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Chapter 1304 The Second Lieutenant of the Empire
After the whole team counted the number of people, Terra couldn't help but his blood vessels swelled.

Now there are only more than [-] people, and there are thousands of people gone. That is to say, in just half a day, the two brigades were eaten by thieves.Even if you participate in the million-man war, you won't lose so much all at once.

Thinking of this, Tela couldn't help remembering the culprit, and said coldly: "Where are the people from the first brigade?"

Hearing the order from the messenger, the remnants of Zhao Hu's brigade, who had been anxious for a long time, immediately walked up to Terra and knelt down.

Seeing the first brigade with less than [-] people in front of him, Tela suppressed his anger and growled, "Why are there so few people? Where's your captain?"

The only highest officer of the first brigade, the squadron leader knelt and took a step forward, and said in a sad and angry voice: "The captain led us to destroy the Ross Bandit Group. Yes, even their regiment leader, Twin-knife Mantis—Tang Feng also appeared in person, and after a hard fight, although they were driven away, the captain also died in the line of duty. This is the list of those who died in battle.” The squadron leader hurriedly handed over the previous report.

When hearing the mountain group, Tera frowned.

If what they said was true, it would be a great achievement to drive away the mountain group with a large group and there are still two hundred survivors.

However, having been deceived several times, he would not believe this so easily. He took a look at the report and asked aloud, "Where's your captain and chief of staff?"

"Isn't the Chief of Staff waiting here to welcome you?" The squadron leader was a little dazed. He thought that the Chief of Staff of his brigade had come here with the Marshal.

"He said that you were attacked by 3000 members of the Ross Thieves, and you needed my commander to go to the rescue! The commander left a team to take care of him who was seriously injured. Didn't you see it when you came?"

Although she knew that the captain and chief of staff was a traitor, Tera still had her last hope.

After all, no one wants traitors to appear under their command.

The squadron leader was taken aback: "When we came, we only saw the bodies of five of our soldiers. At that time, we realized that your Excellency might be in danger, so we hurried over and didn't see the chief of staff at all..."

Tera slapped her thigh violently and cursed, "Damn it!"

The staff officers standing behind Terra also cursed.

The squadron leader knew that the chief of staff of his brigade was the chief culprit who lured the marshal into the trap, so he couldn't help shrinking his head.

He was out of luck, and now the brigade only had him as the top officer with sound limbs. It seemed that he would be lucky if he didn't take the blame, not to mention the promotion.

After thinking about it for a while, Terra said: "Get up, and make a decision after I investigate clearly."

The squadron leader can only take orders.

Watching his comrades begin to count the results of the battle and clean up the battlefield, Zhao Hu's brigade could only stand aside with a sad face. Now that their suspects have not been cleared, they have been disarmed and guarded.

Although the four brothers didn't scold them, the contemptuous eyes made them depressed for a while, and they could only curse the damn chief of staff there.

While the squadron leader cursed, he also tried his best to comfort everyone.

As long as the marshal investigates the truth, people like himself will be innocent, and he deliberately talked about how much the captured [-] township thieves can sell, and how much he can share.

Compared with the restless faces of the others, Zhao Hu didn't think about anything, just sat there, silently looking up at the sky.

When the night was about to fall, the guard brigade in the rear also joined the marshal, and the troops of the first brigade who were eagerly waiting to pick up the wounded and investigate the truth also rushed back.

During a period of restless waiting, the guards guarding the first brigade withdrew, and the logistics troops began to build camps and distribute food and equipment.All this showed that he was innocent, and the first brigade cheered immediately.

The next day, the marshal raised his account and began to confirm his military achievements.

The squadron leader of the first brigade was promoted to major and became the first brigade captain. Zhao Hu's squadron leader and corporal leader were also promoted to one level and became squadron leader and squadron leader. , without Zhao Hu's name, the greatest contributor to the First Brigade is still a private soldier.

The promoted squadron leader and squad leader suspected that the captain hadn't reported Zhao Hu's meritorious service, but the captain swore that he had reported it himself, and that he would never take the meritorious service for himself.

Everyone understood that if such a thing happened among the Marshal's personal guards, they would definitely be kicked out of the army. Forgive that the captain would not dare to do this.It's a pity that I went to ask, but was stopped by the Marshal's staff with the excuse of not being too troublesome, which made everyone look at Zhao Hu strangely.

Zhao Hu didn't care much about this unfair thing, and he still looked relaxed and lived the life of a private soldier.

Two days later, the bodyguards who had gone through the battle had mostly recovered from their fatigue, and the guard brigade, which was ordered to hunt down the thieves everywhere, also cleaned up the thieves in sevens and eights. The marshal finally ordered to return to the capital.

And just before departure, the marshal unexpectedly personally summoned Zhao Hu who had been thrown aside to enjoy the cool air for a long time.

