Academy Genius Commander

49 – Hammer and Anvil (2)

The evening of the day Major Jaeger’s operation was delivered through Colonel Hans.

Count Benner, the second-in-command of the 40,000 Czech Republic Expeditionary Forces and acting as the actual commander, was in a complicated mood.

Of course, there will be no people with a normal mindset who feel comfortable or happy when they come out on the battlefield.

In particular, unlike ordinary soldiers, a commander who commands a war in which countless lives live and die on his orders can never be comfortable on the battlefield.

The reason why his mind is complicated today is not because problems arose because issues such as supply became difficult, even when the allies were at a disadvantage in the war.

Rather, the Jaeger battalion to which her daughter belonged destroyed one battalion of knights and one battalion of infantry, and her daughter, who was in her first battle, even accumulated a feat of defeating an enemy company commander, raising the morale of the entire army. It is a very good situation.

So, the count had already passed a glass of beer to each of his staff and soldiers.

“Ha~ Major Yeager, you son of a bitch. On the Rhineland front, one company came up with an operation to raid a division alone. This time, it was an anti-encirclement tactic using one division as a hammer.”

Yes. His mood was complicated because he came across a strategy that even Count Benner himself, who had risen in success by proving his abilities to the lieutenant general, had not thought of.

As I went down and read the following, the operation described above is only a taster.

[However, even if one division attacks from the side, the distance of the march is quite long, so there is a strong chance that the enemy will notice it in a normal engagement. Therefore, in order for the operation to be successful, the 32,000 soldiers led by His Highness the Crown Prince must pretend to be defeated and retreat and provoke the enemy forces. If that happens, the enemy commander-in-chief, thirsty for victory, will mobilize all his might to attack the imperial army in order to decapitate His Highness, so he won’t be able to look around…]

After reading more of the contents, Count Benner, who was dumbfounded, grabbed his forehead and said,

“When the enemy frantically attacks the main base led by His Highness the Crown Prince, trying to create a half-encirclement by attacking the flanks. What crazy idea did you come up with?”

It was absurd, but depending on the circumstances of the military operation, sometimes a crazy idea can become a great operation that will go down in history.

Conversely, a brilliant strategy that is close to the standard sometimes ends up being a trashy battle.

And although the operation proposed by Major Jaeger was a crazy idea in the eyes of Count Benner, he concluded that it was the most appropriate operation given the situation the Czech Republic Expeditionary Force was facing.

Although this was actually his first campaign, the crown prince wanted a clear and conspicuous record because he had the purpose of strengthening his position through this war.

On the other hand, the Czech Republic side hopes that the Crown Prince of the Reich Empire will take this opportunity to show off their status to the continent without regret by cutting his head.

So, if the prince took the risk of becoming a bait, the enemy would follow unconditionally.

If this operation succeeds and the Czech Republic expeditionary force led by the crown prince wins, the commander of the victorious expeditionary force will have a reputation for winning a victory at the risk of his own life and a great position will be secured, and the next throne of the empire will pass to the crown prince. .

Politics, strategy, and circumstances make this operation an unconditional operation.

That’s why, as the deputy commander, he wrote a letter of recommendation to the crown prince saying that he should employ this strategy.

Then Earl Benner sighed and said in a grumbling voice:

“The more that guy plays under His Highness the crown prince, the more my position in supporting him by sending Laura as an adjutant goes up as well. Seeing that Laura, whom I met on the Visochian front, refused when I invited her to go to the General Staff Headquarters, where she must go through to build a career after this war is over…”

The Count tried to mutter that, but then shut his mouth.

Because he thought that if he said the next thing out of his mouth, old Jaeger might take away the only daughter he had cherished.

At least, it was comforting to him that Major Yeager was a model student who only studied, a guy who didn’t know how to enjoy women, so he was concentrating on his military exploits and managing the territory.

“Laura said with a twinkle in her eyes that she said she would not go to the headquarters. ‘I admire Major Jaeger. We highly appreciate his outstanding tactical and strategic abilities and the rapid development of the bestowed territory. That’s why I want to learn more and be of help to him.’ I mean. It’s a longing for a good word, but since I’ve never known love with the opposite sex in my life, I just don’t know if my heart is love yet. Given the opportunity…”

Count Benner envisioned a future that seemed certain to come someday.

