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After chatting a few words, Pei Chengyi vaguely felt it. The colonel's officer had a good impression of him. This did not make Pei Chengyi feel disgusted, after all, young people are always a little unruly. Pei Chengyi is also old and arrogant, and he knows very well what Yuan Chenhao thinks in his heart. What's more, it was Pei Chengyi's negligence back then that made this "future star" waste a few years of good youth, and Yuan Chenhao had some opinions about him, which was also reasonable. In addition, Pei Chengyi also saw that Yuan Chenhao regarded him as a chaseman. This did not surprise Pei Chengyi, the General Staff recruits hundreds of staff officers every year, and every staff officer knows Pei Chengyi's name, and those staff officers with ambition and ambition will naturally regard this senior staff officer who commanded the republican ** team and won the Peninsula War as an example and a target to follow.

"You two can be regarded as friends for many years and superiors for many years, and there must be a lot to say after meeting, but there will be time in the future, so let's talk about business first." Xiang Linghui clarified the relationship between the two in one sentence, and also bowed to a slightly tense atmosphere. After Xiao Pei came back. Xiao Yuan, who is also the head of the Operations Division, will be promoted next year and will be the deputy director of the Operations Division. You two have two swords together, and I don't have to worry about the affairs of the War Department anymore. ”

After hearing Xiang Linghui's words, Pei Chengyi and Yuan Chenhao both laughed.

In a simple word, Xiang Linghui not only clarified Pei Chengyi's leadership position in the Operations Department, but also appeased Yuan Chenhao, who had been acting as the head of the Operations Division until then.

"Xiao Yuan, did you bring those few copies of Wenshi?"

"Brought." Yuan Chenhao took out the documents.

"Let's show Director Pei."

Yuan Chenhao hesitated. handed the document to Pei Chengyi.

"This is the overall battle plan formulated by Xiao Yuan, I have already read it, and I have made instructions on it." Xiang Linghui turned his gaze to Pei Chengyi, "You take a closer look, if you have any questions, just raise them, and we will discuss them together." ”

Pei Chengyi opened the document and looked at it quickly.

It is very standardized, and he is indeed a staff officer from a professional class, and his foundation is very solid, which is much better than those staff officers who have been transferred from grassroots units. The organization is very clear, not at all dragging the water, both highlighting the key points and mentioning the details, and the word processing ability is also very good, but it gives people a sense of crepe, more like a government document of the Ministry of Defense. After a general look, Pei Chengyi has a new understanding of Yuan Chenhao. In addition to the two points mentioned above, these are a few battle plans! A common feature is that it provides a clear description of possible contingencies, which is of great help to staff officers and commanders in carrying out battle plans. Obviously, this has a lot to do with Yuan Chenhao's experience as a low-level staff officer. If the unexpected situations that may be encountered are not clearly defined in the overall combat plan. Staff officers are prone to make mistakes in the process of implementation. It is precisely this point that makes this set of combat plans, which should have been drafts, look more like regular combat plans. Compared with the regular battle plan, due to space constraints, there is no detailed description of the response measures in each situation. In other words, as long as detailed countermeasures are formulated for the special situations that may be encountered, it is a complete formal battle plan.

"How?" Xiang Linghui handed a cigarette to Pei Chengyi, who looked up.

"It's very detailed and standardized, but the time is too rushed, and I haven't seen what the problem is."

"You don't even see it, and it proves that this plan is really good."

Pei Chengyi smiled and did not make a clear statement.

Yuan Chenhao's attitude also changed, probably influenced by Pei Chengyi's words at the beginning.

"Well, let's go down and talk about it.

Xiang Linghui glanced at the two of them and said to Pei Chengyi, "I have already spoken to the Minister of Defense on the phone, and your official appointment letter will be officially issued tomorrow." From now on, you will begin your duties as Chief of Operations, and give me a complete overview of the war as soon as possible. If time and manpower permit, draw up a detailed battle plan as soon as possible. ”

"How many people are in the war department?"

Hearing Pei Chengyi's question, Xiang Linghui turned his gaze to Yuan Chenhao.

