"Report, General Pokalek, the commander of the Ambriz Legion stationed in Winterfell, sent a falcon message to the commander." The Signal Corps placed a newly received secret letter on the table.
Captain Durrioro picked it up casually, took a look at it, and put the secret letter on the small pile of secret letters on the table with a "bah" sound. There are two small piles of such secret messages on the table, but one pile is taller and the other is shorter.
"What's wrong?" Claude stood in front of the window holding a glass of fruit wine, looking at the soldiers of the 1st Ranger Battalion who were digging traps on the mountain road with boredom. Muriel was checking the traps that had been dug and arranged on the hillside. trenches. In the past, Claude set up defensive positions here in Squirrel Village to deal with the coalition of territorial nobles coming from the eastern areas of the Principality of Karnas and the Principality of Eskiline. But now he has to guard against the possible attacks from the three southern counties. The crusade army coming from this direction...
"It's nothing," Captain Durioro stood up: "The commander of a second-line army, a lackey of one of those old noble families, sent a hawk message, asking us to obey the decision of the combat staff of the frontline headquarters, and be obedient. Go to the frontline headquarters to plead guilty and hand over the criminals and evidence, and then undergo review to avoid unimaginable consequences, becoming a treason to the kingdom, bringing shame to the family and relatives, etc...
Those who are paralyzed are all those guys who show off their talk. If they have the ability to bring troops to fight me, let's see if these wastes and idiots dare. I don’t even think about when the frontline combat staff had the right to accuse us of being rebellious. A group of staff officers who could only provide advice and reference information to the frontline command officers actually took over the power of the frontline command. This really surprised no one. . "
This is indeed a situation that no one expected. It has been three days and they are still at the stage of verbal warfare. When Captain Durrioro sent the Falcon message to the frontline headquarters announcing that Lieutenant Jiprek committed suicide and that Second Lieutenant Becky Milo was accidentally injured and died during the fight, in addition to letting the group of aristocratic officers accuse Captain Durrioro and Claude was a traitor to the kingdom and announced the decision to send troops to attack. In the past three days, hawks and carrier pigeons were flying all over the sky, secret messages and announcements were passed around, and not a single soldier came to attack Squirrel Village.
The reason is very simple. The frontline combat staff does not have the right to dispatch troops. Even the high-ranking corps members who belong to the aristocratic officer power cannot use the instructions signed by the frontline combat staff to let their troops attack Captain Durrioro and Crocodile. Lorde them. When the aristocratic officers at the frontline headquarters discovered this fact, they felt that they were really being taken advantage of. However, the big words had been released and could not be taken back, so they could only send a falcon message to Du. Captain Riolo and Claude went to the frontline headquarters to surrender and must not make mistakes. At the same time, the high-ranking officials of the legion were asked to send a falcon message to Squirrel Village to persuade Captain Durrioro and Claude not to resist, thereby increasing the pressure on the two men.
Prince Hansback originally set up a combat staff at the frontline headquarters. The main purpose was to accommodate the noble officers who came to follow him. He knew very well that many of these aristocratic officers were high-minded but short-handed and could only talk big words. Without a period of observation, it would be difficult to discover the talents worthy of promotion among them. Therefore, this department was specially set up to stay in the frontline command post. On the one hand, it is to facilitate their selection and observation. On the other hand, it allows these noble officers to have a place to go. It will not hinder the civilian officers who are really doing things in the frontline command post. It is easy for conflicts and contradictions to occur between them.
The eldest prince's idea is very thoughtful, but after all, he can't leave this frontline combat staff there to be empty, so many trivial matters are left to this combat staff to take care of and handle, and he has to deal with the effective personnel among them. Noble officers were selected and placed in various departments such as the Military Justice Department's Communications Department. In nearly four years, the tentacles of this combat staff were unknowingly spread to all departments of the entire frontline command.
When the eldest prince was here, this combat staff was responsible for proposing the best solution to various intelligence and affairs issues in the frontline battle situation. It also had alternative one, two, and three options for the officers of the frontline command headquarters to choose from. Only after the officer in charge of the frontline headquarters selects one of the plans to sign and approves it, will the plan be handed over to the relevant departments for implementation.
