Chapter 191: Celebrating Achievement

After the awards ceremony for the individual competition ended, the people in the academy were even more curious about Qin Ge's Star Sea Grand Fleet.

The reason is simple: among the top eight, three were actually from the Star Sea Grand Fleet, and two of them were freshmen this year—this is a huge deal.

Perhaps one could say they were lucky in the draw, but even so, it shows they already stand at the top of their year. Moreover, looking at their battle records, there are plenty of second-year students among them.

Someone also discovered that every member of the Star Sea Grand Fleet mentioned had a second fleet girl, including the freshmen. Moreover, these fleet girls' proficiency levels were very high, even approaching those of some second-year students.

Moreover, Chen Bo Jun later said that he was able to win first place this time because Qin Ge did not participate. If Qin Ge had participated, that first-place title would definitely have been his, and there would be no second place.

After it ended, rumors about the Star Sea Grand Fleet spread wildly across the school. However, the fleet's commander, together with his members, was dining in the reception hall of the reception house.

"Come, I'd like to congratulate everyone here on their good results in this individual competition." Qin Ge stood up, raised the cup on the table, and said to everyone.

"Thank you, Commander." A group of people stood up and expressed their thanks to Qin Ge.

As everyone finished their drinks in one gulp, they sat down again and began chatting.

"Commander, if Chen Bo Jun speaks like this, will more people join our Grand Fleet? His remarks are essentially an advertisement for our Grand Fleet." Zhang Xiaotian said to Qin Ge.

Qin Ge smiled and nodded, saying, "I think there might be, but not too many, because most people are currently just curious about our fleet, so they're more inclined to investigate further."

But you also know our construction team is headed to the front line, and many people are unwilling to go there because the casualty rate on the front line is too high. So once they learn the specifics, their enthusiasm won't stay as high as it is now; it will gradually calm down.

At that point, if someone joins our Grand Fleet, they would already be prepared, so we don't need to rush to recruit others; instead, we should focus on the upcoming team competition, which can better showcase our Grand Fleet's strength.

"What the Commander said is right. Now that I've brought up this topic, they will closely observe our performance, thereby measuring our Grand Fleet's future development and comparing it with our recent strength."

"If we achieve something in the upcoming team competition and win first place again, then I think they will give us full recognition of our strength, as long as they agree with our Grand Fleet's principles, there will definitely be people considering us." Chen Bo Jun said to everyone.

"Not bad, Chen Bo Jun and I share the same view. Our Grand Fleet has already passed the initial difficulties of its establishment. So in the future personnel allocation process, we must focus on individual strength and team cooperation, after all, we will participate in real combat in a year." Li Chenming said.

"However, Chen Bo Jun is about to graduate and will no longer be at school; what are you planning to do?" Wang Yueqin asked.

Chen Bo Jun looked at everyone and said, "I plan to take on a commission for a period of time, of course under the name of our Grand Fleet."

Qin Ge waved his hand and said, "We'll talk about that later, because I have an idea."

"An idea?" Everyone looked at Qin Ge, puzzled.

"Exactly, because it's already June; in four months it will be October's Siren Tide. So before the Siren Tide arrives, I plan to discuss with the dean or the Maritime Affairs Bureau's Qinglong chief, to have our Grand Fleet take on support-type missions and gain real combat experience." Qin Ge said to everyone.

"So then, if anyone wants to participate, I'll lead the team and we'll accomplish the mission together. Of course, if you don't want to participate, you can just continue studying at the academy." Qin Ge said to the other freshmen.

"Count me in, of course I'm participating." Li Chenming immediately said, "Brother Youqing, you're a tactical master here; what do we have to fear? Moreover, in terms of our strength, we are now comparable to some second-year graduates, so even if we truly face the Siren Tide, we still have a fighting chance."

"That's right, even though we currently have no base, participating in the Siren Tide this way to accumulate real combat experience and awareness, I think it's fine." Zhang Xiaotian said.

"I agree. Didn't we become commanders just for this day? Now we have the strength to face them; but if, under such strong leadership from the Commander, we still dare not fight, then we'll only ever be able to stay near the coast." Wang Yueqin said.

"Likewise, count me in for the registration when the time comes." Zhang Yingwei said.

"Hehe, don't rush, this is just an idea; we'll see how things go when the time comes. Maybe we won't need to do support missions ourselves, but instead act as a supporting force, joining some weaker Grand Fleets." Qin Ge said to everyone.

"Anyway, we just need to follow the Commander's orders when the time comes." Zhang Xiaotian chuckled.

"Don't worry." Qin Ge laughed and said, then raised his cup afterward; everyone drank again and resumed chatting.

Although Qin Ge's establishment of the Grand Fleet has spread widely among the students, there is now an even more important matter before everyone: the team competition.

The team competition's venue has been doubled in size, so it is now divided into five arenas. Qin Ge did not serve as a referee this time, but he has taken on another identity: that of a challenger awaiting challenge.

This is the reason why, as previously promised by Anshan, he can participate in the Exercise League but will not receive any reward, nor will it affect others' rankings.

And the Star Sea Grand Fleet's team competition lineup is now complete: one team consists of Chen Bo Jun, Wang Yueqin, and Li Chenming, the championship team; the other is a temporary team formed by Zhang Xiaotian, Zhang Yingwei, and a casually recruited commander who gets along well with them.

When the sun rose on a new day, a large crowd of commanders gathered outside the exercise area, because yesterday, after the individual competition ended, the team competition rules had already been announced. One needs to register and file as a three-person team leader at Anshan before being allowed to draw lots for grouping.

And now, each team captain is rolling up their sleeves, ready to show what they can do.