The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master.

After hearing the detailed plans for the fleet, Admiral Jock Slater nodded with satisfaction.

As the de facto supreme commander of the Royal Navy (the nominal commander of the Royal Navy is the Queen or the King), he certainly hopes that the fleet he sends out will be well-organized and sail thousands of miles, so that the world can once again see the shadow of the empire on which the sun never sets. .

But the reality requires him to consider the cost of this operation and not make it difficult for the Secretary of Defense to do so in the House of Commons.

Even if the Conservative Party looks like it may not be able to survive for a few months,

West's deployment happened to be able to keep the operational budget at a relatively low level while satisfying his boss and, of course, the vanity of the royal family.

No media would waste space listing every ship in the fleet.

In fact, those reporters may not even know the difference between different types of destroyers and frigates.

So the report will only say "a huge fleet of more than 30 ships, including the aircraft carrier Excellence, Beaver, Cornwall and Campbelltown frigates and the Dreadnought landing ship..."

So both dignity and face are gained.

"There is nothing wrong with your arrangement in general. It's just that we can't make a decision yet on which warships to send out. Alan, write a written plan to me as soon as possible after you go back."

Slater returned to the desk, took out a newspaper dated December 1996, 12 from the drawer and handed it to West:

"Be careful not to have too obvious tendencies in the conclusion. At the beginning, just emphasize the effect of naval operations on improving public morale and support. You can refer to Thatcher's example and previous opinion polls conducted by the Guardian. The result is this."

The latter took the newspaper and found a shocking headline written on it:

"This is the final chapter of the British Empire."

Obviously, for a media like the Guardian whose position is leaning towards the opposition party, it is definitely not too big a deal to watch the excitement.

"In addition, remember to add a chapter in the middle of the text to explain the possible risks of this operation and remind decision-makers to consider it carefully. I suggest you sandwich this content between the specific equipment list carried by the fleet and the personnel composition. .”

"Middle part?"

West, who had not yet moved his attention away from the report, was stunned:

"But generally speaking, the format..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Jock waving his hand:

"This part must be added, otherwise if something happens then, they will put all the responsibility on our Royal Navy. But if it is placed in too conspicuous place, I am worried that the minister will look forward and backward again, just in case of equipment The lists and staffing lists are all filled with tables and figures, and the minister will never look at them, so it is safest to be caught between them.”

After explaining, he looked to the other side meaningfully:

"understood?"

West thought for a moment, then nodded with surprise.

Just at that moment, he suddenly figured out something——

From the beginning, Jock said a lot of things that had little to do with the military field, and put himself directly in charge of writing the action plan submitted to the Secretary of Defense. He obviously meant to support him.

As for why you chose yourself...

In addition to the close relationship between the two families, it is probably also because they are half a generation apart in age.

The admiral's second son is currently serving as the captain of the Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset.

The Type 23 is mainly used for anti-submarine warfare and its tonnage is not as good as the older Type 22. Some weapon systems are not yet stable, so West just looked at it purely from a business perspective and had no intention of taking any of this model into consideration.

But now I need to change my mind.

He is used to the straight-forward style within the military, but he is not really stupid, otherwise he would not be able to get the position of rear admiral.

Some things are more appropriate for me as a subordinate and fleet commander to raise.

"Got it, Sir Jock."

West folded the newspaper in his hand and tucked it under his arm, then put on his military cap again:

"The plan can be completed within a week, and I will consider the fleet list for this mission in detail. The plan just now seems to lack some cutting-edge combat forces that represent the future of the Royal Navy."

The two of them showed a tacit smile at the same time.

"Go and do your work, I'm going to Westminster."

……

Chang Haonan encountered a big or small trouble.

He forgot how terrible the Spring Festival Transport, especially the Spring Festival Transport in the 90s, was.

As a prefecture-level city, Liucheng certainly has an airport, but the scale is too small, and the economy is not very developed, so few airlines choose to open routes here.

Later, in the early 21st century, Sanyan Airport was suspended for a period of time due to airworthiness issues.

In 1997, although the association was still nominally responsible for civil aviation business, there were only two flights per week, one to Beijing and one to Shanghai.

Unfortunately, the next flight is on New Year's Eve.

Unable to wait, Chang Haonan finally decided to buy a sleeper ticket and go home.

Compared with hard seats, the environment of sleeper carriages is better because the density of people is lower, so theft is not so rampant.

Of course, it's just too limited.

However, there is no 12306 these days. Chang Haonan only remembers that the railway system operated a telephone booking system, but as a reborn person, he had long forgotten the long series of numbers, and secondly, there was no phone installed in his home.

Had to give up.

"Ugh……"

Chang Haonan looked at the calendar on the wall, and while sorting out the gifts he just bought from Lao Wu and AVIC International Building today, he lamented that he had been so busy in the past six months that he had almost lost his common sense in life, and he also comforted himself by the way - —

There are probably not many people who can afford sleeper tickets these days. Even during the Spring Festival travel season, there shouldn’t be no car to ride on.

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the apartment door.

Opening the door, Tang Lintian was standing outside.

"Dean Tang?"

Chang Haonan was a little surprised to see the person coming.

After all, it is a house allocated by the school, so it is normal for the dean to know everyone's address.

But after all, we just met last night.

The relationship between the two of them didn't seem to be to the extent that they would just drop by for a meal when it was almost time for dinner.

However, he quickly invited Tang Lintian in and poured two more glasses of water.

"You are here, I have nothing to prepare..."

"It doesn't matter. I'm just representing the college to express my condolences to our young researchers."

The two sat down on the sofa and chatted about some issues related to the textbook.

But Chang Haonan was very sure that Tang Lintian did not come here specifically to talk about academics.

Sure enough, after a certain small question was over, the latter changed the topic without any trace:

"Xiao Chang, I remember you are from Liucheng?"

"That's right, a county below Liucheng."