"Report!" John pushed open the door of Director Bull's office and found Nevins, Jairo, and several other deputy commissioners there, and hurriedly stood up and gave everyone a standard military salute cleanly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Come in." Major General Bull returned the salute and said to the others with a smile: "I'm right, John seems to have changed after this training. "Not long ago, Chief Bull had just attended the graduation ceremony of John's group of cadets as a representative of the General Staff. He was amazed at the changes that had taken place in John.

"Not bad. There's a little bit of a commander's temperament. After nodding in agreement with Major General Bull, Deputy Director Nevins added to John with a smile: "Do a good job when you get to the unit, don't embarrass the battle planning department." Don't be afraid if you encounter difficulties, feel free to come back to us. ”

"Thank you, Deputy Director, don't bother me when the time comes." John hurriedly agreed. After a short time, Major General Bull will be leaving the Operations Planning Division, and the succession of Deputy Chief Nevins is basically a foregone conclusion. Now that he has spoken, John must of course seize this opportunity to get more benefits from his "mother's house".

Regardless, the Battle Planning Division was where John's military career began. No matter where he goes in the future, this resume is an indelible mark on his body. Just like the 15th Infantry Regiment to the members of the "China Gang", this work experience in the Operational Planning Department will be one of John's most important "capitals" in the military in the future.

However, Major General Boer did not give John much time to communicate his feelings with his "old colleagues". After a little chat, he pulled out the letter of appointment that John had been waiting for and began to read it.

The order was very short, only a few words, and in less than 20 seconds the chief Boole read it. To the applause of his colleagues, John was about to step forward to take the order, when Commissioner Boole pulled out another thing from a drawer.

"Don't worry, John. I have one more gift for you. Director Bull said with a little emotion: "Time flies quickly, and you will be leaving in a blink of an eye." This was supposed to be given to you by Omar, but I snatched it. ”

"Congratulations, John. The War Office has approved your promotion to the rank of Captain in permanence. With that, Major General Bull handed over the rank of captain to John, along with the order.

John was overjoyed by the news. Originally, it was customary for officers of the General Staff to serve in the army and to be promoted to a first-class rank. Last week, when Ridgway left, he was promoted from colonel to brigadier general. Of course, mainly because he was going to be the deputy mayor, and the rank of colonel was not suitable. However, John had only been promoted a few months ago, and he had thought that this "promotion" opportunity had been wasted.

John counted the days, he had been a lieutenant for 18 months, and he had just crossed the threshold of promotion to captain. Major General Bull was really interesting enough and took the initiative to help him apply for a promotion order for the permanent rank. John didn't care so much about a captain's rank, but with the kindness that Commissioner Bull showed him.

All of John's previous promotions and awards had been obtained at the behest of Stimson and Marshall, and Major General Bull was just an executor. But this promotion of the permanent rank, John did not hear anything beforehand. It is not difficult to hear from the words of Major General Bull that it was originally intended to wait for him to get used to the 82nd Division for a period of time before giving him a promotion to the permanent rank. Major General Bull is now taking the initiative to fight for him, obviously with the intention of courting him.

Either way, it's always a good thing. Historically, Major General Boer did not get any opportunities to fight because of his age, but he has always held important positions in the army center and is one of Marshall's core teams. It was also very important for John to manage this friendship well.

After thanking Major General Bull for his care and accepting the congratulations of the Deputy Commissioners, John extended an invitation to them for dinner. It's a pity that Major General Bull still had a meeting with Chief of Staff Marshall in the evening, and in the end only Nevins and Jairo accepted the invitation.

After coming out of Major General Bull's office, John began to go around again handing out "invitations". Colonel Loheth Rooks, the deputy director of the training department, and Clark must be invited, and Martin, Chandler, and Miller's old subordinates can't be pulled. Although Marshall's secretary, Lieutenant Colonel Smith, certainly won't come, the invitation still has to be sent, and this is a matter of attitude.

In the end, John even invited John, the Englishman from Somerville's gang who was stationed in the General Staff. After doing the math, there were about 40 people who were able to attend the farewell banquet in the end. John was still very satisfied with his "popularity" in the General Staff.

In the afternoon, John finished the handover formalities and left the staff building early. He also had to rush to the Ammunition Building and Foggy Bottom Avenue to invite his friends from the Personnel Department, the Intelligence Department, the Quartermaster Department, the Army Air Corps Headquarters, and the Logistics Command.

By the time John walked into Vandenberg's office, the guy was arguing with a middle-aged "Army Air Corps officer" who wasn't a professional soldier at first glance. Seeing John's experience of pushing the door, Vandenberg immediately took the opportunity to chase away the customer: "Okay, gentlemen, I've talked a lot. I don't have any planes to send to you right now. We've already scheduled 6 flights for you this month, so let's get here today. I still have something to do, and I'll let you know if there's any news. ”

Seeing off the gang, Vandenberg breathed a sigh of relief: "John, why are you free to come to me today, your training is over?" ”

"It was over last week." John warmly hugged his old friend and said hello: "I'm here to follow you to something else today." I was assigned to the 82nd Division in Louisiana as deputy chief of staff, and I took up my post the day after tomorrow. ”

"You're leaving Washington too." Vandenberg lamented: "There are so many people who have left recently. I want to go to the air force below, and it's a real headache right now. ”

"What's wrong, Hoyt?" John was a little curious, "Haven't you only been promoted to deputy director for a few months, why can't you do it?" ”

"Donald went to England to mess with Spatz, and now I'm in charge of recruiting and publicizing for the time being." Vandenberg sighed and said: "You also saw just now, the film group from Hollywood said that they were here to help with recruitment propaganda, and they didn't make a single film, so they got me a lot of trouble." ”

"The film group?" John suddenly remembered that the middle-aged man with the mustache and brain gate just now seemed to be Jack Warner, the founder of Warner Bros., and the guy with deep nasolabial folds and a very happy laugh was the famous comedy director Frank Capra. When "One Night" was popular in the United States, John had met the two of them at a drinking party.

Thinking of this, John was not calm. How did he forget about the famous Army Air Corps film group. Historically, Jack Warner has brought a large number of Hollywood directors and stars to the Army Air Corps, specifically helping the Air Corps make promotional films and documentaries.

Among these people, there are not only Frank Capra, William Wheeler, John Houston and other Oscar-winning directors, but also Hollywood stars such as Clark Gable and William Horton. What's more, John remembered that there seemed to be a second-rate actor named Ronald Reagan in this film group.

So, after Vandenberg accepted the invitation to tonight's party, John went out and asked someone about the location of the film group's office. Didn't they rush to Vandenberg just now to ask for a plane to shoot a film? The Army Air Corps doesn't, Hughes Aircraft Company has. The influence of Hollywood in American society is not big or small, and they may be able to use it in the future.