I built an armada.

Chapter 495: The youngest in the entire army, hiding everything from the Air Force
On the tray, next to the certificate of honor, there were three first-class medals of honor.

In addition, there are two two-bar four-star badges and collar badges, which sparkle golden under the light.

That’s right, this is the rank of colonel!

Su Dingping walked onto the stage and to his designated position, and Xue Shuai smiled with satisfaction.

Next, Marshal Xue personally took off the epaulettes with two bars and three stars on his shoulders and put on epaulettes with two bars and four stars, as well as a collar flower. Then he put three first-class medals of honor on Su Dingping's chest.

Taking a step back and looking at the refreshed Su Dingping, Xue Shuai nodded with great satisfaction.

"salute!"

Immediately afterwards, General Xue and a group of leaders saluted Su Dingping together.

Su Dingping immediately returned the gift.

"Dingping, good job."

"I hope you will continue to work hard and make new achievements in the future!"

Xue Shuai patted Su Dingping's shoulder gently with his large palm and encouraged him earnestly.

"Yes, Chief."

Su Dingping responded seriously.

"Congratulations, Dingping."

"Congratulations!"

Liu Huaming, Deng Zhenhua and other bigwigs came forward to offer their blessings.

Marshal Xue signed the order of conferring the rank and awarded him the relevant certificate, which also meant that Su Dingping became a naval colonel.

A 21-year-old colonel is unprecedented in peacetime!

With Su Dingping's promotion to the rank of colonel, this grand military commendation ceremony officially came to an end, and the solemn atmosphere in the auditorium also eased a lot.

Xu Dongguo looked at the young man in front of him who was promoted to colonel in an instant. He felt infinite emotion in his heart and was a little dazed for a moment.

He thought of the scene when he first saw Su Dingping in Zhang Gongnong's laboratory three years ago. At that time, Su Dingping was just a senior student who was about to graduate.

What impressed Xu Dongguo the most was that it was not only that Su Dingping had mastered the relevant technologies of 956E, but also that the words written in the files when he sent people to investigate Su Dingping still echoed in his ears.

"Work hard and forge swords for the country...Some things have to be done by someone. If that's the case, why can't it be me..."

"Studying for the rise of the Longxia tribe..."

He was quite moved that Su Dingping had always been fulfilling his promise.

Thinking back to when Su Dingping went to the airport to see off Xu Kai who was going to study abroad, he firmly refused all of Xu Kai's invitations and said something very impressive at the time, "If we meet on the battlefield in the future, I will be the first to defeat you..."

Later, at the graduation ceremony of Harbin Institute of Technology, Su Dingping even said, "Each generation has its own Long March, each generation has its own mission, and the baton of the times has been passed to us. We are the sparks of building the Longxia tribe... I hope you will encourage each other!"

And later, when building an integrated military factory, Su Dingping said those exciting words again, "I tell you, what should we do! We should build it ourselves... with our own hands, we will build our own world-leading new warships - frigates, destroyers, and even aircraft carriers!"

There are many more, all of which left a deep impression on him and kept flashing through his mind.

Whenever he thinks back on it, Xu Dongguo feels his blood boiling and he feels full of power.

This young man is truly a role model for the young people of Longxia!
Apart from the technology itself, these are the unique personal charm and firm beliefs of Plastic Dingping.

With young people like this around, there’s no need to worry about the revival of Longxia tribe’s national defense. Won’t it become a leading presence on the blue planet?
From a senior student who had not yet graduated, Su Dingping has made his way step by step to become the youngest colonel in the three armed forces of Longxia today, relying entirely on his extraordinary intelligence and dedication.

There is no personal connection involved, nor is there any favoritism or corruption.

Thinking back to the beginning, he took a huge risk to recruit such a talent, and was even criticized and dissatisfied by several other leaders!
But the result was completely beyond his imagination.

In just a few years, that senior student led the navy, which only had a few small ships, to grow and enter a new era.

Now let’s talk about the 956E missile destroyers that were imported from the White Bear Tribe. They are not even mentioned anymore. Even the 051C, an advanced warship that other tribes can’t even get, has been listed as an obsolete warship by the Navy.

Now, no matter it is the Northern Fleet, the Southern Fleet, or the Eastern Fleet, the 052D is the main force. We look forward to more -ton destroyers joining the fleet. The main focus is on taking a high-end route.

