When he was still in the Southwest Pacific, Tan Renhao received the news that his wife went to Germany as a student and was about to study in Germany for a year. In order to ensure the safety of scholars from the Tang Empire, the Persian Empire, and other allied countries, such as Liao Yingyu, the Germans were well prepared to allow them to operate in the eastern part of Germany instead of going to the dangerous western region. It is precisely because of this that Liao Hanxiang and Tan Renhao let Liao Yingyu go.

At the beginning, Tan Renhao and Liao Hanxiang both felt that it was not a good thing to go to Germany now, but Liao Yingyu insisted on going, and said that if she was not allowed to go, then she would apply to be transferred to the front-line field hospital, anyway, the trauma medicine she studied was the most effective on the front. As a result, Liao Hanxiang took advantage of the power in his hands to arrange two entourages for Liao Yingyu, which was more than others.

When he returned home, his family had already slept, and Tan Renhao didn't bother them, and went upstairs lightly. He hadn't slept, in fact, he couldn't, he had been asleep on the plane for hours. As a result, before dawn, Tan Renhao left the study, preparing to go to the naval headquarters, and preparing to come back in the evening to say hello to his parents.

"You arrived last night, right?"

Tan Renhao was startled, only to realize that the sound came from a shed that had just been erected in the garden. Then, Tan Jingkang walked out.

"I heard the door open last night, and I know it's you back, and you slept okay at night?"

"Dad, you got up so early?" Tan Renhao walked over with a smile.

"When I'm old and can't sleep, I get up early to see the vegetables I grow. Exercise by the way. "When Tan Jingkang saw what his son was wearing, he knew that his son was ready to go out." Going to report so early? Your mom is making breakfast. Have your favorite meat-filled dumplings, eat them and go. ”

Tan Renhao couldn't refuse, so he could only follow his father back to the hall.

"Brother. You didn't say hello when you came back, we thought there was a burglar in the house last night! ”

Seeing his sister walking down the stairs in a set of pajamas, Tan Renhao was even more surprised, he didn't expect his sister to come back too.

"Qinglian has lived there for a few days, and he is too unaccustomed to being alone. They moved in with us. Gu Xiujuan walked out with two bowls of glutinous rice balls, "Sit down, I know that you have to get up early, so I made breakfast in advance, this is your favorite meat-filled glutinous rice ball." ”

Tan Renhao sat down obediently, that was his favorite food when he was a child, but now he has little interest in tangyuan, mainly in the fleet, and on average one-third of the supper is tangyuan.

"Brother, look how good your mother is to you. Don't hurry up and eat it yet! Tan Qinglian naughtily hugged Tan Renhao's neck, "You just came back, and the family is centered on you, don't let down your mother's hard work, you even have to drink soup!" ”

"Qinglian, don't joke with your brother. You're not a little girl anymore. ”

Tan Renhao laughed. "It's okay, Qinglian, Dongjue still mentions you often, have you received all the letters he wrote?"

"I received it, I haven't read it yet, the content of each letter is almost the same, and there is nothing to read." Tan Qinglian was obviously very dissatisfied with Hao Dongjue's attitude of coping with things. "By the way, my sister-in-law has sent several letters back, and I will help you collect the ground. Do you want me to bring it to you? ”

"Yingyu's letter from Germany?" Tan Renhao really didn't think of it, "No." You can go to the study, I have a lot of things to attend to during the day, and I will see it when I come back in the evening. ”

"It's okay, you have to find time to write to my sister-in-law."

"By the way, what about Xiaobao?" Tan Renhao found out that his son was not at home.

"Xiaobao ......" Tan Qinglian did not continue.

"Xiaobao is in the hospital, I caught a cold two days ago, and we didn't think about going to the hospital, but General Gan Yongxing sent two doctors, and the result was ......," Tan Jingkang added to his daughter's words.

"Sick?" Tan Renhao immediately became anxious, "I'll go to the hospital right away......"

"Renhao, don't worry, wait for your mother to go with you." Gu Xiujuan walked out.

Tan Renhao swallowed the dumplings like dates, and then called his mother to go to the hospital together. The son is not yet a year old, this is the time when the child is most likely to get sick, and if it is not handled properly, it may cause lifelong regrets. He doesn't want his son to have any shortcomings, every father in the world thinks so, even if Tan Renhao is not a competent father.

