German Eagle: Steel and Magic

Chapter 23

There is no war, at least not yet.

In the end, Frank released all the crew and returned the Albatross, but all supplies were seized.

This is not a change made by Frank because he does not want to start a war. This is the result achieved under the mediation of international forces.

The Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Italy, and the Federal Republic of Iberia also came forward to mediate the conflict between the German Empire and the Frankish Republic.

Soon after, the United Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania, the Federal Republic of the Balkans, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Kingdom of Switzerland, and the Principality of Luxembourg all joined the ranks of mediation, which forced the two parties to let go of their anger and signed an agreement in a "friendly" atmosphere.

The new agreement is aimed at the passage of international routes, especially on the high seas, and stipulates that the warships of both parties shall not interfere with the normal passage of civilian ships of the other side.

This is just another endorsement of the "International Navigation Act", which has no practical effect. Besides, once war starts, who cares about "international law"?
Although the two parties have signed, they are actually not prepared to abide by it. The confrontation between the navy still occurs from time to time, and the "construction site" not only shows no signs of stopping, but is further expanding in scale.

War is only a matter of sooner or later.

At this time, several cars slowly entered the Parisino Non-commissioned Officer Academy. They were an inspection delegation of the Central Army, and they came here suddenly without any news.

There are two small flags in front of the car, one is a black eagle representing the German Empire, and the other is a double eagle red and white shield representing the Central Army.

This made the attracted students whisper. After all, Heidelberg is the territory of the Western Army. Why did the members of the Central Army come here, let alone the flags, obviously the rank is not low.

The principal and Director Hiber, leading a group of school staff and instructors, lined up in front of the main building to greet them. A lieutenant and adjutant came down from the co-pilot's seat, walked to the rear door, and stretched out his hand to open it.

"salute!"

All the officers present saluted a military salute in unison, while those who got off the car returned a military salute with smiles on their faces.

They really should salute, because the person who came down turned out to be a young colonel.

Younger than Major Hiber.

Rikel von Klayton, the German Empire Central Army Staff Headquarters, Director of the Logistics Strategy Research Division, is in charge of the Central Army's logistics strategy and execution supervision, and is a real upper-level figure.

Graduated from the Berlin Military Academy, this is actually an alumni of Major Hiber, depending on his age, he is still a junior.

However, the younger brother is now more famous than the senior. It is said that Clayton was born in a famous family, and he is deeply liked by the high-level officials of the Central Army, and he is considered a rare talent.

In fact, he does have two skills. Since he became the chief of the logistics department, he has greatly improved the logistics level of the Central Army with his prudent and creative genius strategy.In the absence of more material calls, by reducing transportation and storage losses and improving turnover efficiency, the logistics supply is fully guaranteed, which makes him a star figure in the Central Army, and it seems that he will be promoted to the rank of general just around the corner.

However, this time, he came to Parisino Non-commissioned Officer Academy with another purpose, which was also his job, which was to identify talents.

Talent is the gold in the sand, it depends on whether you can dig it.As the director of the Logistics Strategy Research Department of the Central Army Staff Department, selecting talents for the Central Army from various military academies is also one of the important tasks.

You must know that the soldiers of the German Empire are not randomly transferred. There are intricate relationships among the various armies.

Due to historical, cultural, strategic and other reasons, the military structure of the German Empire is slightly different from other countries.

The army is unified under the command of the Ministry of National Defense, which consists of two major arms, the navy and the army.

The Navy is in charge of the Northern Fleet and the Offshore Fleet, as well as the Naval Military District with Hamburg as the core, under the jurisdiction of the Marine Corps and Air Force.

The Army is divided into six armies, the Central Army, the Western Army, the Eastern Army, the Northern Army, the Southern Army and the African Army.

Among them, the Western Group Army is the largest, with a total of 21 standing divisions and nearly 50 people.The Central Group Army is next, with twelve standing divisions and about 30 people.

As for the rest, the Eastern Army has ten standing divisions and 19 people.The Northern Army has six standing divisions with 12 troops.Army Group South has three standing divisions with 7 troops.The African Army has two standing divisions with 5 troops.

Each group army has an independent system, and the source of troops mainly comes from their respective defense areas, and they rarely transfer personnel to each other. Therefore, if you want to obtain talents, you can only compete for them from various military academies. Otherwise, wait for the personnel arrangements to be finalized before you want to People are very difficult.

In this regard, the Central Army has unique conditions. They almost exclusively monopolize the resources of the Berlin Military Academy, and there are several good military academies to supplement them. In addition, the education level in the jurisdiction is relatively high, so excellent officers, they have never There is no shortage, so the name of the Central Army has not appeared in the visitor list of the Parisino Non-commissioned Officer Academy for a long time.

It's all because of the war, and it's only a matter of time before we start a war with the Frankish Republic. As the largest non-commissioned officer academy in the German Empire, there is the highest probability of excellent officer embryos appearing here, especially magic non-commissioned officers. They can be called gold among soldiers. Scarce resources, this time Clayton personally went out to select excellent talents for the expansion of the central army mage unit.

Get ahead of the Western Army!
Going to the conference room, after a simple greeting, Clayton expressed his intention to come. He wanted to select the elite wizards, so he hoped that the school could arrange for him to have a meeting with the second-year students of the wizard class.

This request made the principal and Major Hiber somewhat difficult. After all, the Central Army hadn’t visited the Parisino Non-commissioned Officer Academy for a long time. Most of their graduates went to the Western Army, so the relationship with the Western Army was very good.Clayton blatantly came to rob people, which may have a negative impact on the relationship between Parisino Academy and the Western Army.

What's more, this is not in line with the process. The students have to wait until the graduation internship is over before they can follow the demand forms sent by the various army groups, and the school will arrange their places according to the students' intentions and grades.

But this Clayton, the principal and Major Hiber really didn't want to offend. After all, offending him would be tantamount to offending the entire Central Army.

After a little discussion, the principal finally decided that Major Hiber's request could be met, but their condition was that they could only "investigate".

As for which unit the trainees will go to, they need to wait until the end of the internship period, and the Parisino Non-commissioned Officer Academy will make unified arrangements. This "peach" Clayton cannot be picked now.

(End of this chapter)