Major Leedfunk once again brought a team of troops to the camp in Squirrel Village. This time he came to promote Claude to military rank and award him a medal.
"You are so lucky, I didn't expect that His Highness would give you a knighthood." Major Leedfonk's face was full of envy and jealousy. Perhaps Claude would not sigh like this even if he was promoted to major.
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This time, as the officer-in-charge of the 1st Ranger Battalion, Major Leedfunk was also credited with a first-level meritorious service because of Claude's victory in the battle. As long as he achieves another first-level meritorious service, he can be promoted to lieutenant colonel.
At present, taking advantage of the opportunity for follow-up reinforcements to arrive in the three southern counties, Major Liederfang handed over the defense tasks of those local checkpoints and arteries to the local security battalions who had received reinforcements, and gathered two brigades of the first ranger battalion to attack them.
In the past, rebel rioters in those places launched large-scale suppression activities, and the results were good. They maintained local order within the scope of garrison responsibility. By the end of the year, he should be able to add a silver crescent to his shoulder straps.
Knight Medal? What is this... Claude looked puzzled. When he thought about it, this Knight Medal was probably the same as those military merit medals in his previous life. It might even be worth two cents. You must know that he followed the boss once in his previous life.
When I went to that country of furry bears, the boss spent a lot of money to buy a former Soviet military uniform from a black market stall, with more than a dozen medals of the former Soviet Union hanging on it. I remembered that country of sticks in the north and saw those generals during their military parade.
My military uniforms are all covered with medals. They are decorated like ancient armor. I wonder if they are bulletproof. I didn’t expect that there are such things as medals in this world...
Major Lederfonk sighed deeply. He knew very well that Claude was ignorant and had no idea about the importance of the knighthood. Who asked Claude to join the army only more than half a year later?
On the battlefield, even though I became a sergeant and had a very high starting point, I still didn’t understand many common sense in the military.
Generally, those who have been in the military for five or six years and are determined to climb up will understand the value of these merits and figure out how to obtain these merits and get promoted. It has been nearly three years since the war broke out, and Claude can be said to have been there all the time.
The grassroots are also on the front line, and they don't have the time or the leisure to know these common senses in the military, or in other words, no one can tell them.
Major Liederfunk had to first explain to Claude the meaning of obtaining the Knight Medal, which meant that Claude had already stepped into the aristocracy of the kingdom. In other words, in the Kingdom of Ovelas, obtaining
The Order of Knighthood is more respectable than some hereditary nobles. Because the identity of a hereditary nobleman may be passed down from his father's generation, some mediocre people can also become nobles of the kingdom. But the soldiers who have won the Order of Knighthood have made incompetent achievements on the battlefield.
Doubt's military exploits are earned by using one's own life and courage to win this honor.
The knight's medal is placed in a small flat box. When you open it, you will see a black round badge placed on the purple velvet. The pattern of the badge is a galloping gunman, aiming and shooting on the horse. The badge
The diameter is only about three centimeters, and it looks inconspicuous at all, just like an ordinary commemorative medal.
Major Leedfunk's eyes seemed to be glued to this black badge and he could not pull it out. He murmured that if he could get a knighthood in his life, he would be satisfied. Even if he looked back on his military career before his death, he would still be satisfied.
There will be no regrets left.
Claude jokingly said that he could present this knighthood medal to Major Leedfunk, so that he could not die in peace...
Unexpectedly, Major Leedfunk told Claude with a serious face that he could not say this in front of others, let alone make fun of the knight's medal. Because the kingdom's military law stipulated that the knight's medal was not allowed to be loaned or given away.
It can be used by the recipient. Any act of counterfeiting the knighthood will be regarded as a stain on this honor. Violators will be punished by military law, with the minimum being ten years of hard labor and the worst being being directly hanged.
"This is a sub-badge. You can keep it or wear it on your chest." Major Leedfunk reluctantly handed the small box in his hand to Claude: "Only by wearing this sub-badge, others can
Calling you Lord Knight is the same in the military and in local areas. But if you don't wear this sub-badge, then others can call you by your name directly without calling you Knight Claude."
"Wait, sir, what does this chapter mean?" Claude asked.
Major Leedfunk laughed: "There is a deputy badge before there is a regular badge. You don't think that the knight's medal is such an inconspicuous thing, right? The regular badge is as big as a child's palm, made of gold, and comes with a purple and gold ribbon.
.However, you need to wait until the end of the year, when His Highness holds a ceremony to celebrate the award, before it will be awarded to you. His Highness will personally hang the official medal on your chest. However, the official medal is not suitable for daily wear, because it is too dazzling. Because the medal is
The winner is not a nouveau riche, so we have this sub-stamp. Normally, it would not be so dazzling when worn on the chest, and it looks more low-key and subtle. Now that there is still half a year before the end of the year, I will issue you the sub-stamp first to express your gratitude.