"This is the medical record." The pediatric doctor at the hospital is a middle-aged woman who seems to have more than 20 years of medical experience, which makes Tan Renhao a little relieved. "It's just a common cold, and we have a full-time nurse to take care of it, so it is recommended to stay in the hospital for a few more days. Talking about generals, you can rest assured that our medical staff are very good. ”

"Doctor Tian, this is going to trouble you a lot. Can I go see the kids now? ”

The middle-aged female doctor nodded, and took Tan Renhao to look towards the pediatric ward, at this time Tan Renhao found out that Xiaobao lived in the special care ward, and a small cold was in the special care ward, which made Tan Renhao feel a little ridiculous. At the same time, he also thought that this was the origin of the "princelings" of the Imperial Navy, and these generals were later given special care from the time they were born, and they were treated more favorably than any commoner child, and perhaps it was from this moment that these children were destined to be different. Perhaps, this in itself is a kind of preferential treatment for generals, but in children, this is not necessarily a good thing, and it is no wonder that for hundreds of years, countless imperial naval giants have risen and fallen, if they have behaved differently since childhood, and have not tasted the hardships of the people, then how to cultivate a resolute character and tenacious style? Perhaps, this in itself is contrary to the basic qualities of the military.

Xiaobao was sleeping soundly, this is a single room, and there is a separate bathroom, the nurse who was guarding the bed saw the doctor and Tan Renhao and others coming in, she immediately stood up, she nodded to the doctor, and then left the ward.

"Talking about the general, the child fell asleep. We're just outside. If anything, just press the bedside pager. ”

Tan Renhao nodded. Seeing this well-equipped ward, he really thought it was strange, this should be for the use of critically ill patients. And not just a baby who just had a cold. At the same time, this also made him a little worried, could it be that Xiaobao had some serious illness?

After the doctor went out, Tan Renhao leaned over and observed his son's complexion, which was very ruddy, not like a patient. He stretched out his hand again and snorted tentatively. It's very gentle, it's like you're asleep. If Tan Renhao was a doctor, he would have examined it more carefully, and through observation, he knew that his son was not seriously ill, and at most he would enjoy the treatment of a general in the hospital.

"Mom, when will Xiaobao be discharged from the hospital?"

"The doctor said it would take a few more days." Gu Xiujuan put the insulated lunch box on the bedside table, "You don't have to worry, your father and I will take turns taking care of Xiaobao." Actually, it's not a big deal, we all think that we can make a few bowls of ginger soup at home. It would be nice to scrape the sha again, but the doctor insisted that Xiaobao come to the hospital, and said that it was their duty, let us ......"

"It's okay, just let Xiaobao stay in the hospital for a few days, I've worked hard for you during this time."

Gu Xiujuan laughed. "Xiaobao is also our grandson. What's so hard to work on? ”

Tan Renhao knew that he had said the wrong thing. "Then I'll go and say hello to the doctor first, and then go home for dinner in the evening, and if anything happens, you must inform me in time."

When Gu Xiujuan woke up the child and began to feed Xiaobao, Tan Renhao left the ward. Again, he received a reassuring reply from the doctor that the child was not actually sick. Later, Tan Renhao learned that this was Gan Yongxing's special care, and it was not only his children who received special care. The children of all the generals who fought on the front line were given special care, which can be regarded as an encouragement to the frontline soldiers. Let them not worry about their families when they fight the enemy.

After saying goodbye to the doctor, Tan Renhao went directly to the naval command. The office assigned to him was really being cleaned, so Tan Renhao went directly to Gan Yongxing's office next door.

"Thank you, Chief of Staff."

"Thank me? Thank me for what? Gan Yongxing didn't understand what he meant by talking about Renhao.

"Xiaobao's matter, I'm too incompetent as a father."

"You mean the kid caught a cold? What's so thankful for that? You are fighting on the front line, and if there is anything to worry about, it is a dereliction of duty on the part of those of us who are in the rear. Gan Yongxing then understood, "You don't need to blame yourself, which child won't get sick?" I heard my mother say that when I was a child, I was sick twice in three days, and the medicine never stopped, and now it's not good? And I heard the doctor say that it is not a bad thing for the child to be sick, it can enhance his own resistance, of course, when he is sick, he is a naughty boy who is alive and kicking again! ”

Tan Renhao smiled and shook his head, he didn't dare to agree with Gan Yongxing's arguments, could it be a good thing to be sick? Maybe it's a good thing for those barefoot doctors.

