The war is over, Major Skerry was arrested... Wait, something seems to be wrong. Claude was stunned for a long time before he understood what Captain Durrioro was talking about. He suddenly jumped up: "Why should I arrest you?" Him? Why do you want to arrest Major Skerry..."
The thing is simple. The Kingdom of Ovilas did not suffer a loss in this armistice peace agreement, because the agreement stipulates that the territory currently occupied by both parties will be used as the basis. In other words, the Kingdom of Ovelas legitimately annexed the territories of the three principalities of Sidings, Rimodra, and Esquiline, and even occupied a county of the Kingdom of Nasseri. This is the Red Dragon Legion. The territory captured. The Kingdom of Nasseri and the Principality of Karnas, which were also severely weakened, were unable to continue the war and could only accept this fact with resignation.
The reason why Major Scree was arrested was that he ordered the abandonment of Earl Crelaus Castle without the approval and order of the frontline headquarters, causing the kingdom to lose that large area. If the 1st Ranger Battalion can hold on until April, according to the principles of the Armistice Peace Agreement, the territory located next to the Daqing Mountains will be owned by the Kingdom of Ovelas...
"Fucking bullshit!" Claude couldn't help but swore: "To put it simply, let them keep watch on their own. There is no food, ammunition, and treatment potions. We can't even make it through March. Let alone hold on until April, we will starve to death and let the ghosts defend the castle!"
Captain Durrioro said that Major Skerry had seven charges in total, the first being fleeing from battle. The second is to abandon the country. The third is to disobey orders. The fourth is to do things on your own. The fifth is timidity and fear of death. The sixth is dereliction of duty and corruption. The seventh is to deceive subordinates...
How unreasonable! Claude was as angry as an erupting volcano. All the soldiers in the first group who heard the news were very angry. If Major Skerry hadn't led them to evacuate the castle, they would have died of starvation there.
Captain Durrioro said that Major Scree had resisted all the charges on his own and that the evacuation of the Castle of Crelaus was his idea. All the officers and soldiers of the 1st Ranger Battalion did not know this. They thought that the evacuation was an order from the frontline command. . According to his crime, Major Skerry is likely to be sentenced to death and shot in public...
No, we can't let Major Skerry die unjustly like this. The soldiers present were already making a noise, and Diavid, the bastard, even shouted slogans of remonstrance. Claude gave him a slap on the back of the head without ceremony. Was this slogan shouted casually? You guys who are causing trouble, this is not a joke.
Claude asked Captain Durioro if there was any way to get Major Scree off the hook, and Captain Durioro looked embarrassed. He told Claude that unless Prince Hansback returned to the frontline headquarters to take charge of the overall situation, it would be difficult for Major Skerry to make a comeback. Now the eldest prince is staying behind closed doors in the royal capital claiming to be recuperating from illness, and this matter is presided over by the staff officers of the frontline headquarters.
He had inside information, and it was said that it was because many of the aristocratic officers who had defected to follow the eldest prince during this war were serving in the frontline headquarters and had not received any combat merit or promotion opportunities. The eldest prince has always been very strict about this aspect and does not allow those noble officers to take advantage of military exploits. As a result, the noble officers around him can only endure the qualifications. Therefore, they treat those who are released by the eldest prince to go to the front line to perform meritorious service and receive rewards. The civilian officers were extremely jealous.
This time, they finally got hold of Major Skerry, so they tried their best to fix it to death, trying to turn this case into a major and ironclad case, so as to gain merit for them. The commander in charge of daily affairs at the frontline headquarters was also in a dilemma, because one or two of these noble officers could not accomplish much, but all the noble officers united and unanimously demanded the punishment of Major Skerry, which became a big force. Due to their identities and family backgrounds, many officers who knew that Major Skerry had been wronged were unwilling to offend them and had no choice but to let them act.
The most important point is that Major Skerry ordered the evacuation of Crelaus Castle, which indeed caused the kingdom to lose a large territory in the Daqing Mountains. This was the responsibility for the loss of land. In addition, the Principality of Karnas ambushed and annihilated the kingdom's three legions on the prairie, including the Blue Feather Legion of the four field aces, causing the Kingdom of Overas to lose face. The Royal Army gave him a big slap in the face. This slap in the face was too painful.
