Because Liao Hanxiang has been dealing with the work of preparing for the battle, he has hardly stayed at home, and when he was in the naval headquarters, he basically discussed some major issues with Gan Yongxing and Nie Renfeng, so Tan Renhao did not find a chance to talk to his father-in-law for several days.

The matter of the new chief of staff of the task force was quickly decided, and Zhu Rongzhe successfully passed the pass of Gan Yongxing. Tan Renhao didn't know what method Hao Dongjue used to make Zhu Rongzhe's performance completely different before and after, because when Zhu Rongzhe went to talk to Gan Yongxing alone, Hao Dongjue had already returned to Guam. But there is no need to talk about Renhao, at least this proves that Zhu Rongzhe is not as introverted and cowardly as he seems on the surface. As far as Tan Renhao knows, Gan Yongxing has asked some very important, but not exactly the same questions to the six newly promoted chief of staff of the task force, and the atmosphere in which Zhu Rongzhe talked to Gan Yongxing must have been much more serious than the atmosphere when he met Tan Renhao, since he was able to make Gan Yongxing satisfied, what reason did Tan Renhao have to be dissatisfied?

Gu Zhenyun, Yan Yulong, and Zheng Guanhua, who were newly promoted to commanders of the task force, were the first to receive their new ranks. The promotion order was issued by Nie Renfeng, and it was just stamped with the seal of the imperial prime minister. Gu Zhenyun is a second-class lieutenant general, and Yan Yulong and Zheng Guanhua are both third-level lieutenant generals. The next day, Zhu Rongzhe and the other six new commanders of the task force also got the promotion order issued by Nie Renfeng and stamped with the seal of the imperial prime minister, and the six new chief of staff of the task force were all third-class rear admirals, which was the lowest military rank of the chief of staff of the task force, and Wei Dongbei and Dai Li were both first-class rear admirals.

Tan Renhao attended the award ceremony of these nine generals, and the promotion orders of him, Huang Xiaotian, and Jiang Zhongmin needed to be signed by the imperial prime minister himself, so he had to wait for a while. Although Tan Renhao really wanted to find his father-in-law to talk about it. But he never found the opportunity, so he could only try to improve the fleet battle plan for which he was responsible. This made Tan Renhao spend a lot of time and energy, and after a few days, he took out to eat. All the time outside of the physiological needs of sleep was spent on this battle plan, and a backup plan was drawn up for several scenarios that were likely to arise. Tan Renhao did not submit these backup plans, and in fact there was no need for them, and he had a great deal of autonomy in combat operations. And it's not like he hasn't done it before.

By 3 April, Tan Renhao had basically completed the fleet's battle plan, and there were not many revisions by him, but a lot of backup plans had been drawn up. It was also on this day that Tan Renhao received the news. The promotion order issued by the prime minister has been down, and the preparations for the campaign are basically completed, and the principal will personally confer titles on Tan Renhao, Jiang Zhongmin, and Huang Xiaotian tomorrow, that is, on the 4th. The most important thing is that Liao Hanxiang will definitely rush back to attend his son-in-law's investiture ceremony, and he will not miss such an important event.

This is the third time that Nie Renfeng has personally awarded Tan Renhao the title. If you count the awards, this should be the sixth time. When the principal pinned the epaulettes of the second admiral to Tan Renhao, Tan Renhao once again thought of the scene when the principal parted him with the Order of the Sea Lion at the graduation ceremony of the Naval Academy more than seven years ago. In the blink of an eye, more than seven years have passed, and what was standing in front of Nie Renfeng at that time was a young man with a British erection, and now standing in front of Nie Renfeng was a 29-year-old man. Older people who are approaching their 30s. Back then, the principal who stood in front of Tan Renhao was still in his prime, but now standing in front of Tan Renhao was the old principal whose hair had turned white and lost a lot of weight.

Thinking of these changes, Tan Renhao laughed silently, more than seven years can change the whole world, and naturally he can change a person, what makes him absolutely the luckiest is not to become an admiral, but after more than seven years, he can still stand here and accept the title given to him by the principal. In addition, thousands of Imperial Navy officers and soldiers have died on the battlefield and are buried in the Imperial Navy Martyrs Cemetery. Some of them remain forever in the depths of the ocean!

