Sergeant Siegfried was Captain Durrioro's adjutant. He hurriedly knocked on the door and entered Claude's room: "Captain Claude, someone from the Military Law Department of the frontline headquarters is here to take away the four fake officers." Our commander rejected his request and is now confronting them in the battalion headquarters office... "
Claude understood that this was Captain Durrioro asking him to rush for reinforcements. He stood up and ordered a signal soldier to have Diavid's squadron rush to the local security camp in full force and not allow the people from the Military Law Department of the frontline headquarters to take away the four criminals. Then he went out and took Sergeant Siegfried to Captain Durrioro's battalion office. He happened to meet Murray Ed on the way, so he naturally followed Claude to watch the fun.
Unexpectedly, those noble officers acted so quickly. Only three days after Lieutenant Perenger, who came to deliver the gift, had left, people from the Military Justice Department came to take away the four unlucky men. Claude has been to Pacasia City, the county seat of Palo Alto County among the three southern counties where the frontline headquarters is located. The journey from Squirrel Village to Pacasia City takes three days and two nights, which is the speed of a carriage. If we go at a fast pace, it will take two days and one night.
It seems that those noble officers have been prepared for the failure of Lieutenant Perenger's trip. It is very likely that the personnel of the General Law Department are arranged in the towns near the mountain crossing road. As soon as Lieutenant Perenger left Squirrel Village and crossed the mountain road, he rushed to the town there to meet the people from the Military Justice Department. That's why the people from the Military Justice Department rushed to the camp of the local security battalion in Squirrel Village in such a short period of time.
Standing in the corridor outside the door of Captain Durrioro's office was a small group of military police wearing red military uniforms at the top and black at the bottom. Their cuffs had three black ribbons, which were the special symbols of the Military Police. On the stairs, Claude heard someone in the office roaring: "Captain Durrioro, you must hand over the prisoner to us..."
Two gendarmes stood at the top of the stairs, probably under orders to deny entry to the office. But when the two gendarmes saw the epaulettes of Claude and Muriel, they hurriedly raised their hands in salute and stepped aside. The officer leading the Military Justice Department who gave them the order forgot that these military police could only stop soldiers with the same rank as them, but they could not stop officers from entering the office.
"What's going on?" Claude pushed open the office door and entered, followed by Murield who closed the door.
There were only three people in the office. Captain Durrioro sat behind his desk and remained silent. He couldn't help but look surprised when he saw Claude and the two coming in. The other two should be the two leading officers from the Military Law Department of the frontline headquarters. One is a lieutenant. He looks to be in his mid-twenties, with two mustaches on his face. He is sitting calmly in the office furnished. On the single sofa, I was leisurely enjoying a glass of fruit wine.
The other second lieutenant, who was strong and stout, had a face full of flesh. It seemed that the roar he just heard was from this man. He was standing in front of Captain Durrioro's desk. Obviously, the pressure that Captain Durrioro suffered came from this vicious second lieutenant.
"Who asked you to come in? Get out!" The fierce-looking second lieutenant officer did not see clearly the epaulettes of Claude and Muriel. He just pointed at the door when someone came in and told them to get out. Don't get in their way.
Claude's eyes widened, but before he could say anything, Murield, who was behind him, rushed to the front, opened his mouth and cursed: "You're blind, you bastard! Where did you come from? How dare you tell the superior officer to get out? I'll offend you. Okay." How brave!”
Only then did this rough second lieutenant officer realize that Murray Ed wore the same second lieutenant epaulette as him. He was not afraid that he had insulted an officer of the same rank. However, when he saw Claude's captain's epaulettes clearly, he quickly stood up and saluted and apologized: "Sorry, Captain, I didn't see clearly just now. I thought it was my subordinates who came in, so I scolded them for disobeying the order. Please punish me, sir..."
Claude just looked at him coldly and didn't say anything in return: "You slap two people in your face, don't do it again!"
"Yes, follow the order." The ferocious-looking second lieutenant officer was straightforward, and he directly shined his face twice, and his cheeks immediately became red and swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Among the kings of Ovilas, the following crimes are neither great nor trivial. Generally speaking, as long as you are caught on the spot, the Shangguan will basically punish you in person. Like Claude, he only allowed the second lieutenant to slap him twice, which was considered a very normal behavior. Some perverted officers would go out of their way to find trouble for soldiers, asking them to stand on their heads, bark like a dog, or even do hundreds of push-ups in the street. This forced the Ministry of War to issue a special regulation on the punishment of the following offenders, limiting the punishment of superior officers to a certain reasonable range.
