The war is over, Major Skerry was arrested... Wait, something seems to be wrong. It took Claude a long time to understand what Captain Durrioro was talking about, and he suddenly jumped up: "Why?
Arrest him? Why arrest Major Skerry..."
The thing is very simple. The Kingdom of Ovelas did not suffer a loss in this armistice and peace agreement, because the agreement stipulated that the territory currently occupied by both parties should be used as the basis. In other words, the Kingdom of Ovelas legitimately annexed Sidings.
, the territories of the three principalities of Rimodra and Esquiline, and even occupied a county in the Kingdom of Nasseri, which was the territory captured by the Red Dragon Legion. The Kingdom of Nasseri and Kan were also severely weakened.
The Principality of Nass could no longer persist in the war and could only accept this fact with resignation.
The reason why Major Scree was arrested was that he ordered the abandonment of Earl Crelaws Castle without the approval and order of the frontline headquarters, causing the kingdom to lose that large area. If the 1st Ranger Battalion could hold on until 4
In March, according to the principles of the armistice and peace agreement, the territory located next to the Daqing Mountains will be owned by the Kingdom of Ovelas...
"What the hell!" Claude couldn't help but swore: "To put it simply, let them keep watch on their own. There is no food, ammunition, and treatment potions. We can't even survive March.
Let alone hold on until April, we will starve to death and let the ghosts defend the castle!"
Captain Durrioro said that Major Skerry had seven crimes in total. The first was fleeing from battle. The second was abandoning the country. The third was disobeying orders. The fourth was doing things on one's own. The fifth was being cowardly and afraid of death. The sixth was committing crimes.
This is dereliction of duty and corruption. The seventh is deceiving subordinates...
This is unreasonable! Claude was as angry as an erupting volcano. All the soldiers in the first group who heard the news were very angry. If Major Scree hadn't led them to evacuate the castle, they would have died of starvation there.
Captain Durrioro said that Major Scree resisted all the charges on his own and that the evacuation of the Castle of Crelaus was his idea. All the officers and soldiers of the 1st Ranger Battalion did not know this. They thought that the evacuation was an order from the frontline command.
.According to his crime, Major Skerry will most likely be sentenced to death and shot in public...
No, we can't let Major Skerry die unjustly like this. The soldiers present had already made a noise, and the bastard Diavid even shouted slogans of remonstrance. Claude gave him a slap on the back of the head without politeness.
.Is this slogan shouted casually? You guys who are causing chaos, this is not a joke.
Claude asked Captain Durioro if there was any way to get Major Scree off the hook. Captain Durioro looked embarrassed. He told Claude that unless Prince Hansback returned to the frontline headquarters to take charge of the overall situation, otherwise
It will be difficult for Major Skerry to make a comeback. Now the eldest prince is staying behind closed doors in the royal capital, claiming to be recuperating from illness, and this matter is presided over by the staff officers at the frontline headquarters.
He has inside information. It is said that the reason for this war is that many of the noble officers who followed the eldest prince served in the frontline headquarters and did not get any military exploits or promotion opportunities. The eldest prince has always been very strict about this aspect and did not allow those nobles to
The officer gained some military exploits by the way, so the noble officers around him could only endure the seniority hardships, so they were very jealous of the civilian officers who were released by the eldest prince to go to the front line and receive rewards for their meritorious service.
This time, they finally caught the handle of Major Skerry, so they tried their best to fix it to death, striving to turn this case into a major and ironclad case, so as to gain merit for them. And the commander in charge of daily affairs at the frontline headquarters also
It's very difficult, because one or two of these noble officers can't accomplish much, but when all the noble officers unite and unanimously demand the punishment of Major Skerry, they become a big force. With their status and family background, many of them know clearly that Skerry
The superiors whom the major had wronged were unwilling to offend them and could only let them do what they did.
The most important point is that Major Skree ordered the evacuation of Crelaus Castle, which indeed caused the kingdom to lose a large territory in the Daqing Mountains. This was the responsibility of the lost territory. In addition, the Principality of Karrnath ambushed and annihilated on the prairie.
The Kingdom's three legions, including the Blue Feather Legion, the four field aces, caused the Kingdom of Overas to lose face. It can be said that it gave the Kingdom Army a big slap in the face, which regarded itself as invincible and invincible. This was too much of a slap in the face.
