Reborn: Imperial Officer Promotion Guide

Captain Lorenzo has a gentle face, and his aura is calm and reserved after years of fighting.

"Lieutenant Helheim, this is the first time we meet."

"Hello, Captain Lorenzo. I hope you can give me your guidance in the future."

"Colonel Giroud Maguno and Lieutenant Mosbia both told me about you. They both said that you..."

Having said this, Captain Lorenzo pondered for a moment.

"How can I describe it...very special."

"Really?" Hull smiled.

"cough cough..."

Lieutenant Mosbia was coughing softly beside me. Could he have a cold?

"What brings you here today?" Captain Lorenzo asked.

"Yes, I came here today specifically to submit the previous battle report to Lieutenant Mosbia."

"Oh, Lieutenant Mosbia just reported this to me. Your 4th Squadron fought a great battle this time."

"Huh? The 4th Squadron...? Isn't that the 8th Squadron that I command?" Hull was stunned.

"Cough! Cough cough! Cough cough cough!!"

For some reason, as soon as Captain Lorenzo finished speaking, Lieutenant Mosbia started coughing violently.

"Lieutenant Mosbia, are you feeling unwell? Why don't you go to the infirmary? It would be bad if you infect Captain Lorenzo."

"Tsk..." Lieutenant Mosbia clicked his tongue, then looked at Captain Lorenzo with a smile on his face: "Captain Lorenzo, I'm sorry, I'm being rude. Um, I have a small matter here that I want to discuss with Lieutenant Hull alone. Please forgive me."

"It's okay, don't be so reserved."

Lieutenant Mosbia hurriedly moved in front of Hull and pulled him away.

Then he asked quietly, "What are you planning to do by coming here? Let me first tell you that I did not make any random report to Captain Lorenzo. The 8th Squadron you commanded originally belonged to my 4th Squadron. Strictly speaking, this victory was indeed the credit of our 4th Squadron!"

"Yes, I understand."

"I'm glad you understand. If you have nothing else to do, go back first."

"That won't do. I came here this time to report something very important."

"Are your eyes on your butt? Didn't you see that Captain Lorenzo came here specially to talk to me? Do you understand the rules? Do you know what first come first served means? If there is anything you need to report, we can talk about it later!"

"What I want to report is an important matter that requires instructions from my superiors. Captain Lorenzo happens to be here too, so I would also like to seek his opinion."

"Whether the matter you want to report needs to be reported to your superiors is for me to judge. You don't want to report it to your superiors, do you? This behavior is very rude! I order you to go back now and report to me after Captain Lorenzo leaves."

"...I obey your command." After Hull responded to Lieutenant Mosbia in a low voice, he immediately saluted Captain Lorenzo deeply.

"Well, Captain Lorenzo, if you'll excuse me, I'll have to leave."

After saying that, Hull was about to leave the lieutenant's office.

"You...you stop! I haven't finished speaking yet!" Lieutenant Mosbia shouted.

"Ah? But... Lieutenant, didn't you ask me to go back now and report to you after Captain Lorenzo left?"

Captain Lorenzo: “???”

Lieutenant Mosbia: “!!!”

Captain Lorenzo looked at Lieutenant Mosbia in confusion.

At this moment, Lieutenant Mosbia was so shocked that his jaw dropped. When he found that Captain Lorenzo was looking at him, he hurriedly denied it.

"No, no, no! How could I say something so rude? Captain Lorenzo, please don't listen to his nonsense."

Hull tilted his head and looked at Lieutenant Mosbia: "Second Lieutenant, is your memory so bad? Have you forgotten what you just said five seconds ago? Or do you intend to deny your previous statement?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! I was just quietly reminding you not to be too rude to Captain Lorenzo!"

"...Oh, you mean this, then can you allow me to report to Captain Lorenzo now?"

"Of course there is no problem." Lieutenant Mosbia looked at Captain Lorenzo with a smile: "As long as the captain doesn't mind, I certainly have no objection."

At this time, Captain Lorenzo also smiled: "Just as the rumors say, Lieutenant Helheim, you are really an interesting person."

"Frankly speaking, I'm also a little curious about what you want to say. Don't be restrained, just speak freely."

"Since you are willing to listen, Captain Lorenzo, I actually have two things to report... The first is a proposal."

"Oh? What proposal?"

"Regarding the Kumin captive, I think we can use him as a bargaining chip to reach a ceasefire agreement with the Kumin barbarians."

