On Christmas Day, Natsuki did not want to enjoy the small warmth of a brother-sister reunion, and accompanied by the Irish envoy in Berlin, he visited the Royal German Military Academy in Berlin to meet the Irish officers who were studying there. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Talent is the foundation of the army, so when the government agencies of the Kingdom of Ireland were still being built, the country's first regular military academies were established, and so far thousands of officers and non-commissioned officers have been trained in the short and medium term, and in the case of the country's financial resources are not sufficient, the investment in the construction of military academies has been guaranteed to the greatest extent, coupled with the almost unlimited support of the old military power Germany, its scale and quality have increased at an astonishing rate.

Military academies are thriving on the mainland, but when it comes to fame and heritage, German military academies are undoubtedly ideal places for young Irish officers to further their studies. Thanks to the alliance between the two countries and the blood ties between the royal family, the Irish can be said to be the first to get closer to the water, and even the best naval and army schools in Germany have opened their doors to accept exchange personnel from Ireland, counting the people who entered the German military academies before the outbreak of the war, there are now more than 2,000 military talents studying in Germany, and the number is still increasing - in order to avoid the confrontation between the German and the local faction at all levels of command of the Irish army, under the leadership of Natsuki, The Irish Army has established a special personnel training system, but all officers and non-commissioned officers who are admitted to local colleges and universities will go to Germany for course training and military probation before the official graduation, which can not only improve their quality, but also allow them to accept the influence of German military traditions. With the operation of this system, in the near future, these disciplined, tenacious and well-qualified professional soldiers will support the backbone of the Irish army!

"Mark Olaly, ha, I remember you, the Battle of Dublin, you led an infantry company to break through a strong British fort, and you were wounded by a gunshot at the time, and you look completely fine!" Natsuki laughed as he smashed his fist into the short officer's shoulder, and the other grinned unrestrainedly.

"How's it going, are you used to living here?"

Without thinking, the Irish officer replied, "Ho, it's fine, it's just that it's too dry." ”

"That's the climate in Central Europe."

With that, Natsuki turned to the other Irish officers gathered here and said, "Do you think you have gained much from studying with the German associate officers?" ”

The positive optimism in their eyes is the best answer to this question.

During the War of Independence, these young Irish officers were either mid- and lower-ranking commanders of the Irish Volunteer Army, or the backbone of other local armed forces, and what they had in common was that they had a wealth of combat experience, a certain cultural foundation, and nationalist tendencies but not narrow nationalists. Natsuki played a crucial role in their admission to the academy that trained senior staff officers for the German army, but he never asked them to owe allegiance to him in any way, but rather taught them the most advanced military concepts, and made them realize from their hearts that the kingdom of Ireland could not be strengthened without a wise monarch of great ability, and he was the most suitable person for this role in this era.

The officers talked about their gains and impressions in Germany, and a good-faced officer said to Natsuki in a slightly shy voice: "Your Majesty, can I make a small request to you?" ”

The battle of words at the family banquet the night before did not affect Natsuki's good mood, and he won the battle for Belfast, the last obstacle to the Irish throne has been cleared, the coronation is in the countdown, and the small requests of the subordinate officers are naturally not a problem.

Receiving Natsuki's affirmative gesture, the officer, who looked to be at most twenty-five or sixteen years old, said: "We are fortunate to study with the best military instructors on the European continent, and our horizons and thinking are much broader than before, but unfortunately we are not German after all, and the academy has reservations about all foreign exchange students. For example, we can only study the earlier examples, and for the most intense battles during the war, we are only exposed to the contents published in the newspapers, and the core content -- the wartime decision-making and tactical deployment materials of the German army commands at all levels -- is only available to the German officers and cadets for reference. I know that the Chinese side has their position in doing this, and this is beyond reproach, but we study military affairs in order to be able to rationally use tactical deployment on the battlefield, and if we use the combat mode of ten or twenty years ago to deal with the enemy now, we will soon be defeated by the enemy who uses advanced technology and tactics like the Second Battle of Cork. So...... Your Majesty, could you please communicate with the Academy, even if it is only for us to have a chance to look at it once, we will definitely keep those secrets that should not be leaked. ”

"Oh, that's it!"

