Facing the angry Gao Hongming, everyone in the tent remained silent.
Regardless of any army, what matters is the superiority and inferiority of superiors and subordinates.
Everyone understood why Gao Hongming was angry. In fact, these days, many of them were really a little confused.
Being far away from the mainland, holding a large number of troops, and Chi Yaohui's prestige in the army was much lower than that of Gao Hongming, which also led to some bad signs.
For example, when everyone has different opinions, many battalion commanders will issue different opinions, resulting in the commander Chi Yaohui's orders not being implemented in a timely and effective manner, etc.
Some people may say, isn't it normal for a group to have different opinions?
Those who say this, please note that this is the army, and different opinions are allowed in the army, but when the commander makes the final decision, as long as the order is not a fundamental mistake, the people below must carry it out unconditionally.
This is a matter of principle.
"You Tianliang!"
"Arrived!" You Tianliang stood up quickly, closed his legs, and put his hands close to the seams of his trousers.
Gao Hongming looked him in the eyes and said loudly: "From now on, your position as commander of the first battalion of the dispatch corps will be revoked and you will be demoted to platoon commander. The position of battalion commander will be temporarily taken over by the deputy battalion commander. Do you accept this order?"
You Tianliang's heart tightened, but he still said loudly without hesitation: "Report to the group, I will resolutely obey the order!"
Gao Hongming looked at him carefully for a while, then waved his hand. You Tianliang saluted him with a military salute, and then strode out of the tent.
Now that he has been demoted to platoon leader, he is no longer qualified to participate in this meeting.
The company and battalion commanders present felt awe-struck when they saw that Gao Hongming had dismissed You Tianliang from his post as soon as he opened his mouth.
Everyone understands that You Tianliang has openly opposed Chi Yaohui several times during this period.
Gao Hongming is killing the chicken to show the monkey. As for who is the monkey and who is the chicken, everyone is as clear as day.
Gao Hongming looked around at everyone with his sharp eyes, "Soldiers have a bounden duty to obey orders. I don't want what happened some time ago to happen again, otherwise don't blame me, Mr. Gao, for not remembering the old relationship.
Do you understand everything?"
"I understand!" Everyone shouted in unison: it is the duty of soldiers to obey orders!"
"Okay, let this matter pass!"
Gao Hongming also understood that although dealing with this kind of matter requires dealing with a few outstanding birds, the matter cannot be magnified. After all, everyone is alone overseas now, and the morale of the troops cannot be compared with that at home. If it makes people panic again, it will have a negative impact on the troops.
Combat effectiveness will have a great impact.
"Chief of Staff Chi!"
"arrive!"
Chi Yaohui, who was sitting nearby, heard Gao Hongming call his name and stood up reflexively.
"sit!"
Gao Hongming waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and then asked: "I heard that the 2nd Marine Division of the United States just sent an order two days ago, asking us to send a regiment to attack Tululu Mountain. Is that true?"
"Yes, regimental commander, this order is sent in the name of Major General John, commander of the 2nd Marine Division." Chi Yaohui replied.
"Since it is an attack, how much artillery support does the US military have? How much air support? Are all the logistics and supplies arranged?"
"No." Chi Yaohui shook his head bitterly: "The Americans' telegram was very sloppy. It just asked us to launch an attack on Turululu Mountain. It didn't mention any support at all."
Although the officers below had already heard the news, when the topic was mentioned again, their faces still showed angry expressions.
"Team seats!"
Wei Qihang, commander of the second battalion, stood up and said angrily: "The Americans are not even willing to do anything to save face. They clearly want us to die."
"Yes, there is no artillery support or air support. What does this mean? Thousands of miles away to kill someone?"
Everyone expressed their strong dissatisfaction with each other.
Faced with the excitement of the crowd, Gao Hongming did not express his opinion immediately. Instead, he turned his head and looked at Chi Yaohui: "Lao Chi, what did you think about it?"
Chi Yaohui said slowly: "Regiment leader, before you come, I plan to send one or two battalions to conduct a tentative attack on Turulu Mountain tomorrow.
Moreover, the skirmisher lines should be dispersed as much as possible to reduce casualties, and at the same time, our two artillery battalions can bombard Turululu Mountain to test the Japanese reaction.
The only thing left to do next is to take advantage of the situation."
"Why don't you offer support to the Americans?"
Chi Yaohui smiled bitterly: "I mentioned it, but Commander John told me that the U.S. military on other fronts is currently tight and cannot provide support to us for the time being. Let us overcome it on our own."
"you!"
Gao Hongming secretly sighed in his heart. This Chi Yaohui was definitely a good person in the staff work, but he was too weak to do it alone.
The reason is very simple. He lacks courage and the courage to die rather than surrender.
He wanted to curse a few words, but when he saw Chi Yaohui's thick dark circles under his eyes and his somewhat haggard face, he swallowed his words back.
He understood Chi Yaohui's mood. He had put the entire dispatch team of five to six thousand people in his hands, which was a heavy burden for him.
Coupled with his lack of courage to stand alone, this also made him uncomfortable when encountering pressure from Americans.
If Li Yunlong had been involved in this kind of thing, he would probably have fallen out with the Americans a long time ago. Whoever wants to do this kind of nonsense will do it. I won't go anyway. What can you do to me?
Gao Hongming shook his head and patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, I can't blame you for this. The pressure from the Americans is not something you can bear.
Okay, now that I'm here, let's go and deal with this matter today. Now that the meeting is over, Lao Chi, you accompany me to meet with that Major General John!"
"clear!"
Chi Yaohui stood at attention, grabbed the hat on the table and followed Gao Hongming striding out of the tent.
Looking at the not-so-tall figure in front of him, for some reason, from this moment on, the haze that had been weighing on his heart these days suddenly disappeared, and his whole person felt relaxed, as if even the most difficult things were
It can be easily solved by Gao Hongming.
"It seems that I am really only suitable to be a staff officer!" Chi Yaohui smiled and shook his head, quickened his pace and followed.
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2nd Marine Division Headquarters, Henderson Field
"Sir, someone from the China Dispatch Corps wants to see you!" A staff officer walked up to the division commander, Major General John Marston, who was drinking coffee and looking at a map and reported.
"Is he the dispatch commander who graduated from the Sergeant Academy in Berlin, Germany?"
John Marston raised his head. The 42-year-old man had thick silver-gray hair and a pair of deep eyes. Coupled with the aquiline nose, the whole person looked very oppressive.