"Actually, it's not impossible to solve your problem, it depends on whether you have the courage to do it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "It's rare for the future Allied Commander-in-Chief to ask himself for advice "humbly" for so long, and John, who is secretly refreshed, can't help but buy another pass.

"If you have something to say, what a circle!" Eisenhower was obviously a little stabbed by the words that followed, and his voice on the phone suddenly became stern.

As soon as Eisenhower was in a hurry, John was immediately honest. His suggestion is not too high-tech, but it is a ruthless trick to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle. "In fact, in this reform, the main people affected are the regiment-level logistics officers, at best, dozens of people, and it is not enough to send them all."

"How can this work?" Eisenhower's first reaction was to oppose it. But after the words came out, he began to think about the feasibility in his heart.

John is not entirely unreasonable. Logistics departments at the corps and division levels have a large number of personnel, and the rights of most of them are not as great as those of the regiment-level logistics officers at the end of the logistics supply chain, and they have been less affected by the reform. And those who really hold the power of logistics at the army and division levels are already middle- and high-ranking officers, and they are more concerned about their own future development prospects, but they will not stare at this little bit of "small power" at the moment.

"What's not to do. It's just a group of junior officers. Those who are willing to cooperate with the reform stay, and those who are unwilling to cooperate send them to further study or transfer jobs, where can dozens of people be arranged. I don't believe that you, the chief of staff of the army, can't handle a bunch of lieutenants. John has put it bluntly.

"I'm just the acting chief of staff now, and it's too big to make a move." Eisenhower was still a little hesitant.

"Ike, just because you're the acting chief of staff, you don't have to worry about that." John continued: "Anyway, when Brigadier Meyer recovers from his illness, you should almost be transferred. If you can help him settle this problem during his illness, it will be too late for him to thank you. ”

"How do you know I'm going to be transferred?" Eisenhower asked in surprise. During this time, the new commander of the Third Army, Lieutenant General Walter Kruger (former commander of the Eighth Army, who had just taken over the position of Weidemeyer's father-in-law), did approach him and invited him to serve as chief of staff. He was also contacted by his old friend Patton, who wanted him to take command of a battle group in the 2nd Panzer Division. But Eisenhower never mentioned these things to anyone else.

John could not say that he knew from the biographies of the other party that he was going to be transferred to the post of chief of staff of the Third Army in July. can only deal vaguely: "You don't care, I have my own news channel." ”

Thinking of the Stimson behind John and the huge network of the Vanderbilt family, Eisenhower did not continue to ask, but just gave another admonition. "It's still uncertain, don't talk nonsense to anyone, and neither can Omar."

"Am I that kind of person? You can rest assured. John quickly diverted the topic: "I just suggested that you think about it seriously. Now there is a shortage of officers everywhere in the army. Didn't a few National Guard divisions just go to the Army last month, and as long as you arrange a better place for those people, they will be crazy to fight against you, the chief of staff. ”

John's words reminded Eisenhower of a previously received Army Staff document. Some 250,000 National Guard units have been officially transferred to the Army since January of this year, with congressional approval.

The 27th Division (New York State National Guard), the 28th Division (Pennsylvania National Guard), the 29th Division (Virginia and Maryland National Guard), the 30th Division (the 4 Southern State National Guards) and the 31st Division (Wisconsin and Michigan National Guards) are currently being reorganized, totaling more than 80,000 men in five divisions.

In the second half of the year, six divisions will be reorganized, including the 33rd Division (Illinois National Guard), the 34th Division (Minnesota and Iowa National Guard), the 35th Division (Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska National Guard), the 36th Division (Texas National Guard), the 37th Division (Ohio National Guard), and the 38th Division (Indiana National Guard).

The biggest problem encountered by these units in the process of reorganization is that there is a relatively large shortage of officers. The average shortage of junior officers is about 30 percent, and the shortage of middle and senior officers is as high as 60 percent. (Most of the senior officers applied to remain in the National Guard for a variety of reasons, and the Army did not enforce it because they did not trust the command skills of these men.)

In order to solve the problem of the shortage of officers, the Army General Staff issued a document to transfer a number of officers from various units to serve in the above-mentioned units. Eisenhower remembered that the document clearly stated that if an Army officer volunteered to sign up, he could give preference to the position as appropriate.

Anyway, the Ninth Army is going to be transferred a group of officers anyway, so why not take this opportunity to send away all those guys who resist the pilot of logistics reform. As soon as the thought came to him, it took root in Eisenhower's mind like weeds.

After a moment of silence, John heard Eisenhower say on the other end of the line, "I'll think about it, thank you for the suggestion, John." The moment Eisenhower hung up the phone, John knew that the other party had been moved by his own words.

Putting down the phone, John began to study the logistics reform plan of the 82nd Division again. Through the exchange with Eisenhower just now, he has a new understanding of this logistical reform.

Don't look at what he said on the phone just now, in fact, most of the reform plans were made behind closed doors and based on his past experience. The various practical problems that arose in the course of the reform of the Ninth Army also gave him a lot of inspiration and made him pay attention to some problems that he had not noticed before.

For example, the company's quartermaster sergeants were unable to quickly adapt to the new supply pattern. In this new logistical supply system, these quartermaster sergeants are the source of the whole chain, and if they go wrong, the whole supply chain will go wrong.

But how can these quartermaster sergeants quickly learn the new way of working? Most of them are only senior non-commissioned officers in the company, and do not have a professional education background in statistics, accounting, mathematics, and co-ordination. It is obviously impossible for them to adapt to such complex statistical work all at once.

Moreover, in wartime, these quartermaster sergeants must not only be proficient in counting the current shortage of materials in the company, but also be able to predict the company's material consumption and prepare spare materials for possible sudden needs. These are not things that can be done overnight, and a lot of drills are needed to summarize a set of rules and specific operating standards.

At this time, John's first thought was McNamara. If he is there, he may be able to help him summarize a complete set of operating manuals. However, this kid is now the pillar of FedEx, and the current container sea-land intermodal business is inseparable from him. At the beginning, John was even willing to let him go to the Statistical Control Office of the Army Air Corps, not to mention the "small wharf" of the 82nd Division.

Why don't you just get two people from Thornton? When the Office of Statistics and Control was first established, John was instrumental in recruiting a group of Harvard Business School graduates through personal connections. I guess those graduates are also experts in this industry now.

If it weren't for the foundation he had laid, Thornton would not have been able to gain a foothold in the Army Air Corps so quickly. In a blink of an eye, this emotional intelligence is a bit anxious, and the guy has changed from a major to a colonel, and he climbs faster than John. John felt that it should not be a problem for him to go back to Thornton and ask for two men.