Four days later, Mike and Big Germy returned to Squirrel Village.
McJack reported to Claude that it took them thirteen days to rush to the royal capital and find the residence of Baron Normanry. In the evening, Lady Maria received them, read the letter Claude wrote to her, and the letter to the eldest prince. After thinking about it for a while, she said she understood, and then ordered the housekeepers to give them two They arranged a place to live, leaving the two of them in the baron's mansion to wait for news.
From that day on, Michael Jack and Big Germi lived a happy pig-raising life in Madam Maria's house. They did nothing but eat and sleep every day, and could not see Madam Maria. Mike was okay and borrowed a few books from the housekeeper to read. The big guy Gemie went to help in the kitchen when he had nothing to do, and mixed in a lot of delicious food by the way.
After more than half a month, Mrs. Maria suddenly summoned the two of them and told them that the eldest prince had returned to the frontline headquarters and the situation was under control. So they could go back, and then they were rewarded with five gold crowns. So they started back the next day. Along the way, I found that the order and vigilance along the way were much stronger than when I went to the royal capital, and from time to time I could see large groups of people retreating from the front line.
This time, Mike Jack and the big man Germi did a good job and successfully completed the tasks assigned to them by Claude. Claude asked them to go down and rest. The premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger. The day for his team to leave Squirrel Village would soon come.
Three days later, Claude received a falcon message from Major Skerry, which indeed ordered Claude to integrate the First Battalion to evacuate Squirrel Village and return to the camp headquarters within two days. It seemed that the time to part with Sheila was coming, so Claude rushed to the Witch Wood overnight.
"This is my home address in Bailu City, the names of my mother, sister and brother. This is the national bank account I set up for you, with two hundred gold crowns stored in it. If you go out or are short of money, you can go Withdraw money from the National Bank. I told you how to withdraw money last time. You should still remember it, right? Also, if you want to send a letter, you can give the letter to the old man of the village chief. I have already made an agreement with him. , the letter I wrote to you will also be sent to the tavern for him to forward to you... "
Claude took the trouble to tell these trivial matters over and over again, and finally asked again: "Sheila, are you really not going to come with me?"
Silla fell into Claude's arms, her eyes filled with tears, but she still shook her head firmly. Claude could only sigh silently and hugged the soft body in his arms tightly...
After finishing the affairs of Squirrel Village, Claude and Captain Durrioro hugged twice before getting on their horses and leaving Squirrel Village. Captain Durrioro stood at the entrance of the village and shouted: "Brother, when you arrive in the royal capital in the future, don't forget to go to my manor. There are a lot of fine wines there waiting for you to taste..."
Claude waved his hand towards him, indicating that he heard him and would definitely visit him in the future.
The battalion headquarters is in the town of Rosa, not far from the entrance of the mountain crossing in the three southern counties. When Claude's group arrived, he found that the other three groups were also packing their gear. Major Skerry also welcomed Claude with a hug. When he was recuperating in the treatment camp under the frontline command, he had already heard that Claude was almost framed by those noble officers as a traitor to the kingdom, and he knew that this was I received my own burden, so I acted very enthusiastically.
"Has the list been drawn up?" Major Skerry asked.
"Okay." Claude handed him the list of five people.
"McJack and Gemmy are also going?" Major Skerry was a little surprised: "They are just orderlies and guards..."
Claude nodded: "This time we have arrived at the new unit. I plan to let the two of them go down to lead the troops. It is actually a bit of a waste for them to follow me all the time."
"New unit?" Major Skerry was stunned for a moment before he understood, and couldn't help laughing: "Claude, did you think you were going to transfer the five of you to other units?"
"Isn't it? Captain Durrioro said that I will definitely serve in the new army this time."
"No, I want your list to send you for training. Look at this." Major Skerry found a black leather folder on the table and handed it to Claude.
Opening the folder, there was a notice inside, a notice from the frontline headquarters, which required each unit that received the notice to select outstanding grassroots officers of varying amounts to go to the royal capital to participate in a year and a half of military academy training. The quota for the battalion is ten. The only thing that surprised Claude was that he had never heard of the name of this military school, the Caleb Royal Army Military Academy.
