Academy Genius Commander

12 – Crisis begins (3)

It sounds out of the blue, but in the current situation, the news that our reserve forces participated in the war is considered a good phenomenon welcomed by both allies and enemies.

If you say this, you may think what kind of bullsh*t you are talking about.

For our allies who are helplessly being pushed back by the enemy, the appearance of the reserve unit is the same as opening a way to live.

For the Francois Republic Army, the last line of defense of our battalion appeared before their eyes, because it is possible to interpret that the unit will soon be annihilated.

Is that why? As soon as we arrived to assist the 1st Company in its crisis, our company was greeted more enthusiastically by the enemy than by our own.

“Bastards who live on little things like the sausages they eat are here! Those bastards are dead now!”

“Almost all of the Reich Empire bastards have been destroyed! Let’s kill everyone in front of us, get promoted, and get discharged!”

It’s like admitting that the war situation is in their favor, so it’s not that I don’t understand why they’re so excited.

When we fought a few days ago, seeing the weaklings of the Francois Republic, which had been broken by our vitals, go out of their way, I feel like my anger is rising to the top of my head.

The company commander must have thought so as well, sending a signal to advance to the entire army and shouting loudly.

“On the topic that the cubs who pick up and eat snails are pushing with numbers, one word is nasty! Like chattering like women. Show the spirit of a true Imperial man!”

At the same time, our company and the enemy vanguard moved towards each other.

Right before the spears of our platoon and the enemy platoon collided, I gave an order while holding the spear tightly.

“When the spearmen’s spear points reach the crossbowman, shoot a few of the guys blocking our platoon, and send a signal to the mage chief to strike the damn thing in front!”

If he was in a situation where he was tangled up with other allies, if he cast magic, it would be like shooting an ally by mistake, and he would be taken to a court-martial.

Right now, there are only enemies in front of our company, so there is no problem even if we cast magic.

Shortly after I gave the order, soldiers from my platoon hit several enemy soldiers with crossbows, knocking them down.

In addition, 4 wizards, including the wizard chief, came over through the cracks in the friendly square and aimed their wands at the enemy.

The enemy soldiers and commanders who confirmed it looked at our unit with astonished eyes.

They had never used a mage in a situation like this in actual combat, so they couldn’t think of how to deal with it.

“f*ck, why is a wizard here!”

“They fight really badly. Empire bastards like sausages with dicks!”

However, they fully responded to my sincerity by swearing at me with the highest reward.

Correspondingly, the wizards, including the wizard captain, showed mercy by blowing stone bullets and ending the difficult lives of those who cursed in an instant.

Enemy soldiers, seeing their comrades freed from the pain of life, began to wander around with a shocked look on their faces.

Seeing this, who would believe we were the same guys who, just a moment ago, laughed at our dicks for being the size of imperial sausages with an average size of a thumb?

It’s really nice to see such assholes.

“Spearmen, don’t give them a chance to come to their senses by driving them on and on! These are the things that tormented our battalion members! Let’s kill them all and pay them back!”

To those words, our platoon members responded with a loud voice, and the enemy, who was attacked in an unexpected way and not a surprise attack, fell into confusion.

“Hey you bastard! They’re charging, no more magic coming!”

“They are people too! Don’t back down just because your comrades are dead after being hit by a few magic shots!”

“Platoon commander, then you have to go out first and face those bastards! How do you beat those bastards who run with that momentum?”

Seeing those guys who couldn’t respond properly because they were drowning in self-restraint, the soldiers of our company saw it as an opportunity to make a feat.

Following my command, I ran out with tremendous momentum and slaughtered the enemy.

“If those bastards get 4 more heads, the promotion to corporal is confirmed! f*ck!!!”

“Flora, my brother will be promoted to sergeant within a month and will be discharged from the military to hold a wedding ceremony!”

“discharge!! Shut up, sergeant, and get discharged!!!”

Although it is the Reich Empire and Korea with technological, social and cultural differences over hundreds of years.

As expected, the military is the most important thing for soldiers no matter what era it is.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to run rampant at the risk of dying, even if you had the momentum in the war.

And I am a body that needs to meet their expectations as their commander no matter what.

“Attention platoon! If we make another great achievement in today’s battle, I will recommend the guy from my unit who cut the enemy’s head the most, excluding the deputy platoon commander, to be promoted to the company commander. If you want to be discharged as soon as possible, fight without sparing yourself!”

At that word, the soldiers cheered like crazy, and rushed out with a different ferocity than before, pushing the enemies close to slaughter.

After fighting the enemy for about 10 minutes, naturally, our unit destroyed half of the company facing us.

Even the company commander shouted at the head of the company with an ardent determination to make a definite achievement in this opportunity and be promoted to major.

“In this battle, the company commander takes the lead! The company commander is at the forefront, other platoon commanders, if you feel unfair, get ahead!! hahahaha!”

For a moment I felt uneasy.

It was because the Francois Republic army he had dealt with so far hadn’t been this weak.

However, to analyze this phenomenon, our unit, which has continued to fight in real battles, has become stronger.

It would be understandable to say that the unit they are facing now is out of stamina due to fighting the friendly unit that fought earlier.

Reality usually flows in a bad direction if you put it in one of the two, a good direction or a bad direction.

Until we got into a situation where we could go beyond the enemy company and aim for a breakthrough of the battalion with such anxiety…

As if my hunch came true, the Francois Republic did not move their reserves.

