Free Web NovelChapter 1441: Chapter 232: Both Soldier and Police
The investment promotion team had a large group and brought a lot of investment materials.
Han Xiangning waited for a while in the arrival hall with the newly assembled main team, retrieved the checked luggage and investment materials, and took the large rental bus arranged by the Binjiang Development Zone Investment Bureau’s advance team to the hotel to check in. It was already 4:55 pm.
Luo Hongxin put down his luggage, eager to see tomorrow’s venue.
The Changzhou Bridge Industrial Park came to join the event without much preparation, and Han Xiangning too wanted to take a look.
The venue for the economic and trade negotiation was arranged in the multifunctional hall on the third floor of the hotel. Since there were meeting events in the past few days, up until last night, there was a banquet with more than thirty tables. Although the staff of the Development Zone Investment Bureau arrived early, they actually only started setting up the exhibition this morning.
Many merchants were located far away and needed to arrive a day in advance, otherwise, they wouldn’t make it to tomorrow morning’s negotiations. The Development Zone Management Committee and the Investment Bureau had coordinated with the hotel in advance, setting up a sign-in area in the lobby with personnel specifically responsible for receiving the merchants arriving today.
While accompanying Han Xiangning and Old Ge towards the venue, Luo Hongxin laughed and said: "Mayor Han, Director Ge, we already have nine merchants arrived, two of whom rushed here from Shenzhen. I’ve reserved a large private room on the second floor at the Investment Bureau, let’s have dinner together tonight."
The Development Zone had fully prepared, and although Changzhou wasn’t very prepared, there were quite a few businessmen previously contacted in East Guang, even successful locals.
With a smile, Han Xiangning politely declined: "Thank you, Director Luo, we also have a small event tonight, so we won’t be joining your activity."
"Alright, we’ll each fight our own battle."
Luo Hongxin laughed heartily, then curiously asked: "Mayor Han, I almost forgot to ask, where is Salted Fish now? Is he going to Zhanjiang today? If not, let him come over."
Han Xiangning instinctively glanced at his phone and smiled: "He already arrived in Zhanjiang before we reached the hotel."
"Guangzhou is three or four hundred kilometers from Zhanjiang, how did he get there so fast?"
"He took a special plane of the Navy Chief; he didn’t leave the airport in the afternoon."
"As soon as he landed, he got on the Navy Chief’s special plane. Which military vehicle was arranged to pick him up at the tarmac in the afternoon?"
"It should be. It involves military secrets, so I didn’t dare to ask more during the call."
The Salted Fish of today is not the same as before; truly a transformation.
Luo Hongxin listened, secretly startled, and sighed: "Xiangning, Director Ge, my Wen Jiang will rely on Salted Fish’s support in the future."
Such is the heart of parents under heaven.
A person so influential and "bad" has to bow his head for his son.
Han Xiangning was unsure how to respond, and Old Ge smiled and said: "Director Luo, your son has already achieved a lot. He is a specially selected candidate under key training by the Provincial Party Organization Department and the Provincial Police Department. At twenty-eight, he’s already a deputy director in the Water Police Station. Not many his age have reached deputy director level in the police system or other units."
"The Water Police Station is a department-level unit, and he’s just a deputy director at the deputy section level. Besides, the Water Police Station is different from the District County Police Department. Even as a deputy director, it doesn’t hold the same weight."
"See if there’s a way to transfer him to the Development Zone Branch."
"Director Ge, to be honest, I’ve considered it, but I’m not allowed to interfere in his matters. His selection and appointment are not even decided by the City Bureau; currently, he is a police officer under the Provincial Department, and must follow their arrangements."
Meanwhile, Han Yu, who had just settled in at the Zhanjiang Base’s guest house, was visiting the "China’s First Ship" accompanied by a Captain!
Zhanjiang is the headquarters of the South Sea Fleet.
Zhanjiang Base is the largest base of the South Sea Fleet, with the most ships.
The naval port was anchored with many navy vessels, but most were old and some even rusted.
The Shenzhen Ship is a newly commissioned ship from last year, large in tonnage, beautifully painted, with a sleek and slightly stealthy appearance, standing out among the many old ships.
Military enthusiasts were keenly alerted from its construction, and after being equipped in the force, it became a "celebrity" in China’s Navy, frequently covered by magazines like Ship Knowledge, with posters of the Shenzhen Ship even in the Rescue Boat Team’s meeting room.
Han Yu could hardly believe he could board this missile destroyer representing the highest level and strongest combat power of the Chinese Navy, touching the gun and feeling his excitement surge.
The superiors had instructed that the person beside him was both an "escort captain" and an observer! There were no secrets on the Shenzhen Ship from him; anything he wanted to know would be fully disclosed.
The Captain was ready with an introduction to the ship’s weaponry, but Han Yu hadn’t asked anything, so the Captain cautiously said: "Commander Han, during the trial operation of the new equipment, the first problem we, the first batch of receiving officers, faced was learning the information operation platform."
Given the high attention this warship received, the weaponry and various parameters onboard, especially in nautical and ship magazines, were all available and extremely comprehensive.
Han Yu was thoroughly familiar with them and didn’t need to ask, instead smilingly questioned: "Those who can board the Shenzhen Ship must be selected core personnel from your fleet, right?"
"The personnel are carefully selected from each detachment, but no matter how we select, it’s like choosing generals from among dwarfs. For instance, in the main artillery unit, few knew computers; some had never even seen one, yet they had to learn computer control within three months to understand the working principles of electronic components, which was challenging."
