According to the second lieutenant officer in charge of the transfer, there were more than 300 officers who had made military exploits and were promoted to attend the ceremony tonight, but it was obvious that he did not include those guests who attended the ceremony.
When Claude entered the venue, he discovered that, needless to say, the gorgeous and rich decorations, the huge venue alone was enough to surprise him. The ensign officer who picked him up said that this was originally the place where the city's main guard conducted daily training.
, In order to hold this conference, His Royal Highness the Prince had the training ground covered with a roof and changed it from outdoor to indoor.
I didn't realize that this was an outdoor training ground. Claude originally thought it was a palace. In his impression, only palaces have such a large space. Looking at the warm rather than cold luxurious floor tiles on the ground, it is obvious that there is also heating underground.
There are no pipes, and even in such a large space, people don't feel the slightest bit of coldness.
However, such a large space is full of people. In addition to the soldiers wearing the military uniforms of the Kingdom of Ovelas, there are also many middle-aged and elderly people wearing dark black dresses. They are also accompanied by many well-dressed people.
beauty.
"These are the celebrities and their families from the three southern counties who came to watch the ceremony. His Highness attaches great importance to the stability, prosperity and development of the three southern counties, and hopes that this place can become another military production base for the kingdom. These people have always been close to the kingdom and are willing to contribute to the kingdom.
So His Highness specially invited them to watch the ceremony. As for those beautiful ladies, they are their family members. If you are unmarried, you might as well go and get to know them. Maybe you will become the sons-in-law of these rich people..."
The words of the second lieutenant officer who escorted the two men made Claude and Major Leedfunk understand. It meant that most of the female relatives brought by the guests who came to watch the ceremony were their children, not those who were specially brought to accompany them.
Maid, if you want to start a family, you can get to know her, but if you just want a one-night fling, it's best not to go up and be rude. The ensign officer reminded me specifically to avoid embarrassing the situation that would make His Highness the Prince angry.
It can be said that this is an alternative blind date conference. The best way to completely tie these local celebrities from the three southern counties to the Kingdom of Ovilas is to get married. Of course, with the status of these local celebrities,
It is a wishful thinking to marry the Sterling royal family. Taking a step back and marrying these promising young officers in the Royal Army is a perfect match. In a way, this is also an insurance for their wealth...
The second lieutenant took Claude and Major Lieutenant to the registration office to register their names and then resigned. He said that he had to pick up other officers. The person in charge of the registration office gave Claude and Lieutenant
Major De Funk gave each person a piece of paper, which showed the positions of the two people in the queue. They needed to remember and find their positions immediately after the meeting started.
It was still a bit early, so Major Liederfonk took Claude to the side of the venue. They each took two glasses of fruit wine on a row of long tables and tasted it slowly. From time to time, he greeted the officers he knew, but his eyes were blank.
Keep staring at the beauties who came to watch the ceremony.
Claude asked, are you excited?
Major Lieutenant Frank didn't hide anything. He nodded and answered, "a little bit."
After that, I felt that I should have some status, and finding someone to marry would not be an insult...
Many things were unexpected. Major Leedfunk said that he joined the army as a trainee second lieutenant when he was 20 years old after graduating from the military academy. He was promoted to captain when he was 27 years old. Compared with the trainees of the same period, he was outstanding.
Since he was in charge of logistics, he thought that he would not be able to enter the school-level officer class until he was at least thirty-five years old. He had always planned to return to his hometown to find a woman to marry and start a family when he was promoted to major, which would also be an explanation to his relatives.
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Later, he was chosen by the Grand Prince Hansback and became one of his personal officers, responsible for auditing and verification matters. After working hard for nearly two years, the Grand Prince asked him to become the logistics of the newly formed Ranger Battalion.
Supervisor. The next step is simple. Thanks to Claude, he was promoted from captain to major and became the battalion commander of the ranger battalion. Now he will be promoted to lieutenant colonel because of his good command. Thinking of all this, Major Leedfunk
I feel like I'm having a sweet dream. I've been leveled up twice in a row in more than a year...
Therefore, Major Leedfunk feels that he can advance his plan to get married and start a family by four or five years, and the woman's family background can also be higher, instead of just going back to her hometown to find a squire's daughter. Southern Three
The daughters of local celebrities in these counties are suitable for his status. After all, the squire's industry is nothing more than farms and forestry, and these local celebrities own shares in the military industry of the three southern counties or run their own accessories workshops, and they have more influence and financial resources.