This can not only give the noble officers of the frontline combat staff the illusion that they are being re-emphasized and hold great power, because the officers of the frontline command choose the solutions provided by them, which gives them a great sense of psychological satisfaction. . At the same time, it can prevent these noble officers from truly taking real power. Without the signature and approval of the heads of various departments in the frontline command headquarters, these submitted treatment plans are just a pile of waste paper and are of no use.
However, after Prince Hansback rushed back to the capital to stop the signing of the armistice and peace agreement, he stayed behind closed doors willfully. This result caused the aristocratic officers of the frontline combat staff to lose their restraints. They joined forces with the aristocratic officers of various departments of the frontline command to bypass the acting grand prince, General Michel Chick Priest, and forced him to physically They left the frontline headquarters in the name of unfit for recuperation, allowing these noble officers to take over the jurisdiction of nearly a million royal soldiers on the frontline.
But what these noble officers did not expect was that the authority they thought they had over millions of troops was actually empty. In terms of trivial matters such as logistics and supplies, military discipline inspections, and expropriation of enemy property, the various officers in charge of the frontline headquarters Be willing to cooperate and sign the plan they submitted to approve its implementation. But when they wanted to mobilize troops to attack Captain Durrioro and Claude, who they claimed were traitors, they needed a signed warrant from General Michel Chickpriest, who was in charge of the frontline command in place of the Grand Prince. This was their Impossible to get.
The chiefs in charge of the remaining departments of the frontline command, even the top brass of the legion belonging to the aristocratic forces, refused to sign the crusade plan. First, they do not have the power to mobilize troops, and second, they cannot entrust their lives and wealth to these aristocratic officers who do not know the heights of the sky. If they followed this crusade order signed in the name of the Frontline Combat Staff, they would really be committing rebellion. The Kingdom had never granted this so-called Frontline Combat Command the power to dispatch troops.
Captain Durrioro's confidence lay in the secret instructions he received from the Kingdom's War Department, where his uncle served. Regarding the situation he reported to the War Department, the War Department's confidential reply expressed appreciation and encouragement for him and Claude's refusal of the unreasonable orders of the frontline command, and instructed them not to succumb to the pressure of the frontline command and wait. The War Department sent people to investigate.
Just as Captain Durrioro said, the armistice and peace agreement has been signed and the war is over. Although the eldest prince once again willfully stayed behind closed doors, regardless of frontline matters, big or small. Then the acting commander responsible for taking over should also actively cooperate with the Kingdom's Ministry of War to properly deal with the nearly one million royal soldiers deployed on the front line. Those who should be retired should be retired, and those who should be downsized should be downsized. Those second-line legions also need to return to their hometowns. Soldiers who were forcibly recruited can go home and wait for the next war to come again and serve as cannon fodder...
But the current situation is beyond the imagination of the Kingdom's Ministry of War. General Michael Chickpriest, who replaced the eldest prince, is said to have gone to recuperate due to poor health, and has not named a replacement for him in charge of the frontline command. However, the so-called frontline combat staff is in charge of nearly a million royal officers on the front line, and they are all aristocratic officers at the lieutenant and school level.
This situation has become a big worry for the Ministry of War. It's not that they haven't thought about sending someone to take charge, but the problem is that the eldest prince stays behind closed doors and doesn't care about anything. I wonder if the candidates sent there will be met with that so-called Resistance from noble officers on the front combat staff. Even though His Majesty King Sterling X endorsed it, the commander of the nearly one million troops on the front line was still His Highness Prince Hansback. Without his approval and warrant, if no one obeys the orders issued by the candidates sent there, such a situation would be an embarrassing scene for the War Department and Sterling X, and the consequences would be very serious.
At this moment, Captain Durrioro, the battalion commander of a local security battalion deployed on the front line, and an experimental combat unit set up by the Grand Prince, the captain of a large group of the 1st Ranger Battalion, and the recipient of the Knight Medal Captain Claude clashed with the noble officers who took charge of the front line command. They first arrested four members of the frontline headquarters who were pretending to be official officers of the kingdom. Then two officers from the military law office who went to the frontline headquarters wanted to take away the prisoners, but they refused. After the conflict, the two officers from the military law office were killed.
