Tan Renhao didn't pay much attention to the information in his hand, he turned directly to the back pages. This is Luo Yunchong's personal file, as early as when he was the chief of staff of the war zone, he had seen Luo Yunchong's personal file. What is different from what I saw last time is that a lot of content has been added in the second half of his qualifications introduction, mainly the introduction of Luo Yunchong's operations against Japan and his current actions in Europe.

Outside the navy, to be precise, in addition to Tan Renhao's gang of brothers, there are only two generals of the same age who Tan Renhao likes and admires the most, one is Gu Xunlei of the army, and the other is Luo Yunchong. As far as Tan Renhao's personal understanding of these two people is concerned, if Gu Xunlei is a tiger on land, then Luo Yunchong is an eagle in the sky. The personalities of the two are very different, Gu Xunlei is more enthusiastic, more cheerful, and does things with a big grin, which often makes people feel that he is not mature enough, or not stable enough, and is very similar to Hao Dongjue. Luo Yunchong, on the other hand, is more subtle and will not express his feelings too much, but at some times, he can let his enthusiasm erupt violently, and he is more careful and meticulous, which is a bit like Chang Zhixin.

Tan Renhao didn't make too many comments on the personality traits of the two, and he didn't have any likes and dislikes. It can be said that the two completely different personalities of Gu Xunlei and Luo Yunchong are directly related to their experiences, the environment they live in, the people around them, and the things they do. Tan Renhao has cooperated with both of them, and they have been very successful. When bombing Japan, Luo Yunchong was Tan Renhao's assistant, more precisely, Tan Renhao was Luo Yunchong's assistant, because most of the bombing operations were planned by Luo Yunchong, and Tan Renhao's job was to provide support to Luo Yunchong and ensure that the bombing operations could be carried out smoothly, not because of ammunition. There was not enough fuel, bombers, pilots to make the bombing unsustainable.

It was also this cooperation that established a deep friendship and close relationship between the two. Although the two have rarely been in touch since Tan Renhao returned to the First Task Force, this has not affected the friendship between the two. At least that's what Tan Renhao thinks. He has worked with Luo Yunchong for more than a year, and he has also learned about Luo Yunchong in this year, and knows that Luo Yunchong is not the kind of person who will talk about his feelings, nor is he a person who needs to be in constant contact to maintain friendship. Of course, this is also Tan Renhao's own judgment, as for whether Luo Yunchong will be such a person now, it is not something that Tan Renhao can judge.

"Not bad. This kid is indeed the best candidate. Gan Yongxing looked at it very carefully, "I haven't noticed it before, if someone had recommended it, I would have made him the commander of the air force." ”

"Chief of Staff, you're hurting others."

"What? Could it be that the commander of naval aviation wronged him? ”

Tan Renhao smiled and shook his head. "That's not what I meant. But how big is the navy? Luo Yunchong is not the kind of canary who can live a lifetime in a cage, he is an eagle, an eagle destined to be free in the sky, unrestrained and soaring, when the time comes, the whole sky will belong to him, not just the bird cage. ”

"Renhao, why don't you become a poet?" Gan Yongxing also laughed, "You kid still have the talent to be a poet, it seems." In the next issue of the Navy Daily, I'm going to ask someone to leave you a page! ”

"Chief of Staff, don't be sarcastic about me, I'm just very idle these days, and I just read a few books by the way."

"Come on, come on, have you thought about it? If I am accepted for announcement. There's also a good manuscript fee, I'll help you with the activity, it shouldn't be a big problem, you just invite me to a meal. ”

"This is a fake public servant, Chief of Staff, you won't ruin your reputation for that meal. I won't say it, but what about others? If it spread, the Chief of Staff of the Imperial Navy asked the "Navy Daily" to publish limericks for a meal. That's a big scandal for the Navy! ”

"I still can't tell you, but that manuscript fee is really a lot."

"Unless you can get the headmaster to agree. Otherwise, I wouldn't want to take that as a manuscript fee. ”

Gan Yongxing shook his head. "Come on, you know that the principal is coming to press me. Then we won't discuss the issue of poetry, do you think Luo Yunchong will accept this appointment? ”

"It's not a big problem, but there's something we have to take into account."

