Tan Renhao had to admire Jiang Zhongmin's writing skills, and he even guessed whether Jiang Zhongming regarded staff officers as his ideals back then, and only staff officers needed better writing skills. This report is very detailed and comprehensive, and if you don't look at the signature, Tan Renhao will definitely think that it was written by an officer who is proficient in aircraft carrier combat theory and knows aircraft carriers very well. It took him more than a day to read the report submitted by Jiang Zhongmin in detail and correct a few minor mistakes. Standing on a fair standpoint, Tan Renhao also felt that Gan Yongxing's words were not wrong.

"Do you think there is a possibility that this plan will be implemented?" Gan Yongxing put down the document and shifted his gaze to Tan Renhao.

"If it weren't for any personal feelings, I think it was necessary to implement this plan immediately." Tan Renhao's words were very calm, "I have looked at it carefully, maybe there are some loopholes in the plan, and it is a little one-sided, but its feasibility is still very high, and this is the best way for us to maintain our advantage in the short term." ”

"You don't have any prejudices against Jiang Zhongmin anymore?" Gan Yongxing took out a cigarette.

"Chief of Staff, am I that kind of person?" Tan Renhao laughed, a little reluctantly, "If he can really serve the Navy and prove that he is worthy of the pair of rear admiral epaulettes, I won't have any problem with him." As you said, anyone can make mistakes, and I have made mistakes, as long as you can recognize them, correct them, and sum up their experience, then you should give them a chance. ”

"Well, looks like you've figured it out." Gan Yongxing closed the document in front of him, "Is there something going on at home at night?" If not, come to my place for dinner, and we'll have a good talk. ”

"This ......"

"What, not available?" Gan Yongxing lit a cigarette, and then looked at him with an eye that Tan Renhao couldn't refuse.

"No, it's not, I'll ask Du Xing to go and say hello to the family, otherwise Xiaoyu and the others will have to wait for me to go back to eat."

"Let my lieutenant go." Gan Yongxing stood up. "You'll be here for a while, I'll finish the last two papers, and then we'll go together."

Tan Renhao shrugged his shoulders and watched Gan Yongxing pick up the phone and arrange work for his adjutant.

"After the principal left, most of the things were left to me, and I was very busy during this time." After Gan Yongxing put down the phone, he immediately picked up a document.

"Actually, it's normal for a man to take care of his family, if he can't even take care of his own small family, how can he take care of everyone? To be honest, as a general, having a stable family is the greatest prestige, at least, there will be no officers and soldiers talking below, their commanders don't even take care of their own homes! ”

Tan Renhao laughed secretly. In his impression. Gan Yongxing is a guy who doesn't want to die when he works, when did he realize these truths?

Fifteen minutes later, Tan Renhao followed Gan Yongxing to the downstairs of the headquarters. Gan Yongxing's car had already stopped in the driveway, and what surprised Tan Renhao a little was that Jiang Zhongmin was standing next to the car, it seemed that this was a family banquet that Gan Yongxing had already arranged.

"I called Jiang Zhongmin, everyone get in the car, don't delay the time, otherwise your sister-in-law will wait at home for a long time, I'm afraid she will show us a look!"

Tan Renhao nodded at Jiang Zhongmin, and followed Gan Yongxing into the car. Jiang Zhongmin sat in the co-pilot's seat. None of their adjutants followed, probably Gan Yongxing had already said hello.

Gan Yongxing's home is actually in the same courtyard as Tan Renhao's villa, but it is only in the east and the other in the west, which is relatively separated, and next to Gan Yongxing's house is Marshal Nie Renfeng's home in the naval headquarters. The specifications of the villa are the same as Tan Renhao's, but the garden outside is much larger, and the garden is planted with precious flowers and plants. Instead of talking about the vegetables and fruit trees in Renhao's house. After walking in, Tan Renhao found that the furnishings in the chief of staff's house were also very simple, and they did not show how luxurious they were, which probably had a lot to do with Gan Yongxing's own style, at least Tan Renhao never thought that Gan Yongxing was a person who loved vanity.

"Yongxing, are you back?"

"Yes, the two distinguished guests have arrived, when can we have dinner?"

