The meeting began as usual.

Unlike the usual meetings, no one spoke, and the atmosphere at the venue fell silent from the beginning. People smoked cigarettes and drank tea, and their eyes occasionally passed by the copied report in front of them, constantly revealing complex elements such as sarcasm, indifference, greed, and resentment.

Everyone knows it is an excellent opportunity to increase your strength and get more benefits.

An army under the command of ten combat divisions is an extremely plump pie. Although everyone wants to eat the pie into their mouths, under actual restrictions, even topics such as making pie should be considered at the meeting. Now, since Yuan Zhicheng is the first to come forward, he will definitely not let it go and must get the biggest part from it.

"Why must this army be set up in the new Guiyang area? The combat level there is not fierce, and the eastern front line is currently in need of reinforcements. The coastal areas are originally densely populated and urban areas. Even if combat troops are to be added, they should be given priority."

"The part of our border with India has been in chaos. Since last year, a large number of refugees have been continuously crossing the border. Our defense power in that area is seriously insufficient. Although our enemies are mutated creatures, from a broad sense of concept, all human beings are allies. But the national boundaries still exist after all... I propose that the Northwest Second Military Region should be set up in the Wei-Tibet area, and a solid line of defense should be established based on this new army."

"What are you kidding about the Second Northwest Military Region? Where do we have so many supplies? Not to mention anything else, the logistics problem alone cannot be solved. The Wei-Tang area has a harsh climate, a complex terrain, and does not have enough transportation networks. According to the plan formulated before the war, a new base city will be set up in that area next year. Sending troops now can only cause trouble."

With the first person to speak, there were different opinions on his remarks. The atmosphere in the conference room quickly became warm, and almost everyone denied others' words. At this time, there was no neutral faction. Humility and giving up would only make one lose more. Although he was ugly, he could get it and put it in his pocket. Of course, it was impossible to win all ten divisions, but even if it was just one, it meant that the actual control power would go to the next level.

Zhao Zhikai did not participate in the chaotic quarrel, and kept sitting upright and watching coldly.

He didn't understand why Yuan Zhicheng had made such a proposal with his cleverness? Moreover, the actual station of the army was still in Guiyang, and the commander of the group army even marked the word "Su Hao"... What does the Yuan family have to do?

Could it be that Yuan Zhicheng and Wang Qinian secretly reached some kind of agreement?

Or, Su Hao has already invested in the Yuan family in full?

Furthermore, behind this proposal, is there any other ulterior motive?

These thoughts were very confusing, but there was no information that could be used as evidence. Zhao Zhikai glanced at Yuan Zhicheng expressionlessly and found that the old man, whose cunning degree was completely symmetrical to his age, was closing his eyes to rest, obviously not caring about the chaos and quarrel around him.

Those who can become members of the Standing Committee of the Military Department all have a sensitive sense of political smell.

Sun Zhan is no exception. Like Zhao Zhikai, he also felt that things were a bit strange and doubted Yuan Zhicheng's proposal. However, the problem was here. No matter how suspicious the doubt was, there was no evidence that this matter would endanger his past. No matter from any perspective, it meant that he could get involved. So Sun Zhan quickly dispelled other thoughts in his mind and joined the fight for ten combat divisions with unextinguishable doubts.

Yes, this is indeed a scramble. The targets people snatch are first of all high positions such as division commanders, deputy division commanders, and chiefs of staff. Then, there are specific lists of up to hundreds of regiment commanders and regiment-level chiefs of staff. They continue in turn, including a series of important positions such as brigade commanders, logistics commanders, and administrative commanders.

Swallow splashed out from one mouth after another, and the whole room was covered with smoke. People kept slapping the table hard. The sound of tea cups being smashed from a high place in their ears, violent and dirty greetings to someone's parents and relatives, and nakedly shaking their arms out to pose for the death to fight...

The degree of chaos is no different from the vegetable market. The generals fought no less than the most fierce shrew. It was surprising that in the process of fighting each other, there were scenes such as shaking hands with each other in a friendly manner. Two enemies who were originally glaring at each other suddenly became allies and attacked someone together. Soon, more people joined in, and the situation evolved into two huge groups of struggles, and then quickly collapsed, and decomposed into individuals of a single-person scale.

Whether it's ugly or hoarse, in short, fighting for chaos is the only way to solve the problem. A few hours later, when the conference room calmed down again, there was basically an answer to the arrangements of the main personnel of the 505th Army.

The Standing Committee members unanimously agreed to set up ten combat divisions as the main divisions. Personnel and equipment and logistics supplies are given according to the front-line troops. Officers selected from each unit and organization will arrive in New Guiyang in batches within two weeks and organize troops on the spot. The chief officers of each division shall be appointed as brigade general, combat brigade, and first-level officers of the regiments shall be submitted to the military headquarters for approval. Within one month at the latest, each division must establish a complete command mechanism to undertake the basic defense work for the southwest region.

