Tan Renhao came forward, of course the leaders of the Navy Art and Industry Condolence Group would not cause trouble, and the fake note was immediately opened, and Hao Dongjue and Tan Qinglian took a plane and left Zhoushan on the same day. Tan Jingkang is still quite satisfied with this prospective son-in-law, how to say that Hao Dongjue is also a general, although he is a little worse than Tan Renhao, but he is also a promising general. Now there are already three generals in the big family built through marriage, and there will be four generals at any time. Perhaps many people do not notice that a new naval giant has been born.

After Tan Jingkang was busy asking his husband to calculate a good day and an auspicious day, the marriage was temporarily confirmed, but he was not in a hurry to announce it. Tan Renhao didn't have so much leisure, just after two days of quiet days, Gan Yongxing found him, and his good times were over.

"The list of promotions has been arranged." Gan Yongxing still seemed in a hurry, "Hao Dongjue is the second on the general list and the first among the newly promoted major generals. ”

"Who is number one on the overall list?" Tan Renhao was a little surprised.

"Lei Shaoqing, personally determined by the principal, he will be promoted to a third-level lieutenant general." Gan Yongxing sat down, "In addition, the new general is often recommended to be promoted to a first-class major general, and Hao Dongjue is a second-level major general. You'll become a lieutenant general, but it's not on the promotion list. ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, this is a normal arrangement. There are only five types of generals, so there are only five general ranks, namely brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, and general. But in fact, this five-level system cannot completely show the level of generals in the war, and the promotion speed of generals in war is very fast, if it is only five levels. I'm afraid that in a few years, there will be dozens of generals in the Imperial Navy who are qualified to become marshals and admirals. Therefore, outside the ranks. There is also the division of ranks, which is not included in the rank system. It is an informal rank, mainly reflected in the battlefield command, and a recognition of the merits of the generals. Major generals and lieutenant generals have three ranks, while generals and generals have five ranks. Now Gan Yongxing is a first-class general. If you are promoted again, you will be a fifth-level general. And Tan Renhao was directly a second-class lieutenant general when he became a lieutenant general, and this time the principal did not let him be promoted to general, so he was promoted to a first-class lieutenant general.

"In addition, Huang Xiaotian will also become a third-level lieutenant general, and Jiang Zhongmin will become a third-level lieutenant general."

"Jiang Zhongmin?" Tan Renhao was shocked again, "It seems that this is the commander's collective salary increase?" ”

Gan Yongxing was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile. "These candidates were personally determined by the principal. I didn't take much care of it, and the rest of the personnel arrangements were decided by the leaders of several major departments of the command. ”

"Okay, so there are a lot of people promoted this time, right?"

"There are not many generals. The new chief of staff chosen for Lei Shaoqing was arranged to be a brigadier general. There are a large number of school officers. "After the president's approval, it will be symbolically handed over to the prime minister for review, and then the official promotion order will be signed by the president himself." In less than a month, the new ranks will be issued. When the time comes, you go and give Hao Dongjue a title, and let him prepare the Xindi dress as soon as possible. ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, and he also heard a little taste. On the surface, Hao Dongjue was promoted, and he was the new rear admiral ranked first, but in fact, the principal's arrangement made Hao Dongjue lose the opportunity to become the commander of the fleet, the reason is very simple, except for the third task force, all the commanders of the task force are vice admirals, so there is no reason for the commander of the fifth task force to be a rear admiral.

Judging from this series of personnel promotions, Jiang Zhongmin is undoubtedly the number one candidate for the next fleet commander.

After thinking about it for a while, Tan Renhao felt a little depressed, he also knew that this was not what the chief of staff meant, at least the chief of staff was still more serious about Hao Dongjue.

"There is one more thing, you'd better inform Hao Dongjue as soon as possible." Gan Yongxing also felt a little sorry for Hao Dongjue, so he was helping Hao Dongjue as much as he could. "At the beginning of next month, we will have a one-and-a-half-month advanced training course, mainly for generals like Huang Xiaotian who have graduated from non-naval academies, mainly teaching courses in navigation, gunnery, navigation, weather, sea culture, etc.

