Soon, the orderly brought in two cups of brewed tea, but it was so hot that he had to find a stool, put down the teacup and went out.

"It's a bit of a mess here, but as you can see, we're seriously short of manpower!" Liao Hanxiang smiled awkwardly, "Although the Fifth Fleet has been established for more than a year, in a year, there are more than 1,500 retired officers and men, but less than 1,000 officers and soldiers are willing to come to us. Especially young officers, almost no one will take the initiative to apply to the Fifth Fleet, and they will be assigned to some other fleets, which are not wanted by the department. This time, I can't control it so much, anyway, I have a bit of a friendship with Lao Nie, so I forcibly asked you to come over. ”

"Actually, it's good, at least that's what an army looks like!" Tan Renhao laughed, when he walked into this "building", he really didn't find how many people there were, and even Liao Hanxiang was not equipped with a secretary, but only one orderly to assist him in his work.

"You wrote that "A Brief Treatise on Naval Aviation Operations", right?" Liao Hanxiang took out a cigarette, gestured to Tan Renhao, and then lit it himself, "I have read it in detail several times, although there are some technical loopholes and flaws in it, but this is a very good paper, and what surprised me is that this paper is not from the hands of a cadet of the Flight Academy, but from a cadet of the Imperial Navy Military Academy." Have you ever flown an airplane before? ”

"No, I've only flown twice, and the last time was when I came here today!" Tan Renhao looked a little embarrassed, he didn't tell Liao Hanxiang that the last time was ten years ago, he and Lei Shaoqing took a small cargo plane, but after they went back, they were both beaten up.

"Really? Then I think it's just too weird! Liao Hanxiang laughed, he has been dealing with airplanes since he was thirty years old. To be honest, I really didn't expect that the person who could write a detailed paper on aviation tactics, especially bombing tactics in naval warfare, would be a second lieutenant officer in the Navy who couldn't even fly an airplane. So, how did you learn so much about aviation warfare? ”

"Actually......" Tan Renhao hesitated slightly, "There are a lot of books on this subject in the library, and I like to read aviation magazines, and we can easily see internal reports and papers in various aspects in the school." ”

Liao Hanxiang nodded slightly. "Okay, where are you going to start?"

Tan Renhao didn't rush to speak, he was already familiar with the promotion line of naval officers.

Sixty percent of the ensign officers were assigned to the various fleets. If this course of development is followed, then these ensign officers will first be assigned to a small battleship as a first officer, or with their main specialty, they will be assigned to a destroyer as a navigator, chief engineer, gunner, and if they perform well within two years (basically there will be no problems), they will be promoted to first officer, and then return to the officer academy, or other continuing education college, spend half a year to master other relevant knowledge, return to the fleet at the same time as being promoted to lieutenant, and then work for another two years. At most, the first mate can be promoted to captain after two and a half years. This step is extremely crucial, and if you can be promoted to captain on the destroyer, then you can have the opportunity to continue to be promoted. After working in this position for three to five years, you will return to the college for half a year or a year. If you study for half a year, then you can return to the fleet as the first officer on the cruiser, and finally become the captain of the cruiser, and maybe become the first officer on a battleship before the age of forty-five, but this road is basically over. If the further education is one year, then after returning to the fleet, most of them will stay in the fleet headquarters, receive a year of practical training, and then be transferred directly to the battleship as the first officer, so that it is very likely that he will become the captain of the battleship before the age of forty-five. At this time, he was already a colonel officer, and this was the only way to become an imperial admiral. More than eighty percent of the Imperial Admirals (Liao Hanxiang was an exception) rose from the position of battleship captain.

There is another special promotion channel, that is, after being assigned to the fleet, he will directly stay in the fleet staff department, starting from the most basic staff officer, and will be transferred between several staff departments such as the combat staff department, the communications staff department, and the logistics staff department, and become an excellent staff officer within five years, which can even directly jump over the lieutenant and be promoted to a captain officer. However, the final end of this path will most likely be the Chief of Staff of the Fleet, or the Chief of Operations Staff (equivalent to the Deputy Chief of Staff), the highest rank is Brigadier General (which is rare), and there is almost no chance of becoming the commander of the fleet.

This strict personnel promotion system was formed by the Imperial Navy for hundreds of years, which ensured that the best talents in the Imperial Navy could smoothly become the admirals of the Imperial Navy for hundreds of years, and those who did nothing could not ascend to the throne of generals at all. However, this also created a serious problem, namely the conservative thinking of the Imperial Navy, and the strict hierarchy of the Imperial Navy.

Seeing that Tan Renhao didn't speak, Liao Hanxiang said with a smile: "Originally, I think it's better to leave you in the General Staff, but I won't joke with other people's future, if you ......"

"Commander, I'm willing to stay in the General Staff!" Tan Renhao didn't know why he was saying this, because this opportunity was decided, and his chances of becoming an imperial admiral were immediately reduced by a hundredfold, and even if he was lucky, he was only a brigadier general at most.

"You've decided?" Liao Hanxiang's tone at this time was almost the same as when Nie Renfeng asked this question.

Tan Renhao nodded firmly. "I've figured it out, maybe I'm not comfortable living in a cramped space!"

Liao Hanxiang immediately laughed. "Young man, you are strong-willed, and you can do anything for your ideals. I'm sure you won't regret your choice. ”

Tan Renhao laughed a little embarrassedly, he had never regretted the decision he had made.

"Okay, tomorrow you go directly to the Combat Staff Headquarters, and Colonel Ji Xiaobin will arrange a suitable position for you!" Liao Hanxiang patted his thigh, and then picked up the teacup, "In addition, although it is a little shabby, you are still welcome to join the big family of the Fifth Fleet!" ”

"Thank you, Commander!" Tan Renhao also immediately picked up the teacup, and a new life finally began.