Iron Powder and Spellcaster

The fact is just as he said, the coalition government has no authority at all.

The five member countries under the alliance manage themselves and each has independent personnel power, financial budget and military.

The only thing handed over to the alliance official was diplomatic rights, and some small and insignificant gifts such as "the right to decide the alliance's national anthem" and "the right to decide the alliance flag" were packaged and given away.

The major departments of the Alliance government sound powerful. The Alliance Army Committee, Alliance Finance Committee, Alliance Judicial Committee... are actually empty names and are simply decorations.

This state of fragmentation began from the moment the people of the United Provinces rebelled.

Thirty-eight years ago, there was a riot in Guitu City, which later led to the Duke of Arlians leading troops to suppress it, announcing the beginning of the [Sovereignty War].

From then on until twenty-six years ago, the emperor withdrew his troops and the war of sovereignty came to an end.

For twelve years, no one could lead the various anti-imperialist armies in the two mountains.

The militia of the United Provinces will not take the command of the Veneta speculators, and the Veneta militia will not obey the orders of the bumpkins of the United Provinces.

The anti-imperialist nobles have been thinking about stealing power and taking over all the troops, but no one pays them any attention.

Several anti-imperialist armies are not subordinate to each other, and most of the time they fight independently.

In the end, under the military pressure of the emperor and the inspiration of the old marshal's personality, they finally formed an army - the Alliance Army - under the command of the old marshal to fight against the emperor.

As soon as the battle was over, everyone dispersed again.

Troops from the United Provinces, Veneta and Plato returned to their hometowns and transformed into the real armies of the participating countries.

The Republics of Monta and Vane, which were separated from the Empire through the Sovereignty War, also established independent armies.

The old marshal was well aware of the dangers to the internal peace of the alliance if the army belonged to each of the alliance countries, but he was unable to change the current situation in which each alliance country had its own agenda.

So he believed that since the armies of the participating countries could not be unified into one now, he could only place hope in the future.

It is necessary to enhance communication and understanding between the militaries of the participating countries. Poor communication will lead to misunderstandings, and misunderstandings will lead to bloodshed;

The most important thing is to cultivate young people, so that the new generation of young officers from the participating countries will no longer be as hostile to each other as their predecessors, and to make the new generation of young officers from the joining countries forge friendships.

When these young people become the backbone and leaders of the armies of the participating countries, the differences will naturally be bridged and the integration of the armies of the participating countries will be a matter of course.

Therefore, Field Marshal Ned Smith took the initiative to resign from the military and concentrate on preparing for the establishment of the Army Officers Academy.

The management of the Army Officers Academy is attached to the Union Army Headquarters, which exists in name only, and the old marshal himself serves as the principal.

This ensures impartiality and does not give any preferential treatment to the joint provinces just because the school is located in Kui Tucheng.

The old marshal's original plan was to recruit 10 students from each country in each subject and 150 students at each level from five franchised countries every year. After graduation, they would be randomly assigned to the armies of each franchised country.

This move of "mixing sand" was strongly resisted by the armies of the participating countries, and the Veneta Army was the first to jump out and speak out against it.

The Veneta people resolutely refused to accept their sons being sent to the "allied countries", let alone officers from the "allied countries" to join the Veneta army.

On this point, it is rare for the armies of the Republic to agree.

In desperation, the old marshal had to temporarily put aside the idea of ​​"you are in me, and I am in you".

Only retain the clause in the school charter [When conditions permit, the destinations of graduating students should not be reasonably distributed based on their place of origin]. I hope that one day in the future, all republics can be harmonious and friendly and activate this provision.

Therefore, graduates of Luyuan University always go back and forth from there.

Winters is from Veneta, so he naturally wants to return to Veneta.

The old marshal's plan did not work satisfactorily. At least twenty-six years later, the armies of the republics were still operating independently.

It also played some role: the officer cadets had received the influence of Grand Unionism for several years. Even if they did not support Grand Unionism, they at least had a sympathetic attitude towards it.

Winters is a typical fanatic supporter of major leagueism.

But again, plans don’t change quickly.

As soon as the old marshal retreated, the situation changed. The alliance's power extends beyond the ocean, and overseas interests urgently need protection.

Therefore, there is another overseas dispatch destination for graduates.

At this time, 150 students every year is definitely not enough. No one will accept their children being sent overseas.

As a result, the Army Officer Academy expanded its enrollment quota, recruiting 5 to 10 more students in addition to the original 50 students in each subject. Winters had 172 students in this class.

At this time, the actual control of the Army Officer School has been in the hands of the Federal Provincial War Department.

Of course, the Federal Provincial Army is far less impartial and impartial than the old marshal, so the students for these expanded enrollment quotas all come from the Federal Provincial Republic.

The federal military also changed its graduate distribution policy on the grounds of enrollment expansion.

The other franchising countries still have 30 students coming every year, but when they return, they will have 32 or 33 students, taking this opportunity to add sand to the armies of other franchising countries.

Obviously, the military cadets from the federal provinces who were sent to the allied countries would not be treated well. But compared to overseas dispatch, going to other franchise countries is already a better place.

At least if you go to an allied country, you can still stay at home. If you go overseas, you can "go to sea standing up and go home lying down."

Therefore, every probation season, the most important thing for military cadets from the United Provinces is to decide where to go. Is it the mainland of the Republic of the United Provinces? Or other joining countries? Or dispatched overseas?

Students from other republics are not worried about going back and forth wherever they want;

Those students from the joint provinces with strong family backgrounds are not worried either, because their elders will never let them be sent to insignificant overseas countries or "allied countries."

The powerless students from the federated provinces have to look for opportunities everywhere, begging their grandparents to sue their grandparents just to stay in their home country. If not, they can go to a franchise country.

You absolutely cannot go overseas. Going overseas is a dead end.

Bud's parents were sharecroppers, and they were of little help in this important matter that would determine his life's course.

Winters wrote to his uncle without telling Bud. Winters' uncle - also his adoptive father - served in the Army of Veneta, and Winters hoped that his uncle could help Bud.

But if the Provincial Army allocates its own cadets, how can the Veneta military get involved?

His uncle wrote back and told Winters: With the current relationship between the Federal Provincial Army and the Veneta Army, if he asked for people, the Federal Provincial Army would not hesitate to send Winters' friends overseas.

So in this matter, Bud can only wait for others to pronounce his fate, and Winters can only watch and worry.

Graduation package distribution is not entirely a good thing.