Chapter 392: With great fanfare!

After being captured, I immediately reported the crime and made meritorious contributions in order to seek leniency. They were very good at playing this game.

The soldiers guarding them immediately took this brave warrior who had turned from darkness to light to a private place. Not long after, a telegram was sent to the command post.

"Two of our escort boats salvaged and captured 165 enemy soldiers from the water today in the area where the enemy ship sank in the naval battle, including a major general captain and several other officers. According to their account, the captain of another enemy ship, a colonel, was killed by our troops in the battle."

In fact, the captain of an ordinary frigate is not a major general, but the captain of ship No. 2 is different. He also serves as the commander of a frigate fleet, which is a very high rank.

However, it is a little inferior to frigates and destroyers, so this mission is commanded by the colonel captain of Ship No. 1.

The command post was overjoyed when they received the telegram. It was an unexpected surprise. In recent years, the people in the transport brigade have killed or captured many ordinary officers and soldiers, but this was the first time in recent years that someone at the rank of general had been killed or captured.

It is said that since the transport brigade's successful transfer, it has been very rare to capture general-level prisoners, and they also killed a colonel captain, which is also very rare.

Don’t say anything more, just report it.

On the morning of August 1st, which was also a Monday, Gao Zhendong had just arrived at work when someone came to the confidential office to have a confidential call.

Gao Zhendong hurried over to answer the phone. It was the leader of the Defense Work Committee.

"Early this morning, our missile boat, which was conducting tests in a certain sea area, used a replica anti-ship missile and hit three out of four shots, sinking an enemy destroyer and a frigate, capturing a major general, and a total of 165 prisoners below the major general level. A captain, a colonel, was killed, and a total of 384 enemy soldiers were killed, including 107 spies who intended to infiltrate us. You have made great efforts in the imitation and improvement of anti-ship missiles, and I think it is necessary to let you know in advance, so that you can be happy."

Gao Zhendong suddenly felt like he had eaten a cold watermelon in the dog days of summer, refreshed from head to toe!

"Okay, that's great! Thank you, leader!!"

"Just keep it to yourself, don't spread it yet. We have to wait for the higher-ups to decide how to publicize it. That's all, nothing else."

The leader of the Defense Work Committee really came just to tell Gao Zhendong the good news, and hung up the phone after he finished speaking.

Gao Zhendong put down the phone and felt like he was floating on the ground. Looking back at today, he was so happy.

Comrades from the Third Rolling Mill and the Third Branch saw an extremely kind and gentle Chief Engineer Gao on that day. Although he was a very nice person in normal times, he was still quite strict at work, but he basically did not lose his temper throughout the whole day.

Comrades from the Third Factory even quickly and privately told comrades who had problems at work to "turn themselves in" while Chief Engineer Gao was in a good mood today, otherwise they might miss this opportunity again.

On this day, Gao Zhendong inexplicably received self-reflection and profound ideological reports from many comrades. He was wondering if it was because of the holiday today?

It was not until noon when he went to the cafeteria to get lunch that Sha Zhu received the news and quietly asked him, "I heard that your wife is pregnant?"

Gao Zhendong was stunned. Where the hell did this gossip come from? He quickly shook his head: "No, it's not true. Who the hell told you this?"

Sha Zhu curled his lips and said, "The people from your Third Factory said that you are in a particularly good mood today. I guess there is a happy event in your family."

Gao Zhendong finally understood, damn, they are all smart people, no wonder so many people came to admit their mistakes today.

He laughed and said, "There is a happy event, but it's not at home, haha. I'll go home after get off work and have a meal with you. I haven't tasted your cooking for a while, I'm craving it."

Hearing Gao Zhendong say this, Sha Zhu knew that he really had good news, but it might be an official one that could not be disclosed.

"Okay, I won't be polite then."
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Somewhere in the capital, several leaders were listening to a report on the sinking of two enemy ships.

People from the National Defense Committee and the Navy are all here, and they are mainly responsible for making the report.

After listening to the report, one of the leaders was very happy and clapped his hands on the armrest of the sofa: "Great! Great! Our imitation missiles have achieved such a significant result in their first test, which shows that the work of your Defense Work Committee and your navy is solid and effective."

A long string of ash fell as he moved.

Someone asked, "Commander, will this be too irritating to the other side?"

The chief disagreed: "What's the excitement? They are allowed to come, but we are not allowed to lose our temper? If you don't clean up, the mosquitoes and fleas will not go away on their own! What you said is something we have to consider. For the frontline comrades whose main job is to do scientific research and fight, they have completed their tasks very well!"

The leader is very good at using plain and easy-to-understand words to explain some profound truths. It is nothing more than this. Instead of piling up words, it is better to make everyone understand.

"We need to publicize this matter well and let the enemy know that we are not easy to mess with and are becoming increasingly difficult to mess with!"

