Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

The 72nd Division under Li Shaoyi's command had army uniforms modeled after the Junker Army. Except for the epaulettes and chest emblems, everything else was exactly the same.

But the Fifth Fleet is different. The Fifth Fleet is consistent with the Central Navy. At least in this respect, the officials of the Navy Department are superior to those of the Army.

"Commander Chen, you've had a hard time along the way."

When Commander Chen came down, Li Shaoyi saluted first. Although Commander Chen was an admiral, Li Shaoyi was now half a northern king. The fact that he saluted us first fully demonstrated his respect for us. Commander Chen also stood up straight, returned the salute to Li Shaoyi with a smile, and then introduced the accompanying personnel.

The Navy Department has a commander, a deputy commander, and some other elite officials. It can be said that all the elite officers in the Navy Department have been dispatched for this warship commissioning ceremony.

"Some people here have to stay. You know better than me which ones are capable and which ones are not. Make a list for me."

After exchanging greetings, the two sides got into their cars. Li Shaoyi patted Deng Jiugong who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"You want to bring these guys over too, Marshal?"

Deng Jiugong said with some surprise that for the sake of naval personnel, this guy basically spent several days on the plane, going here today and there tomorrow, and he just found some retired navy personnel.

You, old man, are so good that you want to poach people from the Navy Department right away. Although there are some people in the Navy Department who don't do their job properly, most of them are capable.

"Why wouldn't we dare think of anything? With our 6,000-ton cruisers, are we afraid no one will come? Besides, this is just the first one. We'll soon have two, three, four, five, and six more..."

Li Shaoyi said nonchalantly, you need to have talent first. This is a crappy system. If you don’t have people, you won’t be allowed to exchange.

Two, three, four, five, six...

Deng Jiugong felt that his brain was not enough. He originally thought that this cruiser would use up all of Li Shaoyi's connections. The world is not peaceful now. Six thousand ton warships are rarely bought and sold, especially brand new ones. The ones on the market are all sold by some major naval powers in order to deal with their inventory in exchange for funds to build new ships.

"Some people are not incompetent. I know a group of people who are just like Lao Du, who were not successful in the Navy Department. But even if they came to our side, they would not be able to serve as Lupujiang Army."

Deng Jiugong said tentatively, forget about two, three, four, five, or six. Even if you can find a second ship for me, we can still recruit people.

"It's still the same rules. Go back and write a plan, specifying how many people you can bring on a given day. I'll let you see the warship that day. Without these people, the warship won't be visible."

Li Shaoyi's words made Deng Jiugong even more confused. If it was according to what Li Shaoyi said, the warship must be outside the island city, but we hardly go into the port every day and are always training outside. This cruiser is not a small sampan, so where is it hiding?

"Don't worry about it. Just write them a blank check. Besides, when have I ever held you back? As long as you can bring me the people, if you don't get the warships I promised, I will quit directly. Otherwise, I can just write you a note."

Seeing Deng Jiugong's disbelieving look, Li Shaoyi could only issue a military order first.

That’s what I said last time, and it didn’t disappoint Deng Jiugong. But is it possible to have two or three such destroyers?

"It's not that I don't trust you, but this matter is really difficult to turn around. If I were to recruit people according to the standards of this cruiser, there would be seven or eight hundred people coming at once, some of whom would be officers. Don't show off when they come. If that happens, our future in the navy will be cut off."

Deng Jiugong did not really ask Li Shaoyi to write a military order. After all, there is still the concept of superiors and subordinates. But he still had to say what he had to say. After all, your matter was too mysterious and no one could believe it.

"Even if you have 7,000 or 8,000 people, I have room to accommodate them. Our navy now has a light cruiser and two destroyers, which can temporarily support the Fifth Fleet. However, to support this light cruiser, we need at least two submarines and one more destroyer. This is the backbone of our Fifth Fleet."

Deng Jiugong did not refute Li Shaoyi's words. He had submitted a report before, which was similar to Li Shaoyi's, except that there were two more supply ships.

While the two were chatting, the convoy soon arrived at the Naval Headquarters, which was originally a government agency built by the Junkers. Because it was close to the sea, it was designated as the Fifth Fleet Headquarters.

"Wow, your Fifth Fleet headquarters is even more impressive than the Central Navy Building. Just like your warships, they outshine ours. But I, an old man, don't hold a grudge. If you had warships of 10,000 or 20,000 tons, I would immediately move the Central Navy's Admiralty here."

When Commander Chen saw the Navy Ministry building in front of him, he immediately thought of his own Navy Ministry building. When the two were compared, it was really not as good as this one.

Although the Nationalist government has been talking about developing the navy in the past decade or so, it has not invested much money in the navy except for training some personnel and sending some students abroad. In particular, the purchase of new warships has always been delayed for various reasons, resulting in most of the warships in the Central Navy being small in tonnage and relatively old.

"That's great! Hurry and clean up the best office. Commander Chen will be working here from now on. Notify the aviation team and have them send two special planes directly to Nanjing to pick up Commander Chen's belongings."

Li Shaoyi's words made everyone laugh. In fact, Commander Chen was just testing to see if their Navy Department still had a say in the Fifth Fleet. Li Shaoyi's words were also very well received.

"Alright, alright, let's stop joking. Hurry up and take us to see that 6,000-ton giant. We didn't come all this way here just to see your Navy Building. There are many more beautiful buildings in Jinling City than this one."

Commander Chen smiled and shook his head. A little testing would be enough. The main attraction right now was the 6,000-ton light cruiser. Although in the eyes of the world's naval powers, this thing was not even ranked, but here it was not the same. It should be China's number one ship now...