Hans Krüger finished speaking, raised his right hand, and gave a military salute so precise it was almost stiff.
The officers and soldiers behind him snapped to attention together. Their iron-gray uniforms, straight belts, and uncomfortably orderly ranks stood out sharply in the Western Front station, amid robes, turbans, military greatcoats, and local uniforms of every color.
At that moment, the system displayed a line of information above Krüger's head that only Lin Cuo could see.
[National understanding from original save: Lin Cuo is head of state and supreme commander of the armed forces.] [Maximum personal obedience: locked.] [Understanding of the current world's state legitimacy: not yet established.]
Only then did he understand what it meant not to implement full localization.
These seven thousand men knew which country they came from, knew about their original war, and knew what uniforms they wore. They also knew that, in that save which had undergone countless conversions, the last person to occupy the position of national leader had been Lin Cuo.
In other words, within their political understanding, Lin Cuo was the supreme leader.
The nearby officers from Hexi and India, however, showed little surprise. Some glanced at the German troops who had suddenly appeared on the reserve and railway guard rosters, then at Lin Cuo, and merely concluded that the Regent had indeed kept a personal army hidden away.
That was hardly outlandish in Great Han.
Cao Yuanming had his loyal Liaodong forces, the garrisons of Hexi recognized only the Lin Military Tally, and India's military and political dynasties each maintained their own honor legions. The Regent acquiring over seven thousand personal troops from Germany merely meant he had hidden them well, not that there was anything abnormal about him.
In this world, a local power broker without troops personally