I have officially obtained the status of a knight."
Only then did Claude realize that there was such a special value in the Knight's Medal. He would not bother two guests. In order to avoid making mistakes in the future, he simply asked Major Leedfunk to pin the sub-badge of the Knight's Medal on his chest.
Before entering, remember clearly where to wear the sub-insignia to avoid making the common-sense mistake of wearing the sub-insignia indistinguishably from left to right.
Then there is the promotion to the military rank. This is simple. Change the epaulette. The captain's epaulette has three black stars. As for the identity certificate and promotion procedures, Major Leedfunk has already completed it at the battalion headquarters. Claude only needs to sign. Finally, there is the bonus.
, because of this victory and promotion, Claude received a total of more than 60 gold crowns. Major Leedfunk jokingly said that Claude can make a fortune from war, he only needs to win a few more such victories.
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After all of this is done, the next step is the promotion of Mark Chimeride and the others. The eldest prince's reward decision is that all the officers and soldiers participating in the battle will be promoted to the first rank, plus all the officers and soldiers of the first ranger battalion will be recorded a first-level meritorious service. However,
Since Claude was directly promoted to the rank of captain, he had no share in the promotion of all the officers and soldiers who participated in the war to the first rank. However, he still had one first-level meritorious service. As long as he achieved two more first-level meritorious deeds, he could be promoted.
For the major.
Major Liederfunk brought a large group of troops directly from the battalion headquarters to deal with the troublesome matter of all the officers and soldiers participating in the war being promoted to the first rank and recorded a first-level meritorious service. Claude's matter was handled by him personally, and the following one hundred and thirty people
The rewards and promotions of the officers and soldiers were the responsibility of the people he led. It took a whole day of work to get these things done, and everyone was very tired.
This time, in addition to Markchi, Muriel, and Diavid, three of Claude's subordinates were promoted to second lieutenants. There were also two noncommissioned officers who were also promoted to second lieutenants at the same time, which made Markchi very angry.
, thinking that the two sergeant team captains who were originally his subordinates just went out and got into trouble, and their luck was ruined.
The reason is very simple. Originally, these two non-commissioned officer team captains have accumulated two first-level meritorious service. Now His Royal Highness the Prince has decided that all the officers and soldiers of the 1st Ranger Battalion will record one first-level meritorious service. These two non-commissioned officer team captains have caught up and have received first-level meritorious service three times.
Their meritorious service made them promoted to sergeants. Then all the officers and soldiers who participated in the war were promoted to the first rank. These two caught up again, and suddenly they were transformed from subordinates to being on equal footing with Markchi, and also became second lieutenants.
Major Leedfunk and Claude held a battalion meeting. Since all officers and soldiers participating in the war were promoted to the first rank, Claude's junior officers and veterans at the rank of sergeant major, sergeant, and staff sergeant were compared with other squadrons.
There were about twice as many troops. These were the elite forces of the 1st Ranger Battalion. Major Liederfunk decided to transfer some of them to serve in other brigades and squadrons. Anyway, there are too many officers and few soldiers in Claude, so it is difficult to arrange them.
The current situation of the 1st Ranger Battalion is from conquering the Black Maple Castle to exploring the Peak Mountains, and then to guarding the three southern counties. During this period, they have experienced local rebellions and a battle on Claude's side. The injured personnel have not been replenished.
It seems that the vacancy has reached more than 200 people, nearly one brigade. Now that reinforcements are coming from the rear, the superiors have issued a notice to replenish new recruits. However, at the same time, a group of grassroots officers need to be mobilized to supplement the Blue Feather Corps who have retired from the front line to rest, and a redeployment notice has been issued.
Personnel list.
The strange thing is that all the junior officers who are to be transferred from the 1st Ranger Battalion are those who have not participated in the battle between Claude's command and the coalition of nobles from the two principalities. So now Claude's subordinates should be the 1st Ranger Battalion.
This is where the battalion has the most junior officers. As the battalion commander, Major Leedfunk needs to transfer those sergeants and sergeants from here to make up for the vacancies of junior officers in other groups and squadrons.
If Markchi, Murield, and Diavid, who was quelling the local riots outside, were willing, with their rank of second lieutenant, they could also be transferred to other groups to serve as squadron leaders. But the three of them refused at the same time.
They agreed to Major Leedfunk's request and preferred to stay under Claude, because they said they felt more confident fighting under Claude and didn't have to worry about losing their lives in vain and being used as cannon fodder.