As if it was a habit, Nie Renfeng patted Tan Renhao's erect chest after pinning the epaulettes to Tan Renhao, this time he didn't say anything, just nodded slightly at Tan Renhao, and then moved to Jiang Zhongmin, and picked up another pair of epaulettes from the plate dragged by the adjutant behind him.

Tan Renhao didn't look sideways, he knew that Jiang Zhongmin would be awarded the rank of third-class general. The last time the two stood side by side, Tan Renhao was on the left side, this time it was Jiang Zhongmin on the left, and last time Tan Renhao was third, Jiang Zhongmin was second, this time Tan Renhao was first, and Jiang Zhongmin was only second.

Thinking of this, Tan Renhao felt that his ideas were too naïve, if he was still an ordinary cadet, his thoughts would be understandable, but now that he is an admiral, he is still so calculating, this can only make people doubt his mind, even Tan Renhao is doubting his mind, is it necessary?

The award ceremony proceeded quickly, because the fleet had already left for the front line, and all the preparations for the battle were in place one after another, and the other commanders had already gone to Guam, Tan Renhao and Huang Xiaotian would take a plane to Guam that night to arrange the combat operations of the two main fleets, and Liao Hanxiang would return to Guam about two days late after dealing with the last few important matters. Therefore, there was no celebration after the award ceremony, and the crowd quickly dispersed, which was probably the simplest collective admiral award ceremony in the history of the Imperial Navy.

"Dad, you're here too?" Tan Renhao pretended to see Liao Hanxiang, but in fact, he had already seen Liao Hanxiang sitting in the general's seat behind the rostrum.

"How could I not come?" Liao Hanxiang slowed down and waited for his son-in-law to catch up, "How is it, do you have any special feelings?" ”

"At least so far, I don't feel anything special." After catching up with his father-in-law, Tan Renhao also slowed down, "You've been quite busy these days, right?" ”

"Yes, I have to go to Wuxi later, there is a group of HNA reserve troops to be transferred, I have to contact first."

"You can leave these things to someone else, right?"

"Everyone else has been sent out, and these preparations are important, so I'm not comfortable letting anyone else do it." Liao Hanxiang didn't walk towards the parking lot, but walked aimlessly on the lawn, "Are you also going to Guam?" ”

"Yes, the plane at night, I will probably leave after eating. You've eaten before you go. ”

"The time for the plane to take off has been booked." Liao Hanxiang glanced at his watch, "There are still two hours left, it's too late to cancel now, it's not bad for this dinner, when we get to Guam, we can also have dinner together." ”

Tan Renhao didn't know how to mention the battle plan.

"I heard that you have completed the revision of the fleet's battle plan?" Liao Hanxiang took the initiative to bring up the matter.

Tan Renhao nodded. "It was only completed yesterday and handed it over to the chief of staff to see, and he gave a reply in the morning, feeling that there was no need to make further revisions, and some details that had not been taken into account could be determined at the front."

"It shouldn't be much of a problem, and there's no one better than you in this regard."

"Dad, I didn't get it a little bit." Tan Renhao was still a little hesitant.

"What don't you understand?" Liao Hanxiang looked at his son-in-law.

Tan Renhao has already decided to speak out. "I think the scale of this campaign plan is too large, and I'm afraid there are many details that we haven't taken into account."

"That's for sure, any campaign plan will have no details to consider, otherwise, what would you front-line commanders do?"

Tan Renhao smiled reluctantly. "In addition, the plan is too rigid to set the actions of each link, and there is not enough flexibility, and if there are problems, or if the actual situation conflicts with the plan, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the front-line commander to make a choice."

Liao Hanxiang nodded, this time he didn't answer.

"It's too late to revise the plan, and as long as we can complete this campaign operation, then the outcome of the Pacific Theater is basically certain." Tan Renhao thought about these words many times, "But." We can make slight changes to some details of the battle plan, mainly to increase the ground authority of the front-line commander, and give the front-line commander more freedom. Huang Xiaotian and I are in charge of the fleet, so it's not a big problem. Shore-based aviation can be under your direct command. There is nothing wrong with that. In terms of the Marine Corps, there are Han Shaofeng, Long Zhen, and Fang Xiaoxian, and their abilities are also good, especially with Han Shaofeng. The problem will not be very big either. This increases the flexibility of the units and allows the front-line commander to make more rapid decisions when encountering unplanned problems or situations that contradict the plan. Rather than thinking about how to weigh the trade-offs between plan and reality. ”

Liao Hanxiang took a long breath. "I understand what you mean, but our ultimate goal is to ensure the completion of the campaign mission and achieve the campaign goal."

