After Ed finished speaking, there was some silence in the conference room.
It's not that Ed's proposal is too outrageous. If we really want to talk about military merit, only Liang Xingchen in the entire federation is stronger than Lin Fan.
But the key is that he is too young. He has just turned 20, and he is already a lieutenant general
Liang Xingchen was promoted quickly enough, he only became a lieutenant general at the age of 35.
For a time, all the staff did not dare to vote casually. Everyone looked at each other and couldn't make up their minds!
"It seems that everyone has concerns. If you have any concerns, why not speak up and discuss them together?"
Ed took a look around the staff and knew exactly what they were thinking. It was nothing more than a matter of seniority.
"Vice President Ed, the key is that Lin Fan is too young. He is just 20 years old, and a lieutenant general is still leading a fleet. Isn't it too fast?"
"Yes, Liang Xingchen, the youngest lieutenant general in the history of the Federation, was only promoted at the age of 35!"
"Yes, young people should still polish their character for a few more years!"
A group of staff kept talking to each other. In short, the problem is just two words, age!
Is age a problem? If it were peacetime, that would indeed be a problem, because in peacetime there is no way for soldiers to obtain military merit and they can only rely on seniority, which is understandable.
But is this a time of peace? Now is the war era that is related to the survival of the Federation. Okay, what to watch during the war era? What we look at is ability, military industry, age is just a ball!
"Your concern is nothing more than age. I want to ask you, at this time when the survival of the Federation is about the survival of the Federation, do you want a 20-year-old commander who is capable of defeating the Oaks Empire? Or do you want a 50-year-old commander who is unable to defeat the Oaks Empire? Commander?"
"this"
Everyone in the conference room was silent.
Yeah, what time is it now? Is it time to talk about age and seniority
"And where do you think the artificial gravity system comes from? Where does the jump engine technology come from? Where does the energy shield technology come from? Where does the nuclear fusion technology come from?"
"Lin Fan has not only made great achievements, but also made other contributions. Even if he is given to an admiral, it is not an exaggeration. But now you are using his age as an excuse and are not even willing to give him a lieutenant general? Do you really want the battleships of the Oaks Empire? Stopped in the orbit of the earth, you will regret it?"
Ed said with a look of hatred on his face, while Lin Zhen remained silent the whole time. After all, he is his son. It would be bad if he came out and said it. Now, it would be best for Ed to do it. !
"Vice President Ed, you are right, I agree to this proposal!"
"Indeed, nothing is more important than defeating the Oaks Empire now. As long as we can win, even if a ten-year-old child goes up, I agree!"
"Me too!"
"Swish...swish."
Soon, all the staff in the conference room raised their right hands and voted unanimously.
"Okay, since it was unanimously approved, Lin Fan will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and appointed as the acting commander of the First Fleet until he becomes an admiral and becomes a full officer!"
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Lin Zhen stood up and announced.
As for why he is the acting commander, this is actually very simple. In the federal system, the vice-admiral is only the squadron commander of a fleet, and the fleet commanders are all admirals.
Lin Fan is now a major general and cannot be directly promoted to an admiral. So in order for Lin Fan to become the commander of the First Fleet with the rank of lieutenant general, he can only use a compromise method, that is, acting as commander. .
Three days later.
Lin Fan was informed by Jiang Hai early in the morning to report to Liang Xingchen's office!
"Dong dong...dong."
"Come in!"
"Report to the commander, Lin Fan has been ordered to report!"
"Well, I called you here today to announce an order!"
Liang Xingchen stood up and said with a smile! And slowly walked to Lin Fan.
"Human Federation, Fourth Fleet Task Force 101, Commander Rear Admiral Lin Fan. After taking over Task Force 101, he repeatedly made military exploits and played a decisive role in the Second Asteroid War. He has outstanding military achievements and is specially awarded. Federal Lieutenant General rank!”
After Liang Xingchen finished reading, he picked up the lieutenant general's shoulder title from the table and immediately replaced it for Lin Fan.
"congratulations!"
"Thank you, Commander!"
"You're welcome, there is another order here, Lin Fan obeys it!"
"Yes, Commander!"
"In view of Lieutenant General Lin Fan's outstanding commanding talents and great military exploits, Lin Fan is specially appointed as the acting commander of the Federation's First Fleet! I hope to continue our efforts and restore our humanity as soon as possible!"
At this time, Lin Fan was a little shocked. In his expectation, he should have obtained the position of commander of a squadron and commanded 1,000 battleships.
So what did Liang Xingchen say just now? Was he appointed as the commander of the Federation's First Fleet
Although he is an agent, he is also the commander of the First Fleet, a total of 20,000 battleships!
Regarding the First Fleet, Lin Fan knew that in the past few years, the Fourth Fleet finally recovered to a strength of 20,000 warships after 5 years. The newly built warships were prepared for the reorganization of the First Fleet. Now there are 5,000 ships. Battleship.
And now that the Federation has used industrial robots in large quantities, production efficiency has increased many times, and tens of thousands of warships can be manufactured every year.
In other words, in addition to replenishing the loss of the Fourth Fleet this time, it only takes one and a half years to replenish the establishment of the First Fleet.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the mission: promoting the rank to lieutenant general and receiving a reward for brain development of pharmaceutical manufacturing technology."
"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the mission: becoming the commander of a squadron with a scale of more than 1,000 ships, and receiving a detailed explanation of level 1-6 civilizations as a reward."
"Ding, because the host has overfulfilled the task: Obtain hidden rewards and detailed explanation of level 7 civilization."
"Ding, the ultimate assessment mission (first phase) of the novice period is now released: drive the Oaks Empire out of the solar system. The mission is limited to three years! (There is no reward for this task. The host must complete all three phases of the ultimate assessment of the novice period before it can be obtained. Reward, the reward is that the system is upgraded to the official version!)"
There was a system sound in my ears, and two more missions were completed, and one of them was overfulfilled. In addition, the 3000 kill mission was previously achieved in the asteroid belt 016 area, and all three missions issued by the system have been announced. Finish.
What made Lin Fan a little confused was the new mission just issued by the system.
It’s not that there’s something wrong with the content of the new mission, it’s that the system calls it the ultimate assessment mission for the novice period!
Could it be said that after ten years of adjustment, this system is still in its novice stage? And it’s still a beta version? Do you need to complete all three stages of tasks before you can upgrade to the official version
In short, Lin Fan was complaining endlessly in his mind right now.
It took me ten years of playing to realize that you are a fake!
(End of chapter)