After understanding Lin Fan's thoughts, Sanders also made up his mind.
Since Lin Fan wants to do something big, he should use this opportunity to burn the fire even brighter and eliminate all the cancers that have plagued the Star Fleet for decades!
The current leader of the seniority faction is Richard Lyon, who is the deputy commander-in-chief of Starfleet Headquarters and has the rank of five-star admiral. It was he who helped the former Quinn to take the position.
For now, it is unrealistic for Sanders to directly get rid of Richard, but it is still possible to use this opportunity to cut off some of his party members first.
After sorting out the sequence, Sanders contacted Lin Zhen, and the two talked on the phone for two full hours.
The next day, Lin Zhen held a meeting at the Presidential Palace. In addition to the Vice President and a group of staff, also invited to participate were Commander-in-Chief Sanders of the Federation Starfleet and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Richard.
Everyone in the conference room felt that something was different today. After all, in normal meetings, if people from Starfleet were to participate, they would only invite Marshal Sanders and Richard together. This was really the first time.
"Okay, everyone is here, let's have a meeting now!"
When everyone arrived and the door to the conference room was closed, Lin Fan spoke.
"The topic of today's meeting is very important. If it is not handled well, the future of the entire federation will be ruined!"
As soon as Lin Zhen said these words, everyone in the conference room was shocked except for Sanders and Ed, the two insiders.
What is today’s topic? President Lin Zhen actually said it so seriously?
Looking at this situation, something big is going to happen today.
"Let me talk about this first. Everyone knows that we asked the Io Federation to manufacture warships, but there is one thing we did not consider!"
"That is, it is easy to manufacture warships, but after the two legions of warships are fully equipped, how to deal with the large shortage of commanders?"
"According to reports from the two frontline corps, even under the current temporary system of downgrading appointments by two levels, there are still a large number of gaps and there are no suitable people to take office!"
The staff somewhat understood this, but this was indeed an oversight.
Previously, they were only thinking about how to fully staff the warships of the two legions as soon as possible, but they did not consider the problem of insufficient commanders.
Speaking of which, the two legions did have fewer officers above the general level, so much so that three months ago, Li Cangqiong, who was only a colonel, was even allowed to go up. That time, the seniority faction of Starfleet made a big fuss over this matter.
There are no idiots among the staff here. They have realized that Lin Fan is probably going to cause trouble again, and this time he may be directly targeting the seniority faction. Otherwise, even Richard would not have been called over for the meeting. He is the seniority faction.
Send current leaders.
"President Lin, what you say is not quite right. There are many capable generals in our Starfleet headquarters. Even if there are two more legions, we will have enough generals to fill the vacancies of commanders."
It's coming, it's coming.
This sentence flashed through everyone's mind instantly.
"Deputy Commander-in-Chief Richard, I don't deny that there are many generals in Starfleet Headquarters, but how many are actually capable? Everyone knows it. Incompetent generals will exhaust the entire army!"
Lin Zhen's words were quite rude, and Richard's face instantly turned ugly.
"President, you are going too far. You cannot veto all the generals just because of one person!"
"Don't worry yet. It's not impossible for those veteran generals in the Interstellar Headquarters to rise to the top, but they need to pass the test! If they are really capable, I will never stop them!"
"I wonder how the president wants to test him?"
Richard looked at Lin Zhen with a slightly sinister look.
He knows that the president is going to cause trouble today!
"Well, the First Corps recently submitted a plan. In order to select a suitable fleet commander, a competition will be held. Any officer above the school level can participate!"
"What? Isn't Lin Fan just fooling around? As long as he is at the school level? Is he planning to promote the major to the position of fleet commander? How unbecoming is this!"
"No, I think the proposal of competition selection is a good one, but the details need to be changed. It is not limited to the internal selection of the First Legion. Starfleet headquarters can also participate. As long as you are always capable of winning the selection, you can also take up a position in the fleet.
commander!"
"At the same time, Marshal Sanders and I both feel that there are a lot of bugs in the Starfleet headquarters at present. It just so happens that we should take this opportunity to let all generals above the commodore participate in the selection. We can also take a good look. If there are any
How many rubbish are occupying the position inside,"
"I think there are so many experienced and capable generals in the headquarters. It shouldn't be difficult to defeat those school-level regiments in the selection! What do you think, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Richard?"
Listening to what Lin Zhen said, Richard didn't know what kind of trick he was trying to play?
It seemed that he was being forced into a corner and had no proper reason to refuse such a proposal.
But don’t you know what kind of tricks those generals under your command are? It’s really difficult for them to win!
But now we are in a situation where we are riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off. Either we bow our heads and admit defeat and no longer participate in the battle for the commanders of the two legions. However, this will make the seniority faction more and more marginalized, and the final gradual demise is an inevitable result.
Bite the bullet? It is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out in the selection. In the end, Lin Zhen and Sanders will use this fire to sweep out the qualifications faction from the Federation Star Fleet!
Resistance? That would be even more embarrassing. The seniority faction only controls the solar system guard fleet of 28,000 old warships, while the two major legions control a fleet of more than 100,000 new warships. Resistance is no different from seeking death!
"We are now at a critical moment in the human federation. If we are not careful, it will lead to the end of civilization extinction. I believe everyone still remembers the fate of the Oaks Empire? This is the cruel interstellar era!"
"For this reason, I will never allow anyone to hold me back!"
Lin Zhen looked at Richard, who had been thinking for a long time but still didn't speak, and said.
Lin Zhen is clearly threatening him with these words. If you dare to disagree, I will even use iron and blood methods to eliminate the moths for the future of the Federation!
Richard naturally understood the meaning of Lin Zhen’s words!
"That's all, just do what the president wants!"
After sighing, Richard said helplessly.
"Okay, again, those who are capable will go in, and those who are not will be cleared out. Of course, we will let them withdraw from the Federation Star Fleet in a dignified manner, but if they want to make small moves, don't blame me for being unkind."
Richard understood that letting the incompetent retire from Starfleet with dignity was Lin Zhen's last act of goodwill.
If he continues to be ignorant, this president may really resort to tough measures.