The computer screen that had just finished the call flashed with blue light, reflecting the old faces sunk in the darkness, the countless wrinkled surfaces reflected cold light, and the deep recessed gaps looked more and more gloomy, like a terrifying sculpture deeply carved into the dark background.

The anger of Hou Jingzhen, the new chief of staff of 8l, obviously could not subside because of a few words of persuasion from the division commander. He reported the matter to Sun Zhan as soon as possible. However, Hou Jingzhan was disappointed by the reaction of the head of the General Administration Department———— Sun Zhan did not evaluate the incident itself from beginning to end, nor did he give specific instructions. He just listened to Hou Jingzhen's report in silence, closed the communication in silence, and sat in silence in the depths of the darkness, like an inanimate machine.

Sun Zhan is the head of the General Administration Department and is a general. Regardless of identity or vision, he is much higher than Hou Jingzhen, the chief of staff of the division. After several battles before and after, Sun Zhan has a very comprehensive understanding of Su Hao's skills and strength. For this young man who suddenly jumped up, Sun Zhan had an instinctive fear and contempt. The former stems from their own failures, and the latter stems from the disparity in status and status. However, when the two were combined, it would turn into an uncontrollable rage, and flames erupted in Sun Zhan's mind.

No matter how you look at it, Su Hao's murderous actions in the officer's cafeteria seem stupid and naïve. Nothing good at all, except to stir up indignation among the broad masses of officers and soldiers. Sun Zhan really couldn't understand what Su Hao's purpose was? If it's just a show, then it's reasonable. But judging from past experience, Su Hao should not be the kind of fool who is easily carried away by anger and relies on his power to do nonsense. So, what exactly is he doing this for?

What's more, this is not the first time.

Since the formation of ten newly formed divisions and regiments in the New Guiyang area, and a large number of officers have been stationed in the area, Su Hao seems to have changed people. He can no longer see reason and calmness in him, he is simply a savage and cruel madman

"Maniac ......"

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, this word suddenly popped up in Sun Zhan's brain.

No one wants to deal with a madman. Because they never play their cards according to common sense, and never consider the gains and losses of interests. But Su Hao is definitely not crazy. Otherwise, he would not have performed so well in the battle of Lujiang, and he would not have taken advantage of the contradictions between the military headquarters and local troops during the Battle of Hefei to collect huge benefits from it, and even built a new Guiyang base.

Since he is not a madman, how can he explain Su Hao's various actions since the construction of the new division began?

There is no doubt that Su Hao's strength is very strong. Especially after the Battle of Hefei, the number of soldiers of the 11th Independent Army under his command once exceeded 40,000, all of whom were experienced officers and veterans who had experienced actual combat. In terms of choosing the construction coordinates of the new Guiyang base, Su Hao has a unique vision. That place is not under the direct control of the military department, there is Xu Renjie's 71 Group to rely on, the transportation conditions are also convenient, there are not many abandoned cities nearby, it only takes a few years, and it will soon be able to develop.

Sun Zhan didn't know about the transaction between Yuan Zhicheng and Su Hao. He was very strange that the Yuan family, who had always been scheming, would actually take out so many benefits for everyone to share at one time? The 10 newly organized divisions and regiments are a decisive force, and in Yuan Zhicheng's vision, it is impossible not to see his ambition to meddle in the combat troops. But he just did so, using the orders of the military department and a large number of officers to directly crush Su Hao, so that the young man who was as proud as a peacock could never turn over again. Deprivation of power is actually as simple as that, as long as the supply channels are stuck in terms of materials and personnel, you can only honestly obey orders.

Perhaps, the reason why Su Hao has repeatedly made abnormal actions is this?

Sun Zhan sorted out all the problems in his brain and analyzed all the details. He really wanted to find out the flaws in it, but he reluctantly found that under the current situation where all the new divisions and regiments were controlled by himself and other members of the military department, Su Hao really had no ability to turn the tables.

