot of reverence when facing Fang Yan, without the slightest contempt and indifference. One day, Fang Yan noticed a young lieutenant who was not a few years older than himself during the exam: he was 1.85 meters tall, his long and sturdy figure was perfect, and although his face was not as handsome and delicate as Fang Yan, he had a cold and arrogant temperament like a lone wolf.

Looking at this unfamiliar face, Fang Yan's mind suddenly flashed, and he instantly realized who the person in front of him was. This young officer is none other than Heydrich, who is known as the "hard-hearted man"!

Reinhardt Heydrich, whose name is still unknown in Germany today, has become a terrifying presence that has changed the talk of the whole of German-occupied Europe a dozen years later. As the second man in the SS after Himmler, Heydrich was at the helm of the State Security Administration, the most ferocious and sharp minions of the Nazis; He is energetic, capable and memorized, and has super comprehension and analysis skills, and he can quickly grasp the center of the problem by anything. Under his leadership, the General Security Service was not only the most formidable adversary of the Allied Intelligence Service, but also a thorny presence for anti-Nazi elements in the German-occupied territories. Heydrich and his General Security Bureau were directly and inextricably responsible for the enslavement and murder of countless Jews.

However, today's Heydrich is still just an innocent young man who is not deeply involved in the world. What is less known is that this cold-blooded and tough executioner was born into a musical family in Leipzig in 1904; Under the tutelage of his father, director of the Conservatory, Heydrich was particularly proficient at the violin, piano, cello and composition. In 1922, Heydrich, who had a thirst for honor and adventure, chose to apply for the navy, and in four years he rose from an ordinary soldier to a second lieutenant. He was described by all the officers as "gifted, learned, and capable, and devoted to everything." However, because of an affair, Heydrich was swept away by the navy with high moral qualities, but this also made him join the National Socialist Party like a horse, and climbed to a terrifying high position in just a few years.

"I didn't expect to meet him." Looking at Heydrich, who stood out in the crowd, Fang Yan no longer had any doubts in his heart. All the characteristics of the person in front of him point to the future head of the Imperial Security Bureau, and the probability of a coincidence is infinitely close to zero. As his thoughts turned, Fang Yan's mind had already begun to quickly calculate his next step: what attitude should he take towards Heydrich? Is it to be eradicated, to be co-opted, or is it to find a way to keep him in the navy so that he will lose the premise of serving the National Socialist Party in the future?

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