At the Imperial Naval Academy in Ningbo, five hundred and ninety young men dressed in uniform naval officer uniforms stood in a huge phalanx. In front of them were ten of the six hundred cadets of the one hundred and ninety-second class of the Imperial Naval Officer Academy, and they were the best of the six hundred, the best of the ten in this class. Among them, the young man who stood in third place with a height of 1.8 meters, a tall body and a resolute appearance was called Tan Renhao.

A vice admiral about sixty years old walked in front of Tan Renhao, his name is Nie Renfeng, he is the dean of the Imperial Navy Officer Academy, a man who has fought on the battlefield for the Imperial Navy and has trained tens of thousands of outstanding officers for the Imperial Navy in more than 20 years, a respectable old man, and at the same time respected by almost the entire Imperial Navy officers, a kind old man.

Nie Renfeng took the epaulette of the second lieutenant officer from the hand of the adjutant behind him, pinned it on Tan Renhao's shoulder, and then picked up a dark yellow Sea Lion Medal made of pure copper, which was specially awarded to those outstanding graduates of the Imperial Naval Officers Academy, and also young officers who were the pillars of the Imperial Navy in the future. Nie Renfeng pinned the medal to Tan Renhao's chest, and then patted him on the chest vigorously.

"Thank you, Headmaster!" Tan Renhao, like the two graduating students in front of him, immediately raised his right hand, palm facing forward, middle finger aimed at his eyebrows, and saluted Nie Renfeng with a standard naval salute.

"Ensign, do a good job!" Nie Renfeng took half a step back and returned a naval salute.

As in every year of the past twenty years, Nie Renfeng would personally confer titles on the top 10 students in each cohort and give them the Order of the Sea Lion. In the past twenty years, Nie Renfeng has sent out two hundred elites of the Imperial Navy, and now, many of them have become senior officers, holding important positions in the major fleets, major bases, and various main warships of the Imperial Navy, among which there is no shortage of young brigadier generals and rear admiral officers. It is said that Nie Renfeng is already full of peach and plum in the world, and this year, he will send the last batch of talents to the Imperial Navy, and next year, he can leave here, leaving this cradle of officers who have trained tens of thousands of talents for the Imperial Navy in the history of nearly two hundred years!

After Nie Renfeng pinned the Sea Lion Medal to Lei Shaoqing, who was standing last, more than 50 senior instructors (officers) of the academy wore epaulettes for the other 590 students.

When the military band played the imperial national anthem "Dragon Flag Flying" and the imperial navy military song "The Sea", the two imperial navy honor guards raised the dragon flag and the zhenhai flag, which were the national flag of the empire and the naval flag respectively. Everyone was facing the flag, raising their right hands, and silently singing the national anthem of the Empire. When the sound of the music slowly drifted away and finally disappeared, under the leadership of Nie Renfeng, hundreds of people recited their oath as imperial soldiers at the same time:

"We are willing to contribute my life, blood, and sweat to the emperor, to the empire, to the empire's territory, to the empire's subjects, and to ......the empire's navy."

On the playground, solemn and solemn, this oath witnessed the vicissitudes of the empire and the rise and fall of the imperial navy. At this moment, every soldier of the Imperial Navy facing the fluttering dragon flag has a deep understanding that in the past 1,300 years, in the past 300 years, how many soldiers of the Imperial Navy and soldiers of the Imperial Navy silently recited this oath and rushed to the battlefield, rushed to the sea frontier, and contributed their lives, blood and tears to the prosperity of the empire, the prosperity of the empire, and the strength of the empire. An oath that can be kept by Imperial soldiers for thousands of years will also spur these six hundred young officers of the Imperial Navy to follow in the footsteps of their fathers and go to the vast sea to defend every territory of the Empire.

The playground fell silent, the sun disappeared from the western horizon, the sunset covered the land, and the surrounding lights lit up. This will be the last night of the six hundred young Imperial officers at the Imperial Naval Academy, and now, they are still classmates and friends, and tomorrow, they will each go to their posts. Some will become captains, chief engineers, gunners and guns officers on battleships, others will become staff officers of the naval fleet, and some will go to naval bases. They had all received notices a few days ago. However, there is one person who makes an exception.

At the beginning of the party, Tan Renhao shrank to the edge of the playground. He doesn't like this kind of noisy occasion very much, he prefers to be alone and quiet. When recalling his military academy career in the past three years, Tan Renhao felt as if he had only come to the academy yesterday to report. Three years passed in a flash, and a seventeen-year-old boy grew into a twenty-year-old young man. For many people, twenty years old may still be very young, but for Tan Renhao, he has matured, and three years of military school life have made him a thorough imperial soldier, an imperial naval officer that he had hardly thought of before.

