Academy Genius Commander

70 – It is correct to defeat a barbarian with a barbarian (1)

Three months have passed since the incident in which the 5th prince tried to capture me.

In the meantime, as a professor at the General Staff College, I continued to lecture students on the subject of ‘What is war?’

The course I teach has earned the honor of being number one in the lecture that students of the College of Staff most want to take.

Of course, inside the College of Staff, students have never been asked to vote for the lectures they want to listen to, or students have never secretly investigated internally.

It was because when I checked the number of students who wanted to listen to my lectures next semester as a professor, the number was 40.

Since there are 25 students in the College of Staff each year and 50 students in the two-year course, isn’t it that close to 80% of the students want to take my class?

Among the older professors who checked the record, I often heard the sound of swearing at me.

Anyway, if I hold on for 18 months, I will get out of the staff college professor and be dispatched as a field commander, and I don’t remember doing anything to get caught.

There will be no nobleman who can do anything to me.

“When I was first appointed as a professor, I was very worried about how to proceed with the lecture. I mean, I’m kind of used to it now…”

However, like the proverb, there are always unhappy moments in this world, and it is not always happy.

Another ordeal was coming to me now.

“Professor Jaeger, are you in Professor Jaeger? The Minister of Military Affairs, His Excellency Otto Moritz, has asked us to submit an operational plan to the General Staff College. Right now, President Eugen has ordered all the professors to come to the 1st Operational Planning Office, so you should go quickly.”

“Okay, let’s go right now.”

After saying that, I thought as I changed my clothes again.

sh*t, back when I was in the academy, I was able to quietly spend my vacation while playing moderately.

In addition, the military department demands that professors belonging to the staff college make a perfect operation plan through meetings on how to deal with battles in areas where battles are taking place or are going to take place.

Asking them to write a new thesis or report related to military science during a short vacation of only two months.

In addition, professors who failed to write a proper thesis here are quickly replaced, expelled from the center, and assigned to local officers.

In addition, students are required to write a short thesis called vacation homework using the vacation period to see if they are qualified to move on to the next semester.

In addition, they say that they have to study as hard as a frontline operation officer because they have to prepare for what they will learn next semester…

“So, in the original novel, most of the people with stars in the Empire or the officers who graduated from the Staff College can be described as smart.”

However, because I have so many new weapons, tactics, and strategies, including the war-related learning I had studied in my previous life and the actual combat experience I had in the Rhineland and Czechia, I can write a thesis quickly and without difficulty.

This will also be an opportunity for Peter Yeager to demonstrate his abilities.

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When I entered the 1st Operation Planning Office, which the staff guided me to, the professors were already arguing heatedly there.

“I agree with the statement that we must destroy the north as the Minister of Military Affairs insisted. However, it is difficult with our current power. Don’t you know?”

“But, isn’t it said that the head of the Ludvik tribe in the north of the fortress calls himself Khan and is consolidating forces? If you wait and miss the right time, you may end up having to deal with over 10,000 cavalry.”

“It is true that there are many cavalry because the northern barbarians share a nomadic and agricultural life. However, the percentage is around 40-50%…”

If you look at the atmosphere, it’s a passionate and hot look that’s not very different from the meeting of high-ranking people in Czechia.

Otto von Bismarck, the university’s president and the one with four stars, clicked his tongue as if looking at the scene in a pitiful way.

Then he hit the desk with the blacksmith’s baton in his hand and went to work.

“Are you an honorable staff university professor of the Empire who still teaches staff officers? Didn’t you read the new data sent by His Excellency Minister Otto’s military a while ago? I mean, start by looking for why the Ludvik tribe is rampaging!”

The great president, who gave us 4 stars again, scolded the professors, and they quietly sat down in their seats.

The other professors also took advantage of this opportunity to read the top-secret reports on the trends of the Ludvik tribe placed in their respective positions.

After reading the report for about an hour, a rough understanding of the local situation came into my head.

To begin with, the reason why the chief of the Ludvik tribe is rampaging is probably because there is a famine in the territory of the tribe he rules.

First of all, the Ludviks are nomadic people like Mongolians or Jurchens on Earth, but they settled down in Hungary 100 years ago and started farming.

However, for about 100 years after settling down, it is virtually difficult for them, who were nomadic people, to be self-sufficient in the food they need only through farming, so they barely survive by combining farming and nomadic life…

In times of famine, like now, in order to survive, wars will be waged to expand the power of the tribe by increasing the size of the tribe.

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Let’s see where their blades are headed…

When I was in such trouble, the president, who seemed to be really angry, said in a loud voice.

“You bastard Ludvik! If there was a famine, they would just quietly accept our aid, so why are they trying to stir up a war by stirring up their own tribe? devil! I’ll send our great Imperial Army soon and blow it away!”

When I heard rumors about the Staff College, I heard that our president’s nickname is the Iron Blooded President…

Even though he is almost 70 years old, his voice is huge as if he ate a train firebox. Also, those muscles visible beyond the conquest are no joke.

I’m not kidding, wouldn’t a middle-aged knight in his 40s who is on active duty lose his pulse in front of that man?

And soon after, the president pointed at the professor who was sitting at the desk about three spaces ahead of me with a baton and asked.

“Ludvik is expanding the power of the fortress. Then, where will his blade go?”

“Of course, among the tribes around Ludvik, we will slowly wipe out the weakest tribes first. They will try to plunder food while integrating the surroundings like that.”

In countries such as the Reich Empire, the Francois Republic, and Czechia, where people live a settled life by farming and building castles.

In some cases, they do not allow the soldiers of their army to plunder the occupied territory.

Because it may be really fleeting and enjoyable to destroy, but it will take at least several years to rebuild the fields, castles and cities that have been destroyed afterwards.

In addition, there is no choice but to live in antipathy from the conquered people, and since money is spent on restoring cities and territories, it is inevitable that there will be a deficit for the time being.

However, nomads usually kill all the men and old men of the defeated tribe, and use the women as playthings and slaves.

So even if the conquered have a grudge, they have no ability to resist, and every time they plunder a tribe, they plunder because they can get enough food for the old men and the men.

“Okay, so when you look at it, do you think there’s a chance they’ll come to plunder us? Or do you see no?”

“In my opinion, without those guys going crazy, there won’t be any reckless invasion of our empire. However, just in case, we need to strengthen the northern border.”

“That makes sense. What do other professors think?”

Then, as if now was an opportunity to catch the president’s eye, the professors’ suggestions continued.

“How about sending two divisions to the north to reinforce the wall defense?”

“I think it would be a good idea for us to destroy a few tribes ourselves.”

“It might be a good idea to send a letter to Ludvik to warn him so that he can prepare a cause for war later.”

It looks simple, but in the sense of protecting the empire, these are very effective methods.

Because if you send 2 more divisions to the northern wall, Ludvik won’t think of coming to plunder the Empire for a while.

If you destroy a few tribes, he will become weak because it will be difficult to secure food by plundering in the famine, and if you send a warning, you will have a reason to subdue him after he weakens.

But when I thought about it, those tactics and strategies are only specialized for defending the empire.

The opportunity to expand the territory of the empire came, but it was judged that it was not being properly used.

So I cautiously raised my hand and made the offer.

“Professor of the General Staff College, Peter Yeager. I would like to obtain permission to speak from the president.”