Gan Yongxing picked up the cigarette and motioned for Tan Renhao to continue.

"Luo Yunchong's qualifications are not enough, and the main body of the Air Force is the Army Aviation Corps, and now he is still a lieutenant general, how to say, the future Air Force Commander is also a marshal......"

"No, at most generals, the principal has affirmed this."

Tan Renhao frowned slightly, and then he understood why Nie Renfeng and even Yan Dingyu would try to limit the rank of commander of the Air Force, because the Navy and the Army did not want to be surpassed by the Air Force, so they had to find ways to limit the status of the Air Force. Among them, restricting the rank of the commander of the Air Force is one way. If the commander of the air force is only a general, then he is one level lower than the commander of the navy and the army, and naturally speaks with less force, and his influence is even worse. Of course, this can only be regarded as a small action, and the restrictive effect will not be too obvious.

"Well, even if he is a general, how far is he from a general?"

Gan Yongxing touched his forehead. "You mean, Luo Yunchong still needs more opportunities?"

"Yes, he needs more exploits, he needs more accolades before he can be promoted. Even if he didn't consider becoming a general when he left the navy, because it wasn't possible, then he would at least have to become an admiral. ”

Gan Yongxing nodded slightly.

"And he has to be a first-class general, equal to the current rank of Wei Boyudi, so that he can be higher than those generals of the army aviation, so that he can suppress his subordinates."

Gan Yongxing nodded again, and talked about Renhao's words to the key point.

"But we all know that it is not easy to become a general, and it is even more difficult to become a first-class general. Chief of Staff, you were only promoted to the rank of first rank general last year, right? ”

"No, it should be said that it was the year before last."

Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that it has been 27 years now. "Then, if you want Luo Yunchong to become a first-class general before the end of the war. Then we need to give him a chance. ”

"It's not just us who gives him a chance, we have to help him find a way to get a little more chance."

Both fell silent, both thoughtful.

There are certain criteria for the promotion of military ranks in the empire, such as length of service, merit, special contributions, and special promotions from superiors. According to this set of standards, the higher you rise, the more difficult it is to be promoted, and it is precisely because of this that the pyramid structure of the army has been formed.

Take Tan Renhao as an example, when he first arrived at the Fifth Fleet, he made several special contributions. As well as the extraordinarily promoted, he quickly received several promotions, and even leapfrogged through the ranks, so to speak, from ensign to brigadier general, almost at the speed of a volcanic eruption. Available after that. Tan Renhao's promotion slowed down, because after becoming a general, the extra promotion of his superiors was basically useless, and in addition to the regular promotion that accumulated years of service, the most important evaluation criterion was merit, including military merit and special contributions. From brigadier general to major general, to lieutenant general, and now to the current first-class lieutenant general, the interval between each promotion is increasing, which is a superficial phenomenon. The essence is that each promotion requires more credit than the previous one. These are all recorded in Tan Renhao's personal file, and he will only have a chance to be promoted after his superiors, that is, the commander of the navy, think that he is qualified enough to be promoted. Because after the lieutenant general, merit is a necessary condition, but not a sufficient condition.

For the vast majority of soldiers, being able to become a general is already the end, of course, nine out of nine soldiers are beyond the reach of even generals. In the Navy, an admiral is not only a military rank, but also a symbol of position. With the exception of generals who have already retired, almost all generals are equal to their respective positions. For example, the Chief of the General Staff of the Navy is an admiral. The commander of the theater is also a general, the commander of most arms is also a general, and the commander of some important functional departments, such as the logistics department, is also a general. That is to say, each position corresponds to a general, and only when the position is vacant, or when a new position is created, a new general will appear, and this correspondence will not be more, nor less.

