Chapter 366: Undercurrent
Tang Fei was still on his way to the capital, and Xu Lu's operation to clean up the traitors at the border had already begun to kick off.
To be honest, at such a time, it is not an appropriate time to clean up the internal moles, and the internal and external troubles are unfolding at the same time, especially when Xu Lu is now unstable in the border, Xu Lu himself is actually very entangled.
Cleaning up the mole means that it will cause instability in people's hearts! Regardless of whether there are traitors in the barracks, there is no doubt that taking measures to clean up the traitors will cause dissatisfaction among the officers and soldiers at the bottom!
After all, traitors are always a minority, but these few people, often they are in important positions! Such a person may not seem to be obvious in normal times, but once it comes to endangering his life or asking him to deliver news to his subordinate country, the energy they exert will be unimaginable.
Generally speaking, such people have a strong ability to incite, they know how to provoke the darkest part of human nature, they know very well the psychological needs of officers and soldiers at the bottom, and they know how to protect themselves! So once they burst out of their maximum energy drive, it will be a disaster for the current situation on the border! Xu Lu knew that if he forced these people to jump over the wall in a hurry, and detonated the now poor supply base on the border, the border would fall apart immediately.
So in a special living room in the underground comprehensive command room of the border, Xu Lu stood respectfully in front of a general, and stated his worries to the general in front of him with a clean face!
Although the thin old man in front of him is just a general of the same rank as himself, but Xu Lu is in front of him, as if he is meeting the president, in this room, Xu Lu has changed from a decisive general in front of a person to a student who is humble and teachable, in front of this old and young general, Xu Lu is like a private, without the slightest disrespect.
This old and young general is Cao Kobi, the former commander-in-chief of the front line. This old man, who was promoted to major general at the age of fifty-five, dedicated his life to the border of Huaguo, and his prestige in the army even surpassed that of Tanaka Masa, if it weren't for his bad temper and staying in the position of regiment commander for ten years, otherwise, with his qualifications and prestige, he would definitely be able to sit on an equal footing with Tanaka Masashi at this time and become the share of Huaguo!
But this did not affect his prestige on the border, so when the old man decided to entrust his power to Xu Lu, although there were different voices in the army, no one dared to question the old man's decision.
However, at this time, the old man listened to Xu Lu's worries, his face was not angry, and he said lightly: "This is your worry?" You mean, knowing that there are toxic tumors in the army, you don't want to get rid of them at this time? Let them still be in the army, and they may stab us in the back at any time? ”
Although the old man's voice was flat, but when he heard Xu Lu's ears, it was very weighty, Xu Lu was very sure that the old man was already dissatisfied with himself, and quickly stated his opinion, and said: "General Cao, I personally think that this matter should be carried out in secret, my side has arranged for the people from the National Security Bureau to start screening, and arranged for the supervision and supervision force to conduct secret selection, but I don't agree with the fact that we are starting to purge the traitors with great fanfare." ”
Cao Kobi sighed when he heard this, as a veteran general who has led the army for more than forty years, he knew that the young major general in front of him was almost the youngest major general in the country, and he didn't understand what he meant at all, although his worries were not unreasonable, and it was indeed so reasonable, but he didn't understand the situation in front of him at all, and he didn't know the severity of the matter, but as the real leader of the current army, if he didn't understand the current situation, then the orders issued later would cause catastrophic problems to the army. This situation, the old general is unwilling to let it happen.
Xu Lu is still too young, he needs to pay a certain amount of tuition in leading the army and the war, but he can't pay it at this time, the old general knows that his views will make Xu Lu rebound, but if he doesn't correct Xu Lu's views, then the next battle will not have to be fought at all, the army will mutiny sooner or later, and he and he will definitely be driven out of the army, and then assassinated to death in a grand manner.
The old general is old and not afraid of death, but Xu Lu as the future of the country and the future of Huaguo can be said to be pinned on him, and the old general does not want to make an irreparable mistake before he dies, so he insists on his own construction, almost imperatively asking Xu Lu to purge the army.
The old general has been fighting all his life, and he rarely tells anyone any big truth, why do he do this, because he has always said the same! But today, for the sake of Xu Lu, he broke this case.
