Early the next morning, when he returned to the staff headquarters of the Northern Army Corps, Brigadier General Fan Pengju and a group of colleagues were busy.

As the Northern Corps approaches the end of the year, it is about to start the new year's rehabilitation of disabled veterans and veterans who have overserved for the time limit, as well as follow-up treatment, etc., with nearly 300,000 people in the whole corps, of which nearly 100,000 veterans are involved.

The tedious and meticulous work of reviewing the meritorious service awards of these veterans, resuming their whereabouts, and handing over the archives of local governments all belong to the work of the Military Command Department, and they are so busy that they hit the back of the head.

In accordance with the Holy Will of His Majesty the Emperor to stabilize the border defense, the field troops of the whole army, including the Northern Army, and the retired veterans are mainly arranged in two major regions, one south and one north, and the north is naturally the land of the newly conquered states of the Great Plains in the middle of North America, a total of seven provinces.

This excludes Indiana and Kentucky, one of the two states mentioned above, which have been confirmed to be exchanged to the Confederate States of America in exchange for Monterey, south of Texas.

At present, the Confederate States of America (South) tend to claim Kentucky, which is the granary of the central grain, and the natural resources and geographical conditions are much stronger than Indiana.

The Tang Empire is considering not officially agreeing, and it should be inclined to agree, so Indiana will be its own.

Although the state is geographically rather barren, it should not be bad to provide a buffer as a border state.

To the south are the provinces of Monterrey, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, Mexico, and Zhennan, a total of eight provinces.

Brigadier General Fan Pengju's Military Command Department is responsible for arranging the whereabouts of these retired officers and men, so the power in his hands is not small, and from time to time, the commanders of field divisions and regiments ask for the same demands.

Naturally, the retired officers and men of the Northern Army were full of affection for the places they had fought and were reluctant to go to the unfamiliar south.

Veterans who served in the Southern Corps, on the other hand, preferred to stay in the southern provinces of long-term warfare, where they were more familiar and affectionate, than to go to the unfamiliar north.

Beginning in November, the more than 100,000 mainland recruits concentrated at the training base in Salt Lake City have been successively transferred to various field units to replenish their troops, and after a period of adaptation, the process of veterans being discharged from the army will begin.

The Mobilization Department under the General Staff of the Corps is only responsible for recruitment, training, and transoceanic transportation of mainland recruits, and its responsibilities end at the Salt Lake City training base.

For example, whenever the entire regiment of mainland recruits receives an order to be assigned to various field divisions under the Northern Corps, the Military Command Department will take over the relevant matters, which is beyond the scope of responsibility of the Mobilization Department.

The purpose of such a strict and clear definition of authority is to put an end to the shirking of responsibilities within the military system and to clarify the division of labor among each other, so that there will be no confusion.

"Hey, Brother Pengju, I'm bothering me when I'm coming over."

Between words

Major General Guo Xiang, the Minister of Logistics, walked in with a smile, and the busy officers in the office immediately stood up and saluted, saying; "Hello sir."

"Good work." Major General Guo Xiang raised his hand to return the salute.

Brigadier General Fan Pengjun also put down the file in his hand and stood up, raising his hand in salute while commanding; "You guys go out first, make a pot of good tea and come in, Your Excellency the General is a rare guest, adults who can't usually be invited, my small place is full of flowers!"

"Brother Pengju is polite, I really have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, don't I ask you for help?"

"General Guo is polite, please sit down and watch the tea."

The officer in the office served the tea, and then left very well-mannered, closing the door with his hand, leaving the chief to talk in secret.

Major General Guo Xiang's logistics department belongs to the general logistics department of the Corps, and the logistics department is responsible for the clothing, food, housing, transportation, weapons and equipment of nearly 300,000 troops, and its responsibilities are parallel to the headquarters and the general staff.

However, he was not the immediate boss of Brigadier General Fan Pengju, and his hand could not reach out to the General Staff, and he belonged to two parallel departments of the Corps Headquarters, which were not subordinate to each other.

Major General Guo Xiang took a sip of the teacup, and suddenly said with a wry smile; "Brother Pengju, I have a big problem now, and I can't sleep at night, and then I got the guidance of the commander of the Corps, so I thought of you......"

What he said Fan Pengju "chuckled" in his heart, and he had already guessed under the turn of his mind, and the smile on his face was a little light, so he responded without being salty;

"Your Excellency General's words made Fan Moucheng frightened, and I will do my best to ensure that His Excellency the General is satisfied. If it exceeds this range, please don't embarrass General Guo. ”

When he said this, the meaning of rejection was very obvious.

Are you kidding?

The corps commanders are all feeling a big dilemma, didn't you come to me just because my cousin is the deputy commander of the Colorado Corps?

The problem is that I can't be my cousin's master!

Even if the cousin is in the high position of the deputy commander of the Colorado Corps, then the core interests under consideration must be the Corps, not the Northern Corps.

Major General Guo Xiang could of course hear the refusal, but he still smacked his mouth like a toothache, and said after laughing dryly; "Brother Pengju refused, General Chen Chuan, the commander of the Corps, also knew about this matter, and was deeply concerned, please listen to me one by one.

as everyone knows

Before the official opening of the Northern Railway this year, the supply of materials and personnel of China's Northern Corps and the Colorado Corps mainly relied on the Nevada Railway to transport them forward.

