Girls und War

After completing all the formalities, she did not return to the camp. Instead, at her sleepy mother's reminder, she boarded a car bound for the Flower District headquarters.

They both had the same idea. With this mission complete, Xia Shu could use the report as an excuse to go to the young commander and raise the issue of the special forces' development, thus striking while the iron was hot.

This mission was completed perfectly. It is conceivable that for some time afterwards, the name of the Ordinary Combat Team (tentative) will become a hot topic in the entire imaginary battlefield.

No matter whether others deny or praise them, their outstanding combat achievements cannot be erased.

While he still has the final say, Xia Shu can make some slightly excessive demands.

Otherwise, after this period of time, when the heat has died down, it will be difficult to make requests again.

Unless a perfect special operations mission appears that is just right for them.

With this thought in mind, Xia Shu came to Jun Ci's office.

Still the same soda water, still the same leisurely mood. Jun Ci half-sat on the edge of the table, smiling and congratulating Xia Shu.

Xia Shu was too lazy to exchange pleasantries with her and asked directly, "Is the young commander here? Does she know the status of our mission?"

Jun Ci gave a gentle smile and said, "Don't be impatient. It's been a long time since we last met. Why are you talking to me about this right after you come?"

Xia Shu was a little embarrassed.

Jun Ci smiled again and said, "I know you're concerned about the development of the troops. There's been a lot of things happening with the Special Warfare Department lately, so I'll tell you slowly."

As he spoke, he took out a combat report, handed it to Xia Shu, and said, "The young commander has been asking me to keep an eye on your combat situation. She might have seen the report earlier than Lieutenant Colonel Fake Sleep."

Upon hearing this, Xia Shu took the combat report and took a look at it.

It contained all the special forces' affairs, including this emergency rescue. Every detail, even small matters like Aier's withdrawal from the team, were recorded.

"The young commander has always supported the development of the special forces. You don't have to worry about that." Jun Ci looked at Xia Shu and said slowly, "As for the expansion, I know you are anxious, but this matter cannot be rushed. We still have to take it step by step."

Xia Shu nodded, handed the report back to Jun Ci, and then said, "I'm not anxious to expand the squad, I'm anxious to expand the logistics. The current logistics support department is obviously not up to the combat support ratio. Without expanding this, the combat establishment cannot be increased."

"Oh, that's the logistics expansion request you sent earlier, right?" Jun Ci fetched Xia Shu's regular report, flipped it open, and said hesitantly, "The young commander has seen it... but the support ratio of each unit is 1:1, which means the ratio of logistics to combat is close to 4:1. Is this... necessary?"

"Yes!" Xia Shu was very sure.

Seeing this, Jun Ci said, "I don't understand this either. Anyway, you're going to see the young commander later, so you can talk to her yourself later."

Xia Shu nodded. Jun Ci continued, "But what I want to tell you is something else."

As he spoke, he opened the cabinet again and took out an order from the depths. Then he said to Xia Shu with a smile, "This mission is completed. Major General Jingxian has spoken to the Commander-in-Chief and said they want to apply for the Silver-edged Military Medal for you."

Xia Shu smiled and said a few humble words.

Jun Ci smiled and said, "As the world's number one sniper, you naturally don't care about a silver-bordered badge right now. But with this achievement, you have the basic conditions for early promotion. The young commander asked me to directly print out the promotion order for you in advance."

As he said that, he handed the promotion order in his hand to Xia Shu.

Xia Shu took it and took a look. The orders were all written according to the format. Except for the signature and seal of the management department, everything else was decided.

Therefore, based on this silver-edged military medal, she can be promoted from lieutenant to captain ahead of schedule.

This was a pleasant surprise. After her rank was promoted, she could directly expand the size of the unit as a captain without having to figure out how to get a company-level unit title.

Although as the captain of the special forces, promotion to captain was a sure thing, but when he actually saw the order document, Xia Shu still smiled like a child who had received a three-good student award.

Seeing Xia Shu's happy smile, Jun Ci started laughing too. He continued, "It's the company medal, and it's the company medal. It will be sent to the frontline combat units at the end of the month, along with the promotion order. This time, I'm sorry to have you listed as a member of the frontline combat unit for promotion. Once your barracks are built, we'll arrange for you to move to your own barracks."

Hearing this, Xia Shu quickly said, "I'm not wronged, I'm not wronged. I've also served in frontline combat units. We're all family, it's okay."

Jun Ci nodded, glanced out the glass again, and then lowered his voice and said, "There's one more thing I want to tell you. Jiamei is about to be promoted to colonel. However, this is just an internal proposal, and no one outside knows about it. Not even Jiamei himself has heard of it. I'm going to tell you this first so you can be mentally prepared."

