In the returning fleet, after listening to the introduction of the current federal war situation and convening a high-level meeting of the new independent fleet, Tang Lang unexpectedly saw many familiar faces.
Originally, Tang Lang wanted to meet the captains and mecha battalion commanders under his command, and get to know their personalities.
As a result, the first person who appeared in front of the video conference projection was the familiar Gu Liang.
"Sir, are you a little surprised?" Qiu Ruge was obviously very happy to see the rare surprise on Tang Lang's face, and smiled brightly.
"Ruge, why are you here?" Tang Lang looked at the girl wearing the captain's uniform with some curiosity.
If he was promoted quickly, from a military cadet to a major general, then at least he still had a "Victory" medal as an excuse and an independent regiment at the regiment level as his foundation. It is not too abrupt in any case. Although 27
The 2016-year-old actual major general is indeed a bit shocking.
But compared to this girl who was just a civilian two months ago and now has the rank of captain, that is really not fast.
"I am now the equipment maintenance officer of the Southwest Federation's independent fleet!" Qiu Ruge said with a smile, "Why can't I be here?"
"The meeting is about to begin. I won't explain it to Brother Tang Lang first. You just need to know that my rank of captain definitely did not come through the back door." Qiu Ruge watched the three-dimensional projection of the soldiers sitting down and paying attention to Tang Langxing.
, hurriedly stuck out his tongue, saluted Tang Lang with a less than standard military salute, and sat down first.
Tang Lang grinned. Just looking at this military salute, if he didn't go through enough backdoors, he would rather change his surname to Qiu. Who knows, but the white-haired uncle is responsible for the operation behind it.
"Reporting to you, sir, fresh graduates from the Southwest Military Academy, Fang Pao, along with 235 graduates, are reporting to you!" Lao Bao, who was wearing the rank of captain, stood up and saluted Tang Lang.
"Sir, Chu Ming, a graduate of Qingyu Military Academy, is reporting to you with 126 graduates!" Chu Ming, wearing a captain's military uniform, saluted Tang Lang.
Looking at these familiar faces, Tang Lang secretly suppressed the fear in his heart and returned the greetings one by one.
What shocked Tang Lang was not that these students who were supposed to be in the academy graduated early and entered the army, but that almost all the people who came to his independent fleet were people who had some connection with him. Tang Lang was even sure that although
Qiu Ruge, Lao Bao and Chu Ming appeared in this meeting. When they left the meeting room, there were many people he could name among the group of trainee officers.
What does this mean? It shows that Changsun Hong put in a lot of effort to allow him to fully control this fleet. First, he expanded it into an independent regiment based on Shen Chengfeng's first unit, and then in the name of letting him come to the meteorite sky to collect minerals.
He actually took control of the Independent Regiment and eventually re-expanded it into an independent fleet with the Independent Regiment as the core. Afraid that he would be too young and too inexperienced to be able to speak in the suddenly expanded fleet, he simply removed his comrades on Lafite and those from the academy.
All the seniors I knew were sent over one after another.
In this way, let alone wearing the rank of major general on his chest to intimidate everyone, even if he didn't, with his connections, who else in the independent fleet could compete with him?
Tang Lang was naturally grateful for Changsun Hong's incomparable trust, but this trust contained more invisible crises. Tang Lang could feel Changsun Hong's anxiety and vigilance about the undercurrents surging among various factions in the Federation.
He handed Tang Lang such a sharp knife hidden in the dark, probably not in the hope that Tang Lang could lead an independent fleet to suddenly emerge as a powerful force in the battle against Jie Peng, but that he kept one in the dark and could be used at any time.
Mobile troops to deal with crises.
And who is he guarding against? The number one person in the federal army who can make such a big effort to guard against them is only a few people after thinking about it.
Could it be said that the biggest hidden danger of the Federation is not external, but internal? Reminiscent of the fact that the mercenaries of the Black Hawk Company of the Great Eagle Empire artificially jumped into the territory of the Federation to wreak havoc, causing panic and low morale in the Federation. Tang Lang's
His eyes became colder and colder.
Such a person, who still wants to muddy the waters in order to fish in troubled waters when the nation is in danger, no matter what his purpose is, deserves to die.
Otherwise, how can the innocent souls of hundreds of thousands of ordinary people on Pegasus be brought to peace?
Originally, all the people attending this meeting were military personnel above lieutenant colonel. However, because Tang Langxin had returned from a foreign land and it was necessary to welcome him, and also to introduce outsiders like Anji to everyone, we simply asked all captains and above to attend this meeting.
Officers were in attendance, and only lieutenant colonel-level officers could speak.
Of course, as the Independent Regiment unified the meteorite sky, a large amount of rare mineral resources arrived in the Federation, and a squadron of Jepen's Sixth Army was completely annihilated in the Bermuda sector. In addition, the Independent Regiment was expanded into an independent fleet, and all combatants were
After being promoted, people familiar to Tang Lang, including Yuchi Jian, Chen Shi, etc., became either colonels or lieutenant colonels, and could be regarded as the backbone of the independent fleet.
As for the more than 200 crew members who followed Tang Lang to the center of the magnetic storm to search for their comrades, their lives and deaths were unknown, and the Military Affairs Ministry was even more generous. They were basically promoted to two ranks. Hao Daier directly changed from captain to lieutenant colonel, and could truly become a "phoenix."
"Captain.
Fatty also became awesome. He was originally a small machine repairman. If he successfully graduated from Qingyu Military Academy, no matter how excellent his studies were, he would still be a captain. Now he has become a confirmed major, and he is upright.
