Chapter 8 Graduation Ceremony in the Fire of War
After a brief rest, the students of the Baston Military Academy left the Hofentis military base on a flight transport ship. This time, the entire flight of the transport ship was less than an hour and a half, and before it landed, everyone was already in tears. The familiar scenery outside the porthole told them that this was the suburb of Aocheng and the Baston Military Academy. They went home.
Administrators, teachers and first-year students who stayed at the military academy lined up at the shooting range to welcome the members of the Baston student group back to war. Stepping out of the cabin door of the transport ship and bathing in the clear sunshine, Weiss's heart was filled with the happiness of returning from purgatory to the world. Thinking of the hardships he had suffered in the military academy over the past year, the fatigue he suffered, and all kinds of grievances and helplessness. Compared with the battlefield filled with the breath of death, these are nothing.
The returnees once again stood on the familiar fertile soil, but those friends who sacrificed their lives for the country could never return here again.
Looking at the sparse team of students in the second and third grades, many teachers burst into tears on the spot. Similar situations occurred twenty years ago. Time has changed, things have changed, but sadness has been copied.
General Admir Leno, who was keen on the performance, stood at the forefront of the welcome queue, embracing the teaching staff who returned from the battlefield one by one. Although the Baston student group had only been on the battlefield for more than a month and only had ten days to fight against the enemy, they encountered the enemy's most elite and brave troops. In the extremely unfavorable situation and at the most difficult time in the situation, they showed indomitable tenacity and used their passionate youth to resist the "stormy waves" caused by the enemy.
With their contribution to sticking to the border defense line, they were fully worthy of the respect of the principal General Leno and all the left-behind personnel, but they had no pride and proud application on their faces. With a heavy mood, they returned to the military academy dormitory, walked through the quiet corridor, and walked into the empty room, and many people finally couldn't help crying.
The big guy who lived with Weiss was said to have been killed on the first day of fighting with the Royal Norman Empire Division on the Dulm battle group.
No one will explain seriously to Nicholas that his name is Trent rather than Trent.
Weiss put down his bag and sat on his bed in dismay, staring at Trenger's chair for a long time.
For lunch that day, the cafeteria prepared particularly rich dishes, but the students just kept their heads in the meal and didn't say much.
In the afternoon, the students received a notice from the school that in view of the excellent performance of the members of the Baston student group on the battlefield, third-year students will graduate two months ahead of schedule. Although the established graduation assessment procedure cannot be omitted, everyone will get bonus points for participating in the battle.
As for second-year students, in addition to corresponding military rewards and bonus points for grades, they will also get a special opportunity to choose: they can continue to study in the military academy, or choose to go to the army as an intern officer to train for war, so that they will not delay their graduation, but can complete the internship period in advance, and can obtain a formal officer status ahead of time than their companions who stay in school. You should know that in a long military career, they are often ahead of their steps, and they may achieve higher achievements.
In the next five days, 35 third-year students, including Weiss and Lundes, were in good health, as the first batch of wartime graduates. After experiencing the test of war, it seemed that each student had a deeper understanding and better grasp of military skills, and his academic performance improved compared with previous training assessments. In addition, he had a considerable amount of points to participate in the war, and all the comprehensive scores of 35 people were all excellent!
According to the "market" in previous years, the top graduates of the Baston Military Academy are popular among the various legions of the Federal Army and the garrison districts. Although the dispatch of graduates depends on the recommendation of the school and the deployment of the General Staff of the Army, if the top students want to go to the army, as long as they write a letter or ask someone to bring a message, the other party will naturally go through the corresponding procedures, which is equivalent to having the independent choice of fate.
Before the comprehensive results were announced, Fat Vice President Joseph Grumman asked his right-hand assistant to bring Weiss a handwritten letter, suggesting that he consider going to the arms department to use his specialty in gun design after graduation, or striving to go to the Army General Staff as an intern staff officer. He could help build bridges on both routes. If he was sent to the Army combat unit as an intern officer, Fat Vice President analyzed that it is the current period of war, and all units may go to the front line to fight with the Norman army at any time. Even if he stays at the division level or even the corps level staff, he cannot guarantee absolute personal safety.
How to go in the future? Before and after the war, my ideas were completely different. In the past, Weiss thought that gold would always shine. Going to the front-line troops to be down-to-earth, gather connections, and slowly walk to a higher level can make the path to climb to the top stable enough. If you go directly to the senior staff organization, you can follow the famous generals and masters to see more, learn more, increase your knowledge, and expand your thinking. With the foresight of the "later-comers", it is not difficult to become a top strategist.