According to the latest progress reported by Hou Jingzhen today, the officers and men of the 11 th Independent Force, which were originally assigned to them, have almost been hollowed out. Except for a few core departments, such as the guard company, the reconnaissance squadron directly under it, the information department, and the staff headquarters, there are very few personnel in the various combat brigades under it. Now, Su Hao still obeys his cronies, from officers to soldiers, there are only more than 600 people.

From more than 40,000 to 600, the combat effectiveness of the 11th Independent Army has seriously shrunk. For this number, Sun Zhan tends to believe.

Since a few months ago, when the order for the formation of the new division had not been issued, the staff department under Sun Zhan had already begun to deduce the division of the 11th Independent Army. The result is similar to the current state. After all, it was a new recruit replenishment force, and since it was taken over, Su Hao has not even been a year before and after he has served as the military commander. The friendship and obedience relationship between the officers and subordinates requires enough time to run in. This aspect is a shortcoming that Su Hao is difficult to make up for, and it is also the confidence of Sun Zhan and other members of the military department who want to get control of the new division regiment.

After all, Su Hao's move to open the military headquarters meeting made him recognized by some officers and soldiers, but the time was too short after all, and there was a serious shortage of food in the new Guiyang area, but Su Hao still maintained a ridiculous act of providing food to civilians. As soon as they came and went, most of the subordinates whose loyalty was in danger were scattered in a short period of time, which is indeed normal.

According to this logical reasoning and analysis, the current Su Hao is actually not crazy. Anyone in the same situation as him would get angry and do something extremely irrational. The successive killings at the checkpoint and the officers' cafeteria became reasonable.

Sun Zhan still sat in the dark, silent.

He always felt that something was not quite right. But what it is, he himself doesn't understand.

Sun Zhan once thought of using his advantages in material allocation and logistics supply to form a comprehensive alliance with Su Hao. However, this thought came to my mind too late. From the killing of his nephew Sun Weiyi, to Ye Xiangyang and other cronies later, there were too many people on Sun Zhan's side who died at the hands of Su Hao. The hatred has reached an extent that it cannot be resolved, even if Su Hao takes the initiative to give up everything now and surrender to Sun Zhan, the end is still only a dead end.

Since they can't figure it out, and there is no possibility of reconciliation between them, they can only speed up the construction of the new division group in the new Guiyang area, firmly grasp all the power in their hands, and strangle Su Hao, a dog mongrel.

Thinking of this, Sun Zhan's old face showed a trace of hideousness.

He shifted forward, reopened the comms screen, pressed a few digits, and a serious-looking officer quickly appeared on the screen.

"Speed up the current speed of material transfer. The transportation plan originally scheduled for next week will be implemented ahead of schedule to ensure that all new divisions and regiments in the new Guiyang area will have a comprehensive material reserve of five bases within this week. ”

"On the basis of the existing supply of weapons and equipment, 300 armed helicopters, 20 small laser launchers, and 16 heavy electromagnetic guns will be added. The number of 30-mm individual guns sent has tripled, and the number of fuel, solid-state batteries, and new high-density alloys has increased by 50 percent. In addition, it is necessary to speed up the progress of sending the UUl Technical Engineer Battalion over to supervise the construction of the new Guiyang Base City. ”

The officer on the screen quickly recorded the order, and his face showed a little embarrassment at the same time: "General, the current train capacity has reached saturation, and the transportation plan is also scheduled for four months. Forcibly plugging and transporting supplies, the Military Transport Bureau will definitely not agree. At the moment the Eastern Front is in dire need of supplies, and they ......"

"You just send the shipping form over, and I'll arrange the rest."

Sun Zhan coldly interrupted the officer's words: "In addition, transport the two "0" type individual mechs that the Academy of Sciences just submitted to the new 8L and tell them that they can use this weapon in any situation if necessary. No matter who the target is, they are empowered. ”

New Chengdu Base City, 2:15 p.m.

