I Became a Genius Commander at the Academy - Chapter 12

EP.12

It may sound random, but in the current situation, the news that our reserve forces have entered the war is considered a good phenomenon welcomed by both allies and enemies.

If I say this, you might be thinking what kind of bullshit it is.

For our allies who are helplessly being pushed back by the enemy, the appearance of the reserve unit is equivalent to opening a way to survive.

For the Francois Republic Army, the last line of defense of our battalion appeared before their eyes, so it could be interpreted that the unit would soon be annihilated.

Is that why? As soon as we arrived to support the 1st Company, which was going through a crisis, our company received a warmer welcome from the enemy troops than from our own troops.

“Here come the bastards who live off small things like the sausages they eat! “Those bastards are dead now!”

“Almost all of the Reich Empire’s units have been destroyed! Let’s kill everyone in front of us, get promoted, and get discharged!”

It’s not like I don’t understand why they’re so excited because they’ve acknowledged that the war situation is in their favor.

Seeing the weaklings of the Francois Republic, who were defeated by our great enemy during the fight a few days ago, running around like that, makes me feel angry.

The company commander probably thought so as well and shouted loudly, sending a marching signal to the entire army.

“That’s too much to say on a topic that these snail-eating bastards are pushing with numbers! They pretended to chat like women. “Show me the spirit of a true imperial man!”

At the same time, our company and the enemy vanguard approached each other.

Just before the spears of our platoon and the enemy platoon clashed, I gripped the spear tightly and gave an order.

“When the tips of the spearmen’s spears reach, the crossbowmen should snipe a few of the guys blocking our platoon and send a signal to the wizard captain to attack those damned guys in front!”

If you were in a situation where you were tangled up with another ally, if you used magic, you would be taken to a court-martial for mistakenly firing an ally.

Right now, there are only enemy forces in front of our company, so there is no harm in using magic.

Shortly after giving the order, the soldiers in my platoon hit several enemy soldiers with crossbows, slowing them down.

In addition, four wizards, including the wizard class leader, crossed through the gap in the friendly square and aimed their wands at the enemy.

The enemy soldiers and commander who confirmed this looked at our unit with astonished eyes.

Since they had never used magicians in a situation like this before in combat, they had no idea how to deal with it.

“Why the fuck is a wizard here?”

“Those bastards who fight really fiercely. “Those imperial bastards whose dicks are like sausages!”

However, they fully responded to my sincerity by showering me with abusive language as the ultimate reward.

Accordingly, the wizards, including the wizard class leader, showed mercy to those who cursed them by throwing stone bullets to end their difficult lives in an instant.

The enemy soldiers looked shocked and began to panic when they saw their allies freed from the pain of life.

Looking at this, who would believe that these are the same people who laughed at us just a little while ago, saying that the average size of our dicks was the size of an imperial sausage, about the size of a thumb?

It’s really nice to see these idiots.

“Spear soldiers, keep pushing them and don’t give them a chance to come to their senses! These are the things that harassed our battalion members to death! “Let’s kill them all and pay them back!”

Our platoon members responded loudly to those words, and the enemy, who had been attacked by surprise rather than surprise in an unimaginable way, fell into confusion.

“Hey you idiot! “They’re charging, no more magic!”

“They are people too! “Don’t back down just because a few magic bullets kill your comrade!”

“Platoon leader, then you should go to the front first and confront those bastards directly! “How do you beat those bastards who rush at you with that momentum?”

When the soldiers of our company saw that they were so lost in self-destruction that they could not even respond properly, the soldiers of our company probably thought it was an opportunity to make a contribution.

Following my orders, they rushed forward with incredible momentum and slaughtered the enemy.

“If you get just four more from those bastards, you will be promoted to corporal! “Fuck!!!”

“Flora will be promoted to sergeant in a month, will be discharged from the military, and we are going to get married!”

“discharge!! “Shut up, get sergeant, and be discharged!!!”

Even though the Reich Empire and Korea have technological, social and cultural differences for over hundreds of years.

After all, no matter what era the military is in, the military campaign is the most important thing for soldiers.

Otherwise, even if you gained momentum in the war, it would be difficult to go on a rampage and take the risk of possibly dying.

And in any case, I need to live up to their expectations as their commander.

“Attention platoon! If we make another great achievement in today’s battle, I will recommend to the company commander the person in our unit who has won the most enemy weapons, excluding the deputy platoon commander, for promotion. “If you want to be discharged as soon as possible, don’t spare your body and fight!”

At those words, the soldiers cheered like crazy and rushed out with a different force than before, pushing back the enemies in a manner that was close to massacre.

After continuing to engage the enemy for about 10 minutes, our unit naturally destroyed half of the company that faced us.

Even the company commander took this opportunity to make clear achievements and shout out at the head of the company with a passionate determination to be promoted to major.

“The company commander takes the lead in this battle! The company commander is the leader. If other platoon commanders feel unfair, get ahead!! haha!”

For a moment I felt uneasy.

Because the Francois Republic army we had faced so far was not this weak.

However, if we analyze this phenomenon, our unit has become stronger as it has continued to engage in actual combat.

It would be an understandable situation to say that the unit currently fighting is depleted of stamina due to fighting the friendly unit that fought earlier.

Reality usually tends to go in either a good or bad direction.

Until I was in a situation where I could overcome the enemy company and aim for a breakthrough with my battalion, with such anxiety…

As if my premonition was correct, the Francois Republic did not move their reserve units.

The soldiers enjoyed the adrenaline rush of the present by following the company commander in the lead and killing the enemies fighting them as much as possible.