This time Claude had a formal position, serving as the captain of the first battalion of the 1st Ranger Battalion. Major Leedfunk decided to reorganize the combat strength of the 1st Ranger Battalion and immediately appointed Claude to this position.
Now that Claude has been promoted to captain, it is natural for him to take up this position. The reason for making such an arrangement is that Major Leedfunk is worried that if he is promoted to lieutenant colonel at the end of the year, he will be deployed elsewhere. In that case, Claude
As the captain of the 1st Battalion, he is qualified to act as the battalion commander of the 1st Ranger Battalion.
The First Battalion is now a strengthened brigade. In addition to its four subordinate squadrons, it also has an artillery squadron equipped with eight light infantry artillery pieces. Major Leedfunk left the entire defense of this mountain road to Claude.
Just to be serious, this first brigade is still empty at present, except for three unsatisfied infantry squadrons of Markchi, Murray Ed and Diavid and a fifteen-man battery of three light infantry artillery pieces.
, it will take about half a month to replenish the remaining personnel and weapons and equipment. At that time, the grassroots officers needed for the newly formed infantry squadron and artillery squadron will have to be dispatched by Claude himself from the following three squadrons.
When Major Leedfunk went back, he took two newly promoted second lieutenants, five sergeants, fourteen sergeants and eighteen sergeants with him. Looking at the departing group members, MacLord could only smile bitterly, ironclad.
He couldn't bear to let go of these old subordinates, who had cultivated a tacit understanding over such a long time. But there was no way, the 1st Ranger Battalion needed to be reorganized, and there was a lack of grassroots officers and veterans, so he could only provide strong support. After all, now
The 1st Ranger Battalion was where he belonged, and he could not live up to the trust placed in him by Major Leedfunk.
It took more than a week for Diavid to return to the camp in Squirrel Village. This time he led the squadron out to suppress local riots and lost more than a dozen of his men. However, the wounded had been sent to the battalion headquarters treatment center, Ledfunk.
The major promised to fill the missing soldiers for him as soon as possible.
It took more than ten days for the additional recruits and weapons and equipment to arrive. Now Claude's group was responsible for guarding the entire mountain road. The squadron that originally guarded the entrance to the mountain road was also recruited back by the battalion headquarters. Claude decided to let Di
Yavid's squadron was stationed at the entrance to the mountain road, and a small team was sent to station at Blackstone Village. The rest were all concentrated in the Squirrel Village garrison camp for training. Markchi led a squadron to take care of more than 400 prisoners, leaving Murray to work.
Responsible for training and replenishing new recruits, the artillery squadron conducts training in the nearby valley.
Time passed very quickly, and it was September in the blink of an eye. The three-month training for new recruits in the camp was over. Everything in the camp was on track. The prisoners also opened up nearly 300 acres of mountain fields for Squirrel Village, and the mountain roads were also opened.
The renovations reached Black Rock Village. Claude decided to continue letting the captives repair the mountain roads. Since there was nothing to do, he simply renovated the mountain roads from Squirrel Village to the entrance of the mountain road in the southern three counties. These four hundred captives were idle.
You can't feed them just by eating bread and not working.
Since Squirrel Village has gained an additional three hundred acres of mountain fields, the village elder has become the richest man in Squirrel Village. Because he paid for the expenses of hiring prisoners to open up the mountain fields, these three hundred acres of mountain fields are all under the
With his name in his name, and the good business of the tavern, the old man recruited three young women from several mountain villages to work as maids in the tavern, in order to attract the soldiers stationed in the camp who liked the new and disliked the old to come to the tavern to spend money.
The villagers of Squirrel Village have also found a way to get rich, either by engaging in livestock and poultry breeding or by opening up mountain fields to grow vegetables for the canteen in the camp. Some villagers have also planted large fruit trees on hillsides that are not suitable for land reclamation, but this takes time
It’s been relatively long, so I haven’t seen Qian Jing yet.
There are also clever villagers who go to other mountain villages to buy mountain goods, and then sell them to Claude or the village elder. Claude usually buys the more precious mountain goods, and after accumulating a batch, McJack sells them to the big dealers in the town.
Trading company, resale goods to earn some extra money. The mountain products purchased by the village elders are low-priced ordinary goods, which are used as ingredients in the tavern.
Claude lived a relatively carefree life, because he never expected that there was a lot of artillery fire outside, but his side was so peaceful, as if it was a paradise. Even the first battalion of the Rangers did not receive any fighting
The mission was as if the 1st Ranger Battalion had been forgotten by the superiors. Major Ledfenko requested combat missions from the superiors several times, but the order from the staff department above said that he should rest in peace for the time being and maintain the order and stability of the place.