Chapter 52: Rommel
If the generals were asked to vote for one of their favorite generals, Rommel Evennis would have the lead. www.biquge.info But another obvious fact is that if you choose a general you admire the most, Rommel Evennis will also be at the top of the list.
As the son of a baron from the northeastern Brasa Territory of the Empire, Rommel joined the army at the age of sixteen and was the only marshal since the founding of the Jimny Empire who was awarded the title of marshal only by virtue of his personal exploits without the support of a strong family force.
In everyone's mind, Rommel's most famous battle was the Battle of the Inle River ten years ago.
Ten years ago, the strong Kingdom of Française suddenly declared war on the Jimny Empire with the covert support of the Spani Empire, and the army of 100,000 kingdoms launched a long-planned surprise attack led by the "Morning Star" Legion, one of the top ten super legions on the mainland at that time, and broke through the defense line of the Inle River in the west of the Jimny Empire in just three days, and marched all the way east on the Inle Plain, aiming at the capital of the empire, Bellin. For a time, the continent shook, and everyone at the top of the Jimny Empire was in danger.
At that time, the Jimny Empire and the Russell Kingdom in the east of the empire had been fighting fiercely for ten years for the ownership of Portland Territory, and it was the time when the whole war was at its fiercest. Although the empire was far superior to the Russell Kingdom in terms of national strength and military strength, the tenacious Russell people in the south, with the help of the Ori Empire, firmly contained the 80,000 elite of the empire led by Toren Conrad, the only marshal of the Jimny Empire at that time, in this land, and could not even send troops back to help.
Just when everyone thought that the century-old foundation of the Jimny Empire would suffer heavy losses in this war and even be in danger of annihilation, Rommel, then the commander of the Imperial Inle Reserve Corps, said one word firmly: "No." ”
Strictly speaking, Rommel was already a famous general in the empire at that time, but because of his unscrupulous style of victory, he was ostracized by his colleagues in the military department and his superiors. Although Bismarck, the chancellor of the empire, appreciated him many times, when Rommel executed 8,000 prisoners at once in the war against the Orly Empire on the grounds of saving food rations, the overwhelming pressure of public opinion made the chancellor give in and demote him to the rank of commander of the Inle Reserve Army.
"Reserve Corps" doesn't sound like a formal troop name, but it is. This legion was nothing more than a nominal force composed of veterans and ruffians at the requirements of the imperial conscription, and such a unit was generally only named by a colonel, and for Rommel, who was already a lieutenant general at the time, this so-called "corps commander" position was simply a complete humiliation.
But Rommel not only gladly took up the post, but in just one year he had trained the reserve corps to the point of being a real soldier, or at least to look like a real soldier.
It was at this time that the Morning Star Legion arrived.
As the only formed Jimny Imperial army within a radius of hundreds of miles at that time, Rommel led his 8,000 sons of the Inle Reserve Army to fight around the vast Inle Plains with 25,000 elite soldiers of the Morning Star Legion.
Anyone would have thought that his 8,000 soldiers would not be able to fight back against the elite Morning Star Legion, but the truth surprised everyone - Rommel won.
Not only did he win, but he won beautifully, and the victory made anyone stunned - except for the 3,000 defeated troops who eventually fled back to the kingdom of France, the rest of the 22,000 soldiers of the Morning Star Legion fell forever on the plain of Inle.
This battle is also recognized as the most outstanding and classic battle in the past hundred years, Rommel in this battle to use his perfect tactical means to the extreme, whether it is involvement, escape, guerrilla, poisoning or even anti-peace beauty tricks are all skillfully used by Rommel to cause damage to the Morning Star Legion, as if a knife is constantly cutting the flesh and blood of the behemoth of the Morning Star Army.
