Chapter 805: The Frederich Who Made Things Happen

  Chapter 788 – The Frederich Who Made Things Happen

East Africa Governor’s residence, spirited Governor Frederich: “You are all the most outstanding graduates of the Austrian Army University, certain people’s professional performance, and even broke the school’s record.

But that’s not enough, good generals are fought on the battlefield. The Empire is peace-loving, and there aren’t that many wars for you guys to practice in real battles.

Now there is an opportunity for you to feel the cruelty of war in advance. It’s only a little dangerous. Whether you participate or not is up to you.

If you are afraid, you can still withdraw if you choose now.”

Being able to appear here was already able to speak for itself. If they were afraid, they wouldn’t have participated in the first place.

Seemingly satisfied with the crowd’s performance, Governor Frederich eased his tone, “Very well, since you have chosen to participate in this operation, you will no longer be active Austrian soldiers after leaving this door.

Any accidents that happen on the way to the adventure will have nothing to do with the Austrian government. Only those who come back alive will be able to regain their military status.

As your seniors, here is a word of caution: learn how to survive on the battlefield before you think about building a career.

Protecting yourself on the battlefield is likewise a necessary ability for a good commander.

It’s not easy for the Empire to train you, you’re not to be used as a death squad, bravery and recklessness are never the same concept.

Now I will begin the roll call.”

“Oscar von Huttil.”

A young officer stepped forward and replied, “Present!”

Governor Frederich: “Lieutenant Colonel Huttil, you are the commander of this operation, I expect you to bring all of these boys back in one piece.”

“Yes!” Oscar von Huttil replied.

Governor Frederich nodded, “Your mission this time is to use the Mach enemy rebels to cause trouble for the French.”

Looking at the confused crowd, Frederich laughed, “Don’t be surprised, even with the support of us and the British, it is impossible for the rebels to defeat the French.

There is a huge difference in strength between the two sides, and the war is determined to be won or lost from the start. Sending you guys over there is a training exercise, not to send you to your deaths.

You don’t need to be pressured in this war, you can use any tactics, winning or losing has nothing to do with us. What kind of performance you achieve depends on your own abilities.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you can fool the natives and make them listen to you.

If anyone is capable of pulling together a rebel army to fight the French, that’s fine with me.

The results you achieve on the battlefield will determine how much material aid you can get to increase your voice in the rebel army.

Each of you will only have one infantry regiment of equipment in the early days, and it is up to you to decide freely whether or not and when to give it to the rebels.”

Training high-ranking officers and grassroots officers was completely different; grassroots officers only needed to carry out orders and dare to fight.

High level officers are different, there is much more to learn, organizational and management skills, tactical command skills, battlefield resilience ……

Not only is there more to learn within, but it is also accompanied by the most brutal competition, with assessments at every stage, and only the best people are able to get the next stage of training.

The generals trained at such a high cost are naturally not used to charge into battle. How to save their lives on the battlefield has also become a mandatory lesson.

This time, the war between the Sudanese insurgents and the French was an actual battle test. No matter how good the paper is, it is not as good as killing out on the battlefield with real weapons.

Directly take the French to practice, the Austrian military is obviously on these people have high hopes, or else directly send combat experienced officers to go on the line.

Having said that, Frederich continued to name names.

“Erich von Falkingham, Pottiorek, Schloss Streithausenberg …….”

One by one, the big names of the latter appeared.

After decades of Franz’s operations, the Austrian army’s recruitment had long since ceased to be confined within Austria.

All the people of the Shinra Empire were eligible to enlist in the army, including the North German region.

Especially after the Russo-Prussian War, due to financial pressure, the Berlin government abandoned the original path of military ***ism. The Army all compressed its establishment, and naturally invested less in military schools.

As a matter of fact, the prescient Junker aristocracy began to tread on two boats a long time ago. The older generation served in the Prussian army, and the younger generation studied in Austria.

Now that Prussia was in decline, these military students didn’t need to go back, there was simply no place for them, and it became the best choice to enter the Austrian army to serve.

For Franz, who aspired to unify the German region, these officers from North Germany were naturally not a problem, and it was all a big wave anyway.

The spirited Frederich, born in 1856, his actual age is not much older than these people.

Just lucky to catch the Near East War, all the way smooth brush Ottoman copies, and then stand out.

Of course, the role of good casting was substantially greater. As the son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, he was born with a golden key.

It was possible to mix well without ability, and even more so with ability. Originally, he just wanted to go to the Near East War to gild the lily, but he did not think of refining the real gold.

It wasn’t easy to have a capable one in the royal family, and it was natural for such an existence to be cultivated properly. Fredrich, who should have enjoyed the banquet wine, was kicked by Franz from Vienna to East Africa.

Young people are always unwilling to be lonely, Frederich is not waiting for death, but also ambitious.

The original time and space in the drunken Vienna life for so many years, are able to command the army on the battlefield, and now even more so.

Under Franz’s butterfly effect, Vienna’s ethos is obviously stronger than the same period in history by more than one step.

Bumping into an emperor who disliked wine and liquor, the bureaucrats and nobles below naturally had to suffer.

The impact of the change in social atmosphere on the next generation was the strongest. Nobles born after the Revolution were generally stronger than the previous generation.

As the colonial governor, Frederich’s authority was still very large, and as long as the government did not explicitly prohibit it, then he could do it.

Causing trouble for the French was naturally not prohibited. As long as people don’t catch evidence, then it’s fine.

Fredrich, who had just taken office and was eager to build a career, directly planned this operation.

To this end, he visited several Austrian governors in Africa once again, from everyone’s hands to scrape a bunch of rags.

Without the participation of the Vienna government, Frederich was able to use limited resources, and these rags were used as a bargaining chip to interfere with the Mahometan uprising.

Increased inputs are naturally not available, but it’s not exactly a snub, as long as you see the results, then it’s easy to get the government to pay for it.

The “Franco-Austrian friendship” thing is even less reliable than the “Anglo-Austrian friendship”. If you open a history book, you will know that the history of Europe in the last few hundred years is a history of the Habsburgs and the French.

Now the obstacle to the unification of the German region is the French, and the vast majority of Austrians consider France to be the greatest enemy, bar none.

There was not the slightest pressure on Frederich to pit against the French. No active duty soldiers were sent to participate, even if it gave face to the Paris government.

Just a few students who had just graduated from the military academy, even if they were discovered by the French, Frederich could still cover it.

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(End of chapter)