With the graduates joining, the ranks of lower and mid-level officers suddenly became bloated. This was especially true at the battalion level, where there were several deputy positions.
Aside from a few outstanding graduates who could directly serve as battalion commanders or regimental staff officers, the rest were assigned deputy positions. A battalion consisted of one hundred men.
The standards could not be lowered any further. The graduates were all knights; any lower, and they could not even be called officers.
For the time being, these fresh recruits were not qualified for higher-level positions. Although many cadets had taken part in anti-piracy operations and campaigns against bandits during their internships, they were still far from capable of commanding thousands of troops.
Besides, the military had one position for every person. The officers already serving had fought their way up from the battlefield with blade and spear. Their potential for further development might be somewhat limited, but they were fully capable of handling their current positions.
Compared with these young military academy graduates, they were only a few years, or at most a decade or so, older. They were nowhere near retirement age.
Lord Hudson had gained his fame, wealth, and rank, but the people who had helped him build his domain had only gotten a bowl of soup along with him. There was no way they would surrender their positions and return home now.
In fact, Hudson had put considerable thought into personnel arrangements and had largely succeeded in assigning people according to their abilities.
Those with outstanding academic results were assigned as officers in infantry or cavalry regiments after enlisting. Those with decent cultivation talent but disastrous academic performance were sent to the Knight Order.
The final result was that all three Knight Orders were at full strength, while