Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

As letters arrived in soldiers' mailboxes, even Prussian soldiers and their families who lived elsewhere would travel thousands of miles to Berlin to receive medals.

This incident still had a great impact on Prussia. Auguste tried to turn the investiture ceremony into a celebration-like event. She tried to invite King Vittorio II of Italy and Queen Victoria of England. Of course, there is also his good ally Lilian.

Vittorio immediately agreed to come to Prussia and brought so much aid and industrial materials from Prussia. Now he invites you to his home. Can you refuse? Definitely not.

Victoria has always had a good impression of Prussia and agreed to come to Prussia for sightseeing and see what Berlin is like today. She seemed to have never been to Berlin. She also wanted to see the best Prussian soldiers and the British. Compared to the other side, Lillian naturally wanted to see August again and agreed to August's invitation.

On the day of the award ceremony, a huge podium was set up at the Brandenburg Gate, and the VIP seats were on the right side of the podium. Not only that, the surrounding houses were filled with a large number of people, some of whom were not occupied. Some of the selected soldiers were family members of the selected soldiers. Prussian soldiers formed a formation at the entrance of the Brandenburg Gate.

When the soldiers walked past the podium in queue, Auguste raised his hands in a military salute that did not look like a military salute, and the soldiers in the audience responded with a formal military salute.

Vittorio looked at Prussia's most elite troops, with a trace of envy in his eyes. You can't say how strong his Italian soldiers are. You can only say that in terms of entertainment, no army in Europe can compare. The Italian Army.

When the square in front of the Brandenburg Gate was filled with countless Prussian soldiers, August said, "All Prussian soldiers, thank you for your hard work. During such a long journey, your contribution to Prussia will be transformed into Immortal, salute you!”

August looked at Tina beside him, "Do you have anything to say? Prime Minister Bismarck?"

Tina stood in front of the stage, "Then let me just say a few words. I hope everyone can understand that the Iron Cross is not everything in a military career. All soldiers are the best people in Prussia. Regardless of whether they get this medal or not, everyone We are all children of Prussia, so there is no need to be discouraged, and those who have received the badge should not be proud, just keep working hard."

When August listened to Tina's reading, he looked like the principal who was not doing anything hard under the flag-raising platform of an elementary school, and it was inexplicably funny.

"Then that's it, let's invite the first team to come on stage to receive the medal!"

Someone in the audience checked their identities and then asked them to go to the podium to receive medals. About twenty or thirty people came up each time, and there was already a pile of people behind them.

.......

"Sir Alois, have you received the Iron Cross?"

A soldier in Alois's squad said with a smile that he came relatively late, participated in the final battle of the Putan War with Alois, and survived to this day.

Hans also came to congratulate Alois on receiving the medal, "Platoon leader, don't forget to treat us!"

"How could I forget? After I get the bonus, I will treat everyone to a nice meal, but I didn't expect that I really won the prize..." Alois said with emotion that as an Austrian, he actually Received the Iron Cross from the archenemy Prussia.

He proved that he was one of the best soldiers in Prussia, but it didn't matter. No matter how long he stayed in the Austrian army, he could not be promoted. The top positions were monopolized by those guys from the Habsburg family. As a civilian, he had no rights at all. Room for advancement.

It would be better to come to Prussia. With his desperate charge and excellent luck, he was finally recognized as the best soldier in Prussia.

When he got on the stage, Alois could feel the warm eyes of the audience, and Auguste would personally award him a medal. For him, this was a great honor. This time he won the second-level Iron The cross is the lowest level among all Iron Crosses, but even the lowest level only has two thousand. The probability of being selected for each of the more than [-] Prussian troops is less than one percent.

I originally thought that only those Junkers would be able to get it. I couldn't believe it when I received the letter. Until I actually got on the podium today, I still felt that all this was not real.

August walked slowly in front of him. Next to her was Valentina, the secretary-general of the Prussian Army General Staff. Alois had met Valentina once before, from a distance. Looking over, almost all the senior Prussian generals were looking at him.

There were marshal-level figures like Moltke Ron in the audience, and their eyes were focused on this small venue. August would also ask the names of the winning soldiers, although she had a high probability of You won't remember a little person like yourself.

"Soldier?" August said softly, immediately pulling Alois out of his thoughts. "You are the first person who loses focus in front of me."

"I'm sorry, Your Highness August." Alois immediately gave a military salute.

"It doesn't matter, this is your honor, the Iron Cross Second Class." August held a black box in his hand, and through the glass he could see the Iron Cross lying inside.

"Tell me your name, soldier." August said with a smile.

"Aloys Hitler!" Alois saluted again. When he raised his head again, what he saw was August's shocked expression.

"Aloys...Hitler...your surname is Hitler?" August's eyes flashed with fear and uneasiness, and she took a step back unconsciously. This detail made everyone feel... Something is wrong.

All the soldiers' eyes were focused on Alois for an instant. Even Alois himself didn't know what happened. He just said his name in an ordinary way. Why did it cause such a big reaction from everyone.

"Yes, His Highness Augustus..."

"What a strange coincidence... I really didn't expect it..."

Victoria looked at August with a strange expression, as if he was frightened in some way, and then looked at Lillian.

Lillian's expression was somewhat similar to August's. Her eyes were wide open and full of disbelief. "How is that possible?" Lillian murmured.

"Lillian, what's wrong? Do you know that soldier?"

"I don't know..." Lilian turned her head.

........

After a brief period of shock, August immediately adjusted his state, "Lillian is here too..."

August stared at Alois, which made Alois a little scared. He was afraid that he had done something wrong.

"Aloys, which army are you from?" August asked.

"The Prussian Second Army, the messenger of the Second Infantry Division!"

"Really? They are similar in every sense..." When August walked to the next person, he was still staring at Alois from the corner of his eye. Everyone on the field was looking at him. A little confused, even Valentina wasn't sure what was going on.

After the ceremony, August went to Bittenfeldt of the Second Army, "Do you remember the messenger named Alois?"

"Yes, Your Highness, what happened to him?"

"Help me investigate him. He is probably an Austrian who infiltrated the Prussian army."

"Can you tell?"

"I guess, but I don't plan to withdraw his Iron Cross. I also plan to give him Prussian nationality."