In fact, this is to limit Tan Renhao's chance of being promoted now, in terms of merit, he has already been rated as a general, but there is no corresponding vacancy, so he still has to wait for the opportunity in the position of first-class lieutenant general. For Luo Yunchong, the position is not a problem, he is the commander of the strategic strike force, and he belongs to the commander of the arms, but it has not yet been officially established that the highest military rank corresponding to the commander of the strategic strike force is general, if there is a need, and the merit meets the standard, he can become a general. The question is in the credit.

This brings us to another key issue, the Imperial Navy's assessment of merit. In fact, Luo Yunchong's military exploits are not many, not to mention anything else, his merits in the bombing of Japan are more than the merits of most generals in their lifetimes. And then in the "Battle of the Mariana Islands", his credit was not small. And after moving to Europe, he became synonymous with strategic strikes, not only unique in the Imperial Navy, but even the Germans admired him, rather than annoying the Germans like Gu Xunlei. The problem is here, Luo Yunchong's achievements in Europe cannot be fully counted in his contributions, because Europe is not the theater of the Imperial Navy, not the battlefield of the Imperial Navy!

Maybe it's a bit unfair, at least that's what Tan Renhao thinks, bombing the British mainland, which is also a huge credit to the Empire, so why doesn't the Navy count it? But Tan Renhao can't help it, he knows the merit evaluation criteria of the Imperial Navy, and this set of standards is quite strict, and the marshals who formulated and perfected this set of standards at the beginning would not consider that bombers will dominate the battlefield, so in this set of standards, all fraud and fraud are strictly prohibited. Therefore, the evaluation requirements for merit are quite strict, and those outside the naval battlefield are not counted in the scope of merit, which was originally used to deal with the act of falsifying merit, and the result affected Luo Yunchong.

The so-called no rules are not a circle, the Imperial Navy has set strict norms, this is not something that can be changed if you want to, and at that time, Nie Renfeng did not have the energy to change the flaws and loopholes in this set of norms that have been implemented for hundreds of years, at least for hundreds of years, the norms of the Navy have been proven to be effective, and they are relatively fair, there is no reason to change the norms for one person that will affect millions of soldiers. Therefore, Tan Renhao and Gan Yongxing can only use their brains elsewhere, or look for loopholes in this set of norms. It's a sad thing.

"Perhaps, we can ask the prime minister to help."

"What do you mean?" Gan Yongxing looked at Tan Renhao.

"Since we can't give Admiral Luo Yunchong's epaulettes, then why don't we go through the prime minister's route and let the army give Admiral Luo Yunchong, even if it is the rank of honorary army general. As long as Luo Yunchong gets the rank of honorary admiral of the army, and Luo Yunchong is still a member of the navy, then we have enough reasons to give him the rank of admiral, isn't it? ”

Gan Yongxing frowned.

"Become a general first, and there are more opportunities to go from a third-class general to a first-class general."

"But the question is, why did the army give Luo Yunchong an honorary general? In this case, it is better to work on the Germans? ”

This time it was Tan Renhao's turn to be surprised, and he immediately understood what Gan Yongxing meant.

"Luo Yunchong is basically helping the Germans fight in Europe, and the Germans have always admired him, and I heard that the fat man in the Luftwaffe also met Luo Yunchong several times. As long as the prime minister comes forward, maybe the Germans will give Luo Yunchong the title of honorary marshal. ”

"Then this is the best, when the time comes, how can we not be stingy with the Germans, although there is no way to give Marshal Luo Yunchong the rank, but it is certain to give him the rank of general."

Gan Yongxing smiled and nodded. "Maybe it's still a first-class general, but I have to talk about this matter with the principal first, and let the principal talk to the prime minister."

"It shouldn't be a big problem, of course, the prime minister has to agree with Luo Yunchong first."

"Then you have to talk to Luo Yunchong, in two days, Luo Yunchong will be back, you first greet him, and then let him go to the capital with the principal, as long as the prime minister is satisfied, then there will be no problem in this matter."

Tan Renhao immediately agreed, Luo Yunchong's return to China this time was for the establishment of the Air Force, but he didn't know it yet. Tan Renhao also wanted to meet Luo Yunchong, and he was also very sure that Luo Yunchong would accept a new mission.