The computer screen that had just finished the call flashed with blue light, reflecting the old faces sunk in the dark, the surface of countless wrinkles reflected cold light, and the deep concave gaps seemed to be more gloomy, as if they were deeply engraved in the dark background.

8l Pei's new chief of staff, Hou Jingzhan, was obviously impossible to subside because of a few persuasions from the division commander. He reported the matter to Sun Zhan as soon as possible. However, the reaction of the Minister of the Executive Headquarters disappointed Hou Jingzhan - Sun Zhan did not evaluate the incident itself from beginning to end, nor did he give specific instructions. He just listened to Hou Jingzhan's report silently, closed the communication silently, and sat silently in the depths of the darkness, as if a lifeless machine.

Sun Zhan is the director of the administrative headquarters and a general. Both his identity and vision are much higher than Hou Jingzan, the chief of staff. After several fights, Sun Zhan has a very comprehensive understanding of Su Hao's skills and strength. Sun Zhan has an instinctive fear and contempt for this young man who suddenly rose up. The former originated from his own failure, and the latter originated from a huge difference in identity and status. However, when the two are added together, they will turn into an uncontrollable rage, and a raging flame bursts out in Sun Zhan's mind.

No matter from any perspective, Su Hao's murder in the officers' restaurant seemed stupid and naive. There was no benefit except arousing indignation among the vast number of officers and soldiers. Sun Zhan really couldn't understand what Su Hao's purpose was? If he just showed off his airs and showed off his might, it would be reasonable. But from past experience, Su Hao should not be the kind of fool who is easily overwhelmed by anger and relies on his power to do whatever he wants. So, what is his purpose for this?

Besides, this is not the first time.

Since ten new divisions began to be formed in the new Guiyang area, and a large number of officers were dispatched in the area, Su Hao seemed to have changed his own people. He could no longer see rationality and calmness, and he was simply a savage and cruel madman.

"madman……"

For some reason, this word suddenly popped up in Sun Zhan's mind.

No one is willing to deal with madmen. Because they never play according to common sense and never consider gains and losses. But Su Hao is definitely not a madman. Otherwise, he would not have performed so well in the battle of Lujiang, nor would he have taken advantage of the conflicts between the military and local troops during the Hefei Battle to collect huge benefits from it, and even built a new Guiyang base.

Since he is not a lunatic, how should Su Hao explain the various actions he has shown since the construction of the new division team started?

There is no doubt that Su Hao is very strong. Especially after the end of the Hefei Battle, the number of troops of the 11th Independent Force under his command once exceeded 40,000, all of which were experienced officers and veterans who had experienced actual combat. In terms of choosing the construction coordinates of the new Guiyang base, Su Hao seemed to have a unique vision. That place was not directly under the control of the military headquarters, and Xu Renjie's 71 Group was available for support, and the transportation conditions were convenient. There were not many abandoned cities nearby, and it only took a few years to develop quickly.

Sun Zhan didn't know the deal between Yuan Zhicheng and Su Hao. He was very strange. The Yuan family, who had always been scheming, would have given so many benefits at once to let everyone divide it up? Ten new divisions are of great importance. With Yuan Zhicheng's eyes, it is impossible for him to see his ambition to intervene in the combat troops. But he did this, directly crushing Su Hao with the orders of the military headquarters and a large number of officers, so that the young man who was as proud as a peacock could never turn over again. Deprivation of power is actually that simple. As long as the supply channels are stuck in the aspects of materials, personnel, etc., you can only obey the orders honestly.

Perhaps this is the reason why Su Hao repeatedly makes abnormal actions?

Sun Zhan carefully sorted out all the problems in his mind and analyzed all the details. He wanted to find the flaws from them, but he had no choice but to find that when all the new divisions were controlled by him and other military commissioners, Su Hao did not have the ability to turn the tables.

According to the latest progress reported by Hou Jingzhan today, the original officers and soldiers of the 11th Independent Force have been almost hollowed out. Except for the guard company, the direct investigation squadron, the Information Department, the General Staff Headquarters and other few core departments, there are very few personnel from various combat brigades. Now, Su Hao still obeys his confidants, and there are only more than 600 people from officers to soldiers.

From more than 40,000 to 600, the combat power of the 11th Independent Force has been severely reduced. Sun Zhan tends to believe this number.

Since the new division was established a few months ago, Sun Zhan's staff department had already begun to deduce the differentiation of the 11th Independent Forces. The judgment result was similar to the current state. After all, it was a recruit supplementary force. Since taking over, Su Hao has served as the military chief officer for less than a year. The friendship and obedience relationship between superiors and subordinates needs enough time to be adjusted. This is a shortcoming that Su Hao cannot make up for, and it is also the confidence of Sun Zhan and other military commissioners who want to gain control of the new division.

After all, although Su Hao's actions to open the military meeting made him recognized by some officers and soldiers, the time was too short. In addition, the severe shortage of food in the new Guiyang area, Su Hao still maintained a ridiculous move to supply food to civilians. As time goes by, most of his subordinates, who were originally loyal to the stake, dispersed in a short period of time, which was indeed normal.

