179 – New Tactics (4)
The day before the ceremony for the establishment of the 7th Guards Division.
“I never thought that Her Highness the Fourth Princess would come instead of Her Highness the Crown Prince. “And that too the day before the founding ceremony.”
We can laugh and talk about it now, but at the time it was quite serious.
I asked for a meeting because I thought I should meet in person and ask if there was something wrong in my relationship with His Majesty that only I knew about, or if there was something I did wrong that made him not want to meet me.
The next day, His Majesty secretly sent me a handwritten letter.
[Now the Crown Prince and I have absolute trust in you, but the other generals are showing signs of jealousy. So, if the royal family that symbolizes your 7th division becomes the crown prince, I am concerned that their morale will drop. Therefore, I will send my daughter, Louise von Reich, Fourth Princess of the Empire, to congratulate you on the creation of the division. PS: That child looks up to you, so treat him well.]
I was able to relieve political tension after reading a letter containing His Majesty’s private joke.
“Even if my 5-star father-in-law were to come, it would be so uncomfortable that I would die, but he is not the Crown Prince, who has an understanding of the military, and he is the Princess. “I don’t know if I’m going through a hard time serving you.”
Except for me, the soldiers and executives have already gone through a lot of trouble due to the general cleaning of the unit.
However, at least Her Highness the Princess wrote a letter requesting, ‘I will be attending the unit founding ceremony and will take a quick tour of the unit beforehand, so please refrain from providing excessive entertainment.’ So we were able to eliminate unnecessary review ceremonies.
Except for the day of the unit founding ceremony, it is fortunate that the schedule has been adjusted to the level of cleaning more thoroughly during roll call than usual.
If I hadn’t done that, I would have lost a handful of hair due to stress.
I have never been so happy to hear the words, ‘You can just train.’
“Lieutenant General, Lieutenant General! “Her Royal Highness has arrived.”
As soon as I heard those words, I immediately got up from my office chair and walked out, and bowed as soon as the door opened.
“Raise your head, Lieutenant General Jaeger.”
Light blue hair, white skin, deep blue eyes, impressive facial features, and an overall slender but beautiful body with a protruding area and a receding area.
Even if she was not the princess of the empire, she was a beauty, or rather a pretty girl, who would immediately grab everyone’s attention when she walked down the street.
The princess smiled at me and held out the back of her right hand and said.
“Please show respect by kissing the back of my hand. From now on, you will be a lieutenant general, and you will be the knight who will command the division that fights in my name.”
It is not particularly awkward for me, a lieutenant general, to kiss the back of the princess’s hand.
In this era, it is a natural greeting for an aristocratic man when he meets a woman of a higher rank than himself.
However, no matter how much I am the division commander of the Guards Division that fights with the honor of Her Highness the Fourth Princess, under normal circumstances they do not call me a knight.
If anyone hears this, there is a possibility that they may misunderstand that I am a knight who belongs to the princess and dedicates her loyalty.
“Yes, Her Royal Highness.”
But what can we do? If the higher-up wants you to do it, you should do it.
When she kissed the back of her hand, Louise blushed with embarrassment, her face turning as red as an apple even though she had asked her to do so.
Except for female royals or Laura, I rarely meet the daughters of great nobles, so even though I have never greeted them like this, I don’t feel embarrassed at all.
Why on earth does this person act like that even after receiving similar greetings from male nobles in their 50s and 60s above him to young and handsome nobles below him?
“Thank you, Her Highness, for coming all the way from the capital Reichburg to our division in Hamburg. From now on, my wife, Lieutenant Colonel Laura von Wehner, will serve Your Highness, not me. “Take care of her troops as you would have wanted with her.”
Since the princess is also a woman, it would be much more comfortable for her to move around with Laura, a fellow female officer and daughter of the marquis family.
This is by no means because I feel burdened by serving His Highness.
“Thank you for your consideration. However, I would like to hear an explanation of this unit directly from Lieutenant General Jaeger, who commands the 7th Guards Division that fights under my name. “Can I be a little pushy?”
In Princess Louise’s eyes as she said that, I could see her longing for me, just as her Majesty said.
So, if I try to entrust guidance to Laura or other female officers for no reason, they will be displeased.