"Including me, there are twenty-four senior staff officers. There are 336 low-level staff officers, with an average of 14 low-level staff officers leading by one senior staff officer. ”

Pei Chengyi frowned slightly and asked, "Mainly an army officer?" ”

Yuan Chenhao nodded and said, "Among the senior staff officers, there are seventeen army officers, and among the junior staff officers, there are three hundred and four army officers. ”

"There is definitely not enough manpower, at least double the expansion Pei Chengyi extinguished the cigarette butt and said." Since combat operations involve the army, navy, and air force, and the three independent arms, I propose that officers be transferred from the navy, air force, and independent arms. Officers will also be drawn from the army aviation. ”

Xiang Linghui nodded and said, "No problem." You give me a detailed list of personnel as soon as possible. I'll help you get someone. ”

"I'm just coming back"

"Xiao Yuan knows the situation very well, and he looks for him if he doesn't know or understand."

Pei Chengyi secretly smiled bitterly, Xiang Linghui was simply throwing off the burden.

"And the matter of the front command."

"Mr. Xiang, this matter has not been completely decided. I haven't figured out whether it's the front-line command or the theater command," Pei Chengyi paused for a moment and said, "I think it's better to hold off for the time being, first expand the recruitment of staff officers on the basis of the combat department, and even if there is a need, you can directly deploy staff officers from here." ”

Hearing Pei Chengyi's words, Yuan Chenhao frowned slightly, and seemed to have shrugged something again.

"It's okay, just do what you want, wait until I get this matter done first, and then arrange the staff officer."

"Nothing else, we took our leave

Seeing Pei Chengyi get up to say goodbye, Yuan Chenhao also hurried

In just a few minutes, Yuan Chenhao's attitude towards Pei Chengyi changed a lot. When leaving the office of the Chief of the General Staff, he seemed to want to say something, but in the end he held back.

"The personnel office is still on the third floor, right? Pei Chengyi took the initiative to open the topic.

"Yes, on the third floor, I'll take you there."

"Let's go together, let's set down the recruitment of staff officers first, so that Mr. Xiang can transfer people as soon as possible Pei Chengyi smiled. said, "If you don't have enough people, no matter how powerful the leader is, it won't work."

Yuan Chenhao nodded and quickened his pace.

After the first military reform, the personnel management of the republican ** corps was transferred from the General Staff to the Ministry of Defense, and the main work of the personnel department of the General Staff was not the promotion of servicemen, but the transfer of servicemen. According to the new regulations, the transfer of military personnel at the rank of general requires the approval of the Ministry of National Defense, while the transfer of military personnel below the rank of general within the normal scope is under the control of the General Staff. In order to facilitate the mobilization of military personnel. The personnel department of the General Staff has personal files of all servicemen. With the exception of a very small number of military personnel, such as Xiang Linghui, chief of the General Staff, and Li Cunxun, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, all other personal files are electronically archived, and the heads of various departments of the General Staff Department can access the electronic files of these people according to the level of authorization.

Because Pei Chengyi has not yet taken office, Yuan Chenhao is in charge of accessing the files.

After getting the electronic file, the two went to Yuan Chenhao's office.

The office assigned to Pei Chengyi, that is, the office of the head of the Operations Division, is still being renovated. It can also be seen from this point that Xiang Linghui is not stingy with his subordinates at all, and his office has not been renovated for many years, but he used tens of thousands of yuan to redecorate Pei Chengyi's office, which naturally hinders the admiration of his subordinates.

"General Pei, what now?"

"Let's start with the navy, first transfer the information of senior naval officers, distinguish them according to their military age, and focus on major officers who have been in the military for between 10 and 15 years."

Yuan Chenhao frowned slightly, as if he didn't quite understand what Pei Chengyi meant.

"These people are basically between thirty and thirty-five years old, have experience, a willingness to go, and are open-minded, and are best suited to serve as senior staff officers

Yuan Chenhao nodded, remembering Pei Chengyi's words.

After a short time, he made a list of officers who met Pei Chengyi's requirements.

Although Pei Chengyi does not know much about the situation of the navy, he can intuitively grasp the abilities of each officer according to the ability area map in his personal file, especially the outstanding abilities.

The "Capability Area Map" is one of the results of the second military reform. Different from the previous grading and evaluation, according to the new rating and evaluation method, officers' abilities are divided into five categories: first, front-line command ability, second, campaign planning ability, third, operational coordination ability, fourth, propaganda and agitation ability, and fifth, cultural exchange ability. Depending on the focus of competence, the positions that can be held will naturally be different. Officers with strong front-line command ability are often assigned to grassroots units; Battle: A strong officer with a strong fighting ability. Served mainly as a staff officer in a military-level command structure; Officers with strong operational coordination skills have the opportunity to enter the front-line command; Officers with strong propaganda and agitation skills are mainly sent to troops stationed abroad; Officers with strong cultural exchange skills are assigned to foreign exchange departments. The new method of evaluating ability has given capable officers the opportunity to display their talents, and they no longer need to get ahead through combat or training as in the past.

