Mage Veigar

Chapter 45 Winter is Coming
Winter has come.

Winters in Kareni are mostly snowy with little sunshine.

There were only a few sunny days in the past half month, and the temperature dropped to around minus eight degrees Celsius. Vega also took advantage of this half month to reintegrate into the army and began a stagnant life of going to and from work.

"121212..."

On the parade ground, the 232nd Company, led by Adjutant Charles, was doing weight-bearing training around the parade ground, while Vega stood on the command platform and watched his team, and did not participate in the weight-bearing training.

Training for ordinary people is no longer of much use to professionals.

Vega now just wants to slowly save up gold coins to buy a combat skills book that suits him. This goal can be achieved in about half a year, because as a second lieutenant, his salary has increased from one gold coin of a non-commissioned officer to two hundred gold coins.

There is a world of difference between the treatment of lieutenants and non-commissioned officers.

If promoted to colonel-level officer, the monthly salary would be around 1000 gold coins. The empire has always been generous with its military spending, of course, this is also in consideration of the large number of professionals in the army, and the demand for gold coins by professionals is relatively large.

However, it is still somewhat difficult to be promoted to a colonel-level officer.

Although the war is about to come, who knows when the people of the United Kingdom will launch an attack? Moreover, with the current arrogant attitude of the entire empire's army, it is still unclear whether they can win the kingdom's army in a desperate battle.

"Sir."

A messenger from the regiment came over and interrupted Vega's thoughts: "The regiment notifies you to attend this week's regular meeting. Please arrive on time in 30 minutes. The location is in the regiment staff office."

"receive."

Vega nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."

"For the Empire." The messenger saluted Vega and walked towards the 3rd Battalion.

Vega glanced at the 232nd Company, told the adjutant to continue training the team, and then began to walk towards the regiment staff headquarters.

Normally, a mere company commander like him is not qualified to attend such a meeting. However, because of the Order of the Imperial Wings, he is able to participate in the decision-making of the regiment as a company commander and even has a certain say.

This is the value of the Order of the Imperial Wings.

Receiving this medal as a living person means that the army group will vigorously train you. Not to mention the regular meetings at the regiment level, Vega is also qualified to attend even the ordinary meetings of the division-level army.

However, since his superiors had not informed him, Vega did not dare to join in the fun.

knock knock knock.

After knocking three times on the already open door, Vega walked into the regiment staff headquarters: "Second Lieutenant Vega of the 232nd Company reports to the commanders."

"It's just a regular meeting, no need to be polite."

The regiment commander, Gunther, smiled at Vega in a friendly manner. “Just sit next to your superior. The commanders of the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Battalions haven’t arrived yet. We will start this week’s regular meeting after they arrive.”

"Yes." Vega sat next to the commander of the 4th Battalion.

The commander of the 4th Battalion is a big man with a simple and honest appearance. His character is as sincere as his appearance. He is the type who doesn't have much scheming. He has been taking good care of Vega, a popular figure in the military, in the past half month. He is also a powerful professional.

Da da da.

The distinctive sound of combat boots pounding the ground echoed through the corridor.

The commanders of the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Battalions entered the meeting room. They saluted the regiment commander and the chief of staff, and smiled at Vega in a friendly manner. Compared to the tit-for-tat situation in the military, the decision-making level of the regiment-level troops was much more harmonious, and each battalion commander got along quite well in private.

"Everyone, please take a seat." Seeing that everyone was present, the head of the regiment began the meeting: "This regular meeting is mainly to convey to you the latest orders from the military."

"Isn't it going to be another military spending cut?"

The commander of the 1st Battalion smiled and said, "I'm not saying this, but military spending has been decreasing year by year in recent years, and the nobles in the Imperial Finance Department are getting bolder and bolder. I think it's time for the generals in the military to kill two more finance ministers as a sacrifice to the gods, otherwise they will forget who has the final say in this country."

The commander of the 3rd Battalion laughed and said, "Marko, I think you are really brave. A captain of a small rank dares to talk about the generals in the military in private. Be careful or I will report you to the military."

"Wick, the prerequisite is that you can enter the military headquarters." The commander of the 2nd Battalion joked.

The commander of the 4th Battalion patted his chest and said, "Have you forgotten about Lieutenant Vega of our unit? As long as he shows up wearing the Wings of the Empire, the entire army will be able to go anywhere."

dong dong dong.

The team leader knocked on the table and said, "It's time for the regular meeting now. Everyone, be serious. I see that the four of you are bored. After the meeting, go to the training ground and run 4 laps for me. If you don't finish, you won't be able to sleep tonight."

"Yes--"

The four battalion commanders glared at each other, then started laughing.

团长见时间差不多，也是站起来说道：“好了，玩笑就开到这里，现传达一下军部的最新命令，7师2旅3团、4旅13团、137旅297团……将到边境进行为期3个月的驻守任务。”

Wow.

The commander of the first battalion stood up excitedly and said, "Isn't garrisoning the 4th Regiment the job of the cannon fodder? Why should our rd Regiment go to the border to do such a hard job in the middle of winter?"

"Yes."

The commander of the 3rd Battalion was also quite excited: "Although the overall strength of our 3rd Regiment has declined, it has not yet declined to the level of a cannon fodder regiment. How could such an assignment fall on us?"

"..."

The atmosphere at the meeting was very excited, but Vega frowned. He also couldn't understand the military's intentions.

"Everyone, be quiet."

The regiment commander patted the table again and said, "Don't get me wrong. Although our 3rd Regiment is not very strong, it is still one of the core units. It is naturally not reduced to the level of cannon fodder. Don't you find something strange in the military's list?"

list?

Vega was the first to discover the secret: "Captain, every unit on this list seems to be the backbone of the army, and some of them are even the elite units of the 1st Division. Why are these units sent to guard the border?"

“That’s what I find strange.”

The regiment chief of staff, who had been silent, stood up and said, "According to the military's instructions, this year we are going to replace all the cannon fodder troops stationed on the border with the elite troops of the Third Army, and require each unit to increase its alert level. I can't guess the military's specific intentions, but as a regiment-level unit, we just need to follow orders."

"Yes."

The head of the group also stood up and said, "All we need to do is resolutely obey the orders of our superiors. This meeting ends here. The specific departure time will be in a week. Everyone should use this week to prepare well. The meeting is adjourned."

The meeting is over.

Vega was the last one to leave the meeting room.

Perhaps others did not understand the military's intention, but Vega could not fail to understand that the military issued this order probably because the report he submitted to the military took effect. All of this was to prevent the Kingdom Army's winter raid.

(End of this chapter)