If the First Battalion of Rangers can hold on to the Castle of Count Crelaus, then after the armistice and peace agreement is signed, the kingdom will be able to take a large piece of territory from the Principality of Karnars, which can be regarded as a slight restoration of face. No matter how three legions were annihilated, they still occupied a piece of territory. It was a lose-lose situation. But now that the first battalion of Rangers has evacuated the castle of Count Crelaus without authorization, that large piece of territory is gone. This means that the Principality of Karnar has been unscathed in this war, and can still promote Karnar without any scruples. The great victory in Sri Lanka grassland made the senior officials of the Kingdom’s Army Department and Frontline Command feel extremely embarrassed...
This is another reason why no one in the frontline command is willing to intercede and uphold justice for Major Skerry. Although Major Skerry is deeply appreciated and valued by Prince Hansback, and is one of the talents promoted by the prince, his background Commoners have no other background except the trust of the eldest prince. But it is precisely because of this that he is jealous of more noble officers. Now that the eldest prince claims that he is ill and has no intention of doing military affairs, this gives those noble officers a good opportunity. If they don't take the opportunity to suppress the civilian officers, will they still have a chance to succeed in the future
The unlucky thing about Major Skerry is that his situation is relatively typical. No matter how good the reasons for evacuation are, the responsibility for the loss of soil cannot be denied. Coupled with the private connections and clamoring by those who were interested, the matter became even more amplified and serious. To put it bluntly, the war is over, and the struggle for power within the War Department is inevitable. This war made many civilian officers stand out, but on the contrary, only a few noble officers performed well. The signing of the armistice and peace agreement means that there will be a long period of peace. So which faction has the right to speak in the future of the Kingdom's Army? It’s something worth considering in your hands.
Claude was confused and irritated by Captain Duriolo's cryptic words. He took Captain Duriolo to his room and asked him to speak clearly to the point and not to do anything like that. A vain person. I am a rough man and I don’t understand the difference between a noble officer and a civilian officer...
In Claude's eyes, he really couldn't tell the difference between aristocratic officers and civilian officers. Doesn't the kingdom have national status? If you join the army and become an officer, don't you all have national status? The so-called aristocratic officers also have the same background. They are just from a noble family. They don't have any titles themselves. To say that they are nobles is to put gold on their faces. In fact, their status is just that of citizens.
Captain Durrioro could only smile bitterly. When he met Claude, it was like a scholar meeting a soldier. He couldn't explain why. If he didn't know Claude's details, he would not have the patience to explain the nobles to Claude. The difference between military officers and civilian officers.
The so-called noble officers do not all refer to the children of nobles. There is a big difference in this. Otherwise, Diavid and Murield, who are under Claude, can also be called noble officers. But in fact, the two of them still have to go to the front line to fight...
Generally speaking, noble officers have three characteristics. The first is that their families have deep-rooted influence and power among the kings. Many of their ancestors were founding heroes, and their descendants have served in the army for generations. The second is that they were born in the Young Noble Military Academy, which was their base camp, and then studied at Stirling Royal Military Academy when they grew up. The third characteristic is interest. The kingdom's major military industries are basically in the hands of these aristocratic families. Although the royal family occupies some of the shares, it still cannot do anything about these aristocratic family alliances.
According to Captain Durrioro's description, Claude couldn't help but think of a Junker officer from a certain country in his previous life. The two were really similar. Captain Durrioro said that noble officers occupy most of the high-level positions in the royal army. Although the former King Sterling IX and the current King Sterling X tried hard to suppress the expansion of the power of noble officers in the army, they are currently In the Royal Army, two-thirds of the top positions are still occupied by noble officers.
As for the civilian officers, it was only when the late King Sterling IX carried out military reforms that they began to stand out in the army and form their own faction to compete with the aristocratic officers. Originally, in the military, promising officers with civilian backgrounds were either suppressed or recruited by aristocratic officers, making it difficult for them to form another faction. It was not until the military reform, with the support of the royal family, that the power of civilian officers gradually expanded. Currently, most of the middle-level officers in the royal family are from civilians.