Claude turned his attention to the mustachioed lieutenant sitting on the sofa. This lieutenant was very knowledgeable and had already put down his wine glass and stood at attention. When Claude looked at him, he raised his hand and saluted: "Salute to you. Chevalier Claude.”
Claude returned the greeting: "You seem to know me?"
The mustached lieutenant officer smiled and replied: "Of course, I can't think of any other name besides you for the captain officer who can stand here and wear the knighthood medal."
He is also a captain, but Captain Durrioro, the commander of the local security battalion, is one level lower than an official. There is no way around it. This is a tacit rule among the kings. Compared with the regular army, the military rank of the local guard battalion is automatically one level lower. Therefore, Captain Durrioro needed Claude to come and help suppress the situation, otherwise he would not have the confidence to confront these two officers from the Military Justice Department of the frontline headquarters. Because his rank of captain was only equal to that of the mustached lieutenant officer, but because he was from the frontline command post, he was automatically one level higher, so the ferocious-looking second lieutenant officer had the courage to roar in front of him.
But Claude is different. He is a captain officer of the 1st Ranger Battalion. He is directly under the frontline headquarters and under the personal command and deployment of the eldest prince. He is an experimental independent combat unit in the regular army of the kingdom. His status was no lower than that of the officers at the frontline headquarters. In addition, he also wore a knighthood medal. Not to mention that the two officers who came this time were lieutenants and second lieutenants. Even the captain had to salute Claude first.
Claude nodded: "Are you two from the Military Justice Department of the Frontline Command? Please show your officer ID and identity certificate."
"You..." The second lieutenant officer with red and swollen cheeks wanted to say something. It was obvious that he was angry, but he was stopped by the stern eyes of the mustached lieutenant officer.
"Yes, please check. This is our military officer's ID card and identification document." The mustached lieutenant officer readily took out his military officer's ID card and identity document.
The military officer's ID card is not large. It only briefly records several contents such as military rank, name, age, unit and unit to which he belongs. The identification document is twice as big as the military officer's ID card. It records in detail the person's appearance, height, specialty, graduation internship unit and other information, as well as his position in the frontline command post.
"Lieutenant Jiprek Shalevinster, staff officer of the Military Justice Department of the forward command..." Claude read.
"It's me, Knight Claude." The mustached lieutenant officer smiled and nodded.
"Check again." Claude handed the officer's ID card and identification document to Captain Durrioro, and then said to Lieutenant Lieutenant Mustachio: "Sorry, Lieutenant Jiprek, we have to be more cautious now. , after all, there was an incident of impersonating an officer a few days ago, I believe you have heard of it. That’s why we will verify and check your identity again and again, because we don’t want to make the same mistake again and become the object of ridicule by others... "
Lieutenant Jiprick smiled awkwardly: "It should be, it should be, be careful and you won't make a big mistake."
"Where's yours?" Claude turned to the rough second lieutenant.
This second lieutenant officer with a fierce face and a stout body was not from a noble family. His name was Beki Milonitaya, and he was also from the Military Justice Department of the frontline headquarters. However, he was not a staff officer, but an executive officer. It seemed that the small group of military police in the corridor was under his command.
Captain Durrioro had already checked the military certificates and identification documents of the two people. He nodded to Claude, indicating that there was no problem with the identity of the two people.
"Okay, I believe you are from the Military Justice Department of the Frontline Command. So what business do you two have here?" Claude turned his back on guests and automatically took the place of Captain Durrioro, the landowner.
Lieutenant Jiprek looked at Captain Durrioro first and saw that he had no reaction. He seemed to have given the leadership here to Claude. He had no choice but to smile helplessly: "That's it, Knight Claude. We were conducting military discipline inspections in Alfister County. When we came to Rosa Town, we heard that there was a case of impersonating an official officer of the Kingdom. We rushed over to pick up the prisoners and prepare to bring them back to the frontline headquarters for review by the Military Justice Department... "
Claude laughed: "Oh, that's it. No wonder you lost your temper at Captain Durrioro. Is it because he doesn't want to hand over the prisoner to you? This actually has nothing to do with him. This prisoner It's my final say, even if he agrees to hand over the prisoner to you, it won't work."
Lieutenant Jiprek's face suddenly darkened: "Knight Claude, what do you mean by this? Do you want to interfere with our performance of official duties? This is a violation of military discipline, and you should know the consequences!"
