Chapter 12: Alliances
What Qian Mo was worried about finally happened, due to the collapse of the defense line in Guangdong Province, the defensive pressure borne by Taiwan Province surged, and many of the originally wealthy defense forces of the Admiralty became nervous. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although Taiwan Province made emergency countermeasures and notified the rear provinces to request support, due to the long distance and the lack of supplies and other reasons, the defense line became precarious, and finally after holding out for seven days, it was broken through by the main force of the deep sea, and a large wave of deep-sea fleets poured into the internal waters of China along the loopholes in the defense line.
After hearing the news, the commanders of the coastal provinces all became nervous, and while directing the major governor's offices to arrange defensive lines in the coastal waters, they also asked the military headquarters for support.
On the day he received the instructions, the admiral of the Hangzhou Governor's Mansion led the main fleet to Zhoushan Mansion for joint defense, while Qianmo stayed in the mansion to be responsible for coordinating the dispatch work. Under his precise arrangement, every strength in Tidi Mansion was fully utilized, including Chen Xiaoming, who was stuffy in the officer's dormitory for three days.
After receiving Qianmo's order, early the next morning, Chen Xiaoming dressed neatly and rushed to the designated port with Fubo to stand by.
His mission this time was to provide escort for the supply fleet bound for the Zhoushan Admiral's Palace, and in order to ensure the safe delivery of supplies, in addition to him, three other captains participated in this mission.
When he arrived at the harbor, Chen Xiaoming found that there were already two captains waiting here with the ship's wife, because he was new to the city and was not familiar with the two, he just nodded, and walked to the side to wait quietly.
The two captains responded differently when they saw him, one of the older smiling in return, while the other glanced at Shikiba beside him, and then turned his head away with disdain.
'Damn it, virtue. Seeing the latter's reaction, Chen Xiaoming complained with a lot of fire in his heart.
Soon after he stood still, the last captain also rushed to the port, he glanced at the three people present, coughed lightly and said: "My name is Liu Yinan, I am the commander of this mission, you can call me Lieutenant Colonel Liu or Commander." In order to facilitate the dispatch of command during the operation, now report your respective names, ship crew configurations, and past achievements, starting with you. He finished and gestured to the older captain.
"Report to the chief, my name is Kang Guiwei, the battleship members are equipped with a Z22 destroyer, there is no record, the report is complete."
“Z22?” Liu Yinan frowned, glanced at Lao Kang, and asked, "You are the captain who was promoted from the Armaments Division?" ”
"Yes, sir." Kang Guiwei replied with an unnatural expression.
"I know you, you have worked in the Admiral's Mansion for six years, and you have been promoted from second lieutenant to major captain, it's not easy, you usually pay tribute to Shangguan." Liu Yinan stared at him with contemptuous eyes, and said in a disdainful tone.
Hearing this, Kang Guiwei's face turned red, but he didn't say anything to refute it. Seeing that he confessed, Liu Yinan pursed his lips and raised his head to signal the next one to continue.
"Report to the chief, my name is Zhang Chunshan, the battleship crew is equipped with the cruiser Lin Xian, the cruiser Kitakami, the destroyer Ayana, the destroyer Javelin and the destroyer Z31, a total of five battleships, participated in two battles, sank a total of three enemy ships, the report is complete."
Hearing this person's report, not only Liu Yinan's eyes lit up, but even Kang Guiwei and Chen Xiaoming couldn't help but look at him.
Chen Xiaoming finally understood where this person's arrogance came from, with the lineup and record of the shipwrewn under his command, he would be looked down upon wherever he went.
"But it's a little worse than you, I've killed the Supreme Commander of a province and a lot of bigwigs, do you have this kind of record?" Chen Xiaoming looked at the color on the other party's face, and complained unhappily in his heart.
"I've heard of you, you're nice." Liu Yinan nodded at this person, with an appreciative look on his face.
It was Chen Xiaoming's turn to report next, and he stepped forward to introduce his situation, but was interrupted by Liu Yinan waving his hand. The latter glanced at the supply fleet that had already arrived at the port, turned around and said: "Now I will assign the task, Zhang Chunshan is responsible for guarding and reconnoitring within ten nautical miles in front of the fleet, I am responsible for the protection of the two wings of the fleet, and the two of you are responsible for the rear of the palace." Do you understand? ”
"Understood, sir."
"Get it and start acting now!"
As the order was given, the shipwives ran towards the dock first, and the captains followed, and when they came to the dock, more than a dozen warships of various types were ready to go.
