Gao Junshan asked Li Dingguo as a father: "My father transferred you to the Admiralty without asking for your opinion, do you have any opinions on your father?" ”

Li Dingguo said: "We have listened to our father's teachings since we were children, telling us that we will become the commander of the navy in the future, and now Sun Dahai, Liu Wenxiu, and Ma Jin are all serving in the navy, realizing the father's wish, although the child is the commander of the Eighth Army, but he has not been able to establish meritorious service for his father at sea, and now the father has transferred the child to the Admiralty, which is something that the child cannot ask for, and the child must establish new merits for his father at sea!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "With the development of the situation of our army and the aggravation of our navy's foreign combat missions, I need someone who can share my worries to share the burden for me. ”

Although Gao Junshan did not say it explicitly, this sentence already shows that Li Dingguo is the person selected by Gao Junshan to share the burden.

Li Dingguo was very excited, and he told Gao Junshan that he must take the Ninth Army with him.

Gao Junshan said: "When you take up your new post, you must humbly learn from the generals of the Ninth Army Corps Headquarters, and don't blindly command if you are not sure to appoint, the Marine Division has the operational characteristics of the Marine Division." ”

Li Dingguo said: "The child must follow the teachings of his father!" ”

Gao Junshan looked at Li Dingguo with a stern gaze and said: "Just remember, if you lose the battle as soon as you take office, I will not hesitate to remove you." Okay, I'm tired, you can step back first! ”

After Li Dingguo withdrew, Gao Junshan went to bed in a wide coat.

The battleship sailed south along the Bay of Bengal, rounded the Indian peninsula and headed north, finally reaching the port of Mumbai after a six-day voyage.

Mumbai is an emerging port city in China, where more than 20,000 Han immigrants already live, plus merchants and local natives, it is already a city of 50,000 people, and Bai Wenxuan's Fourth Army Headquarters is located here.

Gao Junshan ordered the warship to anchor in the harbor and pick up the construction expert Pan Zide onto the battleship. Bai Wenxuan also took the opportunity to board the ship to meet Gao Junshan.

Gao Junshan ordered Bai Wenxuan to prepare for battle, and after he arrived in Persia, he would launch an attack on the Mughals, with Cao Wenzhao's First Army as the Northern Front and Bai Wenxuan's Fourth Army as the Southern Front, to carry out a north-south attack on the Mughals.

Gao Junshan asked Bai Wenxuan to discuss with Li Dingguo, Hong Pengju and Tian Qiliang, and the three of them were the backbone personnel who formulated the battle plan.

After summoning Bai Wenxuan, Gao Junshan notified Pan Zide to come for an interview.

Pan Zide waited on the battleship for a whole day, not knowing what the emperor summoned him, this day he was anxious and restless, what he hoped most was that the emperor would let him go back to the capital to recuperate.

Gao Junshan received Pan Zide in his rest cabin.

"Chief, the student can go back to the capital this time, right?" The first thing Pan Zide said when he met him was that he was most concerned about.

Gao Junshan did not answer his question directly, but gestured to Pan Zide with his hand and said: "Drink tea, drink tea, this is Yangon's new tea, and it tastes very good." ”

The emperor has issued a royal decree, how dare Pan Zide disobey? He picked up the teacup, opened the lid, gently blew the tea leaves floating on the water, and took a sip.

"How?" Gao Junshan asked.

Pan Zide nodded: "Good tea, good tea, indeed good tea." ”

Gao Junshan said: "I have asked someone to prepare ten catties for you, you take it back and drink it slowly." ”

"Chief, the ...... about the students returning to the capital"

Gao Junshan said: "I promised you that after the city of Mumbai is built, I will let you go back to the capital." However, I have another important thing for you to do. ”

Pan Zide was in a hurry, he blurted out: "Your Majesty, the old minister is old, you better let the old minister go, let my old bones enjoy the blessings in the capital for a few more years." ”

Gao Junshan was unmoved, and said: "The city of Mumbai, so far it cannot be said that it has been built, according to the agreement of the monarch and ministers, you still have to stay in Mumbai." This new mission I have given you is actually very simple, you can leave Mumbai to complete this mission now, and when this new mission is completed, you can go back to the capital. ”

Pan Zide was silent.

Gao Junshan asked, "What, don't you want to accept this new task?" ”

Pan Zide said: "The imperial decree of the mountain chief, how dare the students not accept it?" ”

Gao Junshan said with a smile: "This is amazing, after this new task is completed, I will definitely let you go back to the capital." ”

"What kind of new mission is this?"

Gao Junshan asked: "You have been building in Western Xinjiang for many years, you must know the geological structure there very well?" ”

"I don't dare to say that I know a lot, but I also know a little bit of the skin."

"So you should know about Baikal, right?" Gao Junshan asked.

Pan Zide's eyes lit up: "Lake Baikal, I know it too well." ”

Gao Junshan said: "The new task I have given you is to plan a project, open a canal, introduce the water of Lake Baikal into the hinterland of China, and irrigate the farmland of China. ”

Pan Zide looked embarrassed: "Mountain Chief, if you want to introduce Baikal water into the hinterland of China, you can't do it without ten years of hard work." ”

Gao Junshan said with a smile: "It seems that you have already fought the idea of Lake Baikal. ”

Pan Zide said: "It is true, I have a large area of water in North China and Northwest, and the students did have this plan at the beginning, but after careful consideration by the students, the students thought that this matter was not as simple as a sentence, so they did not report it to the mountain chief." ”

Gao Junshan said: "Your concerns I understand, the water diversion project is indeed not a simple thing, if you do it, then you have made a world-class contribution to China!" ”

Pan Zide said in a prevaricating tone: "The water diversion project is very huge, and the students may not be able to bear such a difficult task, and they will lose the trust of the mountain chief to the students!" ”

Gao Junshan cheered him up: "I have already assigned you an assistant, he is Li Ruoxing of the Ministry of Industry, and I will also assign you a hundred Chongwen disciples who have just graduated to you, so you don't have to do it yourself, just grasp the general direction." The preliminary work is as easy as it gets, just do some preparatory work for the survey. ”

Pan Zide knew that he would have to go if he didn't go up, so he expressed his attitude to Gao Junshan: "Mountain chief, please rest assured, no matter how arduous this task is, the students will complete it, and if they don't introduce the water of Lake Baikal into China, the students will not return to the capital!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Very good, this also shows that your attitude is correct." With such an attitude, if you put yourself into it, you will definitely be able to succeed and succeed. ”

Pan Zide said: "The students buried this old bone in the western Xinjiang, and they also wanted to build this aqueduct successfully." ”

Gao Junshan said: "Don't worry, you just need to do a good job in the early exploration project, and then you only need to sit in the capital." ”

"Thank you for your kindness to the students!"