The same thing, narrated by different people, may leave a completely different impression on the listener.

From the mouth of the slightly chubby third-year student Dio, Weiss saw another side, or rather, a more essential side of the spring assembly exercises.

The reason why the Free Federation Army insisted on holding a spring congress drill every year was because the Norman Empire provoked the war at this time. The spring congress drills over the years have all been in simulating the Norman Empire's attack and the Free Federation's defense.

With a population of more than 200 million, the Ulster Free Federation maintains an active army with a total strength of never less than 1 million men all year round. About 25 percent of this huge army belongs to the flying troops, 65 percent to the army, and 10 percent to the capital garrison directly under the Ministry of National Defense, the "water army" guarding the inner lakes and the coast, and so on.

The Air Force has five fleets and ten air defense zones, the Army has six major army corps and twelve garrisons, and the active forces are scattered throughout the vast territory of the Free Federation. The two military-scale drills and drills held twice a year are not only a stage for all fleets and regiments to jointly display the strength and prestige of the federal army, but also an examination ground for testing the results of the daily training of various units, and more importantly, ...... Every congress exercise must be a victory for the defensive side, in order to show the military and political leadership, the entire population, and even the international community that the federal army has the confidence and ability to thwart the powerful invaders once again.

Judging from Dio's explanation, although the spring congress exercise has the intention of "putting on a show", it is not a formality and setting off fireworks, and every year it is the 1st Fleet and the 1st Army Corps stationed in the border area with the Norman Empire that play the attacking side, and one of their usual important jobs is to pay close attention to the movements of the Norman Empire in military technology and tactical strategy, and to study them. These two ace units have received special attention from the top level of the federation in terms of equipment upgrades, material supplies, and regular training, and it can be said that their technical and tactical level has always been at the forefront of the whole army. In order to resist the attack of these two units in the conference exercise, the other participating troops must exert all their strength, even so, in the initial stage of almost every conference exercise, the defense side is very passive and difficult, and it is not until the middle and late stages that it is difficult to turn back the situation.

The biggest benefit of this interesting catfish effect is that all units of the federal army are prepared for danger in times of peace and maintain military vitality at all times, and such a large-scale drill exercise has also become an excellent opportunity for officers to seek promotion and transfer. As long as the performance is good, or even extraordinarily outstanding, it is easy to leave an impression in the eyes of superiors and even senior management, so that it is easier to be commended and promoted than peers. Fleet and legion commanders will also pay special attention to the young officers in the friendly and adversary camps who are particularly capable of leading their troops in battle, and then find ways to dig them into their command...... It is precisely for these reasons that the Federation Army attaches great importance to the spring conference drills and the winter exercises.

After talking about the macro outline, Dio then introduced the details closely related to the cadets of the Bathton Military Academy: the Bathton Student Corps, as an army honor unit that made great contributions in the last war, because it brings together the outstanding military seedlings of the younger generation, will receive special attention from senior army generals every year, and there have been many times in previous years that outstanding cadets have not yet graduated, and they were booked by the staff of a certain corps and even attracted two legions to compete, if you can get that opportunity, the road to promotion in the future is like taking an elevator!

Chubby Dior analyzed that since the entire Batton student group was going to the designated assembly area on the transport ship of the Munster garrison fleet this time, then nine times out of ten, they were still the same as last time, and they were integrated into the anti-opposition side together with the Munster garrison. From a good point of view, they are the side that has locked in the victory in advance, and they are also the side with many people, and it is easier to get a chance to perform in the late stage, while from the bad point of view, they will face the first army with the most soldiers and the strongest combat power, and it is not easy to take advantage of them, and it is common to be raided and surrounded.

In the 18 post-war spring convention exercises, the Baston student group suffered 6 group annihilations, 7 were severely defeated, and only 5 had the last laugh.

After saying this, Chubby Dior threw out a question: "As you know, a regular infantry regiment of the Federal Army has 2,200 people, and the actual number in non-war times is usually 40%-60% of the number of personnel, and our two grades combined are 500 people. Do you think a regiment of only 500 people can compete with a regiment of eight or nine hundred or thousands of people? ”

The sophomores were silent.

Weiss glanced over to the third-graders.

To this question, they are either indifferent or grinning.

