Retirement, in the current chaotic situation, only fools would choose to give up their rights, leave the military, retire or become professional.
The officers present looked at me and I looked at you. Whether they were the generals with stars or the commanders of the fleet's intermediate forces, not one of them stood up and said they quit.
Everyone has spent many years in the army, even those young people with the rank of captain, including the military academy, it has been almost ten years.
After being away from society for ten years, we have long been out of touch. When we retire without enough pension or the government does not arrange a job, we can only go to the streets to do odd jobs or beg for food after leaving the army.
"It seems that no one wants to give up their current position."
Seeing the officers sitting motionless in their seats, with no one standing up to say they were willing to retire or change careers, General Hronopoulos shook his head with a smile and said with a serious face:
"It's a pity that the orders given by above are fatal orders. Even if we don't want to, we must implement them. It is inevitable to reduce the army by 70 or even 80 percent. No one can avoid it."
"General, why don't you tell Moscow or Kiev that disarmament should focus on soldiers. Officers like us have worked hard in the army for more than ten years without any merit.
At most, everyone's salary is lower. Lieutenants will do the work of non-commissioned officers, and field officers will do the work of lieutenants. " Vasilyev begged.
"You shouldn't say this to me. This old guy of mine is also within the scope of retirement. You can tell the new commander or the deputy commander. He is now very favored by Kiev and may succeed this old guy like me. "
General Hronopoulos waved his hand, indicating that there was nothing he could do.
"Looking for the deputy commander. He is now the boss of the Ermao soldiers. We, the officers from Da Mao, are a thorn in his side. He wishes we could all leave so that he can speak for us. The sun rises from the west."
Vasilyev wanted his head and expressed his feelings as an officer, "General, you are the commander and our boss, we still listen to you."
"Yes, Commander, we listen to you, and we will do whatever you say!"
As soon as Vasilyev finished speaking, the officers present started shouting, saying that they all obeyed General Hronopoulos' instructions and would do whatever he said.
As long as it can lead everyone out of a way to survive.
"Very good. Since everyone trusts me so much, I won't hide it anymore." General Hronopoulos waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet and said:
"No one wants to leave the army, and I am the same. I have been working in the army for decades and have devoted my life to the army. I didn't expect to encounter such a thing when I was about to retire.
But the reality is like this. Since you can't resist, you have to adapt. The army can't stay there. "
Speaking of this, General Hronopoulos paused, took a sip of water from his cup, and said sadly, "The strength of the army cannot be separated from the support of national strength.
Unfortunately, after the disintegration of Mao Xiong, both Da Mao and Er Mao fell into a severe economic recession and could no longer maintain an army of millions.
It can be said that disarmament, especially the disarmament of the navy, is a general trend that no one can stop. In order to ensure that everyone can have enough food and clothing after leaving the army and avoid poverty, I am ready to lead everyone to work hard and earn their pensions. "
"How to make money? Are you going to rob Instanbul? Let's agree first. If we want to rob, my warship will take the lead and eat the biggest fat." Petrov shouted.
"Ha ha!"
Petrov's words made the tense atmosphere a little funny.
"It is definitely impossible to rob Instanbul. We are not in the Middle Ages anymore. The navy is synonymous with pirates. If you are short of money, you can just find a port to rob." General Hronopoulos shook his head.
"We can use safer methods, Tayana!"
General Hronopoulos gestured to the beautiful female adjutant Tayana, who picked up the suitcase she had prepared and opened it, revealing a suitcase full of U.S. dollars.
"Spare the money among everyone!"
"yes!"
Tayana nodded, took out a thick wad of dollars from the box, placed it in front of the nearest Major General Leonev, and then handed it out along the seats.
Although everyone does the same thing, they have different positions and receive different amounts of money.
Officers with the rank of captain and major received the least, only $20,000 each.
Lieutenant colonels and colonels are a little more, with $40,000 each.
The most generals!
Everyone, from major general to lieutenant general, received $100,000.
"This money is the same as the supplies distributed two days ago. It is a deposit given by the Eastern Group." She saw Tayana put 20,000 US dollars in the hands of the last person, and then signaled that the box was empty.
