"Grant, I'm going to Washington early tomorrow morning for an important meeting, and I'm going to work overtime to prepare materials tonight and won't go back. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info you go and help me get a few changes of clothes and come back, I've already called Adele and told you. John wrote as he gave instructions to his orderly, Grant.

"Yes, sir!" Grant said yes and happily turned and walked out the door. It was only five o'clock in the afternoon, and this errand might have allowed him to have a good dinner at the chief of staff's house. Grant couldn't help but drool at the thought of the French meal he had enjoyed at the chief's house the other day.

Although he accidentally knocked out his front tooth during training last month, this did not affect the pursuit of food in the slightest. In the heart of this fat private, being able to be chosen by Mrs. Adele to become an orderly of the chief of staff is simply God's best compensation for his loss of front teeth.

John, who was working with his head, certainly couldn't have noticed Grant's little bit of caution. For him, as long as the orderly has a clean background and is diligent in his hands and feet, everything else doesn't matter.

Considering that the orderly needs to deal with his own family frequently, John simply gave Adele the job of selecting the orderly for himself. Except for instructing Miller to post a job posting on the camp bulletin board, he never cared again.

The only thing that made him feel a little different was that Adele finally chose Grant from hundreds of applicants, who had a two-sided relationship with him. This little fat man really has a bit of fate with him.

According to Adele, the reason why she chose Grant was because their family opened a hotel, which was actually the kind of small country inn with no more than 10 people, from the owner to the handyman. Grant has been helping out in his hotel since he was a child, doing laundry, cooking, running errands, settling accounts, and tidying up the room.

After applying it for a while, John's family was quite satisfied with Grant and left him behind. Although this kid was a little greedy, and his eyes lit up when he talked about eating, he was still very diligent in his hands and feet, and many things could be done properly without John's instructions.

Until Grant returned from John's house with a full hiccups, John was still in his office researching the material. He will stay in Washington for about three days this time, and in addition to attending two meetings, he also has to deal with a personal matter, and the time is very tight.

"Sir, I've got your clothes back." Grant walked in with a bag of clothes and a thermal cone. "You haven't had dinner yet, Lady Adele asked me to bring you something to eat."

"Let's put that there first." John replied without looking up.

"Sir, the French lamb chops and creamy lobster soup won't taste good when they're cold." After hesitating, Grant reminded John "kindly". In his opinion, it would be a pity that such a delicious thing was "wasted".

"I see." John finally looked up and glanced at Grant. Then he put down the materials in his hand and took the dinner that Grant handed over.

"How's the family doing? Is Eric's cough better? John asked Grant as he ate dinner. He hadn't been home for three days, and before the last time he left, little Eric had a cold and fever and had a terrible cough at night.

Now the little one is more than 7 months old, and the immunity brought out of the mother's body has basically faded, and it is the time when he is most likely to get sick. In addition, Alexander's climate is very different from Washington's, and the little guy will inevitably have a headache and brain fever in the process of adapting to the new environment. Fortunately, Grandma Susan is experienced, and Adele is not the first time to be a mother, so she won't panic.

"It's much better, and today I can already hold Mary downstairs to play." Grant thought for a moment and added, "At dinner, Miss Ella was coughing all the time. But Madame Adele said she was pretending to be in order not to attend French lessons. ”

John couldn't help but laugh out loud. Since they moved to Alexandria, little Ella's "good life" is gone. In order to correct all kinds of "bad habits" on her daughter and let her return to the correct growth track of the celebrity lady, Adele has put a lot of effort into it.

In addition to always paying attention to correcting little Ella's various misbehaviors, Adele also found a very strict female governess for her daughter. It is said that this governess named Philomena, who also had French aristocratic blood. Ancestors had been court ladies beside King Louis XIV of France.

To Adele's satisfaction, Philomena was able to teach not only music, painting, etiquette, and arithmetic, but also Latin, French, and horsemanship. Although $40 a week was a lot of money (almost double the average income in the United States in 1940), Adele still thought it was well worth it.

Now, the only one who suffers is poor little Ella. Although John has deep sympathy for his daughter, who lives in the shadow of two "female devils", there is nothing he can do.

First, in this kind of major event related to her daughter's future, Adele is very stubborn, and it is difficult for her to accept the so-called "advanced" education concept in later generations. Second, the "family car" incident caused Adele so much trouble, and as the initiator, John also felt a little sorry for his wife. I really couldn't make up my mind, and I had an argument with Adele again. Anyway, there have been a lot of things in the army recently, so he simply can't see it.

After dinner, sent Grant away. John turned his attention back to his schedule in Washington, D.C., for the next few days.

This time back in Washington, he had three main tasks. One is to attend a meeting chaired by General McNair tomorrow afternoon to pilot the new logistical supply system in the Third and Fourth Armies.

There is nothing to say about this, this logistics supply system of the 82nd Division has long been recognized by most of the top echelons of the army for its superiority, and it is only a matter of time before it is popularized in the army.

As far as John knew, General Wald had long asked several divisions under the Fourth Army to learn from the 82nd Division. Therefore, the meeting the day after tomorrow is more like an experience exchange meeting. When the time comes, he, as the designer of the plan, only needs to be responsible for answering questions.

And the other one is not a big deal. He wants to meet with Cornelius Jr. and ask him to help investigate whether there is a driving force behind the media reports about Adele some time ago.

Since Adele made it clear that she had no intention of getting involved in politics, rumors about "Alva Second" have gradually lost their heat. Except for a few feminists who continue to write to Adele, most of them don't pay attention to the matter anymore. It was only out of his usual caution that John wanted to find out if the original report was behind it with ulterior motives.

But what really trickled John was the last thing. At the invitation of General William Lee, the day after tomorrow he will participate in an internal seminar of the General Staff as an "expert" on airborne operations. And this seminar, to a large extent, will determine the fate of the US Airborne Forces in the future.

Because just ten days ago, on May 20, the Germans launched the first large-scale airborne operation in the history of mankind on the island of Crete. And this is also the first time that the Airborne Forces independently carried out large-scale combat missions.

As a result, according to some information received by the General Staff, the German paratroopers suffered a heavy setback in Crete. Although in the end the Germans succeeded in capturing Crete, the losses were very heavy. The 7th Airborne Division, the only German airborne division, suffered nearly three-quarters of the casualties, including the division commander, Major General Sussman, in battle. So much so that the Germans completely lost the ability to further seize the island of Malta.

After the news was transmitted back to China, some people in the military questioned whether a large-scale airborne force should be formed. They believe that the Airborne Forces are at best a battlefield assassin, stupid and unnecessary in conducting large-scale airborne operations.

To this end, the General Staff held a seminar on the Battle of Crete. In order not to let his years of hard work come to naught, William Lee urgently asked John for help, hoping that he could support the "air infantry" plan at the meeting the day after tomorrow.