On the afternoon of Liao Hanxiang's return, Hao Dongjue also rushed back. When Tan Renhao received the call, he was also surprised, Hao Dongjue was not qualified to participate in this meeting, and the Second Task Force should be rushing to the Southwest Pacific Theater to take over the Fourth Task Force, what is this kid doing when he runs back to the headquarters halfway?

"I also came back by the way, and I came back to see my nephew by the way." Hao Dongjue looked very excited, "Ren Hao, your kid is lucky, it's a son." ”

"Don't talk incoherently, now you're the commander, show some appearance." Tan Renhao was a little speechless for this brother-in-law, who had been the commander of the fleet for two months, and now he is still this virtue.

"Hehe, it's just a few of us here, I don't believe that anyone dares to laugh at me."

"It's terrible to be a commander?" Tan Renhao glanced at Hao Dongjue, "Get in the car, and don't call back sooner, so I hurried over." ”

"Didn't I want to surprise you?"

"There are no surprises, there are surprises." Tan Renhao pushed Hao Dongjue into the car, and he also got into it with Heze, "Okay, General Liao Hanxiang has already rushed back in the morning, have you made an appointment with Qinglian, when will she come back?" ”

"The plane she took arrived at night, and now she has been promoted, serving as a liaison officer in the art troupe, there is no need to go to the front line, she is responsible for the arrangement of theatrical performances in the rear, and after coming back this time, she doesn't have to run around." Hao Dongjue smiled happily.

Tan Renhao nodded. "It's time to settle down, when are you two going to have a baby?"

"This hasn't been planned yet."

"It's all planned?" Tan Renhao patted Hao Dongjue's head, "I'm from here." I can guarantee that plans never change fast! ”

Hao Dongjue immediately burst out laughing. "You've only been a father for two months, and now you're here to preach?"

"I'm too lazy to talk to you. What is the situation with the fleet now? ”

"Not bad, much better than I expected." Get down to business. Hao Dongjue also became serious, "In addition, I have already found a way to transfer Yang Shihong back, and now he is the role of Deng Zichao." Originally, Zhang Naiding would have been transferred back, but he insisted on staying. Jiang Wenhan also stayed. The main problem now is that the fleet has been replenished with a large number of new troops, and the proportion of novices in the fleet aviation has increased considerably. Before, Zheng Guanhua had arranged high-intensity training, and after I went, I was mainly arranging training, especially the training of the aviation troops. By the way, Zheng Guanhua came to report to you, right? ”

"You didn't talk to him on the phone?"

Hao Dongjue laughed, he originally wanted to find out some inside information, but it was exposed by Tan Renhao.

"He's already gone to Naha. I put him in charge of the fleet's recovery training, do you think he is capable of being a good chief of staff? ”

"If you're partnered, I don't think there's anything wrong with him. Although in terms of specific capabilities. He's a little worse than me, but with you as the commander in charge, there's nothing to worry about. ”

"When did you learn to pat on the back?" Tan Renhao glanced at his brother-in-law with slanted eyes, "Come on." Since you think he's good, I haven't picked the wrong person yet. One more thing, what's going on with my baby aircraft carrier? ”

"'Xingkai Lake'?" Hao Dongjue hesitated for a moment, and then immediately grabbed Tan Renhao's shoulder, "Brother, you won't be so stingy, right?" ”

"Let me make it clear to you, this aircraft carrier is on loan to you temporarily, and this is my flagship."

"Don't worry, the aircraft carrier I also chose as the flagship will take care of this aircraft carrier."

Tan Renhao shook his head, he was just joking with Hao Dongjue, and he didn't think about taking back the aircraft carrier.

"Ren Hao, I heard that you are leaving the First Task Force, I don't think this is true, right?"

"I don't know." Tan Renhao touched his forehead, "Tell me about the situation of the Second Task Force." ”

Hao Dongjue glanced at Tan Renhao and knew that Tan Renhao didn't want to talk about his own affairs, so he didn't ask again. Under Tan Renhao's questioning, Hao Dongjue gave a general account of the situation of the Second Task Force.

