Chapter 230: Royal Lithuanian Army Academy

While Ernst was still busy with the nationalization of banks in the Kingdom of Lithuania, Britain and France began to make new moves, this time targeting the Middle East. After some negotiations between the two countries, Britain occupied Palestine and France occupied Syria, and the situation in the Middle East was complicated.

The Czech principality had little need for colonies, and Ernst's biggest aim now was to integrate several of its enclaves, especially the Kingdom of Lithuania, the Czech Principality, and the Kingdom of Hungary. Slovakia, Poland, East Prussia are the main ones who want to do this. On the Russian side, Ernst did not think for the time being that it was necessary to continue to raise the self-respect, and the Soviet Union could not touch it for the time being.

The Hungarian army was also very effective after being trained by the Czech principality, and the number of land forces of the three countries could reach 300,000 when the five army divisions of the Kingdom of Lithuania were included. This is not the standard of combat effectiveness of the armies of other small countries, and if the army of the Kingdom of Lithuania is trained, the worst army of the Kingdom of Hungary will be equal in combat effectiveness to the British and French armies.

The air force of the Czech Principality is the first in Europe and even in the world, even if it is still inferior in numbers, but in terms of real combat effectiveness, the fighter jets of the Czech Principality can even sweep across the whole of Europe.

The Royal Academy of Sciences of the Czech Principality has made a breakthrough in airship technology, and advanced fighter jets can ensure the safety of the airship, and the bombs that the airship can hold are several times or more than ten times that of the bomber, and it is by no means a difficult problem for three airships to bomb a city, which is the key to the victory of the Czech Principality in the future.

The recent military changes in the Kingdom of Lithuania have made the Polish government look at it, as if they were guessing what is the reason for frequent contact with the Soviet Union. According to information from the intelligence service of the Principality of the Czech Republic, Poland seems intent on completely abandoning the interests of Belarus and Ukraine, and all attention is devoted to the Kingdom of Lithuania.

Britain and France seem to be aware of the difference, and their attention is beginning to turn to Europe. On the eve of the Spring Festival, the foreign minister of the Czech principality secretly visited the Soviet Union, and no one knew what strategy was achieved, but Ernst was obviously much more relaxed in those days.

As the honorary rector of the Royal Army Academy of the Kingdom of Lithuania, a group of its cadets are the current junior officers of the army, and as the honorary rector of the school, Ernst naturally needs to attend this first opening ceremony.

On January 5, 1920, more than a dozen black Mercedes vehicles were parked in front of the Royal Army Academy in the field, and several army generals had been waiting for a long time, including the current division commander of the Royal Lithuanian Army, as well as the school's vice-principal and executive vice president. This was the first military school in the Kingdom of Lithuania, and their headmaster naturally had a slightly higher rank.

A general with the rank of lieutenant general stood in front of Ernst, who was in his 60s and looked a little old-fashioned, a real soldier and a front-line soldier who had experienced several wars. At first sight of Ernst he did not speak but gave a standard military salute, and instead of returning the salute, Ernst shook his hand, and then he looked at the young brigadier general behind him.

"Here is the hope and foundation for the future of the Army of the Kingdom of Lithuania, Brigadier General Tolubko!"

Brigadier General Tolubko understood what Ernst meant, he nodded solemnly, the basic training of the new army has been completed, and now he is the vice-principal of the army school and the director of the academic affairs office, which can almost be said to be in charge of the school. After talking to several of the current generals of the Army, the group accompanied the lieutenant general to the auditorium, where more than a hundred students were now gathered to await Ernst's arrival.

Most of the officers and students in the Great Hall were not very old, and Ernst looked at the oldest of them in his mid-30s, but he was a normal age compared to the rank of major on his shoulders.

Ernst didn't say anything at the opening ceremony of the auditorium, but his presence here was a sign that both the school and the students were already satisfied. After saying that, all that remained was the ceremony of removing the epaulettes, which meant that they were no longer officers of the army, but students of the Army Academy.

One of the most important aspects of the ceremony was, of course, the oath of allegiance to the Kingdom of Lithuania, whether it was the Kingdom of Lithuania or the Principality of the Czech Republic! The armies of the two countries did not owe orders at all, but owed allegiance to the Habsburgs, to the royal family, to Ernst Franz. After everything was done, the school team took Ernst on a tour of the school, the strategy room, the playground, the cafeteria......

"The arrangement for their graduation is ......"

