The reason why Chen Guangyi found Fan Heng's way was not only the two of them, but another very important reason was that the Fan family and the military have always been stronger, and no one can compare with Fan Wubing in the influence of the older generation of the military.

This may sound a bit incredible, but in fact, you will understand the truth after thinking about it.

Not to mention Fan Wubing has long had a strong influence among the military's senior management because of the blizzard torpedo. Even the various things he did for the military later were enough to make many senior generals feel grateful, especially when Fan Heng became a member of the Standing Committee, this gratitude became support in practical actions.

What is more important is that something that no one can avoid, that is, the issue of birth, old age, sickness and death.

No one can escape the end of death, but how to delay aging and leaving the world a little later is what everyone wants to do. Fan Wubing is a miracle doctor who can cure many difficult and complicated diseases through abnormal means. The old leader's affairs are proof of this.

Thinking of this, even if the older generation can see these life-and-death things, it cannot guarantee that their descendants can see this, so Fan Wubing has become a hot commodity. What is particularly important is that the military has formed a system and the depth of the waters within it is unfathomable, but the descendants of those who inherited the military throne were still the descendants of those great figures back then.

Therefore, Fan Wubing or Fan Heng's influence on the military is quite considerable.

Chen Guangyi is not an ordinary person. He is very clear about the powerful power his old friend Fan Heng and Fan Wubing, the son of Fan Heng, and also knows how much he has. That is why he dared to seek the position of commander of the navy at this time. This was after his careful consideration.

He even has great confidence that as long as the No. 1 leader does not object, he can sit steadily in this position under the promotion of Fan Heng and Fan Wujian and his son. He is not a person who is fighting for fame and fortune. He has deep feelings for the navy, so he also understands the current situation of the navy. He hopes to make the navy stronger through his own superiority, so that he will not be able to protect the country and protect the people near the sea, but to build a real blue water navy and travel to various oceans.

And his treasure was indeed overwhelmed. Fan Wubing contacted several military bosses calmly and decided on the matter in an understatement.

Commander No. 1 did not have any objection. After the submarine crash occurred, the top leaders were most concerned about rectifying the navy as soon as possible. Promote the renewal of the navy as soon as possible, improve the level of weapons and equipment, and build a new type of navy that adapts to modern warfare. Therefore, the new naval commander is familiar with the Fan family and does not seem to be a bad thing.

At least, when Chen Guangyi took office, it was impossible for Fan Wubing, a big financial supporter, to ignore it, nor could he ask for a price too harshly, which is beneficial to the Navy.

Moreover, in this era, there is no question of a certain dynasty usurping the throne, and no one can always occupy that position. As for Fan Heng, he has survived to retire from the position of Standing Committee and the position of NO.1, he will never have the opportunity to sit on it, nor has he ever had that kind of thought.

Next, the investigation into the naval submarine crash.

The published data shows that the submarine that crashed in the Navy is the Ming-class 035 submarine, which was the first generation of conventional-powered torpedo attack submarine in China approved by the Military Commission in 1967. The central task of the development is to do its best to increase the underwater speed. To achieve this goal, researchers have conducted a lot of research and experiments in three main aspects: reducing drag, improving propulsion efficiency and increasing propulsion power.

The first ship of the Type 035 submarine was delivered to the Navy for use in April 1974. It was suspended twice and was designed for modern modified boats. It requires that on the premise that the overall performance of the original Type 035 submarine is basically unchanged, many aspects will be improved in terms of weapon systems, water acoustic equipment, communication equipment, navigation equipment, water acoustic countermeasures, noise control, and improvement of living and working conditions, so that the combat capability, survivability, mobility, concealment, reliability, and safety of the boat will be improved to a certain extent.

The improved boat started construction in August 1988, was handed over at the end of 1990, and was finalized in 1993. So far, a small batch has been built for delivery to the navy. The boat used the pointed tail type for the first time, reasonably arranged the pipelines and valve parts of the superstructure, narrowed the space of the deck, improved the flow holes, and designed high-efficiency propellers. The heading automatic steering instrument and the depth automatic steering instrument were used to ensure normal handling of the submarine within all speed ranges.

According to overseas media information, the highest class among the officers and soldiers who died in submarines was a naval colonel, and the other thirteen over-staffed personnel were trainees from the Ship Academy and technical support cadres from relevant departments.

According to the subsequent investigation, the official incident was released on April 16th. The boat recharged the submarine on its way back to Qingdao Weihai base. According to the procedure, charging is to activate the diesel generator. This generator requires a lot of oxygen to be burned when activated, so the submarine needs to float to the sea surface and extend the periscope and air intake valve above the podium to the sea surface to suck in air.

However, the investigation found that when the diesel generator was activated, the intake valve did not open due to mechanical failure. After the diesel engine was activated, a large amount of oxygen in the combustion boat was absorbed.

Relevant data show that the oxygen content in the boat dropped to zero within less than two minutes. Since the submarine was conducting silent training at the time, all telecommunications contacts with the outside world were interrupted, no one outside could detect an accident in time.

However, according to the procedure, all hatch covers were closed at that time. Because the internal oxygen was absorbed and the air pressure was unbalanced, the hatch cover could no longer be opened from the inside under negative pressure from the cabins to the seventh, and it was impossible for the officers and soldiers to try to escape.

"The submarine went out to sea to participate in the exercise on April 2nd. After the exercise on April 12th, it was asked to return to the base in a silent manner. The so-called silent attitude means closing all contacts with the outside world. However, on April 26th, the fishermen discovered the submarine floating outside the Changshan Islands. After towing it back to the base, they found that all the officers and soldiers had suffocated and died. The last date of the log record was April 16th." Fan Heng said to Fan Wubing after seeing the internal notice.

