"I don't think any of you three have ever been in the army, right?" Claude looked at the menacing Captain Dalek and asked calmly.
Captain Dalek seemed a little annoyed: "I guess it has nothing to do with whether we have dispatched troops or not. Captain Claude, you can deny Lieutenant Halicik's calculation basis, but you can't deny the First Ranger Battalion." There is a waste of food and grass..."
"No, I don't admit that our 1st Ranger Battalion has ever wasted food and grass." Claude looked at the three lieutenant-level officers in front of him, then turned to ask Lieutenant Colonel Vaori on the left: "Lieutenant Colonel, are you Can you guarantee that the three of them indeed have the status of official officers of our kingdom? I suspect that these three people are pretending to be officers and request the superior department to investigate. At the same time, I would like to check your identity certificate. Please forgive me because what happened is too weird. , so I have to be cautious..."
"You, you are brave!" Captain Dalek was a little flustered and very angry. Claude actually doubted the identity of the three of them as officers. This was the greatest insult to him.
"Captain Durioro, you are a witness. Do you think there is anything wrong with my suspicion?" Claude asked Captain Duriolo behind him. This is actually the territory of the commander of his local security battalion.
"No, your suspicion is very correct, because I am also doubting the identity of the three of them. As a formal officer of the kingdom, no one does not know the wartime troop management regulations, and the three of them seem to have no idea about it. If the front line The combat staff of the headquarters are only at their level, so I can only be pessimistic about the future of the Kingdom's army..." Captain Durrioro opened the door and called for the guards to come in.
"Wait, wait, Captain Claude, Captain Durrioro, this is just a small misunderstanding..." Lieutenant Colonel Vaori had lost his original calmness. He hurriedly came up to stop him, sweat broke out on his forehead. .
Claude and Captain Durrioro looked at each other. They had a clear understanding of each other and immediately understood that there must be something strange in this. Claude intended to cause trouble, while Captain Durrioro was just following the trend. Neither of them minded embarrassing the four aristocratic officers who claimed to be from the frontline command and came to investigate the combat exploits of the 1st Ranger Battalion.
"Please stop and don't move!" Claude issued a stern warning: "Lieutenant Colonel Valori, please show your identity document and military officer's card immediately, otherwise I will think that you and these three liars are pretending to be official officers of the kingdom. We’re in the same group!”
"You are the liar. How dare you frame three of our nobles!" Captain Dalek became furious and yelled. It just seemed more like a bluff.
"You know for yourself whether you are a liar or not. Now please show your identity certificates and military certificates!" Captain Durrioro walked forward, and a small group of soldiers from the security battalion came behind him, filling the office.
"I, we didn't bring our identity documents. Our officer IDs are all at the frontline headquarters. You can go back with us to get them..." The lieutenant officer named Haliqik, who wore glasses and had a horse face, suddenly turned pale.
"You didn't bring your ID, or your military ID? Haha, you didn't bring anything, so why are you here to perform official duties? Arrest me!" Captain Durrioro ordered to the soldiers behind him, and then turned back to Claude and said: " Brother, you are so awesome. You broke through their mask right away. I was still wondering why there are still people who don’t even know the wartime management regulations of the army, and they use such weak excuses to embarrass you. What a hell. …”
The lieutenant named Sides, whose arms were twisted behind him by the soldiers of the security battalion, was still unconvinced: "I don't know what's so strange about the army's wartime management regulations. What's going on with our frontline headquarters?" It’s normal to forget this little thing when you’re busy. But it’s the two of you who dare to commit the following crimes and wait to be dealt with by military law. I swear that I will never let you two go... "
Captain Durrioro laughed and walked over. He raised his hand and slapped the boy, sending his military cap flying away. Then one hand grabbed his hair and pulled it to the left. The boy let out a cry of pain.
"Boy, you won't let me go, haha, I won't let you go yet. Do you know? You must not know what the crime of impersonating an official officer of the kingdom is. This is a serious crime that will get you shot, and it will even implicate your family. . As for the wartime management regulations of the army, if you think it is a trivial matter, open your eyes and take a look. There is this regulation hanging on the wall in front of you!