There is no doubt that this is a delicious meal. Although it is not enough to fill every member participating in the meeting, it is more or less affordable.

Zhao Zhikai was not involved. As the number one figure in the military, his power was not weaker than Yuan Zhicheng. Although the ten new editors were powerful forces, they could not be compared with the huge army controlled by Zhao Zhikai. He just didn't understand what purpose was Yuan Zhicheng's proposal to establish a new army? Is it really just to throw out a dish at the Standing Committee meeting and let other people compete like dogs?

Yuan Zhicheng did not ask for any officer quota, nor did he assign anyone to serve as division commander. He turned a blind eye to the guys in front of him who were even more crazy than the prairie hyena, and his smiling expression seemed to be enjoying a wonderful drama.

Until a greedy guy claimed that the commander of the 505th Army, that is, the newly established Army, should be responsible by a more capable person rather than being infamous, and was still out of control of the military headquarters, Yuan Zhicheng smacked his thick lips and spoke with a smile in a majestic tone.

"If you want to send someone else as the commander of the group army, of course there is no problem. However, the two division commanders, six regiment commanders, and chiefs of staff who were appointed by you just now have to be given up. Haha, it is indeed very good to use a bunch of school officials and eight brigade generals to exchange the position of a major general."

The venue suddenly fell silent, and no one wanted to express their opinions on this issue anymore.

A trace of anger flashed across the face of the refuted person, and he opened his mouth, but said nothing, just sat on a chair, smoking hard in a cowardly manner.

The commander of the group army is just a false title. Now, the main departments and positions of the ten combat divisions have been divided up, and the actual control of the 505th Army has been controlled by the members present. This is the result of the struggle for interests and balance. If the people below do not obey the order, the commander of the group army is equivalent to being false. Everyone knows the comparison relationship between them, and only fools are willing to give up the benefits they have already obtained.

Zhao Zhikai was also surprised by Yuan Zhicheng's words. He turned around, stared at Yuan Zhicheng in a complicated manner, and frowned and asked, "What, are you planning to transfer Su Hao back from the new Guiyang?"

Losing the actual control of the troops, Su Hao can't make any waves no matter how strong his personal ability is. Once he accepts the identity of the commander of the army, he has no other choice except to obey the military headquarters. After all, no one among the ten new divisions will obey his orders. The 11th Independent Force will be disbanded and organized into various combat divisions. At that time, Su Hao will only become a lonely person.

In the past, the means of dealing with Kong Xiao and the administrative officers' regiment would never work again - assassination could only be targeted at a few people, and methods such as hostage and imprisonment could only be implemented on dozens or hundreds of people. The 11th Independent Force is undoubtedly Su Hao's direct line, with a number of tens of thousands, but the ten new divisions and officials are an extremely large group. No matter how strong Su Hao is, he cannot be a rival to these people. Apart from helpless acceptance of being divided, swallowed up, and decomposed, he cannot have any way to deal with it.

In Zhao Zhikai's view, Su Hao's final outcome can only be to apply for transfer back to the military headquarters and wait silently for old age and death in an unimportant position.

"Shouldn't he be transferred back?"

Yuan Zhicheng took a sip of tea, savored the taste of the tea, and showed a happy and satisfied smile on his face: "He has caused too much trouble. The problems facing the new Guiyang cannot be solved by his own efforts. If he continues to stay there, there is only a dead end. I will never kill all young people, especially a little guy like him. The Military Warehouse Management Office can free up many spaces. If he is assigned one, we will be considered as the most righteous."

The wrinkles on Zhao Zhikai's face looked deeper.

He knew very well that this was definitely not the true thought in Yuan Zhicheng's heart. The truth of the matter was far less simple than it seemed. Zhao Zhikai believed that other military commissioners present should have the same view as him. However, they could not guess others' hearts, nor could they see through Yuan Zhicheng's real purpose.

New Guiyang base, north.

The weather was quite cold in early winter, and the climate in the mountains was obviously much lower than that in the plains. Just this morning, there was a light snowfall. The ground was covered with thin layers of snowflakes, and abrupt rocks were everywhere. Several old trees swayed their branches in the cold wind, like hideous and terrifying gray skeletons.

Su Hao stood on the cliff, holding a tactical telescope, and silently staring at the distance to the north.

On the horizon, there was a crowded team. They surrounded many heavy machinery and slowly moved closer from the distant end of their sight. These people moved slowly and could not see their faces clearly. They could only barely tell what they were busy with from their clothes and movements.

It was an engineering force from Jishou and Tongren area. According to the latest order issued by the military headquarters, they will transform them on the basis of the old railways, connect two new rails from Xi'an and Xiangyang respectively, bypass the abandoned cities with densely populated along the way, and connect them with the new Guiyang base city under construction.

Huang He narrowed his eyes and stared at the direction of the engineering troops for a long time. He used his fingers to pick up cigarette butts from his lips, and spit out a long mouthful of thick smoke wrapped in a puffy air, saying in a muffled voice: "These guys are so fucking fast. At this speed, the railway subgrade will be paved to the designated location by the next week at the latest. We have to prepare early, otherwise it will be too passive."