Now, Weiss has a clearer understanding of his ability and positioning. Without rich practical experience and sufficient physical and mental tempering, strategizing is just about talking about war on paper, and the advantages of later generations are no different from those of the castles in the air. He repeatedly thought that since fate has arranged for himself to come to such a magnificent era and become a promising Baston Military Academy student, why should he shrink and consider the retreat? The way is that the country does not exist, where will the people stay? The choices placed in front of him are really desirable: one is to go to the front line, grow up in the tempering of blood and fire, lay a solid foundation for commanding thousands of troops in the future, and the other is to fly the fleet to use the super talent of human radar, learn while working, and strive to become an invincible fleet commander.
Weiss has seriously considered it when he switched jobs to the aviation force to play his "unlimited talent". However, as the first military academy of the Federal Army, the graduates of the Baston Military Academy naturally have to be used by the Federal Army. Over the past half a century, there have been one or two hundred graduates of the Baston Military Academy who have transferred from the Army to the aviation force to serve in the aviation force, and more than thirty people have worked as a major general or above. Some of them went to "aid construction" before the establishment of the aviation force, and some studied aviation majors in the Higher Staff College.
If you take the initiative to "swallow your arms" to the aviation force, you may be detested as a betrayal general, but so what if you can save the country and the people, you will bear the infamy?
If Nicholas was there, it would not be a problem to transfer to the aviation force himself, but this guy has disappeared for a long time, and there was basically no news except for the battlefield letters that did not leave an address or a military number. Weiss had to turn to the fat vice president and said that if he did not have a way to directly enter the aviation force, he could first get an aviation major such as the Dellefig Senior Staff College, and then naturally enter the aviation force to serve.
After clarifying his ideas, Weiss asked the military academy teachers about the enrollment situation of the federal senior staff academies. The reply was that during the war, senior staff cadets only conducted medium- and short-term rotation training for active staff and officers at all levels, and did not target military academies students, and recruited non-commissioned officers and soldiers in active military units.
It seems that this "curve-curve" requires more twists.
The fat vice president's reply was not here for a long time, but the Baston Military Academy was moving quickly. In response to the special situation in wartime, they decided to graduate in batches, that is, if the physical condition is suitable for the assessment, graduate first, and if the injury recovers, the individual assessment will be conducted. After passing the assessment, the school held a graduation ceremony for them in the second week after the first batch of 35 students passed the comprehensive assessment. This year, 239 students would have participated in the graduation assessment, and most of them would have passed it smoothly, and a new journey of life began. However, at the graduation ceremony, only 78 third-grade students were present, and more than half of them were postponed for the graduation assessment due to injuries. There were 11 people in wheelchairs, and 3 people were unable to witness the graduation moment on the spot due to serious injuries.
The familiar military music was still inspiring, and many people understood its generosity and tragic for the first time...
At this special graduation ceremony, Principal Leno talked endlessly for more than half an hour, his words were still gorgeous and the content was still empty. His blind and confident argument was even more disappointing than the supply efficiency in the border battle. Fortunately, the old principal Van Luo was also invited to come and give graduation speeches to the young men who devoted a lot of effort during his tenure. The old principal's tone was the same as in the past. He talked about his military academy years to his experience of war, from post-war construction to returning to the military academy. In the long period of nearly half a century, he encountered setbacks and hesitated, gained glory and created glory. When the bad news of the war broke out, he seemed to have returned to his youth and saw
Countless familiar and unfamiliar faces. At that moment, he suddenly realized that the former friends sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, which seemed unfortunate, but troubles and sorrows had nothing to do with them from now on. It was a complete relief. After he survived, he seemed lucky, but he had to always shoulder responsibility and mission, and constantly faced new difficulties and challenges. From the disastrous defeat of the Wessex army and the situation of the Ulster-Wessex border battle, we can draw a regrettable conclusion: the Norman army today is stronger and more difficult to deal with than the previous war. The fully Wessex Kingdom of Russia and Japan has basically lost its ability to fight the war. It is unprecedentedly difficult to win the war.
Although the battle situation was not ideal and the Normans' sharp fangs were frightening, when they thought of the expectant eyes of their comrades, they felt that they should be fearless and do their best. Because of this, the old principal volunteered to the senior military leaders, hoping that his old bones could still contribute to the country and the army.
Previously, the Federal Army's outbound combat troops and border defense guards lost a large number of front-line officers and soldiers. Although the national mobilization system sent wave after wave of recruits into the military camp, causing the size of the Federal Army to expand rapidly like a balloon, the disadvantages of weak combat power of the security divisions and reserve divisions have been fully revealed in the border battles, and they have repeatedly become breakthroughs for the Norman army to break through the federal army's front. In order to reverse this situation as soon as possible, the military's senior management decided to dismantle the combat divisions with greater losses in the early stage, with them as the backbone, and with each security division and reserve division as the main body, compress the organization and enrich personnel, and form several brand new combat units: the National Defense Division.
Chapter completed!