Shadow Spy

Chapter 494 Major Adjustments to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

After some communication and weighing, Roosevelt made up his mind.

On May 5, Marshall announced his retirement from active service in the U.S. military and suspended his five-star general status.

The next day, the Senate held an emergency meeting and approved the president's application.

On the 31st, Roosevelt officially appointed retired Army five-star general George Marshall as the new Secretary of State.

On June 6, Roosevelt announced the appointment of Panson, currently the top five-star general in the military and Commander of the Marine Corps, as the new White House Chief of Staff; he appointed Omar Bradley, commander-in-chief of the European Joint Command and five-star Army General. as Army Chief of Staff.

On the same day, Lee Jun-ho, the White House chief of staff who took office on his first day, held a Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting and confirmed that Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, commander-in-chief of the Far East Army, would take over as commander-in-chief of the European Combined Command.

In this way, at the age of 33, Li Junhao became the second person in the U.S. military after the president, and is currently the number one five-star general in the military, reaching the pinnacle of the U.S. military!

In mid-June, the Joint Chiefs of Staff decided to separate the Army and the Army Air Force—the Air Force was finally going to become independent.

At this time, the United States has begun to disarmament. Choosing this time to make the Air Force an independent service can coincide with the disarmament work and reduce a lot of trouble and waste.

Just when the U.S. military began to make major adjustments, on June 6, on the Eastern battlefield, Liu and Deng's armies broke through the Kuomintang's Yellow River defense line and switched to external operations, kicking off the underground party's strategic offensive!

On July 7, the U.S. Air Force was officially established. Five-star General Henry Arnold, former Army Deputy Chief of Staff and Commander of the Air Force, served as the first Air Force Commander.

On the 20th, Chief of Naval Operations and five-star Admiral Harold Stark retired;

Five-star Adm. Ernest King, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Fleet, is transferred to Chief of Naval Operations;

Admiral Chester Nimitz, commander in chief, Pacific Fleet, takes over as commander in chief, Navy Fleet;

Adm. Raymond Spruance, commander in chief of the 5th Fleet, takes over as commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet.

On the 25th, Roosevelt awarded Arnold a five-star general in the Air Force and his original five-star general in the Army. He awarded Wainwright a five-star general in the Army and Nimitz a five-star general in the Navy.
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After attending the retirement receptions of Leahy, Hull, and Stark, and the retirement receptions of Marshall, Li Junhao felt a little emotional that the White House Advisory Council and the Joint Chiefs of Staff had changed by nearly half, and he had become a member of the White House. The "old man" is really amazing! After a little calculation, he was very satisfied with his achievements in this world. Apart from anything else, the number of five-star generals awarded by the US military has reached nine. In the original history, MacArthur and Eisenhower did not receive it. This military rank, but Stark, Wainwright and himself who had not been in the rank before became!

In addition, two naval generals, Halsey and Spruance, are still waiting in line. According to the principle of reciprocity required by the Army and Navy, if the Navy wants to promote these two people, the Army will also ask for two spots. He is now the most qualified. Those who have the right to speak need to think about it carefully.

In his memory, Marshall did go to serve as Secretary of State in 1947, and proposed the "Marshall Plan" to help European countries rebuild economically after the war. This was something he was not originally interested in, but at this time But suddenly something clicked in my heart. Now the underground party is starting a strategic counterattack. In one year, it will establish a battlefield advantage, and in another year, it will prepare to found a country...

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, everything is lacking. Can he use something from the "Marshall Plan" to support China? Well, this is an idea that could be explored in depth!

Originally, he had lost some of his goals in life during this period and was thinking about retiring and going home, but now he found a new goal.
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On August 8, India and Pakistan became independent.

As the former commander of the Allied Forces' India-Burma Theater, Li Junhao naturally received an invitation to attend the ceremony, but he still refused. He felt that it had nothing to do with him, and he was not willing to deal with the British.

However, as a courtesy, he approved Lieutenant General Wheeler, who replaced him in the Indo-Burmese Theater, to attend the ceremony. He even called Europe and asked if Stilwell was interested. Of course, the other party didn't want to go, so he forgot about it.

At the end of the month, Li Junhao received good news: the X-2 jet test aircraft developed by Bell Aircraft Company, controlled by KING Fund, successfully made a test flight. All three test aircraft were able to fly stably above Mach 1.2. The latest X-2- During the test flight, the No. 3 aircraft flew at a speed of Mach 1.45 and reached a maximum flight altitude of 2.1 meters. The results were astonishing.

Ha ha! It seems that the information he provided to Bell Company before has paid off, which makes Li Junhao very happy. He doesn't know how much faster this speed is than in the original history, but it must be much faster! He thought of the large number of aircraft sketches he had drawn on the computer in his portable space, and now he saw the possibility of their realization.

Because he was very busy at work, Li Junhao did not immediately go to Bell Company to inspect, but with a wave of his hand, he asked Xiaoyu to instruct KING Fund to increase bonuses for development and test flight personnel!

There are two main tasks that keep him busy now. First, as the actual person in charge of the military, he is dealing with the current large-scale disarmament issues, of course there are many things involved; second, the Air Force is independent and separated from the Army, with funding, Personnel, equipment, bases, etc. must be taken into consideration. What is more important is that after the independence of the Air Force, the establishment of its combat functions is mainly the division of aviation responsibilities with the Army and Navy.

His current positions include White House Chief of Staff, Commander of the Navy and Land Forces, Director of National Intelligence, Director of the CIA, and Assistant Attorney General. Each of these positions is not easy, which has made him consider assigning the latter two jobs to others.
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On September 9, after communicating with Roosevelt, Li Junhao handed over the positions of CIA Director and Assistant Attorney General, but the successors were still his loyal subordinates - CIA Director was succeeded by Donovan; Assistant Attorney General was succeeded by Zheng Pingru .

He originally wanted to arrange for Wang Renqiang to take over the position of Assistant Attorney General responsible for supervising the operation of the FBI, but this guy said that he preferred to be responsible for directly accusing the agents, rather than being a civilian Assistant Attorney General, and now Zheng Pingru has already She is extremely capable and suitable for the American upper class system. Let her join!

After such an adjustment, Li Junhao lost two positions, and he immediately felt a lot more relaxed. He no longer had to deal with many documents that he had to review and sign before. He only needed to read the briefings of his subordinates every once in a while! Of course, this does not mean that his control over the two departments has decreased. On the contrary, it has allowed his subordinates to see the possibility of promotion, and he has gained more!

(End of this chapter)