Academy Genius Commander

31 – Peter Yeager, Soars (1)

Academy’s 4th year head professor Padre von Hausenburg’s laboratory.

Normally, only academy professors of other subjects or assistants who act as his assistants often enter the place, but today a special guest entered his laboratory.

Gold epaulettes that only officers of lieutenant colonel or higher can attach to military uniforms, the Iron Knight’s Cross of the Order of Swords hung around the neck, and cavalry swords that symbolize the authority of commanders.

A man who seemed to take great pride in his usual title of ‘Lieutenant Colonel’ entered and saluted the professor.

“Loyalty! I am Lieutenant Colonel Pommel von Hendrick, commander of the 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment of the Konstanz Division!”

The professor, who was sitting in the back of the lab, greeted him briefly and pointed to the sofa in front of him.

“The story is going to be long, so let’s sit down and talk.”

“Yes, I understand.”

The lieutenant colonel sat down following the instructions of the head professor in front of him, and Padre said with a rotten expression.

“As you know, His Highness the Crown Prince cares very much about the captain who was chosen as the 3rd class meritorious man of the Rhineland Front. If you care how much you care, I hope that the staff planted in the personnel department of the General Staff Headquarters will tell you, ‘If Captain Yeager plays an active part in this mock battle, I think I will have to give him a promotion order to major.’ He reported it.”

Hearing this, Lieutenant Colonel Pommel widened his eyes in amazement and pinched his thigh vigorously.

He and other nobles also say that being promoted to captain at the age of 28 is quicker.

It was because the thought of a guy who would just turn 20 next year being promoted to ‘Major’ made my stomach ache, and I couldn’t believe it.

“Is it really? To be a major at the age of 20, isn’t that the rate of promotion comparable to other princes who only experience military service before leaving?”

“But what can I do? Outwardly, it advertises that Division Commander Stefan and His Highness Crown Prince took Lezhin Castle with their outstanding tactical abilities. After reviewing the internal records, it was the opinion of the Staff Headquarters that without Captain Yeager, Weinberg Castle would have been penetrated in an instant. There are clear circumstances, so I can’t just raise an objection.”

“I was promoted to major at the age of 35, and I was fifth fastest among our 250 jockeys. But if a 20-year-old major shows up, the morale of the other noble officers will hit the ground.”

Although the two of them are saying on the surface that the staff headquarters is being too hasty and that there is a concern that the morale of the other officers will drop.

There were two main emotions underlying it.

One is that they are orphans and rise faster than those who were born into a prestigious aristocratic family, yet they have gained a great honor that they have not yet been able to obtain.

The rest of them supported the 3rd prince’s faction, but the fact that there was an officer in the prince’s faction who was promoted to major even though he was 20 years old.

It is a difficult situation to overcome the limitations of being the third prince and build up achievements worthy of inheriting the throne.

It is because it is obvious that the standard will rise because of a guy named Peter Yeager.

If the third prince they support fails to ascend the throne, his position as a professor and his political life will be completely over. Anyone can’t help but feel nervous.

However, Professor Padre spoke in a worried voice, as if all of this was because he was worried about the empire, even in their presence.

“right. I don’t know if it’s a member of the royal family, but how is it that a mere orphan deserves to become a major at the age of 20? It’s nonsense. Such rapid promotion is an insult to the commanders who have served their country honorably for decades. And we can’t let him run rampant any longer for the sake of the Empire. So, Colonel. You and your battalion thoroughly defeat Captain Jaeger in this mock battle. can you do it?”

At those words, the lieutenant colonel pounded his chest and said.

“No matter how much Peter Yeager is the most competent commander in that flag, and he made tremendous achievements on the Rhineland front, the first battle site. I don’t know about him, but the soldiers under his command are children. However, the battalion under my command is an elite unit that has been trained and fought for a long time. So in a head-to-head match, I will definitely win.”

“Certainly, the reason Captain Jaeger was able to win the last Rhineland front was because he made good use of the ever-changing war situation. However, if you face an enemy of the same size in the plains in the center of the basin where you cannot use the terrain features, the battle will be decided by the skill of the soldiers.”

“So don’t worry about anything. We will definitely deliver the news of victory to His Highness, the 3rd Prince. If I win, even the staff headquarters will doubt Captain Jaeger’s ability to command a battalion. Then, of course, your promotion to major will be frustrated, and you won’t be able to trick me into entrusting a battalion to me. It is believed that there will be talk that His Majesty the Crown Prince’s eyes for talent are somewhat inferior.”

As the two men say, the fact that Captain Jaeger’s promotion to major is being discussed is possible because of the full support of the Crown Prince and, albeit unofficially, the number one contributor to the Rhineland Front and a competent commander.

Even if the title of ‘Competent Commander’ is removed from these, the Staff Headquarters will cancel the special exception given to Captain Yeager.

His promotion will be made faster than other academy students of the same jockey, but it is highly likely that it will take at least 6-7 years to be promoted to major.

