By the time we arrived at the port of Naha, it was already dark. The heavy transport plane flew continuously for almost ten hours without landing for refueling at all. When the three young men got off the plane, they were all hungry, and their eyes were full of stars.

"I'll just say, the three of them won't bring dry food!" Ji Xiaobin and his attendants have been waiting at Kadena Airport for half an hour.

"Colonel!" Tan Renhao found that Ji Xiaobin had not changed much, and he was basically the same as a year and a half ago.

"Yes, Major Tan Renhao, it seems that you have not been in vain in the past year and a half!" Ji Xiaobin patted Tan Renhao's shoulder vigorously, and then greeted the other two. "Get in the car, I brought you a boxed lunch, wait until you fill your stomach first, otherwise if I see Commander Liao fainting, I can't afford this responsibility."

The three of them laughed, and as soon as the jeep drove up the road next to the airport, the three of them immediately opened their lunch boxes and devoured them. At this time, Tan Renhao also noticed that there were many more planes stationed at Kadena Airport than a year and a half ago, including many heavy bombers of the Army Airlines. Kadena Airport was originally the base of the Army Airlines, and it was one of the closest major airports to the Japanese mainland, from which the heavy bombers of the Army Airlines could bomb almost every city on the Japanese mainland. After the tension was over, the Army Air Force must have urgently dispatched bombers to threaten Japan.

"You all know about Japan's ultimatum to North Korea, right?"

Tan Renhao nodded, he stuffed food in his mouth, and didn't speak.

"We received the news last evening that Marshal Satietin had brought us into combat readiness, and the fleet would leave port this evening." Ji Xiaobin took out the cigarette, "The Japanese Southwest Combined Fleet stationed in Nagasaki, the Japanese Home Fleet stationed in Yokohama, and the fleet stationed at the Truk base all left the port yesterday afternoon. In order to respond to the threat of the Japanese Navy, we will carry out combat readiness patrols in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. In addition, the First Fleet will arrive in Naha in five days to strengthen the maritime threat to Japan's southern flank, and the Second Fleet will also arrive in Manila within ten days to provide us with flank cover. ”

"Colonel, are you really going to fight this time?" Hao Dongjue eats the fastest.

Tan Renhao also looked at Colonel Ji Xiaobin. During the year and a half of their studies, there were several frictions between Japan and the Empire, each of which could have led directly to the outbreak of war, but each time Japan made concessions and the war did not break out. At this point, I am afraid that many people think that after the situation becomes tense, as long as the empire exerts strong military pressure, then Japan will make concessions again, and the threat of war will be lifted.

"I don't know, but this time it's the biggest move." Ji Xiaobin dispersed the cigarette to the three officers, "Anyway, we only do what we need to do, and at the same time be vigilant, if we don't fight, it will be the best, but as long as we fight, we will become the sharpest edge on the sword of the Imperial Navy, and cut a few pieces of flesh from Little Japan!" ”

Even the orderlies laughed, and Ji Xiaobin's attitude represented the thoughts of almost all officers and men of the Imperial Navy. In the eyes of the imperial soldiers, Japan was a country that had not been beaten enough.

"This is something you must get familiar with as soon as possible." Ji Xiaobin gave a folder to Tan Renhao, "In the year and a half since you left the fleet, some changes have taken place in the fleet. Of course, these are all good changes, and now it is not only Marshal Sajiting who fully supports our development, but even Prime Minister Xue Xiyue has increased his attention to us. The demands put forward by General Liao Hanxiang were basically met. Of course, your position has also been improved. ”

Tan Renhao immediately wiped his mouth with a tissue. There were three copies of the document, and he gave one each to Hao Dongjue and Chang Jianxindu. Then, all three of them watched. This document is a briefing on the major changes that have taken place in the Fifth Fleet over the past year and a half, as well as the major events it has experienced.

During the first six months of Tan Renhao's departure from the fleet, General Liao Hanxiang personally presided over the Fifth Fleet's confrontation exercises with several other major fleets. As a result, each exercise ended with the victory of the Fifth Fleet. In particular, during the last confrontation exercise with the Second Fleet, the Fifth Air Wing, which was completely under the command of the Fifth Fleet, was equipped with two bombers, the "Kingfisher" and the "Osprey", gave the Second Fleet a devastating "blow." The Fifth Fleet has once again proved its powerful striking power, and Marshal Saitin has also made a fuss about the results of these exercises, forcing ultra-conservative watchmen in the Navy to increase investment in the Fifth Fleet.

Half a year ago, the Fifth Fleet was reorganized into the Fifth Task Force. It's not just a change in name, it's a change in nature. At the same time as the reorganization, the Fifth Fleet received twelve heavy escort warships, including the large cruiser "Li Jing", which had just been commissioned. And all the escort warships in the fleet increased their anti-aircraft fire. At the same time, three aircraft carriers also returned to the shipyard for a three-month refit. The main content of the modification was to dismantle the 130-mm high-level dual-purpose guns, which had little effect, and replace them with 12 two-company 120-mm anti-aircraft guns, and to install 24 20-mm anti-aircraft guns. Another important aspect of the improvement was the use of an enclosed bow and the extension of the hangar to the bow, increasing the hangar area and increasing the capacity of the hangar to * racks. Combined with the increase in the size of the flight deck, the maximum wartime capacity was increased to 90 aircraft.

After being reorganized into a task force, the Fifth Fleet was divided into two ship groups, one was an aircraft carrier strike group, which included three aircraft carriers and six anti-submarine destroyers, and the other was an escort group, which included 12 large escort warships and six anti-submarine destroyers. The two ship groups were only administratively independent and remained under the unified command of General Liao Hanxiang. Wu Xianyu still serves as the chief of staff of the fleet, and Ji Xiaobin continues to serve as the chief of staff of the aviation operations while continuing to serve as the chief of staff of the aviation operations.

Now, Liao Hanxiang is already a vice admiral, and he was promoted half a year ago. Wu Xianyu will definitely soon become the chief of staff of the rear admiral's fleet, which is an important personnel promotion to improve the status of the Fifth Fleet, because the chiefs of staff of the other fleets are all rear admirals. There is no doubt that Colonel Ji Xiaobin will soon become a brigadier general, because according to the new personnel arrangement, the equivalent rank of chief of staff of aviation operations is brigadier general. These are all good news.

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