Chapter 1685 Brother Ge, you have to practice this hand
This journey started from the mainland. Although they rested and resupplied at many ports along the way, the docking time was very short. It could only be half a day or three to five days, and they had to be busy during the docking period.
Supplies, there is no time to relax.
This will naturally be different after arriving in Permu. If nothing else happens, his Colombo will be anchored here for a long time to support the army.
At most, he would participate in artillery support operations when the Army was conducting operations in coastal areas. Otherwise, he would have basically nothing else to do.
The subsequent supply transport ship escort mission will naturally be carried out by a large number of old frigates in the Fourth Fleet, and there is no need to use new warships such as the Colombo cruiser.
The cruiser Colombo will stay here for a long time, and supporting the local people of the Tang Dynasty will be its main follow-up work.
After the battleship docked, Colonel Ge Chengbin was naturally busy attending a welcome banquet hosted by local military and political dignitaries and gentry in Bomu Prefecture with several other senior naval officials, especially Rear Admiral Lu Yuze, commander of the 43rd Fleet.
As for the ordinary officers and sailors, except for the officers who stayed on duty, the others naturally got off the ship immediately and went straight to the restaurants of various colors in the city.
According to the usual practice, don't expect them to return to the battleship tonight. They will not return one after another until noon tomorrow at the earliest. Then tomorrow afternoon, if they stay for a day, the officers on duty who are already eager to see what they have to say will repeat this routine.
In the next few days, it would be impossible for the more than two hundred crew members on the cruiser Colombo to remain full. A large number of people would come ashore every day to have fun.
Not to mention these sailors, in fact, Ge Chengbin, the middle and senior officers in the 43rd Fleet, were also very busy. On the first day, they participated in a large-scale reception banquet attended by military, political, land and sea gentry, and then there was a reception banquet within the navy.
, and there are many other things to do here.
Even though they came to fight this time, when the army and navy came together to discuss how to fight, it was already five days later.
Colonel Ge Chengbin, who had been drinking and eating for several days, was still a little dizzy when he went to attend the joint land and sea operations meeting. He drank too much last night.
This time the joint operations meeting was chaired by Army General Nie Kebao, because he is the highest military affairs official in India, and because he is the minister of military affairs who was appointed to supervise India and Myanmar.
Theoretically, all military affairs in India are under his control, whether it is the army or the navy.
However, this is only in theory. In fact, this kind of supervision of military affairs in a place seems to be a feudal official with real power. However, everyone knows that there are still many Hantong eagles and dogs around these generals.
Every move he makes will be reported to the Holy Emperor in detail.
At the same time, his authority is limited to military affairs, and he still does not interfere in any local government affairs. At the same time, he also has no authority to interfere with the Joint Operations Command.
As we all know, all supply tasks in Datang, regardless of whether it is the army or the navy, are handled by the Transportation Department under the Joint Operations Command.
Moreover, the Navy and Army have never been cold to each other. Although Admiral Nie Kebao is the Superintendent of Military Affairs in India, the Navy will not tolerate him even if he is not tolerated.
So on the surface, this is a meeting chaired by an army general, but in fact it is a joint meeting of the army and navy. Discussions are the main thing, and neither party can make decisions without authorization.
If the Army wants to forcefully decide something regardless of the Navy's feelings, the Navy will say: You can fight it yourself!
The same is true for the Navy.
This kind of meeting on joint military and naval operations has always been spent in wrangling. It would be impossible for both sides to reach a satisfactory combat plan without arguing for several days.
This was the first time for Colonel Ge Chenbin to participate in a high-level joint operations meeting. The atmosphere in the entire conference room made him amazed and even dumbfounded.
On the first day of the meeting, the Army proposed five combat plans, and the Navy also proposed three different combat plans.
Then, a total of eight combat plans were rejected, and what's more interesting is that the total time spent by both sides to reject these combat plans did not exceed ten minutes.
When the other party just started to introduce the battle plan, the people on the other side interrupted directly: Needless to say, our army and navy cannot agree.
For a long time, everyone just argued with each other. After noon, Major General Gu Zhen of the Army slammed the table first, pointed at Navy Major General Lu Yuze and said, you have to agree if you agree, and you have to agree if you disagree.
Lu Yuze directly mocked: "Even if Hao Bainian is here, I dare to say no, you are nothing!"
Okay, this is already starting to get scolded!
Finally, when it was time for lunch, the two parties broke up unhappy and went to eat separately.
While eating, Ge Chengbin asked his immediate superior, Major General Gu Zhen: "Sir, what are those people in the army thinking? How could they make such a ridiculous proposal to let our cruisers and frigates go deep into the inland river to provide them with artillery support? This is not a joke.
