"Miller, send this memo to the division commander's office, and if Omar is not there, give it to Lieutenant Bridge, and tell him to pass it on to Omar early tomorrow morning." John, who had been working in his office all day, finally stopped his pen and handed the sorted out memo to Adjutant Miller.

In the blink of an eye, it had been almost two weeks since John had returned to the Klebe barracks. After talking to Stimson, John rushed back to the 82nd Division overnight and rededicated himself to the training of the troops. On the surface, the trip to the East Coast two weeks ago didn't make much of a difference to John. Only John knew what kind of trial his heart had been through in that short week.

The heartbeat when he was seduced by McNair, the shock and confusion when he met Hedy Lamarr by chance, the vigor when he fought with his tongue at the seminar, the helplessness when he was "blackmailed" by Somerville, and the loss and unwillingness when he was poured cold water by Stimson, a series of psychological shocks made John quickly wake up from his "dream of a famous general" and began to think more calmly about the road he was going to take next.

Stimson's words, though discouraged him, also woke John up to what he needed most. As an important member of the Vanderbilt family, he was destined to be a passer-by in the army. No matter how brilliant his military resume is, it is just the icing on the cake for him, and what he should do most is to broaden his horizons, accumulate contacts, cultivate a sense of the overall situation, and improve his leadership ability, strategic awareness and psychological quality.

Putting aside his impetuous utilitarian thinking, John revisited his previous plans. He will still go to the airborne troops, but the purpose is no longer to dominate the battlefield and win meritorious service, nor is it simply to accumulate contacts, but to improve his own ability by personally participating in the birth and growth of a new branch of the army and a new unit.

Upon returning to the Klabeau barracks, John chose to have an open and honest conversation with Bradley. John knew that with Bradley's connections in Washington, his performance these days would soon reach the ears of the other party. In order not to let Bradley be misled by those news that he doesn't know how many times he has processed, it is better to pick it directly, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings in the future.

During that conversation, John revealed to Bradley that the 82nd Division might be reorganized into an Airborne Division. Bradley was a little surprised, but not surprised. He even seriously discussed with John the possibility of the 82nd Division being reorganized into an airborne division.

John could sense that Bradley was not too reluctant to reorganize the 82nd Division into an airborne division, and even had some interest in this new means of warfare. Although Bradley didn't know much about airborne warfare, there was one thing he agreed with John.

That is, only the most elite infantry units can be qualified for airborne combat missions, and the 82nd Division must prove itself to be the strongest of the American infantry divisions if it wants to become an airborne division. Regardless of what the commanders of the Army General Staff ultimately choose, what the 82nd Division has to do now is to make every effort to do its best in training and give convincing results in the final assessment of the training department in the second half of the year.

After that conversation, John put aside all kinds of distractions and devoted himself to the training of the 82nd Division. Even when Chennault returned to China again, he did not take the time to meet his "old friends".

Chennault returned to China to join the Chinese government's diplomatic delegation to the United States to participate in the Lend-Lease plan to negotiate. The Chinese delegation was headed by Foreign Minister Song Ziwen. But the main job of this uncle is to lobby the congressional dignitaries, the big businessmen, and the big bankers. According to Crawford, who was fortunate enough to be on the US negotiating team, the person who participated in the specific talks on behalf of China has always been a fat deputy head named David Wu.

Song Ziwen had wanted to connect with John again through Chennault, after all, the two sides had already had several "pleasant" cooperation before. The Volunteer China Aviation Team and the overseas Chinese transportation companies invested by John in Kunming, Yunnan Province, have also been developing very well.

But this time, John turned down Chennault's invitation on the grounds that the troops were busy with training tasks. Just called Crawford and asked him to take care of it. As a result, at the end of the negotiations on the third day, Crawford received a $3,000 red envelope from the Chinese side in the name of "transportation expenses" and made a small fortune.

The reason why John chose to treat Song Ziwen's olive branch coldly is not because he has lost his "sympathy" for China. In the recently concluded Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the news that the national army was defeated, 35,000 Chinese soldiers were captured, and 42,000 lecturers were thrown into the wilderness still made him deeply saddened.

But now, John is not the same person he crossed over a few years ago. He knows very well that the only person who can save China is the Chinese themselves. The "aid" of a Yankee does not have much impact on the overall situation. Moreover, according to the memories from the previous life, the harvest of the Chinese delegation this time is still good. Even if he didn't come forward, Song Ziwen and the others would not return empty-handed.

This is because since the Japanese deliberately encroached on the British and French colonies in Southeast Asia last year, the Americans have been wary of Japan, which is getting closer and closer to Germany. Although Roosevelt did not agree to the British government's proposal to send troops to help defend Singapore, the White House was fully aware of Japan's ambitions in the Pacific and began to use various means to limit the pace of Japanese expansion. The initiative to include China in the Lend-Lease Act program is also one of the means.

Even if John didn't come forward, Song Ziwen and the others successfully obtained a $9 million aid loan and a batch of strategic materials (mainly cars and medicines). The military also opened up to Chennault's support for the China Air Force, acquiescing in his recruitment of a group of "commercial pilots" to fight in China. At the same time, a batch of aircraft and spare parts procured by a private company was also approved for loading onto a freighter bound for Hong Kong.

Rather than spend time in Washington attending all sorts of boring drinking parties and exchanging glasses with the Chinese officials, John would rather stay in Alexandria and train his troops properly.

What's more, compared with the Lend-Lease plan, there is a more important thing for him to worry about. That's why it's a weekend, and after the daytime training is over, he still stays in the office and stays busy until late at night.

You know, Alexandria is a small riverside town in the southern United States, and it can be hot and humid even late at night in the hot summer. John's summer clothes had never been dry, and it was extremely uncomfortable to stick to his body. But even then, he did not choose to go home, but waited quietly in the office alone for a historic moment.

John lifted his watch, and it was late at night on June 22. Counting the time difference, the Germans should have already done it.

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