The heavy door of Commander Xu Renjie's office opened a gap, and Chen Yanlin, chief of staff of the group army, walked out of the room, smiling, and quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.

When the door closed, Xu Renjie, who was sitting behind the desk, snorted coldly, looked at the scattered chess and chessboard on the table, leaned back, and began to close his eyes and recuperate.

In Xu Renjie's previous life experience, it was the first time he met an eccentric guy like Chen Yanlin

Recently, the chief of staff of this group army, who has almost no power in his hands, suddenly frequented Xu Renjie's office. He either sat down to play home, or found himself to play chess and chat, and sat for an hour, or even longer.

Xu Renjie was surprised by this.

He has an indescribable disgust for Chen Yanlin. In addition to competing for power, there are also other factors of personal conduct, character, and speech. In short, from the day Chen Yanlin came to the base city of Xincheng with the order of the military department, Xu Renjie and him were full of open or dark confrontations. The problems between verbal and practical commands, personnel assignment and jurisdiction, make the relationship between the two men always smell of gunpowder, and the slightest spark will explode.

Verbal spats and mutual ridicule are the most common routes. Xu Renjie always uses a series of clear-sounding and very energetic dirty words such as old mongrel, old bastard, old shameless, etc. as a title for Chen Yanlin. Of course, he also understands that he almost belongs to the same role in the other party's mind. The goal of the battle is nothing more than the actual control of the subordinate units of the group army, as well as the right to decide on important affairs in the base city.

Xu Renjie has always firmly occupied the height of the winner.

Chen Yanlin is an outsider after all. Neither political skill nor strategy can compare to Xu Renjie, a commander who has been operating in the local area for a long time. He has a large group of cronies, and the commanders of each main battle division are Xu Renjie's cronies. Although Chen Yanlin has repeatedly fought for control of a small number of units through various means, it is not as good as Xu Renjie's in terms of number and influence.

The results of the open and secret battles are already very clear, and the winners and losers are extremely clear even in the eyes of others, let alone two veteran parties. In short, as long as Xu Renjie is here, Chen Yanlin will never be able to turn the tables. Even if they win the support of the big figures in the military department, they will not be able to fully control the 71st Group Army.

Chen Yanlin began to die down, as if he was tired of fighting.

This is indeed a good thing in Xu Renjie's opinion, but it did not eliminate his antipathy for Chen Yanlin. This kind of negative emotion inevitably affects daily life, even if two people meet by chance on the road, they will not say hello, and they don't even bother to look at it, and they rush by.

That day, when Chen Yanlin walked into his office with a chess piece and a smile on his face, Xu Renjie only felt extremely shocked, as if he had seen a ghost.

"When people get old, they feel sleepy when they eat dinner. After thinking about it for a long time, I still think it's better to come and play a game of chess with you. Exercise your brain, and by the way, loosen your muscles. ”

"Let's play a game of chess together, don't tell me you won't."

"Don't look at you as a commander, this room of chess is definitely not as good as mine. Hehe, this is not hubris, there are really few people who are my opponents. ”

was first kind, and then turned into a radical tone, Xu Renjie was a little disdainful. But he still didn't understand the significance of Chen Yanlin's doing? It's also hard to endure the more or less ridicule in the other party's words. So the two of them drove horses, you went back and forth, and killed a few sets.

Chen Yanlin didn't lie, his chess skills are very high, although Xu Renjie also has good attainments in this area, but there is a gap between the two people after all. Although Chen Yanlin narrowly won every time the result of the competition, and another time it was only by virtue of the slight advantage of two pawns who crossed the river, but winning is winning, and no one can deny the result

Every day at noon, Chen Yanlin would come over to play chess. This has become his regular way of doing things.

Xu Renjie has not refused. He didn't understand what the other party was thinking. No matter how you observe it, you can't find any flaws in Chen Yanlin. The chief of staff never used topics to extract the secrets in the commander's head, nor did he turn over the documents on his desk. He just came over and played chess, once a day, three games at a time. Win or lose, and go.

