After completing some necessary formalities at the Navy Command, Tan Renhao returned home before noon. Because I didn't expect him to come back for lunch, the lunch meal was prepared very simply, but it didn't affect the joyful atmosphere of the family reunion. Liao Yingyu also cooked a few side dishes herself, Tan Renhao called all the people around him, and even Du Xing came to eat this not sumptuous lunch together.

"Actually, the Germans are quite cute." Liao Yingyu stayed in Germany for a few months, as if she had become a German expert, "In the past, we all thought that Germans were very strict and rigid, but in fact, Germans are much smarter than we know, at least German doctors are very professional and very skilled." There are a lot of problems that we can't solve, but they don't have a problem with them. I heard that German scientists have also invented a machine that can find shrapnel in the human body without having to open a knife, and it may soon be put into use. ”

Tan Renhao listened with relish, he didn't want to talk about his combat experience, so he didn't interrupt his wife.

"Also, the Germans are very welcoming. I stayed with a few of my colleagues in the home of a middle-aged woman, and when she knew that we were visiting scholars from the Empire, she was very polite to us and prepared us early every day. Liao Yingyu's story must have been told more than once, and this time it was told specifically for her husband, "But I think the German cooking skills are really not very good, every day is those kinds of flavors, at the beginning I thought it was very good, but after a few months, we couldn't stand it." Aunt Ale also liked our cooking, and before leaving, I taught her how to cook a few authentic Su dishes. ”

"It seems that we can open a restaurant in Germany in the future." Tan Renhao laughed, "If we are all unemployed after the war, this should be a good means of making a living." With our Chef Liao coming out, it must be a lot of money and a constant stream of guests. ”

Liao Yingyu kicked Tan Renhao below, she knew that her husband was canceling her.

"Renhao. Don't believe it, German food is really bad. Liao Hongpeng came out to help his sister out, "I have lived in Bremerhaven for a few months, I have been living in the German naval base, their food standard is several grades lower than ours, almost every day potatoes are the main dish, after eating for a long time, I suspect that I am about to become a potato." ”

The room burst into laughter. Liao Hongpeng was a lot fatter than when he came last time, and the large military uniform looked a little tight on him.

"Hongpeng, if you really go on like this, you will really become a potato." Tan Renhao also joked with his brother-in-law.

"Come on, I'm exercising every day, running two nautical miles in the morning and evening." Liao Hongpeng did not take his brother-in-law's joke. "But then again, the Germans are indeed strong, and the conditions are so poor, but the morale of the German army is not bad at all."

"How?" Tan Renhao is interested this time, as far as he knows. The German navy was probably the worst of the Allied triumvirate.

"Words to be detailed. That's enough for us to set up for a few days and nights. Liao Hongpeng put down his chopsticks, "Generally speaking, the Germans are very tenacious. Also strong. The conditions of the German navy were much worse than ours, but the will of the German navy officers and men was worth learning from. During the time I lived in Bremerhaven, the German Navy had lost at least 30 submarines in the Atlantic, but they never gave up or backed down. ”

"Everybody's like that?" Tan Renhao couldn't believe that there were deserters and cowards in the Imperial Navy.

"Of course not, maybe it's because our culture is different." Liao Hongpeng shook his head with a smile, "The salary of the German submarine force is not high, it is much worse than ours. Most of the officers and men had nothing to do after they went ashore, and for the sake of secrecy. You can't keep in touch with your family, and even your letters are checked. As a result, most of the officers and men lived a very debauched life after going ashore, and in Bremerhaven there were dozens of brothels for the navy alone......"

Liao Yingyu immediately coughed lightly, there was a lady at the table.

"I'm talking about it, but that's the way it is." Liao Hongpeng smiled apologetically at his sister and Tan Qinglian, who was sitting opposite, "Alcoholic." Troublemaking, fighting, brawls simply became the usual routine of sailors. However, in battle, the German navy was by no means inferior to ours in terms of discipline. And the officers and men of the German Navy are not afraid of death, as we do. You should know about the 'wolf pack tactics', right? ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, this is a submarine tactic first proposed by Admiral Dönitz, Chief of Staff of the German Navy.

