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In the city of Athens, the capital of the Greek Republic, Meyer held the last internal meeting of the Rothschild family in Greece before leaving.
Since the defeat of the Legion of Honor and the disappearance of Aristotle came back, the Rothschilds were preparing to withdraw and return to the UK for their affairs. The head of the family Meyer even sent back the news to their sons far away in London, asking them to secretly transfer their property to the United States of America across the Atlantic Ocean!
Meyer, who had a keen eye, had already felt the crisis before the storm in the Greek Republic.
"Head of the family, are we really not withdrawing the funding for the Legion of Honor?
You should know that all the other Jewish chaebols who supported Aristotle have withdrawn their funding, and it is only a matter of time left to destroy the Legion of Honor."
"Precisely because of Aristotle and his Legion of Honor, now only with the support of our Rothschild family, will the Legion of Honor and Aristotle pay more attention to it!"
"But Aristotle has disappeared now. Even if he is not dead, he will be captured by the French Wehrmacht. Is his value meaningful?"
"First of all, I can be sure that Aristotle was not dead. Whether it was the French Defence Force or other troops of the Holy Alliance, once Aristotle's body was found, it would never be so silent. It would be of no benefit to them!
The Legion of Honor has not yet disbanded, isn’t it just holding Aristotle’s thought of not dying?
If I were the controller of the Holy Alliance, I might as well release the news of Aristotle's death more simply, and I would not hide the news of Aristotle's death no matter what!
Therefore, Aristotle must not be dead, unless he was broken down on the battlefield, and even the winner could not distinguish his identity.
I won't consider that kind of thing with a very small probability."
"But if Aristotle had not died and was captured by the French Defense Forces or the Serbian army, why didn't there be any news from the Holy Alliance?
As long as this news comes out, the Legion of Honor will definitely be over.”
“That’s why our Rothschild family continues to support the Legion of Honor and Aristotle.
Also, the battle where Aristotle lost and disappeared was a battle with the French Defence Force, and it was almost impossible for the Serbian army to capture Aristotle.
Even if the Serbian army was captured, with the nature of the Serbian army, news of Aristotle being captured would definitely flow.
Only the French Wehrmacht, who was tight-lipped from top to bottom, was able to conceal the news that Aristotle was captured!
Are you curious, why did the French Defence Force still not announce the news of Aristotle's capture after so many days after the French Defence Force captured Aristotle?"
"Why?"
A member of the Rothschild family's sidelines couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know either."
Mayer spread his hands and replied.
In the astonished eyes of everyone, Meyer added: "But I know that Aristotle is still alive and the news of being captured has not been heard, which means that Aristotle still has high value.
This is enough!
Even once Aristotle returns to Greece, it will create the results we have always expected.
If Aristotle, captured by the French, returns to Greece, what do you think will happen?"
"Do we want to report this news to the London government?"
Another member of the Rothschild family suddenly suggested.
Meyer held his eyes in his eyes and uttered a word coldly: "Silly!
What is our Rothschild family in the eyes of the London government? Do you want to work for those nobles like this?
The interests of the family are above everything else. Have you forgotten this?!
Okay, I won’t explain the extra things. Everyone just needs to continue working in Greece as I ask.
Once the news of Aristotle returning to the Legion of Honor came back, he immediately contacted Aristotle at all costs and expressed to him the noblest friendship of the Rothschild family.
Because Aristotle who returned will have a qualitative transformation, don't ask me why, this is a family secret.
It is the code for the Rothschild family to become successful in Greece!”
In the end, Meyer used his power as the head of the family to reject all questions.
Even if all this is his personal reasoning.
However, as Meyer, a small businessman who founded the Rothschild family, his words have an unparalleled deterrence in the Rothschild family.
Even though it all sounds ridiculous.
Of course, the members of the Rothschild family who were staying in Athens did not wait long. Less than two days after Meyer boarded the merchant ship back to London, good news came from Athens that Aristotle's return to the Legion of Honor came.
This is just good news for the Rothschild family, and there is also huge good news for the whole of Greece!
After Aristotle returned, it took only a week to smash the encirclement of the Serbian Legion, successfully break out, and annihilate the Serbian Legion with a total of more than 30,000 people!
At this point, the Serbian Legion lost the ability to encircle the Honor Legion in a short time.
Subsequently, Aristotle's honorary army captured a port town in the Albanian region, receiving a large number of British-sponsored firearms and ammunition, and even more than a dozen mortars and small-caliber field guns!
Aristotle simply recruited minority youths from the Kingdom of Serbia in the local area, and specifically selected the "angry youth" who were bullied by the Serbs.
The angry youth of this era is different from the angry youth of the Internet in the 21st century. It means literally - angry youth.
They are not talking about the angry young people in the party, but are angry young people who are willing to join the army and oppress their government!
This is the true meaning of angry youth!
Aristotle took the British supplies and recruited troops along the coastline to expand his strength, and soon restored the peak strength of the Legion of Honor!
