In a luxurious residence somewhere in the Federal Capital, the fat middle-aged man stood on the spacious balcony and looked at a giant transport truck parked in the large courtyard downstairs with a smile. After seeing Secretary Zhang come out of the car cabinet, he hurriedly waved to him. Of course, Secretary Zhang ignored him at all, and got on the cab and drove the car away.

After seeing the car disappear from sight, the fat middle-aged man immediately showed a hideous smile. At this time, a voice came from behind him: "Are you leaving?" He hurriedly smiled and turned around and said respectfully: "Yes, Your Excellency, Secretary Zhang has driven the car away."

The person he called you was Chen Yu, the Minister of State Security. Chen Yu smiled and patted the fat middle-aged man on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work. During the election, our President will look good."

The fat middle-aged man hurriedly smiled and said, "I usually have more care from you, so what is this little thing? I will ask you to take care of you in the future."

Chen Yu nodded and said, "Of course, by the way, do you know who was the military department who proposed the self-propelled gunboat proposal to the president?"

The obese middle-aged man shook his head quickly: "I can't ask, can't you find out who your intelligence website is?"

Chen Yu frowned and said, "Except for the president saying that there is this person, I don't know who it is. I even suspect that this is a person who does not exist and is completely fictional. But the president should not come up with these tricks. So who did he come up with such an idiotic design?"

The fat middle-aged man was stunned for a moment: "You mean the self-propelled gunboat..."

Chen Yu nodded: "You are a manufacturer, of course you know its performance. That kind of thing can be solved with just one shot. Apart from the quantity advantage, it is useless. No wonder the Marshal disagreed with this proposal."

Hearing Chen Yu's words, the fat middle-aged man was obviously relieved. Chen Yu noticed this and smiled and said, "What? Have you cut corners again?"

The obese middle-aged man immediately started to sweat coldly and said with a forced smile: "How can I do..." He wanted to explain anything, but Chen Yu didn't want to waste time on this topic at all. He said: "I don't care about those things, how are my things ready?"

The obese middle-aged man immediately smiled relievedly and said, "It's ready. Now that I have raised it, if it's not enough, our group can immediately mobilize thousands of tons, so you can use it with confidence."

Chen Yu smiled with satisfaction: "Very good, if I succeed, your benefits are indispensable." The obese middle-aged man nodded and bowed, "Then I will thank you first."

Chen Yu looked at the scenery in the distant courtyard and smiled: "Haha, fortunately there was that incident that made the Marshal not dare to take off his military uniform and run for the election, nor did he dare to elect an agent at will, otherwise the election would be much more complicated." The fat middle-aged man knew that Chen Yu was talking to himself. Although he wanted to know what made the Marshal not dare to put his hands on the election, he knew deeply that something was not good, so he stood aside without saying a word.

At the Marshal's Mansion, Olmst said to the virtual screen: "I understand." Then he turned off the screen, and then he took out a computer card from his pocket. He pressed the display button on the card, and the pattern on the card was the design drawing of the self-propelled gunboat.

Olmst looked at it for a while, and with a force on his finger, the card was immediately scratched and cracked into several pieces. Olmst threw it into the trash can beside him, and then a chilling smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and a low voice came out of his mouth: "Hmph, it will be lively soon."

This is the first time to start a warship. Get up and move quickly!" Such shouts rang throughout the base of the self-propelled gunboat. Tang Long, who was staying in the warship, looked at the virtual projection on the cabin deck with interest, showing the busyness of the logistics personnel below.

Liu Sihao and the others were also nervously detecting various systems in the battleship. They have been in this underground base for dozens of days and have been allowed to enter space for training. Although the training in these dozens of days is similar to training in space, they are not really in space. Who knows whether there will be any problems then, so they must check carefully.

In the base command room, Linasha and China were quietly watching the busy scenes displayed on the screen. After a while, China spoke out: "Sir, do we have to go back to be fighter pilots after the training?"

Linasha smiled and said, “Yes, don’t you?”