"Renhao, are you stunned again?" Lei Shaoqing walked over with two glasses of champagne, "Is it because you didn't get the gold medal, and you're in a bad mood?" ”

Tan Renhao smiled and shook his head. The gold-embellished Maritime Medal is awarded to the most high-achieving graduating officer, and only one person per year has the opportunity to wear such a medal by the Rector of the University. And more than eighty percent of these people who received the Golden Sea Lion Medal became Imperial Admirals!

"Hey, that's bad luck!" Lei Shaoqing patted Tan Renhao on the shoulder, "However, I believe that you are the best, and you can still get the third place despite such a huge blow, to be honest, I envy you!" ”

Tan Renhao smiled and punched Lei Shaoqing in the chest. Lei Shaoqing is not only his classmate and roommate, but also the two are fellow villagers and have a small hair. Three years ago, the two young people secretly applied for the Imperial Navy Officer Academy together, and were admitted together, and then "ran away from home" together and opened a military academy known as the "cradle of imperial naval officers", and spent three years of military school life in a room.

"Okay, don't be depressed, or others will think you're out of love!" Lei Shaoqing smiled and grabbed Tan Renhao's shoulder, "I heard that today's graduates of Hangzhou Nursing School will participate in the party in the future, maybe, you can meet that chick last time!" ”

"Who?" Tan Renhao glanced at his friend a little puzzled.

"You forgot? The nurse who took care of you in the hospital for a month! Lei Shaoqing then explained, "I heard that she is from the nursing college, and when you were hospitalized, she happened to be interning in that hospital, and she also graduated this year." Don't pretend to be garlic, you kid, I don't know what you want? If you hadn't met her, would you have been able to lie in the hospital for a month? ”

Tan Renhao laughed awkwardly, and now he remembered that in a month's time, he didn't even ask the other party's name!

The two greeted the alumni they knew all the way and walked all the way to the center of the venue. There was a large dance hall, and a table with food and drinks was set up right next to it. The Imperial Navy banquets are a bit European-like, rather than the indigenous style adopted by the Imperial Army, which is closely related to the history of the Imperial Navy and the nature of the Imperial Navy.

"By the way, did you receive the notice?" The two came to the dining table, Lei Shaoqing picked up a piece of cake as he spoke, in order to prepare for the graduation ceremony in the afternoon, he spent the morning to cut hair, shave, and dress up, and he didn't even have time to eat lunch. However, I am afraid it is more for the evening activities.

"No, but maybe it'll be there in a few days!" Tan Renhao shook his head, and saw that this year's graduation champion Fan Peikun and Jiang Zhongmin were looking at him, so Tan Renhao smiled and nodded at them.

"Don't be so polite to them, at least, they won't look at us as the same kind of people!" Lei Shaoqing was obviously dissatisfied with those two. The reason is very simple, Fan Peikun and Jiang Zhongmin are both children of the Imperial Navy family, while Tan Renhao and Lei Shaoqing are from civilian backgrounds, and the difference in life experience alone is enough to divide these two different Imperial Navy officers into two major factions, and this is also a major feature of the Imperial Navy. "If you want to make up for the volunteer, have you figured out where to go?"

Tan Renhao shook his head. When filling in the application for his future after graduation, Tan Renhao was lying on a hospital bed, and according to the rules of the Imperial Navy, he still had one more chance, of course, this could only choose one of the remaining positions of others, not the order of selecting positions based on graduation results.

"Otherwise, you can go with me to the Southwest Fleet. Although the Southwest Fleet is a local fleet, my third uncle, as you know, is now serving as an operational staff officer over there, and in the past, there are people to take care of him, at least it is better than going elsewhere. Lei Shaoqing picked up another piece of pine nut biscuits, and it seemed that he was already hungry.

"I'll think about it, but I don't even know where to go now!" Tan Renhao sighed, "Okay, don't talk about these boring things, when are you leaving?" ”

"Tomorrow morning, but I don't need you to send me off!"

At this time, suddenly the meeting hall became lively, and at first there were still groups of new officers in three or five formations, and they all rushed towards the west side of the venue.

"Here, Renhao, tonight's protagonist is here!" Lei Shaoqing immediately put down the half of the biscuit in his hand, wiped the slag off his mouth, and then ran towards the group of nurses with the crowd.

Tan Renhao smiled and shook his head, when he smiled and went to catch up with Lei Shaoqing, a sergeant officer came over, and Tan Renhao could see at a glance that he was the orderly of the principal General Nie Renfeng.

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