Conquer Europe from the West

Chapter 25 Blue Star Max Medal

It was a day later when Ryan regained consciousness.

"I'm so sorry, Lieutenant!" Sergeant McIver had bandages on his shoulders and arms, and his expression and voice were filled with panic and worry.

Ryan immediately looked at his entire body, and fortunately he didn't see a body wrapped in bandages like a mummy.

Now he just felt severe pain all over his body.

"What happened?" he asked, seeing Brinkman sitting near the door.

But the one who answered him was an unfamiliar baritone.

"The lieutenant has fallen asleep. Let me tell you." A man in exquisite military uniform appeared in front of Ryan, followed by several people in officer uniforms.

Ryan immediately noticed the blue epaulettes and red cornflower collar patches - accessories only used by brigadier generals.

"Brigadier General Brian." Ryan immediately remembered the name he had heard before and quickly raised his hand to salute.

"Don't be so reserved, Lieutenant." Brigadier General Brian immediately raised his hand to signal Ryan not to do so, and explained, "The reason you are here now is because you were ambushed by that Farlane named Barnard."

"Lieutenant Barnard was an officer who concealed his aristocratic origins. Before his death, he transformed his diamond ring into a bomb. You are lucky to have such a loyal subordinate."

Brian said, his eyes turning to McIver, who was standing at attention even with bandages and plaster on.

"He's not actually one of my men."

Ryan immediately understood the situation and smiled bitterly: "Lieutenant Brinkman is his commander."

"This shows that Lieutenant Flig is really popular." Brigadier General Brian smiled and walked around to the other side of the bed, his tone becoming very playful.

He said, "To be honest, in this incident, you really gave those people in charge of the General Staff a lot of worry."

"Not only did he successfully lead nine officers and soldiers through the Fallanian attack, even though all the members of his battalion had been killed and their command, communications, and combat readiness were completely destroyed, he even managed to send the most valuable military intelligence to the rear headquarters."

"And just three hours later, you led the troops that had broken through back to the front lines and sank an entire fleet of Farlan airships. If it weren't for Lieutenant Brinkman recording the entire process with a gem, the people in the Imperial Capital would have sent the military police to capture you and interrogate you as a spy."

Brigadier General Brian was smiling almost the entire time he said these words, but Ryan clearly heard the sound of artillery fire coming from outside.

"Commodore," he asked, glancing out the window, "did I hear the artillery fire?"

"The Fifth Army's artillery division arrived three hours ago and is carrying out an artillery bombardment mission two kilometers away."

Brian gave a brief explanation and immediately got back to the topic.

But his expression was now completely filled with an unconcealable smile.

"I'll cut to the chase, Lieutenant."

"Based on your outstanding military proficiency and exemplary command of ambush and counterattack operations demonstrated in the previous day's battle, Second Lieutenant Brinkman of the 502nd Battalion and Second Lieutenant Schneider of the 175st Regiment of the th Division, along with all officers and soldiers of the Fifth Military Region, have sent letters of recommendation to the Imperial Military Headquarters for the award of the medal."

"The Imperial Army General Staff sent a reply letter an hour ago," Brian said, turning to look at several soldiers in uniform beside him.

The leading soldier immediately stepped forward and placed the box in his hand in front of Ryan.

Ryan saw a sky blue medal placed on a cushion wrapped in red velvet. Even though it was still a cloudy day, the exquisite paint and the radiating blue decoration like a cross star still emitted a dazzling light.

Ryan clearly saw that in the center of the medal was a sapphire that was larger than his eye. It was so large that Ryan thought it was a fake made of glass.

"Congratulations, Lieutenant Ryan Flig."

Brigadier General Brian carefully took out the exquisite medal and placed it solemnly on Ryan's pillow.

"You are the most heroic soldier in this battle. This Blue Star Max is the only medal in the Empire worthy of praising your achievements." "Thank you for providing us with valuable intelligence on the first day of the battle, which saved nearly 400,000 Imperial soldiers."

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For a moment, Ryan felt as if he had entered some kind of pyramid scheme.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

He looked at Brigadier General Bryan, then at McIver who was standing at attention, and finally at Lieutenant Brinkman who was awake but still a little sleepy.

"?"

A feeling of unreality suddenly came over him.

This is...

Awarded an honor?
I saved fourteen, ugh, four hundred thousand people?

But no one else noticed the change in Ryan's heart.

The officers and soldiers escorting the medal began to read out the meaning of the Blue Star Max Medal. Ryan then learned that this medal could not be awarded directly, but could only be recommended by the officers and soldiers of the rescued troops.

Rather than saying it is a medal of merit, it is more like a medal of honor that has only been awarded to dead people in history.

He was like the medal of honor of a great power in Ryan's memory, which almost no one could wear while alive.

Because all those who were awarded medals died on the battlefield.

but.

Soon, Ryan learned something from the officer's announcement.

As the recipient of the oldest and most valuable medal in the Empire's history, from now on, every word of Ryan will be unconditionally trusted by all troops of the entire Imperial Army.

Ryan looked at Brigadier General Brian again, only to find that the other party had slowly raised his right hand towards him.

But at this moment, a shadow reflected on the glass behind Brigadier General Brian caught Ryan's eyes.

He only felt a flash before his eyes, and the image of the infirmary disappeared immediately, and the system map appeared in front of him.

Unlike the previous map that only showed a road and the 502nd Battalion Camp, this time the map clearly depicted all the military bases, camps, towns, villages, and even a windmill and a water mill in the entire Fifth War Zone.

Countless dense blue dots are setting out from the rear and heading towards the front along the railway.

Countless red dots have eaten away several cities on the outermost edge of the Fifth War Zone and are still advancing.

That's the front line.

Ryan understood this immediately.

Now is not the time to look at this.

He immediately exited the system map and returned to the infirmary.

Brigadier General Brian seemed to have said something again, but he didn't hear it.

But he heard the last sentence.

"...In light of Lieutenant Flig's heroic performance, the Imperial Army and His Majesty the Emperor hope that upon your recovery, you will lead your troops to the Imperial Capital immediately to prepare for the upcoming general offensive. That's all."

(End of this chapter)