Early the next morning, John personally drove his daughter to school as agreed. It was the first time that little Ella had gone to school with her father, and she was very excited along the way.

Although it has only been a few days since the start of school, the little one seems to have endless new things to tell John, and the little mouth keeps chattering for a moment.

"Dad, Ellie from our class is also from New York......

"Gianna, the math teacher, is ugly, with two mothers as fat and greasy red hair as ......"

"The teacher said that before Thanksgiving, the school would take us to visit Kellogg's (the world's largest breakfast cereal manufacturer) to see how they make corn flakes......

In the face of little Ella's machine-gun-like "storm rap", John not only did not feel bored at all, but chatted happily with his daughter you and me.

In a few months, as soon as the "Pearl Harbor" attack broke out, it may be difficult for him to spend time with his daughter. And this will most likely continue for several years, until the end of the war. Therefore, John cherishes this short time alone with little Ella.

It's a pity that the school that Adele chose for little Ella is too close to home. No matter how slow John was, after about ten minutes, they were still at the school gate.

There is still some time before class, and there are not many people at the school gate. John got out of the car, took his daughter's little hand and personally sent her into the school gate.

Standing outside the school gate, watching little Ella happily greet her classmates, and then bouncing towards the classroom together, John suddenly felt a sour nose. Little Ella and Eric are still so young, and he, as a father, is destined to miss out on their precious childhood.

Standing there in silence for a while, John reluctantly turned around and returned to the car. Today is Monday, the division headquarters has a morning meeting to hold in the morning, and he has to hurry back to the Klaibo barracks.

As an officer, or Brigadier General and Deputy Division Commander to be exact, John now felt a great responsibility on his shoulders. Every decision he made no longer only affected his personal development, but also related to the future and destiny of more than 10,000 people in the division. Therefore, John did not dare to let up in the slightest.

Like him, Colonel Milley did not dare to relax. As soon as John arrived at the office, he received an update on the 503 Regiment training adjustment plan. Apparently this was done by Colonel Milley who stayed up all night after returning from Bradley's house last night.

It seems that last night's meeting turned out well, and John was first pleased with Milley's "right" attitude.

Looking at Colonel Milley's modification plan, the content is also remarkable. As a veteran tactical instructor, Milley's training style is closer to the needs of actual combat. In addition to what the syllabus prescribes, he focused on teaching soldiers how to use the tactical skills they already had on the battlefield.

In the first month, Milley plans to add an hour of combat simulation drills to the 503rd Regiment every day on the basis of the existing training, including melee combat, street fighting, map interpretation, first aid, chemical warfare, demining, communication and other subjects. It also organized a field drill of 25 miles with all field equipment within 24 hours and a field drill of 25 miles with combat equipment within 12 hours.

And in the second month, before the final assessment, Milley plans to conduct two to three days of field exercises once a week. Soldiers should learn as much as possible about the mechanics of combat, how to read the terrain, how to use the favorable terrain, how to use different tactics depending on the terrain, and how to survive in the field for days at a time without affecting their physical fitness.

Probably fearing that John would not understand his intentions, Colonel Milley went out of his way to repeatedly emphasize in his report that a soldier's ability to learn a military skill on the training ground and to use it skillfully on the battlefield are two different things. It is necessary to conduct actual combat drills so that soldiers can learn to make correct judgments about what they should do at the first time. This is an important matter of life and death, and the first time you must instinctively not make mistakes, because there will be no second choice on the battlefield.

"Miller, what do you think of this report from the 503rd Regiment?" John put down the report, put on a Di Renjie style, and asked "Yuan Fang" who was making coffee for him.

"It's good, but will it be a little rushed, now the training arrangement is already very tight, can you stand it with the 503 regiment again?" Miller replied, putting down the coffee pot.

Indeed, these actual combat training subjects advocated by Milley are a bit ahead of the current situation of the 503rd Regiment. And it doesn't seem to have much to do with the assessment after 2 months, so there's no need to be in such a hurry.

However, John does not think there is anything wrong with Milley's argument for being close to combat. Historically, it was because of the lack of prior training in this area that the 82nd Airborne Division exposed a series of problems and suffered heavy losses in its initial combat operations. The 101st Airborne Division, which was formed later, learned its lesson and urgently made up for this shortcoming after arriving in the UK.

Since sooner or later you have to learn, it is not impossible for Milley to take a step forward. It should be regarded as using the 503 regiment as a pilot to help other regiments accumulate experience.

As for Miller's concerns, the question of whether the 503rd Regiment could withstand such a heavy training task. This is something that Milley, the head of the regiment, should worry about, and John will not think about it at all.

Anyway, yesterday at Bradley's house, he had already made his attitude very clear. Let Milley let go and do it, and everything speaks from strength. The results are naturally everyone, hello and me, everything is fine. If something goes wrong, then don't blame John for being unkind to him, who made you Milly incapable of being incompetent and incompetent for the job of the head of the regiment.

So, as long as Milley's plan wasn't too outrageous, John had no intention of interfering. Anyway, it's only been two months, and there is a Li Qiwei on it, and the 503 regiment shouldn't be able to produce any big baskets.

It's a mule or a horse, or pull it out and take a look. John took out his pen and signed the report, "Miller, send this document to Captain Ridgway in a moment, I have already signed it." ”

"Okay, General." Miller brought the brewed coffee to John's desk, picked up the report and turned to leave the house.

"Wait." John stopped Miller while picking up his coffee, "Talk to Steve about this, let him pay more attention to the situation of the 503rd Regiment recently, and it is best to draw up a logistics support plan." ”

Much of Milley's training plan was to leave the Klabriel barracks and go out into the field. In addition, it is actual combat training, especially the cooperation of logistics support, if you do not make a plan in advance, it is easy to have problems.

If it's just a shortage of supplies, a vehicle breaks down, and the soldiers are hungry or something. In case something unexpected happens, and the medical and communication security does not keep up, it is likely to be famous.

At present, the American people are complaining about the extension of the service period, and if there are some accidents during training, it will not be a joke. At that time, Milley will certainly not be better, and John, the deputy division commander, will also be responsible.

Letting go of Milley to toss on his own doesn't mean that John can completely ignore the 503rd regiment. The bottom line plan still needs to be prepared in advance. We're in the same boat now, and it doesn't matter if Milley messes it up, it would be bad if we dragged everyone into the water.