Girls und War

The geographical location of the two war zones is such that conflicts are bound to arise.

And the docility that Sakura-ku is showing now is only because Hana-ku has shown enough muscles to make them feel scared.

This feeling may last for one to two years until the Sakura District accumulates enough combat power again.

After the fear period is over, they will come back from the Honshu Peninsula like wolves that cannot be tamed.

Common saying goes that once the wound heals, the pain is forgotten.

Therefore, the flower district must make good use of this short period of time and fully expand the three-step strategy.

If this period of time passes, it may not work.

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After the successful completion of this battle, it was naturally time to reward the merits.

There is no doubt that the special forces units deserve the greatest credit in this battle.

Whether it is command, communication, combat, or logistics, they all played an extremely important role.

Almost every special operations team received a silver-bordered military medal in this battle. Princess Zhao also promised to apply for a gold-bordered military medal for them by the end of the year.

At the same time, thanks to such great combat merits, many officers of the special forces have been awarded the right to promotion.

Xia Shu was promoted directly to the rank of colonel by the impatient young commander using the gold-rimmed military medal that he had "advanced".

A colonel-level commander-in-chief finally took charge of the special forces.

Now, she can finally issue orders to the lieutenant colonels and principals of various departments with full justification.

At the same time, when I was dozing off, I no longer felt awkward as before.

Although Lieutenant General Qimingxing was still the nominal leader of the special forces, Xia Shu's power at this time was almost as great as that of the lieutenant generals directly commanding the major regular forces, and ordinary senior generals did not dare to underestimate her.

However, the badge of service on Xia Shu’s chest still looks a bit “immature”.

Cricket has been in the army for more than two years, has a dozen military medals, and holds the rank of colonel and the position of commander-in-chief of an independent brigade-level unit. It seems a bit incredible no matter how you look at it.

But incredible things are not unprecedented. If you look at the officers on the space battlefield, they are truly incredible.

It was not uncommon for someone to be promoted to colonel in two years on the space battlefield. There were even some so-called "geniuses" who were promoted to major general in three years and lieutenant general in four years.

However, if we only look at the hot weapons battlefield, Xia Shu is indeed the only one who was promoted to colonel in two years.

And what does the colonel mean in the imaginary battlefield?

Let's put it this way: in a regimental unit, officers may account for more than 30% of the personnel, but 90% of these officers are junior officers—those with ranks ranging from second lieutenant to captain.

Those who can become colonels are in the top 1% in a unit.

At the same time, there can be dozens of majors and seven or eight lieutenant colonels among these middle-level officers.

But there must be no more than two colonel commanders.

Just like a company captain, there won’t be many of them at the same time.

The rarity of this rank might be diluted somewhat at headquarters, but Colonel is, after all, the pinnacle of military authority. The next step up is General, the pinnacle of military power.

In any case, they must be in charge of a large number of people.

At the same time, precisely because the colonel has absolute say in regimental-level units, many officers would rather develop in the regimental headquarters than be a little sister at the headquarters.

However, the commanding officer of a grassroots unit cannot just go there whenever he wants. The leaders will definitely select those who are good enough to serve as the highest commander of the grassroots unit.

Therefore, high-ranking positions such as regimental commander and company commander are definitely the most valuable among officers of the same rank.

After all, if a leader of a region doesn't have the ability, how can he command the region?

And Xia Shu, as the top commander of the top troops in the world's top war zone, has undoubtedly become one of the best colonels in the military.

It can be said to be invincible in the same class.

However, Xia Shu, who is invincible in his class, cannot be considered a sudden rise.

Even before she was promoted to colonel, she already had enough actual power at a higher level.

Therefore, the promotion of this military rank can only be regarded as a formal completion.

It’s like before you can be husband and wife in name only, you must first be husband and wife in reality—and only then can you successfully confess your love.

That idiot who comes with a bouquet of flowers and begs someone to be his girlfriend after just two days of meeting someone, what else can he be but an idiot?

Why should I accept your inexplicable love?

Unless - you have become indispensable to her.

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Now that we have talked about the benefits that Xia Shu gained from his military exploits, let’s talk about the benefits that the other “godfathers” gained.

There is no doubt that in this operation, the Air Force Department and the Army Department, as the main forces on the battlefield, received the most military awards.

The logistics department does not have many opportunities to show their faces, so their meritorious service is slightly lower.

As for the Navy Department, which had no presence in this operation, it seemed that they had no contribution, but in fact they did something very important.

That is to confront the Eagle District's overseas fleet on the mountainous coastal line, and use a threatening attitude to force the Eagle District not to dare to enter the Flower and Sakura Battle without authorization.

For this reason alone, their contribution cannot be ignored.

Therefore, when it came to the final reward, the military merits obtained by the Navy Department and the other two combat military departments were equal.

That is to say, those who are good at fighting have no great achievements!

1004. Did you see my rank? Did you see it? Colonel! It’s Colonel!

Perhaps from some perspectives, sending back a large number of Sakura District officers captured in this operation seems to be a betrayal of the Hana District soldiers.

But sometimes, we have to look at the overall situation.

The overall situation requires the Flower District to strengthen the power of the Sakura District, and the overall situation requires the special forces to obey the orders of the headquarters.

So, put the overall situation first, ladies!

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Now that this battle is over, the processes of various affairs must continue to develop.

There was no need for the special forces to continue to be stationed on the mountain front at this time.