For Pei Chengyi, this also makes it easier for him to find the staff officers he needs.

"The third and fifth items are the most important, followed by the second."

"Fifth?" Yuan Chenhao looked back at Pei Chengyi.

"The communication ability is too poor, how to coordinate the combat of various troops? Besides, it is very likely that you will fight with the Allies, and the ability to communicate is especially important. If you look closely, officers who know English, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Baluchi, Bengali, Bhutan, Bodhian, Nepali, and Burmese are preferred, and can speak at least a few common phrases in these languages. ”

"General Pei, this is too much of a request, isn't it?"

"Not high, we have military exchanges with these countries". Pei Chengyi paused and said with a smile, "The problem of the navy should be relatively big, and you should pay special attention to it when you look at the officers of the army and the air force." ”

Yuan Chenhao secretly stuck out his tongue, except for English, which is a commonly used language, the others are all minority languages.

After picking for a long time, only the flying senior naval officer was selected.

After asking Yuan Chenhao to print out all the personal files of these people, Pei Chengyi asked him to start selecting senior officers in the Air Force.

"General Pei, at the beginning, Mr. Xiang mentioned the matter of the front-line command"

"Interested?"

Yuan Chenhao was stunned for a moment.

Pei Chengyi smiled and handed over a cigarette. "I'm asking if you smoke or not

"This". Yuan Chenhao caught the cigarette and said, "I'm so sorry, I'm done smoking my cigarette net." Haven't had time to buy it yet

"You're welcome, what are you doing?" Pei Chengyi didn't think much about it, anyway, these two packs of cigarettes were given to him by Dongfang.

"General Pei, the matter of the front command,"

"It has not been decided yet, it is definitely not the problem of the General Staff Pei Chengyi set up Erlang's legs and said, "There is an essential difference between the front-line command and the theater commander, the front-line command is only a temporary military command organization, while the theater command is a permanent military command organization. Military reform has come to the present. Weakening of the Arms Command. Strengthening the turnstile for combat operations is the trend of the times. So changed. Can the Commands of the Services and Arms agree? It is easy to say that as long as the location of the theater headquarters of the various services and arms is clearly defined, and the prestige of General Xiang in the army, the headquarters of the various services and arms will have to make concessions with reservations sooner or later. The key is still the Ministry of Defense. ”

"Ministry of Defense?" Yuan Chenhao put down his hand

The day occupies the ding, and chats attentively. "Don't stop, talk as you go." Pei Chengyi pulled the chair to Yuan Chenhao's side. Said. "The Theater Command can basically be regarded as a functional organ under the General Staff, which has the power to direct combat operations and also has the power to mobilize military forces. The Ministry of Defense will definitely be affected. Although Ye Zhisheng concurrently serves as vice premier of the State Council in the capacity of Minister of National Defense, his personal status has been greatly improved, but the Ministry of Defense is his old nest, and weakening the Ministry of Defense will not benefit him. What is the relationship between Ye Zhisheng and Yuan, you should know very well. ”

"That is,"

"No one can guess what Yuan thinks, so let's not waste our minds." Pei Chengyi tapped on the computer screen and said, "Do a good job of the work at hand, whether it is the establishment of a front-line command or a theater command, we must fight this war well." If it's messed up, let alone the theater command, it's a question of whether you can eat this bowl of rice. ”

Yuan Chenhao smiled bitterly and concentrated on the work at hand.

When Yuan Chenhao got busy, Pei Chengyi set up Erlang's legs again.

To say that he doesn't care about this matter is definitely a lie.

When he was having dinner in Yuanfu last night, Pei Chengyi felt that there was a contradiction between Xiang Linghui and Wang Yuanqing on the issue of establishing a front-line command organization. Xiang Linghui is definitely inclined to set up a theater command and put it in place in one step, so as not to have to argue with the Ministry of Defense on this issue in the future. Wang Yuanqing, on the other hand, was inclined to set up a front-line command center to avoid conflicts between the General Staff and the Ministry of National Defense, which would affect combat operations.

The General Staff fought with the Ministry of Defense for several years. It's not a strange thing either.

