A great battle that everyone had originally thought would take days, even weeks, thus lowered its curtain amid a scene tinged with a somewhat black humor.
The heads of Gelton and countless Spanish Government Army officers were tossed casually together, and he would never again have to rack his brains over how to face Isabella II.
However, this time it was Gablenz and Benedek's turn to have headaches. According to the bounty a group of Barcelona military academy students had made up out of thin air, the Austrian Empire now owed those prisoners of war nearly a million Real.
One million Real was nothing more than a single hair from nine oxen to the Austrian Empire. The problem was that the bounty these people spoke of simply did not exist.
If it had been in the past, they would have casually found some excuse to ask the War Department for money, and with Count Latour's personality, he would usually have been too lazy to look into it.
However, now that a Logistics Department had been added under the War Department, those people were not easy to fool.
After Franz ascended the throne, he treated soldiers very well, and the armaments budget was also extremely ample. However, his control over the military was also very strict. All funds had to be reported, and there would be follow-up inspections.
Once it was discovered that funds had gone missing without a clear destination, everyone who had handled them would have to undergo a comprehensive investigation. No one wanted to be investigated, and even less did anyone want to anger the emperor.
"Look at the fine mess you've made!"
Gablenz slammed the table hard, and the few students finally wilted. After all, they had caused this affair. If the two generals really wanted to