So the headquarters arranged for the special forces to take over from the original defenders of the high mountain front, Lieutenant General Wutongqi.

As for Lieutenant General Wutongqi, although she did not make any great contribution this time, she was the defender on the east side of the ridge line after all.

During the operation, the eastern defenders served as a considerable target, attracting a large portion of the firepower of the Sakura District Special Forces.

There is hard work without credit.

Therefore, when the merits were finally awarded, the officers of the Wutongqi Staff Group and the War Control Department also received a small amount of military merit, which was recorded in the merit book.

The special forces' achievement of completely taking over the entire territory west of the alpine front, the snow line and the rainforest area cannot be taken away by others.

The handover of the guard area was only a mission requirement, so it did not cause any objections from the team members.

As for the special forces' subsequent tasks, they have nothing to do with the alpine front.

According to the combat plan, they had to go to the southwest side of the core control area of ​​the Flower District and prepare to deter other surrounding war zones.

However, before they could formulate a battle plan, the war zones surrounding the southwest had already submitted documents to the Flower District, preparing to sign a truce agreement for "joint development and exploitation."

They say it is "joint development", but everyone knows that they are just giving in.

Judging from the war zones around the Flower District, the Sakura District is undoubtedly the one with the strongest military strength among all the war zones.

Even the Sakura District was completely subdued, so how could other war zones dare to have any other thoughts?

So even if the Eagle District was furious and incompetent, clamoring about the Asia-Pacific balance and the Far East strategy, they could only turn a deaf ear and fall towards the Flower District.

Are you kidding? Your Eagle District said you wanted to establish a strategic alliance with us - but the Flower District is so close to us geographically!

In two hours, the Flower District border could deploy the strength of several army groups! How long would it take for the Eagle District to deploy sufficient forces to face the enemy head-on?

You have an airplane mother, but doesn’t the flower district have one?

——Once you understand this, you’ll know who’s the boss in these small battle zones around the flower districts.

Huaqu is also very pleased that the younger brothers around him are so sensible.

And it leaves a lot of lobbying time and military spending.

Soon, the Flower District signed long-lasting peace agreements with the surrounding small war zones.

Among them, the stupid area is the most entangled, because no matter what, they should not be regarded as a simple "small war zone".

This war zone has a high opinion of itself, believing that it should be on the same level as the Flower Zone in terms of both world status and military strength.

Faced with this situation, Huaqu did not show any arrogant attitude.

Instead, they verbally expressed their respect for the stupid area according to their temperament.

So the Chun District, which received attention, happily signed a series of joint development agreements with the Hua District.

Little did they know that after a few years of signing this agreement, the Flower District would no longer even be interested in looking at them.

Thus, the Flower District obtained peace agreements from the surrounding war zones without bloodshed by showing its strength to the Sakura District.

Although the Eagle District sensed a huge crisis from the Flower District's move, the overall situation was not in their hands at this time, so the Eagle District could only watch the Flower District grow stronger while they were anxious.

At this time, the Flower District Special Forces did not expect that things would develop so smoothly.

So the team members who were ready to fight suddenly felt their fists hitting the air, making them feel uncomfortable all over.

And this is what is called strategic deterrence.

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Since the first phase of the strategic plan went so smoothly, the Hua District Special Forces naturally got a period of vacation.

Although within one or two months, the team members had to remain on combat readiness in order to prepare for possible emergencies.

But when they were in the camp, they were indeed in a semi-vacation state.

So, apart from having to wear a virtual infiltration suit at all times, everything else remained the same.

They played games when they should, slept when they should. As long as the bell on the wall signaling an emergency assembly didn't ring, they could do anything.

However, Xia Shu still felt that there would be no more wars in the Flower District for at least the next month.

Therefore, during this period, the only thing Xia Shu could do in the camp was to enjoy the improved treatment brought by the promotion of military rank, while feeling the change in mentality as if he had finally achieved his goal after returning from a journey to the West.

Just before getting off work, when the documents had just been reviewed, Xia Shu came out of the office again, strolled in the corridor, and came to the office where he was taking a nap.

Seeing that the secretary who was pretending to be asleep was not there, Xia Shu pushed the door open and walked in.

I was sitting inside looking at documents when I saw someone walk in without knocking. I was not surprised at all.

He just raised his head and looked at Xia Shu with an expression that said "it's you" and then said, "This is the fifth time you've come here today. Tell me, what's the matter?"

Xia Shu looked around, seemingly without any serious business, and just casually said, "It's time to get off work. Do you want to go out for dinner together?"

Hearing this, Fake Sleep sighed and replied word by word, "Of course we have to eat. But do you really need to come here and ask? Besides, the cafeteria is right there. Even if you don't ask, don't we still have to eat together?"

"Yeah, that's right, hahaha." Xia Shu coughed lightly and laughed awkwardly.

Seeing this, Fake Sleep could only cover his forehead and sigh.

It's not that she can't understand Xia Shu's mentality.

She had the same mentality when she was promoted to colonel.

Colonel, how cool it is - I can't wait to walk in front of all my subordinates, show off my skills, and listen to them call me "Sir".

However, officers from other departments of the special forces originally regarded Xia Shu as their superior.

Such a promotion in military rank doesn't seem to be very meaningful.

It's a bit like showing off a Rolex in front of relatives, but no one knows what it's worth.

So, Xia Shu became interested in taking a nap.

Because Jiamei was once a person with a higher military rank than Xia Shu, the contrast created at this time was undoubtedly the biggest in the entire camp.