General Hronopoulos said, "They want warships from the Black Sea Fleet. There are more than 20 warships and submarines in the company. Let us drive the warships to Xiangjiang to deliver them.
If we agree, we will be given another amount of materials and money as a departure fee before departure.
After arriving in Xiangjiang, there is still more money waiting for us.
As for how much money there is!
I can assure you.
For those of you sitting here, even the smallest person can get one hundred thousand dollars. "
"One hundred thousand dollars!"
The general's words made all the officers who were doing it exclaim.
This is a huge sum of money, even for a powerful general, it is equivalent to several years' salary.
Not to mention the income of school officers and lieutenants, which is equivalent to more than ten years or even decades.
Many people want to say that General Hronopoulos is a liar, how can such a good thing happen, and he will be given $100,000 on demand.
But the dollars in your hand will not be faked.
This is just the deposit. If you include the departure fee and the final payment after the goods arrive, it is not impossible to reach US$100,000.
However, pie will not fall in the sky. Since the Eastern Group has paid such a high price, then it is what they want!
"General, I wonder what kind of warship the Eastern Group wants?" Major General Leonev asked after looking at the U.S. dollars in front of him, a total of one hundred thousand U.S. dollars.
"This is a list of the warships they want. Most of them are under our control. If not, I want you to control them in the shortest time. You can exchange them for supplies.
The Eastern Group not only gave us money but also a large amount of supplies, enough to buy us the entire fleet. "General Hronopoulo asked Tayana to distribute the list to everyone present.
"What a big appetite!"
Looking at the list in his hand, Vasilyev took a breath of cold air. Except for the Glory-class cruiser, the Eastern Group can be said to have taken over the main fleet of the Black Sea Fleet.
What they want are the best and most advanced warships.
If these are given to the Eastern Group, the Black Sea Fleet will not only be in ruins, but its combat effectiveness will be reduced by at least 30 to 40%.
"If you have any questions, you can ask Vasilyev." Seeing Vasilyev's face looking a little ugly, he let out an almost inaudible wry smile, knowing that he felt sorry for his Sovremenny-class guided missile destroyer, General Hronopoulos signaled to him Just say it.
"General, I have no objection to making money. I also want to earn all my pension at once, but warships are different from tanks, planes and cannons. These things cannot be hidden. It is easy to sell them here. What if Moscow traces them?
I believe everyone knows the name of the KGB. Even if it doesn't work now, a camel is still bigger than a horse. If it really comes to settle a score with us, even if we hide in the ends of the earth, it won't help. Vasilyev stood up and said.
"Are you scared and don't want to make money?" General Hronopoulos said with a smile.
"General, I'm not afraid, I just want to make money and spend my life, and don't want to hurt my family." Vasilyev lowered his head and said.
"You don't have to worry about this. If there is danger, I will not come to you. As for the danger you mentioned, I consulted Mr. Jiang and they said that we only need to send the ship to Xiangjiang, and they will discuss the rest with Moscow. .
Use barter to purchase warships from Moscow.
For Moscow, the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea is worthless, and it is reluctant to part with it. After all, it is hundreds of warships. Most of the soldiers still care about Moscow and it belongs to their own property.
But there is no money to support them. Moscow has to disarm even the Baltic Fleet and Pacific Fleet, let alone the Black Sea Fleet. The best way is to sell them in exchange for the money Moscow desperately needs, but no one around wants the warships of the Black Sea Fleet.
It can be said that what the Eastern Group did was in line with Moscow's original intention. We sailed the ship to Xiangjiang and solved the big trouble in Moscow. They rewarded us just enough, so how could they punish us. "
General Hronopoulo knew what Vasilyev was worried about. This was what he was worried about at the beginning. The target of the warship was too big, let alone the Eastern Group's desire for the Varyan.
Such a behemoth attracts attention wherever it goes.
But Jiang Lang made it very clear.
The Eastern Group has close relations with the mainland, and the Varyan is prepared for the mainland.
As Mao Xiong's little brother, after his eldest brother passed away, he naturally had to take over his flag. It was better for the Varyan to be given to the mainland than to slowly rust in the shipyard.
