The three of them still went to the restaurant, and the proprietress was still very enthusiastic, but this time there was an extra girl waitress, and later Tan Renhao learned that this girl's name was Qiong Huayu, and she was the daughter of the proprietress, and she took the opportunity of the vacation to help her mother take care of the business in the store. Hao Dongjue had a very impulse to "hunt for curiosity", but after the wine and food were delivered, the energy of the three of them was transferred to the affairs of the fleet.

Tan Renhao first introduced the gains of this trip to Qingdao to the two of them, as well as some of his views, and finally, Tan Renhao asked Hao Dongjue a very important question, which was a question that he did not have in front of Chief of Staff Wu Xianyu.

"It's very difficult if it's just to improve. There were no big problems with the other two bombers, the main thing was on the torpedo bomber. "Hao Dongjue is a pilot, so he naturally knows the most about aircraft." We all know very well the data of the 'gannet', its design standard can only load one torpedo with a maximum weight of 800 kg, and if it takes off from a shore airfield, it can only hang a torpedo of up to 1000 kg, which is already the maximum bearing capacity of the ammunition pylon. If the 1,500-kilogram Swordfish torpedo was to be fitted, it would have to improve the pylons and strengthen several of the main fuselage frames. This is a big project, and it will be very difficult to modify it only with personnel from within the fleet, and it will not be possible to complete all the bombers in a short period of time. ”

Tan Renhao frowned slightly. "You mean, the 'gannets' are simply not suitable for the new torpedo?"

Hao Dongjue nodded. "It's not something that can be achieved by reducing the amount of fuel carried, removing the excess equipment on the fighter to reduce the weight. This involves the structural bearing capacity of the entire fighter, and unless we have enough engineers and technicians, and we have to know the structure of the 'gannet' very well, it is simply impossible to complete the modification. ”

"There should be no shortage of such personnel in the fleet, and the Fifth Air Wing has a lot of excellent ground crews, maybe they can really do it." Chang Jianxin interjected a sentence next to him.

"Maybe, but it can only be modified in small batches, and the performance of the fighter will change greatly, and the pilot needs to refamiliarize himself with the new fighter, especially the flight performance when fully loaded, if it is not good, it will not be able to fly at all."

Tan Renhao did not speak, the situation is already very clear, in the absence of a new torpedo bomber, the only feasible way is to modify the "gannet" so that it can carry the "Swordfish" torpedo into the sky, as long as the torpedo can be thrown, it will be enough, as for the new torpedo bomber, I am afraid this will have to wait two or three years.

"By the way, Ren Hao, you know about Marshal Sajiting coming to our side, right?" Chang Jianxin diverted the topic, after all, those problems were not something that the three of their junior staff officers could care about.

Tan Renhao immediately shook his head, and then looked at Chang Jianxin with an inquiring eye.

"The marshal came to inspect the fleet when you went to Qingdao, and Commander Liao Hanxiang accompanied the marshal to inspect the fleet, and also made a mock bombing performance." Hao Dongjue hurriedly said, "I heard that Marshal Sajiting is very satisfied with the officers and men of the Fifth Fleet, and has also discussed the development plan of the Fifth Fleet with General Liao Hanxiang in detail. ”

Now, Tan Renhao became interested. "Did the marshal give any instructions?"

Hao Dongjue shook his head. "The marshal left that day, but I heard that the navy was working on a new development plan. In two months, the Cabinet will submit this year's financial report to Parliament, as well as next year's budget. I think Marshal Saditin wants to submit the Navy's military budget to the Cabinet as soon as possible in order to obtain more funds. ”

Tan Renhao nodded, this is a very reasonable explanation. Marshal Saditin was both the commander of the Imperial Navy and the head of the Admiralty. At the end of each year or the beginning of the year (usually in late December or early January), the Cabinet Government submits a report on the fiscal expenditure of the current year (the previous year) to the Lower Assembly, and at the same time submits a budget report for the new year. It takes 10 to 15 days for the Lower Council to complete the audit and review, and finally discuss the budget for the new fiscal year with the Cabinet, and when an agreement is reached, the new budget will be approved. In order to be able to obtain the maximum amount of military spending, the Admiralty will submit the military budget for the new year to the cabinet one month or even two months in advance.

Thinking of this, Tan Renhao suddenly understood. Why should the Fifth Fleet rush to conduct a test of its actual combat effectiveness at the end of this month? As long as it passes the test and proves that the bombers carried by the Navy aircraft carriers are capable of sinking battleships, then Admiral Liao Hanxiang has enough reason to demand an increase in the Fifth Fleet and the expenditure of naval aviation. Marshal Saditin was also able to apply to the Cabinet for more naval spending with convincing evidence, and the Cabinet government was able to get the parliament to approve the new year's naval military spending.

To put it bluntly, it's all about money, and the construction of the Navy, the construction of the Fifth Fleet, as well as the construction of naval aviation, will be able to receive more support only if sufficient military spending is obtained.

That night, the three of them talked mainly about this topic. At the same time, all three of them realized that the test at the end of this month was very important, and that it was a key opportunity for the Fifth Fleet to develop more rapidly in the coming year.

Three days later, Tan Renhao received a new order, and a three-member staff group led by him was responsible for counting and analyzing the data obtained during the training of the three torpedo bomber groups of the Fifth Wing. This time, Tan Renhao and the others did not get the opportunity to get on the aircraft carrier, and all the data was provided by a group of staff officers of the aviation wing, and their task was only to make an analysis report. At this time, Tan Renhao learned that the Fifth Air Wing had carried out a comprehensive modification of 12 "gannets" and used a simulated training torpedo weighing 1,600 kilograms to conduct intensive training in the waters near the Kerama Islands. In addition, more than two dozen other bombers were also improved, hanging simulated aerial bombs for intensive training. Of course, these trainings were carried out in secret, and for this reason, almost all the work related to the training was dispersed and assigned to unrelated staff officers, and Tan Renhao was one of them.

Tan Renhao and the others completed the task perfectly, and more than ten days later, all the warships of the Fifth Fleet, which had been stationed in Naha Port for more than a year, raised the signal flag for sailing. In the afternoon of that day, Tan Renhao and the others followed the fleet staff to board the flagship of the "Yancheng".