Chapter 479: Recruitment

After June passed, a new July arrived, and Qin Ge and his companions had also been here for a full year.

However, unlike at school, aside from holidays, they rarely stopped in their daily routine.

Coincidentally, Qin Ge and his fleet girls had just returned from the fourth-level sea area not long ago, and now it is rest time.

Although it was rest, Qin Ge still went to his office every day to help the garrison share some of the work.

Today's secretary ship is Zhenhai; compared to the other fleet girls, she likes playing Go the most. However, in the entire port area, only Tiancheng can be her opponent; the other fleet girls find Go too taxing on their heads.

However, in order to try to find a new opponent for himself, Zheng Kai would still occasionally guide Qin Ge on how to play Go when they were together.

Of course, when not playing Go, Zhenhai's greatest interest is watching Qin Ge work in his office, appreciating his worried or excited expression due to emails.

However, while Qin Ge was in his office today, a knocking sound interrupted Zhenhai, who was admiring him.

Qin Ge slightly raised his head and saw Zhenhai smiling at him, saying, 'Commander, continue working; I'll go see who's knocking at the door—perhaps it's another sister.'

'Hmm, thank you.' Qin Ge smiled and then lowered his head again.

Zhenhai leisurely stood up, walked to the door and opened it, only to see that the person standing outside was not the sister she had mentioned, but a man.

'Oh? It's the Vice Commander; the Commander is in the office, please come in.' Zhenhai smiled and said to Li Chenming outside the door.

'Hello, Zhenhai. Is the Commander busy? If he is, I can come back later.' Li Chenming glanced at Qin Ge, who was buried in work, and said politely.

At this moment, Qin Ge had already heard their conversation, so he raised his head and smiled at Li Chenming outside the door, saying, 'I was a bit busy, but now that you're here I'm not; come in and tell me what's up. Zhenhai, please also brew a cup of tea for the Vice Commander.'

'All right, Commander.' Zhenhai turned her head, smiled and nodded, then gestured to Li Chenming in front of her, saying, 'Come in, Vice Commander.'

As Li Chenming entered the office, Zhenhai closed the door and went to make tea. Qin Ge looked with interest at him sitting on the sofa and smiled, saying, 'What matter requires you to come in person? Couldn't your secretary ship just relay it to me directly?'

'I think we should discuss this matter ourselves; if we let the secretary ship relay it, it would still be somewhat unclear.' Li Chenming said.

Qin Ge asked doubtfully, 'What matter, you say?'

'It's already early July, the Azure Lane Commander Academy graduation ceremony has concluded, and we've been here for a full year.' Li Chenming smiled.

Qin Ge chuckled, 'Yeah, we've been here a year; time flies, it hardly feels real. Suddenly I think it's better to stay at the academy—at least emails wouldn't be so numerous, and there would be fewer matters.'

Li Chenming smiled, 'Indeed, without this year's training, our abilities wouldn't have grown so rapidly. But in recalling the past, is there something you've forgotten?'

'What matter? What matter?' Qin Ge asked.

'The commanders who just graduated from the Azure Lane Commander Academy—do you mean our Grand Fleet will continue at this size and not increase?' Li Chenming said speechlessly.

Qin Ge stared, then suddenly realized, 'You're right, I really forgot—we are now a fourth-level Grand Fleet, and there are many vacancies in the Grand Fleet; we should indeed recruit some new people.'

Zhenhai beside him looked at her commander's expression, couldn't help but smile, then placed the brewed tea in front of Li Chenming, saying, 'Actually, I thought the Commander wanted to maintain an elite strategy; I didn't expect you also wanted to recruit a batch of commanders.'

Qin Ge shook his head, 'Before, it was because our Grand Fleet members had relatively uniform training, with little difference; hastily recruiting people would disrupt this balance.'

'But now they have grown a lot and can stand on their own; recruiting people now can follow a senior‑junior strategy, allowing newcomers to grow quickly and adapt to the Grand Fleet's rhythm.'

'After all, for a leader, no one would dislike having a larger force, so this matter is indeed a big deal.'

'Since you agree, that's good; I was worried you might refuse, so I came personally this time.' Li Chenming said, relieved.

Qin Ge smiled, 'How could I refuse? This is a good thing; after all, this Grand Fleet was built by our own hands, watching it grow is also very joyful.'

'Yeah, but you, as the Commander of this Grand Fleet, are indeed taking things too lightly.' Li Chenming said speechlessly.

Qin Ge laughed, saying, 'Haha, borrowing Instructor A Furore's words: Comrades, the division of labor differs in revolution; the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.'

Hearing Qin Ge's somewhat playful words, Li Chenming couldn't help but wryly smile, 'Well, you're constantly rushing to the front lines every day; I can't possibly demand too much of you.'

'By the way, since we are to recruit new commanders, what are the requirements?'

Qin Ge smiled, 'Naturally, it's the same requirements I had for them originally.'

Li Chenming nodded, 'Indeed, this requirement is the most basic, so I roughly understand. However, I want to ask: do you mind recruiting commanders who graduated long ago? Or those who were previously lone wolves?'

Qin Ge pondered, then told Li Chenming, 'As long as they don't object to our decision to go to the front lines and agree to undergo the corresponding tactical and formation changes, I won't oppose it.'

Li Chenming nodded, 'Understood; then who should be sent for this matter? After all, the graduates from the Commander Academy are all in Shenhua City now, and they will next enter the Maritime Affairs Bureau for corresponding allocation.'

'Our Grand Fleet needs to recruit new commanders, so we must send someone to Shenhua City to handle the application registration; only then will we receive a quota allocation.'

Qin Ge couldn't help but smile, staring straight at Li Chenming without saying a word.

Li Chenming, being looked at like that by Qin Ge, seemed somewhat puzzled, then realized something and widened his eyes at him, saying, 'You don't mean to send me, do you?'

'What do you think? We two must each go to one place; do you think you can command my fleet girls after I leave?' Qin Ge laughed.

Li Chenming immediately rolled his eyes, 'Why not consider letting Zhang Xiaotian or Wang Yueqin go? I believe they could do it as well. Or Wu Hao, Zhang Shaocheng—why are you fixated on me?'

'But they aren't the Vice Commander.' Qin Ge laughed.

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