China shook her head: "No, I think your military rank can already command a C-class destroyer. Why do you still have to go back to be a fighter pilot?"

"Haha, at the beginning, I made an agreement with the military headquarters that after the training, I would go back to be a driver. Besides, do you feel that training these self-propelled gunboats this time is like training fighter jets? This is because I only know this training method. I really wanted to refuse after getting the order, but I couldn't violate the order, so I had to bite the bullet and come." Linasha shook her head helplessly.

China slurped and seemed to think about it before speaking out: "Sir, I have always had a question, I don't know if I can ask?"

"Ask."

You have also seen the data of warships in this way. You also know that this is a warship that is more cannon fodder-class battleship than cannon fodder-class A-class patrol boats. Although you can use dense main guns to destroy a certain number of low-class enemy ships when you go to the battlefield, from their defense, it can be said that even the main guns of a Class A destroyer can't bear it, and they will definitely die in one shot. In addition, the people who train them are actually us fighter pilots. Although we have rich combat experience, the combat methods of fighter jets and warships are different. What is the purpose of the military headquarters doing this?" China asked a little excitedly.

Linasha looked at China, sighed and shook her head and said, "To be honest, I don't know why the military headquarters issued such an order. Not only did she develop a single shot and kill a warship, but she also called on the second lieutenant officer who had never contacted the commanding warship to be the commander, and the instructor who trained them was actually fighter pilots. I think there was almost no reason to do this except for letting them be cannon fodder."

China shook her figure and said in a crying voice: "Why? Why do the military headquarters do this? Are our soldiers really consumables?" Linasha pressed China's shoulder and said softly: "We do not have the ability to change the intentions of the superiors. We can only pray that the war will not come." As she said that, she looked at the screen and thought in pain: "Omster, why do we do this? Are we all your tools?"

Adjutant Gina saw Tang Long sitting on the podium, focusing on the small screen on the podium. She couldn't help but say to him: "Sir, everyone is ready."

Tang Longtou said without raising his head: "Is the command tower order to take off?"

"not yet."

"Then let's call me again after you come." Tang Long waved his hand and said.

"Gina retreated back to her seat, looking at the chief with a little dull personality. She knew that the chief deliberately had a good relationship with the 34th Company, and at the same time she made them drunk and cause trouble, and asked the military police to detain them. Although she knew that the chief was to avenge her female soldiers, this method was a little sinister, right? Not only did they bear the pain on the **, but they also left a black mark in their files, which was very decisive for their advancement. To put it more severely, it could be said that the military careers of the officers and soldiers of the 34th Company were covered with shadows, and the price was too great.

Gina suddenly had the idea that she would definitely die if she offended this person. She was shocked. Gina couldn't help but feel that Tang Long's hippie and arrogant look was much more relaxed than she was now, because she didn't know what he was going to do when she saw that cold face.

Tang Long didn't know that he had avenged his subordinates, but he actually made his subordinates think that he was sinister. If he knew, he would definitely cry and shout with a sad face. Of course, because he didn't know, he looked at the warship level data of the Federal Army in a cheerful mood.

Tang Long talked to himself while browsing the data on the screen: The one that was worse was the A-class patrol boat, haha, this is the cannon fodder class, but it is much better than my self-propelled gunboat. The laser port of the crew cannon cannon fodder is worthy of being cannon fodder, but my self-propelled gunboat's defense may be 1. The cannon fodder among cannon fodder is very hard..."

There is actually a level difference between logic boats. There are 20 more passengers in the higher level, 2 main guns, 4 secondary guns, 2 firing ports, and 5 defense points. The most advanced C-class patrol boat is the main gun and secondary gun, with 8 firing ports, and the defense level is only increased to 30, which is nothing surprising."