I have already arranged a place for Hao Dongjue, and Huang Xiaotian will also rush back. You ask him to come back early, the study class is set up in Songjiang, and let your sister come over when the time comes, study and life are correct, and take a vacation by the way, and all expenses will be reimbursed by the navy, just come to me to sign when the time comes. ”

Tan Renhao was slightly surprised, this was obviously a consolation prize.

"There is only so much I can do, such an opportunity will not appear again in two years, and Hao Dongjue and Huang Xiaotian can't miss this opportunity if they want to go to the next level."

"I understand, I'll get in touch with him as soon as possible." Tan Renhao nodded slightly. The meaning of the chief of staff is very clear, generals like Hao Dongjue and Huang Xiaotian who are not from the Naval Academy do lack basic knowledge, and according to the tradition of the navy, if a general can't even do seamanship, then how can he be a fleet commander? Huang Xiaotian is a special case, but this is just a special case. Hao Dongjue felt that if they wanted to make greater achievements in the navy, they had to quickly make up for these basic knowledge, which would play a key role in their future promotion.

"You help me tell Hao Dongjue that opportunities are for those who are prepared, and his performance and merits are clearly written in the service records. There are many opportunities in times of war, and it is not terrible to miss one, as long as you are prepared, then there are new opportunities. ”

"Chief of Staff, I'll talk to him." Tan Renhao's mood was also a little better, "So, is there anything else?" ”

"One more thing, the most important thing." Gan Yongxing went to the desk and brought a document, "When I came back last time, the principal talked to you about the new warship in the middle of this year, right?" ”

Tan Renhao nodded, and then took the document.

"This is a list of newly commissioned warships in mid-June, the specific allocation plan has not yet come out, you can take a look first." Gan Yongxing smiled at Tan Renhao, "Tell me if you choose those ships, I can make overall arrangements?" ”

"Shall we choose first?" Tan Renhao was taken aback. Immediately laughed.

"According to the rules, the first task force is ranked first, if you don't choose. I can only let Lei Shaoqing choose. ”

"Don't worry, I'm not welcome!" Tan Renhao immediately flipped through the documents. Then he hesitated for a moment, then raised his head again, "Chief of Staff, what is our share?" ”

"Three aircraft carriers, the rest of the escort warships are equipped according to the standard. The size of the additional artillery formation can be increased by fifty percent, so choose according to this criterion. Gan Yongxing shrugged his shoulders, "But, don't you finish all the good ones, why don't you leave a little for others, right?" ”

"Don't worry, I won't talk too much, is it up to the third of the fourth task force to choose?"

"Yes, you choose what you need first." Gan Yongxing stood up, "After choosing." You come to me again, and besides, it's a top-secret document. You can't let anyone see it but you, and then you have to give it back to me as it is, you know? ”

Tan Renhao nodded immediately. got up and said goodbye to the chief of staff, and went to his office through the side door. The size of a country's fleet is certainly top secret, and the performance parameters of these new warships are even more secret.

Tan Renhao went to make a cup of tea first, and then explained to Du Xing, don't bother him if there is nothing important, and don't let anyone in. Then he sat down, flipped through the thick paperwork, and looked at it carefully.

In addition to the six "Lake" class aircraft carriers, there are a large number of other warships, battleships, large air defense cruisers, heavy cruisers, destroyers, submarines, and even landing ships, fast supply ships, fast transport ships, and so on. This is a manifestation of the Empire's industrial and shipbuilding strength, and it is a direct manifestation of the Empire's ship production capacity reaching a new peak.

The six "Lake" class aircraft carriers in the second batch of service areas are: "Hongze Lake", "Gaoyou Lake", "Taihu Lake", "Chaohu", "Qiandao Lake" and "Poyang Lake". These six aircraft carriers are similar, but because the shipyards built are different, there are differences in some specific performance, such as a difference of about 100 tons in full load displacement, and most of the other data are the same, which is also the result of standardized construction. In fact, Tan Renhao had nothing to choose, the six aircraft carriers were all the same, and the "Xingkaihu" could be repaired in mid-June, so he only picked the first two.

