In the early morning in West East Ocean, aboard the "Longxing" battleship.
Zhang Guozhu had already spent the entire night in the command bridge. Aside from occasionally receiving messages from the cruisers sent out on reconnaissance, nothing had happened.
Now, he was the acting commander of the Fourth Fleet and also served as the commander of the 42nd Special Mixed Fleet.
After Gui Boyong went to the Navy headquarter to take up the position of Chief of Naval Staff, Zhang Guozhu became the acting commander of the Domestic Fleet. When the fleet was restructured, he did not become the commander of the East Ocean Fleet, but instead volunteered to go to the Fourth Fleet, thus becoming its first commander.
According to the new rules, the first half-year was a probationary period, after which the "acting" prefix would be removed from his title.
It seemed like a demotion, but in reality, it was not so.