"This Caleburn Royal Army Military Academy has just been established." Major Skerry obviously knew Claude's doubts. He explained: "The kingdom has decided to form four new standing corps, three of which are stationed in On the territory of the three former principalities that have been occupied. There is also a standing corps as the mobile armed force of the kingdom. It is temporarily stationed near the royal capital and is named the Ranger Corps. As the name suggests, this is a field mobile infantry equipped with war horses. Legion, the kingdom has reached an agreement with the Principality of Karrnath, and within three years they will provide the kingdom with 80,000 war horses as compensation."
Some time ago, Captain Durrioro had revealed to Claude that the kingdom was preparing to form four new standing legions, which was not surprising to Claude. But the information Major Skree told him now has gone a step further. The Principality of Karnas will compensate the kingdom for 80,000 war horses, and the kingdom decided to use these war horses to form the Ranger Corps, a field mobile infantry corps equipped with war horses. There is also the newly established Royal Military Academy of Kaleben. Is there any relationship between the two? What is the purpose of asking junior officers like myself to go to this military academy to receive training for one and a half years
"All junior officers of these four new standing corps will need to go to the Royal Army Military Academy of Kaleben for training, from non-commissioned officers to school-level officers, without exception. And the most important thing is that these are qualified to go to this military academy The junior officers who receive training can only be civilian officers," Major Skerry added.
Claude understood that this was the royal family's intention to strengthen its influence in the army and turn these four new standing legions into loyal troops to the Stirling royal family. The Caleburn Royal Army Military Academy was established to train civilian officers of these four standing corps. The purpose is to allow grassroots officers of civilian origin to obtain the same military education and training as aristocratic officers...
Major Skerry continued to introduce to Claude: "Prince Hansback is the first principal of the Caleb Royal Army Military Academy, and the chief instructor is Michelle Chikop, who is deeply trusted by the prince. General Lister. He is also the actual person in charge of this military academy. He has resigned from the post of chief of staff of the Blue Feather Corps and refused to become the commander of the re-established Blue Feather Corps. He would rather serve as the general instructor of this military school. Officer. He believes that cultivating qualified and outstanding officers in a military academy is much easier and more enjoyable than serving as a corps commander, and it also gives a sense of accomplishment... "
General Michel Chickpriest is a smart man, Claude thought. The war is over. Serving as the commander of an ace field regiment in peacetime is a very demanding job. What is required is not outstanding military talent, but a master of interpersonal communication who is good at easing and mediating relations between all parties. Whether they are noble officers or civilian officers within the legion, their forces must be balanced, especially since the Blue Feather Legion has been nearly wiped out in the Karnas Prairie, so the newly formed and reorganized Blue Feather Legion will definitely become a force for all parties. Coveting and intervening in disputes.
"By the way, Claude, you will have been in the army for five years in two months, right?" Major Skerry asked.
Claude nodded. He joined the Blue Feather Corps and received sergeant training six months after graduating at the age of eighteen. He officially enlisted in September. Then the war broke out and lasted for more than four years. He is already twenty-three years old this year. It is now July, and in two months it will be five years in September.
"Generally speaking, after three years of service in the army, you can get a three-month family leave, but this family leave was suspended after the war broke out. Now that the war is over, various regiments have reopened family leave. We, the 1st Ranger Battalion No exception. You have two options now. One is to start family leave immediately. I can give you five months to go home to visit relatives. The other option is to return to the Royal Capital with us first and then start going home to visit relatives. However, This vacation only lasts three months." Major Skerry gave Claude an unexpected surprise.
Wait a minute, something seems wrong... Claude was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses: "Sir, what did you say? I can go home to visit my relatives on vacation now?"
Major Skerry nodded with a smile.
"But, I don't understand why I have five months of vacation now, but I only have three months of family leave when I go back to the capital with you?" Claude was puzzled.
Major Skerry laughed loudly: "Because the next two months are the travel dates given by the above for our first ranger battalion to return to the royal capital. Our first ranger battalion has been incorporated into the ranger regiment by the eldest prince and needs to go to the royal capital. Reorganize. If you don’t want to go home first, then walk slowly with us on the road. When we set up camp in the royal capital, you can go home to visit relatives... "
Claude suddenly realized that this was an extra benefit given to him by Major Skerry. Anyway, the 1st Ranger Battalion would have to march long distances on the road and reach the royal capital within two months. It's better to let yourself go home on vacation early. After all, riding on horseback is much faster than marching with the troops. There is no need to linger on the road with the first battalion of rangers.