Most of the warships of the fleet were newly built, there were not too many problems with the battleships themselves, and the maintenance work of the aircraft carrier "Xingkaihu" was also in place, and the combat effectiveness was not affected. The biggest problem with the fleet is that there are too many recruits. Although these recruits had been trained for at least four months in the shore camp and on the training ship when they were assigned to the battleship, their quality was quite good, but they were still far behind the veterans. It is precisely for this reason that the Second Task Force has become the fleet with the largest proportion of recruits and the worst combat effectiveness among the four task forces operating in the Pacific Theater. This is a problem that cannot be solved by anyone's individual ability.

"In my opinion, the best way to do this is to go to the battlefield and exercise." Tan Renhao gave his brother-in-law a good idea, "This time your mission in the Southwest Pacific Theater is not complicated, and the intensity and difficulty of the operation will not be very large, you should seize this opportunity to let the officers and soldiers get as much training as possible." ”

"I've thought of this solution, but the problem is, we don't have many opportunities."

"Opportunities are created by yourself, and you have partnered with me for so many years, and you should also understand that when the fleet is fighting outside, the flexibility of the fleet commander is quite large." Tan Renhao laughed, "You are not a legalistic person, as long as you don't violate the general principles of warfare, you can find some opportunities by yourself." For example, increasing the intensity of bombing, arranging artillery operations, and deliberately increasing the intensity of operations during operations are all effective ways to temper officers and men. After a few months of training, the new recruits will become veterans. ”

Hao Dongjue nodded slightly. "Then I have to think of a way, and I have to ask General Yan Guozhong to give me more authority."

"Yan Guozhong will rush back tomorrow, and when the time comes, I'll talk to him." Tan Renhao let out a sigh, "When are you leaving?" ”

"Early tomorrow morning, the fleet will replenish fuel at the port of Keelung. I'll rush over to join the fleet, or that bastard in the northeast of Wei will have to scold me behind my back. ”

"Scolding you?" Tan Renhao glanced at Hao Dongjue in surprise.

"Just kidding, Wei Dongbei is very easy to get along with. And it's also very capable......"

"Dongjue, you have to understand something. You are the commander of the fleet, and no matter how good your personal relationship with Wei Dongbei is, he is only the chief of staff of the fleet. Tan Renhao's expression immediately became serious, "The relationship between you is first of all a superior-subordinate relationship, not a friend relationship. As a fleet commander. You have to take all the responsibilities of the fleet, whereas before, when you were the chief of staff, you did not have to take responsibility. I don't mean to alienate you from Northeast Wei, you should understand that as a fleet commander, you have to have prestige, and let everyone know that you are calling the shots, not the chief of staff. The Chief of Staff is just the head of the staff of the fleet, do you understand what I mean? ”

Hao Dongjue annoyed his scalp, then nodded and laughed.

"I'm not kidding you. I know your personality and I know your temper, and now that you're in this position, you're going to have to adapt to this new role. Tan Renhao patted Hao Dongjue's shoulder. You can do your own thing, but you have to keep in mind that you are the soul of the fleet, and you should be in charge of the fate of the fleet! ”

"I know!" Hao Dongjue nodded vigorously.

Tan Renhao sighed secretly, he also knew that it would not be possible for Hao Dongjue to completely transform for a while. "Okay, you can think about this later, have you contacted Huang Xiaotian?"

"After he arrived in Lae a few days ago, he contacted me, and the Fourth Task Force is returning to Guangzhou, and it will arrive in about these two days." Hao Dongjue took out a cigarette, "Their situation is relatively bad, most of the warships have serious breakdowns, I'm afraid it will take a month or two to repair them alone." Moreover, this time, the Fourth Task Force had to be equipped with new combat aircraft, and the training task was also very intense. Most of the officers and men have been on combat duty for more than eight months and need to be on rotational leave. Huang Xiaotian didn't have a lot of trouble, and he complained to me a lot on the phone! ”

Tan Renhao smiled and shook his head. "Did he mention when Task Force 4 will return to the battlefield?"