But if you think that Rommel will only use these secret methods, then you are very wrong, the climax of the entire Inle Battle came from Rommel led his only 700 cavalry to charge the camp in the final battle, and killed the famous general of the Kingdom of France, who was the commander of the Morning Star Legion at the time, and Nicolas Bonaparte, the younger brother of King Bonaparte XI, in one fell swoop, and completely nailed the Morning Star Army to the pillar of shame in history.
The significance of the Battle of Inle was not only the elimination of the Morning Star Army, but also the fact that it severely damaged the Kingdom, the most powerful neighbor in the west of the Empire, and forced the Kingdom of France to switch to a full-front defensive posture, and the initiative on the Western Front of the Empire, which had been attacking and defending each other, was completely in the hands of the Empire.
Moreover, it also bought time for the Portland Consulate on the Eastern Front, and the army led by Marshal Toren Conrad finally succeeded in defeating the tripartite alliance formed by the Portlanders, the Russell Kingdom, and the Oli Empire after half a year of the Battle of the Inle River, and incorporated the three Portland counties into the territory of the Jimney Empire.
It is precisely because the significance of this battle is so important that it is even related to the national fortune of the Jimny Empire, so Rommel directly crossed the position of general from the position of lieutenant general to marshal by virtue of this battle, and became the thirteenth marshal since the founding of the Jimny Empire, and also the youngest and most grassroots marshal.
It is conceivable that such a maverick and highly personal general must have a large number of fanatical admirers in the army, and our Major General Austin Piast is one of them.
At this time, the surprise in Major General Austin's heart was so strong that he couldn't help wiping his eyes with strong self-control, and even his voice unconsciously trembled a little, and asked a question that he seemed stupid in hindsight: "Lord Marshal, why are you here?" ”
Judging from the papers on the desk of the study of the Duke of Piast, the Minister of War, Field Marshal Rommel should be on a leisurely vacation in his own domain at this moment, instead of running to the Baden camp hundreds of miles away to command a war that was impossible to fight.
"Oh, it's the Piast boy." Field Marshal Rommel leaned back in his chair very casually, clasped his hands behind his head, put his feet on the wide marching table in front of him, and his eyes stayed on the blood-colored giant fist pattern on the armor on Austin's chest for a moment, and then said lazily: "Why, Duke Piast is finally willing to put his youngest son in the army to gild?" ”
For some reason, although Marshal Rommel's tone was full of sarcasm, the anger of Major General Austin after knowing the identity of the other party at this moment had long disappeared without a trace, and his heart was full of pride and excitement to be able to communicate with his idol face-to-face: "Back to Marshal, Austin led 15,000 soldiers of the Silesian Legion this time, not for any gold-plating, but to go into battle to kill the enemy and win glory for the country!" ”
"Tut-tut, I really deserve to be the heir from a big family, this interview is really slippery." Marshal Rommel suddenly appeared in his hand a small flask, but judging from the volume, I am afraid that it is not even a tenth of the big flask under the table, he put the spout to his mouth, and after taking a sip, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and then said to Austin leisurely: "I think you should know the mystery behind this war, so don't move those bullshit scenes to the front of Ben Shuai." ”
Austin's face flushed slightly, and she couldn't help but bow her head.
"Okay, since the report has also been reported, then what are you still doing here, to prevent Ben Shuai from drinking?" Field Marshal Rommel waved his hand and gave the order to evict the guest.
"Yes, then the subordinate will retire." Austin gave a military salute and turned to walk towards the door of the tent.
Field Marshal Rommel, who was drinking with his head up, did not seem to show the slightest expression, but if you looked closely, you could still see the disappointment in his eyes.
Is the future head of the Piast family at this level?
"Marshal!" Austen, who had already walked out of the tent, suddenly returned, and the young major general's face shone with a strange light, a light that Rommel often saw on the faces of others, and more often on his own.
Such a light can be described in one word, and that is wisdom.
Austin stared at the imperial military god in front of him, and asked word by word: "I want to ask your lordship, why did you appear in the Baden camp?" ”
For the first time, a smile appeared on Rommel's face.
This kid named Austin is kind of interesting.