"Oh?"

Just then, Lieutenant Mosbia yelled.

"Lieutenant Hull! You are so ignorant! How dare you, with the rank of a mere lieutenant, talk about the military's grand strategy?"

Hull glanced at him and said, "Yes, I am making suggestions on the grand strategy that needs to be decided by the military."

"What a joke!" Lieutenant Mosby shouted, slamming the table.

"You are a second lieutenant who has only been in office for more than ten days, but you really don't consider yourself an outsider. Is it your turn to make suggestions on such a grand strategy?"

"Captain Lorenzo, if this is not severely punished, the relationship between superiors and subordinates will be disrupted..."

Captain Lorenzo didn't look at him, but just stared at Hull.

"Lieutenant Mosbia, don't be anxious. Let him finish what he is saying."

"Okay...okay."

"Lieutenant Hull, your proposal is very interesting. Can you tell me the specific plan in detail?"

Hull took out the defense map of the northern region from his arms and placed it on the desk, then picked up the pen on the table and began to draw on the map.

"This is?"

"Based on the locations where the Kuming barbarians have appeared in recent years, we have inferred the main activity areas of the Kuming people."

"How...how did you deduce that?" Captain Lorenzo moved closer to the map and looked at each area carefully, his eyes shining.

"I ordered my subordinates to sort out the locations and times of the appearances of the Kumin barbarians in recent years. At the same time, I sent him to communicate with the soldiers and officers in the team to confirm the team members' past logs and battle records."

"The accuracy of these marked activity areas should be more than 90%."

"Very good! This map is very strategic and valuable!"

"Yes, I think so. The person who compiled this information was Private Etan from my 8th Squad. He is a very smart soldier."

After Private Eitan understood Hull's intention of asking him to organize the information, he spontaneously did a lot of extra work.

Hull himself did not expect to achieve this level in the end, and the result far exceeded Hull's expectations.

"Oh? Really? I thought you compiled the information on this map. I must meet this private when I have a chance. So what do you want to explain by showing me this map?"

"That's exactly what I want to say. Look at the areas drawn on this map. The areas where the Kumin people are active are mainly concentrated in rugged mountainous areas and steep cliffs. As a nation that mainly lives in the plains, even if we take over these mountainous lands, they are not of much value. However, due to the national policy of territorial expansion formulated by the Central Government, we have to fight with the Kumin people for these low-value lands."

Territorial expansion is the traditional national policy of the empire.

As long as the territory is expanded a little bit every year, sooner or later the empire will be unified.

This is also the major policy advocated by emperors of all dynasties.

"I understand what you mean. However, as soldiers of the empire, we must naturally abide by national policy. Even if those areas are not of high value, even if this national policy has certain drawbacks, we must implement it. This is our duty as soldiers."

"It is precisely in order to better implement the national policy of territorial expansion that we should cease fire with the Kumin people and instead concentrate our superior forces and supplies to capture the fertile land of the Principality of Diorudo."

"I see..."

"Every year we allocate a large amount of troops and manpower to deal with the occasional harassment of the Kumin people, which makes it impossible to concentrate superior forces to start a national war with the Principality of Diorudo, and we are stuck in a stalemate and waste our national strength."

"And if we can conclude a truce agreement with the Kumins, then the Principality of Diorudo will actually face a joint attack from our empire and the Kumins. In this way, it should not be difficult to break the current deadlock."

Captain Lorenzo looked serious and nodded heavily.

"There is nothing wrong with this idea, and it is a good one, but we have been fighting with those barbarians for many years, and both sides have their blood on their hands. Will the Kumin people be willing to reach an agreement with us?"

"I'm not completely sure about this. I can only say it's worth a try. It just so happens that the captive we captured this time is also a magician of a certain status among the Kumin people, or in their words, a warrior or a hero."

"The other party will certainly not want to lose the outstanding talents in their tribe. As long as I can use the return of the prisoners as an excuse, it is not impossible for me to sit down at the negotiation table with them."

"Hmm...but here comes the question. Do we have suitable negotiators in our army? Also, we don't have anyone in our fortress who understands Kumin."

"Captain Lorenzo, I am willing to take on the responsibility of negotiation. As for translation, I have a ten-year-old child under my command who happens to understand Kumin. She can serve as a bridge for negotiation."

Hearing what Hull said, especially hearing that he had to take a 10-year-old child to act as an interpreter.

Captain Lorenzo's eyes widened.