Afterwards, Aristotle led the Legion of Honor to train troops while fighting, and broke through the three interception lines of the Serbian Corps and successfully broke into Greece!
This time, Aristotle changed his normalcy and no longer attacked large and medium-sized cities, but only stayed in the vast rural areas. This allowed Aristotle's Honor Corps to easily avoid the areas where the Serbian Corps were heavily stationed, and there was no need to fight hard battles. The Honor Corps naturally did not have to face major losses.
In fact, the number of Serbian corps was not large, and it could only be considered a local battle. It not only allowed Aristotle to train the newly recruited recruits, but also re-erected the backbone of the army spirit that the Legion of Honor was defeated by the French Defense Force through multiple victories.
Naturally, the Legion of Honor generally developed a personality cult, believing that only the Legion of Honor led by Aristotle can be invincible!
The middle and senior leaders of the Legion of Honor were all trusted subordinates who were conquered by Aristotle through his personal charm. Naturally, they also vigorously promoted Aristotle's bright and righteous image in the army. The Legion of Honor was firmly united by Aristotle.
After a series of victories, in order to inspire public opinion in the war of resistance (the war against the Holy Alliance), the government of the Greek Republic enthroned Aristotle as the first marshal of the Greek Republic from afar!
This move instantly suppressed the warlord hilltopism that emerged in the Greek Republic.
After all, with the Greek regular army defeated one after another on the front line, let alone the French National Wehrmacht, even the Bulgarian Legion and the Serbian Legion could not be defeated. The Greek generals in the territory naturally had bad thoughts and felt that they would not have to worry about the encirclement and suppression of the poor Greek government troops.
The restoration of the Legion of Honor naturally made the Athenian government, which had lost its power, use it impatiently, and appointed Aristotle as marshal to suppress those Greek generals who planned to be independent but did not listen to the command.
Obviously, the honorary army that killed all directions in the Kingdom of Serbia was truly shocked by the Greek generals with warlords' hilltopism.
Because these Greek generals can do a simple math problem.
The Greek army cannot defeat the Serbian army, and the Serbian army cannot defeat the Honor Corps. What will happen if the Greek generals who belong to mercenaries and miscellaneous armies in the Greek army will confront the Honor Corps?
The answer is self-evident...
What's more, do they still don't know what the Greek generals' troops look like?
The civilians robbed were all as fierce as tigers, and they all went to the battlefield to be greedy for life and fear death...
There is no way, the Greek Republic government is not a fool. For those Greek generals who are entrenched in the local area and do not want to go to the front line, they directly suspended military pay and supplies. Without the financial support of the central government, how many troops can these Greek generals afford by relying solely on plundering the local area?
What's more, the Greek general and the middle and senior officers under him must not get more!
Especially those officers, who are willing to obey the orders of the Greek generals rather than the orders of the Athenian government, aren’t it just for the word “power and wealth”?
It was the Greek Republic in this environment that welcomed Aristotle, a national hero in the eyes of all Greeks.
The Legion of Honor brought back by Aristotle had a full 80,000 troops!
After entering Greece, a large number of poor Greek children immediately joined the army!
As Aristotle's fame in Greece became famous, Aristotle's initial idea of building a poor army was also well known to everyone. The most undesirable thing in this era was the poor!
These foods are not enough, and many Greek youths who look malnourished and thin have long been hoping that the moon can join the Legion of Honor.
Whether it is material needs or spiritual satisfaction, the Legion of Honor is the best place for these young people from poor backgrounds.
Aristotle did not refuse Greek youths who joined the army actively. Except for those Greek youths who were unhealthy or even disabled, the rest could join the army and join the army.
However, Aristotle sternly rejected a group of Greek local powerful children who wanted to join the Legion of Honor and started as officers.
Aristotle claimed that the Legion of Honor is an army of civilians, and everyone must be treated equally. No matter what your origin is, you must start with the lowest-level recruits after joining the army.
Only after completing the training of a recruit can you become a private person.
The military system of the Legion of Honor is imitated by the French National Wehrmacht. When the Private was promoted, he wanted to support his military achievements. The Private was the Second Class, and then the First Class.
The first-class privateer is the non-commissioned officer.
Moreover, non-commissioned officers are divided into many levels, giving soldiers sufficient room for promotion...
In the Honor Corps, middle and high-level non-commissioned officers have the chance to become platoon commanders similar to those of the squad, but they are actually the deputy of the second lieutenant.
After all, the army of this era does not have the official squad leader or platoon leader.
The so-called platoon leader is the leader of a long row of ranks of lieutenants, who are considered the deputy of the second lieutenant.
Captains or senior lieutenants often serve as company captains, and second lieutenants usually serve as company captains.
In the Honor Corps, there is no threshold for being a non-commissioned officer. As long as you have military achievements, you will be promoted immediately.
But if you want to cross the threshold of a second lieutenant, you must not only have military achievements but also have to be able to read.
In addition, Aristotle also set up additional political reviews for officers. To put it bluntly, it is a test of the officers' concept of why they fight and their worship attitude towards Aristotle (loyalty).
To be continued...