Hearing the voice, Tan Renhao saw a middle-aged woman in her early forties come out of the kitchen, she still wore a girdle on her body, and held a small shovel for stir-frying, no different from an ordinary housewife. Tan Renhao only heard others mention the situation in Gan Yongxing's family, Gan Yongxing got married after the age of thirty, the two met after being introduced by a matchmaker, and they got married half a year later. For more than ten years, the relationship between the two husbands and wives is not too close, but they are not estranged, as if the two came together to form a family. Tan Renhao quickly looked at the general's wife, in fact, Mrs. Gan's appearance can only be regarded as ordinary, and she has a little bit of a small citizen's taste here, and her skin is relatively dark, which is probably from the previous year when she went to Africa with Gan Yongxing. The dress is very simple and simple, and it is very spirited.

"Go wash your hands, we'll be ready to eat soon." Mrs. Gan hurriedly came over and took her husband's coat, and then smiled at Tan Renhao and Jiang Zhongmin, "You are talking about General Tan and General Jiang, sit down quickly, the house is very simple, let you see and laugh." ”

"Madam, you don't have to be polite to them, just treat them as your own brothers." Gan Yongxing patted his wife on the shoulder, then turned back to Tan Renhao and Jiang Zhongmin and said, "You're welcome, there is fruit on the coffee table, eat some first, I'll go to the kitchen to help." ”

"Yo, the sun is ...... in the west today"

Before his wife could finish speaking, Gan Yongxing pushed her into the kitchen. Tan Renhao and Jiang Zhongmin both laughed at the same time, although they had never heard of Gan Yongxing being an expert in housework, but looking at the current situation, Gan Yongxing must rarely do housework, and today can be regarded as an exception.

Ten minutes later, the wine and food were served on the table, and the dishes were sumptuous, and what opened Tan Renhao's eyes was that there were several foreign dishes among them.

"This is all what your sister-in-law learned from a few foreigners when she lived abroad with me." Gan Yongxing looked very proud, "This is a local dish of Africa, this is a German dish, and this dish is ......."

"Don't brag about it, this is French food." Mrs. Gan immediately corrected her husband's words, "Xiao Tan, Jiang, you eat quickly." These dishes don't taste good when they're cold. ”

"Yes, yes, everybody moves chopsticks." Gan Yongxing picked up the chopsticks first, "Let's eat some first, fill our stomachs, and then chat while drinking." Although my wine here is not as good as the principal's house, there are a few good bottles. Next time I invite you to come, I'll go to the principal and get two bottles. Let you taste it! ”

Everyone laughed, looking at this, Gan Yongxing really wanted to go to the principal's house to steal two bottles of wine.

After filling her stomach, Mrs. Gan went to bring some plates of pastries and fruits, and then left the dining room. Gan Yongxing went to open a bottle of wine, and the three of them didn't go to the study, but chatted in the restaurant. At this time, Tan Renhao noticed that there were only two people in Gan Yongxing's family, it seems. His children are living outside.

After chatting for a while. Gan Yongxing pulled the topic back. "You all think that the development of small aircraft carriers is necessary, if we were to make this proposal to the principal, what should we write?"

Tan Renhao didn't rush to speak. This is actually a suggestion put forward by Jiang Zhongmin, and it should be expounded by Jiang Zhongmin.

"Chief of Staff, in fact, we have two ways to develop small aircraft carriers, one is to build a new one, and the other is to renovate." Jiang Zhongmin pondered for a while, "If it is newly built, although the cost is much lower than the construction of a large fleet aircraft carrier, it will also take a lot of time, and it will need to occupy a 10,000-ton slipway, which will inevitably affect the construction of other warships." If a commercial slipway is used, it will affect the performance of the aircraft carrier, and it will also need to invest in the transformation of the slipway facilities, which will be time-consuming and laborious, and if the number of buildings is small, it will also lead to increased costs. ”

Tan Renhao glanced at Jiang Zhongmin, he was wondering if Jiang Zhongmin was from an economic background, and how to open and close his mouth was the cost. War is about cost, but fighting a war is never a business.

Gan Yongxing shook the wine in his glass and said: "I am also thinking about this problem, we have planned to increase the number of slipways, at least several large slipways will be built to increase the production speed of warships, but if you build a new small aircraft carrier, the cost is indeed difficult to reduce, I am afraid that you will have to build dozens of ships in one go to be able to control the unit price." We do not have the trouble of the United States and Britain and other countries, the demand for escort aircraft carriers is not high, and it is impossible for the Cabinet to approve the plan to build a large number of small aircraft carriers at present, and this is very difficult. ”

"Well, the only way is to renovate."