Xia Shu nodded, indicating that he understood. Then he asked, "So, what will be her position after she gets promoted?"

Jun Ci shook his head and said, "I don't know for now. Maybe we'll stay where we are. But I think the young commander should have other plans."

Xia Shu thought about it and roughly understood the possible situation.

Since Jiamei is now inseparable from the Special Operations Forces, his job transfer must be related to the Special Operations Forces' independent directorate.

The young commander is thinking of separating the special forces and the front-line combat forces politically first.

816. Political Work: Complex and Simple

When it comes to the independence of special forces, it is actually not as easy as imagined.

Although the current special operations forces are indeed independent from other forces in terms of management, they are actually frontline combat forces in a political sense.

Moreover, in the eyes of leaders of other military departments, the special forces are the private army raised by the young commander, and are of the same concept as the general's guard.

This means that all funds for the special forces are raised from the commander-in-chief's personal pockets, without having to come from the headquarters' finances.

But this expense was not a small amount after all. Especially after the size of the special forces increased, just looking at Xia Shu's estimated equipment price was a frightening figure.

So if you want to make this unit truly independent and let the headquarters finance the support of the troops, you have to use other methods.

First of all, as an independent force, it is very difficult not to be disliked by the leaders of other military departments, especially the standing troops and front-line combat troops.

Because the military expenditure is there, if your special forces have to eat more, my regular troops have to eat less. This is an obvious truth.

The cost-effectiveness of special forces and how much output they can produce have no direct relationship with other military departments, so making special forces independent is bound to be criticized to a certain extent.

This is politically irreconcilable logic. Whether they like Xia Shu or not has nothing to do with it - unless they are transferred from their original leadership positions to the leadership positions of the special forces.

But the young commander obviously would not let anyone interfere with his precious special forces.

Therefore, independent things cannot be accomplished overnight. Instead, we need to take it slow and accomplish things bit by bit.

Now, politically separating the special forces and the front-line combat forces is the first step taken by the young commander.

It is possible to make all the logistics and other departments independent in the future, and then build a separate special operations base according to Xia Shu's suggestion. This is all for the final step.

That is to officially assign the special operations forces to the fourth force organization of the Army Headquarters.

According to the young commander, this matter is like boiling a frog in warm water. Without any objection, we can complete the work step by step. Even if we don't get the final name, as long as we can achieve the goal in essence, the matter will be the same.

It's like you and a female friend, you have a great relationship. You've eaten your meals, watched your movies, touched your hands, kissed your lips, and even experienced a period of deep growth and understanding between you—yet you haven't yet clarified the concept of a nominal relationship.

In the end, whether you confess or not, it seems to make no difference. So it is the other person's turn to be anxious, wondering why you haven't confirmed the relationship between the two of you.

Therefore, the construction of special forces is the same.

The young commander's goal was to finalize the troop structure bit by bit without issuing a formal order. Finally, when everything was in place, he could declare the special forces independent without any backlash.

This is a job that tests one's political acumen. If it can be done well, it will prove that the young commander and her staff are capable of arranging the Army Headquarters clearly.

Otherwise, an army headquarters that complains all day long will seriously affect the young commander's rating in succeeding the throne.

At that time, other generals in the flower district who may succeed Princess Zhaohuang will start to make trouble as competitors of the young commander.

After figuring this out, Xia Shu had a deeper understanding of Jiamei's future work arrangements.

There is no doubt that the young commander regards the special forces as his treasure.

Xia Shu was also very clear that Jiamei was a complete princeling.

Therefore, it is highly likely that after being promoted, the young commander will arrange for her to be in charge of the affairs of the special forces, and at the same time transfer the management of the affairs of the front-line combat forces to others.

And this matter is also very important to Xia Shu.

Because even if she had no intention of going against the fake sleeper, knowing the news before others would always allow her to take the initiative.

She was able to plan her own moves, whether forward or backward. Furthermore, she was also able to boldly propose the recent development plans for the special forces.

This is also why the old saying goes that it is easier to be an official if you have someone in the court.

This is all I have to say about military thorns. If I continue, it will involve military secrets.

So the two of them looked at each other tacitly and stopped their in-depth discussion on this topic.

Xia Shu brought up another topic and said with a smile, "I always hear you congratulate us, but I never hear you congratulate yourself. How is your promotion going? When will you be promoted to Senior Sergeant?"

Hearing this, Jun Ci laughed again. Then he said, "I'm also quite anxious, but this matter can't be rushed. Lieutenant General Qimingxing said before that he would nominate me, but I don't know when it will be!"

Xia Shu heard this and his heart moved. He asked in a low voice, "Did you really say that?"

