"General Gao, please allow me to express my most sincere apology to you again. At the same time, please believe that none of this was our intention. Regarding the unfair treatment you and your team have suffered, I have asked Washington for instructions.
I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer in the end.”
Looking at Spruance's sincere expression, Gao Hongming knew that this was the greatest sincerity the other party could achieve.
He nodded: "General Spruance, I have seen your sincerity from your actions just now.
I have always firmly believed that the friendship between your two countries is indestructible and will not be affected by what happened just now, and we will eventually fight side by side to fight Japanese fascism until the Japanese announce their unconditional surrender!"
Spruance held Gao Hongming's hand tightly and said movedly: "Okay... okay, with your words, I have more confidence in our great cause. Now please go back and rest first, as for the attack
The plans for Turululu Mountain are suspended for now.”
"clear!"
Gao Hongming stood at attention, his heels collided with each other, and he saluted Spruance before he and Chi Yaohui walked out of the headquarters.
After Gao Hongming and the others went out, a colonel who came with Spruance came up behind him and frowned: "Sir, do we really want to deal with Major General John?"
Spruance frowned: "What... do you want me to break my promise in front of my allies?"
"Of course not." The colonel was startled and said quickly: "I just think it's not worth it to remove a division commander for a Chinese. I'm worried about the generals who will be contacted by the chief of staff at the meeting.
There will be opinions.”
"what do you know?"
Spruance shook his head helplessly, and cursed with a look of hatred: "John, this idiot, ruined a good deck of cards by himself, who can blame him?
Do you remember the telegram I sent him three days ago to send a force to launch a tentative attack on Turululu Mountain?"
The colonel nodded. He drafted this telegram himself, so he naturally remembered it.
"This is our home field, and we have the initiative. As long as John has some brains and gives orders to the Chinese dispatch team according to normal procedures, replenishes them with ammunition supplies, and provides them with naval guns and air support, we can let those Chinese
People went into battle on our behalf.
But look what that idiot did?"
When he said this, Spruance's face turned red with anger again, "This idiot not only refused to provide any support, he was not even willing to give any supplies to others. If you were one of those Chinese people, would you not
Will there be a fuss?"
The colonel could only show a helpless smile. Not only was he making trouble, he might have even wanted to kill someone.
"So in order to silence those Chinese people, I had to deal with John, do you understand?"
"General, I understand what you mean." The colonel nodded, "The most important thing now is to let those Chinese people see our sincerity. As for General John, we can only tolerate him for a while.
After this storm passes, it won't be too late for us to revive him."
Spruance gave him an appreciative look. His adjutant was indeed his assistant who had been with him for many years. He quickly understood the meaning of his actions.
Reporting to Washington, dismissing John from his post, and even apologizing to Gao Hongming were all just a means, and their purpose was to stabilize the hearts of the Chinese dispatch corps so that they could work for him.
As for John, is it a problem for them?
If you can remove him from his post, you can re-employ him, and the cost is just words.
However, Spruance hesitated a little when he thought of Gao Hongming's fluent diplomatic words just now. This Gao Hongming seemed to be difficult to get along with. Could he really hide his performance from him?
After Gao Hongming and Chi Yaohui returned to the headquarters of the dispatch corps, Chi Yaohui praised: "Sir, I didn't expect that General Spruance was so approachable that he actually captured John on the spot.
It seems that there are still sensible people in the United States.”
Gao Hongming turned his head and looked at Chi Yaohui, who kept looking at him until his scalp was numb and he stammered.
"Sir... you... why are you looking at me like that? Am I wrong?"
"You."
Gao Hongming glared at him fiercely, and finally sighed helplessly: "Old Chi, you are good at everything, but you trust people too easily.
You don’t even think about it, who is Spruance and who is John Marston?
One of them is the Vice Admiral Commander of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, and the other is the Major General Division Commander of the U.S. Marine Corps.
As for us, we are at best the leaders of a local armed force. Even I, a major general, proclaimed myself before leaving. Will they deal with the commander of a division just for us little people?
All of this is just a show, the purpose is to impress fools like you so that you can better serve them."
"What?"
Chi Yaohui was taken aback and said hesitantly: "No, I think Major General Spruance's attitude is quite sincere."
"Sincerely, your sister."
Gao Hongming was so angry that he stabbed his forehead several times with his hand, "Who are you, Chi Yaohui? Who am I, Gao Hongming?"
If we didn't have five or six thousand brothers we brought from China, we wouldn't even have the qualifications to see him. Why should he, a US Navy vice-admiral, give us face? Just because you have such a big face?"
"He and I……"
Chi Yaohui wanted to refute, but didn't know where to start.
Gao Hongming looked at his chief of staff helplessly, and wanted to scold him a few more times, but then he thought about it. Isn't the reason why he trusts him so much because he has excellent professional skills and is an upright person who doesn't play tricks?
If not, how could he, a top student who graduated from the Berlin Military Academy, be squeezed out to the point where he couldn't even afford a meal and had to go to his own small temple to condescend to him? Why did he trust him so much?
Isn't it because he naturally doesn't like to scheming with others?
If he was as versatile as the veterans in other units of the national army, how could he dare to use him with confidence?
He explained patiently: "That Spruance is not a simple person. He can be a fleet commander and command a navy and army of more than 100,000 people. If he doesn't have a little skill, Roosevelt and Nimitz will do it."
How could he hand over such an important fleet to him?
In fact, it is very simple to know what he really thinks. We only need to wait a few more days to see what mission the Americans send us?
I can bet you that in a few days we will receive the mission to attack Turululu Mountain again, do you believe it?"