Wild North America 1846

Chapter 368

Early the next morning, when we returned to the General Staff of the Northern Army, Brigadier General Fan Pengju and his colleagues were busy.

As the end of the year draws to a close, the Northern Army Corps is about to start a new year of rehabilitation work for disabled veterans and overserved veterans, as well as follow-up treatment, etc. The entire Corps has nearly 30 people, of which nearly 10 veterans are involved.

The review of these veterans' meritorious service awards, transfer of permanent residence, handover of local government files and other tedious and meticulous tasks are all the duties of the military command department, and they are so busy that they scratch their heads.

In accordance with His Majesty's will to stabilize the frontier defense, the field troops of the entire army, including the Northern Legion, are mainly arranged in two regions, the south and the north. The north is naturally the newly conquered states of the Central North American Plains. Land of seven provinces.

This does not include Indiana and Kentucky, one of the two states mentioned above, which has been determined to be exchanged to the Confederate States of America in exchange for Monterey, which is south of Texas.

At present, the Confederate States of America (South) tend to ask for Kentucky, which is a large central granary rich in grain, with much stronger natural resources and geographical conditions than Indiana.

The Tang Empire is considering that it hasn't officially agreed yet, and what Kanshangfeng means is that it is inclined to agree, and then Indiana will be taken over for itself.

Although the geography of this state is quite barren, it should be good as a border state to provide a buffer.

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

The military headquarters in charge of Brigadier General Fan Pengju is responsible for arranging the whereabouts of these retired officers and soldiers, so the power in their hands is not small. From time to time, the chiefs of the field divisions come to the door, and the demands are roughly the same.

The retired officers and soldiers of the Northern Legion are naturally full of affection for the places where they fought, and they are not willing to go to the unfamiliar south.

Veterans serving in the Southern Corps, on the other hand, prefer to stay in the southern provinces where they have been fighting for a long time, where they are more familiar and emotional, rather than go to the unfamiliar north.

The 10,000+ mainland recruits concentrated in the Salt Lake City training base have been transferred to various field troops to replenish their strength since November. After a period of adaptation, the veterans will start the process of retiring.

And this is also a matter of the military command department. The mobilization department under the staff department of the Corps is only responsible for the recruitment, training and transoceanic transportation of recruits from the mainland, and its responsibilities end at the Salt Lake City training base.

Whenever the entire regiment of new recruits from the mainland receives a transfer order and is assigned to the field divisions under the Northern Corps, the Military Order Department takes over the relevant matters, which is beyond the scope of the Mobilization Department's responsibilities.

Such a strict definition of powers is to put an end to buck-passing within the military system, and to clarify the division of labor, so as not to be unclear.

"Hey, Brother Pengju, am I bothering you by coming here now?"

Talking room

Major General Guo Xiang, the Minister of Logistics, walked in with a smile. The busy officers in the office immediately stood at attention and saluted, saying, "Hi, sir."

"Thank you." Major General Guo Xiang raised his hand in return.

Brigadier General Fan Pengjun also put down the file in his hand and stood up, raised his hands in salute, and ordered, "Go out first, and come in with a pot of good tea. Your Excellency, General, is a rare guest. You can't usually invite an adult, my little one." The place is full of splendor!"

"Brother Pengju, you're being polite. I really don't have to go to the Three Treasures Hall if I have nothing to do. Didn't I ask you for help?"

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

The officer in the office served the tea, then left politely, and closed the door, leaving the officer inside to talk in secret.

Major General Guo Xiang's logistics department belongs to the chief logistics officer of the corps. The logistics department is responsible for the food, clothing, housing, transportation, weapons and equipment of nearly 30 troops. Its responsibilities are parallel to those of the headquarters and the staff department.

But he was not the immediate boss of Brigadier General Fan Pengju, and he couldn't reach out to the staff department. He belonged to two parallel departments of the Corps headquarters, and they were not affiliated with each other.

Major General Guo Xiang took a sip from the teacup, and suddenly said with a wry smile, "Brother Pengju, I have a big problem right now, and I can't sleep at night because of the worry. Later, I got advice from the Chief of the Corps, so I thought of you." ..."

What he said made Brigadier General Fan Pengju feel a "thump" in his heart, he had already made some guesses in his mind, and the smile on his face faded a little, so he responded indifferently;

"Your Excellency General's words made Fan sincerely and frightened. I will do my best within the scope of the military command's responsibilities, and I will teach Your Excellency General to be satisfied. If it exceeds this scope, General Guo, please don't embarrass me. "

What he said was very obvious in his refusal.

Are you kidding me?
Even the commanders of the Corps feel a big embarrassing problem. Isn't it because my cousin is the deputy commander of the Colorado Corps that you came to me?
The problem is that I can't be my cousin's master!

Since my cousin is in the high position of deputy commander-in-chief of the Colorado Corps, the core interests considered must be the Corps, not the Northern Corps. How can Fan Mouhe be able to participate in this matter?
Of course Major General Guo Xiang could hear the refusal, but he still smacked his lips like a toothache, and then said with a dry smile; "Brother Pengju, wait for the refusal. General Chen Chuan, the commander of the corps, is also aware of this matter, and he is deeply concerned. Please also listen to me one by one.