The more advanced patrol boats are destroyers. Haha, the crew gun 1 gun 2 gun 2 gun 1 gun 2 gun 1 and 1 defense, and they are divided into three levels. The most advanced is the crew gun 2 gun 2 gun 1. Look at the data of cruisers and battleships, there are only one level. The main gun gun 1? It is actually the nuclear energy main gun of the self-propelled gunboat. It is amazing, it is equivalent to the self-propelled gunboat firing together. The defense of the secondary gun 1 is so powerful, but there are 10 fighters, two fighting companies? It's too fierce!" Tang Long sighed deeply, because he thought that his warship was not as good as that.

Envy, look at what powerful players are there in the battleship? How come there are so many guns than cruisers one level lower than that of him and are all nuclear main guns! Isn’t the secondary gun power the steel fortress with muzzles all over the body? But there are no guns? There are no fighters and fighting companies? Are battleships specially used for artillery suppression?" Tang Long touched his chin and said to himself.

I hope not to encounter such an enemy. Only one such battleship can destroy thousands of self-propelled gunboats like ours. Look at what other warships have five levels of transport, all with 5 defenses and no firepower. The crew can only distinguish the carrying capacity according to the level. It seems that these five are the main personnel such as captains, communications, navigation, supervision, etc., and the data of the minecraft boats and radar boats are similar to that of transport ships? In addition to the differences in size and functions, they all have no weapons, have very low defense, and only have 5 crew members. It seems that they should be lazy guys designed by the same person."

The air carrier is beautiful! It has no main gun and secondary gun fire port, and the defense is 20,000! 3,000 fighter jets and 30 combat companies are equipped. What is this a warship that supports the series? The black and blessed Qiu's main gun fire port? Isn't the transmission level to be seen at a distance? He sneaks in and a torpedo volley, and the battleship will be finished. From this point of view, this kind of submarine is quite powerful."

Liu Sihao and the others heard Tang Long's words, and everyone stared at Tang Long blankly. How could they read these things that they had known for a long time?

Tang Long lowered his head and held his chest with his hands cross-legged on the command chair. Suddenly he jumped up and shouted: "I want to be the commander of the cruiser! There are many people, many cannons, many shooting ports, fighter jets, and fighting teams. It's great. This is the flagship I dream of. I drool when I get drooled..." Tang Long, who was trapped in fantasy, suddenly felt dozens of dazzling gazes, looked up at the surroundings, and now everyone was staring at him in a daze. Tang Long hurriedly made his face, coughed dryly, and said to Gina coldly with his hands behind his back: "What? The command to dispatch the command tower has not been issued yet, I'll go out and take a look." Then he left the battleship with his chest raised.

When Tang Long left, the first person who couldn't help laughing was Yan Jun, the deputy gunner who was always serious. She lowered her head and suppressed her smile. Looking at her trembling body, you can tell how hard she endured it. Yan Jun's actions infected everyone, and immediately there was a burst of laughter in the cabin. Liu Sihao looked at the friends around him with a smile and thought, "Haha, I didn't expect that the unconscious actions of the commander actually brought the relationship between him and us closer. I believe that everyone should no longer hate the commander, right?"

Liu Sihao was right. Tang Long's true nature, which was unintentionally revealed, finally made these soldiers change their views on Tang Long. They used to hate Tang Long because they didn't understand Tang Long and thought that everything Tang Long was too artificial. But now from this little thing, they finally felt that they finally understood their superiors.

It's quite strange. Now when they recall Tang Long's arrogant and careless image, they actually feel a little close. But because they were punished for 34 consecutive times, they think Tang Long is very sinister, but now they have become a troublemaker. Perhaps, the most important thing in interactions between people is to show their true nature? Although everyone didn't understand it at the beginning, there will always be a day of understanding.

"Woooo, it's so embarrassing. The image I have worked hard for this period is now completely ruined." Tang Long hid under the warship with a sad face and complained. In the distance were the logistics soldiers busy refusing energy and ammunition for the warship. Although they saw the commander staying aside early in the morning and also saw the commander crying and muttering to what they said, they were obedient to their posts and did not pay much attention to it.

At this time, a cold thing suddenly hit Tang Long's neck, which scared Tang Long so much that he jumped up. When he turned around, he saw that it was the old colonel. The cold thing was the bottle of Shim that Tang Long gave him. Unexpectedly, it had not been finished by this old man.

