Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

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1714 AD, Christmas Eve.

Because of the heavy snowfall for several days in a row, most of the whole of Europe is covered in snow.

Large-scale military operations have stopped, and in this weather it is simply not suitable for launching a large-scale offensive. Otherwise, the non-combat attrition caused by the cold will be enough for all countries to bear.

Many small units, such as scouts, are active on the battlefield.

Snipers also ambush in the snow to snipe enemies.

In this regard, the Germanic Imperial Army also had a great advantage.

The Germanic Imperial Army is equipped with a lot of sniper rifles, and each infantry squad has a soldier with good marksmanship who receives sniper training for sniping enemy officers, machine gunners and other important targets on the battlefield.

And the reconnaissance platoons of battalion units and reconnaissance companies of regimental units, as well as reconnaissance battalions of divisional units, have special snipers. 、

In this regard, the Germanic Imperial Army was already far ahead of other countries.

This made both the Gauls and the Sunseters on the Western Front and the Tsarist Russians on the Eastern Front all miserable by the snipers and scouts of the Germanic Empire.

Even their scouts did not dare to act anymore. Otherwise, if they continue to fight like this, their scouts will be solved first. At that time, once the war breaks out again, they will have no scouts to use.

The Germanic Imperial Air Force was also not idle, and as long as the weather conditions were good, reconnaissance aircraft, fighters and bombers would take off to launch attacks on enemy targets.

Especially in Bari City, it became the most popular enemy of the Germanic Empire in the army. Even the Eiffel Tower collapsed because of the bombing. Important targets such as the Elysee Palace have long been blown into ruins.

This caused a lot of casualties to the Gauls, and at the same time, the Gauls were angry and dissatisfied.

As Christmas approached, the Germanic generals on the front lines were ordered to return to Paulin, where they needed to report on the General Staff and the War Department to review the gains and losses in the battle and ensure that these mistakes would not be made again in next year’s war.

At the same time, the most eye-catching thing is the promotion of marshal this time.

The news that His Majesty the Emperor is ready to promote several marshals has already spread, and this is already a secret that is not a secret in the minds of the senior generals. Many people are even calculating that those people will be successfully promoted to marshal. Whether you have this qualification and so on.

At present, it is tentatively certain that General Moltke Jr., as Chief of the General Staff, as well as the Minister of War General von Falkenhein, and the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front, General Hindenburg, will be promoted to become Field Marshal of the Imperial Army.

Although the troops on the Western Front also achieved great success, the commanders of these army groups on the Western Front were generals. If they were to be promoted, everyone except the commander of the 3rd Army, General Ludendorff, who was less senior, was eligible for promotion.

Even if the commander of the 1st Army, General Kluke, had disobeyed orders before, the chief of the General Staff, General Moltke Jr., was very annoyed. However, after all, the 1st Army approached Bari and dealt a huge blow to the Gauls. Even if the merits are offset, there is no problem at all.

However, this problem should be troubled by Emperor August, and other high-ranking officials are simply not qualified to make decisions in this regard.

“Little Moltke, von Falkenhein and Hindenburg, naturally must be promoted to marshal. However, which of the other generals are more suitable? This time there can be too many promoted marshals, let them know that marshals are scarce and cannot be promoted on a large scale like a mustache. In that case, the marshal will be rotten on the street, and the gold content will not be so high. August began to think.

In the end, after much deliberation, August decided on the list for this promotion.

Chief of the General Staff, General Moltke Younger, Minister of War General von Falkenhein, Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Front and Commander of the 9th Army, Admiral Hindenburg, Commander of the 2nd Army, General Bilo, Commander of the 4th Army, Colonel General Hausen, Commander of the 5th Army, Duke Württemberg.

A total of six people will be promoted, and other front-line generals will have to wait for opportunities.

Of course, August decided that after the Germanic Empire completely defeated Gaul and won the war on the Western Front, he would promote a group of marshals again. At that time, many generals who did not get promoted this time will be able to obtain the marshal scepter as they wish and be promoted to the marshal of the imperial army.

On December 22, August held a marshal promotion ceremony at the royal palace in Berlin.

Many generals of the army, navy and air force attended this ceremony.

As the saying goes, a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. In the same way, a general who does not want to be a marshal is not a good general.

Every general has the goal of becoming a marshal. It will be the glory of their lives.

“Gentlemen, in recognition of the contributions of the generals of the Empire in this war. I decided to promote several generals with outstanding combat achievements to marshals, hoping that everyone can take this as an example to make greater contributions to the empire in the next war and dedicate themselves to winning this war! August said to everyone.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” All the generals nodded repeatedly.

“Chief of the General Staff, General Moltke Jr., promoted to Field Marshal!” August announced.

“Your Majesty!” Little Moltke was very excited.

He received the marshal scepter from Auguste, symbolizing that he had become a marshal of the Germanic Imperial Army.

Subsequently, August went on to announce.

“Minister of War General von Falkenhein, promoted to Field Marshal!”

“General Hindenburg, commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front and commander of the 9th Army, promoted to field marshal!”

“The commander of the 2nd Army, General Bilo, was promoted to field marshal.”

“The commander of the 4th Army, General Hausen, was promoted to field marshal!”

“His Excellency Duke Württemberg, commander of the 5th Army, promoted to field marshal!”

These generals, one by one, with smiles on their faces, took the marshal’s scepter from Auguste.

The eyes of the other generals who looked at them were full of envy. There is even jealousy.

“Other generals, even if you don’t get promoted this time, don’t be discouraged. Now is the war, after this promotion ceremony, there will be the next one. I want everyone to guarantee that after we completely defeat the Gallic Kingdom and win the battlefield on the Western Front, more people will be promoted! August said.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” This made the generals of the empire stir up as if they were all set on fire.