Different from aristocratic officers, the composition of so-called civilian officers is also very complex. Grassroots officers like Major Skerry who graduated from the juvenile military academy supported by the royal family are the backbone of them. There are two juvenile military academies in the kingdom. The students are children of fallen nobles and relatives of civilian officers. Many of them are orphans of soldiers who died in battle. They are the most trusted military force of the royal family and provide a large number of grassroots technical officers for the army every year. .
There are also soldiers like Claude who were born into civilians and joined the army in order to obtain national status. They are called the actual combatants among civilian officers. They have not received orthodox military education, but this cannot conceal their military talents and talents. During their long military career, they are like big waves washing away the sand, blowing away the dust on the surface and showing a dazzling light. Those civilian officers who finally ascended to high positions were the military talents that the kingdom relied on, such as the newly knighted General Michel Chiprist...
Well, Claude then realized that he was also one of the civilian officers. He looked at Captain Durrioro and asked, which faction he belonged to and why he told himself this? Although I know him and have a pretty good relationship with him, it seems that we haven't reached the point where we can tell ourselves the secrets of the military, right
Captain Durrioro replied that he was not an aristocratic officer, but could barely be considered a member of the civilian army. Although they were born into aristocratic families, their family was an emerging aristocracy, that is, the group who made their fortune following the late King Sterling IX. They were not yet in the eyes of the established aristocratic families, and they had no interest entanglements with the military industry. In addition, these nobles are not willing to develop in the royal team. On the contrary, they have a great interest in business and finance, and strive to promote free commercial and trade exchanges between the kingdom and other countries on the mainland...
Because of this, during this war, although they joined the army, most of them took positions in local security camps, which was safer. Military exploits were of little significance to them. What they were interested in were the mineral resources and local specialties in the newly occupied territory of the kingdom. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call them business aristocrats. His friendship with Claude was mainly due to the instructions from his uncle who worked in the War Department. On the one hand, he valued Claude's military talents, and it was also considered a friendly investment. On the other hand is Claude's background. His pharmacy teacher was Baroness Maria.
Claude suddenly understood that the people behind Captain Durrioro who valued his military talents were just talking about their own self-esteem. What they really valued was his nominal pharmacy teacher, Maria. baroness. Maybe they are using their own line to establish a relationship with Madam Maria, so as to gain some convenience by saying a few good words in front of Sterling X for their free commercial trade...
But now is not the time to argue with them about these issues. The key is how to rescue Major Skerry. Claude asked bluntly: "Is there any way to exonerate Major Skerry?"
Captain Durrioro smiled bitterly and replied that although they had people in the War Department, they did not have that much influence. The cause of this incident was at the frontline headquarters, led by those noble officers, and the Ministry of War could not directly intervene. In addition, Major Skerry's incident is just a primer. The real reason is not the responsibility for the loss of land, but the three southern counties. This is a counterattack by the old aristocratic families against the Sterling royal family...
How does this have anything to do with the three southern counties? Claude was puzzled.
Captain Durrioro made it clear, and Claude suddenly understood. It turns out that the existing military industry in the kingdom has always been controlled by those old noble families. Therefore, after capturing the three southern counties this time, the Sterling royal family wanted to take the opportunity to rectify the military industry in the three southern counties of the former Eskiline Principality and firmly control it in their own hands. Due to lack of funds, they did not choose to cooperate with those established aristocratic families, but instead absorbed funds from the emerging business aristocrats. The old aristocratic families who were excluded were naturally unwilling to give up. They used Major Skerry's incident to suppress civilian officers in the army. It was also a counterattack against the royal family's monopoly on the military industry in the three southern counties...
There was such a complicated causal relationship behind seemingly simple things. Claude's head almost exploded. He didn't care whether the military industry in the three southern counties was controlled by the royal family or those noble families. The question was why should gods be involved in a fight? To these little soldiers below...
Captain Durrioro pointed at Claude and said, the key to rescuing Major Skerry lies with you. The eldest prince stayed behind closed doors and refused to come out to preside over military affairs after the war. You can ask your teacher, Baroness Maria, to visit you and tell the eldest prince about it. Only when the eldest prince comes to the front line in person can it be possible for Major Skerry to be pardoned and exonerated.