After Zhao Hu entered the commander's tent, he saluted and said hello, and stood there quietly.

The marshal looked at Zhao Hu with weird eyes for a while, and then said after a while: "You are obviously the first meritorious service of the first brigade, but you haven't received any recognition. Do you think it's unfair to you?"

"No, Your Excellency." Zhao Hu replied concisely.

"Oh? Why?" The marshal asked curiously.

"This subordinate believes that Your Excellency Marshal will not be unfair!" Zhao Hu replied immediately.

Hearing this flattery, the high-ranking marshal understood that no matter what the other party thought, such a question would only have such an answer, so he smiled indifferently: "The main reason is that your origin is unknown, and this marshal was arrested again. My subordinates lied to me, so I still have to be more cautious. So before, this commander specially sent someone to investigate the place where you fell and the place where you were recovering from your injuries."

Speaking of this, the marshal paid attention to Zhao Hu's face, and found that there was no expression fluctuation at all. He couldn't help but continued with satisfaction: "It turns out that you are telling the truth. I thought that no spy would risk his life and escape from the cliff. Jump down to cover yourself, so Ben Shuai trusts you."

Speaking of this, the marshal clapped his hands.

With the applause, two school-level officers came in, one stood in front of Zhao Hu, took out a beautiful document, and read: "Marshal of the Augustus Empire belongs to the personal guard—Private Zhao Hu, in the mainland history On July [-], [-], he participated in the battle to destroy the Ross bandits, and fought bravely in the battle, and won the honor of destroying nine enemies in the first battle. On the same day, he went to another battlefield to wipe out the main force of the Ross bandits. Obtained the honor of defeating three enemies in one battle."

Hearing this, Zhao Hu couldn't help muttering in his heart.

I don't even know how many people were killed in the next round, but you guys actually know?Wouldn't it be to share all the meritorious service equally?
"Based on the calculation method of meritorious service of the Imperial Army, now authorized by His Majesty the Supreme Emperor of the Empire, Zhao Hu was promoted to Second Lieutenant of the Imperial Army based on martial merit. This order is archived in the Imperial Army, July [-], [-], Imperial Marshal —Terra Rinehardt."

After the school official finished reading, he showed the file to Zhao Hu and then put it away.

Zhao Hu was a little dazed.

no?Cut off a few people and be promoted from private to second lieutenant?That's how many levels to jump, doesn't it mean that the imperial army is difficult to promote?Why is it so easy for me?

Another school official came forward and said: "The swearer swears that he will always be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor of the Augustus Empire, and will always be His Majesty's sword to protect the Empire, protect His Majesty, and wipe out all enemies of the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor!"

Zhao Hu, who had just witnessed the oath-taking ceremony the day before yesterday, was still a little dazed, but reflexively changed the oath-swearing ceremony to his own name, and read it out.

After the oath was completed, the school officer helped Zhao Hu change to the rank of second lieutenant, a vertical metal strip passed through a silver eagle, and after a while of congratulations, he saluted and retired to the marshal.

The marshal saw Zhao Hu's puzzled face and knew what he was thinking, so he couldn't help but smiled and said, "Don't be so surprised, according to the imperial army's merit calculation method: participating in a battle is promoted to first-class private, and killing one enemy is promoted to corporal. Kill three enemies to be promoted to sergeant, kill five enemies to be promoted to sergeant, kill ten enemies to be promoted to second lieutenant. Because you killed 12 enemies, you were promoted to second lieutenant.”

Speaking of this, the marshal saw Zhao Hu's indifferent expression, and continued: "Don't underestimate the requirement of being promoted to second lieutenant after killing ten enemies. There are so many soldiers in the Imperial Army, and most of them can't achieve it until they retire. What about this request!
"Kill 50 enemies to be promoted to lieutenant, 100 enemies to be promoted to captain, and 200 enemies to be promoted to major. I believe you can easily do these things, but...

"After a major, the number of tactical victories is required for promotion. After becoming a major general, the promotion requirement is based on the number of strategic victories achieved."

Seeing Zhao Hu's bewildered look, the marshal couldn't help muttering to himself, shook his head and said, "That is to say, the number of enemy units above the major is calculated by destroying the number of enemy troops. Tens of thousands of people can be promoted from major to lieutenant colonel.

"As for major generals and above, to put it bluntly, how many people and wealth have been plundered for the country, and how much territory has been occupied for the country. If we only calculate the territory, at least one million square kilometers must be occupied before a major general can be promoted to lieutenant general. "

Zhao Hu suddenly realized, and nodded his head, but sighed in his heart.

Unexpectedly, I also learned how to pretend to be stupid in front of my boss...

The marshal suddenly pondered for a moment, and then said: "I don't know if you noticed just now, but it was said earlier that you belonged to the imperial marshal's personal guard, and the latter was just a second lieutenant of the imperial army."

(End of this chapter)