"No, but judging by the situation of the fleet, it will be mid-March at the earliest, or even the end of March. It's almost just in time for the attack on Australia. ”

"In other words, during this time, the second task force will have to be alone over there." Tan Renhao thought for a moment, "Seize this opportunity." As things stand, Task Force 4 has surpassed Task Force 2. The second task force was established by Shaoqing, even if it is not for yourself, for Shaoqing, you have to show some achievements. ”

"I know, how is Lao Lei's situation now?" Hao Dongjue's expression sank.

"I will be discharged from the hospital next month." Tan Renhao also sighed, "Maybe he will be assigned to the position of commander-in-chief of the theater fleet, and in the future, he will be responsible for coordinating the combat operations of the fleet and other forces, instead of serving as the front-line commander." ”

"In other words, he will be in command of our task force in the future?"

Tan Renhao nodded. "I haven't had time to call him, but I've heard from people that he's recovering well and that the biggest difficulties have been overcome, so I'm confident he'll be able to get back healthy."

"Me too, I wanted to call Lao Lei several times, but when I was busy, I forgot everything, hey!" Hao Dongjue sighed.

"Okay, I don't want these things, when Lao Lei comes back, let's find a chance to get together again." Tan Renhao grabbed his brother-in-law's shoulder, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

Hao Dongjue didn't say anything more, his mood was the same as Tan Renhao.

When he was at the Chengdu Flight Academy, Tan Renhao, Lei Shaoqing, Hao Dongjue, and Chang Jianxin always thought that they would fight together to the end, but now, Lei Shaoqing has left the fleet, although he is still serving in the navy, but he can no longer go to the battleship to command the fleet to fight. Lei Shaoqing was able to recover, this is already a miracle, perhaps, now Tan Renhao and Hao Dongjue should not feel sad, but should be proud of Lei Shaoqing. A general who will spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair in the eyes of most people can get back on his feet and return to the army, which is already an out-and-out miracle, and this is also a miracle created by Lei Shaoqing with the support of many brothers.

That night, Tan Qinglian also returned to Zhoushan. She was originally in the art troupe, responsible for condolence performances on the front line, but now she has been transferred back to the rear, responsible for arranging the condolence performances of the art troupe, and no longer needs to go to the front line.

This can be regarded as special care, after all, Tan Qinglian is Hao Dongjue's wife and Tan Renhao's sister, and letting the general's wife and sister go to the front line for activities is definitely not in line with the basic principles of the navy, just like Liao Yingyu will never be assigned to the front-line field hospital. This can be regarded as an arrangement to stabilize the morale of the army, so that Hao Dongjue does not have to worry about his own family affairs.

Except for the brother-in-law who did not return in Germany, all of Tan Renhao's relatives gathered together. This dinner was also the happiest, of course, the focus of the family was not Tan Renhao, nor any other adult, but the newborn "Xiaobao". This is the name of Tan Renhao's son Tan Menglei. The name "Tan Menglei" was taken by Nie Renfeng, and Nie Renfeng has recognized Xiaobao as his grandson, which can be regarded as getting closer to Tan Renhao.

The dinner was not sumptuous, but the atmosphere was very warm, and with Hao Dongjue, the "big treasure", it was even more enjoyable. At the dinner table, everyone put down their worries and enjoyed the warmth of the family. This is also the happiest dinner Tan Renhao has had at home in the past two months. When he integrated into the atmosphere of the family, he found that in this world, there are too many things worthy of him to cherish, love, protect and defend, and "home" is the paradise he must defend.

After dinner, Tan Jingkang and Gu Xiujuan were responsible for cleaning up the table, Liao Yingyu and Tan Qinglian went to tease "Xiaobao", Tan Renhao, Liao Hanxiang and Hao Dongjue sat in the hall for a while, and then went to the study together. The warm life at home has come to an end, and the three generals have once again returned to their true colors as soldiers.

This can be regarded as a major feature of wartime, no matter where they are, as imperial soldiers, they first think about things in the army. And this is what they value the most, and it is the cause that they have dedicated their lives to.