This incident not only shocked the Kingdom's Ministry of War, but also shocked the noble officers at the frontline headquarters. They boldly declared that Captain Durrioro and Captain Claude were traitors and wanted to send troops to crusade. This was the worst move they made, because they did not have the power to mobilize their troops, and as a result, they put themselves on the stage and could not move...
This is a very good opportunity for the Kingdom's Army Department. They can take the opportunity to send people to the front line and intervene in the front line headquarters on the grounds of investigating this incident to understand the truest situation and find out the identity of those noble officers. Purpose and details. No one responded to the declarations and actions of these noble officers to crusade against rebellion, so the War Department saw a good opportunity to regain control of nearly one million royal troops on the front line.
Therefore, the Ministry of War sent a secret message to Captain Durrioro and Claude not to succumb to the pressure from the frontline headquarters and the frontline regiments. On the other hand, a falcon message was used to inform the military law officers of each frontline regiment to select candidates to form an investigation team and go to Squirrel Village to investigate the true situation. Finally, the Ministry of War sent senior generals to the frontline headquarters with the order of Sterling X to be responsible for the evacuation of nearly one million royal troops.
Captain Durrioro pointed to the large pile of secret letters on his desk and said proudly: "Did you see it? There are twenty second-line legions on the front line, two ace field legions, and the top legions above the division level are only Thirty sealed letters persuaded us to confess to the frontline headquarters, but their battalion-level combat units sent nearly a hundred sealed letters to express their support for us. So there is no need for your subordinates to set up any defenses. Position, even if the higher-ups of the legion dare to order a crusade against us, there are no combat units below that will execute such a stupid order."
"Be prepared, and it's not good to let the soldiers just laze around. The only way to maintain combat effectiveness is to get them moving." Claude withdrew his gaze, drank the fruit wine in the glass in one gulp, and then asked: "Military Law Department When did the investigation team come?"
Captain Durrioro found a secret letter from the table, read it and replied: "It is said that three days later, General Wellster, the head of the military law department of the Guards Corps, will lead the investigation, accompanied by eight second-in-commands. The head of the legion's court-martial and sixteen law-enforcement officers, and a squadron of military police of the legion, a total of one hundred and thirty-six men."
"I hope the investigation team that comes this time will have a fair attitude and not just blame us." Claude said thoughtfully.
"Haha, you don't have to worry about this. The head of the Military Law Department of the Guards Corps, General Wellster is called the impartial Wellster by the soldiers. He has a high prestige among the Guards Corps because he enforces the law impartially. Bu Yi, no matter he is an aristocratic officer or a civilian soldier, the punishment in his hands will be the same. The punishment will not be reduced because of his noble status or whether there is someone to intercede. Therefore, some aristocratic officers gave him the nickname "Wooden Head" Wellster, it means he has no human feelings at all..."
Captain Durrioro poured another half a glass of fruit wine for Claude: "In addition, I found that of the eight military legal department directors of the second-line legions selected by the Ministry of War this time, five were civilian officers, and sixteen were military legal officers. Half of the executive officers are also civilian officers. For us, they are natural allies. No one likes aristocratic officers who are arrogant in the military and think they are superior to others."
Claude laughed dumbly: "You should actually be considered a noble officer."
Captain Durrioro waved the wine bottle in his hand and argued: "No, no, no, you are wrong. Brother Claude, I am only a noble, not a noble officer. The aristocratic officers who came from the old aristocratic families of the past generation are incomparable. They have huge influence in the royal family, and at the same time they control the kingdom's military industry, so the royal family has to give them some concessions.
And I became an officer just because everyone has to serve the kingdom in this war, and being a noble is no exception. Now that this war is over, I believe that this local security camp will need to be disbanded soon, and then I can take off this military uniform and go home to continue living my peaceful life. Occasionally go hunting, attend dances and banquets, talk to beautiful ladies and beautiful ladies in the garden, instead of just drinking here to relieve boredom all day long... "