The old man waved his hand and asked Tang Long, who had already posed for salute, to take a short rest. He picked up the bottle and carefully moistened his mouth. Then he squinted his eyes and looked at Tang Long and said, "Why are you hiding here alone? Isn't it your turn to go out yet?"

"No, sir." Tang Long said with his hands behind his back.

The old man frowned: "Don't be so restrained." Then he sat on the ground with the checkpoint supporting the warship, and waved to Tang Long at the same time and said: Let's talk, so many warships are not your turn so soon."

Tang Long was stunned for a moment. He had never sat and chatted with others face to face. In the past, he always played games and even talked less to his parents, let alone those proud classmates. When he went to the training base, he was facing robots. Except for training time, they hid in the room at other times. Although they chatted with people in the game, they were all separated by computers. They came out to join the army. Although they now have more than ten subordinates, they don’t know what to do. Although they were arrogant in front of them, they had never talked with them much. This time, it was the first time I chatted with people face to face to face, but how about this?

Although Tang Long hesitated, he still came to the old man and sat down. After sitting down, he could only look at the busyness of the logistics soldiers in the distance without saying a word.

The old man glanced at Tang Long, smiled and said, "Why don't you say anything? Is it because you can't find the topic of chat? Tell me, why did you join the army?"

Long Chaxiao said a little embarrassedly: "I don't want to go to college and don't want to go out to work so early, so I came to join the army."

When the old man heard this, he said in surprise: I thought that you came to join the army after high school and you will be able to obtain the rank of second lieutenant after military training. It seems that your military training is pretty good. Yes, do you have any goals in life?"

Tang Long immediately showed excitement and said, "I want to be a marshal!"

"Marson?" The old man took a sip of wine, squinted his eyes and looked at Tang Long, and smiled and said, "It turns out that he wants to be a marshal. Then why do you want to be a marshal? Isn't he who wants to be a marshal because of the title of marshal, right?"

Why should you be a marshal?" Tang Long was stunned, and he had to ask such an idiotic question? Tang Long immediately showed a teaching look and said to the old man: "The Marshal is the supreme commander of the army. He can command thousands of troops. He should be as majestic as he is, and he should have high benefits and a generous life guarantee after retirement. What else can he be a marshal if he is not a marshal?"

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Haha, you want to be a marshal because of these things? Tell you, the marshal is not the supreme commander of the army. There is a president above him, and there is a parliament above the president, and there is a full sect of bosses who are in charge. If you want to be majestic and get huge amounts of money, isn't it easier to do business, and you don't have to look at others' expressions at all."

Does it mean that the marshal has decided on the military budget? Didn’t it mean that the marshal has the power to command the military in full force?" Tang Long asked in surprise. He didn’t expect that the marshal would still obey the orders of the president and parliament.

"Haha, although the marshal has the right to decide the military budget, both the president and the parliament can pass special motions to make the marshal obey the budget decision. Of course, the president and the parliament only have that right once a year. Besides, the marshal's full command power only refers to the military command power, that is, the marshal has the right to command soldiers to fight, but it is not the marshal who can make the army fight with whom it is." The old man said leisurely after drinking a sip of wine.

"So, being a president is better than being a marshal?" Tang Long asked in confusion.

"Haha, unless all the members of the parliament are yours, it will be harder to be a president than a marshal." The old man smiled.

How many members will there be in the Federal Parliament?" Tang Long asked blankly.

The old man shook his fingers and said, "More than 20,000."

Tang Long looked at his two fingers that were stretched out, but quickly shook his head and said, "Haha, what if they care, this has nothing to do with me."

The old man drank a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Generally speaking, the army and the government are separated, but if you want to be promoted, it is impossible for no one in the government to do so. You must know that the government and the factions of the army are now inseparable from each other."

Tang Long grinned: "As long as I don't stop me from becoming a marshal, I don't care about those members of the parliament. But if they dare to stop me, hehe, I will definitely make them look good."