Xu Renjie instinctively felt that this was not normal.

He tried to refuse a few times, but Chen Yanlin was not angry, and still came over the next day. If you refuse again, there will be no superfluous strange words, and the third day will continue to be fixed.

Electronic monitors filmed every scene of the game. Every time Chen Yanlin left, Xu Renjie had to look through the video to find flaws. As a result, he was disappointed every time, Chen Yanlin didn't make any small moves, he behaved like an old man who was retired at home, playing chess was just entertainment, and there were no superfluous ingredients

Xu Renjie firmly believes that there must be a problem, but he has not been able to find the crux of it.

Suspicion is gradually smoothed out over time. Although he doesn't like Chen Yanlin very much, Xu Renjie still plays chess with him at noon every day. No way, the other party's demands are not excessive, as a commander, if he is too tough in this aspect, it is easy to be seen by others as indifferent and arrogant. Xu Renjie didn't want to cause trouble for himself, and playing chess during his lunch break was also a good pastime.

However, why did Chen Yanlin do this?

Did he really give up the fight? Don't think you have a chance? Completely lost faith?

Xu Renjie is really difficult to judge, so he can only slowly look for the answer in his fake sleep with heavy fatigue and huge question marks.

Leaving the office of the commander of the group army, returning to his room, and closing the door, the kind smile on Chen Yanlin's face gradually disappeared, and his wrinkled face revealed a trace of coldness.

The "intimacy" created by Xu Renjie during the lunch break did have the expected effect. Especially the guards around Xu Renjie and the officers encountered in the corridor, many people felt that this was normal, and they also eliminated some of their hostility towards Chen Yanlin.

In order to achieve his goal, Chen Yanlin did give up all his dignity and completely put down the shelf. At least, it seems to him so.

However, Chen Yanlin himself knows very well that this method can only create an image in the eyes of others. For Xu Renjie, that shrewd old ghost has never let his guard down. He has been paying attention to his movements, looking for flaws.

"Flaws? Hey, hey, hey, hey......"

Chen Yanlin had a satisfied and elegant smile on his face, and the wrinkles on both sides of his eyes trembled.

Seriously, even he doesn't know what his flaws are?

The reason why I went to play chess with Xu Renjie at noon every day actually had no practical purpose, just playing chess, nothing more.

Chen Yanlin never thought of stealing the secrets on Xu Renjie's desk, nor did he ever think of conspiring to frame the other party. At most, these ideas are passed in the mind, and there is no chance to actually implement them. After all, the 71st Group Army was built by Xu Renjie as a monolith, and the slightest change would be detected by the other party.

Sun Zhan has been chatting with Chen Yanlin through remote communication recently. The relationship between the two is getting closer and closer, like old friends for many years. Through his authority, Chen Yanlin found out a lot of things that Sun Zhan "inadvertently" mentioned in the Information Department of the Military Department. Including Sun Zhan's application to be the commander of the combat unit, the change of authority of the administrative headquarters, the turbulent personnel situation of the headquarters, and so on......

Sun Zhan did not lie on these issues. He, like himself, is a character who wants to fight for power, but is defeated by his opponent, falls behind in the process of gladiatorial fighting, and then loses and retreats. This made Chen Yanlin feel that they were sympathetic to each other, and their common topics and hobbies were also increasing.

Sun Zhan never asked Chen Yanlin to do anything. During the conversation, he never mentioned helping, nor did he have the will to assist in support or anything like that. This approach quickly gained Chen Yanlin's trust. In this way, the two complained together, sighed, and drank together in private through the screen, and the relationship became closer and closer.

Chen Yanlin has heard of the addition of 10 new divisions in the new Guiyang area.

He vaguely felt that this was his chance, but where was the breakthrough? He couldn't say it himself