Bigger.
Now that Major Lederfonk had made up his mind to start a family, Claude accompanied him to comment on the guests' daughters and granddaughters. But what Major Lederfonk wanted to find was a virtuous woman who behaved dignifiedly and could manage the household as his wife.
, looked at it for a long time, but unfortunately he couldn't find a target that he could fall in love with at first sight.
More than an hour passed like this, and the conference was about to be held. Claude and Major Leedfunk hurriedly found their seats and stood at attention.
More than 300 officers who participated in this ceremony were arranged in a neat square formation in the center of the venue, while the guests watching the ceremony stood on both sides of the square formation. The female relatives brought by these guests looked towards the square formation from time to time.
The young officers were casting flirtatious glances, but no one would pay them any attention at this moment. The young officers all frowned and looked at a half-person-high wooden platform set up in front of them. They only glanced at the side with their eyes occasionally...
For Claude, this kind of ceremony celebration meeting is also a formal process like those in previous lives. First, a general comes up and introduces himself as the military affairs director of the frontline command. Next, the military merits of the more than 300 officers who come to participate in the meeting are reviewed.
He was the one in charge. He kept talking for about twenty minutes, probably reviewing the year's war and the performance of each legion. Finally, he shouted in a loud voice: "Welcome Hansback Don St."
His Royal Highness Prince Lin is here to preside over the military rank promotion ceremony!"
So the guests watching the ceremony on both sides of the venue applauded one after another, while the gorgeous ladies opened their skirts and slightly bent their knees to salute. As for the officers in the center of the venue, they collectively raised their hands in a military salute.
Prince Hansback strode onto the wooden platform, followed by more than a dozen generals. After these generals got on the wooden platform, they stood in a row behind the prince, leaving only an empty seat in the middle.
The eldest prince did not talk for a long time like the general in charge of military affairs just now. He simply boasted about the military exploits of the kingdom's army and announced the start of the ceremony.
Two lieutenant officers walked out from next to the wooden platform. They began to call the names in a high-pitched voice. After each name was announced, the reasons for its promotion were explained in concise words. All officers whose names were reported had to go out and walk onto the wooden platform.
The prince and a dozen generals on the stage personally changed their epaulettes. At the same time, a dozen ensign officers walked to the stage carrying a silver plate covered with big red velvet, and stood beside each general, holding silver in their hands.
The velvet plate was covered with a pair of epaulettes.
Major Ledefonk was among the fifth batch of people whose names were reported. The reason for his promotion was due to his due diligence and good command. Claude noticed below that Major Ledefonk's epaulettes were replaced by the eldest prince himself.
, after the change, the eldest prince smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said a few words to him. When Major Lederfunk stepped down, his eyes were filled with tears of emotion, and he tried not to shed them.
The deputy bows with an exhausting and loyal look...
As the epaulettes were being changed on the stage, oh no, it was the investiture ceremony, Claude suddenly discovered a scene that made him a little embarrassed. It turned out that there were many captain officers like him in the field, but as the ceremony progressed, one
After batches of officers came on stage to change their epaulettes, all the captains in the field were promoted to majors. The people standing next to them were all school-level officers, and several officers came on stage because Claude had never been called by name.
I started to pay attention to Claude, and seemed to regard him as someone who had sneaked in with evil intentions.
This is a merit ceremony for promotion to school-level officers. Claude thought about it. If the promotion of captain-level officers was included, the hundreds of thousands of troops would probably have a few thousand people. The eldest prince was busy on the stage until tomorrow.
I might not be able to replace so many epaulettes at night. Fortunately, the promotion ceremony for these three hundred officers went very quickly. The dozen generals on the wooden platform plus the prince himself only changed twenty epaulettes each.
, it just took more than an hour.
Claude's feet were a little sore from standing. At this time, he was a little envious of the guests and the beautiful ladies watching the ceremony. The waiters had already set up chairs nearby, and many people sat down, applauding and
Cheering for the officers who took the stage...