Well known
Before the official opening of the Northern Railway this year, our Northern Corps and the Colorado Corps mainly relied on the Nevada Railway for the supply of materials and personnel allocation. Although the two sides have coordinated, bumps are inevitable.

After the official opening of the Northern Railway, in order to clarify disputes, the Army Staff Headquarters specially assigned more than [-]% of the Northern Railway's transportation capacity to our Northern Corps, while most of the Nevada Railway's transportation capacity was assigned to the Colorado Corps. Do not interfere.

The crux of the matter is;
The 8 new recruits from the mainland who arrived at the end of this year and the beginning of next year are all training intensively at the Salt Lake City military base, and will be sent to the front line with the supplementary regiment system, but our Corps is facing an embarrassing problem;

That is, there are not enough special train skins for the Nevada Railroad.

Everyone knows that the Salt Lake City Military Training Base is located along the Nevada Railway, and from here to the Colorado Plateau, you can reach the base of our Corps unimpeded, which is the most convenient railway passage.

And it would take a lot of trouble to go to the Northern Railway.

The recruits must first be transported westward to the Coastal Railway, and then the Coastal Railway will travel hundreds of kilometers north to Seattle. From Seattle, follow the Northern Railway all the way eastward to make a big circle, and then turn south to Chicago after arriving in Milwaukee, and then continue to East to reach the headquarters of the Northern Corps.

After this big circle, more than 2700 kilometers of main railway lines have to be traveled, which greatly affects the operation plan of the entire northern railway network, and it is time-consuming, laborious and thankless.

Such a large number of troop transport plans involves hundreds of special train dispatch plans. If the northern railway network is inserted halfway, then the entire northern railway network will have to adjust hundreds of train plans, resulting in a huge waste of transport capacity. ! "

Speaking of here
Major General Guo Xiang showed a look of worrying about the country and the people, and stared at Brigadier General Fan Pengju sincerely, he was about to say that he wanted to ask you to help share the worries of the Corps no matter what...

At this time, Brigadier General Fan Pengju couldn't show his real disgust. After all, it was a matter of tens of thousands of recruits from the Corps.Instead, he frowned and thought about it seriously, then shook his head in deep embarrassment and said;
"Your Excellency, General, this should be a major matter reported to the Army Staff Headquarters. Due to circumstances and reasons, Shangfeng should come forward to make adjustments, and it should not be passed on privately. This is very inappropriate.

Moreover, this is the official business of the logistics department, which has exceeded the scope of powers that our military command can coordinate. Fan absolutely dare not go beyond it.

Taking a ten thousand step back, how can Fan Mou have any virtue, and how much face can he have?
It's unbelievable to think about how the Colorado Corps can give a transportation plan for hundreds of trains! "

"It's not for you to solve this problem. The Corps hopes to use your private channels to contact the Colorado Corps chief for a while. Whether it succeeds or not, the chief will take the trouble to coordinate and make it more intimate!" Major General Guo Xiang persuaded.

In his words, there was the intention of Chief Shangfeng to suppress it. As long as Brigadier General Fan Pengju continued to serve in the Northern Corps, then he had to take the officer's face into consideration, otherwise he would inevitably suffer.

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

The chief of the corps also meant to solve the problems at the corps level, instead of submitting any problems to the Shangfeng staff headquarters. How would the veterans at the staff headquarters think of the northern corps?
It is reported that the commander of the Colorado Corps, Admiral Harry Frech, has news that he will step down as the commander of the Corps in the near future and return to the Army Staff Headquarters as a full-time deputy chief of staff, almost on the second line.

Because General Kahn, the deputy chief of staff of the army, had been sick for a long time (he was injured by a brown bear after being drunk), and time was running out. All the children of the Kahn family had returned to Chang'an to see each other for the last time, and they were preparing for the funeral.

Nowadays, Lieutenant General Fan Pengfei, the deputy commander of the Corps, has outstanding abilities and outstanding meritorious service, and the voice of succeeding the commander of the Colorado Corps is very high.

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

"In view of the importance of the matter, it has far exceeded the duty, please forgive Fan for not daring to go with me." After careful consideration, Brigadier General Fan Pengju still refused, but he did not die, but continued with room; " I can make a call in my personal name and transfer it on my behalf, as for the response from the Colorado Corps, please forgive Fan for his inability to do anything."

"That's great, then there will be brother Lao Pengju."

Speaking of here
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; "Brother Pengju must also know that the six princes of the royal family went to the army for training, and the three princes all chose Went to Chang'an Corps.

My Northern Corps was fortunate to be selected by His Highness Tang Li Kun, the Seventh Prince. I will come to the Corps Headquarters for training in the next few days. After familiarizing myself with the situation, I may also be sent to the field army, depending on His Highness's intentions.

This is a good opportunity to get close to the royal family, what do you think? "

After speaking, he left with a smile on his face.

Major General Guo Xiang's words caused an uproar in Brigadier General Fan Pengju's heart. He stood there for a moment, then Wei Ran sighed, "Oh, Quan Te is a human being!"

This is a naked bait of interest. If you want to make progress, you have to swallow it without paying a price. How can this bait be so easy to swallow?

(End of this chapter)