"How did you solve this problem?"
"We had to invite local school teachers to teach, asking them to give us lessons on computer knowledge during weekends. We worked overtime daily and later even went to the equipment manufacturer to humbly learn from the engineers and workers."
"It seems that no matter how advanced the equipment is, it requires highly qualified and educated personnel to operate it."
"The quality of officers and soldiers needs to be improved. We want to recruit more college students as soldiers, but how many college students are willing to enlist? Most of the new officers have attended military academies, but the knowledge taught there is relatively outdated. They have to start from scratch once they join the troops, and there can’t be only officers and no soldiers on the ship."
"So you’re saying your ship is not just a combat vessel but also a training vessel, constantly nurturing high-quality officers and soldiers for brother units. After all, this is just the first ship; surely, there will be a second and third one successively equipped for the army."
"Yes, we indeed aim to cultivate talent for brother units."
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Touring from the ship’s bow to the stern left something to be desired.
Such a good ship platform, yet the weapons on deck seem quite inadequate.
In the artillery system, it is only equipped with a dual 100mm gun system and four dual 37mm secondary guns. In the missile system, it has just four twin anti-ship missile launchers and an eight-tube short-range air defense missile system, not much different from several old ships moored next to it, not too distinct from the 053H3 frigate jokingly called a "miscellaneous ship."
Old equipment on a new vessel, no wonder it’s mockingly called the "escort fleet leader ship" and "escort fleet command ship" by military enthusiasts.
Regarding the propulsion system, it’s said that the design initially intended to use gas turbines, even considering advanced diesel combined power assemblies at one point, but ultimately, it used the tried-and-true steam turbine power set from Dalian Shipyard. The technology is very mature but also quite outdated.
However, on the other hand, considering the technical research and engineering realization capabilities of relevant research institutes, it’s unrealistic to aim for an overnight success. Otherwise, the few flood control and rescue equipment independently developed by Linghai Reserve Camp wouldn’t have won the second prize for military technological progress.
Han Yu stood at the stern, looking at the empty helicopter deck, and asked, "Where’s the helicopter?"
The Captain was taken aback, then said with an embarrassed face, "Report to Han Da, it’s not equipped temporarily."
"Have there been any related take-off and landing training sessions organized?"
"There were two during the trial sailing, but none afterward."
Helicopter landing on a ship is not an easy task because sea take-offs and landings differ from those on land. Especially when the winds are high and the waves are rough, one misstep can lead to fatal accidents.
More importantly, the Navy doesn’t have many helicopters!
Ultimately, it boils down to insufficient funding. If there were an overwhelming number of helicopters like the US military, the Shenzhen Ship could have a helicopter squadron.
Visited the bridge, greeted the Political Commissioner and the on-duty Deputy Captain, and took a boat to visit the supply ship.
The on-duty Deputy Captain watched the speeding boat in the harbor and couldn’t help but ask, "Commissioner, what does the Observer do?"
"Observation, of course; if not for observation, why call them Observers?"
"Observing us?"
"I heard the Observer is a Chief Officer of an ocean-going vessel, quite an expert."
"Having a Chief Officer of a merchant ship observe us, what’s the superior thinking?"
"He’s not just any Chief Officer; I heard he’s also the Big Commander of the Reserve Rescue Boat Team, like you as a Major, but he’s at the Provincial Level!"
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"As long as the superior considers him important, he’s a real Major." The Political Commissioner raised his binoculars, glancing at the boat which had already become a black dot, and reminded, "The Chief of Staff personally instructed us not to disregard a villager as a leader. The Chief of Staff said during last year’s major exercises at Dongshan Island, the guy was an Observer." freēwebnovel.com
"Professional in finding faults, it’s not hard to find bones in an egg, is it?"
"He’s not just good at observation, he also has his little navy ship."
"He’s a Captain too? Does the Reserve Forces have equipped vessels?"
"The Chief of Staff said he used to be the Water Anti-smuggling Director of the Smuggling Crime Investigation Bureau, possessing a 626-type anti-smuggling boat. During last year’s Dongshan Island exercises, his anti-smuggling boat, along with Marine Supervision and Coast Guard, performed peripheral warning duties, even had confrontations with US warships."
Zhanjiang is one of the regions where smuggling problems are most severe.
The former City Secretary of Zhanjiang was convicted due to smuggling, and many other officials have been prosecuted for smuggling activities.
On the shore, there are customs anti-smuggling police battling against smuggling, just as at sea.
Vice Captain Li had seen the 626-type anti-smuggling boat more than once, and it seemed several places had sent customs officers for rotational duty. Thinking of these, Vice Captain Li nodded, "In that case, he’s half one of us."
"What do you mean half? He is the main officer of our Navy Reserve Forces, definitely one of us!"
"Right, what’s he doing now since he used to be an anti-smuggling police officer?"
"Seems like he was transferred to the Changhang Police Bureau, now serving as the Deputy Director of the Changhang Public Security Bureau Binjiang Branch."
Afraid that the subordinates don’t take it seriously, the Political Commissioner emphasized, "The Changhang Police Bureau is the same level as the Provincial Department, a Provincial Hall level unit. The branch is equivalent to a prefecture-level City Bureau, a standard Department-level unit. He holds the actual Vice Director position, both military and police, doing better than you and me."