As early as when Ji Youguo was in the Yuan, Peng Maobang and Zhao Rundong were incompatible, if it weren't for Ji Jieguo's prestige, Peng Maobang would definitely return to his hometown when Zhao Rundong became the Yuan. Even so, Peng Maobang only worked under Zhao Rundong for a year, and then handed over the General Staff to Xiang Linghui. Zhang Maobang's choice was very wise, but Xiang Linghui had no way back. first fought with Gu Weimin, who was cultivated by Zhao Rundong, and then fought with Ye Zhisheng, who was cultivated by Wang Yuanqing, for several years.

If it weren't for Xiang Linghui's prestige and status in the army, I am afraid that he would have left the General Staff long ago.

As Xiang Linghui's number one subordinate, Pei Chengyi is very clear about the relationship between the chief of the general staff and Yuan.

Xiang Linghui has been able to sit in the position of chief of the general staff until now, not because Yuan can tolerate him, but because Yuan does not know enough about the army and needs a chief of general staff like Xiang Linghui who does not care about politics.

In any case, it will not be good for Yuan to carry it with the Chief of the General Staff.

Pei Chengyi didn't want to talk to Xiang Linghui about the front-line command organization, but he didn't want to fan the flames. In other words, Pei Chengyi cannot express any opinion on this matter. If he supports the chief of the General Staff, it is very likely that Xiang Linghui will be more emboldened, so that he will not be able to step down. If you support Yuan, it will definitely make Xiang Linghui, who is straightforward, unhappy, and thus affect Pei Chengyi's future.

What's more, Pei Chengyi's gaze is farther than Xiang Linghui.

To win the war, it is only a matter of time before a theater command is formed. If the war is lost, there is no reason to set up a theater command.

The question is not who benefits from it, but the outcome of the war. After the defeat of India, the republic will definitely control the entire South Asian region, and naturally the theater command will be needed to take charge of the military affairs in the South Asian region. Wang Yuanqing refused to give in, and had clearly told Xiang Linghui that winning or losing the war was the key. When it is done, everything is easy to say; If you don't play well, don't mention anything. It's a pity that Xiang Linghui is "a tendon" and does not understand the meaning of Qiyuan.

Thinking of this, Pei Chengyi also felt funny.

The key reason why Yuan reuses Xiang Linghui is that Xiang Linghui is a "tendon" and has no political ambitions; And Yuan and Xiang Linghui had an awkward quarrel. It is also because Xiang Linghui is a "tendon" and his political acumen is not enough.

Success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He.

How to make the chief of the General Staff change his mind can be regarded as a test of meta-political skills.

Thinking of Yuan personally ordering him to be transferred back from Pakistan, Pei Chengyi couldn't help but sigh secretly. I am afraid that it is precisely because of Xiang Linghui's lack of political acumen that Yuan has nothing to do, so that Pei Chengyi came back to "enlighten" Xiang Linghui and became the "political staff officer" of the chief of the General Staff

Do you want to remind Xiang Linghui?

Pei Chengyi sighed secretly, feeling that this matter was very tricky.

"General Pei"

"What's the matter?" Pei Chengyi came back to his senses and looked at Yuan Chenhao.

"The list of senior officers of the Air Force, a total of thirty-seven people meet the requirements."

"All of them were printed out and then selected from the Army, up to twenty people, with a focus on Army Aviation officers."

Yuan Chenhao nodded and began to print the Jin and Ren files of the Air Force officers.

"The General Staff has changed a lot in the past few years, I don't know how many of those old acquaintances remain." Pei Chengyi put the cigarette case in Yuan Chenhao's hand, "After screening the senior officers, we will screen the junior officers." I went out and saw if I could find some old friends and buy a few packs of cigarettes to come back. ”

"Do you want to wait for lunch?"

"No, you can go by yourself, I have to measure the size at noon." Pei Chengyi stood up and gestured on his body, "Dongfang Wen helped me make an appointment with a tailor, and I will come over in the afternoon to determine the specific candidate." ”

Yuan Chenhao didn't ask much, took out a cigarette and lit it.

Glancing at the colonel, Pei Chengyi left the office.

He didn't go to an old acquaintance, because Pei Chengyi didn't have a few catties in the General Staff, an old acquaintance; Didn't go buy cigarettes either, because he still had a pack of cigarettes on him. Leaving Yuan Chenhao behind, it was not that Pei Chengyi was squeezing out Yuan Chenhao, but that he didn't want this young officer with a bloody square network to add fuel and vinegar in front of Xiang Linghui. Bad big deal.