"In this tactic, there must be one, or several submarines, that are responsible for diverting the convoy's escort warships and providing an opportunity for other submarines to attack the transport vessels. However, in actual combat, no submarine will avoid danger and will take the initiative to evade its responsibilities. Liao Hongpeng sighed, "In those months, the German submarines attacked a total of five fleets, of which the submarines that carried out the lure mission lost six, none of the officers and men on these six submarines survived, and none of the submarines surrendered, I was thinking at that time, if the German Navy had such a tenacious will, if they had a strong fleet, I am afraid that the British would have been doomed long ago." ”

"So what's going on in Britain right now?" Tan Renhao chased after him and asked the next question.

"It's hard to say, it's not much better anyway."

"Brother, can you say something else?" Tan Qinglian saw that Tan Renhao and Liao Hongpeng were going to bring up the topic of war, so he immediately intervened.

"yes, let's talk about something light." Liao Yingyu also didn't want to talk about the war, "It's rare for the whole family to have a meal together, we should say something that everyone can be happy about." By the way, Renhao, now Xiaobao will call Dad. ”

"Really?" Tan Renhao immediately turned around and picked up his son who was in the stroller next to him, "Good son, call Dad." ”

The child was still very timid, and when he was so frightened by Tan Renhao, he cried with a "wow".

"You're hurting the kid!" Liao Yingyu immediately snatched her son from her husband's hands, "Xiaobao is good, Xiaobao don't cry, Xiaobao don't cry." ”

"Hey, this bear son!" Tan Renhao smiled, "Even if you don't even recognize your father, then you have to do it." ”

The whole family laughed, Tan Renhao was not complaining about his son, his son was still very young. He is also not in a position to blame his son. After Xiaobao was born, Tan Renhao spent less than 100 hours with his son, what qualifications did he have to complain about his son? This made Tan Renhao feel very guilty, but his responsibilities made him have to leave his family. As a soldier, he also knew very well that he left his family to protect them, and he fought on the battlefield. It is the best reward for the family.

The dining room was also lively, and Tan Renhao got a rare opportunity to relax. Seeing that the family is safe and happy, he is also content. This war has taken too many lives and broken the happiness of too many families, and he is still able to have a happy, happy home, which has made him feel very satisfied.

"Renhao, you go to the study, just leave it to me and your mother to clean up."

"Dad. I'm here to help. Tan Qinglian helped his father clean up the dishes and chopsticks on the table. Brother, don't get in the way here, go upstairs. The dining room is so big, and you guys are still standing here, aren't you causing us trouble? ”

"Hongpeng, look at my sister, after she gets married, she is even more fierce than her brother." Tan Renhao smiled and shook his head, "Okay, let's go upstairs and sit down." ”

Liao Hongpeng also quickly got up and followed Tan Renhao upstairs, and Du Xing took the initiative to run to the front. made tea for Tan Renhao and Liao Hongpeng, and then took the initiative to go downstairs to help Tan Jingkang clean up the dining room and clean up.

"Sit down, you're still used to living these days, right?"

"It's been almost a month since I've been back, and I'm very comfortable, at least I don't have to face those annoying things every day." Liao Hongpeng sat down very generously, he was not the kind of person who would be polite.

