1314 Fatal Weakness.
General Yuan said calmly, "The 23rd division is an official division of the Federation. It's not a small division with only a few thousand soldiers. It's also not an independent division with tens of millions of soldiers. It's the 23rd division of the Federation. One order from it will affect the operations of hundreds of millions of soldiers. During a war, it's also responsible for the safety of the entire division. Major General Lan is a woman and doesn't have any ability to command. During peacetime, she can still rely on the higher-ups of the 23rd division to help her manage the division. However, now, the Federation is in chaos. Caesar and his Alliance are eyeing our country. No one knows when the war will start. As an official division of the Federation, once the war starts, she will definitely have to go into battle. Then, may I ask, what will Major General Lan use to command the 23rd division? "
"Emotions are emotions. Logic is logic. We can't let our emotions affect our decisions and ignore the safety of the hundreds of millions of soldiers in the 23rd division." General Yuan's sharp gaze swept across all the representatives.
The people who were originally agitated by Lan Luofeng's words felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over their heads. They all asked themselves if they were being too emotional.
Lan Luofeng pursed her lips when she heard this. This was her fatal weakness. However, she couldn't refute this weakness. The Federation's military was very strict towards women. If it wasn't for her identity as Ling Xiao's widow, she wouldn't even have the right to enter this conference hall. She couldn't even use anything to prove her ability.
The person in charge glanced at the First Marshal again. The First Marshal seemed to have sensed something. He opened his eyes and looked at someone.
Zhang Ruolin, one of the ten generals of the Federation. He was the commander-in-chief of the Southeast galaxy.
Here's the power of a general. A general was usually the commander-in-chief of a galaxy. He was different from the general of an official division of the Federation. According to the power of command, the commander-in-chief was the same as the general of a division. According to the military rank, other than the three marshals, the highest military rank in the Federation was the ten generals. Most of the generals were generals. They were one level lower than the generals.
This was also to prevent conflicts between the Federation's official army and the Star System from collaborating in battle due to the issue of overall command.
Of course, among them, Ling Xiao was a special existence. Even though he was a legion commander, he had the rank of a general. However, the military headquarters didn't think that there was a problem. This was because the 23rd Division was located in the South Pole System. The South Pole System was a newly developed system in the Federation. They didn't have a commander-in-chief yet. Although there was no explicit order, the entire military world seemed to have tacitly agreed that the position of commander-in-chief of the South Pole Galaxy Military Region belonged to Ling Xiao.
To be able to sit firmly as the First Marshal, other than the support of the generals in the First Faction, he also had the support of the higher-ups in the military. Zhang Ruolin was one of them.
"General Yuan is right. We can't lose our rationality because of our feelings, but we can't be too rational and ignore our feelings." Zhang Ruolin said calmly, "You should know that our soldiers are all soldiers with feelings, not fighting machines. It's understandable that they want to entrust their feelings. Sometimes, we have to support them too. "
The representatives, who were still wondering if they were being too emotional, instantly felt that their feelings were understood by General Zhang when they heard his words. They all looked at General Zhang with grateful gazes. If they could, they really wanted to fulfill their feelings and comfort General Ling Xiao's soul in heaven. They wanted to see the 23rd Division he built himself finally flourish in the hands of his son, Lieutenant General Ling Lan.
"General Zhang, what do you mean?" General Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't expect a general to come out and suppress the aura he created.
"Don't just criticize. We should satisfy the feelings of our soldiers while thinking of a way to solve this problem." Zhang Ruolin looked at General Yuan. His eyes were sharp. The invisible pressure made General Yuan frown slightly. He couldn't think of anything to say.
"Then how should we solve it? General Zhang, please tell us. "The 11th Division's general suddenly interrupted. This was the Third Marshal's subordinate. The current situation was not good for the second and third factions, so the second and third factions decided to work together.
"This will depend on everyone. There are so many people here. This small problem should be able to be solved, right?" Zhang Ruolin directly pushed this problem to everyone. As an old fox who had been in the military for hundreds of years, he definitely wouldn't be stupid enough to stand out like this.
Seeing that Zhang Ruolin had smoothly removed himself from the matter, the people from the second and third factions felt depressed. The reason why they couldn't deal with the first faction was because there were too many old foxes in the first faction. No matter what they said or did, they couldn't find any evidence against them, leaving them helpless.
After Zhang Ruolin said this, the representatives started discussing again. They were all thinking about what to do if Ling Lan really became the general of the 23rd Division.
"Actually, Lieutenant General He Xuyang of the 23rd Division is not bad. When General Ling Xiao wasn't here, didn't he lead the 23rd Division to fight against the two armies of Twilight until the reinforcements arrived? In the end, they worked together with General Qi's 13th Division and defeated the two armies of Twilight. He can definitely be the commanding officer during wartime. "Someone suggested a feasible idea.
After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement. The 23rd Division actually didn't lack outstanding commanding officers. It was just that in the past, General Ling Xiao's brilliance overshadowed them so no one noticed them.
"Then, how can we guarantee that the people below won't be greedy without the suppression of the general?" Someone asked evilly. "Also, can He Xuyang convince the people below him?" At that time, General Ling Xiao was there and He Xuyang was the commanding officer. Of course, no one had any objections and cooperated with him. However, now, without the suppression of Ling Xiao, He Xuyang was just a chief of staff and a lieutenant general. There were too many people in the same rank as him in the division. These people might not be willing to listen to him. The military wanted to let He Xuyang suppress everyone but because of his military merits, no one would be convinced.
This time, the entire hall fell into silence. If He Xuyang couldn't do it, then the other generals in the 23rd Division wouldn't be able to do it either. At that moment, no one could think of another solution.
The second and third factions looked at them coldly. They wouldn't be kind enough to help Ling Lan and Lan Luofeng solve this problem. As long as Lan Luofeng couldn't solve this problem, then Ling Lan wouldn't be able to sit in this position. This meant that they were out of the picture. The position of the general could only be decided by one of them.
Right at that moment, a cold cough broke the silence.
Everyone looked up and saw the chief of Long Xiang, General Ren Feiyu, coughing.
When he saw everyone looking at him, he had a helpless expression on his face. He seemed to be saying that he coughed at the wrong time.
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