Volume 2 Fight on the Sea Chapter 119 Investiture Ceremony
The next morning, the sun was rising, and the Marinfando Square was already crowded.
Although there are many people, there is no sense of noise in the slightest. Magnificent, solemn, and solemn are the main themes of the whole Marin Vando.
Starting from the oath-taking platform in the center of the square, up to the marshal and down to the ordinary sailors, they all gathered in the Marin Fando Square at this time, and today, the navy will usher in a new round of changes.
Sitting in the area closest to the oath stand are the current top of the navy, mainly admirals and elite vice admirals, including the incoming Sengoku and others and the retiring Kenku.
This is followed by mid-level cadres in the Navy, from rear admiral to major colonel, which are basically divided by position. The outermost ones, of course, are ordinary naval soldiers and miscellaneous soldiers.
Of course, how could such a big event not have a journalist? They stood under the oath-taking stage with equipment in their hands so that they could take pictures of the re-election.
"Ahem...... cough ......" cleared his throat, the Sri Lankan marshal stood in the center of the oath platform, and said in a majestic tone: "It's almost time, then let's start!" β
"As the defender of justice, our navy is also the sanctioner of pirates, we are the first and last line of defense of justice, and we are the γγγγγγ of our navy without fear of sacrifice and danger."
As is customary, the marshal came to the stage of course, and of course, he gave a speech, which, in Searle's opinion, was something that was not nutritious.
Of course, the old fritters didn't feel anything, but the young sailors behind them were different, they heard the marshal's speech, and they couldn't help themselves with excitement, and they couldn't wait to go to sea to capture the pirates immediately.
The speech alone lasted half an hour, and Searle was drowsy and his eyes were narrowing.
"Hey Searle, you can't be asleep, are you!"
Sitting next to Searle was Lieutenant General Stamford, who, seeing Searle's lethargy appearance, stabbed Searle in the waist with his crutch.
"Huh?" Searle immediately sat up straight, pretending to be listening attentively.
"How is that possible, I've been listening." Searle said with a smile.
"Only by believing in you can you have a ghost!" Stanford muttered.
Speaking of which, Searle is still the only major general who sits in the first row, and the other major generals all sit in the second or even third row.
Of course, this has something to do with Serge's own merits, although his military rank is a major general, but one thing is very clear to everyone, that is, Serge has the strength of a general, and he once fought on a par with the golden lion of the sea pirate in the New World.
Therefore, it was reasonable for Searle to sit in the top echelons of the Navy, and there was not the slightest dissenting thing from everyone.
"Huh~Huh~Huh~"
A heavy snoring sound appeared in the area.
There was really someone asleep, and this person was still a senior member of the Navy.
Searle tilted his head and looked not far away from the same row, and the whole person was speechless.
He guessed correctly, the only one who could fall asleep in such a serious situation was the rough-nerve Lieutenant General Karp.
It is clear that the Sri Lankan marshal on the stage also found out about this.
Sri Lanka gritted his teeth, took off the pen on his chest casually, covered it with an armed color domineering, and threw it at Karp.
"Bang~"
The unsuspecting Karp was directly smashed on his head.
"What's going on?"
Karp quizzled, touching the large bag on the door of his head and looking around.
Sri Lanka glared at Karp fiercely, and then continued to speak.
"Hahahaha~"
There was a burst of laughter all around.
Karp smiled awkwardly and sat back down, looking like nothing had happened.
Sri Lanka's speech lasted for almost an hour, and many generals couldn't wait, and the next thing was the main event.
"Today, I have been serving as the marshal of the Navy for twenty years, and I will retire from today, and the next step is to invite the new marshal of the Navy, Steel-bone!"
"Papapa~"
With the applause and cheers around him, the steel bones took steady steps and boarded the oath platform.
The Sri Lankan marshal took off the medal and coat on his chest, and when Cyborg approached, he draped the coat, which symbolized the supreme power of the navy, on the empty body, and the medal was worn by Gang Gumku himself.
"Click"
Below, countless reporters, flashing lights kept ringing, firmly grasping this moment of history ~ the new marshal of the Navy took office!!
Sri Lanka officially withdrew, and then, the stage completely belonged to the Navy's trust Marshal Steel.
"The navy is the blade and shield for the world to maintain justice, and I will uphold balanced justice and maintain world peace and stability!"
As he did just now, he took his concept of justice as the content of his speech, and spoke endlessly to the navies below.