"You should spend more time at home these two days, anyway, the principal hasn't come back yet."

"It's okay, Yingyu went to Germany, and my parents are watching the affairs of the family, and I don't have anything to worry about." Tan Renhao picked up the teacup, "Do you need me to do something?" ”

"It seems that you can't be idle either." Gan Yongxing went to the desk and brought a document, "It was only sent in the morning, and Liao Hanxiang has officially submitted a letter of intent to fight." However, there is no urgency in this matter, anyway, it is the principal who makes the final decision. In addition, at the beginning, I also received a telephone call from Yan Guozhong, and the Second Task Force was carrying out normal repairs in Port Vila, and the rest and recuperation work of the officers and men had also been arranged. Task Force 1 left Port Vila last night and arrived in Port Apra about six days later. I just called Liao Hanxiang, and he was ready to greet him, just in time to let the engineers who were in charge of the maintenance work of the fourth task force be in charge. ”

"That's good, but what about the other fleets?"

"The Third Task Force will return to Kaohsiung, and the repair work will take some time, and the fleet will have to be readjusted. I asked Chang Zhixin to take charge of this. They would certainly be able to get to the battlefield in time for the attack on the Hawaiian Islands, and with the close support of Task Force 3, many problems would be much easier to solve. ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, this is indeed a fact. No matter how powerful the bombers of the other task forces are, in some specific occasions, the bombers cannot replace the heavy artillery, and the heavy artillery of the third task force is the sharpest of all fleets, which is also the value of the existence of the third task force. In the battle for Sydney, the effect of the 3rd Task Force's early fire preparation, as well as direct fire preparation, far exceeded that of the bombers of several other task forces.

"I will talk to Yan Guozhong about the theater fleet in a few days, mainly on the issue of how to distribute forces, but Yan Guozhong will most likely not object." Gan Yongxing took out a cigarette, "The theater fleet also needs time to maintain, judging from our early use, small aircraft carriers are very suitable for battlefield support tasks, and the role of escort aircraft carriers is not small, of course, the premise is that we have absolute sea dominance, otherwise, the escort aircraft carrier will recognize the target of the enemy ship." Therefore, even if Yan Guozhong is ready to leave a few aircraft carriers on his side, I will use the escort aircraft carriers to supplement the strength of the theater fleet, and I will not let Liao Hanxiang suffer. ”

"It would be better if the escort carriers were concentrated near the landing site." Tan Renhao put forward a little opinion, which is also a little experience summed up in the battle.

"Yes, I have arranged for a staff officer to be in charge of this matter. Escort aircraft carriers can accompany the activities of the landing fleet and concentrate near the landing site, so that they can cooperate more closely with the Marine Corps. Gan Yongxing also agreed. However, the premise of these must be that our task force has seized the sea supremacy of the battlefield, otherwise, the escort aircraft carrier is too fragile to confront any of the enemy's aircraft carriers, and can only be slaughtered by others. ”

"That's true, but the problem will always be solved, what is the Fifth Fleet doing now?"

"It's still at Pearl Harbor, it seems that Spruance also knows that you are rushing to the Central Pacific Theater, so he doesn't dare to leave the port easily."

"Hiding in Pearl Harbor isn't an option, unless Spruance thinks he still has a chance to make a comeback."

"If we had gone to Oahu a year ago, he wouldn't have had a chance to turn it over. The problem is, it's hard for us to take Oahu before the end of the year. Gan Yongxing sighed, "I just got the information that the next batch of warships of the US Navy will be commissioned by the end of the year, with at least six aircraft carriers, and a large number of escort warships, including many special air defense cruisers." With the commissioning of these warships, the problem of air defense of the US fleet will be solved. ”

"But what about the personnel?" Tan Renhao is not worried about how many aircraft carriers the US military has.

"That's what Spruance is trying to solve right now."

Both of them fell silent, and Tan Renhao realized at the same time that maybe Spruance was preparing for a new aircraft carrier!