According to this logical reasoning, Su Hao is not crazy now. Anyone who changes the same situation as him will be angry and does something extremely irrational. The continuous murders that occur at checkpoints and officers' restaurants will become reasonable.

Sun Zhan was still sitting in the dark, silent.

He always felt that something was wrong with the situation. But he himself didn't understand what it was.

Sun Zhan once thought about using his advantages in material allocation and logistics supply to form a comprehensive alliance with Su Hao. However, this idea appeared too late in his mind. From the killing of his nephew Sun Weiyi to the later confidants such as Ye Xiangyang, there were too many people who died at Su Hao's hands. The hatred had reached an unresolvable level. Even if Su Hao voluntarily gave up everything and surrendered to Sun Zhan, the ending was still a dead end.

Since we can't figure it out and there is no possibility of reconciliation between each other, we can only speed up the construction of the new Guiyang division, firmly grasp all power, and strangle Su Hao, a bastard.

Thinking of this, a hint of ferociousness appeared on Sun Zhan's old face.

He moved forward, opened the communication screen again, pressed a few numbers, and a serious-looking officer soon appeared on the screen.

"Speed ​​up the current material transfer speed. Implement the original transportation plan for next week in advance to ensure that all new divisions in Guiyang area have a comprehensive material reserve of five bases this week."

"Based on the current supply of weapons and equipment, another 300 armed helicopters, twenty small laser launchers, and sixteen heavy electromagnetic guns. The number of 30 mm single guns has doubled, fuel, solid batteries, and new high-density alloys has increased by 50%. In addition, send the UUl technical engineer battalion to supervise the construction of the new Guiyang base city, and it is necessary to speed up the progress."

The officers on the screen quickly recorded the order, and their faces showed a little bit of dismay: "General, the current train capacity has reached saturation, and the transportation plan has been scheduled for four months. Forced squeezing and transporting materials, the Military Transport Bureau will definitely not agree. At present, the Eastern Front is in urgent need of supplies, and they..."

"You just need to send the shipping form, and I will arrange the rest of the matter."

Sun Zhan interrupted the officer coldly: "In addition, transport the two "0" individual mechas just submitted by the Academy of Sciences to the new 8l to tell them that when necessary, they can use this weapon under any circumstances. No matter who the target is, they can be authorized."

New Chengdu Base City, 2:15 pm.

The thick gate of Commander Xu Renjie's office opened a gap. The chief of staff of the army Chen Yanlin walked out of the room, smiled, and quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.

When the door closed, Xu Renjie, who was sitting behind the desk, snorted coldly, looked at the scattered chess and chessboards on the table, leaned back, and began to close his eyes to rest.

This is the first time in Xu Renjie's previous life experience that he met a strange guy like Chen Yanlin

In recent times, the chief of staff of the army, who has almost no power, suddenly visited Xu Renjie's office frequently. He either sat down and chatted with him, or sat down for an hour, or even longer.

Xu Renjie was surprised by this.

He had an indescribable disgust towards Chen Yanlin. In addition to fighting for power, there were also other factors in personal character, personality, and verbalness. In short, from the day when Chen Yanlin came to the New Chengdu Base City with the military command, Xu Renjie and him were full of conflicts, either open or secretly. In terms of verbal and actual commands, various issues between personnel and jurisdiction made the relationship between the two people always full of gunpowder, and a little spark would erupt.

Arguing and sarcasm are the most common ways. Xu Renjie always uses a series of clear and exciting dirty words such as old bastards, old bastards, and shameless people to call Chen Yanlin. Of course, he also understands that he belongs to almost the same role in the other party's mind. The goal of the fight is nothing more than the actual control of the subordinate troops of the group army and the right to decide important affairs of the base city.

Xu Renjie has always firmly occupied the height of the winner.

Chen Yanlin was an outsider after all. He was not as good as Xu Renjie, the commander who had been operating locally for a long time. He had a large group of confidants under him, and the commanders of each main combat division were Xu Renjie's confidants. Although Chen Yanlin repeatedly fought for control of a few units through various means, regardless of the number or influence, it was not as good as Xu Renjie's intent.

The result of open and secret struggle is already very clear. Even in the eyes of others, both winners and losers are extremely clear, not to mention two experienced parties involved. In short, as long as Xu Renjie is here, Chen Yanlin will never be able to turn the tables. Even if he wins the support of the military officials, he will not be able to fully control the 71st Army.

Chen Yanlin began to stop, as if he was tired of fighting.

This was indeed a good thing in Xu Renjie's opinion, but it did not eliminate his disgust towards Chen Yanlin. This negative emotion inevitably affected daily life. Even if the two met by chance on the road, they would not say hello, and they were too lazy to take a look, so they passed by in a hurry.

That day, when Chen Yanlin walked into his office with a chess and smiled, Xu Renjie felt extremely shocked, as if he had seen a ghost.