The participants looked at each other and said, "Yes, Chief."
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The next day, the front page of the Daily.

Today, I hold the long rope in my hand, and I will bind the evil dragon in the vast sea.

——Our researchers and naval soldiers used domestically-produced anti-ship missiles to sink an enemy ship for the first time in the world.

The title is so straightforward and explosive.

The article enthusiastically introduces how our researchers successfully copied the world's advanced anti-ship missile "Zhengxian No. 2500" in a very short time and greatly improved its original performance. At the same time, it vividly describes how they and the naval soldiers, in the process of scientific research and experiments, took the initiative to attack after discovering the enemy ships, using the only four anti-ship missiles in their hands, firing continuously and sinking a 1000-ton destroyer and a -ton frigate of the enemy in one fell swoop, and captured and killed several enemies.

Moreover, there is a major general among them!

When the people saw it, they were delighted.

"No.1", what a good name, it really is the first, the first time in the world!
A major general was captured. Ever since the enemy has been hiding, no general has been captured in many years, not to mention that a colonel was sent as a hook. According to the calculation of rounding off 50 million to 100 million, this can barely be considered a general.

happy!

The martial virtues of the masses these days have reached an incredible level.

To what extent, decades later, a group of old ladies gathered around a cannon at a scenic spot to take pictures. Those who didn't know thought they were checking in with an internet celebrity, but those who knew realized that the cannon was the one they used back then, the militia! They used this cannon and fired at the enemy for many days during the artillery battle!

At this time, this kind of news is the most popular "hot search" among the people. If it is put in Gao Zhendong's previous life, the word "explosive" must be added in front of it.

All those who saw this news walked with the wind as if lotus flowers bloomed under their feet, and it felt as if they had made them with their own hands.

Many people even set off firecrackers in the streets. These days, firework is unstoppable.

This is what ordinary people can see, but there are also some "small things" happening in places that ordinary people cannot see.

The Navy issued a commendation order, the xxxxx unit was awarded the first-class collective merit, and the yyyyy unit and zzzzz unit were awarded the second-class collective merit.

At the same time, the anti-ship missile research group of the xxx Institute was awarded the first-class collective merit by the Defense Work Committee, and some subordinate institutions of the xxx Shipbuilding Institute and Haidong Shipyard were awarded the second-class collective merit by the Defense Work Committee.

At that time, these factories and institutes did not have such a strict distinction between the military and civilian sectors, and they also had a commendation system similar to that of the military.

There are also individual awards in the scientific research and manufacturing system, and there are more than one, but they are not made public.

Gao Zhendong never expected that he would receive great honor just because he was working in the factory.

He was one of the people who received first-class merit. He didn't know who the others were, but he estimated that Mr. Qiu would not be able to escape.

There was no meeting, no public commendation, just someone from the Defense Work Committee came, found him, and gave him a box.

First class merit!

It's not surprising that such a big deal was made. Gao Zhendong knew about the "August 6th Naval Battle" in his previous life. After the battle, the level of the people who met with the heroes and models who participated in the battle was also very high, and several groups were commended.

However, because the 86th naval battle was a close combat with close-range damage, many heroes emerged in the participating troops who refused to leave the front line even when they were seriously injured.

But this time, it’s interesting, eight hundred kilometers away. Wrong, try again!
Forty kilometers away, a few small flying sticks solved the problem, so the participating troops were all collective honors, with no individual honors, which is extremely rare after such a big battle.

Perhaps, our soldiers will become more and more accustomed to this situation, especially those high-tech troops.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee made a special phone call.

"Comrade Zhendong, the only thing I can give you is this honor of not being able to keep your name or surname for the time being. But I think you won't mind, you don't need this, haha."

He knew that Gao Zhendong had already been awarded the title of combat hero and several first-class and second-class merits, so the leader was joking like that.

If Gao Zhendong didn't have those military medals, he wouldn't have said that.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "Thank you for the organization's care. Leader, I never thought I could get this after I arrived at the local level."

"Comrade Zhendong, you always say that what you do is what you should do, and that's true. Similarly, these honors are what you deserve. Maybe due to some objective reasons, they may be late, but they will definitely not be absent."

This sounded familiar, and Gao Zhendong made a little joke in his mind.

Not long after he hung up the phone, Director Yan came to see him.

As soon as he entered the door, he was cheerful and very happy: "Chief Engineer Gao, good news, good news."

How do you know I have done a good deed? Gao Zhendong's mental state at this moment was a bit like those fishermen who accidentally caught a big fish in their previous life.

Fortunately, Director Yan’s next sentence was not the classic “Who asked you?”

"I just received a notice from the factory. The department and the Ministry saw that our No. 69 Factory had special business, important work, and a large workload, so they specially approved two GAZ-s for us, including the people and the vehicles. Hahahaha."

　Completed today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)