You see clearly, the second part is about logistics. Before the war, every soldier participating in the battle must be ensured with adequate supplies. There are three meals a day, and the amount of each meal is stipulated. Those on duty at night are also provided with extra meals. This is the rule of the kingdom's army. An important guarantee of combat effectiveness is the regulations issued by the frontline command to each combat unit and required to be implemented. You don’t even know this, so where do you get the courage to pretend to be an official officer of the kingdom to embarrass Captain Claude? "
Captain Durrioro let go of his hair and waved to the soldiers in the guard camp: "Take them down and lock them up separately. I will take care of them when I have time."
Looking back, Captain Durrioro showed a ferocious smile: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, please prove your identity now and show your officer ID."
Lieutenant Colonel Vaori in front of Claude was pale, his body was trembling, and there were big drops of sweat on his forehead. In any case, he has been involved in the incident of impersonating an official officer of the kingdom and cannot escape.
"I, I have proof of identity. I, I am an official officer of the Kingdom. No, I am not pretending..." Lieutenant Colonel Vaoli trembled as he started to unbutton his military uniform and took out his military officer ID card and ID card from his inner pocket. document.
Captain Durrioro took the military officer's ID card. Claude saw clearly that it was the real official military officer's ID card of the Kingdom. However, when Captain Durrioro opened the identification document, he only glanced at it and ordered: "Take it." Catch him!"
"No, I am an official officer of the kingdom, I am a lieutenant colonel, you can't arrest me..." Lieutenant Colonel Vaori suddenly collapsed on the ground and howled.
"We can't arrest you?" Captain Durioro raised the identification document in his hand: "Lieutenant Colonel Vaori, right? You are indeed an official officer of the kingdom, but the problem is that you are in charge of the logistics warehouse, why do you pretend to be Officers from the Military Justice Division of the frontline headquarters are here to perform official duties. I believe this cannot be a problem with the Military Justice Division, right? You should just stay and accept the investigation from your superiors!"
"No..." Lieutenant Colonel Vaori was dragged out like a dead pig by the soldiers of the two guard battalions.
Captain Durrioro waved, and two recorders came over. They recorded everything that had just happened. He handed over the recording document in his hand and asked Claude and Captain Durioro to sign it respectively before exiting. Only Claude and Captain Durioro were left in the office.
"Hahaha..." Captain Durrioro laughed with a joyful expression on his face: "Brother, this is a very good opportunity for us. The noble officers made a wrong move. I really don't understand. What did they think that they gave us such a big handle?"
"Opportunity? A handle?" Claude still couldn't figure out what was going on. Originally, he suspected the other party's identity and wanted to embarrass the four officers who came to investigate. I didn’t expect Captain Durrioro to take over the matter so simply, and he is still so happy now...
"Don't you understand yet?" Captain Durrioro knew Claude's situation very well. He knew that he was from a small town civilian and didn't know much about the filth and intrigues of the upper class. He was very interested now, so he could explain it to Claude in detail.
"Brother, I can only say that you are very lucky. I don't know what stupidity those noble officers in the frontline headquarters made. They actually let a lieutenant colonel officer in charge of the logistics management warehouse pretend to be someone from the Military Justice Department, and brought three others with him. A nobleman pretending to be a staff officer is here to cause trouble for your 1st Ranger Battalion.
If they hadn't been discovered by us, nothing would have happened, but now they have been discovered and arrested by us, which is not good news for those noble officers. Because this will become a very serious incident, it will directly cause a sensation in the Royal Court and the Ministry of War, and involve a large number of relevant personnel.
Pretending to be a military official and pretending to be an official officer of the kingdom is a very serious crime. Regardless of whether the other person is a noble or a civilian, the punishment is the same, ranging from execution to ten years of hard labor, and there is no way to obtain amnesty. I wonder if those aristocratic officers in the frontline headquarters were too complacent to do whatever they wanted because they had no one to control them. How could they make such a big mistake
What we need to do now is to publicize this matter immediately. The more people who know about it, the better. Then those noble officers will have to pay a high price if they want to save these few. Maybe we can make some demands for them to comply... "
Claude was not interested in how Captain Durrioro, the representative of the emerging business aristocracy, was scheming with the aristocratic officers at the frontline headquarters. He always believed that people could live a simpler life to make their lives easier and happier. But this does not mean that Claude does not understand the key, he is just too lazy to care about it.