This question is not simple, if it is an official article, the hospital will definitely refuse, if you use personal connections, this request will not be difficult to do. Natsuki looked with interest at the young man who asked the question, his name was John Veron, he was from the Irish Free Army, and he became acquainted with Natsuki soon after landing in Ireland with his army, but the two had only met a few times and had no deep friendship with each other. In the later stages of the War of Independence, the Free Army, which had been reorganized and trained with the help of the Germans, performed remarkably, but in terms of size and role, the Irish Volunteers were still the undisputed big brother among the independent armed forces of Ireland.

Seeing Xia Shu looking at himself like this, Wei Lun suddenly became nervous, he lowered his head and said, "If this makes Your Majesty feel embarrassed, I haven't mentioned it!" ”

"No, whatever is of good service to Ireland, I will do my best to do it, and I hope that you will keep in mind your mission, and do your best, no matter how difficult it may be." Natsuki raised his expectations in a high-sounding manner.

The Irish officers said they would do their best to live up to the expectations of the prospective king.

Immediately afterwards, Natsuki made a prediction: "At the end of the war, the Royal Marksmen Regiment fought side by side with the German army on the Eastern Front, and our performance received a good evaluation. Some time ago, Field Marshal von Kluke proposed the formation of a multinational coalition in the Middle East to maintain stability there, and the German Kaiser had approved this plan, with the participation of Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Turkey, Italy, and Ireland. We have an initial plan to send 2,000 soldiers there, and you are close to graduation and have studied and lived in Germany, so you should get along well with the German officers, so I intend to select two or three of you to serve as senior commanders of this unit. ”

The Far Middle East is full of desolate deserts, but this is a golden opportunity for the lads, whose eyes are shining, and they are eager to show their prospective king the fruits of their hard work, except for the two officers who have learned to command armor. The Royal German Military Academy has been established for more than 100 years, infantry and artillery are the two magic weapons of the Prussian army to defeat the enemy, so infantry and artillery command is the most authoritative major of this student, and the birth of the armored command major is less than a year, the teaching force is relatively weak, the teaching mode and textbook courses are not systematic, in general, this is a new major that is still in the exploration stage. In the German army, the idea of armoured combat vehicles as an auxiliary force for land warfare was still predominant, and this attitude, in turn, affected the importance of the armored command profession at the Royal German Military Academy.

Natsuki saw the frustration of the two young men, both of whom had gone to Eastern Europe as officers of the armored archery regiment, fighting the Russian army in Latvia and Belarus. With such a rare qualification, and the invaluable opportunity to study at a German military academy, the future of the Irish Army should have been bright, but now their career prospects seem to have been delayed by an unwise direction of further education - if armoured fighting vehicles were always assigned to infantry units in platoon size, how could they rise to the top as armored commanders?

It is not surprising that there is such a misunderstanding because of the limitations of the times, and Natsuki kindly mentioned: "Those who are selected to join the coalition army should not be proud, and those who are not selected do not need to be discouraged, our army construction has just caught up with a change of the times in the military field, and the traditional military force dominated by infantry will gradually be replaced by a three-dimensional and technological new army." Spain has become the hegemon of an era through the transformation of navigation technology, and Britain has overtaken many traditional powers through industrial technological changes, and what we have to do is to seize the opportunity of military change to change from a weak country to a strong man that no one despises. In a modern, new-style army, every talented and characteristic person will be given the opportunity to display his ambitions. For example, we are forming an armored cavalry unit based on combat vehicles, which integrates the characteristics of the traditional cavalry with rapid mobility and strong field impact, and has the advantage that armored fighting vehicles are not afraid of gun attacks, with special armored cavalry tactics, the role of a regiment is equivalent to three or four cavalry regiments or five or six infantry regiments, and we are certainly at the forefront of the world in this regard, even faster than the pace of the German army. ”

A few simple words swept away the previous frustration of the two Irish officers who had studied armored command, and also made the others full of hope for the future of the Irish army. These young officers are not as good as the professional soldiers of the great powers, and they are not from military families, and they do not have the sense of superiority of traditional officers in their bones, but they are full of vigor and vitality, their way of thinking is more active, their confidence is constantly improving with the accumulation of their own abilities, their ambitions have become ambitious because of the growth of military strength, and more importantly, they have a magical prophet who can be trusted and relied on. The eyes of the sea seem to be able to see the trajectory of history, unlike some short-sighted, narrow-minded people who regard it as the favor and luck of the Creator.

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