As the void suddenly shrank, the First Fleet ended its jump and arrived at Horton.
The terrain here can be said to be that there is only one pass and no one can open it. There is only a narrow Star Road to the outside world. It was once known as the most powerful pass in the Oaks Empire!
At this moment, the former Third Fleet is stationed at the exit of this Star Road, under the acting command of former Quint's adjutant Bartland.
After Chris takes office, the original Third Fleet will be officially renamed the First Fleet of the Federation Starfleet Corps, the Second Fleet, and Bartland will become Chris's adjutant.
At the same time, due to Chris's departure, Emma, who became a commodore, naturally became the commander of the first squadron of the first fleet.
As for Li Cangqiong, due to his insufficient military rank, even though he was promoted to one level this time, he was still only a colonel. He temporarily served as the commander of a small team under Emma, commanding 100 battleships.
Speaking of which, the First Squadron under Lin Fan's First Fleet has become a veritable gathering place for the younger generation of generals. Now the commanders of the ten squads are all rising stars who have graduated from the Interstellar Military Academy in recent years. Even Emma.
It's only been 5 years since I graduated.
For now, the biggest headache for Lin Fan is that there are too few available people, especially since there will be ten fleets to be expanded in the future, which alone will require thousands of senior military command talents.
But the question is, where did so many people come from?
Take the current fleet regulations as an example. Only a lieutenant colonel can command a squadron, a commodore can command a squadron, and a vice admiral can command a fleet!
Fortunately, there are only 4 fleets in the entire federation, so there are no problems for the time being. However, the federation will expand to 24 fleets in the next ten years. Can people use it according to such rules?
The commanders of 20 fleets alone require 20 lieutenant generals, 200 commodores, and 2,000 lieutenant colonels and colonels. Isn't this a joke?
This does not include the staff officers, bridge command teams, etc. required by each fleet. A large number of generals are also needed here, but where can there be so many generals among the four fleets?
Transferred from Starfleet Headquarters? Come on, most of them are people who can only talk on paper. Wasn’t Quint’s lesson learned enough before?
In this regard, Lin Fan believes that we can no longer follow the old rules. From now on, within the First Legion, everything will be based on strength, and strength is the basis of everything.
On the basis that his strength is sufficient, Lin Fan can adjust his rank downward by two levels.
To put it simply, a fleet commander originally needed to be a lieutenant general, but now, as long as you are strong enough, you can be at least a commodore.
After the adjustment of the squadron commander, even if you are only a lieutenant colonel, you can do it. 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 clearly capable but limited by their insufficient military rank will have a wider path to promotion. At the same time, it can also solve the dilemma of insufficient senior officers in large numbers.
Even Lin Fan has already thought about it. When the third fleet is fully established, Emma will be the commander, and Li Cangqiong will succeed Emma as the commander of the first squadron.
Just go ahead and do it, Lin Fan immediately formed this idea into a written report and submitted it directly to Sanders.
That day, just as Lin Fan expected, Sanders informed Lin Fan that he agreed with Lin Fan's plan. In the future, Lin Fan would only need to select a good candidate and submit the report, and there was no need to stick to military rank.
Lin Fan, who received a positive reply, naturally immediately announced the news to the two fleets, which caused quite a heated discussion. Most of them were quite supportive, except for a small number of conservatives who were very disgusted by it.
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These people are accustomed to ranking based on seniority, and there are especially many such people in the Third Fleet!
Lin Fan would have to clean them up sooner or later, but now was not the time.
After finishing dealing with the fleet, Lin Fan came to the Space Research City under construction.
At present, the main body has been built, and the next step is to install other modules one by one around the central body. It will take about half a year to complete.
"Lin Fan!!!"
As soon as Lin Fan entered the central control room, he heard someone's resentful voice, which immediately aroused goosebumps all over his body.
Looking in the direction of the voice, he was looking at the much younger Bai Zixuan, looking at him with a resentful look that matched the voice just now!
Lin Fan couldn't help but sweat broke out on his back. Could it be that Bai Zixuan had some inclinations?
"Ahem, Mr. Bai, long time no see!"
"That's right, it's been five years. You haven't handed me a little card in five years!"
As Bai Zixuan spoke, he looked at Lin Fan with a resentful look, like a frustrated little daughter-in-law.
This scene even attracted the attention of others nearby, and the flames of gossip ignited throughout the central control room.
Lin Fan looked around at the people around him and suddenly felt that he was really confused.
What you said, people who don’t know would think that I sent you love letters every day five years ago.
"Lao Bai, your words are so easily misunderstood!"
"What's the misunderstanding? You're not your kid. I'm at the Mars base waiting for you to come over and hand me a little card every day, but I've only been waiting for five years! Five years! How many five years can you wait in life, huh?
Let me know when you get there!"
Pfft... Lin Fan instantly felt that the Bagua fire around him was burning even more fiercely.
I quickly interrupted Bai Zixuan to prevent him from exaggerating.
"Lao Bai, I've been busy with wars these past few years, and I really don't have time to engage in scientific research. Besides, you can still dig deeper into those previous technologies!"
"You don't need to say that? In the past few years, we have used your technologies as the basis and have been conducting more in-depth research. Now the second-generation curvature engine is already being tested, which can roughly double the current jump speed.
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"Also being tested is a new generation of battleship cannon, which I call a plasma cannon. Compared with the current ion beam cannon, it has a longer range, greater power, and a faster charging speed.
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"By the way, there has also been great progress in the engine. The anti-gravity engine that is currently under research, if successful, will increase the maximum speed of the warship by more than ten times, and can reach at least 50,000 kilometers per second, becoming a true sub-light speed.
engine."
"There are other aspects..."
Well, Mr. Bai is still the same Mr. Bai. When he talks about scientific research, he gets so excited that he can’t stop!
However, Lin Fan is still very interested in the second-generation warp engine and plasma cannon that Bai Zixuan mentioned. Of course, if the anti-gravity engine can also be developed, it will definitely push the Human Federation to a true fourth-level civilization.
Looking at Bai Zixuan who was still waving his hands excitedly and talking non-stop, Lin Fan had no choice but to smile helplessly!