"When people get old, they feel sleepy when they have dinner. After thinking for a long time, they still feel that it is better to come and play chess. It is also easier to exercise your brain and relax your muscles and bones by the way."

"Play chess and don't tell me you don't know."

"Don't look at you as the commander, the chess room is definitely not as good as me. Haha, this is not arrogant, there are really few people who are my opponents."

First he was kind, and then turned into an agitated tone. Xu Renjie was a little disdainful. But he still didn't understand what Chen Yanlin's meaning was? He couldn't stand the more or less ridicule in the other party's words. So the two of them drove the carriage, went back and forth, and killed several games.

Chen Yanlin did not lie. His chess skills were very high. Although Xu Renjie also had good at this, there was a gap between the two people. Although Chen Yanlin narrowly won every competition, and there was another time, he only relied on the slight advantage of two crossing pawns. If he wins, he will win, and no one can deny the result.

Every noon, Chen Yanlin would come to play chess. This has become his fixed way of activity.

Xu Renjie never refused. He didn't understand what the other party was thinking. No matter how he observed, he could not find out Chen Yanlin's flaws. The Chief of Staff never used topics to avoid taking secrets in the commander's mind, nor did he turn over the documents on the desk. He just came over to play chess, once a day, three games each time. He left no matter if he won or lost.

Xu Renjie instinctively felt that this was abnormal.

He tried to refuse several times, but Chen Yanlin was not angry and still came over the next day. If he refused again, there would be no extra strange words, and he continued to move in a fixed manner on the third day.

The electronic monitor filmed every game scene. Every time Chen Yanlin left, Xu Renjie would look through the video and look for flaws carefully. As a result, he was very disappointed every time. Chen Yanlin did not make any small moves. He acted like a retired and unemployed old man at home. Playing chess was just entertainment, without any unnecessary ingredients.

Xu Renjie firmly believed that there must be problems, but he had never been able to find out the crux of it.

Suspicion is gradually soothed as time goes by. Although he doesn't like the old guy Chen Yanlin very much, Xu Renjie still plays chess with him every day at noon. There is no way, the other party's request is not excessive. As the commander, if he is too tough in this aspect, he will easily be regarded as cold and arrogant by others. Xu Renjie doesn't want to cause trouble for himself, and playing chess during lunch break is also a good pastime.

But why did Chen Yanlin do this?

Did he really give up on the fight? He felt that there was no chance? He completely lost confidence?

Xu Renjie was really hard to judge, so he could only slowly find the answer while he was sleeping with heavy tiredness and huge question marks.

Leaving the office of the commander of the group army, returning to his room, and closing the door, the kind smile on Chen Yanlin's face gradually disappeared, and a hint of coldness appeared on his wrinkled face.

The "intimacy" created with Xu Renjie during the lunch break did indeed achieve the expected results. Especially the guards around Xu Renjie and the officers they met in the corridor, many people thought this was normal and also eliminated some of the hostility towards Chen Yanlin.

In order to achieve his goal, Chen Yanlin did give up all his dignity and completely put down his airs. At least, in his opinion, this is the case.

However, Chen Yanlin himself knew very well that this method could only create an image in the eyes of others. For Xu Renjie, the shrewd old ghost had never relaxed his vigilance. He had been paying attention to his actions and looking for flaws.

"Flaw? Hehehehe..."

Chen Yanlin showed a satisfied and elegant smile on his face, which trembled with wrinkles on both sides of his eyes.

To be honest, even he himself doesn’t know what his flaw is?

The reason why I went to Xu Renjie to play chess at noon every day is that there is no practical purpose. I just played chess, that's all.

Chen Yanlin never thought of stealing the secrets on Xu Renjie's desk, nor did he think of conspiring to frame the other party. At most, these ideas were turned around in their minds and there was no chance to actually implement them. After all, the 71st Army was built by Xu Renjie, and if there was any abnormal movement, the other party would notice it.

Sun Zhan has been chatting with Chen Yanlin through remote communication recently. The relationship between the two is getting closer, like an old friend of many years. Chen Yanlin found many things Sun Zhan mentioned in the Information Office of the Military Department through his own authority, including Sun Zhan’s application to serve as the division commander of the combat unit, the change of power of the administrative headquarters, the turbulent personnel situation at the headquarters, etc.

Sun Zhan did not lie on these issues. Like himself, he wanted to compete for power but was defeated by his opponent, fell at a disadvantage during the fight, and then failed to retreat. This made Chen Yanlin feel that they were both ill and shared topics and hobbies continued to increase.

Sun Zhan never asked Chen Yanlin to do anything. During the conversation, he never mentioned helping, nor did he want to assist and support. This practice quickly gained Chen Yanlin's trust. The two of them complained privately through the screen, sighed, and drank, and their relationship became more and more intimate.

Chen Yanlin has heard about the addition of ten new divisions in the new Guiyang area.

He vaguely felt that this was his opportunity, but where was the breakthrough point? He couldn't explain it clearly himself.
Chapter completed!