Gan Yongxing and Tan Renhao both looked at Jiang Zhongmin, waiting for Jiang Zhongmin to continue.

"We now have more than twenty old cruisers, most of which were built after World War I." Jiang Zhongmin glanced at the two of them, went to take the briefcase, took out a document from it, and handed it to Gan Yongxing first, "Before the war, most of these warships had been sealed, and after the outbreak of the war, they were opened and used one after another, and they were all deployed in the rear, some in the South Atlantic theater, and some in the Indian Ocean, mainly performing some low-intensity combat missions, and several ships also participated in counterattacks in the South China Sea. In terms of the age of the ship, these cruisers are very old, and the performance is relatively backward, it is difficult to carry out combat missions in the front-line theater, but in the rear, its use value is not large, if these cruisers are used, they can be transformed into aircraft carriers, not only can control the cost, but also the number is enough, in addition to the maintenance of the hull, the main thing is to change the superstructure, occupy the slipway for a short time, most of the time can be carried out on the dock with perch. In addition, these cruisers are numerous and can basically meet our operational requirements for these two years. ”

Gan Yongxing quickly read the document, and then handed it to Tan Renhao. "This plan is good, but most of these warships are not in the Pacific theater, and now the number of warships on the South Atlantic side is already very small, if these warships are to be transferred back, I am afraid it will be ......."

"Chief of Staff, we have a batch of newly commissioned cruisers, which can be replaced, and after the transformation, they can also be divided into batches for the South Atlantic theater." Jiang Zhongmin saw that Gan Yongxing was very interested, and he also came to the heart, "The South Atlantic Theater has been asking for aircraft carriers, and our large fleet aircraft carriers cannot even meet the requirements of the Pacific Theater, so it is difficult to provide large fleet aircraft carriers to the South Atlantic Theater in the short term." The transformation work will only take half a year at most, and then the South Atlantic Theater will be able to get aircraft carriers, and they will definitely agree. ”

Gan Yongxing looked at Tan Renhao.

"It's not a big problem, it's just that we don't have a plan to renovate, and now that the shipyard is full, where are we going to find new workers?" Tan Renhao put down the document, "In addition, the cost of transforming these warships won't be very low, right?" ”

"Talking about the general, in terms of cost, the cost of renovation is much lower than that of new construction, about half. In terms of shipyards, we can find some small and medium-sized shipyards to carry out transformations, if we can appropriately modify the standards, reduce some military requirements, and replace them with commercial standards......"

"How to solve the problem of survivability?" Gan Yongxing interrupted Jiang Zhongmin's words.

"General Tan mentioned this before, the survivability of aircraft carriers is a problem, even if it is built in full accordance with strict military standards, I am afraid that the survivability will not be improved much." Jiang Zhongmin glanced at the two of them, "Appropriate adoption of commercial standards can not only reduce costs, but also improve the speed of transformation." In the future, these aircraft carriers will operate behind the aircraft carriers of large fleets, try to avoid participating in decisive battles on the front line, and the threat will be much smaller, and the requirements for survivability will be placed on the back burner. ”

Gan Yongxing glanced at Tan Renhao, and then took out a cigarette.

"I think we should come up with a detailed plan first." Tan Renhao's attitude is still relatively cautious, and no country has ever used commercial standards to build warships before. "Then we think about the renovation plan in detail. There is some truth in General Jiang's words, but we still have to carefully consider how to implement them. ”

"Xiao Jiang, when can you come up with a detailed plan?"

"Three days." Jiang Zhongmin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, at least Tan Renhao didn't embarrass him on this issue.

"Then, three days later, you first hand over the plan to General Tan Renhao." Gan Yongxing made a decision, "If it is feasible, I will put this opinion to the principal, and then submit a formal application for construction to the cabinet, and strive to start construction this year." ”

This dinner is almost here, Tan Renhao declined the invitation to go to the study to drink tea and chat, and was ready to go home early, Jiang Zhongmin also said goodbye to Gan Yongxing on the grounds of going back to complete the plan.