Volume 1: The Empire Awakens Chapter 50: The Young Lady (Part 2)
It was past ten o'clock the next morning when Tan Renhao arrived at the office.
As he walked through the lobby of the headquarters building, he noticed that some other staff officers were looking at him and talking in low voices.
He thought these people were talking about his sudden promotion to captain, so he didn't take it seriously.
As soon as he entered the office, Hao Dongjue pulled him aside and slammed the door.
Chang Jianxin also looked at him with a very strange look. It was obvious that these two people were not surprised at all that Tan Renhao was promoted to captain.
"Renhao, tell me the truth, did you have an affair with the commander's daughter?"
Hao Dongjue's question was very direct.
Tan Renhao was stunned for a moment, then he reacted.
"Don't try to lie to me, kid. When I came this morning, the news had already spread. Tell me the truth, did you have any relationship with Miss Liao..."
Hao Dongjue made an affectionate gesture.
"What are you thinking? Miss Liao and I are just ."
Tan Renhao simply couldn't stand Hao Dongjue's gossiping behavior, and he and Liao Yingyu had not made their relationship clear, so they couldn't be considered to be in a relationship at all.
"You kid, do you think we don't know?"
Hao Dongjue sneered, "Someone has seen what you did in the garden yesterday, and there are more than one person!"
"What did you say?"
Tan Renhao was shocked. He was playing around with Liao Yingyu last night, but it was just a joke.
"That's not what I said."
Hao Dongjue pretended to be innocent and said, "I also heard it from others. Now you are probably the only one in the headquarters who doesn't know about this. Maybe General Liao will call you over this morning!"
Tan Renhao suddenly felt overwhelmed.
His personal problems are minor matters. There are few young officers in the Imperial Navy who are not romantic, and there are many scandals in the Imperial Navy every year.
However, Liao Yingyu is a rich lady and the apple of General Liao Hanxiang's eye. If her reputation is ruined, it will be a big deal.
Just when Hao Dongjue was gloating, someone knocked on the door. Tan Renhao was startled and when he was about to open the door, Chang Jianxin had already opened it.
"Captain Tan Renhao, the commander wants you to go to his office immediately!"
Standing outside the door was General Liao Hanxiang's attendant.
This sentence itself was very ordinary. If it were any other time, Tan Renhao would not feel that there was anything wrong. However, at this special moment, he immediately felt that a disaster was about to happen.
"Go ahead, why are you still standing there?"
Hao Dongjue is definitely a bad friend. "Commander Liao is waiting for you to report the situation to him. Maybe..."
Tan Renhao made a threatening gesture towards Hao Dongjue, then quickly followed the orderly to General Liao Hanxiang's office.
While going up the stairs, he keenly noticed that several staff officers who passed by were looking at him with strange eyes.
General Liao Hanxiang was reviewing a document. He asked Tan Renhao to entertain him first. After he finished reviewing the document, he came over.
"Captain, your report has been approved."
Liao Hanxiang was a little excited. "Marshal Sagittin has decided to put the new combat aircraft into production as soon as possible. But have you seen this intelligence?"
Tan Renhao breathed a sigh of relief, and then saw the top-secret document in General Liao Hanxiang's hand.
"General, I have read it when I was in the Navy Headquarters. It is about Japan's new combat aircraft. General Yu Gengnian also asked me to write two reports. I heard that he will give them to Marshal Sagittin."
Liao Hanxiang nodded.
“It’s good that you’ve read it.
Marshal Sagittin has ordered General Yu Gengnian to determine the true performance of Japan's new fighter planes as soon as possible, and to evaluate whether our new fighter planes can gain an advantage in performance, and whether it is necessary to immediately shorten the life of developing newer combat aircraft.
General Yu Gengnian has organized a group of technicians to conduct a comprehensive analysis.
However, from the information I have received so far, the technicians do not have strong confidence in the Sparrowhawk and will probably come up with a final evaluation report next month.
That is to say, we are likely to equip the Sparrowhawk in small batches, and strive to complete the development of the new fighter as quickly as possible and then put it into production."
Tan Renhao nodded and said, "I think so too. Although the Sparrowhawk is better than the Japanese Zero Fighter in some aspects, its overall performance is not overwhelming. Now Shenfei has come up with a design for an improved Feng 12 engine with a maximum output power of 2,400 horsepower. As long as this engine is successfully developed, we will be able to manufacture a fighter with an absolutely overwhelming performance advantage."
"I hope we can get a better fighter soon!"
Liao Hanxiang let out a long sigh, "I called you back this time because I want you to assist Colonel Ji Xiaobin in preparing for the spring military exercise in two months.
In addition, the first batch of 'Sparrowhawks' will be delivered to us next month, and we will be responsible for about 30% of the test flights, so you will also be responsible for completing this part.
Pilot training is the most important. If all goes well, we can obtain about 72 new fighter jets before the spring military exercises to equip the fighter units of the two aviation brigades.
The most troublesome thing is the training of the pilots, so you have to make good arrangements so that the fighter pilots have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the new fighters in advance, so that when the time comes to change the equipment, they don’t need to spend more training time. "
Tan Renhao nodded and took on this glorious yet arduous task.
This is a very important task. If the 72 fighter jets of the two squadrons can be replaced, the air defense and air control combat capabilities of the Fifth Fleet will be qualitatively improved.
"Okay, go find Colonel Ji Xiaobin first. He will assign you a task!"
Tan Renhao immediately stood up, saluted and said goodbye to General Liao Hanxiang, then walked out.
"Yes, Captain."
Liao Hanxiang called out to Tan Renhao, who had just walked to the door but had not yet had time to open it.
Tan Renhao was shocked and felt that something was wrong.
"Yingyu is a good girl. She will stay at the base for another two months. Spend more time with her. I am a remiss father."
"Yes, I will take good care of Miss Yingyu!"
After walking out of the commander's office, Tan Renhao breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that General Liao Hanxiang was not completely ignorant.
However, Tan Renhao was no longer so worried, at least Liao Hanxiang did not object to his relationship with Liao Yingyu.