"What a pity--" Fan Wubing shook his head, not very confident in the notification information. After all, some things in the military are kept confidential, and the internal notification is also false information.

"This is an investigation report given by the Navy." Fan Heng's words seemed to have some other meaning.

Fan Wubing was stunned after hearing this, and then understood something.

Obviously, the current naval leadership must have concealed something. After all, according to the report, the exercise started on April 2 and the exercise ended on April 12. Even if the radio was kept silent, it would not take long to return to the base. However, it was very problematic to know that the floating submarine was discovered by fishermen on April 26.

How long was the silence time at that time? It wouldn't take half a month, right?

Why was the fishermen who discovered the submarine the first one? Did the navy know about this situation? What arrangements were made for this?

Another most important question is what happened on the submarine at that time?

All these questions need to be answered, but the Navy has no clear statement, which makes the top leaders very angry, and at the same time feel that their influence within the Navy is too weak.

Fan Heng doesn't believe the authenticity of this investigation report, and of course many people don't believe it.

Not believing is a very serious problem.

Therefore, Chen Guangyi's activities finally played a role. When everyone discussed this matter, someone raised the issue of changing generals, and Fan Heng directly nominated Chen Guangyi to take over the Navy.

As for why Chen Guangyi was asked, Fan Heng's answer was also very simple, "First, I understand his character. Second, he is a technical staff member. Third, he has both grassroots experience and leadership experience."

Fan Heng’s answer is very skillful. After listening to it, everyone understood that Fan Heng was making a guarantee for Chen Guangyi as his own identity. First of all, Fan Heng understood Chen Guangyi’s character. Although this is false, it is the most important point.

If you want to recommend someone to be promoted, there must be sufficient reason, but one thing is very important. First of all, you need to have a reason to recommend this person. Fan Heng’s so-called understanding of Chen Guangyi’s character is to tell everyone directly that Chen Guangyi is my person, and I will be responsible if there is any problem.

For such a clear proposal, everyone needs to seriously consider it. Fan Heng did not put forward a request for important leadership positions so directly before, and it was openly stated that Chen Guangyi was his own person, so everyone needs to carefully understand this point. In addition, Fan Heng's origin is closely related to the navy, and nominating Chen Guangyi is not for personal interests, but for the inherent requirement of planning to modernize the navy, which is also the most critical point.

In fact, it doesn’t matter who is nominated as a naval commander, but if you have a suitable candidate who understands both technology and management, understands both the grassroots and is familiar with the senior management, the success rate is obviously higher.

Several members of the Standing Committee discussed it, then sat down with the leaders of the Military Commission to communicate. Finally, everyone unanimously approved Fan Heng's suggestion and decided to try it with Chen Guangyi to rectify the somewhat chaotic navy.

On June 12, with the approval of the Central Committee, the Military Commission issued an order to appoint Chen Guangyi as the commander of the navy, removing the original naval commander and naval political commissar. The next day, the investigation results of the cause of the naval submarine crash were announced, declaring that it was an accident caused by improper command and manipulation.

As a result, the Military Commission made a decision to deal with the relevant personnel responsible for the major submarine accident seriously. The deputy commander of the military region and the commander of the North Sea Fleet and the political commissar of the Navy North Sea Fleet were given administrative demotions, and several other relevant personnel were given disciplinary sanctions such as administrative dismissal and demotion.

"You can't say that the change of generals this time is a bit too strong." After seeing this result, Fan Wubing couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

My father Fan Heng said to his son, "In fact, this time the senior management also took advantage of the problem, so the actions will inevitably be bigger."

Judging from the content of the change of generals, grassroots units have not been greatly affected, and they are even just a simple punishment of administrative demotion. However, the Navy's senior management has changed a lot, and the commander and political commissar have been replaced. This can basically be regarded as the attitude of the senior management towards the work of the entire Navy in recent years.

In other words, the senior management was quite dissatisfied with the development of the navy, so that they could only be content with the first and second-in-commands. This seemed unlikely in normal times, but this happened like this.

"Well, the new No. 1 chief is very courageous." Fan Wubing commented.

There was obviously a little other flavor in Fan Wubing's words. Although Fan Heng heard it, he didn't pay much attention to him. He just gave him a blank look and then said, "To rectify the navy and build a strong army, you need responsible leaders. On this point, I admire the No. 1 leader very much. Although he is a few years younger than me, it can be seen that he is more decisive than other members of the Standing Committee."

Fan Wubing nodded and admitted this.

In fact, he was also very clear that from this naval submarine crash, the navy does have many problems, and to solve this problem, we must start from the inside. However, if the senior management wants a powerful navy with a new face, in addition to solving internal problems, decisive replacement is also an indispensable step.

Otherwise, even if the middle and lower levels solve the problem, the top leaders are still in control, which will always affect the overall situation. Therefore, the No. 1 Chief has made up his mind this time to solve the accumulated problems of the Navy in one fell swoop.

"But in this way, everyone will regard Chen Guangyi as your person. If he can't do the navy well and makes any mistakes, it will affect your reputation-" Fan Wubing thought of this and couldn't help but smile at his father Fan Heng.

"How can I compare to a powerful navy?" Fan Heng shook his head and smiled.

It can be seen that Fan Heng is still very confident about Chen Guangyi, an old friend, and Fan Wubing is not very clear about this, but he also understands that as long as Chen Guangyi is not the kind of person who is arbitrary and has no ability and likes to command blindly, then with the current cooperation projects between the military department of the Fan Investment Group and the military, it is still certain to improve the combat effectiveness of the navy in a few years.
Chapter completed!