Well!"
"Who knows what they think, those Army bumpkins have always been like this!"
Of course, they will not say that the combat plan proposed by their navy is not very kind. They just want the army to fight hard on its own, and their marine regiment will take the credit from behind.
Both sides are bent on self-interest, so the proposed battle plan is naturally unreliable.
This situation, for General Nie Kebao, the Indian Military Superintendent, had long been expected. In fact, he only attended the meeting at the beginning and left half an hour later.
This is mainly to avoid suspicion.
It is true that he is an Army General, and he wants to safeguard the interests of the Army, but he is also the Inspector General of Military Affairs in India. He needs to consider not only the interests of the Army, but also the interests of the Empire in India.
It is often difficult to be the military affairs supervisor in a place. It is actually very difficult to be caught in the middle. A person with an army background cannot command the navy, and a person with a navy background cannot command the army.
For example, for the Inspector General of Military Affairs in Africa, the recent posts have been made by naval generals. However, the army units in Africa often go their own way and do not pay attention to the Inspector General of Military Affairs in Africa.
The Indian Military Affairs Supervisory Office has always been controlled by the Army. Similarly, the Navy does not have much control over the Indian Military Affairs Supervision Office.
The only one who does not have this situation is probably the Military Affairs Supervisor of Central Asia. The troops fighting there are all army troops, and the Military Affairs Supervisor is an army general who also serves as the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army.
But he, the Indian Military Affairs Supervisor, cannot do that.
He simply didn't bother to get involved. There was always going to be a fight anyway, so let the generals below fight for it, and in the end they would always come up with a compromise plan.
What to do if they don't compromise? It's simple, just force them to compromise.
As the military affairs supervisor, he still has this power.
It's just that he wouldn't do it unless he had to.
If he does this, it will easily cause the troops below to be dissatisfied with him as the military affairs supervisor.
Even a general would not be able to withstand the conflict between the military services.
Admiral Nie Kebao chose to let his subordinates quarrel among themselves, and the senior generals of the army and navy were naturally not polite. The army's core was Major General Gu Zhen, because his 18th Division was the main combat force.
The Navy is represented by Major General Lu Yuze, because his Fleet 43 is the main fleet dispatched by the Navy.
As for other troops participating in the war, there were also some, but they had little impact.
The two people argued at the meeting for several days, spitting and slapping the table, which were all basic actions.
After the two sides argued the next day, there was still no result. After the meeting, Ge Chengbin looked at Lu Yuze's red palms and asked, "Sir, is this okay?"
Lu Yuze raised his red hand and said: "It's okay, I only lined up the table a dozen times today. In the early years, when I ransacked the house with those army thugs, I could pat the table dozens of times a day, even if it was red and swollen.
If I didn’t frown, those Army bumpkins would have been afraid of me when they saw me!"
Then he turned to look at Ge Chengbin, looked specifically at Ge Chengbin's hands, and then said: "Brother Ge, you still need to practice these hands. When you take charge of a side, scenes like today will be inevitable.
, if the momentum fails to build up by then, those Army bumpkins won’t be polite to you!”
Ge Chengbin looked down at his palms, a little speechless!
Although he is also a strong man, and his palms are also strong, if he wants to slam the table dozens of times like Lu Yuze, he is still not strong enough!
This time I really need to practice. I have been a senior colonel for many years, and I have always been fighting on the front line. According to the usual practice, if there is a suitable opportunity in a year or two, I have a high probability of becoming a commodore.
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If it were not for the purpose of training him, the navy's top brass would not have allowed him to serve as the captain of a front-line battleship for several years in a row.
After becoming a commodore, according to the promotion rules of the Navy, he may serve as the chief of staff of the squadron, or he may serve as the commander of some auxiliary, offshore, inland river and other secondary squadrons.
At that time, there is a high probability that we will need to quarrel with the Army, and it will be the main force.
In situations like today, the general would not care.
Even the lieutenant general usually sits on the defensive, but will not take action easily. If the opponent cannot be defeated by this action, it will be embarrassing, and it will easily lead to a situation that cannot be dealt with.
For example, if the new commander of the Indian First Army and the commander of the Fourth Fleet are at odds with each other, then this war will not be fought.
So they all sit back and watch the whole process, but they won't say anything easily.
Therefore, the main force in the quarrel is often the major generals and brigadier generals under his command, that is, people like Gu Zhen and Lu Yuze.
If Ge Chenbin can go one step further and become a commodore in the future, he will have to go into battle to fight for the interests of the navy in similar situations in the future.
I heard that there are some iron sand palms among the people in China, why don't you go back and find someone to learn how to do it!