Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 235 German Officers Delegation

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In the reception hall of the Wehrmacht, more than a dozen young German officers wearing yellow-gray officer uniforms and conical helmets sat around Count Gottlieb von Heseler, the head of the officers' delegation, and listened to his instructions.

"Gentlemen, you are all the best young officers in the Empire. I am honored to work with you. However, before meeting the King of Han, I would like to remind you that this is an Oriental country. Regardless of whether you volunteer to join the officer delegation or not, since you have come to Han, you must abide by the duties of a German soldier and must not cause trouble for the delegation because of discrimination against Orientals."

Count Gottlieb von Heseler maintained a solemn military posture and said seriously, "On the way to Han, I heard someone complain that Germany should not help the Orientals who are enemies of the white Argentines. Now I will explain it to all the German officers present for the last time. The imperial government has the central government's plan to form an officer delegation to Han. What the German soldiers have to do is to make the strategic interests of the empire their top priority. As for the war between the Orientals and the Argentines, it is their business. What you have to do is to complete the task assigned by the general staff and strictly train the Oriental army according to the standards of the Imperial Army, so that Han will rely more on the German Empire. Instead of traveling thousands of miles to attack pagans in other regions like the Crusaders in the Middle Ages.

Gentlemen, do you understand?

"Yes, Colonel!" The strict feudal hierarchy inherited from the Prussian Officer Corps still influenced the young officers of the German Empire. The lower-ranking officers, whose ranks were generally lieutenants and captains, did not dare to question the orders of the senior head of the delegation and responded aloud.

"Lieutenant Kolmar von der Goltz, you are the first imperial officer to actively apply to join the delegation. I would like to hear your views on the Han army."

After Count Gottlieb von Heseler reminded his subordinates, he looked at Colmar von der Goltz who was sitting next to him and asked.

"My apologies, Colonel Gottlieb von Hezeler, but before I answer your question, I would like to correct a mistake you made."

Korma stood up from his seat and said seriously, "The Army General Staff has approved my promotion to captain. Now you should call me captain."

"Is that right?"

Count Gottlieb von Heseler asked his adjutant in a low voice.

"That's true, Colonel. The General Staff sent a notice a day ago promoting Kalma to the rank of Lieutenant. You were busy dealing with things when the telegram arrived, so you may not have noticed it."

"Well, that should be it."

Since the new delegation of officers were all front-line officers with many years of service experience, many officers with sufficient qualifications were promoted on the way to South America. Gottlieb von Hezel needed to arrange various affairs upon arrival in the Han Kingdom, and due to the busy work schedule, he did not carefully check the promotion list, which led to the negligence during today's conversation.

"Well, Captain Korma, can you now tell me what you know about the Han army?"

Colmar was an excellent officer and an outlier in the German army.

At the end of the Franco-Prussian War, the German Army replaced France as the strongest army in Europe. Influenced by the victory of the Franco-Prussian War, the German Army and the armies of the United Kingdom and the United States believed that the Franco-Prussian War was a short-term quick decision. The German Army used its powerful and advanced military force to easily defeat the French army and won the war. However, based on his experience in participating in the Franco-Prussian War and collecting other active data, Colmar came to a completely different view from the mainstream German military. He believed that the national consciousness of France was awakening. During the Franco-Prussian War, the new French Republic was able to mobilize the national will to carry out a people's war. The losses of the Prussian Army during this period were no less than those in the battles against the French regular army.

Therefore, it is unrealistic to imagine that the future war against France will be a simple quick battle.

The correct conclusion drawn by Colmar was not recognized by the German officer corps. On the contrary, due to his eccentric character, his military rank remained at lieutenant for eight or nine years. It was not until he took the initiative to join the officers' delegation to Han that he was discovered by Moltke the Elder and his talent was temporarily raised by one level. Only then did Colmar von der Goltz get rid of the embarrassment of not being promoted for many years.

Although he was born into a high-ranking Prussian noble family, Count Gottlieb von Heseler did not look down on Colmar von der Goltz, who came from a bankrupt minor noble family. Instead, he was more tolerant of him because of his abilities.

Colmar von der Goltz didn't care about the misunderstanding of those stubborn Junker officers, but it was undoubtedly more satisfying to have more people recognize his views. He corrected the other party's small mistake and answered seriously, "Based on my observation of the Han National Defense Army, I think that based on the two factors of the two countries' weapons and equipment and the military quality of officers, the strength of the Han National Defense Army is about 40% of the Imperial Army."

"Captain, I don't know how you came to the conclusion that the Oriental army is 40% as strong as the Imperial Army. Is it based on the fact that the Orientals defeated the American armies like the militia?

If this is the case, I think only one division is needed to defeat the five divisions of the Orientals. The strength of their army is at most 20% of the Imperial Army, and it is impossible to have 40% of the Imperial Army's strength. "

An officer with a typical Prussian beard stood up and interrupted Colmar von der Goltz.

"Lieutenant, please be aware of your identity! I think you should know what an Imperial officer should do when listening to a speech from his superior!"

Colmar von der Goltz was very dissatisfied with the other party's disrespect for him and said with a gloomy face.

"Lieutenant, you should apologize to Captain Kolmar von der Goltz!" "The honor and order of the Imperial Officers Corps must not be violated. Lieutenant, you made a serious mistake today!"