Boarding their respective flagships, the four of them acted according to the previously assigned tasks, Zhang Chunshan took the lead, led his shipwrews to move forward at full speed, and soon ran away without a trace. Liu Yinan's shipwrecks were divided into two teams and sailed on the left and right sides of the fleet respectively, while Chen Xiaoming and Kang Guiwei followed the fleet and walked slowly.
Not long after leaving the port, Chen Xiaoming received a communication request from the Z22 destroyer. He had a good impression of the captain surnamed Kang, and after a moment of hesitation, he pressed the connect button.
"I have already reported Lao Kang's name before, and I haven't asked my little brother for your surname?" As soon as the communicator was turned on, Kang Guiwei's enthusiastic voice came from inside.
Chen Xiaoming wanted to ask him why he contacted him, but he didn't expect the other party to take a step forward and was stunned for a moment before he replied: "Your surname can't be called, my surname is Chen, Chen Xiaoming, Captain Kang calls me Xiao Chen." ”
"Okay, I'll call you Xiao Chen, don't call me Captain Kang, just call me Lao Kang, so as not to be born."
By the way, we're already very angry, right? Chen Xiaoming complained in his heart, but said in his mouth: "Then how dare you, I still call you Brother Kang." ”
"It's okay to call Brother Kang, haha, I didn't expect my old Kang to be mixed up for so long, and finally become a brother."
Chen Xiaoming couldn't help but have a black line when he heard this, he didn't know who the other party was, and he didn't say much, so he said a few words of greeting, and after a while, maybe he felt that the two were already familiar, Kang Guiwei suddenly talked about his life.
It turned out that this Captain Kang was also from a civilian background, and was admitted to the Hangzhou Naval Academy with his own efforts, although it is not a famous academy in China, but it is already the top university in this province.
During his studies, Kang Guiwei's performance was very good, and his theoretical knowledge has always been among the best, but because of his poor family background, when he was about to graduate, he took out all his family funds and only recruited a destroyer girl, which led to his performance in the military exercise was very unsatisfactory, and he was persuaded to retire as soon as he appeared, not only did not get the ranking, but also became a joke in the academy.
After graduation, the other classmates found a suitable job, only he was alone at home, and in the end, the family couldn't stand it, and entrusted someone to contact him, and finally sent him to the Hangzhou Governor's Mansion as the director of the armaments department, in fact, the administrator of the armaments warehouse, responsible for inspecting and recording the equipment in and out of the warehouse.
It stands to reason that with his family background, he is afraid that he will have to work in this position until he dies in this life, who knows that a chance encounter made him meet the governor of Hangzhou Prefecture, and because of his diligent work attitude, he entered the eyes of the other party, and then he was promoted to the position of captain step by step.
"Brother Chen, do you know how many years it took me to upgrade from the director of the armaments department to the captain of the ship?" Kang Guiwei's emotional voice came from the communicator, and without waiting for Chen Xiaoming to answer, he said to himself: "Six years, a whole six years, how many six years can there be in life?" I asked myself that I was not worse than others at all, or even better, but because of my family background, I was repeatedly harassed every time I was promoted to the Governor's Palace, and the same batch of people who entered the Admiral's Mansion now have the rank of colonel, and I have just been promoted to major, which is just a starting step for others, hehe, it's really ridiculous. ”
Hearing these words, Chen Xiaoming couldn't help but be silent, he suddenly thought that if he didn't have his own crossing, I'm afraid that the situation of his predecessor would not be much better than that of the other party.
After sighing with emotion, Kang Guiwei turned his head and began to complain bitterly about the darkness in the Admiral's Mansion, saying that he was kind to people everywhere on weekdays, but other colleagues were indifferent and excluded from him, and when he encountered difficulties, he didn't even have a helper......
Chen Xiaoming was originally confused, and only thought that this old-timer was complaining and spitting bitterness on him, who had no stakes, but gradually, he finally tasted a hint of taste, and the other party took the initiative to contact him and said something profound, the main purpose was probably to seek an alliance.
After all, the circumstances of the two are extremely similar, they are from the same civilian background, and they have only one shipwreck under their command, and they are both public goods...... To put it mildly, this is simply a good match, and it is the fate of the cave house together.
Thinking that he had just arrived, and he just needed such an old man who knew the Admiral's Mansion to mention it, Chen Xiaoming smacked his lips and couldn't help but sigh secretly, if you enter the cave room, you will enter the cave room, anyway, if the two form an alliance, it will only be beneficial to themselves, and there will be no harm in it, if they don't form an alliance with Kang Guiwei, other colleagues in the mansion will be able to look down on themselves?
At this time, he remembered the scene when he reported before, Liu Yinan waved his hand and interrupted it......