Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 121: The Three Chiefs
Subtitle of this chapter: Actually, writing popular science is very difficult.
Speaking of the careers of the three leaders of the American Empire, the relationships between them are really quite interesting.
MacArthur had a smooth life, but he suffered a setback in Korea. He had just said that he would let the children go home for Christmas, but in the blink of an eye, he was pushed back to the 38th parallel by the Chinese People's Army.
He lost his integrity in his later years, which made the boy... no, the rabbit famous.
Marshall was in the same boat, wasting his middle age. How much did he waste?
In 1933, the 53-year-old Marshall was only a lieutenant colonel, while MacArthur, who was born in the same year as him, was already the Army Chief of Staff (with a permanent rank of major general and a temporary rank of four-star general). And in that year, he was almost kicked into the National Guard by MacArthur, who had a grudge against him.
That’s right, these two had a feud during the first battle.
Singles' Day in 1918 was the day when Er Dezi surrendered. A few days before that, Marshall, the chief of staff of the expeditionary force, issued an order according to the instructions of the superiors that "the demarcation line is no longer binding". So the famous Army's 1st Red Division entered the defense zone of the 42nd Division and headed straight for Sedan.
MacArthur was the chief of staff of the 42nd Division at the time, and he thought Sedan was in his pocket. He was naturally furious when he saw this situation, and what made him even more embarrassed was that the soldiers of the 1st Marine Division arrested MacArthur who came to stop him as a German spy. This made him a big joke among the expeditionary force.
Would a man like MacArthur not bear grudge?
If Pershing, who had already retired at the time, had not risked his dignity to plead for Marshall, he would have really become a division commander in the National Guard.
Eisenhower, the youngest and least experienced of the three great leaders of the empire, always had noble people to help him at critical moments. In fact, MacArthur and Marshall could both be considered his noble people, and he had also been their direct subordinate.
MacArthur admired him at first and took him to the Philippines to be his deputy in 1935. But when MacArthur lost the Philippines in 1942, he certainly would not admit that he was incompetent, so he hated Marshall, the then Army Chief of Staff, and Eisenhower, the Chief of Operations, for their poor support.
MacArthur hated Eisenhower more than his old enemy Marshall. From then on, whenever he mentioned his former subordinate, he would contemptuously call him "the traitor Eisenhower."
Marshall was the opposite of Eisenhower. He had some grudges against him at first because he was MacArthur's old subordinate. But when Marshall discovered Eisenhower's military talent, he spared no effort to promote him.
In fact, Marshall wrote that letter to Eisenhower in 1944, asking him to cut off his relationship with his wife for his own good. If Eisenhower had been embroiled in such a scandal, he would not have been able to become the president of the United States in 1952, let alone the Republican candidate.
But in the final analysis, the reason why Eisenhower was appreciated by so many noble people was naturally because he had military talent, a calm personality, and was good at dealing with people.
Fox Connor really admired this young man, so when he went to Panama to take up the post of commander of an infantry brigade at the end of this year, he would invite Eisenhower to be his adjutant.
What Incus heard was that Eisenhower's superior, Colonel Rockenbach, commander of Fort Meade , refused to release him because Eisenhower was a top football coach.
Americans are really a lot like the ancient Romans, they all regard sports as serious careers... well, maybe even more important.
In fact, Eisenhower applied for military academy, in addition to not having to pay tuition, another reason was because the football teams in Annapolis and West Point were quite famous, which allowed him to play football happily. After entering West Point, he was indeed regarded as a talented offensive player.
Unfortunately, he injured his knee in a game, and then injured it again during equestrian training, which interrupted his career as a rugby player, but made him an excellent coach.
But for Major Eisenhower in 1921, he naturally did not want to be a football coach in the boot camp.
After some wrangling, Fox Connor finally got Eisenhower to his side with the help of his old superior, then Army Chief of Staff Pershing.
As close friends of the Pattons, the Connors arrived here the day before Easter. And there will be more guests tomorrow, most of whom are Patton's colleagues in the army.
"Mamie, Ike. You look so good!" Major General looked at the radiant young couple in amazement.
Of course, he knew about the tragedy that happened two months ago, and he also knew that they were immersed in grief , and he also knew about the "miracle" that had just happened from the Bartons. Now that he witnessed it with his own eyes, he was really shocked.
"Mamie, you are so good now!" Mrs. Virginia Connor also came over and hugged Mrs. Eisenhower warmly. They were old friends.
I heard the woman said in surprise and joy: "Mami, when I heard about it just now, I didn't believe that the Chinese man was so amazing. Now that I see you like this, I believe it a little bit."
Mrs. Eisenhower said very seriously: "Virginia, Mr. Yuan is really an amazing person and a good person. By the way..."
She looked around and asked in confusion, "Where are Mr. Yuan and George?"
"Oh, they went for a ride on horseback before the sun went down," Mrs. Barton said.
Our Master Yuan was a little full, and seeing that it was time for dinner, he went out to digest the food. As the host, Major Patton naturally had to accompany him.
There is an English proverb: Speak of the devil and he will appear.
As soon as everyone in the game room mentioned Master Yuan, he came in, chatting and laughing with Major Patton, wearing a custom-made riding suit, high riding boots, and holding an exquisite whip in his hand.
"Mr. Yuan, thank you so much. We don't know how to repay you..." The Eisenhower couple immediately walked up to him and expressed their sincere gratitude again.
Yuan Yan quickly raised the whip in her hand to stop them, saying, "Please don't say that. I'm not doing this for any reward from you..."
While they were being polite to each other, the others on the other side also started talking.
Major General Connor asked curiously, "George, is what you just said true? Is this Chinese really a psychic?"
Major Patton shook his head and said, "Major General, I just asked Mr. Yuan, but he denied it..."
"So how does he communicate with Ghost?" Mrs. Connor was even more interested in this kind of question.
"I have asked this question before..." Major Patton actually showed an embarrassed look and said hesitantly: "Mr. Yuan said that ghosts in this world are actually just a natural phenomenon that can be explained by the wave-particle duality of quantum physics.. "
The Connors looked at each other, and Virginia couldn't help but interrupt: "Quantum physics? Wave-particle duality? What the hell is this?"
"That's it..." Major Patton, who felt that his IQ had been hit hard, scratched his head and pointed at Master Yuan who was chatting with the Eisenhower couple and said, "Why don't you just go and ask him directly."