It hurts.
If the First Battalion of Rangers can hold on to the Castle of Count Crelaus, then after the armistice and peace agreement is signed, the kingdom will be able to take a large piece of territory from the Principality of Karrnath, which can be regarded as a slight recovery of face. No matter how much it is annihilated
He conquered three legions, but also occupied a piece of territory. It was a lose-lose situation. But now that the first battalion of Rangers has evacuated the castle of Count Crelaus without authorization, that large piece of territory is gone, which is equivalent to the Principality of Karrnath.
Being unscathed in this war, and being able to promote the victory of Karrnath Grassland without any scruples, made the top brass of the Kingdom's Army Department and Frontline Command feel extremely embarrassed...
This is another reason why no one in the frontline command is willing to intercede and uphold justice for Major Skerry. Although Major Skerry is deeply appreciated and valued by the Grand Prince Hansback, and is one of the talents promoted by the Prince, but his background
Common people have no other background except the trust of the eldest prince. But because of this, they are jealous of more noble officers. Now the eldest prince claims that he is ill and has no intention of knowing military affairs, which gives those noble officers a very
If they don't take advantage of the good opportunity to suppress the civilian officers, will they still have a chance to succeed in the future?
The unlucky thing about Major Skerry is that his incident is relatively typical. No matter how good the reasons for evacuation are, the responsibility for the loss of land cannot be denied. Coupled with the private connections and clamor of those who are interested, the matter becomes more and more serious.
Get up. To put it bluntly, the war is over, and there is also a struggle for power in the War Department. This war has made many civilian officers stand out. On the contrary, there are only a few aristocratic officers who have performed well. The signing of the armistice and peace agreement means that there will be a long period of
With the peace date of time, it is worth considering which faction will have the right to speak in the future of the Kingdom Army.
Claude was confused and irritated by Captain Duriolo's cryptic words. He took Captain Duriolo to his room and asked him to speak clearly to the point and not to do that.
I am a fool. I am a rough man and I don’t understand the difference between aristocratic officers and civilian officers...
In Claude's eyes, he really couldn't tell the difference between aristocratic officers and civilian officers. Doesn't the kingdom have national status? If you join the army and become an officer, don't you all have national status? Those so-called aristocratic officers are also born.
They are just from a noble family. They don't have any titles themselves. To say they are nobles is to put gold on their faces. In fact, their status is just that of citizens.
Captain Durrioro could only smile bitterly. When he met Claude, it was like a scholar meeting a soldier. He couldn't explain why. If he didn't know Claude's details, he would not have the patience to explain the nobles to Claude.
The difference between military officers and civilian officers.
The so-called noble officers do not all refer to the children of nobles. There is also a big difference. Otherwise, Diavid and Murield under Claude could also be called noble officers. But in reality
The two of them still have to fight on the front line...
Generally speaking, aristocratic officers have three characteristics. The first is that their families have deep-rooted influence and power in the royal army. Many of their ancestors are founding heroes, and their descendants have served in the army for generations. The second is that they were born in a young aristocratic military academy, that is
Their base camp, they will attend Stirling Royal Military Academy when they grow up. The third characteristic is interest. Several major military industries in the kingdom are basically in the hands of these noble families, although the royal family occupies some of the shares.
, but there is still nothing that can be done about these aristocratic family alliances.
According to Captain Durioro's description, Claude couldn't help but think of a Junker officer from a certain country in his previous life. The two were really similar. Captain Durioro said that noble officers accounted for the majority of the kingdom's army.
Although the former King Sterling IX and the current King Sterling X tried hard to suppress the expansion of the influence of noble officers in the army, currently, two-thirds of the high-level positions in the Kingdom's army are still occupied by those nobles.
Occupied by officers.
As for the civilian officers, it was only when the late King Sterling IX carried out military reforms that they began to stand out in the army and form their own faction to compete with the aristocratic officers. Originally in the military, promising officers with civilian backgrounds were either suppressed or suppressed by the aristocratic officers.
It was difficult to form another faction after being won over and recruited. It was not until the military reform and with the support of the royal family that the power of civilian officers gradually expanded. At present, most of the middle-level officers in the Royal Army are from civilian backgrounds.