The four "New Provincial Capital" class battleships in the second batch were "Nanning", "Changsha", "Wuhan", and "Nanchang". These four battleships differed from the first four in that the power output of the power system increased by one and a half, and the displacement increased by 1000 to 1500 tons, the armor in important parts was strengthened, and the speed was increased (not noticeable). In addition, the battleship uses a new process to manufacture the gun, although the specific parameters of the gun have not changed, but the accuracy has been improved, and the barrel life has been improved, and the power of the new armor-piercing shell has increased a lot. Of course, Tan Renhao didn't care about this, and he wouldn't apply for a battleship, which was for the Third Task Force.

The last batch of four "Li Jing"-class large air defense cruisers in service were: "Zhang Gongjin", "Yu Shinan", "Liu Zhenghui", and "Tang Jian". These four cruisers were built according to the standards of the "Changsun Shunde", which belonged to the improved model, and all had new radars, and in other respects they did not differ much from the previous ones.

What surprised Tan Renhao a little was that in addition to these four air defense cruisers, there were five large air defense cruisers in the list, namely: "Qilin", "Qinglong", "White Tiger", "Suzaku", and "Xuanwu". This is the new generation of "Rui Beast" class air defense cruisers improved on the "Li Jing" class, the main changes are an increase in displacement, the speed has been increased to 33 knots, the battleship uses small compartments, as well as armored partitions, which improves the anti-sinking ability of the battleship, in addition, the anti-aircraft firepower has been strengthened again, almost surpassing the battleships of the "New Provincial Capital" class. The air defense command system on the warship has also been revised, and the combat efficiency of air defense has been improved in an all-round way. Fundamentally, this was the first type of warship of the Imperial Navy designed specifically for air defense, and the "Li Jing" class was nothing more than an air defense cruiser on the basis of a super cruiser.

Tan Renhao immediately circled the first three "Rui Beast" class ships under his name, he didn't eat alone, and an aircraft carrier battle group with one should already be good.

There were eight heavy cruisers of the "Jianghe" class in the third batch, namely: "Tumen River", "Wuhe", "Yinghe", "Ganjiang", "Xiangjiang", "Xianjiang", "Hanshui", and "Qingjiang". The biggest improvement of these eight heavy cruisers is the replacement of the command system, which has improved a lot in terms of the combat efficiency of air defense, and is not much different from the first two batches in other aspects.

In addition, 42 destroyers of the "City" class will be commissioned in June (in fact, some are already in service, but they are not officially named). Tan Renhao only saw here, the submarines and landing ships in the back, he didn't need them, he didn't need them, he didn't need to see them.

After selecting the new warships, Tan Renhao felt that it was still early, so he first got the new establishment of the fleet out. Task Force 1 will revert to the size of a three-carrier battle group, and there will certainly be an artillery strike formation, which will in fact be four separate battle groups. The specific preparation is:

"Xingkai Lake" aircraft carrier battle group: "Xingkai Lake" aircraft carrier; "Li Jing", the air defense cruiser "Kirin"; "Tumen River", heavy cruiser "Vortex"; Six destroyers.

"Hongze Lake" aircraft carrier battle group: "Hongze Lake" aircraft carrier; "Wei Chigong", the air defense cruiser "Qinglong"; "Yinghe", "Ganjiang" heavy cruisers; Six destroyers.

"Gaoyou Lake" aircraft carrier battle group: "Gaoyou Lake" aircraft carrier; "Duan Zhixuan", the air defense cruiser "White Tiger"; "Xiangjiang", heavy cruisers "Xianjiang"; Six destroyers.

Shelling formations: heavy cruisers "Heavy Snow", "Winter Solstice", "Xiaohan", "Dahan", "Jinghe", "Qingchenghe"; Twelve destroyers.

With the exception of the most severely damaged "Chai Shao" and the two "Jianghe"-class heavy cruisers ("Mohe" and "Fenhe") were excluded from the new establishment, the warships of the first task force were retained, and the size was increased by more than 50 percent, becoming a veritable "First Fleet of the Empire".