In John's memories of his previous life, there is not much information about his future colleagues. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAfter all, the "All-American" division is not the "Wuthering Eagles" (101st Airborne Division), and it will be picked up by later netizens because of a TV series decades later.

Now, John can accurately name all the divisional and regimental commanders of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II (although this division does not currently exist), but for the commander of the 82nd Division, in addition to knowing that Bradley, Ridgway, and Gavin served as the commander of the division, there is only one Maxwell Taylor who later succeeded General William Lee as commander of the 101st Division on the eve of D-Day.

John was not surprised that Ridgway could become the deputy commander of the 82nd Division a year earlier than in history. In his previous life, Marshall had been fighting with conservatives in the military for much longer than in this life. Now that Marshall, the boss, has taken power in advance, his younger brothers will naturally soar earlier than in their previous lives.

John was not very familiar with Ridgway, but he was not a stranger. After all, the two of them had also worked together in the Operational Planning Division of the General Staff for a while, and the enthusiastic Deputy Director Nevins had brought them to dinner together a few times. However, because John has been on duty outside and does not often return to the quartermaster building to work, he did not have a deep friendship.

In John's impression, Ridgway, an army colonel who exudes a fierce air from top to bottom, belongs to the kind of master who eats soft and does not eat hard, and it is not too difficult to deal with him. Besides, he's just a deputy division commander, and there's a Bradley on top of him, so he can't do anything about him.

John was more concerned about the pending chief of staff of the 82nd Division. This is his immediate supervisor and his direct supervisor in his daily work. John knew that he had a few pounds and a few taels, and with his business level, if he met a picky boss, he would be able to bear it. And in this kind of pure work business, Bradley is not easy to speak for him.

But who will be the chief of staff of this division? First of all, Taylor is definitely impossible. Although he served as the chief of staff of the 101st Division for a period of time before becoming the commander of the 82nd Division in 1944. But John, through Colonel Smith, had just gotten him into the Army Staff Secretariat before he left for Fort Leavenworth. No matter how good Taylor is, it will take some time to gain Marshall's trust and appreciation. What's more, he is still only a major, and he is still far from the position of chief of staff of the division.

And Gavin, despite the fact that he was the youngest major general in the U.S. Army during World War II, is now just a captain, and the distance between him and the division chief of staff is even greater than Taylor. Gavin is also currently serving as an operations and training officer in General William Lee's paratrooper test unit, helping to summarize the operational tactics and basic rules of the Airborne Forces.

In John's layout, Taylor and Gavin would be his right-hand men in the Airborne Forces. As soon as he thought that the commanders of the 82nd Division and the 101st Division, the two aces of the US Airborne Forces in the future, would be his younger brothers, John felt sour. He was even glad that he had caught up with the good times, and a large number of generals were only middle- and lower-ranking officers before entering the war, and this kind of good thing would only appear in the US Army before World War II.

Of course, it's one thing to envision, but it's another thing to actually operate. John doesn't think of himself as a "son of the plane" with the "spirit of the king", who can make Taylor and Gavin surrender voluntarily and be willing to be his own horseboy. He still has a lot of work to do to bring these two men under his command.

On Taylor's side, John has only made initial contact at the moment. Nominally, it was his old boss, John's distant cousin-in-law, Cresswell, who was busy with Taylor's promotion. John was merely asked by Cresswell to help Taylor and Marshall's secretary Smith.

John is not in a hurry about this, in order to accept a talent like Taylor, he must first be strong himself. At present, he does not have the capital to convince Taylor, and it would be good to have a good relationship first and lay a foundation.

As for Gavin, John only met him for the first time yesterday, and with Mr. and Mrs. Anderson. Today, the Andersons' only son, Richard, is training as a paratrooper under Gavin. John wanted the Andersons to help him take over Hathaway, so he naturally had to show them that he was not sincere.

At that meeting, John first wanted to meet Gavin, and secondly, to reassure the Andersons, saying that he would never break his word and take care of their precious son.

From Gavin's point of view, he was also happy to contribute to John in such "little things". First of all, he grew up in an orphanage run by the Vanderbilt family, which can be regarded as a reward for the "nurturing grace" of the old Fan family. Secondly, he is different from Taylor after all, and he does not have a bunch of old bosses to care about him. Gavin himself knows very well that he has only been a captain in the army for 16 years, and what he lacks most is not personal ability, nor work performance, but the appreciation of the high-level.

Although General William Lee treated him well after going to the paratrooper test unit, he also had the heart to continue to work with the other party in the airborne forces. But being able to get closer to a person with a deep background and great energy like John without too much effort, of course, he didn't want to miss this kind of good thing.

Besides, Gavin had a good impression of Richard. This kid is a bit reckless in character, but he is bold and daring to take risks, which is very much in line with Gavin's appetite. (Historically, Gavin liked to carry a Garand rifle with his troops.) The tradition of being the first to parachute and the last to evacuate from the commander of the US Airborne Forces began with him. ）

So, in front of the Andersons that day, Gavin praised Richard's performance in the army and said that he would find an opportunity to promote him to a non-commissioned officer after the training to assist him in some training support work in the skydiving school.

Seeing their son's commander and hearing such a "reassurance" from his mouth, the Andersons were relieved. Although there are still some dangers associated with "parachuting" on a regular basis, it is better than going to the battlefield. For John to bother Richard so much, the Andersons are even more grateful and grateful.

So then, when John offered to buy some shares in Hathaway, Mrs. Anderson not only expressed her willingness to "sell" 6% of her shares to John on the spot, but also offered to help him ask his relatives to see if anyone was willing to sell the company's shares.

John certainly wouldn't ask for that 6% stake. In order to take advantage of this, it is really not worth it to have a reputation of "coercing grace". When he became the owner of Hathaway, the shares would not be much different from those in the hands of the Andersons. What's more, John also counted on Anderson to help him run the overall situation of the company. This share can be regarded as an equity incentive, and it will also be beneficial for Anderson to manage the company in the future.

Of course, John's generosity is also related to the rapid expansion of his assets recently. If you have money, the pattern will naturally be different. I think that when he first founded FedEx, he had to think about hundreds of thousands of dollars for a long time. Now, he has at most a general direction for million-dollar transactions, and most of them are handed over to Walter and them.

Speaking of which, John was able to get to this point thanks to the president in the White House.