The future where Jaeger brings Laura to him and asks her permission to marry him.

It was a scene I didn’t want to imagine as a father with a daughter.

But deep down, he thought so too.

‘Major Yeager is the best of the thieves. After all, since Laura is a girl, she can’t inherit my title. My nephew is supposed to succeed, so there’s nothing to be concerned about.’

Then, in the end, the count decided to put aside his future worries.

Instead, he started writing letters to the noble families he interacted with.

The content is the achievement that his daughter made today.

It may seem strange to write a letter to inform such a fact in the midst of a busy war situation, but it is a noble duty to inform the achievements of members of one’s family in real time.

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Late that same night, the Crown Prince approved the plan proposed by Major Jaeger.

**

A week later, in the basin near Mt Caines.

I, Peter Yeager, along with my battalion members, are doing construction to meet 20,000 enemies who will never come from here.

As far as construction goes, I didn’t have to go through the labor of digging double or triple trenches or stacking sand bags the way the Korean military did.

A wooden fence was installed to prevent the enemy from coming over, and a cart was supported behind it to make it look like a solid wall, and a shallow trench was dug.

“Ha, f*ck. What is this doing? I have to go through a non-commissioned officer’s examination to get married, so why are you shoveling here?”

“Sergeant Charles, don’t be so disappointed. Didn’t the battalion commander say that a large army of over 20,000 would come in a month or two? Wouldn’t it be nice to be active at that time and wear a sergeant?”

“Take responsibility for that. If you don’t lose, I’ll empty your wallet after the war.”

The soldiers made jokes like that, overcame the hard work, and succeeded in making a fence that could be used for actual defense in a short period of only a week.

If the strategy I had devised, the castle that the soldiers worked hard for would be abandoned in a few hours.

Whether they know it or not, even the company commanders in my unit are participating in the work with their arms raised except for those who stand guard.

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Laura My lieutenant, no, my lieutenant, Laura, is watching the wooden castle with very interesting eyes.

“When you gathered the officers of the division and explained the newly designed fortifications, we did not know how to build them. I didn’t expect how strong it would be when I said to replace the wall by placing a cart behind the wooden fence. However, looking at the real thing, it seems to be strong enough to block the knights’ charge several times.”

“I don’t know because I haven’t tested that, but I think I can block one or two magic shots or arrows with that cart. Then, since the consumption of soldiers in defensive battles is reduced, it would not be unreasonable to intercept 20,000 men with 8,000 men.”

When using this defensive formation, which is used as a temporary barrier using a cart, if you use a cannon together, you can block the knights’ charge.

There are no cannons here, so even if you can defeat the knights, you won’t expect much of an effect.

Still, if you mobilize a wizard instead of a cannon, would you be able to achieve a similar effect?

“If you place a wizard behind the cart and attack with magic when the enemy heavy infantry approaches, you can see a big effect.”

Hearing my words, Laura imagines a scene where the wizard is placed behind a wooden fence made of a cart to intercept the enemy.

With twinkling eyes, he looked at the fort made of wooden fences that the soldiers were building with great difficulty.

And soon after, a signal came up that the meal was ready, even though it was much earlier than usual.

We were given nearly twice as many meals as usual.

“Attention to platoon 1! Looking at the amount of food distributed, I don’t know what it will be tomorrow, but it will be difficult. So hurry up and eat a lot and just grow up!”

“Third company! Stay tight.”

The junior officers looked at it and didn’t seem to be able to infer the details of the operation, but they got a sense that something special was about to happen.

“Lieutenant Laura, you should go in and rest as soon as you finish your meal today. I guess I’ll have a lot of work to do tomorrow.”

After eating like that, when I took a break for about 6 hours, one news spread loudly with the sound of the trumpet.

“As of now, the allies are returning to the battlefield where His Highness the Crown Prince is! Leave all the heavy carts and barracks here and move in rapid march to strike the enemy’s flank!”