I Became a Genius Commander at the Academy

EP.283

A brother I know said this when comparing successful and failing stores in the program Kim Joo-bu’s Alley Restaurant.

‘Even that idiot who runs a business or a restaurant can do it, so I can’t do it? If you start with the complacent thought, that kid will almost certainly fail.’

I didn’t think much of it when I heard that, but after hearing what followed, I had no choice but to agree with his argument.

‘The restaurants we commonly call gourmet restaurants open at 9 a.m., so they come out at 4 or 5 a.m. and start cleaning the store and preparing food. They don’t know what to do because they are worried about how to make the food more delicious in order to get even a little better reviews from customers. Even if you do that, if you are not lucky, choose the wrong location, or choose the wrong menu, there are many cases where you will just go bankrupt and end up with debt exceeding 100 to 200 million won. But can a person who only sees the brilliant success of successful people and jumps in with the attitude that if I just do it roughly, I can succeed, can he really succeed?’

This is similar to what I felt when I heard what Manstein said.

How on earth are so many generals of the Reich Empire, including me, so successful that they are confident that the Imperial Army with a strong army can win in the future?

It’s hard for me to say this because I feel like I’m bragging, but I have never once been confident of victory while going to war.

I simply struggled to create a strategic, tactical, and operational situation where I could win, and when I entered into a full-scale engagement with the enemy, I was able to win because I put my life on the game board and engaged in a fierce battle for victory.

But as a lieutenant general of the Chiefs of Staff, who has experience in multiple wars and has a record of accomplishments, what kind of drug can he take to make him say things like ‘I am confident of victory’ that seem like something out of a tableau?

Oh shit, my stomach is stuffy and my nose is stuffy, I feel like I’m going to get sick.

Still, in a situation like this, you should calm down because a cool-headed refutation with only facts, rather than an emotional one, is a more disastrous way to destroy Manstein’s argument.

I took a deep breath, exhaled it, and asked in an icy voice.

“Lieutenant General Manstein, do you think victory will be easy?”

“no! However, the basis of strategy is to judge whether it is a war that cannot be won or a war that can be won, and based on what was mentioned before, the headquarters established a strategy based on the premise that future wars can be won and created a new doctrine (battle doctrine). “Yes.”

I could barely suppress the urge to sigh when I heard those words, which were nothing more than idle talk.

“Then I will ask you this. Will the Empire be able to continue to provide the same level of supplies that it demanded during the war against Warsaw, in which I participated? I’m embarrassed to say I’m bragging, but are you, like me, confident in personally decapitating more than 200 enemies under the worst possible circumstances over the course of a month? “No matter which unit the Imperial Army chooses, do you think it will be able to fight as well as the 7th Guards Division that I fought with, even if it is not as good as the 7th Guards Division that I fought with?”

When Manstein heard my question, he spoke confidently, with eyes full of pride, confident gestures, and a voice.

“I, Manstein, cannot stand at the forefront and carry a sword with my soldiers through the war like Captain Jaeger. But I am confident.”

“What are you sure about?”

“The soldiers of my proud country, the Reich Empire, are strong and great enough. The capabilities they had honed during their daily training shined on any battlefield, and even when a crisis came, they would die and never run away. Therefore, even when faced with a situation like the 7th Guards Division, we will fight with the determination to kill every single one of them, as long as the staff officers like me who command them do not give up. Furthermore, because the people of the empire believe in the victory of the empire, they will not complain, will endure temporary suffering, and will gladly pay special taxes. Just like when His Majesty collected a special tax when fighting the Grand Duchy of Warsaw.”

Fucking crazy bastard. How on earth did a bastard called a staff officer get beaten up by the Empire to sit around preaching the same mentality as the idiots who call themselves the Imperial Japanese Army of the 20th century?

No, Japan has had a fucking tradition for hundreds of years where if you don’t do what the government tells you to do, you take away not only the life of the rebellious baby but also the life of the child’s family without even asking questions.

Based on that tradition, ‘loyalty to the emperor’ and ‘the teaching that you will die if you resist’ were ingrained in human beings from the age of one, so no matter how much taxes were collected and family members died, an atmosphere of support for war could be created until the end. There was.

On the continent of Europa, if the emperor does something stupid and tries to cut off my head, I immediately hold my sword upside down and dream of betrayal. If you succeed in betrayal, you will receive applause and praise. If you fail, you all die. In any case, it is a world where give and take is very certain.

So, no matter how intoxicated the people are with victory, paying special taxes once or twice and complying with conscription orders, the more this happens, the more dissatisfied they become.

