Year 112 of the Federation.
It had been two years since the destruction of the first spiral arm's tunnel.
The entire Milky Way was busy packing and preparing to move!
According to the final distribution results.
The Human Federation would occupy the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy, plus the satellite galaxies of these two galaxies, for a total of 22 galaxies.
The Vera Alliance would occupy the Triangulum Galaxy and three satellite galaxies in the form of an alliance, for a total of four galaxies.
As for the other civilizations, they could only choose the remaining small galaxies and the satellite galaxies of the Triangulum Galaxy. However, no matter what, their territories were at least twice as large as when they were in the Milky Way!
In addition to the above, there were still six galaxies in the Local Group that had not been distributed. These galaxies would be temporarily managed by the Federation, and when the level one and level two civilizations in the Milky Way grew to level three, they would be distributed bit by bit.
In fact, according to Lin Fan's plan, it would take at most 100 years for these civilizations to move again.
When the Federation became a space civilization with multiple galaxy groups, the Local Group would definitely become the Federation's headquarters, and the other civilizations would find another galaxy group to settle down!
Earth, Federal Presidential Palace.
Lin Zhen, Eide, and Saunders were inside.
"General Saunders, are you serious?"
Speaking of this small meeting, it was not organized by Lin Zhen, but by Saunders's request.
However, when the three of them entered the meeting room a few minutes ago, Saunders's words immediately shocked Lin Zhen and Eide.
"I want to retire!"
If this had happened 50 years ago, Lin Zhen would not have been surprised. After all, Saunders was already old, and it was natural for him to retire and enjoy his old age.
However, now, Saunders had returned to his middle-aged appearance and was in the prime of his life!
Retirement, are you serious?
I think you can work for another few hundred years!
After all, ever since the introduction of the intermediate genetic vaccine, the age of a human was counted in hundreds of millions of years!
Generally speaking, a normal human could live up to 3000 to 5000 years old. It depended on the person, after all, everyone's individual situation was different.
But no matter what the difference was, Saunders, who was over 100 years old, was still considered a young man in this era. It wouldn't be a problem to say that he was underage!
Because he was already an old man when he used the gene medicine, he only returned to his middle-aged appearance.
However, in terms of body functions, Saunders was still a young man.
"Yes, I'm serious!"
"When it comes to marching and fighting, I'm really not as good as those two brats, Liang Xingchen and Lin Fan. It's no longer appropriate for me to continue staying in this position!"
Looking at the shocked faces of the two, Saunders nodded and confirmed.
"Alright, if you insist!"
"Then, who are you going to let take over the position of commander-in-chief of the Federation fleet?"
Looking at Saunders' expression, Lin Zhen knew that the old marshal had already made up his mind. He sighed and asked.
"Lin Fan!"
This was not a sudden idea, it was something he had planned for a long time!
However, at that time, Lin Fan was too young, and Saunders was afraid that the other people in the Army would not be convinced.
In addition, for the past few decades, the Federation had been in a state of war. At this time, it was not good to cause too much of a commotion and affect the entire Army.
That was why it had been delayed until now!
Now, the Milky Way was unified, and Lin Fan's achievements and prestige had far exceeded Saunders' initial expectations!
Therefore, it was time to change the commander-in-chief of the Federation fleet!
Hiss …
Although they had already guessed it, after hearing Saunders' answer, they still could not help but gasp. Especially Eide!
Alright, the Federation's most powerful family had appeared!
The father was the president of the Federation, holding the administrative power of the Federation, and the son was now the commander-in-chief of the Federation fleet, holding the military power of the Federation!
Let me ask you, isn't this family scary?
The entire Federation's military power had been seized by this father and son pair!
Is our Federation going to change to an imperial system?
Eide looked at Lin Zhen with a mocking expression.
As an old partner for decades, Lin Zhen naturally knew what Eide was thinking, and immediately glared at him.
"Alright, Marshal Saunders, but I want to add a special advisor position in the Federation fleet. Hmm, I can't find any suitable candidates at the moment, so I hope that you can work a little harder. Before I find a suitable candidate, I hope that you can temporarily take over for a while!"
"President, this …"
Saunders widened his eyes. He really did not expect Lin Zhen to do this.
In reality, as someone who had worked in the Federation fleet his whole life, could Saunders really bear to give up?
Obviously, that wasn't the case!
The Federation fleet was like home to Saunders. Leaving the fleet was like leaving home.
However, no matter how reluctant Saunders was, he could not become Lin Fan's stumbling block. At the same time, he could not become the Federation's stumbling block.
And Lin Zhen was very clear about Saunders' thoughts and his reluctance. This was also why Lin Zhen suddenly said that he wanted to add this position.
"No need to say anymore, just tell me, is it okay or not?"
Seeing that Saunders was still a little pretentious, Lin Zhen waved his hand to stop him from continuing.
"Okay … Thank you!!"
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The next day, the Presidential Palace and the headquarters of the Federation fleet on the moon jointly released a notice.
The former commander-in-chief of the Federation fleet, Marshal Saunders, retired early due to health reasons!
At the same time, the former five-star admiral, Lin Fan, would be officially promoted to marshal and take over as the commander-in-chief of the Federation fleet!
This news instantly caused an uproar in the Federation. However, there were not many voices of opposition.
After all, Lin Fan's reputation in the Federation was too high!
It should be known that in the past few decades, Lin Fan had participated in all the important battles of the Federation and was in a leading position.
It could be said that he had a lot of military achievements. Even Liang Xingchen could not compare to him. In the Federation, he had already become a legend!
For such a living legend to be promoted to marshal and take over the command of the Federation fleet, everyone thought it was natural.
However, when the order was passed to Lin Fan, he was a little dumbfounded when he saw the order.
"What the hell, promoted to marshal, commander-in-chief of the Federation fleet, and also the governor of the Greater Magellan District?"
Obviously, the order that Lin Fan received was a little different than what the Federation announced to the public …
Well, it was not just a little different, it was very different and very contrary to common sense.
But the key point was, could the commander-in-chief of the Federation fleet and the governor of a district be held at the same time?