Looking at Su Dingping with a smile on his face, Xu Dongguo knew very well that this was just the young man's optimistic attitude towards everyone. In fact, Su Dingping had a very hard and difficult life in the past few years.

He couldn't help at all in the field of scientific research. The only thing he could do was to get more money for Su Dingping in terms of scientific research and military funds. No matter what happened, he would stand firmly on Su Dingping's side.

And it was he who shamelessly asked Liu Huaming for help in this regard. In the end, Su Dingping's talent impressed Liu Huaming, so that the highest commander of the navy ran to Marshal Xue in the middle of the night and shamelessly asked for more military funds.

It is under such circumstances that the navy has become strong enough to dominate the Dongzhou waters and even extend its reach to areas beyond the first island chain.

The first island chain, the island chain that besieged the Longxia tribe, has been completely shattered by the Longxia Navy!
Walking up to Su Dingping, Xu Dongguo patted him on the shoulder solemnly and said with great emotion: "Dingping, thank you for your hard work during this period."

"Commander, this is something that others can't even ask for in their lifetime. I'm not tired."

Su Dingping smiled innocently, pointed at the three medals hanging on his chest, and then pointed at the rank of colonel on his shoulder, and said seriously, "The commander treats me like a national hero, and I will repay you like a national hero!"

"Hahaha, you're the only one who can talk. It's a shame that you don't become a political commissar."

Liu Huaming smiled happily, his eyes a little red. He also knew how difficult it was for Su Dingping along the way.

He has won several first-class medals of honor at such a young age. The hard work and pain behind this must have been tremendous.

"Dingping, you have become a senior colonel in an instant. You are the youngest senior colonel in the entire army. When I was promoted to senior colonel, I was much older than you."

Army chief Deng Zhenhua came up to him, his eyes full of admiration, "You really deserve the title of colonel. I will never forget it in my life."

"Not only you can't forget it, but me too."

Air Force Chief Ma Zhengbang glanced at Liu Huaming with an envious look on his face, "You Navy really picked up a treasure this time. I am so envious that my eyes are red with envy now."

Hearing this, Liu Huaming showed an extremely proud smile on his face.

He naturally knew that it was the right thing to do to recruit Su Dingping into the navy.

It is because of Su Dingping that the navy has achieved its current status and has been making rapid progress.

"Your air force is not bad this time. Didn't you seize a batch of F15s and F16s from the rebels?"

"If we study it carefully, it may be of great help to the development of subsequent fighter planes."

When they were sweeping away the rebels, the three armed forces launched attacks at lightning speed, focusing on speed so that the rebels had no time to react, and naturally a large amount of military equipment was seized.

The Army and the Air Force took away almost everything, but for the Navy, Liu Huaming directly stated that those shabby ships could be donated to the Military Museum, but the Navy no longer cared about them.

The equipment seized by the army had little actual usable value.

On the contrary, the acquisition of a large number of F15, F16 and other fighter jets is of great significance to the Air Force.

Although there are only a few models that are intact and usable, there are enough of them that the Air Force experts are overjoyed and can conduct reverse engineering to fully understand the technology.

It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned it, but when he mentioned this batch of F15s and F16s, Ma Zhengbang sighed deeply, his face full of frustration. "Old Ma, what's wrong with you?"

Deng Zhenhua asked in surprise. He really didn't understand what was going on.

Liu Huaming also looked at the other party curiously.

"Oh, don't mention it. Reverse engineering is not as easy as you think!"

Ma Zhengbang sighed helplessly, "Let me tell you, those disgusting guys from the Eagle Tribe have hidden several tricks to guard against the rebels."

"Although we have seized a batch of F15s and F16s, only a few of them are intact. For the others, repair is a problem."

"Not to mention that we can't do reverse engineering in a short period of time. We simply can't do it."

Hearing these words, Liu Huaming subconsciously looked towards Su Dingping.

He remembered clearly that when he purchased two 956Es from the White Bear Tribe, the situation was similar to what the Air Force is facing now.

Reverse engineering is extremely difficult, and even after investing a lot of money and time, it still failed.

This led to the intention of making a second purchase, and finally Su Dingping appeared.

The only difference is that one is a battleship from the White Bear Tribe, and the other is a fighter plane from the Eagle Tribe.

Both of these tribes are very cautious about external attacks.

Without sufficient technical background, accumulation and strategic vision, it is basically impossible to succeed in reverse engineering.