In this situation, Professor Padre spoke again with a really serious expression and voice.

“But if you fail, Captain Jaeger will be promoted to major and will be as strong as a lion with wings. If that happens, His Highness the Third Prince will express considerable disappointment and regret to you.”

It’s disappointing and regrettable because it’s good, but it means that a lieutenant colonel who is attached to the Third Prince faction will be followed by a terrible punishment of honorable retirement at the minimum and dishonorable discharge at the maximum.

So the lieutenant colonel immediately frowned as he imagined the sight of being dishonorably discharged, ruining the family’s reputation, and being ignored by other nobles, including his children, in return.

“But if you succeed, you will be able to get good results in this second colonel promotion screening. As a student platoon leader, he defeated a guy who even received the ‘White Silver Knight Sword’, which is rarely awarded to commanders below the major general, so of course he should be promoted. Then we’ll see it during the mock battle.”

Professor Hausenburg said that and issued an order to celebrate, and the lieutenant colonel hurriedly left the office.

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Left alone in the lab, Padre gritted his teeth and muttered.

“Because that dog-like Captain Jaeger stood out among the student platoon commanders, even though my son Mike was active on the Rhineland front line and even killed the enemy platoon leader. I put in a request to the Personnel Staff Department, but the so-called promotion failed, so it’s a plan to be discharged as a captain! Son of a bitch, you ruined my son’s future, so you should do it yourself.”

**

On the day of the mock battle, the basin of Mt. Pelain.

On the wide plain in the middle, Peter Yeager’s battalion and his counterpart, Lieutenant Colonel Pommel’s battalion, each armed, glared at each other.

I know I’m wary because I’m a war hero, but no matter how much I think about it, I’m trying to catch a captain (temporary) battalion commander.

Even though they are the same battalion commander, I think it’s too much to bring in a lieutenant colonel, but if it’s unfair, I’ll have to win with my skills.

Meanwhile, on the hills surrounding the plain, seats were prepared for officers and nobles who came to watch the mock battle, as well as students and professors attending the academy.

According to what I heard while coming up here, there are not many mock battles taking place near the islands.

Maybe it’s because it’s a fantasy world like the Middle Ages, so there’s not much entertainment?

Before the game started in earnest, I looked around and saw that the space that could be used as a tolerable spectator seat, including the VIP seats prepared by the academy, was packed with spectators.

People looked at me and the lieutenant colonel and were saying something, but I couldn’t hear them because of the distance.

After a while, an officer in dazzling plate armor came out and explained the rules.

There was a lot of rhetoric in the first and second half, so I felt like I was listening to a reading essay for the college entrance exam.

In summary, it was a story to fight fair and square, avoiding attacks that could cause fatal injuries to the opponent if possible.

In that sense, wizards were excluded from mock battles, and enemy knights dismounted and fought like foot soldiers.

This is a bit of a disadvantage for us.

Because even though the knights got off their horses, the power of human weapons equipped with plate armor is still threatening.

The officer in charge of the process beckoned, and the trumpet sounded, and then he spoke in a loud voice.

“Captain Jaeger and Lieutenant Colonel Pommel order the battalion to form!”

With that command, we drew our swords and raised them to the sky, as we had decided beforehand.

The soldiers who saw it formed formation as they were trained.

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Lieutenant Colonel Pommel’s battalion, like the Reich Empire on the Rhineland front, had infantry with long spears forming a long rectangular camp, with archers standing in front of them, ready to greet us.

On the other hand, in my battalion, following my instructions, the infantry with long spears in the center stood in a rectangular shape like the lieutenant colonel’s unit.

25 crossbowmen were placed at four corners, and 100 soldiers with batons were placed at the rear of the square.

After finishing the camp, the officer in charge of the process sent a signal to wait for a while.

I thought for a moment about how I had been training my soldiers.

He made a lot of cloth with his newly developed spinning machine and sold it to buy helmets, upper body parts and various weapons from soldiers.

Daily canter and basic physical strength training Through repeated training for each weapon, the physical strength and skills to wield the weapon were learned.

I grew up by adding the money I earned to the minimum meal I could afford as a soldier, so that I could eat something like salted meat and cheese once every three days.

Perhaps that’s why, among the soldiers who are just in their mid-teens or early 20s, I often see a guy who is noticeably taller and bigger than before he came under me.

In addition, because I, who knew the battle strategy popular in an era that people in this world did not know, formed a camp and created a tactic.

In this battle, all preparations were completed for me to win with an overwhelming difference.

So, in the final order, I spoke confidently in a loud voice to energize the soldiers.

“Lt. Col. Pommel, thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn so much! I will do my best to deal with you.”

At that, Pommel said in an angry voice.

“I’ll show the little boy who doesn’t know the sky is high that there is a stomach above!”

When he finished saying that, the sound of the trumpet sounding the start of the battle rang out loudly in the basin.