"Thank you, sir!" Claude stood at attention and saluted happily.
"The first group of members of our First Ranger Battalion to take family leave will be in your first brigade. You can go back and ask, and the number of personnel can be set at about a hundred. Let them fill in the application form, and you will approve it. After writing it, let them They went to the logistics office of the battalion headquarters to register their names to receive salary subsidies and road pass certificates," said Major Skerry.
Claude was excitedly about to rush out of the office and go back to tell his soldiers the good news, but he was stopped by Major Skerry: "By the way, Claude, your vacation ends on January 15th next year. In other words, you must rush to the Kaleben Royal Army Military Academy to report before January 15th next year, because January 15th is the official opening day of the Kaleben Royal Army Military Academy."
"Don't I need to report back to the camp to cancel my leave?" Claude asked.
"No need. After we arrive in the royal capital, I will transfer your five names to the military academy together with my five candidate files. You can go directly to the military academy to report and cancel your leave. After your training is completed, the military academy will re-register you. Assigned back to the 1st Ranger Battalion. But I don’t know if our battalion will still be called the 1st Ranger Battalion by then..." Major Skerry was a little melancholy, but there was nothing we could do. The 1st Ranger Battalion was incorporated into the Ranger Corps. , the name will definitely be changed.
Claude happily rushed over and picked up Major Skerry and spun him around several times: "Thank you again, sir!"
Today is July 24th. Major Skerry asked Claude to report directly to the Royal Military Academy of Calebon before January 15th next year. This almost gave Claude nearly 20 more days of vacation. , that’s why Claude was so excited.
Returning to the temporary camp where the first team was stationed, Claude asked McJack to call Diavid and Murray Ed, and also called the big man Germi. First, I told the five of them about going to the Royal Army Military Academy in Kaleben for training, and then about the family leave.
For Mike Jack and the big man, it doesn't matter whether they are trained or not, as long as they can follow Claude. As for family leave, the two of them were really worried. They were both orphans, so they were sent to serve in the army by the local military recruitment agency in order to fill up the quota. At that time, one of them was less than sixteen years old, and the other was always hungry. Neither of them were suitable candidates for military service, but after being sent to the army, they had nowhere to go and had to stay.
Fortunately, the two of them were taken in by Claude, and they grew up slowly with Claude, and now they are also elite veterans in the eyes of others. Mike was a noncommissioned officer, and big Germie was a staff sergeant. If the big man could read, his military rank would be the same as that of McJack. But now Claude has asked McJack to teach the big man Germi how to read. It doesn't matter if he is slow to learn, the important thing is to remember it firmly.
If Claude goes back on family leave, then McJack and the big man Gemie will have nothing to do if they stay in the military camp. One of them is Claude's orderly and the other is a guard, and they all revolve around Claude. , but they were not willing to go back to visit their relatives. Their hometown was not a beautiful memory in their minds, but a sad memory of being bullied and hungry and looking for food in the garbage dump.
"Forget it, boss, why don't you take them both back to your home? They have nowhere to go back to anyway." In the end, it was Murray Ed's words that played a decisive role.
Michael Jack and the big man Gemmi followed Claude home to visit relatives. As for Murray Ed and Diaverde, they didn't care about family leave. They were all children abandoned by their families anyway. They decided to go back to the royal capital with the army to visit relatives, and let those at home see that the children they gave up had already carved a future with their lives in the army and in the war, and became an official second lieutenant officer of the kingdom.
One hundred family visiting places is about one-third of the number of people in the fully-staffed First Battalion. The soldiers in the First Battalion almost fell into a carnival after getting the news. In the end, Claude decided to draw lots to determine the list of candidates for vacation. Veteran oil man Mark Qi just used his position as squadron leader plus the rank of second lieutenant to occupy a spot without having to draw lots.
He said it very honestly: I thought that I would just hang around in the army for the rest of my life, but I never expected that I could be promoted to a formal officer in the kingdom. With his status as a second lieutenant, he decided to return to his hometown to propose to the pretty widow he had long admired, but he didn't know if she had remarried in the past few years...
This reason was very powerful. Regarding his life-long events, Claude had no choice but to give him a place for family leave. It took him two days of work to get these things done. After entrusting the first group to Muriel Ed and Diavid, Claude went to thank Major Skerry again, and took Michael Jack and the big man Germi on the journey home.