After the official opening of the Northern Railway, in order to clarify the dispute, the Army General Staff Headquarters specially assigned more than 60 percent of the transportation capacity of the Northern Railway to the use of China's Northern Corps, while most of the transportation capacity of the Nevada Railway was assigned to the Colorado Corps.

The crux of the matter is;

The 80,000 mainland recruits who will be in place at the end of this year and early next year are now all being trained at the Salt Lake City military base, and they will soon be sent to the front line with a supplementary regimental system, but our regiment is facing an embarrassing problem.

That is, there is not enough special train wagon for Nevada Railroad.

Everyone knows that the Salt Lake City military training base is located along the Nevada Railroad, and from here to the Colorado Plateau to the Colorado Plateau without hindrance, you can reach the headquarters of our Corps, which is the most convenient railway passage.

And to take the Northern Railway would be a lot of work.

Recruits had to be transported west to the Coastal Railroad, then hundreds of kilometers north to Seattle, from Seattle to the Northern Railroad all the way east, then to Milwaukee and then south to Chicago, and then east to the Northern Corps headquarters.

This large circle will take more than 2,700 kilometers of railway trunk lines, which will greatly affect the operation plan of the entire northern railway network, and it will be time-consuming, laborious and thankless, and it will be twice the result with half the effort.

If the northern railway network is inserted halfway, then the entire northern railway network will have hundreds of train plans to be adjusted, resulting in a great waste of capacity! ”

Speaking of which

Major General Guo Xiang had a look of concern for the country and the people on his face, and his eyes were sincerely staring at Brigadier General Fan Pengju......

At this time, Brigadier General Fan Pengju could not show his true disgust, after all, this was a major matter related to tens of thousands of recruits in the Corps. Instead, he frowned and thought about it seriously, shook his head in deep embarrassment and said;

"Your Excellency General, this should be a major matter reported to the Army General Staff Headquarters, and it is reasonable that the upper peak should come forward to make adjustments, rather than privately accepting them, which is very inappropriate.

Moreover, this is the official business of the logistics department, which is beyond the scope of the authority that our military command department can coordinate, and Fan will never dare to make a move to transgress.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, how can Fan be virtuous, and how much face can he have?

It is unbelievable to be able to ask the Colorado Corps to give a transportation plan for hundreds of special trains! ”

"This is not for you to solve, the Corps hopes to contact the Colorado Corps Commander through your private channels, whether it succeeds or not, naturally the Commander will bother to coordinate and become closer!" Major General Guo Xiang persuaded.

His words were pressed down with the intention of the commander of the peak, as long as Fan Pengju would continue to serve in the Northern Corps, then he had to take into account the face of the commander, otherwise he would inevitably have to eat melons.

The army is also a society, and it is impossible to live in a vacuum.

The corps commander also means to solve it at the corps level, instead of submitting it to the Shangfeng General Staff Headquarters if there is a problem, so what do the old commanders of the General Staff Headquarters think of the Northern Corps?

It is reported that the commander of the Colorado Corps, Admiral Harry Freitch, has news that he will step down as corps commander in the near future and return to the Army General Staff Headquarters as a full-time deputy chief of staff.

Because the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff, Admiral Kahn, had been bedridden for a long time (he was injured by a brown bear after being drunk), and his time was short, and all the children of the Kahn family had returned to Chang'an to see each other for the last time, ready to take care of the aftermath.

Today, Lieutenant General Fan Pengfei, deputy commander of the Corps, has outstanding ability and outstanding meritorious service, and the call for succession as commander of the Colorado Corps is very high.

In this way, this channel of Brigadier General Fan Pengju is very valuable.

"In view of the importance of the matter, it has far exceeded the responsibility, please forgive Fan for not daring to overstep." After careful consideration, Brigadier General Fan Pengju still refused, but he did not put the words to death, but continued with leeway; "I can call in my private name to slow the transfer, as for the response of the Colorado Corps, please forgive Fan for not being able to do anything."

"It's so good, then there's Lao Pengju's brother."

Speaking of which

Major General Guo Xiang stood up and was about to say goodbye, but suddenly stopped, looked at Brigadier General Fan Pengju with a smile on his face, and said meaningfully; "Presumably, Brother Pengju also knows that the six dukes of the royal family went to the army for training, and the three princes all chose to go to the Chang'an Corps.

My Northern Corps is fortunate to be selected by His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, Tang Li Kun, and will come to the Corps Headquarters for training in the next few days, and it is also possible to go down to the field troops after familiarizing himself with the situation, depending on His Highness's intentions.

It's a great opportunity to get close to royalty, you say? ”

After saying that, he left with a smile on his face.

Major General Guo Xiang's words caused an uproar in Brigadier General Fan Pengju's heart, and he stood in place for a moment, and then sighed; "Alas, Quan Te is a human spirit!"

This is a naked lure of interests, if you want to progress, you have to swallow it, without paying the price, how can this bait of interests be so easy to swallow?

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