The soldiers also become unable to trust the empire and the officers who continue to push them to their deaths.

In the end, there will be a ‘François Revolution’ like in the Francois Republic, and vested interests like me will go straight to the guillotine. What a fucking theory of mind. Mom, fuck, I think I’m going crazy.

Still, instead of criticizing them, I decided to refute them one by one with evidence and logic.

“Since you don’t seem to have a good idea of what the situation is, I will tell you in detail. The Imperial Army is strong and the Reich Empire is great. However, the reason the soldiers of the 7th Guards Division held on on Richen Hill while more than 30% were annihilated was because I, the commander, was ready to fight and die alongside them. During the day, I stood in the vanguard and cut off the heads of the Swiss soldiers, and at night, I led my exhausted body on the hill fighting for this foolish and incompetent man. I comforted those who were injured and dying while calling out the names of their mothers, wives, fiancés, and lovers. They asked me to take care of the remaining women as they died. I heard the request and wrote it down. And when I returned to the Empire, I kept that promise. ”

Battle of Richen Hill Some people, or most people, choose that battle as one of the greatest achievements of my life, but I still can’t forget what happened in that battle.

He ordered them to fight at the risk of death to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and protect the empire.

The dying soldiers died with sincere gratitude, calling out the names of their precious people and thanking them for fighting with me, saying it was an honor to fight with them.

When I close my eyes, I can see their appearance at that time.

Even when I sleep, I wake up immediately when they appear in my dreams.

I can’t remember how many times I broke into a cold sweat that soaked my pajamas.

My voice was cold, and my eyes and facial expressions would not be much different from when I was cutting down an enemy with a sword on the battlefield.

Manstein must have killed many people on the battlefield, but this was probably the first time he felt pressure like this.

His eyes were shaking as if he was scared.

This time he spoke with contempt.

“Didn’t you learn this at the General Staff College or Academy? The imperial army exists to protect the empire. “They are not people who exist to bring about victory, even while taking more taxes from the people of the empire than necessary.”

When I said it with contempt, Manstein’s face showed anger, but a guy like that can’t do me any harm if he gets angry.

“Finally, the empire has already become too strong. According to the analysis of information obtained through intelligence from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the next time the empire goes to war, other countries will form alliances to survive and attack the empire. In other words, the clear victory you claimed in a one-on-one battle is no longer possible, Lieutenant General Manstein.”

After saying that, I slapped the medal hanging on Manstein’s chest with my finger and insulted him.

“You probably learned it at the General Staff College. A grand strategy that calls for spirituality and is not able to see reality properly will ruin the country. The fact that the wrong judgment of one staff officer is more frightening than a capable enemy general and an army of tens of thousands of people. And you have proven this in a very exemplary way. “If Lieutenant General Manstein’s plan had passed and the empire had actively waged war…”

Manstein seemed to be unable to bear the humiliation he had received in a place where there were military ministers from above and even majors from below, so even the white work gloves he was wearing on his hands were not enough to show his face. I was shaking as if I was going to throw it.

If he throws a working glove at my face, there will be a duel trial under the Empire’s aristocratic law with his life at stake.

He just trembles, as if he doesn’t have the confidence to beat me, the so-called Sword Master.

I really don’t like the fact that the bastard who advocates mental theory is so thorough in this regard.

“The empire must be on the brink of ruin. They would have lost a huge amount of territory to Warsaw, Czechia, Austria, Switzerland, Francois, etc., and if the worst happened, the empire would have literally collapsed. “A strategy planned so optimistically and not based on reality is scary, Lieutenant General Manstein.”

As soon as he said that, a mumbling sound was heard from under the podium.

I can’t hear what everyone is saying, but seeing as the Minister of Military Affairs and my father-in-law don’t stop me, I don’t think I did anything wrong.

And as I explained the plan that Manstein had set up, I also got a little angry.

So, we decided to put on a performance to show that this kind of bullshit is an idea that will be insulted to everyone and ruin your own reputation just by saying it.

His Majesty the Emperor, who was strapped to my waist, pulled out the sword he had been using just a moment ago.

With a sword shining in silver light, I swung it with the conviction that as the sword of the Empire and His Majesty, I would cut down the bastards who stood in the way of the prosperity and peace of the Empire.

Of course, I didn’t hit Manstein’s neck or hurt him.

I simply cut down the rank insignia hanging on the guy’s uniform shoulder and knocked it off.

“Staff officers who cannot properly see reality cause harm to the empire. Therefore, Captain Peter von Jaeger, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, advises you to be discharged now. “Please leave immediately.”

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