It is indeed related to Li Yunxiang, and he is indeed asked to come forward.

Because the army's advance on the Ice Storm Peninsula was too fast, and it also proposed to revise the battle plan to ensure that Puju was captured before Laba, at the request of the army, the first assistant Xue Yuanzheng decided to hold a pre-imperial decision-making meeting in a few days to prepare the navy for this.

Needless to say, Bai Zhizhan is the hero of this battle, even if he does not hold a decision-making meeting, he has to return to the imperial capital to receive the reward.

Let Li Yunxiang accompany him, in fact, to take advantage of his relationship with Lian Xusheng.

"Brother Gui, aren't you a strong man?" Bai Zhizhan is also very angry, after all, according to this arrangement, it is equivalent to putting Li Yunxiang in front.

The use of personal relations to influence military decision-making is a crime that can be both big and small.

If no one pursues it, then forget it. But as long as someone comes out to talk about something, the person concerned will definitely not be able to escape the involvement, and his career will definitely be affected.

"What General He means is that it is enough to hear some news. Whether it can affect the army or not, there is no need to force it. Gui Boyong paused slightly, and then said: "If it is the overall situation and the general trend, even if we don't agree, I'm afraid it won't change anything." ”

Hearing Gui Boyong say this, Bai Zhizhan couldn't help but sigh.

Over the past 20 years, Bai Zhizhan has heard the most, and the last thing he wants to hear is "the direction of the overall situation" and "the trend of the times," because this often means that even if 10,000 percent of the effort is made, in the end it can only give in, and it is necessary to compromise with the so-called overall situation and the general trend.

"Anyway, do your best." Li Yunxiang smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"It's too late today, you guys will leave tomorrow morning. Let's go to Mastion Port first, I've made arrangements, and someone will answer you when I get there. ”

"Okay, then let's go back and get ready."

"General Bai, you stay."

Li Yunxiang was stunned, but didn't say anything. Nodding to Bai Zhizhan, he left the officer's cafeteria.

Waiting for Li Yunxiang to go out, Gui Boyong got up and walked to Bai Zhizhan's side. "I have just received news that Admiral He has concurrently served as the head of the Navy Construction and Preparedness, responsible for the construction and procurement of warships and other major equipment. In his opinion, the focus must be on this in the future. ”

"Then congratulations to General He."

"Someone has to go over and take care of the General Staff of the Navy."

"This is a fat shortage, General He must have a favorite candidate, right?"

"What do you say?"

Bai Zhizhan smiled and didn't answer, he was actually pretending to be confused.

After Liu Changxun became commander-in-chief of the navy, Xue Yuanzheng made a special order to add the post of chief of general staff to the navy, and the first chief of general staff was He Yongxing. Nominally, the Chief of the General Staff is responsible for the operational affairs of the Navy, similar to the Chief of the General Staff of the Army. However, in practice, it is impossible to arrange this at all, after all, the commander-in-chief has always been in charge of the operation. It can be said that the post of Chief of the General Staff is primarily symbolic.

To say, that is, to coordinate the two fleets at the command of the Navy.

"You don't have to rush to make a decision, think it through."

"Okay, I'll think about it."

Bai Zhizhan didn't plan to make a decision immediately, after all, it was a Qingshui Yamen.

In the words of the young Zhuang officer, the General Staff of the Navy is the ideal place to retire in the future, with a high position but not much to worry about.

In other words, there is no real power.

When Gui Boyong brought it up, Bai Zhizhan understood that he was actually He Yongxing's intention.

If the Third Air Task Force is merged into the task force, Bai Zhizhan has to hand over the command, and Liu Xiangzhen leads the fleet to attack Liuhuang Island, then the Navy General Staff can be regarded as a safe haven, at least a temporary haven, for Bai Zhizhan, who has lost his command.

Under the protection of He Yongxing, that is, the He family, no one dared to stop the war in vain.

Of course, it can also be said to be dormant.

When the situation changes, it's not too late to come back.

What needs to be feared is that after going down like this, you won't be able to get up.

Don't forget, Zhu Shijian has been dormant at the Naval Academy for more than 20 years, and if it weren't for Zhou Kuande, he would probably have been dormant until he returned to his hometown.

"Oh, one more thing." When Bai Zhizhan walked to the door, Gui Boyong said, "Last time I went back to the imperial capital, Li Yunxiang looked for someone from Lu Hang. ”

Bai Zhizhan's brows jumped a few times quickly, and he didn't turn around without looking back.

"It shouldn't be a particularly important thing, but you know, Lao Li was originally an army pilot, and he has always felt that the navy is too petty."

"There's nothing wrong with that."

"It's true that everyone has their own aspirations."

Bai Zhizhan smiled and pushed open the hatch.

It's true that everyone has their own ambitions, but what Bai Zhizhan didn't expect was that this sentence was actually said by Gui Boyong.

To put it mildly, Gui Boyong is sowing discord.

Why?

Let Bai Zhizhan spur Li Yunxiang, so that Li Yunxiang can speak harshly to Lian Xusheng, and strive to influence the army's combat operations through Lian Xusheng.

Is it possible?

Don't forget, Lian Xusheng is a front-line commander.

Although the situation in the army is not very well understood, in the Navy, how much power the front-line commander has, the white stop war knows better than anyone.

It was this battle that the White Stop War had repeatedly proven the value of the "right to make a decision on the spot".

If the same is true for the army, then it can be said that unless the enemy is too strong, it will definitely be up to the front-line commander to decide when to hit Buju.

Dozens of days earlier, or dozens of days late, that is, a matter of several combat orders.

In addition, why did Gui Boyong first say that He Yongxing was also the Minister of Preparation, and also hinted that Bai Zhizhan could go to the General Staff of the Navy?

That's the price offered!

Thinking of this, Bai Zhizhan was a little speechless, or felt very uncomfortable.

If you really want to take refuge in the He family, when you are He Yongxing's confidant and confidant, Bai Zhizhan did it twenty years ago, and you may not become the He family's fast son-in-law.

If you want to talk about backing, at least in the past two decades, Bai Zhizhan has relied on Zhu Shijian.

Unfortunately, the principal has retired.

In peacetime, if you don't have a backer, you will be promoted slowly.

In wartime, don't think about getting credit without backing.

"What are you thinking?"

Bai Zhizhan was taken aback, and then saw that it was Li Yunxiang.

On the deck below, several sailors were preparing the transport boat. The "Imperial Capital" was several kilometers away, getting fuel from tankers docked side by side.

"What did Brother Gui tell you?"

"General He is also the Minister of Preparation, and will focus on equipment construction and procurement in the future."

"So, you're going to be promoted?" Li Yunxiang immediately understood, after all, more than ten years in the navy, it was not in vain.

"I haven't said yes yet, and I haven't thought about it."

"Why?"

Bai Zhizhan glanced at Li Yunxiang, and then said with a smile: "I'm not married yet, let alone my children, so I need to consider the issue of pension?" Brother Li, I think you are more suitable. If you are interested, I will talk to General He and ask him to leave the position of the General Staff of the Navy to you, how about it? ”

"Yes, if you don't want to go yourself, let me plug the gun's hole?"

"The boat is ready, let's go down."

Looking at Bai Zhizhan's back, Li Yunxiang sighed.

In fact, he saw that Bai Zhizhan was preoccupied. It's just that Bai Zhizhan refuses to say, and he can't chase after him.

Bai Zhizhan's character, if he is willing to say, he will tell Li Yunxiang. If he refuses to say it, even if Li Yunxiang asks, he will only say a few perfunctory words.