Academy Genius Commander

18 – Chance of advancement (5)

So our unit took a break for a while and started to move near the original unit that came out to support.

On the other hand, the enemy forces, chased by our unit’s surprise attack, retreated and encountered friendly forces who had come out of support.

“f*ck, f*ck, f*ck! Why are there damn knights here!”

“Chief of staff, bastard! You said you could retreat this way!”

“I do not know! The important thing is, shouldn’t we have a defensive formation even now? Because of the surprise attack, I couldn’t even wear my armor properly.”

The soldiers of the Francois Republic, who knew nothing but how to eat snails in front of them, were rushed to the brink of annihilation and fell into a desperate situation where anyone could take their own lives to survive.

‘I won!’ Enjoying the pleasure of victory, I ordered the subordinates around me.

“The knights of the Empire will take care of stepping on the heads of the rest of the young slugs stuck in the weak military camp like snail shells! All of my troops follow me in retreat while my troops run away and slaughter the enemy!”

And I won the war and ran away with all my strength with the soldiers in order to avoid being trampled on by my knights.

In the meantime, though, there were cubs staring at us, eager to pursue our company.

There was no crazy bastard actually chasing Jaeger Company in a situation where they would be trampled to death by the approaching knights.

After about 2 minutes had passed, the knight standing in front of the Imperial Army knights shouted in a loud voice.

“Charge the Reindolph Knights of the 7th Division of the Reich Empire! Kill them all!!”

After that, other knights followed with a huge shout.

“Destroy the enemies threatening the territory of the empire! Let’s show you what we saw!”

“Let’s step on it and turn it into porridge!”

In this situation, the soldiers of the Francois Republic tried to gather in formation, trying to survive somehow, but…

The frightened soldiers did not assemble properly, and the more they tried to assemble, the more the formation was disrupted.

After a few seconds, the knights’ spears pierced the torso of two or three enemy soldiers at once.

At the same time, other enemy soldiers were crushed to such an extent that they could not maintain their human form after being hit by a total weight of 0.6 tons of horse, man, and iron armor.

The surviving soldiers of the Republic Army started to do meaningless things like urinating, unable to move from their seats, trembling, or swinging their spears at random in fear.

“f*ck, f*ck, f*ck…”

“Bastards, please don’t kill me! I don’t want to die! I will not die”

“…. mom!! I want to go home!”

As we watched the scene and continued to move to join our unit, our unit joined the rear of the Imperial Army and entered the safe zone.

And we were able to return to the barracks with our tired bodies and rest after being recognized by the division commander for the right to retreat right now.

Even though the body was worn out and exhausted, it was an experience of overturning the victory or defeat of the war in an instant and breaking through thousands of soldiers by surprise.

I don’t know if it’s because the afterglow of the thrill that was overwhelming at that moment still hasn’t gone away, or it’s because of the anticipation of how far I’ll be rewarded in the future.

The other soldiers and officers collapsed and fell asleep on the ground as soon as they reached the barracks.

I couldn’t sleep, so instead of sleeping, I wrote a report to the division commander, recalling as much as possible each of the company members’ achievements.

**

In the end, I went to report the operation to the division commander without sleeping a sigh last night.

Fortunately, even if I didn’t sleep all night, I still haven’t been drowsy thanks to the afterglow of the reward and surprise operation.

It is true that I am not able to adapt to the feeling of not being able to sleep even though my body and mind are exhausted.

I wanted to get a reward vacation because I had a lot of majors and won a great victory in battle, but…

Before I knew it, my body was right in front of the barracks where the division commander was staying.

I can’t go back once I’ve come this far.

“Lieutenant Peter Yeager, I have been called by the division commander. May I come in?”

As soon as the division commander inside heard my voice, he came out of the barracks, put his arm around my shoulder, and smiled.

“of course. Come in.”

Then he took me into the barracks, sat me down on a chair across from his desk, and poured me a bottle of wine.

“This is the finest wine made in the Italian Empire. Normally, I drink sparingly, but I want to treat a hero like you to this level of alcohol.”

“Thank you, I will drink well.”

“I’m sure you will like it. This is the best wine I’ve ever had.”