"Performing official duties? Haha..." Claude sneered: "Since you said you were performing official duties, well, please bring me the authorization letter and the order to transfer prisoners. There is no authorization issued by the Ministry of War to transfer prisoners. According to the official document and the order of the Grand Prince, you can’t even try to extract prisoners from us.”
"Knight Claude, please don't make trouble unreasonably." Lieutenant Jiprek said in a stern voice: "It is our duty to extract prisoners and bring them to the Military Justice Department for review. No authorization documents or orders from the Supreme Commander are required. Please cooperate with our law enforcement work. Transfer those four criminals to us, otherwise, we will punish you for interfering with official duties in accordance with military discipline!"
"The crime of interfering with official duties? What a big crime..." Claude didn't look afraid at all: "Don't think I don't know. Those four criminals were originally directly affiliated with the frontline headquarters. As colleagues, you should Avoid suspicion, instead of rushing over to extract the prisoner. Does this mean you want to wipe your own butt
If the prisoner is handed over to you, I believe we will never hear about the follow-up to this case again. If we ask, the answer we get will definitely be that there is no such thing. So I'm sorry, gentlemen, you should go back to where you came from. This is no longer something you can get involved in, nor is it a case you can be responsible for. "
Lieutenant Jiprek looked at Claude fiercely: "Knight Claude, let me ask again, do you really want to hinder us from performing our official duties?"
"Oh, are you performing official duties?" Claude shook his head: "I have not hindered you from performing official duties. I only ask you to complete the procedures for performing official duties. Please show the authorization document for transferring prisoners and the order of the Supreme Commander. I will send you the order immediately. The prisoners will be handed over to you."
"Very good, Knight Claude." Lieutenant Jiprek stared at Claude and said word by word: "You are now charged with obstructing official duties and obstructing law enforcement. In the name of the Military Justice Department, I announce that you have been arrested. Please follow. Let’s go to the frontline headquarters for review!”
"What the hell!" Murray Ed, who was standing nearby, was furious. He suddenly punched Lieutenant Jiprek in the face, knocking him to the ground immediately. The incident happened suddenly, and no one expected that Murray would be so impulsive. Claude hurriedly hugged him to prevent him from going forward. Beating a superior military judge was not a small crime.
"You... ugh... dare to hit... hit me..." Lieutenant Jiprek fell to the ground and covered his face. Murray Ed's punch hit the bridge of his nose, which seemed to have been crooked, and blood splattered from his nose. After finally getting up from the ground, he pointed at Claude and Muriel with eyes full of hatred and shouted: "Catch them, Second Lieutenant Becky Milo, why are you still standing there!"
"Yes, sir." Second Lieutenant Becky Milo, who was stout and fierce-looking, did not rush forward. Instead, he stretched out his right hand and touched it, and a short blunderbuss appeared in his hand. The other left hand was not idle either. He struck a match on the table next to him, the flame lit up, and then lit the match on the blunderbuss.
"Hands up!" Lieutenant Becky Milo pointed the blunderbuss at Claude and Muriel.
"Bang!" The sound of muskets sounded in the office.
Claude looked at his own body in surprise, and then at the body of Murray Ed standing in front of him, but he didn't find any wounds.
With a "plop", Second Lieutenant Becky Milo fell to the ground with a bloody bullet hole on his face. The short blunderbuss in his hand also fell to the ground. The match rope on it was still burning slowly and was not in the firing state...
Claude turned around and looked back, only to see Captain Durrioro holding a smoking gun in his hand and looking at the body of Second Lieutenant Becky Milo on the ground in a daze. Seeing Claude looking at him, Captain Durrioro murmured in defense: "I, I just wanted to hit his hand, but I didn't expect to hit him on the face..."
"You, you actually, actually killed Second Lieutenant Becky Milo..." Lieutenant Jiprek was trembling. This time a life was lost, and the matter was really messed up. He didn't feel that his nose hurt anymore. He pointed at Claude and screamed loudly: "Someone, someone, come quickly!"
The door opened, but to Lieutenant Jiprek's surprise, what came in was not the military police who came with them, but the heavily armed Diavid.
"Where are the gendarmes at the door?" Claude asked.
"We were disarmed and they were all squatting in the hall downstairs." Diaverde replied nonchalantly.
"What now?" Claude asked Captain Durrioro.
Captain Durrioro finally came to his senses and pointed at Lieutenant Jiprek: "Arrest him first. I will immediately send a falcon message to the Ministry of War, accusing the two of them of trying to kidnap us and force us under the guise of military discipline inspection." We release the four prisoners who pretended to be official officers of the Kingdom..."