"Then can we use these unlucky guys pretending to be official officers to coerce the noble officers to release Major Skerry?" Claude is only concerned about this matter now.
"Uh..." Captain Durrioro thought for a while, but still shook his head: "That's impossible. The noble officers were instructed by the old noble families behind them to use Major Skerry's matter to intervene in the division of interests in the newly occupied territories. Among them, suppressing the rise of civilian officers in the royal army, and seizing our business aristocrats' share of investment in the newly occupied territory, forcing the royal family not to start a new business in the military industry they monopolize...
If they were asked to give up their plot and release Major Skerry for the sake of these unlucky guys whose identities were exposed by me, then they might as well just give up on these noble children. They can compromise, but the price they pay must be consistent with their bottom line. I have to go to the interrogation immediately to see how much the identities and family backgrounds of these unlucky guys are worth. "
"Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you. I'll wait for your news." Claude nodded.
Early the next morning, Captain Durrioro sent someone to invite Claude over. He looked tired, probably because he had not slept all night.
"The matter has been cleared up," Captain Durrioro pointed to a file on the table and said to Claude: "Hides Van Rulemck, 23 years old, staff officer of the Logistics Management Office of the Frontline Command Lieutenant Hendryll's guard, with the rank of corporal. Darik Sankrenzot, twenty-eight years old, communications management staff officer, Lieutenant Lieutenant Metz's guard, with the rank of staff sergeant. Halic Krovodou Ni, twenty-six years old, is an officer, but an honorary lieutenant, not an official officer of the kingdom. He is a dispatcher of the former Principality of Modra to relieve refugees.
Did you see that, Van Roormck, Sankrenzot, and Lovodoni, these three are all one of the established noble families. Although they are not top-notch, they are still ranked in the middle. Because of this war that swept the entire eastern part of the continent, these established noble families had to send their children into the army. But they took a trick and asked the noble officers who had a solid foundation in the military to choose their children to serve as guards, or pay money to obtain honorary military ranks and be responsible for local affairs, so that their children could avoid being sent to the battlefield. destiny.
As for Lieutenant Colonel Vaori, he is a worm in the logistics department with no foundation. He has transactions and connections in logistics supplies with the military industry of those old noble families, so he has always clung to the thighs of these noble children. This time he volunteered to bring these three noble children here, hoping to win over you, the recipient of the Knight Medal, and further advance his future... "
Claude looked through the interrogation file and saw that the confessions of the four unlucky men were roughly the same as those told by Captain Durrioro.
"I'm a little surprised. Did the noble officers at the frontline headquarters just let them pretend to be regular officers and act without any scruples when they came over?" Claude asked.
Captain Durrioro laughed heartily: "I have to admit that you are very lucky, brother Claude. In fact, the noble officers who came to the frontline headquarters really didn't know about it. One of them was busy with things. , are busy receiving the so-called enemy products, which is a big thing to bulge their own pockets. They don't know how to use their hands to communicate with others, they all do it by themselves, and they can't spare any time at the moment.
Another reason was that Major Skerry had a tough talk and insisted that the evacuation of Count Crillaus's castle was his own idea. All the officers and soldiers of the 1st Ranger Battalion only followed the orders of his superior. Because he has shouldered all the responsibilities by himself, even those noble officers who wanted to expand their attack were unable to find a suitable reason to drag you into the water.
Because these four unlucky guys participated in the conspiracy of the noble officers, they know that you are on the list of civilian officers they want to deal with, and they hope to use you to implicate Lieutenant Colonel Leedfunk, who is responsible for integrating the military industry in the three southern counties. . So they came here secretly without telling the noble officers, thinking that by assuming the posture of a staff officer of the Military Law Department of the frontline headquarters, they can force you to submit obediently, so that they can show their faces in front of those noble officers.
What we didn't expect was that they got themselves into trouble and were discovered by us on the spot. This morning, I reported the fact that they pretended to be official officers to perform official duties to the Kingdom's Army Department using a hawk eagle message. I also used carrier pigeons to inform the garrison troops all over the week about this matter, so that they would be wary of all officers from the frontline headquarters. Identify their identities and confirm their order documents to carry out official duties. I believe that by now, the noble officers in the frontline command have already known about this matter. I really don’t know what kind of chaos they will cause and what method they will come up with to remedy it... "