Different from aristocratic officers, the composition of so-called civilian officers is also very complex. Grassroots officers like Major Skerry who graduated from the Royal-supported Junior Military Academy are the backbone of them. There are two Junior Military Academy in the kingdom, and students
The sources are the children of fallen nobles and relatives of civilian officers. Many of them are orphans of soldiers who died in battle. They are the most trusted military force of the royal family and provide a large number of grassroots technical officers to the army every year.
There are also soldiers like Claude who were born into civilians and joined the army in order to obtain national status. They are called the actual combatants among civilian officers. They have not experienced orthodox military education, but this cannot conceal their own insecurities.
Military talents and talents, during a long military career, are like big waves washing away the sand, blowing away the dust on the surface and showing a dazzling light. Those civilian officers who finally ascend to high positions are the military talents that the kingdom relies on, such as the newly knighted
General Michel Priest...
Well, Claude then realized that he was also one of the civilian officers. He looked at Captain Durrioro and asked, which faction did he belong to, and why did he tell him this? Although he and he knew each other, they still had no friendship.
Not bad, but it doesn’t seem like you’ve reached the point where you can tell yourself the secrets of the military, right?
Captain Durrioro replied that he was not an aristocratic officer, but could barely be considered a member of the civilian army. Although he came from a noble family, his family was an emerging aristocracy, that is, the group who made their fortune following the late King Sterling IX, and they were still
They are not in the eyes of those old noble families, and they have no interest entanglements with the military industry. In addition, these nobles are not willing to develop in the kingdom's army. On the contrary, they have a great interest in business and finance, and strive to promote the development of the kingdom and other countries on the mainland.
Free trade and commerce…
Because of this, during this war, although they joined the army, most of them sought positions in local security camps, which was safer. Military achievements were of little significance to them. What they were interested in were the mineral resources and resources in the kingdom's newly occupied territories.
Local specialties, perhaps it is more appropriate to call them business aristocrats. His friendship with Claude was mainly due to the instructions of his uncle who worked in the War Department. On the one hand, he valued Claude's military talents, and it was also considered a friendly investment.
On the one hand, there is Claude’s background. His pharmacy teacher was Baroness Maria.
Claude suddenly understood that the people behind Captain Durrioro who valued his military talents were just talking about their own self-esteem. What they really valued was his nominal pharmacy teacher, Maria.
Baroness. Maybe they are using their own line to establish a relationship with Lady Maria, so as to gain some convenience by saying a few good words in front of Sterling X for their free commercial trade...
But now is not the time to argue with them about these issues. The key is how to rescue Major Skerry. Claude asked bluntly: "Is there any way to exonerate Major Skerry?"
Captain Durrioro smiled bitterly and replied that although they had people in the Army Department, they did not have that much influence. The cause of this matter was in the frontline headquarters, dominated by those noble officers, and the Army Department could not directly intervene. In addition,
Major Skerry's incident is just an introduction. The real reason is not the responsibility for the lost land, but the three southern counties. This is a counterattack by the old noble families against the Sterling royal family...
How could this be related to the three southern counties again? Claude was puzzled.
Captain Durrioro made it clear, and Claude suddenly realized. It turns out that the existing military industry in the kingdom has always been controlled by those old noble families. So after capturing the three southern counties this time, the Sterling royal family wanted to take advantage of the opportunity.
They reorganized the military industry in the three southern counties of the former Eskiline Principality and firmly controlled it in their own hands. Due to lack of funds, they did not choose to cooperate with the old aristocratic families, but absorbed funds from the emerging business aristocrats.
The excluded old aristocratic families were naturally unwilling to give up. They used Major Skerry's incident to suppress civilian officers in the army. It was also a counterattack against the royal family's monopoly on the military industry in the three southern counties...
There is such a complicated causal relationship behind seemingly simple things. Claude's head is about to explode. He doesn't care whether the military industry in the three southern counties is controlled by the royal family or those noble families. The question is why should gods be involved in a fight?
To these little soldiers below...
Captain Durrioro pointed at Claude and said, the key to rescuing Major Scree lies with you. The eldest prince is staying behind closed doors and refuses to come out to take charge of military affairs after the war. You can ask your teacher,
Baroness Maria came to visit and told the eldest prince about this. Only when the eldest prince came to the front line in person could it be possible for Major Skerry to be pardoned and exonerated.