"Xu Lu, our current intelligence system, as well as the army, have actually reached a stage where they cannot be controlled!" The old general leaned back in his chair tiredly, squinted his eyes, and said to Xu Lu: "And no matter how much you believe in the army's inventory personnel, and any agent of your national security department, I don't believe that they can eliminate the cancer in the army in a short period of time!" ”
"You know, right here now, there are close to 350,000 troops! There are 200,000 combat troops alone! The mecha force accounts for 80% of the country's current mechas, and there are almost all the captured and equipped alien mecha corps in the country, do you understand where our advantage is? Yes, there is! Our current army is strong here! ”
The old man opened his eyes, staring at Xu Lu with sharp eyes as if he was in an ice cave, Cao Kebi continued: "But we don't have time now!" We can't control people's hearts, and we can't ask these hundreds of thousands of people to serve our country like us, but we can't tolerate it, and some of them will stab us in the back at any time! ”
"You were able to make a move with that person named Tang Fei to attack the supply depot of the Rus Country, so why do you think that the Rus Kingdom will not take the same action against us?" The old man sneered and said, "And now as long as they let their agents and spies take our supply base together at any cost, or only need to attack and destroy our three small supply depots, our troops will immediately face the possibility of mutiny!" Therefore, if we want to put an end to the possibility of a qiē, we must carry out a purge, which is not negotiable! ”
There is no doubt that the pressure brought by the old man to Xu Lu is unprecedented, but Xu Lu still insists on his own point of view and said to the old man: "But if we do this now, it will cause the army to mutin immediately, after all, the army is now unstable, and the current situation in the country has made many people in the army panic, at this time, the large-scale purge, will not further promote this situation?" ”
Cao Kobi looked at Xu Lu, smiled slightly, and said, "Xu Lu, do you think that mutiny is so easy to happen?" Let me ask you a few questions first, and if you understand it, you should know why I am so sure that the problems that the army needs to worry about now are not the ones that you are worried about now. ”
Xu Lu was stunned when he heard this, then stood up, bowed down and asked the old general: "Then please ask the old general for advice." ”
Cao Kebi motioned for Xu Lu to sit down first, and then said slowly: "Xu Lu, as the commander-in-chief of the front line now, you can notice so many details, I am very pleased, this proves that you have begun to look at the overall situation, but now you only see this, it is not enough, you need to expand your horizons more, don't use your personal point of view to speculate on the psychology of all people, you should understand, as a soldier in the army, what will they do every day?" Or have you ever been an ordinary soldier? ”
Xu Lu was stunned when he heard this, where did he ever be a soldier, he didn't start from a private when he entered the army, with his conditions, he graduated directly from the Central Military Academy, and then directly entered the army as a captain officer, and then under the care of the family and military elders, he went through several tasks that made great contributions to the country and local wars, and was promoted to colonel, and only recently because he broke through with Tang Fei and became a hero, he was promoted to major general by exception, so compared with Cao Kobi in front of him, Xu Lu is indeed too immature, Naturally, I can't tell what a soldier looks like.
Seeing Xu Lu's embarrassed appearance, Cao Kebi smiled understandingly, and said, "This question may be more difficult for you. After all, your Biqu Pavilion www.biquge.info, there is no comparison with them, but there is one thing, you should all be about the same, as long as it is from the army, you should understand that the commander's order is a soldier's qiē, and the soldier takes obedience to the order as his duty, even if this order is wrong, this order requires him to give his life in the next second, as a professional soldier, he must do that, Xu Lu, do you understand the truth of this vocation? ”
Xu Lu was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, although he knew that there was such a statement, but if he were to do it now, Xu Lu would really not do such an act, after all, his status and himself would not do such a thing. So when the old general said this, Xu Lu seemed to understand a little.
"The army is composed of soldiers, if the soldier is regarded as a person's flesh and blood, then the officer is a bone, and we, the generals, are joints, without bones, we cannot form a whole, without joints, bones will not be able to move, and without flesh and blood, this person cannot be called a person, so every link is indispensable!" The old general made the most straightforward statement, saying: "Now that some parts of this bone, joint or flesh are beginning to fester, and they are beginning to decay, what are they still kept?" You have an abscess on your body, and you are about to fight a duel, don't you have to immediately remove the abscess that affects your performance before you come to a duel, do you still let him store zài on you, affect your performance? ”
After listening to the old general's words, although Tang Fei still disagreed, he could understand the old general's good intentions, at this stage, he might indeed think too simply, so Xu Lu decided to agree to the old general's decision first and see if he said.