One hundred and twelve resentful Bai Zixuan
As the void shrank abruptly, the First Fleet ended the transition and arrived at Horton.
The terrain here can be said to be one of a kind, with only a narrow star road to the outside world.
At this moment, the original Third Fleet is stationed at the exit of this Star Road, and is under the acting command of the former Kate's adjutant Bartland.
After Chris takes office, the original Third Fleet will be officially renamed the Second Fleet of the First Army of the Federation Starfleet, and Butland will become Chris's adjutant.
At the same time, due to the departure of Chris, Emma, who became a brigadier general, naturally became the commander of the First Squadron of the First Fleet.
As for Li Cangqiong, because of his insufficient rank, even if he has been promoted to one level this time, he is still only a colonel, temporarily serving as the commander of a squad under Emma, commanding 100 warships.
Speaking of which, the 1st Squadron under Lin Fan's 1st Fleet has become a veritable gathering place for the younger generation of generals. The commanders of the ten squadrons are all new stars who graduated from the Interstellar Military Academy in recent years, even Emma. Only 5 years after graduation.
For now, the biggest headache for Lin Fan is that there are too few people who can use it, especially since there are ten fleets to be expanded in the future, and this alone requires thousands of senior military commanders.
But the question is, where did so many people come from?
Take the current fleet regulations as an example, only the lieutenant colonel can command the squad, the brigadier general can command the squadron, and the lieutenant general can command the fleet!
It is also fortunate that there are only 4 fleets in the entire Federation, so there is no problem for the time being, but the Federation will be expanded to 24 fleets in the next ten years. According to such rules, can people use it?
The commander of the 20 fleets alone requires 20 lieutenant generals, 200 brigadier generals, and 2000 lieutenant colonels and colonels. Isn't that a joke!
This doesn't even count the staff, bridge command team, etc. that each fleet needs. A large number of generals are also needed here, but where can there be so many generals in the four fleets?
From Starfleet HQ? Don't talk about it, most of them are people who can only talk on paper, and the lessons of Kwett before are not enough?
In this regard, Lin Fan believes that we can't follow the old rules. From now on, in the First Army, everything should be aligned with strength, and strength is the foundation of everything.
On the basis of sufficient strength, Lin Fan can lower his rank to two levels.
To put it simply, the commander of the fleet used to be a lieutenant general, but now, as long as you are strong enough, the minimum brigadier general is enough.
After the adjustment of the squadron commander, even if you are only a lieutenant colonel, of course, the premise is that you must have enough strength to pass Lin Fan's test!
After this arrangement, a large number of generals who are obviously powerful, but limited by insufficient rank, will have a broader path to ascend, and at the same time, a large number of the dilemma of insufficient senior officers can be solved.
Even Lin Fan had already thought about it. When the Third Fleet was established, Emma would be the commander, and Li Cangqiong would replace Emma as the commander of the First Squadron.
As soon as he said it, Lin Fan immediately put the idea into a written report and submitted it directly to Sanders.
That day, Sanders, as expected by Lin Fan, told Lin Fan that he agreed with Lin Fan's plan. In the future, Lin Fan would only need to select a good candidate to report, instead of sticking to his military rank.
Lin Fan, who received a positive reply, naturally announced the news to the two fleets immediately, which caused quite a heated discussion. Most of them were quite supportive, except for a small number of conservatives who were very disgusted with it. .
These people are used to judging seniority, especially in the Third Fleet!
Lin Fan would have to clean them up sooner or later, but now is not the time.
After dealing with the fleet, Lin Fan came to the space scientific research city under construction.
The main body has now been constructed.
The follow-up is to continuously install the other modules around the central body one by one, and it will take about half a year to complete the whole.
"Lin Fan!!!"
Lin Fan, who had just entered the central control room, heard someone's resentful voice, which suddenly caused goosebumps all over his body.
Looking in the direction of the voice, he was looking at the much younger Bai Zixuan, looking at himself with the resentful eyes that matched the voice just now!
Lin Fan couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat behind his back. Could this Bai Zixuan be inclined in any way?
"Cough cough, Bai Lao, long time no see!"
"Yes, it's been five years, and you haven't handed me a small card for five years!"
While talking, Bai Zixuan looked at Lin Fan resentfully, like a little daughter-in-law who was very angry.
This scene even attracted the attention of others on the side, and the fire of gossip ignited in the entire central control room.
Lin Fan looked around at the people around him, and suddenly felt like a dog.
People who don't know what you said, thought I sent you a love letter every day 5 years ago.
"Old Bai, what you said is too easy for people to misunderstand!"
"What's the misunderstanding? It's not your boy. I was waiting for you to come over and hand me a small card every day at the Mars base, but this wait is only five years, five years! How many five years can you wait in life, eh? Tell me when you are there!"
Pfft... Lin Fan instantly felt that the fire of gossip around him was burning even more fiercely.
He quickly interrupted Bai Zixuan's words, lest he exaggerate more and more.
"Old Bai, the war has been busy these past few years. I really don't have time for scientific research, and you can still dig deep into those technologies before!"
"Do you still need to say this? In the past few years, we have used your technology as the basis and have been conducting more in-depth research. Now the second-generation curvature engine is already in testing, which can double the current transition speed. ."
"At the same time, there is a new generation of battleship guns being tested, which I call the plasma cannon. Compared with the current ion beam cannon, it has a longer range, greater power, and faster charging speed. ."
"By the way, there has also been a lot of progress in the engine area. The anti-gravity engine, which is still under research, if successful, will increase the maximum speed of the battleship by more than ten times, at least 50,000 kilometers per second, and become a true sub-light speed. engine."
"There are other things..."
Well, Bai Lao is still the same Bai Lao. When he talks about scientific research, he is so excited that he can't stop!
However, Lin Fan was still very interested in what Bai Zixuan mentioned about the second-generation curvature engine and plasma cannon. Of course, if the anti-gravity engine could also be developed, it would definitely push the Human Federation to a true fourth-level civilization.
Seeing Bai Zixuan who was still waving his hands excitedly and talking non-stop, Lin Fan had no choice but to smile bitterly!