Academy Genius Commander

47 – Branov Plain Giant Tournament (4)

In modern warfare, if you let your guard down even a little, you never know when you will be attacked by a missile or an enemy surprise.

Drinking alcohol on the battlefield is possible only when the end of the war has been finalized after a complete victory in the war, or when you go to the rear, away from the front line.

However, in this era, let alone missiles, digital equipment using computers or formidable weapons capable of mass killing do not exist.

Is it because there is no such thing as a regulation on drinking, and there is even a consensus that alcohol should be drunk if there is no water?

My immediate superior, the regimental commander, gave two 200-liter drums of beer to our battalion members, and a drinking party was going on in the unit.

As usual, I would have to take the lead, including the toast, when such a dinner party took place.

As a battalion commander, I had a lot of work to do, so I refused the invitations of the officers and soldiers and ordered only enough to drink so as not to stumble in the battle tomorrow and escaped.

“Cheers to the great Reich Empire and Her Highness the Crown Prince!”

“Long live the regimental commander who gave me beer!”

“For Major Yeager’s victory and the speedy discharge of the soldiers of the 1st Company!”

As a result, as now, each company unite and became a free-spirited dinner party, which rather helped raise the morale of the soldiers, so it must have been a good thing.

Thinking so, I walked toward my barracks, and I found Laura, who seemed to be another dinner party deserter, who was following me and asked.

“I don’t know, but the so-called you guys are going to take a break. Didn’t our unit accomplish the greatest feat today, except for me, the battalion commander?”

As he said, in today’s battle, our battalion succeeded in grinding the enemy’s battalion like a radish, and sending back the knights chasing the flanks.

Because it is the work of a group called the Jaeger Battalion, all members of the battalion become a common military service.

However, Lieutenant Laura, following my orders, leading a platoon to kill the enemy company commander, is credited only to her.

Therefore, I acknowledged that and at the same time told him to rest because he must have been tired from the first battle.

“I prefer to assist the Major. Also, all the people who remain at the dinner party are men, but that’s a bit too much for me to be part of.”

“Ah, sure, sexual jokes will be rampant at a drinking party like that, so those words might feel a bit uncomfortable.”

But no one in my battalion would have the audacity to sexually harass 2nd Lieutenant Laura von Wenner.

That’s also true, because Laura’s rank is second lieutenant, so she belongs to the youngest among officers, but if she touches her wrongly, it’s like declaring war on her father, Earl Benner and the count’s family.

So, she will never suffer from direct sexual harassment and violence.

‘The prostitute brought by the warlord Maronia has huge breasts! Why don’t you go and touch it today?’

A joke like this would offend you just by hearing it from the sidelines.

“Also… it was difficult to have a conversation like this with the two of us after we went to the battlefield. But today everyone is busy drinking…”

“Certainly everyone is busy with the dinner party, so I will have enough time to explain why the tactic I used today worked just as Lieutenant Laura did on the first day of her post. great. I’ve finished writing the battalion major report, so I’ll let you know calmly after the strategy meeting with the regiment commander.”

Normally, Laura would be more than happy to teach me a new tactic.

Now, rather than showing a happy expression, he said in a voice that seemed to be regretful.

“Then I’ll look forward to it, Major.”

After saying that, I left her and approached the barracks where the colonel was staying. Laura, a low rank, couldn’t approach me carelessly, so I returned to the battalion barracks.

Judging by her drooping back, it must have been that she wanted to be praised for her first major by her respectable boss.

When I was a student platoon leader, I was completely alone and there was no one to praise me, so I didn’t have any expectations, so I just let it go and didn’t regret it too much.

Just because my case was like that, he spared praise for his adjutant who made his first achievement as a superior.

It’s a little trodden in my heart that I didn’t pay attention to it.

I can’t help the past time, but after the strategy meeting with the regiment commander, I’ll meet you again and praise you.

I’m sure you’ll like it

As I moved on, sorting out my thoughts, I arrived in front of the regimental commander’s barracks before I knew it.

