After hearing the specific plans for the fleet, Admiral Jock Slater nodded with satisfaction.

As the de facto Supreme Commander of the Royal Navy (the titular commander of the Royal Navy is the Queen or the King), he certainly hopes that the fleet he sends out will be lined up for thousands of miles, so that the world can see the shadow of the empire on which the sun never sets.

But the reality of the situation also requires that he must consider the cost of this operation, and cannot make it difficult for the Secretary of State of Defense to do so in the House of Commons.

Even if the Conservative Party is estimated to be in a few months,

And West's deployment is just right to satisfy his superiors and, of course, the vanity of the royal family, while keeping the operational budget at a relatively low level.

No media would waste space listing every ship in the fleet.

In fact, those journalists may not even know the difference between different types of destroyers and frigates.

Therefore, the report will only write "a huge fleet of more than 30 ships, including the aircraft carrier Excellence, the beaver, the frigate Cornwall, and the Campbelltown frigate and the landing ship Dreadnought......"

So there is both the inside and the face.

"There is no problem with your arrangement in general, but the specific warships to send cannot be decided now, Alain, write a written plan to me as soon as possible after you go back."

Slater returned to his desk, took out a newspaper dated December 31, 1996 from a drawer and handed it to West:

"Be careful not to be overly biased in the conclusions, and emphasize the effect of naval action on boosting morale and support at the very beginning, as evidenced by the example of Thatcher and the results of the previous Guardian polls, which are the same."

The latter took the newspaper and found it with an appalling headline:

This is the final chapter of the British Empire.

Obviously, for a media outlet like the Guardian that leans toward the opposition party, it is definitely not a big deal to see the excitement.

"Also, remember to add a section in the middle of the text to explain the possible risks of this operation, and remind decision-makers to think carefully, I suggest that you sandwich this between the list of specific equipment carried by the fleet and the composition of personnel."

"The middle part?"

West, who hadn't taken his attention off the report, was stunned:

"But in general, the format is ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a wave of Jock's hand:

"This part must be added, otherwise if something happens at that time, they will throw the responsibility on our Royal Navy, but if it is placed in a too conspicuous place, I am afraid that the minister will look forward again, it just so happens that the equipment list and personnel are all tables and figures, and the minister will not look at them at all, so it is safest to be sandwiched between them."

After explaining, he looked meaningfully at the other side:

"Got it?"

West pondered for a moment, then nodded in surprise.

In a moment just now, he suddenly figured out one thing-

From the very beginning, Jock said a lot of things that had little to do with the military field, and he made himself directly responsible for writing the action plan submitted to the Minister of Defense, which obviously meant to support him.

As for why you chose yourself......

In addition to the fact that the relationship between the two families has always been close, I am afraid that it is also because the age of the two is just half a generation.

The second son of the admiral himself is currently serving as the captain of the Type 23 frigate Somerset.

The Type 23 is mainly anti-submarine and the tonnage is not as good as the older Type 22, and some weapon systems are not very stable, so West just now did not intend to consider any of this model from a purely business point of view.

But now it's time to change your mind.

He is used to the straightforward style within the army, but he is not really stupid, otherwise how can he get into the position of rear admiral.

There are some things that are more appropriate to be raised by subordinates and fleet commanders themselves.

"Understood, Sir Jock."

West folded the newspaper in his hand and clipped it under his armpit, then put on his military cap again:

"The plan will be completed in less than a week, and I will consider the fleet list for this mission in detail, it seems that some new combat forces representing the future of the Royal Navy are missing from the plan just now."

The two of them smiled tacitly at the same time.

"Go ahead, I'm going to Westminster."

……

Chang Haonan encountered a big trouble.

He forgot how terrible it was to travel during the Spring Festival, especially in the 90s.

As a prefecture-level city, Liucheng certainly has an airport, but the scale is too small, and the economy is not very developed, so few airlines will choose to open routes here.

Later, at the beginning of the 21st century, due to airworthiness problems, Sanyan Airport was suspended for a period of time.

In 1997, although the association was still nominally responsible for civil aviation business, there were only two flights a week, one to Beijing and one to Shanghai.

Unfortunately, the next flight was on Chinese New Year's Eve.

Chang Haonan, who couldn't afford to wait, finally decided to buy a sleeper ticket to go home.

Compared to the hard seats, the environment of the sleeper car is better, because the density of people is relatively low, so the theft is not so rampant.

Of course, it's also too good to be limited.

However, there was no 12306 this year, Chang Haonan only remembered that the railway system operated a telephone booking system, but first, as a reborn, he had long forgotten the long list of numbers, and secondly, he did not have a telephone at home.

