Chapter 271: Intelligence
After returning to headquarters, Xiao Ran did not have much time to rest. After just one night, he left home early the next morning and headed for headquarters.
At headquarters, he began arranging quite a few matters. First, Colonel Jett's takeover of the Second Base was formally confirmed, and Colonel Jett and Hiksa were told to complete their handover.
At the same time, Colonel Jett was told to keep an eye on matters concerning the exercise and report to him at any time. Xiao Ran had no choice but to assign this task to Colonel Jett. Although he was in charge of one side, his foundation was actually extremely weak. Even his connections within UNION could not compare to Colonel Jett's.
And here, the only person he could use who could truly be effective was Colonel Jett.
What was more, after Xiao Ran issued Colonel Jett's appointment, everyone knew that Colonel Jett had thrown in with Xiao Ran. Colonel Jett had also expressed his loyalty several times. Whether it was genuine or not was unknown, but at least he had looked sincere. At the very least, as long as Xiao Ran remained in this position, Jett could be considered part of his faction.
As for Hiksa, Xiao Ran told him that Celestial Being would need his participation in the upcoming Three Kingdoms Allied Forces exercise, and had him head to Celestial Being's Second Base to begin adaptive modifications to the machines.
A few days later, UNION finally announced the appointment of the commander for the exercise. Just as Xiao Ran had expected, this exercise had absolutely nothing to do with him. He was not the commander at all. Instead, it was someone else—Homer Katagiri, Billy Katagiri's uncle. His rank was also one grade above Xiao Ran's, making