“Knock them all to death!”

“Follow the company commander! “The company commander is at the forefront!”

“Let’s show mercy to those bastards who can’t even use their hands!”

Experienced officers, including myself, expected that if we went any further, we would be caught in a decoy operation.

All officers of our company, including the company commander, raised a flag requesting reorganization to the battalion commander.

“If you go any further, you may fall into the enemy’s trap! The entire army retreats and begins reorganization! “There could be a counterattack.”

“The battalion commander has accepted the request for reorganization! “To escape their counteroffensive, we will retreat 200 steps and reorganize our battle lines!”

The soldiers looked dissatisfied because they were denied the opportunity to make a major move in front of them, but they followed orders and began preparing to retreat to regroup.

Then, a huge number of magic and arrows came from the enemies and attacked us.

Contrary to what I expected, the frequency of magic and arrows flying was much lower than expected.

It seems that they have noticed that we were not caught up in their bait operation and are planning to focus their long-distance attacks on other units.

However, if you are a company commander or higher who has experienced enough combat in the military, unless you have the brains of Won Kyun, you will most likely not be caught.

Therefore, by planning such a sloppy baiting strategy, only Francois will lose out.

In that way, my company and I were able to safely retreat to the rear and join other companies.

The company commander, as if he didn’t know how I felt, patted my shoulder like he always did and said,

“I’m sorry for saying this so many times, but who would think such a great officer was a student? To be honest, I now think of Lieutenant Jaeger as a staff officer who was sometimes dispatched to a lower-level unit rather than a student. In reality, if you look at the rank below him, isn’t he a man in his 40s with the rank of lieutenant colonel?”

At those words, I let go of my anxiety for a moment and responded with a smile as if it was nonsense.

“Company Commander, what kind of staff officer is a commoner orphan? When it comes to staff officers, aren’t there only those who are almost certain to receive stars?”

“It’s because I couldn’t understand it otherwise. If anyone tells you that a student platoon leader is performing so well, people won’t believe it unless they see it in person. “Maybe the other student platoon leaders are finally acting like human beings.”

“Huh..”

Just like that, while trying to pardon the company commander’s joke, I was able to solve all the riddles I had been thinking about just a moment ago.

Even if it is a bait operation that is so obvious, once you are caught, it is not just a matter of being unable to move, but is completely robbed, like a cow or a pig being slaughtered.

Therefore, commanders above company commanders who instinctively know this will run away on their own, and platoon leaders will also try to retreat in an orderly manner following orders.

However, what if the country is a student platoon made up of nobles who are compared to existence and whose future promotions depend on the results of future evaluations?

There is a high possibility that people who have been treated with fear and not treated as human beings for a month will take arbitrary action, thinking that this is an opportunity to achieve great achievements.

Of course, according to military law, beheading is standard for arbitrary action if you fail to achieve a significant feat, so out of 10 student platoon leaders, 1 to 3 would be caught in a decoy operation and dragged in.

The company commanders and battalion commanders to whom those guys belong will lose their unit’s formation due to one crazy platoon leader and will miss the timing to respond.

I mumbled the conclusion of my reasoning without thinking.

“….. The battalion that those student platoon leaders belong to is going to be split in half and disappear. If we do well, Satan will be annihilated.”

It’s a shitty thing to do, but this is the reality facing our troops now.

After receiving permission from the company commander, I went out for reconnaissance and looked around, and I saw a flag symbolizing a student platoon leader from another battalion in front of me.

This is the worst moment when the expected scenario is confirmed in reality.

I wanted to advise the division commander to defeat the student unit even now.

Since direct reporting is outside of my authority, if I step forward carelessly, I will be disciplined according to military law and the report will not be delivered properly.

So there is only one thing I can do.

After making that decision, I asked for understanding from the company commander, then approached the battalion commander and said,

“Battalion Commander, I, Ensign Peter Yeager, have something I would like to report to you personally.”

No matter how much I asked for the company commander’s understanding, it would be senseless to approach the battalion commander, who is a true noble and is as high as the sky.

Because in terms of company life, it was the same as barging into the manager’s office without knocking even though the manager didn’t call.

However, instead of getting angry, the battalion commander stopped the adjutant who was trying to reprimand me and asked, as if he would listen to my story.

“What on earth were you thinking when you came here? I knew you were capable, so I didn’t stop you. “If I had learned properly at the academy, I would have been able to discern the right time and situation.”

“sorry. However, we have now decided that this is not a problem and is a serious situation. With permission from the company commander, we scouted the surrounding area, and it seems that the battalion next to us was caught in the enemy’s decoy operation. And I don’t know the details of the reason, but I presume it was the arbitrariness of the student platoon leaders.”

The battalion commander, who heard those words, looked astonished and asked.

“No matter how much he is a student platoon leader, these guys who should have learned tactics at the academy are being lured into such a situation by using a decoy operation like that. I can’t believe it. “Is this really true?”

Normally, I would have felt a bit bad seeing the battalion commander not believing what I said.

Now I really understand how he feels.

Because, just like him, I feel like escaping reality, so much so that I wish it were all just a dream.

“Under military law, false reports or omission or exaggeration of reports intentionally or negligently are punishable by death. Also, I am not a fool to lie and make up such ridiculous situations.”

“… It’s amazing that, as an officer, you directly went on reconnaissance during a battle and even inspected other battalions. I understand. Let’s respond immediately.”

The battalion commander gave me a signal to go back.

“And I would like to make a suggestion to the battalion commander about the operation.”

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