"These will return to their original units, and some first-time officers will be arranged to go to the reserve to train new soldiers, and if they have the foundation, they will participate in junior officer training and officially go to the army as officers."

Mid-level officer training? Military schools in the Czech principalities and the Kingdom of Lithuania are divided into four types of training, university graduates, junior officer training, intermediate officer training, senior commander training. Depending on the level of training, the amount of time they need to be trained will naturally be different.

University graduates are scheduled to go to the reserve for six months or a year as reserve officers, where they will receive field training with instructors with the soldiers. The duration of teaching at the Army Academy is four years, in fact the school career is three years, and the final year is field training.

Junior officer training is the general officer promotion training, which is a training course for the promotion of sergeant major to lieutenant officer, while the junior officer is a mid-level officer, and the senior commander is a promotion training for generals, including brigadier generals.

Most of what Ernst saw earlier was junior officer training, and high school graduates will not be able to apply for the examination until June next year, so it can be said that the main cadets of the Army Academy in this half year are more than 100 soldiers on duty.

Like other academies in the Czech Principality and the Kingdom of Lithuania, the Army Academy is a meritocracy, with only 7 to 10 students in a class. The energy of teachers is limited, and the number of students is an important source of steady improvement in their teaching results.

Is this a waste of teachers? In fact, compared to other countries, the Czech Principality, the Russian Empire, and the Kingdom of Lithuania have a special teaching system, which means that a class may only need two teachers, whether it is a secondary school or a university, after all, they only need to learn one or two skills.

Although this cannot be the case in primary school, there can be more students in primary school, and I believe that 50 students in a class can learn those simple things well.

With green grass and clear water, the Royal Lithuanian Army Academy is basically hidden in the mountains and forests, and even the main building is a medieval castle. Although the school has just been established, in fact, standing here can really appreciate some of its simplicity and charm.

"This place is very nice, I hope you don't waste it."

In this case, how do the school team answer? Tolubko, the only one who knew Ernst well, could only stand up and say that he would never fail Ernst's efforts, and the other generals and school personnel did the same.

"It's a long way from Vilnius, so we can't ignore the fact that the students' living materials must be guaranteed, and the gun control must be strict."

Several countries under Ernst's influence are very strict in gun control, and now the Kingdom of Lithuania is still collecting civilian guns, in Ernst's words, the security of the Kingdom of Lithuania is all under the responsibility of the police department, and the Inspectorate will not forgive them if there is a problem, so there is no need for people to keep guns.

Ernst was truly resolute, and the day after the gun ban was promulgated, the judicial rectification began, with a large number of inactive and unqualified officials of the judicial system being dismissed, and the general police being re-filtered to the ability and moral integrity of the people to stay.

Soldiers, policemen, this is the most popular profession in the Kingdom of Lithuania now, and it goes without saying that the salary of a military officer is more than 5 times higher than that of an ordinary company clerk, which is comparable to the salary of an ordinary company manager. The police are worse but not much worse, and some detectives who work on criminal cases are not even paid less than military personnel.

The Czech principalities, like the Kingdom of Lithuania, are not even less paid by the policemen who are engaged in criminal cases than their chiefs, after all, they do all the work of their lives. The judicial departments of the Czech Principality and the Kingdom of Lithuania have only positions and no police ranks, and the smallest trainee police officer becomes a police officer, a sergeant, a deputy chief, and a chief, which is the basic position of the police department. The position of detective and sergeant is the same, but the salary is higher.

There are special police and fire fighting in a city, and there are fire fighting in small towns, but the fire fighting there belongs to the mayor of the town and not the police station, which is the difference between the city and the town. The SWAT is mainly used to deal with the most dangerous criminals who are killed, and they are the direct force of the police chief.

The police in both countries are equipped with basic shotguns and pistols, and the criminal officers are more armed with firearms, after all, they deal with different enemies. SWAT officers are allowed to carry submachine guns and sniper rifles, and even grenades. The main source of SWAT is military retirement, while the larger military personnel are placed in the small-town policing system or the penal system at their request. In general, the relationship between the judiciary and the military is the closest, because they have a relationship of mutual communication, and the military is begging the judiciary to do too much.

The Royal Army Academy of Lithuania made Ernst more and more confident about the future, and the Royal Army Academy was just the beginning, followed by the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy, and especially the Naval Academy, the Kingdom of Lithuania was the only country in Europe with a port under Ernst's influence.