I had to give up.

"Alas......"

Chang Haonan looked at the wall calendar on the wall, while sorting out the gifts he had just bought from Lao Wu and AVIC International Building today, he sighed that he had been so busy in the past six months that he had almost lost his common sense of life, and by the way, he also comforted himself-

There are probably not many people who can afford sleeper tickets these days, and even in the Spring Festival season, there should not be no cars to sit on.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the apartment door.

When he opened the door, it was Tang Lintian standing outside.

"Dean Tang?"

Chang Haonan was a little surprised to see someone coming.

After all, it is a house divided by the school, and it is normal for the dean to know everyone's address.

But after all, I only saw it last night.

The relationship between the two doesn't seem to have reached the point where they casually visit the restaurant when they are approaching the meal.

However, he still hurriedly invited Tang Lintian in and poured two more glasses of water.

"I'm not prepared for your arrival......

"It's okay, I'm just here to express my condolences to our young researchers on behalf of the college."

The two of them sat down on the couch and talked about some more questions about the textbook.

But Chang Haonan was very sure that Tang Lintian did not make a special trip to talk about academics.

Sure enough, after a small question, the latter changed the subject without a trace:

"Xiao Chang, I remember that you are from Liucheng?"

"That's right, a county seat below Liucheng."

Tang Lintian obviously couldn't remember, but specifically checked the student's information, otherwise he would have said something yesterday.

Of course, Chang Haonan will not poke this kind of thing.

However, the other party's next question was unexpected by him:

"Did you buy a train ticket home?"

"Uh...... Not yet, I'm going to buy it tomorrow and go home in a sleeper. ”

A guess gradually formed in Chang Haonan's mind-

Could it be that someone sent a pillow when the drowsiness came?

Tang Lintian did not disappoint him, turned around and took out a ticket from the bag he was carrying.

Cardboard tickets full of era characteristics, but the shape and color are slightly different from common ticket samples.

"The college took into account your situation and arranged a high-level soft sleeper ticket for you, and tonight's train, because there is really no direct access to Liucheng, so I bought Jinxi, which is next to Liucheng."

Rao is Chang Haonan has seen a lot, but when he saw this ticket, he couldn't help but feel a little shocked in his heart.

High-level soft sleeper, he has heard of it.

The kind with only two bunks in a private room.

Expensive or second, in the nineties, this ticket may not be able to be bought with money.

On the same train, the environment of the advanced soft sleeper and the hard seat is basically two worlds.

Intellectually speaking, he knew very well that this was Tang Lintian trying to win himself over on behalf of the academy.

After all, the other party didn't hide it, from this apartment building, which is nominally a dormitory, but as long as he obtains the status of a faculty member, he can automatically get the property rights, to the textbook that he talked about yesterday is enough for him to leave a mark in the education world, and the posture has been very sufficient.

However, it must be admitted that this ticket was indeed sent to Chang Haonan's heart.

"Thank you, Dean Tang, you did help me solve a big problem, our county is just closer to Jinxi."

There was no need to be pretentious, he took the ticket directly, and then solemnly thanked him.

"It's okay, you are a very valuable asset to our college, and it is also our responsibility as administrators to provide a comfortable and safe environment for you talents."

Tang Lintian stood up, and his words were prominent:

"Okay, the ticket has also been delivered to you, I won't stay longer, you can rest well, you don't have to go out to deliver it."

Although he said so, Chang Haonan still sent people to the entrance of the building.

"When you're successful, you'll find that you're surrounded by good people."

When he returned home, he looked at the high-end sleeper ticket in his hand, and for the first time had an extremely deep understanding of this sentence.

In his previous life, Chang Haonan studied for a doctorate in Beijing Airlines, and stayed for a total of 12 years, but he didn't have a deep impression of this Dean Tang, basically two people who lived in the same space but had no intersection at all.

Including the entire academy level, in fact, there is no sense of existence.

Usually, ordinary, and fulfilled the obligation to train a student, there is nothing to blame.

Originally, the doctor looked rare from the outside, and it was like that in universities, especially in universities of the level of Beijing Airlines.

But in this life, whether it is the academy or the dean himself, or even Du Yishan, Yang Fengyi, Yan Zhongzhong, Lu Yuying, Yang Wei and other famous bigwigs, they have shown extraordinary friendship and even love for him.

There are some of them who didn't hear the wind reviews well before he was reborn.

It's not that they're not the same in this new timeline.

It's Chang Haonan himself who has become different.

(End of chapter)