Chapter 283

EP.283

A brother I know said this when comparing successful and failing stores in the program Kim Joo-bu’s Alley Restaurant.

‘Even that idiot who runs a business or a restaurant can do it, so I can’t do it? If you start with the complacent thought, that kid will almost certainly fail.’

I didn’t think much of it when I heard that, but after hearing what followed, I had no choice but to agree with his argument.

‘The restaurants we commonly call gourmet restaurants open at 9 a.m., so they come out at 4 or 5 a.m. and start cleaning the store and preparing food. They don’t know what to do because they are worried about how to make the food more delicious in order to get even a little better reviews from customers. Even if you do that, if you are not lucky, choose the wrong location, or choose the wrong menu, there are many cases where you will just go bankrupt and end up with debt exceeding 100 to 200 million won. But can a person who only sees the brilliant success of successful people and jumps in with the attitude that if I just do it roughly, I can succeed, can he really succeed?’

This is similar to what I felt when I heard what Manstein said.

How on earth are so many generals of the Reich Empire, including me, so successful that they are confident that the Imperial Army with a strong army can win in the future?

It’s hard for me to say this because I feel like I’m bragging, but I have never once been confident of victory while going to war.

I simply struggled to create a strategic, tactical, and operational situation where I could win, and when I entered into a full-scale engagement with the enemy, I was able to win because I put my life on the game board and engaged in a fierce battle for victory.

But as a lieutenant general of the Chiefs of Staff, who has experience in multiple wars and has a record of accomplishments, what kind of drug can he take to make him say things like ‘I am confident of victory’ that seem like something out of a tableau?

Oh shit, my stomach is stuffy and my nose is stuffy, I feel like I’m going to get sick.

Still, in a situation like this, you should calm down because a cool-headed refutation with only facts, rather than an emotional one, is a more disastrous way to destroy Manstein’s argument.

I took a deep breath, exhaled it, and asked in an icy voice.

“Lieutenant General Manstein, do you think victory will be easy?”

“no! However, the basis of strategy is to judge whether it is a war that cannot be won or a war that can be won, and based on what was mentioned before, the headquarters established a strategy based on the premise that future wars can be won and created a new doctrine (battle doctrine). “Yes.”

I could barely suppress the urge to sigh when I heard those words, which were nothing more than idle talk.

“Then I will ask you this. Will the Empire be able to continue to provide the same level of supplies that it demanded during the war against Warsaw, in which I participated? I’m embarrassed to say I’m bragging, but are you, like me, confident in personally decapitating more than 200 enemies under the worst possible circumstances over the course of a month? “No matter which unit the Imperial Army chooses, do you think it will be able to fight as well as the 7th Guards Division that I fought with, even if it is not as good as the 7th Guards Division that I fought with?”

When Manstein heard my question, he spoke confidently, with eyes full of pride, confident gestures, and a voice.

“I, Manstein, cannot stand at the forefront and carry a sword with my soldiers through the war like Captain Jaeger. But I am confident.”

“What are you sure about?”

“The soldiers of my proud country, the Reich Empire, are strong and great enough. The capabilities they had honed during their daily training shined on any battlefield, and even when a crisis came, they would die and never run away. Therefore, even when faced with a situation like the 7th Guards Division, we will fight with the determination to kill every single one of them, as long as the staff officers like me who command them do not give up. Furthermore, because the people of the empire believe in the victory of the empire, they will not complain, will endure temporary suffering, and will gladly pay special taxes. Just like when His Majesty collected a special tax when fighting the Grand Duchy of Warsaw.”

After saying that, I slapped the medal hanging on Manstein’s chest with my finger and insulted him.

“You probably learned it at the General Staff College. A grand strategy that calls for spirituality and is not able to see reality properly will ruin the country. The fact that the wrong judgment of one staff officer is more frightening than a capable enemy general and an army of tens of thousands of people. And you have proven this in a very exemplary way. “If Lieutenant General Manstein’s plan had passed and the empire had actively waged war...”

Manstein seemed to be unable to bear the humiliation he had received in a place where there were military ministers from above and even majors from below, so even the white work gloves he was wearing on his hands were not enough to show his face. I was shaking as if I was going to throw it.

If he throws a working glove at my face, there will be a duel trial under the Empire’s aristocratic law with his life at stake.

He just trembles, as if he doesn’t have the confidence to beat me, the so-called Sword Master.

I really don’t like the fact that the bastard who advocates mental theory is so thorough in this regard.

“The empire must be on the brink of ruin. They would have lost a huge amount of territory to Warsaw, Czechia, Austria, Switzerland, Francois, etc., and if the worst happened, the empire would have literally collapsed. “A strategy planned so optimistically and not based on reality is scary, Lieutenant General Manstein.”

As soon as he said that, a mumbling sound was heard from under the podium.

I can’t hear what everyone is saying, but seeing as the Minister of Military Affairs and my father-in-law don’t stop me, I don’t think I did anything wrong.

And as I explained the plan that Manstein had set up, I also got a little angry.

So, we decided to put on a performance to show that this kind of bullshit is an idea that will be insulted to everyone and ruin your own reputation just by saying it.

His Majesty the Emperor, who was strapped to my waist, pulled out the sword he had been using just a moment ago.

With a sword shining in silver light, I swung it with the conviction that as the sword of the Empire and His Majesty, I would cut down the bastards who stood in the way of the prosperity and peace of the Empire.

Of course, I didn’t hit Manstein’s neck or hurt him.

I simply cut down the rank insignia hanging on the guy’s uniform shoulder and knocked it off.

“Staff officers who cannot properly see reality cause harm to the empire. Therefore, Captain Peter von Jaeger, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, advises you to be discharged now. “Please leave immediately.”

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