Su Hao ignored this and still looked at the distance with a calm expression.

Even he didn't expect that Yuan Zhicheng would have agreed to all his requests at that time.

Su Hao's original purpose was just food. In order to maintain the construction of the new Guiyang base, not to mention the energy potion formula, or even some other hidden technologies from the future world, can be used as exchange.

As for the ranks of commander of the army and major general, Su Hao just mentioned it casually, but he didn't expect that Yuan Zhicheng would agree all of them.

Now that I think about it, I am weaving a trap, why is the other party setting a conspiracy against me?

Since the construction of the new Guiyang base began, many people have set their sights on this piece of fat meat. Yuan Zhicheng should be one of the many "foxes". He needs his "crow" to speak before he has the chance to pick up the fallen piece of meat.

Yuan Zhicheng did not break his promise: the organization order of the 505th Group Army has been issued, and Su Hao's major general promotion order will be issued soon. The numbers of the ten main divisions have been announced. The railways connected from Xi'an and Xiangyang are set up for the supply and transportation of the newly formed troops. At the latest next month, the two railways will be fully operational. Weapons, equipment, food, medicine, and patronage... New Guiyang will soon become a strategic point no less than New Chengdu. Based on this, the attack on the surrounding abandoned cities will also be launched.

Things are obviously out of control.

According to Su Hao's original idea, Yuan Zhicheng could not fully accept the conditions he had issued. He would cut at least two-thirds of the various requirements, or even more. Not to mention ten combat divisions, Su Hao was satisfied even if he could agree to one. After all, the purpose of this exchange based on energy potions is to food, not to add new troops.

During this period, thousands of officers have arrived at the new Guiyang base city one after another. According to the orders of the military headquarters, they established division stations around the base city, built barracks and warehouses, and selected recruits from civilians. Hundreds of heavy aircraft landed every day and transported batches of materials and equipment. Due to frequent take-off and landing of the aircraft, the original temporary airport could not meet the load at all. As a last resort, Su Hao had to expand the airport and urgently repaired two new runways, which barely maintained operation.

These new guys were very wide. They brought a large number of machinery and equipment, and quickly built warning towers and fortifications in their respective garrison areas. The road leading to Xi'an and Jishou was completely widened, and the huge "Yun30" formation brought food, medicine, weapons and various necessary objects from the air. Under the orders of those big figures in the military headquarters, many civil consortiums also participated in the construction of military camps belonging to different forces. Among them, Su Hao was very familiar with the "Red Smoke" group that had dealt with.

Judging from the overall trend, the shackles around New Guiyang have been fully released. There are no restrictions on input from the adjacent troops, and the roads are unobstructed. Of course, Su Hao is very clear that this change is not caused by himself or the formula of energy potion. It is the result of the big man who originally wanted to solve himself, trap himself to death and starve him to death, and to get more benefits and rights.

Just last week, an order was issued to completely separate the 11th Independent Force. The entire force was divided into more than 30 battalions and units of the regiment size. From soldiers to officers, they were all dispersed and organized into different combat divisions. Taking 70 Pei as an example, a total of more than 4,000 officers and soldiers of the 11th Independent Force were accepted. Hundreds of new officers served as commanders of different levels of regiments, brigades, squadrons, etc., and established a complete set of detailed and rigorous systems. In addition to the lieutenant officers, all majors (including majors) and above in the 11th Independent Force were returned to the Army Command. These people were about 300. In the eyes of the new division commanders and military leaders of each division, they were all marked by Su Hao and belonged to a group that was difficult to win over. They were either sent to the eastern front line or held irrelevant positions.

Even the soldiers who had been incorporated into the army were also very vigilant. They recruited a large number of new recruits from the civilians outside the city, selected squad leaders from these people, and monitored the original soldiers. Of course, there were also a series of differentiation methods that were implemented along with it. It was nothing more than questioning Su Hao from various angles and spreading topics such as Su Hao's resistance to orders among the soldiers, which made the subordinate officers and soldiers doubt Su Hao and thus stood on the opposite side.

These methods are very effective. As many as thousands of former 11th Independent Force officers and soldiers questioned Su Hao. They believed that they were deceived in the Hefei battle and retreating from Xinnanyang was not a personal wish, but forced to do it. In this case, many school-level officers listed as "objects to be investigated" took the initiative to find the judges of the new unit army, claiming to be willing to cooperate with the actions of the military headquarters. They wrote a guarantee letter and actively exposed Su Hao's problems in various ways. Taking the Deputy Director of the Logistics of the Eleventh Independent Force as an example, they explained that when they left the Xinnanyang base, Su Hao had brought many luxury goods for personal enjoyment. With his help, the military and legal department quickly found two trucks of high-end liquor, as well as a large number of cigarettes, candy, etc. These things were firmly taken care of by Su Hao's private guard, but as evidence, it was enough
Chapter completed!