“I understand, Your Majesty. Instead, no fancy entertainment has been prepared according to His Majesty’s orders. “Please understand if we are somewhat negligent in our hospitality.”
When the princess heard my words, she withdrew her mischievous smile and responded kindly with an expression full of pure goodwill.
“What could be more meaningless than having the best troops in the empire suffer in training and go through unnecessary trouble because of such entertainment? And there is no greater treat for me than having the lieutenant general personally guide me around the unit.”
According to seniors who worked as officers, I heard that even if a division commander with two stars came, the unit would be treated with all kinds of entertainment.
It is great to see that the members of the imperial family of this empire are taking the initiative to refrain from causing trouble to the soldiers for no reason.
“Instead, Vice Admiral, from now on, when you call me, please do not call me Princess Princess too harshly. Although he does not serve me directly, the lieutenant general is my knight. “From now on, please call me Louise at official occasions as well.”
According to her personal letter sent by Her Majesty, Her Royal Highness said that she was a girl who admired the knight on a white horse from a fairy tale.
I think he wants to get closer to me because he is happy to have a unit that fights in his name, regardless of his political interests.
Well, when His Majesty and the Crown Prince sent Her Highness the 4th Princess here, they ordered her to be friendly with that person.
“Yes, Your Highness Louise. Then, I will take you to the parade ground closest to here. “I can’t lead the soldiers and give them a fancy reception, but I will show you how strong our 7th Guards Division is, fighting in Your Majesty’s name.”
Hearing those words, Her Majesty Louise smiled brightly and said.
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“I’ll be looking forward to it, Lieutenant General.”
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No matter how many orders were given by Her Majesty the Princess to carry out the usual schedule, an inspection of a unit is an inspection.
So, I organized only intuitive training that even Her Majesty Louise, who does not know much about the military, could see and feel with her own eyes.
It was a mock battle in which each battalion fought.
Her Highness the Princess did not know the reason, but she wanted to intuit the ‘actual training’ that is our unit’s daily life…
“When I was fighting on Richen Hill. Anyone who spears like that is dead! But these guys who eat well and sleep well can only do this much?”
“When I was fighting under the Lieutenant General. I couldn’t even imagine being out of breath after just this much training. But these days, the world has become better…”
“When the 7th Guards Division was first formed, they did guerrilla exercises for half a day as a warm-up before these mock battles. “But if the Lieutenant General finds out that I am already this tired, he will be so disappointed that he will even cry.”
The guys who were founding members of the 7th Division and are now serving as senior soldiers, non-commissioned officers, and officers are based on their experience fighting in the Battle of Richen Hill, which was a crisis for the empire.
He was thirsting for the new soldiers to the point where they couldn’t breathe, and was using all kinds of ‘lattes’ as long as they didn’t cross the line.
As a result, the new soldiers, non-commissioned officers, and officers who came in were constantly exceeding their limits without even complaining even though they were undergoing hellish training.
However, in Her Majesty Louise’s eyes, it seemed like she liked the way the soldiers who had overcome the empire’s crisis called ‘Richen Hill’ treated their junior soldiers like that.
“I have inspected many units, but this is the first time I have seen a unit that trains so passionately. And every soldier and officer who educates juniors by saying things like that is setting an example in terms of posture and physical strength. That’s cool. “This is a wonderful unit worthy of Lieutenant General Yeager’s unit.”
“Thank you, Your Highness Louise.”
“Just thinking about the fact that a unit like this is fighting with my name on my back makes me happy. Originally, I thought I would just watch it in moderation, but the mock battle was more tense than I expected, and the attitude and skills of the soldiers participating in the mock battle were truly surprising. “I will watch everything until the training is over.”
After watching the mock battle that lasted for several hours until late in the afternoon, Her Majesty Louise sincerely praised the soldiers and officers and returned to her quarters.
Naturally, this anecdote spread throughout the 7th Division after training.
After that, Her Royal Highness began to often send me her personal letters, and I, who received her letters, often wrote down the current status of her 7th Division and my daily life and sent them to her.
Laura and Anya, Charlotte saw this and said that Her Highness would have a rational favor towards me.
“I already have Laura, so how could Her Highness Louise have such feelings? “Neither His Majesty the Emperor nor His Highness the Crown Prince would even dream of it.”