In the German Army, the strict hierarchical order is a means to maintain the interests of every Junker nobleman. Even though the officers in the delegation could not stand Colmar von der Goltz's maverick character, they still stood on the side of Colmar von der Goltz in maintaining the hierarchical order of the troops.

"I'm sorry, sir. I was so excited just now that I didn't ask for your instructions. Please forgive me!"

The German lieutenant had a bead of sweat on his head and bent over to apologize.

"As an imperial officer, I hope you won't make such a low-level mistake next time!"

"As you command, sir."

The young lieutenant breathed a sigh of relief and sat down again at Kormar von der Goltz's signal.

“In January this year, I went to Berlin to visit Major Hans, who once served in the Han Navy. He believed that with adequate logistical support, the combat effectiveness of the Han National Defense Army could reach 45% or 50% of the Imperial Army.

Major Hans served in the Han army for seven years. His judgment of the strength of the defense force should be more accurate than ours. Moreover, the number of professional officers in the Han defense force is increasing. Compared with when Major Hans left, the weapons and equipment and the quality of officers of the Han defense force have been greatly improved. I don’t think their strength will be worse than when Major Hans left three years ago. "

Colmar von der Goltz knew that it would be difficult to convince these proud officers of the Han National Defense Army with Major Hans' comments alone, so he took out a few books from the tool kit he carried with him, held them in his hands and said, "I have always been curious about how His Majesty the King of Han trained a group of Qing people who we saw as cowardly into a brave and tenacious army under extremely difficult circumstances. In order to solve the doubts in my heart, two years ago, I asked Major Hans in Han to help mail information about the training of the Han National Defense Army and the living conditions of domestic immigrants. Then three months ago, after reading several books written by the King of Han, I finally understood the key to the Han National Defense Army's transformation from weak to strong and the establishment of the Han Kingdom from scratch."

Colmar von der Goltz placed several books in his hands side by side on the table, opened the first book and said, "This book is the "Compulsory Military Service Law" implemented by the Han Dynasty. It stipulates that every male citizen of the Han Dynasty must receive military training from the age of fifteen, and can only retire from the local militia organization at the age of fifty.

The "Compulsory Military Service Law" provided the Han army with ample manpower. During the Argentine War in 1870, the Han government recruited a total of more than troops to participate in the war, defeated the attacks of the Argentine and Brazilian armies, and seized a large amount of land from northern Argentina. Argentina had million citizens, but after the war broke out, it could only recruit less than troops to fight, and was finally defeated by the Han army. "

After talking about the impact of the Conscription Law on the Argentine War, Colmar von der Goltz went on to introduce the second and third books.

"The Land System of the Han Dynasty stipulated the share of land for different groups of people, including officers, soldiers, officials, and ordinary immigrants. In this book, the Han government promised to divide the land according to the soldiers' military merits during their service, and of course they did so. Therefore, under the incentive of the practical benefits of obtaining land, the soldiers of the National Defense Army trained harder and mastered skills such as rifle shooting and tactical deployment faster."

The German Empire was centered on Prussia, and most of the officers in the German officer corps came from Junker landlord families. They understood the soldiers' desire for land and could understand the Han government's use of land to encourage soldiers' enthusiasm for service.

"The Han Empire is located in South America. The territory they occupied had a lot of undeveloped fertile land, so the Han government was able to encourage male citizens to join the army by offering land as a reward. However, the empire had a large population, and the unowned land had already been distributed. The country also implemented a mobilization system similar to the Compulsory Military Service Law. Therefore, these two books are only suitable for the Han Empire and have little reference value for the German Empire."

Colmar von der Goltz put away the first two books and held up the last one, saying, "The last book is called My Faith. Just like what His Majesty the King of Han wrote in the book, the German Empire should abolish many privileges of the domestic states, unify Germany into one nation ideologically, and then integrate the main forces in the country to increase the intensity of economic reform. Before the French Republic's strength is fully restored, a preventive war should be launched against France to weaken France's military strength and buy more development time for the empire."

"Captain Colmar von der Goltz, do you still believe that war between the German Empire and France is inevitable?"

Hearing Colmar von der Goltz shift the question from the Han Wehrmacht to the relationship between Germany and France, Count Gottlieb von Heseler asked with a frown.

"Yes. After the Franco-Prussian War, the French government moved closer to Britain, and French financial merchants lent a large amount of money to the Russians. The French conspiracy to win over Britain and Russia to fight against the Empire is very obvious. The Empire cannot rely solely on the Prime Minister's diplomatic means to obtain peace. The Imperial Army is the most critical force to ensure peace. Only by interrupting the French recovery process in advance can the Empire continue to maintain its status as a powerful country on the European continent."

He said with a serious expression.

"Launching a strike against France in advance would cause the Empire to be interfered with by Britain and Russia, which would be detrimental to the development of the Empire in Europe.

Captain Kolmar von der Goltz, please stop saying such things outside in the future."

Count Gottlieb von Heseler waved his hand to stop Colmar von der Goltz from continuing to express his opinions on German-French relations, and sat quietly in the living room waiting for Li Mingyuan to arrive.

Chapter 200 has been blocked. The ethnic topic in "My Faith" has been omitted in this chapter. If you want to read it, you can read the blocked Chapter 200, which is available on Baidu.

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