"It seems to make sense. I heard that the Eastern Group is doing very well in business. They have exchanged a lot of things in Moscow, including fighter jets and transport aircraft. Our warships are nothing," Major General Leonyev said.
If the school officer's information is still somewhat closed, the general is different.
They all have friends in Moscow, and they know the situation there very well, and they also know about the Eastern Group's generosity. During this period, one-third of the daily necessities in the Mao market were supplied by the Eastern Group.
It can be said that without the help of the Eastern Bloc, prices in Moscow would have skyrocketed.
"Leonev, do you agree?"
"Agree, of course I agree to such a good thing." Major General Leonyev picked up the one hundred thousand dollars in front of him and put it in his pocket, smiling, "But, Commander, this is not what the Eastern Group wants."
"We didn't know this at the time. They also asked us to bring the Varya with us during the operation!" General Hronopoulos said.
"Bringing the Varyan, the Eastern Group is really generous. It seems that the shipyard has already taken care of it. Their real target is not the Varyan. We just took it by the way."
Major General Leonev was not surprised when he heard that he would also take the Varya with him. This time it was a real dream of a great power!
Aircraft carriers are a necessity for the navies of great powers.
"I can't say incidentally, just to be more complete. The Eastern Group at the shipyard has already taken care of it and can sail the ship at any time. The key is the Bosporus and Dardanelles in Turkey.
These two straits are under the control of Turkey. In the past, it was easy for us to be similar to the back garden. However, the Varyan purchased by the Eastern Group did not work. It was easy for Turkey to find excuses to get stuck.
And even if you leave the Black Sea and enter the Mediterranean, you still need to sail thousands of nautical miles through the Suins Canal and the Strait of Malacca to reach East Asia.
With such a long distance, the Varyan without any protective capabilities is very dangerous and may encounter accidents at any time, so they found us and hired us to deliver the Varyan safely to its destination.
It can be said that this operation is beneficial to all parties.
We get enough pension money, and we will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of our lives. Moscow gets the necessary materials, which can stabilize the domestic economy, and the Eastern Bloc and the warships can enhance the country's strength.
Even for the soldiers of the Black Sea Fleet, the materials provided by the Eastern Group allowed them to survive this most difficult time! "After General Hronopoulo finished speaking, he glanced at the officers present and asked in a tone that left no room for doubt:
"Do you still have any opinions? If you have any, feel free to mention them!"
"No more, Commander, we all listen to you."
"Yes, I listen to you. You have considered it in such detail, what else can we say?"
"Yeah, what else can I say?"
Just when everyone assured General Hronopoulos to obey his orders, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the conference room. The sound was urgent, and it was obvious that something had happened.
"What happened?" General Hronopoulos was a little angry that the meeting was interrupted, and his face immediately turned gloomy.
"The deputy commander robbed our house!" Tayana came to the door and chatted with the people outside, then turned back and whispered to General Hronopoulos.
"Robbing our house, why?" After hearing this, General Hronopoulos' face became even more gloomy, "Isn't it already over? Why is it starting to happen again?"
Housing has been a big problem during the Woolly Bear period.
Because buying and selling is prohibited, housing is all distributed, and the principle of distribution is based on individual conditions.
If you think back to the uproar among workers in major factories and schools in the Mainland when allocating housing, you will know the trouble that the Black Sea Fleet encountered when allocating housing.
It was fine before, basically assigned based on needs according to fleet officer level.
Not anymore!
Because the Mao Xiong split into more than a dozen Maozi, the army was divided into more than a dozen factions, among which the Da Mao and Er Mao factions were the largest.
In this case, trouble arises.
The logistics officer who is responsible for allocating houses must allocate the houses to people from his own country. As for people from other countries, I'm sorry, since the families are divided, everyone will have their own affairs.
In this case, the officers from Mao's hometown were happy because many officers who did not meet the conditions were assigned houses.
Officers from other countries were not happy.
Especially officers from Ermao.
Under the leadership of the Ukrainian deputy commander, trouble broke out directly.
