As the void suddenly shrank, First Fleet ended its transition and arrived at Horton.
The terrain here can be said to be that there is only one narrow pass to the outside world, Star Path, which was once known as the first pass of the Oakes Empire!
At this moment, the original Third Fleet is stationed at the exit of this Star Path, under the acting command of the original Kuite's adjutant Batlan.
After Chris takes office, the original Third Fleet will officially change its name to the federal Interstellar Fleet First Legion Second Fleet, and Batlan will become the adjutant of Chris.
At the same time, due to the departure of Chris, Emma, who became a brigadier general, naturally became the commander of First Fleet First Division Fleet.
Due to his insufficient military rank, Li Cangqiong is still only a colonel even though he has been promoted to one level this time. He temporarily serves as the commander of a small team under Emma, commanding 100 battleships.
Speaking of which, First Division Fleet under Lin Fan First Fleet has become a veritable gathering place for the younger generation of generals. The commanders of the ten teams now are all rising stars who have graduated from the Interstellar Military Academy in recent years. Even Emma has only graduated for 5 years.
For now, the biggest headache for Lin Fan is that there are too few available people, especially since there are still 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 lieutenant general 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?
Just the commanders of 20 fleets need 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 in the four fleets?
Transferred from Interstellar Fleet headquarters? Stop talking nonsense. Most of them are people who can only talk on paper. Wasn't Kuite's lesson from before not enough?
In this regard, Lin Fan believes that we can no longer follow the old rules. From now on, in the First Legion, everything will be aligned with strength, and strength is the foundation of everything.
On the basis that the strength is sufficient, Lin Fan can adjust the rank downward by two levels.
To put it simply, Fleet Commander originally required a lieutenant general to serve, but now, as long as you are strong enough, you can be at least a brigadier general.
After the adjustment of Fleet Commander, you can do it even if you are just a lieutenant colonel. Of course, the premise is that you must have enough strength to pass the test of Lin Fan!
After this arrangement, a large number of generals who are clearly capable but limited by insufficient military ranks 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 Third Fleet is established, Emma will be the commander, and Li Cangqiong will succeed Emma and become the commander of First Division Fleet.
Just do it, Lin Fan immediately formed this idea into a written report and submitted it directly to Saunders.
On that day, Saunders was just as Lin Fan expected, telling him that he agreed with Lin Fan's plan. In the future, Lin Fan would only need to select a good candidate and submit it, and there was no need to stick to military rank.
Lin Fan, who received a positive reply, naturally announced the news to the two fleets immediately, which caused a considerable wave of heated discussions. Most of them were quite supportive, except for a small number of conservatives who were very disgusted with it.
These people are accustomed to ranking based on seniority, and there are especially many such people in Third Fleet!
For them Lin Fan will have to clean up sooner or later, but now is not the time.
After 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 saw the much younger Bai Zixuan, looking at him with a resentful look that matched the voice just now!
Lin Fan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Bai Zixuan couldn't have any inclinations!
"Ahem, Elder 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 look of resentment, like a frustrated little daughter-in-law.
This scene even attracted the attention of others nearby, and the fire of gossip ignited throughout the central control room.
Lin Fan looked around at the people around him and suddenly felt that he was really beeping.
What you said makes people who don't know think I sent you love letters every day five years ago.
"Elder Bai, your words are so easily misunderstood!"
"What's the misunderstanding? You're not your kid yet. I'm over there 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, eh? You can tell me when the time comes!"
Pff. Lin Fan instantly felt that the fire of Bagua around him was burning even more fiercely.
I quickly interrupted Bai Zixuan to prevent him from exaggerating.
"Elder Bai, I have been busy with wars in the past few years, and I really don't have time to do scientific research. Besides, you can still dig deeper into those previous technologies!"
"Do you even 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 Warp Drive Engine is already being tested, which can roughly double the current jump speed."
"Also being tested is a new generation of battleship gun, which I call Plasma Cannon. Compared with the current Ion Beam Cannon, it has a longer range, greater power, and a faster charging speed."
"By the way, there has also been great progress in the engine. The new battleship engine system that is currently being researched, if successful, will increase the maximum speed of the battleship by more than ten times, and can reach at least 50,000 kilometers per second, becoming the real Near-light Speed Engine."
"There are other aspects."
Well, Elder Bai is still the same Elder Bai. When I talk about scientific research, I can't stop getting excited!
However, Lin Fan is still very interested in the second generation Warp Drive Engine and Plasma Cannon mentioned by Bai Zixuan. Of course, if the anti-gravity engine can be built, Human Federation can definitely be pushed to the real Level 4 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!