A senior officer, wherever he went, a large number of officers and soldiers were the first to salute him.
The moment he got his official military rank from Jiang Cheng, the smile on his face never stopped. It made Major General Jiang Cheng want to take his military rank back from him. Can he still do it? The motherland is still in dire straits.
What about you? Are you smiling so much that your little tongue is exposed?
This kind of large-scale promotion of military ranks is of course unthinkable in peacetime, but now, it is not only a compliment, but also an invisible incentive to the officers and soldiers of the Independent Fleet.
Obviously, if you follow Major General Lang, you will have meat to eat.
The topic of the first military meeting when the Independent Fleet welcomed back their commander was very simple. Should they return to the Federation and give a severe blow to the arrogant and domineering Great Eagle Empire mercenary group? This was placed in front of many independent fleet officers.
a difficult problem.
The independent fleet is under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Affairs, but before the information was silenced, the order given to them by the Chief of Military Affairs, Admiral Sun Hong, was to search back to Tang Lang and hibernate in the meteorite starry sky, waiting for military orders to dispatch troops from the meteorite starry sky at any time.
Both Jiang Cheng and Shen Chengfeng understood that Changsun Hong meant for them to be a surprise force. During the battle with the Jie Peng Empire, their surprise troops, who were not included in the Jie Peng Empire's calculations, attacked and became the winning army.
Although several high-level officials knew about the existence of the independent fleet, Changsun Hong did a good job of covering it up. Even the head of state Ming Donglai only knew that it was a fleet built by Tang Lang based on Shen Chengfeng's air pirates and was mainly used for
Fight with air pirates in the meteorite sky to collect various strategic resources for the Federation.
As for the size of the fleet, every normal person will know that it cannot be too big. At most, it is the strength of a planet-level guard fleet. Such a fleet, let alone the key factor for the decisive battle of the interstellar fleet, is to use them
It’s barely enough to be cannon fodder.
No one knew that Chang Sun Hong secretly sent Chencang's starships that had been sealed by the Federation to the meteorite sky. He also mobilized several battleships and most of the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Fleet's 3rd Squadron to forcefully replace an inferior force.
The small fleet that fights against the air pirates is built to have at least half the strength of the main fleet.
Before Tang Lang left, there were only three destroyers in total, but when Tang Lang returned, he had at his command the latest fire support ship "Li Xin", three older cruisers "Zhou Bo", "Wei Qing"
"", "Huo Guang", these three cruisers were not decommissioned and sealed because they had been in service for too long, but because they needed to build newer cruisers. The ten main fleets were not organized in sequence, and in peacetime, the size of the fleet was greatly expanded.
It would cause criticism from some big countries, so it was transformed and sealed.
In fact, many countries in the starry sky do this. When encountering a war, these old starships can be pulled out and instantly become a fleet or even several fleets, and their strength is no worse than the existing fleets.
This is the so-called war potential. The Southwest Federation, which has always been wary of its neighbors, has been prepared for danger in times of peace for hundreds of years. It would make the mistake of cutting off its wings. There are not many starships that have been mothballed in the name of obsolescence.
In addition to the three main cruisers, there are also more than 30 destroyers, frigates, etc. of various types. In other words, except for the mothership that the main fleet does not have, there are also many other independent fleets.
The role of the mothership in the fleet is undoubtedly extremely important. The ship's body, which is as large as several kilometers, can store thousands of starry sky fighters. When encountering a starship group to fight at close range, the thousands of starry sky high-speed fighters scattered will definitely be
A terrible existence.
But fortunately, because the Federation has suffered heavy losses on transport ships, the latest transport ship "Lee Signal" can completely replace part of the functions of the mother ship. The 2,000-meter-long Lee Signal can also store hundreds of star fighter aircraft after emptying the transport cabin.
, it can barely be used as a mothership.
Tang Lang even suspected that there had been proposals for a small mothership before this transport ship with a somewhat "abnormal" design concept was designed.
The strength of the independent fleet is strong enough, and it is not afraid of a mercenary fleet even if it is not strong enough to challenge a main fleet. Even if it is from the Great Eagle Federation, the performance of the starship may be stronger than that of the federal starship.
But the officers and soldiers who had swept across the meteorite sky and annihilated a full squadron of the Jeppon Empire with three destroyers and more than a hundred assault ships had this confidence.
They are a regular army. No matter how mercenary they are, they are not an army. Ding Po Tian is just a large air pirate gang.
Before Tang Lang came back, Jiang Cheng had organized a military meeting. Although there were disputes, he still came up with the final plan: If Tang Lang was not found for another 24 hours, the independent fleet would return to the Federation and the mercenary force.
Army group decisive battle.
And now, Tang Lang is back.
Everyone turned their attention to their young commander, whether they were close to him or just met him, they were all waiting for the decision of the supreme commander of the independent fleet.
Tang Lang did not speak, but pressed his hand on the command seat to bring up the sculpture of the mecha wreckage on Pegasus, as well as the river of blood in the Pegasus underground shelter that could only be found within the army.
"I am not a gentleman, revenge never overnight!"
Tang Lang's cold voice echoed throughout the ships.
"The entire army will immediately open the artificial jump channel. The target is the Southwest Galaxy! Immediately help me get through to the Southwest Military Region Headquarters. I want to speak to Commander Tang. The fleet technical maintenance officer will come to my flagship. I have a task for you to complete.
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No one expected that Tang Lang was more determined than most people thought. The independent fleet did not even return to the Karama star base, but could not wait to start the artificial jump shortly after leaving the Bermuda star field.