"This is not a conflict, the front-line commanders this time are all experienced generals, and they all have experience in cooperating with each other." Tan Renhao didn't say any more, he had thought of a lot of reasons, but he noticed his father-in-law's expression and felt that there was no need to say it.

"I'll think about it." Liao Hanxiang stopped. Glancing at the car not far away. "How about we discuss this in detail when I get back to Guam? Now I have to catch a plane, and you should go back and pack your bags, and maybe the chief of staff will come back to trouble you later. ”

Tan Renhao nodded. "Okay, do you want me to take you to the airport?"

"There's no need. I can't come and see you off, but when we get to Guam, we'll talk. ”

Tan Renhao sent his father-in-law into the car, and only after seeing the car leave, he let out a sigh. He felt that his father-in-law was a little abnormal, but he couldn't imagine why his father-in-law behaved a little abnormal.

"Renhao."

Tan Renhao turned around and saw that Huang Xiaotian had already walked over.

"Started talking to General Liao Hanxiang about the battle plan?"

Tan Renhao nodded, he hadn't talked to Huang Xiaotian, but there were so many loopholes in the battle plan that Huang Xiaotian couldn't hide.

"I also want to talk to General Liao Hanxiang. But I couldn't find a chance to start seeing the two of you talking. I didn't bother. Huang Xiaotian glanced at the car that was going away, "I think General Liao Hanxiang is a little abnormal during this time, and he ...... me."

At this time, Tan Renhao saw Jiang Zhongmin who was walking over, he immediately gave Huang Xiaotian a look, stopped Huang Xiaotian's words, and said, "Let's go to Guam and talk, by the way, your luggage is packed?" ”

"It's all packed, you haven't prepared yet?" Huang Xiaotian deliberately raised his voice, because he turned his back to Jiang Zhongmin, and also checked Ren Hao's ghost and smiled.

"Renhao, Xiaotian." Jiang Zhongmin didn't hear the conversation between Tan Renhao and Huang Xiaotian, and he didn't notice Huang Xiaotian's expression. "I'm here to say goodbye to you, I'm going to Guangzhou later, I don't know when I'll be able to meet again."

"Hope is in Washington." Tan Renhao's expression had long since returned to normal, "When we meet in the Chesapeake Bay triumphantly, that's the best time for us to meet again!" ”

"I think it should be in San Francisco Bay, at most in the Panama Canal!"

Both laughed, the Chesapeake Bay, the estuary of the Chesapeake River that flows through Washington, and San Francisco Bay, which is San Francisco's harbor, and it was clear that both wanted to go a little further.

The three chatted for a few minutes, and Jiang Zhongmin said goodbye and left.

"It seems that Jiang Zhongmin's confidence is not small." Huang Xiaotian followed Tan Renhao towards the parking lot, "The marshal must have asked him to fight the Atlantic, we can't be left behind by him." ”

"See, we're doing our best anyway, and it's hard to say who will get to Washington first." Tan Renhao was also very aware of the principal's intention to arrange for Jiang Zhongmin to go to the Atlantic battlefield, but now he no longer had the same great resistance as before, mainly because he couldn't be distracted by the trouble in front of him. "Come to my house in the evening for a light meal, and then we'll go to the airport together."

"That's not good, I don't want to disturb your family reunion."

"It's been a few months since we were reunited, and there is no shortage of this meal, remember to come early." Tan Renhao patted Huang Xiaotiandi on the shoulder, and then walked towards his car.

He didn't go home directly, after asking Duchenne to drive the car to the headquarters, he asked Duchenne to go back first to help him pack his luggage, the plane was half past seven, so he had to leave after dinner, and it was too late to pack his luggage at that time. Tan Renhao decided to say goodbye to Gan Yongxing before going to Guam, and asked Gan Yongxing about the situation by the way, maybe Gan Yongxing knew why Liao Hanxiang became so abnormal.