The two lieutenant officers who signed up next to the wooden platform finally stopped talking. After the last group of young officers who came to the stage to change their epaulettes came down, a general came to the stage and announced loudly that the following is the knight medal awarding ceremony. Please invite the soldiers.
Captain Claude Field of the battalion took the stage.
Upon hearing his name, Claude strode forward, pretending that he didn't feel the jealous eyes of the young officers behind him...
When he arrived on the stage, following the reminder of Lieutenant Colonel Lederfunk, Claude first saluted Prince Hansback, then saluted the generals behind him, and finally saluted the young officers in the audience.
, then lowered his hands and stood at attention facing the eldest prince.
"Good, good, good, young, brave, fearless, and good at thinking, that's why you have made great achievements. I am very optimistic about you, and you will work harder in the future..." The eldest prince patted Claude's shoulder affectionately.
Claude stood at attention again and saluted: "Be loyal to the kingdom! Serve your highness!"
No way, this was a standard reply given by Lieutenant Colonel Lederfonk. Even though Claude felt embarrassed to say it, he couldn't help but answer this way in this situation.
A general came up next to him, opened a file in his hand, and began to introduce to everyone the reason why Claude won the knighthood. It was nothing more than how he defeated the strong with the weak and annihilated 5,000 enemy troops with more than 170 troops.
The remaining people achieved a miraculous victory. Moreover, the process of proving the military merits was checked twice and confirmed to be correct, so the eldest prince awarded this knighthood...
The eldest prince smiled brightly and put a long purple-gold ribbon on Claude, draping it diagonally from his left shoulder to his right waist. Then he pinned the gold knight's medal the size of a child's palm on the ribbon and took the photo again.
Claude patted Claude's shoulder to encourage him. Claude saluted again, but this time he kept his mouth shut tightly, not wanting to say the flattery that made him blush again, he just pretended to be excited and got over it.
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It's not over yet, Claude can't step down yet, because there are three lucky guys below who have received knighthood medals, and they can't step down together until they all come on stage to receive knighthood medals.
It was just that Claude was a little stupid when he heard the second name. He thought he had heard it wrong. It was not until the familiar figure with a sturdy back and strong waist came on stage, walked up to him, and saluted the eldest prince that Claude
He realized that this was not a dream, and he heard correctly. The guy standing in front of him was indeed his childhood playmate and best friend, Viricolo Fonseca.
It turns out to be really this guy...
Claude watched stupidly as Vericro saluted the eldest prince, saluted the generals behind him, saluted the officers in the audience, and then saluted himself...
Before Claude could return the favor, Viricault took a step forward, opened his arms and hugged Claude tightly. The face that had been straight since he came on stage smiled like a chrysanthemum. He hugged him so hard.
, almost made Claude scream.
Claude, who came to his senses, no longer cared that he was on the stage. He hugged Vericro back hard and shouted: "Why is it you, brother!"
"I didn't expect to see you here..." Claude was really excited.
"Do you know each other?" After Claude and Vericro finished hugging each other, the eldest prince looked dumbfounded and asked.
"We grew up together... We separated after their family moved to the royal capital. We haven't seen each other for four years since joining the army..." Claude said.
"We went to school together, went on hunting and fishing adventures together, and graduated from junior high school together with joint first place in physical education..." Viricero said proudly.
"I see, you are really good brothers... I didn't expect that the junior high school in your place would teach you two outstanding students..." The eldest prince did not expect that his words would destroy the school in Bailu City.
How much advantage will the National High School take in the future: "Today you also received the Knight Medal at the same time. Ha, this is really wonderful. This is a legend and good story of the Kingdom's army, which deserves to be promoted. But you two had better restrain yourself first.
, after this ceremony is over, we can slowly reminisce about old times, do you think this is okay?"
Claude and Vericro quickly stood at attention and saluted. At this time, Claude heard the whole story of Vericro receiving the Knight Medal. This guy obtained four kills with the musket in his hand after the Guards Corps joined the war.
The results of one hundred and twenty-six people's battles were all due to the fact that they killed the enemy in a situation that was obvious to all and could not be questioned. It is worth noting that the distance at which he shot the enemy was mostly between 150 meters and more than 200 meters, which is already
It exceeded the maximum range of the Obash Type III standard matchlock gun for precise aiming and shooting, and was therefore hailed as the "Gun God" by the officers and soldiers of the Guards Corps.