“This is Major Peter Jaeger, the battalion commander of the Jaeger Battalion. I want to see the regiment commander, can I come in?”

“Loyalty! The regimental commander is waiting inside. Come on in!”

**

Guided by the guard guarding the barracks, I went inside and was greeted by a very familiar person inside.

“This is Colonel Hans Webber, who has been appointed as the regimental commander of the 8th Regiment to which you belong as of the present time.”

Six years have passed since he died in Korea for absurd reasons, and most of his memories, except for his parents’ names and military knowledge, have been lost.

Even under such circumstances, I had the illusion that a subtitle, ‘But it actually happened’ appeared under the regiment commander’s face.

Because he met me as an interviewer when I took the academy entrance exam, gave me an excellent interview score and passed me, who was an orphan and had poor written grades, and also served as a supervisor when checking the unit training level in the student platoon leader selection exam. Because you are a benefactor.

It was because he was a person with a deep relationship before he became successful.

“Well, I’ve seen you twice during your interview and student platoon leader selection, so I don’t think I need to introduce you.”

When I heard that, I came to my senses and saluted.

“Loyalty! This is Major Peter Jaeger, the battalion commander of the Jaeger Battalion.”

“Yeah, you got up really fast anyway. When I was your age, I had just been ranked first lieutenant, and there were rumors that I was the fastest among our jockeys. To be a major at the age of 21, you’re not even the main character in a novel.”

“I was able to come this far because the regimental commander recognized me and evaluated me in the interview. I am always grateful. Thank you very much!”

When I said that, Colonel Hans in front of me smiled and said,

“Thank you for saying that. In fact, I was able to quickly get promoted to colonel because I had the insight to grasp the potential of a commoner orphan at the time of the interview when you were very active in the Rhineland. So, having you under my command, I also have high expectations of you.”

“thank you!”

“Enough of the greetings here, and I called you because the division commander wanted to hear your opinion about the strategy that was delivered to you by His Highness. The division commander asked me to convey your opinion through me.

Having said that, Colonel Hans handed me an official document.

[The Principality of Czechia finished the war with the Grand Duchy of Luxenia to prepare for the invasion of our Reich Empire, and captured the movement to send 20,000 troops mobilized to the front here. In the worst case, it is expected that 20,000 support will come within a month.]

Defeating the Czech Republic’s army, which is about 25% more than ours, is not an easy task, if 20,000 additional reinforcements come.

The superiority of the enemy army will be strengthened even more, and the Reich Empire will be driven into a crisis from which it cannot escape.

Because often people say, ‘War isn’t just about numbers.’ However, in most wars, the side with the most soldiers has an advantage.

Therefore, the best policy is to end the battle in Visochia as quickly as possible before the enemy’s reinforcements arrive, and to create a situation where the reinforcements come to no avail.

If the other side intentionally leaked this information, the enemy forces us to rush into the offensive.

If the regiment commander showed me this, it means that there is a possibility that some units, including our regiment, will be mobilized to intercept them, right?

And before that, he must have called because he wanted to ask for my opinion.

“It seems that His Highness the Crown Prince is taking this intelligence seriously. So you seem to be sending the division to which our regiment belongs and prepare to intercept in order to block the joining of 20,000 reinforcements. Is that correct?”

“It is as you said. One division would have to be sent to intercept 20,000 troops. Then, assuming that intelligence is correct, we should establish a defensive position about five days away from here. Only then will we be able to protect our allies from more than twice as many enemy attacks.”

In addition, it takes more than a month to properly build a defensive position, so during that time, the division commander must sit and suck his fingers while other commanders make achievements.

After that, he probably hates the situation where he has to fight against 20,000 people with 8,000 people.

But if 20,000 real reinforcements are coming, no matter how much I think about it… Can we get this kind of intelligence now?

If it were me, if there was a possibility that 20,000 reinforcements would come, I would hide it as much as possible and use it to slap us in the back.

So I answered based on the most obvious fact.

“That intelligence is judged to be fake intentionally leaked by the enemy.”