The soldiers enjoyed the adrenaline rush as they followed the company commander in the lead and killed the enemy as best they could.

“Kill them all!”

“Follow the company commander! The company commander is in the vanguard!”

“Let’s have mercy on those bastards who can’t even use their hands!”

Experienced officers, including me, expected to be caught in a decoy operation if we went further.

All of our company officers, including the company commander, raised a flag requesting reorganization to the battalion commander with flags.

“If you go further, you may fall into the enemy’s trap! All forces retreat and start reorganization! A counterattack may come.”

“The battalion commander accepted the reorganization request! To get out of their counterattack, reorganize the battle line at a distance of 200 paces!”

The soldiers looked disgruntled because they were barred from the opportunity to make a major advance in front of them, but as ordered, they began to prepare a retreat for reorganization.

Then, a huge number of magic and arrows flew from the enemies and had to attack us.

Contrary to expectations, the frequency of magic and arrows flying was really less than expected.

It seems that they are planning to focus their ranged attacks on other units, noticing that we have not been caught by their decoy strategy.

However, if you are a company commander or higher who has experienced enough real combat in the army, you will not be able to catch it unless you have a brain like Won-Kyun.

Therefore, only the Francois would lose money if they had to come up with such a lame manning strategy.

That’s how my company and I were able to safely retreat to the rear and join the other companies.

The company commander, perhaps not knowing how I feel, patted my shoulder like he always did.

“Sorry to say it so many times, but who would think such a great officer as a student? To be honest, now I feel like Lieutenant Yeager is not a student, but a staff officer who is occasionally dispatched to lower-level units. In reality, isn’t it a man in his 40s with a lieutenant colonel insignia?”

At that, I let go of my anxiety for a moment and replied with a smile as if it were nonsense.

“Squadron commander, what kind of staff officer is a commoner orphan? Aren’t there only those who are almost certain that they are different when it comes to staff officers?”

“Otherwise, I couldn’t understand it. If anyone says that the student platoon leader is doing such a great job, people won’t believe it unless they’ve seen it for themselves. Perhaps the other student platoon commanders are at least human now.”

“Ha, that…”

That’s how I was able to solve all the clues of the riddle that I was worried about until just now while trying to counter the company commander’s gag.

Even with such an obvious bait operation, once caught, it is not at the level of being unable to move, but completely robbed like a cow or pig being slaughtered.

So the company commanders and above who instinctively know this will run away on their own, and the platoon commanders will also try to retreat in an orderly manner according to orders.

However, what if the country is a student platoon made up of aristocrats who are being compared with their existence and whose future evaluation results are subject to lifelong promotion problems?

There is a strong possibility that he will take an independent action, saying that things that he has been terribly harassed for a month and treated as unkind are opportunities to make great achievements.

Of course, according to the military law, arbitrary actions are basically decapitated if they do not achieve significant achievements, so 1 to 3 out of 10 student platoon leaders are caught in a decoy operation and dragged in.

The company commanders and battalion commanders to which they belong will miss the timing to respond as the unit’s formation collapses because of a crazy platoon leader.

I casually muttered the conclusion of my reasoning.

“….. sh*t, the battalion to which those platoon commanders belong is going to be split in half. If you do well, Satan will be annihilated.”

It sucks, but this is the reality facing our allies.

Then, after getting permission from the company commander, I went out for reconnaissance and looked around. In another battalion, I saw a flag symbolizing the student platoon leader standing in front of me.

It is the worst moment when the expected scenario is confirmed in reality.

I wanted to advise the division commander to defeat the student corps even now.

Direct reporting is beyond my authority, so reckless stepping out will only result in discipline according to military law, and the report will not be delivered properly.

So there is only one thing I can do.

Having made that decision, I asked the company commander for his understanding, and then approached the battalion commander as if to say something.

“Commander, I, so-called Peter Yeager, have something I want to report to you.”

No matter how much I asked for the understanding of the company commander, it would be absurd to approach a battalion commander as tall as the sky while being a true nobleman.

Because, in terms of company life, it was the same as breaking into the manager’s office without knocking even though the manager didn’t call.

However, the battalion commander stopped the adjutant from reprimanding me and asked, as if he would listen to my story instead of getting angry.

“What were you thinking about coming here? I didn’t stop you because I know you’re competent. If you had learned properly at the academy, you would have been able to discern the time and situation.”

“sorry. However, I decided that it was a serious situation, not a problem. According to the company commander’s permission, we scouted the area, and it seems that the battalion next to us was properly caught in the enemy’s decoy operation. And I don’t know the details of the reason, but it’s presumed to be the student platoon commanders’ arbitrariness.”

Upon hearing this, the battalion commander asked with a stunned expression on his face.

“No matter how student platoon commanders are, these guys who must have learned tactics at the academy are fishing while causing a scandal with a bait operation like that. I can’t believe it. Is it really true?”

Normally, I would have felt bad seeing the battalion commander who didn’t believe me.

Now I understand his feelings very well.

Because I feel the same way about escapism, to the point where I wish it were all a dream.

“Under military law, a false report or an intentional or negligent omission or exaggeration of a report is a minimum penalty. Also, I am not an idiot to lie and make up this nonsense situation.”

“… As an officer, during a battle, he went on a reconnaissance and inspected other battalions. It’s amazing. All right, let’s respond immediately.”

That’s how the battalion commander gave me a signal to go back.

“And I have something I would like to suggest to the battalion commander about the operation.”