"There's not a single word about it." Jun Ci waved his hands and said, "Let's not talk about it, let's not talk about it."

Seeing this, Xia Shu didn't ask any further questions.

However, Jun Ci is a cautious person and he would definitely not bring up something that has nothing to do.

As for the nomination of a senior sergeant, we'll probably have news tomorrow. Who knows, maybe we'll see another bullet in the bayonet's shoulder by then.

The two then chatted for a while and talked about the war zone competition at the end of the year.

This year, the Flower District was the host, so headquarters had a lot of information ahead of time. However, Xia Shu wasn't particularly interested in today's competition and might not even bother participating.

Xia Shu now devotes much more energy to commanding operations than the sniper.

Instead of letting her worry about participating in a sniper competition, it would be better to prepare and arrange for special forces to participate in a team competition.

Being a coach and arranging troops is definitely easier than being an athlete, right?

As for whether doing so would disappoint the many audiences who were looking forward to her entrance, that was none of Xia Shu's business.

She, Xia Shu, is an active-duty military officer, not a popular movie star, so why does she have to cater to the audience in everything?

If you have that energy, why not go back and kill a couple of walking broadsword mines? Wouldn't that be great?

While they were chatting, Jun Ci suddenly received a message from the young commander's secretary.

Jun Ci asked Xia Shu to hurry to the commander-in-chief's office because she had a meeting soon.

Upon hearing this, Xia Shu nodded and went to the commander-in-chief's office alone.

Jun Ci took her along this route last time, so she was quite familiar with it.

When they arrived at the office door, the secretary she had met last time nodded and then took her into the office.

There was more than just the missing commander in the office.

Lieutenant General Qimingxing was standing by the window with the young commander, chatting with a smile on their faces.

817. Lifetime and Posthumous Reputation

After Xia Shu entered the office, he saluted the two and said, "Hello, Commander-in-Chief, Hello, Secretary-General."

"Oh, Xia Shu, you're here." The young commander's expression became cheerful as he saw Xia Shu.

Qimingxing smiled when he saw her, then said, "Why are you still so distant? From now on, when you see us, you don't have to call us by our positions, just call us by our names."

"Yes, Lieutenant General." Xia Shu replied subconsciously.

Qimingxing smiled helplessly, then turned to the young commander and said, "Then, young commander, you talk to Xia Shu. I'll go to the office first."

The young commander nodded upon hearing this. After watching Qimingxing leave, he returned to his seat and said as he picked up his milk cup, "Xia Shu did a great job this time. The results are very impressive. I heard about the mission. It seems that you defeated the City Alliance?"

Xia Shu smiled sheepishly, then replied, "It's a pity that we didn't kill the City Alliance, otherwise this battle record would have been even better."

"That's enough, that's enough." The young commander said happily, "I heard that the sea dugong got to know the news from the polar region and its face turned green. Hahahaha, Xia Shu, keep up the hard work and try to make the sea dugong bleed a little more."

Xia Shu smiled and didn't respond. After all, these were the intrigues among the admirals, and she was not qualified to really participate.

Afterwards, the young commander asked some more details about the special forces' operations, and Xia Shu explained them one by one.

After the young commander fully understood the situation of the ordinary combat team (tentative), he pondered for a moment before saying to Xia Shu, "So you came here this time to ask about the expansion of the troops, right?"

Xia Shu nodded and replied, "Indeed. But I'm asking about the expansion of the logistics force, not the combat force."

"Logistics?" The young commander thought for a moment, then asked, "What specific requirements do you have? Can ordinary logistics troops meet your needs?"

"If it's just management and supply support, ordinary logistics troops are indeed enough. But the logistics support troops I want have to go to the battlefield personally. So it definitely cannot meet the requirements." Xia Shu replied.

"Then," the young commander said bluntly, "I'll follow your proposal and conduct preliminary recruitment across all branches of the military. We'll also create a logistics training camp within the special operations training camp and transfer a group of instructors there. How do you do that?"

"That's a great help! Thank you, Commander-in-Chief." Xia Shu nodded repeatedly.

The young commander smiled a slightly smug smile and said casually, "If you have any other requests, please let me know. This is a reward for your hard work during this period!"

Xia Shu frowned upon hearing this and immediately said, "Then there are special operations bases, logistics warehouses, air force airports, command centers, and independent front-line coordination authority..."

"Stop, stop, stop!" The young commander quickly raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Aren't these things part of the subsequent construction plan? Why bring them all up at once?"

Xia Shu shrugged, the meaning was very clear, didn’t you ask me to bring it up?

"Well... I'm asking if you have any personal requests..." The young commander gave another hint.