He didn't dare to imagine what the navy would be like now if Su Dingping hadn't appeared.

At this time, Army Chief Deng Zhenhua quietly nudged Ma Zhengbang with his elbow. Ma Zhengbang looked at him in confusion, but when he saw the other party nodded at Liu Huaming, he immediately looked at Liu Huaming.

At this time, he looked at Su Dingping, and he reacted instantly.

What the hell.

How could we forget the great man Su Dingping?

Sin, sin.

But then he thought again that he had not had much contact with Su Dingping before, and did not know much about him, or even knew him basically.

After all, at the last meeting of the three military chiefs, Marshal Xue personally reminded them that Su Dingping's confidentiality level was the highest, and he would personally take care of it.

All investigations into Su Dingping's information must be personally approved by Marshal Xue.

If it weren't for this special commendation conference of the three armed forces, he wouldn't even know many inside stories.

Now he only had a general understanding, but Su Dingping was shocked. He could not imagine that the strong rise of the navy was actually so closely related to the young man in front of him.

He had had some rough guesses in his mind from the limited contacts he had had before, but Su Dingping was too young and he didn't dare to believe it at all.

The commendation ceremony now cannot be faked, and it is presided over by Marshal Xue himself, who personally wears the medals and epaulettes.

Now that he had finally got the chance, he could still vividly remember how Deng Zhenhua was unwilling to leave outside the meeting venue of the three-service chiefs' meeting.

Suddenly he realized that he was most likely fooled by Deng Zhenhua last time. This guy must have known the inside story long ago.

Ma Zhengbang immediately looked at Deng Zhenhua again and asked directly: "Old Deng, did you know this a long time ago?"

"What? I don't know anything. Don't talk nonsense."

Deng Zhenhua hurriedly distanced himself from the matter. Xue Shuai was present at the scene and this was no joke.

"I don't trust you, you must be hiding something from me!"

Ma Zhengbang responded with a serious face.

Deng Zhenhua just smiled casually and naturally would not admit it.

As a result, Ma Zhengbang's gaze towards Su Dingping immediately became extremely eager again.

Maybe with Su Dingping's help, there would be no problem in handling F15 and F16, and the speed could be much faster? No one could say for sure.

Realizing that something was wrong, Liu Huaming hurriedly said goodbye to Xue Shuai and planned to leave immediately with Su Dingping.

He was still waiting for Su Dingping to build a 13-ton super nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for the navy, and there were many other things waiting for Su Dingping to do, so he had no time to be dragged into being a good guy.

The reason why we helped the army before was because we asked the army for help when the military funds were insufficient, and also because we owed the army a favor for the subsequent expansion of the integrated military factory.

Deng Zhenhua wanted to borrow the aircraft carrier for half a year, but he kept delaying it. If the Air Force were to borrow someone else, it would take a long time for the Navy to see its own 13-ton super aircraft carrier!

Everything else doesn’t matter, but the pace of naval development must not be interrupted!

Watching Liu Huaming and everyone leaving quickly, Deng Zhenhua and Ma Zhengbang had no chance to try to stop them before they had already walked out of the auditorium.

Deng Zhenhua shook his head helplessly and said, "Old Liu really hasn't changed at all. He's still wary of me."

Then he turned and looked at Xue Shuai.

"General Xue, what exactly was that incident you mentioned after the last time you cleared out the rebels? It's been two months, can you give us a little hint?"

After the three armed forces wiped out the rebel forces, Marshal Xue once briefly mentioned Su Dingping and proposed an integrated military factory for the three armed forces in front of him, Mr. Qian, and Liu Huaming.

Marshal Xue had promised at the beginning that he would give his full support to Su Dingping.

I didn’t expect that after both of them had passed, Deng Zhenhua was still thinking about this matter.

Xue Shuai smiled casually: "Don't worry, the time is not right yet."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the auditorium with a smile.

Deng Zhenhua shook his head helplessly, then raised his legs and walked outside.

After a while, Ma Zhengbang and several air force chiefs were the only ones left in the auditorium.

"Tell me, are they hiding something from me?"

Ma Zhengbang looked at a few people and asked with a confused look on his face.

"do not know."

Several air force chiefs shook their heads almost at the same time.

"Forget it. It's useless to ask you."

Then Ma Zhengbang changed the subject and said seriously, "Let's go back. Tell them to hurry up and complete the reverse engineering of F15 and F16 as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)