After Being Reborn, I became a firefighter again?

Chapter 661: Chapter 464: Meet a Lawyer

When Fang Huai stepped out of Minister Lv’s office, it was nearly five o’clock. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

Minister Lv affectionately grabbed Fang Huai’s shoulder.

"Fang Huai, come by more often! Share your thoughts with me!"

"Yes, Teacher!"

When he went in, it was "superior," during the conversation, it turned into "Minister Lv," and finally, Minister Lv asked him to call him "Teacher Lv."

Just before leaving the office, Minister Lv said, "From now on, you should call me Teacher!"

As the saying goes, a half sentence more for awkward conversations, a thousand cups too few amongst kindred spirits.

Minister Lv had forgotten about that "Number 1." In his mind, Fang Huai’s image became much more concrete; he felt that just calling him "Number 1" on the training field was far from enough to describe him.

The chosen one.

Some people truly cannot be judged by their age—youth endows them with nothing but a richer imagination.

This was the first time Fang Huai had such a long conversation with a superior and practically an unreserved heart-to-heart talk.

Because Minister Lv could communicate with him without obstacles, he gave Fang Huai a sense of kinship.

As someone who spanned eras, to be his intimate friend, one must not only be knowledgeable but also have a firm foresight into the technological developments of the next decade. When he spoke of certain ideas, the listener didn’t keep voicing doubts but entered into thought, and then discussed the current state of that technology and potential directions it might take.

With Fang Huai’s normal speed of talking with pauses, he would speak about 120 words per minute; they discussed industry, networks, cell phones, and even aerospace in one afternoon.

They talked with great enthusiasm, even becoming mutual admirers.

Except for the adoption pace of civilian small drones, on which they held a slight disagreement, Lv Xianzhi felt it shouldn’t develop so swiftly—it wasn’t a question of technology, but first, China’s conditions restricted the opening of mid to low-altitude areas, let alone military drones not yet being standard in readiness for combat. In civilian terms, it would take a certain level of military technology overflow to drive their development.

Fang Huai didn’t even dare to argue with him.

The development of China’s drones was already a miracle, and to prove a miracle that hadn’t happened yet was even harder than creating one.

However, just Fang Huai’s ideas alone were enough to excite him greatly. Towards the end, it was nearly Fang Huai talking while Lv Xianzhi listened.

Still, regarding that issue, Lv Xianzhi asked once if it was in reference to the Strategic Rapid Response Force, and Fang Huai simply answered "Yes," then didn’t elaborate further—Lv Xianzhi likewise didn’t press the question.

He understood without further explanation, Fang Huai’s idea, ultimately, was about another mission of firefighting: to serve as backup and coordinated forces in modern warfare.

It just puzzled him what Fang Huai’s aim was in doing this; the firefighting forces were already troops without guns—even if the reform was successful, it was unlikely that they would be armed, right? fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

Yet, even without considering wartime characteristics’ practicality, it might still present a new direction towards military strength.

Because the firefighting forces have such tight local ties, military discipline has always been slightly lacking. If they could be well reformed towards the direction of operational support forces, perhaps the entire troops’ spirit and appearance would see a qualitative improvement.

This young man had a knack for finding angles no one else could imagine, and as long as the goal was noble, he wouldn’t question the methods. If there was a chance, he might lend him a helping hand.

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In the following period, Fang Huai really didn’t treat Teacher Lv as an outsider.

He submitted his thesis draft and ideas for review, just as he would before a graduate student advisor.

It was only after he returned to his dormitory that he realized how grand a theoretical figure Teacher Lv was.

Out of the six fire command textbooks they studied, three bore this teacher’s name as the author.

In addition, there are specialized works on building fire safety design and three school-level scientific research projects.

The name Lv Xianzhi resonated in the academic field of firefighting, yet he had no idea. He only had himself to blame for not attending a Military Academy in his previous life.

If used well, it would be a golden endorsement for his plan’s theoretical aspect, leaving no room for questions.

While others struggled to leave their signatures on his plans, he kept throwing olive branches at Old Lü in a bumming manner, causing Teacher Lv to be torn between laughter and tears.

Fang: "Teacher, my thesis topic is too broad, with many components. Could you take a look and advise whether I should write about equipment improvement separately or integrate it into both fire alarms and rescue sections?"

Lv: "Hmm... I think rescue can be written as a separate paper. Isn’t your comprehensive rescue reform plan already being implemented? For that section, you should focus on the reform process of your squadron to make it more substantial... I don’t recommend you combine all these aspects; you’re writing a thesis, not a book."

Fang: "Hmm, would you sign it then? My thesis is missing a supervising teacher."

Lv: "What guidance did I provide before the plan was implemented when you came to school?"

Fang: "You gave suggestions."

Lv: "?? What suggestions?"

Fang: "You said to write it separately! That’s an important suggestion!"

Lv: ...

Fang: "By the way, Teacher, do you have any materials that you could share about cases where firefighting played a critical role in wartime?"

Lv: "There are none after the founding of the state... Before that, there’s a negative case. In ’39, the dropping of bombs by Japanese planes caused a major fire, destroying many buildings in Chongqing. The fire spread, and at that time, the garrison commander Liu Zhi, in an attempt to put out the fire, conscripted six divisions of the Nationalist military stationed outside the city to carry water and fight the fire. However, the stationed troops were very unprofessional in firefighting. Tens of thousands of troops went into the fire scene, but instead of reducing the fire, it spread from just over twenty locations to more, and in the end, 90% of Chongqing’s buildings were affected by the fire. At that time, the Kuomintang had already moved its capital to Chongqing, but the local people were displaced, causing a huge negative impact and international outcry. This is the tremendous harm that weak wartime firefighting capabilities can bring."