At the end of the hour-long speech, Marshal Air looked down the stage and said, "Next, the new admiral!" β
After speaking, Sengoku and Zefa both boarded the oath platform at the same time, and were awarded medals by the former general Kenkong and the current marshal Ganggukong.
"Karp?" Cyborg looked at Karp's location expectantly.
However, his hopes were dashed, and Karp did not move, but turned his head to the other side, ignoring the expectant gaze of Marshal Sora.
Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, Sora still hoped that Karp would be able to take the oath at the last minute.
After a long time, seeing that Karp still had no intention of coming up, Sora had to give up this plan.
After Sengoku wore the rank medal of the general, his right fist was pressed against his chest, and he said in a straight voice: "My justice is the justice that makes the navy reign over the world, and I will uphold the principle of justiceγγγγγ β
As always, the official oath, even the declarations of the Warring States, Searle was not interested in listening, these declarations have been tested by government personnel, and they are still those things.
Serge moved to where Karp was.
"Mr. Karp, you're too willful, Marshal Sky really wants you to go up and take office." Serge said softly.
"Aha!"
Karp grinned, revealing a row of white teeth, and said in a deep tone: "It doesn't matter if you want to get more freedom, you don't need a high status!" β
Hearing this, Searle nodded thoughtfully, this world is far from being as simple as it seems, although the navy has its own high-level executives, but the main appointment and dismissal power is still in the hands of the world government, and success or failure also depends on the government's will.
"And," Karp said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, leaning closer to Serre, "it's not necessarily a good thing to be a general, at least for me. β
"There are so many secrets hidden in this world, and we'd better not know too much." Karp sighed, rather with a sigh.
"Secret?" Searle had a vague guess in his mind, and if he was not mistaken, the secret should have something to do with Karp's last name.
"D?" Serge asked tentatively.
"Huh?" Karp stared at Ser with a look of surprise: "This~ How do you guys know?" β
It can be seen that Karp is very sensitive to the word D, and Searle can't believe it, the man in front of him is really the grinning Lieutenant General Karp?
Searle waved his hand and explained, "Don't worry, I've only heard that the word D contains a deep meaning, and I don't know the details." β
"Huh~" Hearing Searle's explanation, Karp breathed a sigh of relief, and then advised: "Searle, you have to remember my next words!" β
Karp's solemn appearance made Searle have to get serious.
"The special meaning of D has always been taboo for the world government, and we, as a navy, should never touch it."
Karp's face became more serious: "Anyone who tries to reveal the secrets inside is considered an enemy of the world government, even if this person is a navy!" β
Searle understands that this is Karp's good intentions, but he may not know that neither his son nor his grandson will go against his ideas, but of course this is a story for another time.
While the two were talking, Sengoku had finished his speech, and Zefa was taking the oath at this time.
"My justice is not to kill, I will send those thugs of the sea to Impelton, and let them die there!" Zefa swore aloud.
Zefa was later called the general of non-killing, others may not know, but Serge knew that the so-called non-killing brought endless pain to Zefa, even if his family was killed and his arm was cut off, but this man never turned his back on his justice, he was a real man!!
After the two took the oath, a large wave of applause followed, which can be seen that the reputation of these two people in the navy is extremely huge.
The next step was the appointment of lieutenant generals and even colonel-level officers, but unfortunately there was no Searle, but Stanford and Dzungar were promoted respectively.
Stanford was promoted from the original lieutenant general of the headquarters to one of the five lieutenant generals of the Demon Slayer Order, and Jungger was promoted from the original major general to lieutenant general.
In addition, since Simmons was transferred to the headquarters two years ago, he heard that he has participated in many major events and has been successfully promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
Vice Admiral Azuru, who was familiar with Searle, did not change his military rank, and his position was promoted from the original marshal's secretary to the chief of staff of the Navy Headquarters.
At this point, the change of the navy is over, and the follow-up arrangements are handled through the staff department, and there is nothing to do with it.
After all, he has only joined the Navy for six years, even if his merits and strength have been reached, but his qualifications still have to be boiled, and besides, if Searle was promoted to rear admiral two years ago, if he is promoted in less than two years, he may attract criticism, this is what Marshal Steelband Kong said to Searle in advance, if you want to go further, you need to stay up for another year or two.
Normally, the official system of the Navy is very simple, and you can be promoted through merit and seniority, but the limit of promotion by this method is the rear admiral, and if you go up, you need to match the strength, which is why some people cannot reach the vice admiral or even the admiral in their lifetime.