"yes, I'm at sea. I think about going home every day. Tan Renhao sat down opposite his brother-in-law, "Although I rarely have time to think about things at home, as long as I calm down, I will think about what happened to my parents, wife, son, and all my relatives." I really wouldn't want to go back if I could. ”

"I don't think so, if you really want to stay at home for a few days, then I'm afraid you'll have to go back to the fleet in a noisy way." Liao Hongpeng knew very well what his brother-in-law was, "Moreover, don't think about being quiet, this time the chief of staff called you back, and he definitely didn't give you family leave." ”

"If the chief of staff wants to be so good, I will burn incense and worship the Buddha." Tan Renhao smiled and shook his head, "By the way, I heard that you are going to become a major general?" ”

"Don't mention it, I really don't want to become a major general now." Liao Hongpeng's expression immediately changed, "Ren Hao, you also know that the rear admiral in the submarine force is not as good as the rear admiral in the fleet. In the fleet, the rear admiral is just the chief of staff of the task force, but in the submarine force, the rear admiral is at least a large captain, commanding dozens of submarines, and he has to stay in the rear base for a long time, and I don't want to spend the next few decades in the office. ”

"And what do you think?" Tan Renhao looked at his brother-in-law.

"It's better to go back to the front-line troops, even if you can't be the captain, let me have more opportunities." Liao Hongpeng sighed, "But the chief of staff didn't agree to let me go back to the front at all, I know, this is not what the chief of staff meant, but ......"

Seeing Liao Hongpeng shaking his head, Tan Renhao didn't know what to say.

"A lot of times I think that if I wasn't Liao Hanxiang's son, maybe I would have worked on submarines for the rest of my life." Liao Hongpeng picked up the cigarette on the coffee table, "In many cases, I really don't want a father to be a general." I'm not complaining about my father, but I don't want to be taken care of for that reason. In the submarine force, many captains have no chance of promotion in their lifetime, and will even work on submarines until they retire, at most they are just colonels. Originally, since I had chosen the submarine force, I didn't want to leave so early, and in the position of captain, I was able to make a greater contribution. ”

"However, there are many jobs that require people like you."

"Talent?" Liao Hongpeng smiled and shook his head, "I'm not an office talent, my position should be next to the periscope, and I should be the one who gave the order to launch torpedoes, not to deploy logistics materials, not to comfort the wounded, not to plan combat operations!" ”

"Hongpeng, don't you think you're deceiving yourself?" Tan Renhao knew that it was not easy to convince his brother-in-law, "In the past few months, I have met two people, they are both from the submarine force, and they are two brothers, I believe you also know them." ”

Liao Hongpeng looked at Tan Renhao and waited for his brother-in-law to continue.

"They are all captains, one is called Wen Jiaqian, the other is called Wen Haomao, and the two are brothers." Tan Renhao slowed down, "These two are the best submarine captains in the Empire, and their performance is also excellent. ”

"Yes, I know them, Wen Jiaqian only joined the army two years later than me, Wen Haomao is his fourth brother, I heard that it was Wen Haomao who killed the aircraft carrier of the US army, and this matter was also in the newspapers."

"I don't know much about the situation of the submarine force, but I know that in the submarine force, there are many excellent captains like Wen Jiaqian and Wen Haomao brothers, right?"

Liao Hongpeng nodded, in the year he left the front-line troops, a large number of excellent captains have emerged in the submarine force, the main reason is that the battle loss rate of the submarine force has been reduced a lot, and a large number of captains can gain experience in actual combat, and as long as they walk a few times back and forth on the battlefield and avoid a few attacks, these captains will become killers in the deep sea, and they will become killers that all enemies will fear.

"With the development of the war, with the advancement of technology, and with the expansion of the submarine force, what the empire needs is not more excellent captains, but senior commanders who can give these captains the best opportunities, who can give the submarines more opportunities, just as we will send a group of excellent pilots to the teaching group to train novices, someone needs to come out and make a contribution in this regard, and this is the most important contribution."

Liao Hongpeng immediately laughed. "Did the chief of staff ask you to be a lobbyist?"

Tan Renhao also laughed. "I didn't say that, I just think that if it's a talent, no matter where he is, he will play a major role and become an irreplaceable person."

Liao Hongpeng was silent, it was not that he didn't know the importance of taking on the command task in the rear, but he loved his career and life at sea, and he needed someone to convince him, and Tan Renhao was the one who persuaded him.