Little Fat Dior changed his words: "From your faces, I see last year's me, the one who lacked confidence and didn't know what to do. I still vividly remember that last year we also had two second-year detachments and one third-grade detachment to form four temporary combat battalions, and the remaining second-grade detachment and one third-grade detachment formed the Pioneer Assault Battalion. That is, our regiment has five battalions, one more than the average infantry regiment. In that case, you still think we can't fight against those ordinary infantry regiments? ”

As soon as the words ended, someone unceremoniously retorted: "Sorry, Mr. Eisler, I think this is just a lame trick to fool a child of seven or eight years old." ”

"Crappy tricks?" Dio turned to face the second-year student who was questioning him, "Good! So tell me, how Fes II defeated the army of Darkos with 23,000 soldiers with 23,000 soldiers at the Battle of Luensain 779 years ago? Or you can explain it well, 20 years and 6 months ago, in the Battle of Dos Snowfield, without the participation of the flying fleet, why did General Reinroot of the Norman Empire defeat our two corps with half a corps of troops? And 19 years and 4 months ago, in the Battle of Mori Forest, why did our General Algraun defeat 7 corps of the Norman Empire with 3 corps? ”

This student, who ranked in the top 20 of the second grade in terms of comprehensive scores, faced with a series of questions from Chubby Dior, his thinking obviously couldn't keep up with his beat, and he was stunned and his face was flushed.

"Can't answer?" Chubby Dior shook his head proudly, "Then let me tell you!" If you want to win with less and more, first of all, you must have the belief to win! ”

Just as he had finished speaking, there was a crisp bell on the transport, followed by a long whistle, and the roar in the cabin grew louder and louder, and then there was a tremor in the bulkhead behind it and the floor beneath his feet. The treetops and distant mountains outside the porthole began to "sink" and soon disappeared.

Prior to this, Weiss had already had the experience of flying a battleship, although the take-off method of this flying transport ship was different, but it was not new to him, and the third-year students who participated in last year's conference drills and big exercises also seemed very calm at this time, but on the second-year students' side, many people stretched their necks to look at the porthole.

Once a flying ship with coal-fired boilers and steam turbines is up and running, the rumbling of the machine never stops.

In this kind of environment, even with a megaphone, it is difficult to communicate in a group, so the little fat Dior simply sat back in his place, took out a piece of meat patty wrapped in brown paper from his pocket, and enjoyed it beautifully.

When the transport ship rises to a certain altitude, it turns to horizontal flight, and its smoothness is comparable to that of Weiss's previous cruisers. In fact, he had always been curious about the operation and control of flying ships, and during his voyage to the Monamolin Mountains aboard the Scout Orler, he tried to understand from the officers and crew of the ship, but they regarded it as a military secret, and did not want to say a word, Weiss had to give up - thinking that "he" was originally a master of making models of flying battleships, and he was certainly no stranger to its construction and principles, and he did not know when he would be able to retrieve those lost memories......

Seeing that Nikolai still had no intention of talking, Weiss closed his eyes and rested against the bulkhead. The body relaxes, but the mind doesn't stop. From the explosion of the training bomb, to the distress in the Monamolin Mountains, to the threat to President Leeald's family, there is always a clue between these events, and if Nikolai's understanding of the Norman Empire's high-level behavior is correct, then it is likely that this is a terrible conspiracy from within the Federation, and he has been inevitably involved in it.

Thinking that during the next spring exercise, hundreds of combat units and hundreds of thousands of air-ground troops would fight each other fiercely on the battlefield spanning hundreds of kilometers, if someone took this opportunity to lay down a killing move, it would really be impossible to prevent it. Weiss couldn't help but open his eyes and looked at Nikolai worriedly. Although the Department of Military Intelligence went to great lengths to send Major Brooks and assigned him a team of elite special service soldiers, what was the use? On a training ground full of guns and ammunition, it is not difficult to do something and then make an explosion, or to plant a mine in their path at the right time. Maybe...... Nikolai should have followed Major Brooks' advice and stayed at the exercise headquarters honestly.

Is it better to miss the opportunity to fight alongside your classmates than to lose your life?

Weiss was hesitating, when he suddenly saw someone walking up to him, looking up, he saw that the person who came was wearing a camouflage uniform of the special service force, and a revolver on his belt, he bent down and leaned into Weiss's ear: "You are the second grade No. 177 student Long Clumber Hasen, right?" ”

On this noisy flying transport ship, even if they are talking face-to-face, people have to be as loud as possible.

"Yes!" Weiss replied.

"Please come with me!" The visitor said, "Our captain wants to talk to you. ”

Prior to this, Weiss had nothing to do with the special service team brought by Major Brooks, but outside of training, he was the person who had the most contact with Nikolai, and his appearance and identity background must have been firmly remembered by these special service soldiers. They came to them at this time, did they want to talk to themselves about Nikolai's safety during the spring convention exercises? If not, then they should be looking for themselves for another reason - they are the only living witnesses to the battle of the snowy forest in the Monamolin Mountains!