When I was living in Korea, I received notification of acceptance to the military academy and after graduation from high school, I drank soju that my father gave me, but I had never drank wine called wine in my current and previous lives.

But the first wine I tasted is the finest.

Still, I am an academy student from an orphan who lived here in poverty, and I don’t want to show the sloppy appearance of a wine beginner, as I learned in a liberal arts class at the academy…

As I learned at the academy, I held the wine in my mouth and savored it for about 5 minutes. When I drank it, I felt a very slight bitterness, sourness, sweetness and grape scent in my mouth.

To the extent that I wonder if there is such a good food to feel in my mouth when I try wine for the first time.

“It’s really delicious. It is the best drink I have ever had in my life.”

The division commander said with a chuckle, as if he was delighted with my praise for liking the alcohol he really likes.

“is it? I have a pretty good taste for alcohol. Okay, so when the banquet is held when the battlefield is all settled in a few days, I will specially send you two bottles.”

“It is an undeserved honor.”

Usually when I say something like this, it’s half empty, so I’m sure you’ll be disappointed if you expect it, but at this moment, I’m 100% sincere.

Because that wine was so delicious that I would definitely want to try it again, even if I had to rob myself of my salary.

After organizing my thoughts, I politely handed over the report to the division commander with both hands.

The division commander read them carefully, one by one, and then said with an astonished expression on his face.

“Normal reports like this. Since the issue of your promotion is at stake, Commander, you can subtly credit the achievements of the soldiers and officers under your command as your own. Even in the middle of it, you are taking care of all the military work of your subordinates. After all, is it different because I’m a bastard?”

The content behind it could have been a little sarcastic, but the division commander’s eyes were filled with goodwill and curiosity toward me.

And at the same time, I had a strong feeling that the division commander was testing me.

Because the achievements I made are unique, I thought there was no need to attribute the achievements of my subordinates to mine, and in such a situation, taking care of the achievements of my subordinates in detail is rather advantageous to the image and career I will build in the future, and I tackled it with that. .

“no. At the academy, I learned that the credit of subordinates is also the achievement of the commander, so there is no need to recklessly covet their credit.”

Upon hearing that, the division commander looked at me with a tired expression and said,

“I hope other commanders follow your example.”

“I just try to keep the basics thoroughly.”

To be precise, since he has made such a great achievement, he is strictly following the ‘basic’ to avoid being checked immediately.

At a time like this, if you get caught in a pod for no reason and the rewards you can receive are reduced, how sick your stomach will be.

“What I, the commander of the division, hoped for in the report was a promotion to the first rank for soldiers below corporal and a discharge permit for sergeants. Aren’t you greedy? You and your subordinates will already go to Leithenburg to participate in the improvement ceremony after this battle, and the special promotion to the first rank will be guaranteed. Why don’t you just state what else you want? If you ask for a knighthood or a small fiefdom, I will make a request directly to His Majesty, my Crown Prince, and make sure you receive it. Wouldn’t you like to have the title of nobility and the status of a lord?”

….. To be honest, even if you have a knighthood, you can enter the ranks in the top 1% in the Empire only with your status.

Not only that, but receiving a fiefdom means that even though military authority is vested in the emperor for various reasons…

In that land, I am given the right to do whatever I want to do.

But in this situation, if you say you’re going to take this, that’s an idiot.

Because the value that the crown prince and other contenders for the throne want from me is not only to be competent, but also to manage my career properly so that I can become a master who is supported by the soldiers.

So, if you succumb to the temptation right in front of you, you will surely receive a small estate and a knighthood, but…

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Later, the ladder to climb higher will be difficult to grasp.

“I would be lying if I said I didn’t want to. However, when the officer put the soldiers in danger, he promised that they would be able to return home to their wives and children as soon as possible. Therefore, I cannot break that oath for my personal benefit.”

Hearing this, Captain Bolton said with a very satisfied expression, as I expected.

“is it? Got it. Then, with my authority, I will issue a batch promotion order for 110 soldiers under your command. The documents will come out on the day of the banquet after the battleground is cleared. Let me give it to you as a gift then.”

We both tested each other.

I didn’t say no, but I think it would be the same.

I passed the exam, and the division commander will definitely recommend me to the crown prince.