This is similar to the roles of the intelligence section and the training section in the military intelligence investigation department; one is the mainstay, while the other is dispensable.
The operations staff officer of the Second Division was already one of the best in the army. Zhang Zeyang was above Liang Shi'an in both position and rank, so Liang Shi'an naturally dared not offend him!
"It's Staff Officer Liang. It's like this, come to me right away, I have some work to do and I need an assistant!" Zhang Zeyang said.
Liang Shi'an immediately knew what was going on. He had been forced to do errands again. The staff officers in the Operations Department had high positions and ranks, but their workload was also much heavier, far exceeding that of the Conscription Department and other low-paying departments.
So when they were too busy, they would often ask the staff officers of the conscription department who happened to be nearby to come over and help with some trivial but tedious tasks.
Other staff officers would avoid being called upon if possible, but Liang Shi'an was always available whenever called upon, obedient and dutiful, and was often the one who got arrested.
His colleagues all said he was stupid, but in fact, every time Liang Shi'an went there, he would secretly memorize the information he could get his hands on, write it down from memory after returning, and then exchange it for a certain amount of money through various channels.
However, Staff Officer Zhang Zeyang rarely gets people to do things, so he's probably really too busy today.
Upon receiving the call, Liang Shi'an quickly replied, "Okay, Staff Officer Zhang, I'll be right there!"
He hung up the phone and quickly went to Zhang Zeyang's office. Zhang Zeyang was a major operations staff officer and had his own private office. When he saw Liang Shi'an come in, he nodded and said, "I'm really too busy with work today. Thank you for your help!"
"Of course, I wonder what I can do for you?" Liang Shi'an said.
Zhang Zeyang pointed to the two maps on the table and said, "Staff Officer Liang, I have two maps of Qingliang Mountain and Zhongshan Mountain here. Could you help me find out the information and mark the hydrological data and contour lines? Is that alright?"
Liang Shi'an felt a pang of bitterness. This was the most tedious part of making military maps. Due to years of lack of funding and limited surveys, maps from the Republican era contained a large amount of missing and incorrect data.
Therefore, in order to have a more accurate grasp of the terrain, the military high command required the General Staff to produce more accurate and detailed military maps. These so-called military maps were mostly made by the General Staff based on existing simplified maps.
The thing that operations staff least want to do is to look up original data and mark every location on the map in detail. It is an extremely tedious and boring task. It seems that the workload is quite large this time!
Seeing Liang Shi'an's troubled expression, Zhang Zeyang said somewhat embarrassedly, "Officer Liang, I have too much work to do, and I have another meeting to attend soon."
At this point, he pointed to several stacks of materials beside him and said, "The original geographical data is right here. You can access it at any time. Please take this opportunity to work hard. This meeting will probably take about an hour, so please try your best to finish it!"
"Yes, I will do my best to complete it!" Liang Shi'an replied.
Zhang Zeyang glanced at his watch and said, "There's no time. I'm going to the meeting now!"
After saying that, he picked up the documents in his hand and hurriedly left. Liang Shi'an could only shake his head helplessly as he watched him leave. Today's workload was considerable, and the military maps they were making didn't yield any valuable intelligence.
But rank matters, especially in the military where management is even stricter. He had no choice but to pull himself together and get to work.
His professional skills are quite solid, and these things are not difficult for him, but they do require a lot of effort.
After working for a while, he casually spread out the drawings in his hand. Suddenly, he noticed a stack of file bags in the upper left corner of the table. On the cover of the top bag, the words "Draft of Nanjing Military Defense Deployment" were written in large characters!
He was immediately startled. How could such an important document appear here? However, Zhang Zeyang was an operations staff officer in the operations room, so he had the opportunity to access such an important document.
Liang Shi'an reached out and picked up the document, struggling internally. Several times his fingers touched the seal of the document, but he pulled back as if he had been electrocuted. After a long time, he finally took a breath and put the document back in its original place!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
