Now that Bradley has made his stance clear, John has had to speed up the pace of action. After the pen ~ fun ~ www.biquge.info called Cornelius Jr. and asked him to arrange for the media to release another wave of news reports touting Pop, he set off to find Mark Clark.

In John's plan, Mark Clark, who had recently led the team to the 82nd Division, was the key figure in his fatal blow to Pope. John needed to borrow his hand to spread back to Washington the scandal of Popper's intention to use the media to build momentum and claim the credit for others.

"Hi Mark. Busy now? When John found Clark, he was taking a group of people at the artillery training ground to watch a unique "shell-carrying" game. Recruits from a company are competing in platoons to see who can deliver a base number of 155mm howitzer ammunition (40 rounds per gun) to a gun emplacement 600 meters away.

"Hi John. Looking for me? Seeing John get out of the jeep, Karak shoved the notebook into the hand of a second lieutenant beside him and greeted him.

"Omar said that you have been in the company below every day lately, and you rarely even return to the division headquarters. Let me see what makes you so appealing as a training expert? ”

"To tell you the truth, John, the enthusiasm for the training of your 82nd Division recruits is the highest I've ever seen." Clark lamented: "I didn't expect the introduction of sports competitions in training to be so effective. It's only been less than a week, and you're already 2 days ahead of the syllabus. ”

"It was all Omar's idea. He started doing this at Fort Benning. Matthews was brought out by him single-handedly and is familiar with this set. ”

For most recruits, training often means hours of annoying drills; marching heavily on dusty or muddy roads; rote memorization of hundreds or thousands of unfamiliar weapon parts; Endless wiping guns and cleaning equipment. In addition, it is necessary to deal with various surprise inspections at any time.

Although everyone knows that without long-term and arduous basic training, it is impossible to talk about the discipline and combat effectiveness of the troops. But getting soldiers to fall in love with boring, time-consuming and laborious basic training is not an easy task. They can always come up with various ways to train passively, and this is also the reason why the training progress of many troops has been greatly delayed.

But here in the 82nd Division, Bradley's combination of training and athletic competition successfully stimulated the recruits' enthusiasm for training. The recruits clearly enjoyed the training and were highly motivated to participate. There have been encouraging improvements in physical fitness, military skills and teamwork.

"Don't put a top hat on him. It's not like I've never seen Omar at Fort Benning, it's nothing more than physical exercise, soft gymnastics, obstacle training, and other old sports. Clark laughed and said, "I heard Matthews say that there are a lot of new training programs designed by you. ”

"I can't talk about design, I just came up with a few ideas." John knew that most of the new projects Clark was talking about were borrowed from his previous team development training program. It's just that Bradley and Matthews have made significant changes based on the new training syllabus. He's not going to be as tasteless as Pop and take all the credit for himself.

"I don't know how your brain grows, and you always have good ideas coming up." I have known John for almost two years, and what Clark admires most is not his proud background and huge wealth, but his "genius" brain. It seems that anything will become easy in John's hands, and it will not be convincing.

"Help, John. Sort out your ideas and give me a copy. Clark put his arm around John's shoulders and whispered, "You know, I'm at a critical time now, please." ”

John certainly understood what Clark meant by "critical period." Ever since he learned that he was going to lead a team to the 82nd Division for inspection, John paid attention to inquiring about Clark's situation in the Combat Training Department. As far as she knows, Kruger, former deputy director of the training department, was promoted to lieutenant general at the end of last year, and after he took up his post in the Third Army, his post as deputy minister has been vacant to this day. Clark, a well-known training expert in the Army and an authority on amphibious operations, is a strong contender for the position.

It seems that historically, Clark first succeeded Kruger and presided over the training affairs of the US Army as McNair's deputy, and then became the assistant chief of staff in charge of operations. Obviously, the inspection of the 82nd Division led by him this time was a test for him by Marshall and McNair. If Clark can deliver a satisfactory answer this time, it is not impossible to replicate Bradley's trajectory and make the leap from lieutenant colonel to brigadier general.

"No problem, Mark." John, of course, is willing to help Clark at such a critical moment, "I have a ready-made one, you can go directly to my office and get it when you go back." ”

"Thank you!" Clark happily patted John on the shoulder, this dude is so funny.

"Don't thank me yet, I still need your help with this." John lowered his voice and said, "You've heard about the incident between me and Pope. ”

Clark had an expression of "I know you understand": "I knew you wouldn't be going to endure it for long." I've also read the recent reports, and he's too inauthentic and blatantly robbing you of your credit. Say, how do you want to clean him up? ”

"Actually, it's nothing, I want you to give General McNall feedback on Pope's recent performance in the media." John, worried that he would add to his problems, advised, "You don't have to say anything, just sort out the latest media reports and hand them in." ”

"No problem." It was too simple for Clark. This time, he led a team down to inspect and give feedback to the General Staff at any time on the situation of the 82nd Division. "However, I suggest that you better talk to that little fox of George, it will work better?"

"George Fox?" John frowned. The "little fox" Clark refers to is General McNair's secretary, 29-year-old Army Captain George Fox. After being accepted as a disciple by McNul, John had several dealings with him, but there was no deep friendship.

"That's right, it's him. He has been by McNair's side since graduating from military school, and in the training department, McNall trusts him the most. ”

"But I don't know him well, is it appropriate to take the liberty of looking for him?" JOHN HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT GEORGE FOX, WHO CAME FROM A WELL-KNOWN FAMILY, WAS A VERY SHREWD AND SLEEK FELLOW, OTHERWISE HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NICKNAMED "LITTLE FOX", ALTHOUGH HE DID HAVE THE SURNAME FOX.

"He'll definitely help you." Clark smiled mysteriously, "His father was recently vying for a tenured professorship at Vanderbilt University. ”

"What are you kidding, how can I meddle in such a thing." John waved his hand and vetoed Clark's proposal.

The tenure-track professor system is a new system just launched by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) last year to safeguard academic freedom and ensure the quality of higher education. Once he becomes a tenured professor, his tenure can be automatically extended until retirement, and he is not subject to the assessment of the university's various stages of teaching and scientific research workload, and can also enjoy the tenured professor allowance issued by the university. As soon as this system was introduced, it became an important yardstick to measure a professor's academic ability and prestige.

But in the American academic circles, the qualifications of tenured professors are very strict, even if Vanderbilt University was founded by their family, and Alfred is still the president of the school, it is impossible to make a decision on such a matter. And, with John's understanding of Alfred, if he knew that he was exchanging benefits for such a thing, he would have to turn his face with himself.

"But you don't have to promise him anything. My consciousness is that if you take the initiative to go to him, there is no way he will not help. ”

John understood what Clark meant. At times like these, George Fox would be more than happy to make John owe him a favor. He didn't ask John to promise anything at all, as long as the old Fan family didn't get in the way.

"Well, help someone to the end." Seeing that John didn't reply, Clark thought he was thin-skinned and embarrassed to ask a young captain for help: "I'm quite familiar with George, I'll help you say hello over there." ”

"Forget it, I'll do it." John rejects Clark's offer. If he didn't know George Fox, it would be okay, he obviously had the contact information of the other party, and he asked others to bring the words, and he didn't come forward. This is not the attitude to ask for help.

"You help me hand in the materials first, and then I'll call him again." Now that the decision has been made, it is not possible to drag the mud and water. It's better to get rid of Pop's trouble sooner.