When the old man saw the light exposed in Tang Long's eyes, he couldn't help but be stunned, because it was the light of an ambitious man. This boy with the title of second lieutenant was usually careless and seemed to be single-celled. He didn't expect that he had such obvious ambitious man's eyes.

The old man looked at Tang Long for a while before saying, "Haha, do you, a little lieutenant, have the ability to teach them a lesson? Now they can retire with just a snorkeling."

Just as Tang Long was about to say something, Liu Sihao came down from Deng 6 and shouted to Tang Long: "Sir, the command tower is here to order!"

When Tang Long heard this, he immediately jumped up with joy and shouted happily: It's up!" Then he ran to the 6th port and got inside the battleship.

The old man looked at the excited Tang Long and couldn't help but shake his head and took another sip of wine. He felt that he really couldn't guess the young lieutenant. Sometimes people felt like a child who knew nothing, was arrogant and did things without consequences. Sometimes they felt like an old fox, and all his actions had an inexplicable meaning. The old man stood up and swayed away from the warship.

After Tang Long went up, he immediately stood on the podium and asked the liaison officer Chen Yi, "When will we let the command tower come out?" Now Tang Long has forgotten what he thought was embarrassing in front of his subordinates just now, and his face has returned to his cold and cold appearance.

Chen Yi immediately said as soon as she heard this, "You can leave at any time."

Is the unit ready?" Tang Long nodded and asked to the people around him.

"Everyone is ready." Adjutant Gina responded immediately.

"Come to the command tower and notify the logistics personnel below to leave. This ship is ready to go!" Tang Long waved his hand carefully, and then sat calmly on the chair.

Chen Yi was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that she would never notify the logistics personnel to leave during training. Now the commander would remember the most basic procedures for the warship dispatch. She wanted to remind him just now, but now she had to keep her words in her stomach. From this point of view, her commander really has the qualities of a qualified commander.

Chen Yi, who had made some changes to Tang Long, immediately tapped the keyboard and asked the command tower to inform the logistics personnel below to evacuate.

Through the projection image, you can see that the logistics personnel below pushed the facilities away from the warship, and the people hid in the transparent reinforced glass. At this time, the checkpoint frame supporting the warship began to slowly sink. After a while, the entire warship sank into the ground. Then a strong wind ejected from the pit entrance and the warship disappeared.

Tang Long looked at the images projected around him and couldn't help but sigh: "It turns out that the entrance and exit of this base warship is underground, it looks like a sewer." No wonder Tang Long said this. His warship was being transported by an automatic transport belt to a circular passage that was invisible.

The warship stopped when it arrived at the entrance of the passage. Mary, who was the navigation pilot, immediately pressed several buttons quickly and shouted: "Prepare to set sail, the safety system is ready!"

With this sound, a safety rack popped up on Tang Long and others' seats and pressed everyone firmly. After checking that there was nothing wrong, Mary immediately pressed the start button and shouted: "Start!"

I only felt the warship vibrating, and then it drilled into the passage entrance like a rocket and flew straight along the long circular passage. After a few dozen seconds, everyone saw a small highlight suddenly appeared on the screen full of passage walls. As time passed, the highlight became bigger and bigger. Then I only felt the light in front of me, and the battleship left the passage entrance and appeared in the air.

Mary immediately pressed a few buttons and said, "The power conversion is completed!" She immediately grabbed the control rod, and the warship hull shocked again, rushing towards the atmosphere at a faster rate.

After only 10 minutes, the warship broke away from gravity and came to space. After Mary pressed a few buttons again, she said, "The safety system was cancelled." The safety rack that suppressed everyone was immediately returned to the chair, and everyone was finally able to move.

Tang Long stretched his waist and stood up, shook his head and said in a pity: I thought that this kind of self-propelled gunboat is like a civil aviation aircraft. You have to wear a seat belt before entering space. Woo woo, when can I sit on the flagship leisurely while drinking coffee and entering and leaving the planet?"
To be continued...