Given the uncertainties, Weiss was still unclear about his future before leaving Principal Leno's office. When he returned to the dormitory, he found Otto Lunders, Wath Colorette, and Maren Eng all standing at the top of the stairs.

As soon as he saw Weiss, three pairs of eyes immediately "locked" him.

"How's it going?" Lunders asked.

Weiss, of course, understood what he was referring to: "You have already made up your mind to follow the old headmaster to the 1st Defense Division?" ”

"Uh-huh!" Lunders replied, "Why, aren't you going?" ”

"It's not that I won't go, it's that I haven't decided yet." Weiss replied, "Can you tell me what you think?" ”

Calais obviously misunderstood Weiss's way of speaking, and he said angrily, "What do you think? Going to the 1st National Defense Division, of course, is not as prosperous as going to the corps staff and corps headquarters. If you're going to accept the principal's arrangement, we don't have anything to say! ”

"Wenss, what are you talking about!" "The dragon said, he just hasn't made up his mind yet. ”

Weiss didn't argue, but nodded at Lunders, indicating that he was listening.

Lunders looked left and right and lowered his voice: "In the Northern Campaign and the Frontier Campaign, the Union army suffered heavy losses, on the one hand, because the Norman army had new weapons and new tactics that we were not familiar with, and on the other hand, it was also due to the outdated and backward military system of the Union army. To put it simply, our combat divisions are well-equipped and well-trained, and not only are they strong in combat effectiveness, but the soldiers are also very confident, while the situation of the garrison and reserve divisions is very bad. On the battlefield, as long as the combat divisions, garrison divisions, and reserve divisions are deployed in a wide range, the garrison divisions and reserve divisions will certainly become the enemy's breakthrough point for piercing the battle line. It is for this reason that our military system is in dire need of a reform so that all units can match or even surpass the strength of combat divisions! ”

During the Frontier Campaign, Weiss partnered with Lunders and spent most of their time together, but never talked about such topics, presumably after returning to the Barston Military Academy, he was exposed to some new ideas and ideas. Objectively speaking, the military system of the Federation does have all kinds of shortcomings, and it is true that a change is needed to heal these problems. The essence of any change is to break the old order and establish a new order, and it is impossible to achieve change without harming vested interests. Throughout history, change has been carried out from the top down, and some by launching revolution from the bottom up. If it is only to replace the old three-level classification of combat units with a unified national defense division, I am afraid that it will only be a symbolic military reform that will treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. It is precisely because of these essential things that Weiss lacks interest in joining the 1st Defense Division, and even has apprehensions. Principal Leno's words were certainly not listened to, but there was one sentence that alerted Weiss: joining the 1st Defense Division was likely to end up in a very sad end.

If the war takes a turn for the better soon, it will be a happy outcome for both reformers and conservatives, but if the war continues to be unfavorable in the next period, the defense division and those who carry out the defense division reform will become the scapegoats for the defeat.

This kind of way of misleading the country and the people is precisely the usual means used by those with vested interests to exclude dissidents.

Weiss took a long breath: "I believe that more and more people will realize the need to implement change, and that real change should not be limited to the military system, but should also cover all areas of the country, political, economic, industrial, ......."

Lunders stared at Weiss with wide eyes, and after a long while, he nodded: "Although we have chosen different paths, we share the same ideals and goals. Good luck buddy! ”

Colorlight and Enge wanted to say something, but were stopped by Rundes.

Before leaving, Weiss said to Lunders: "Thank you, Otto! ”

Lunders smiled and turned away with Colorlet and Enge.

That night, Vice President Fat personally came to the Gaston Military Academy and had a long talk with Weiss. Since the federal implementation of the national defense mobilization, the Clumber-Haisen plant has received large orders from the military, and all assembly lines have been running day and night, with workers working in shifts and stepping up production. Correspondingly, the factory's revenue and profits have also shown a blowout growth. Vice President Fat provided a large amount of money to the Clumber-Haysen family and helped them purchase production lines, train technicians, recruit employees, and according to the agreement, they should reap a good return and strengthen their own business power. Because of this, in recent times, the fat vice president has been running around for the Grumman Group on the surface, but in fact he has done a lot of "fake public and private" work, recommending new weapons from the Clumberg-Haisen plant to the military. The 1.4 Pir caliber light machine gun, which has been well tested on the battlefield, has been recognized by the military technical committee, and has just received the first batch of 5,000 production orders, of which 1,000 will be added to the light armored vehicles manufactured by the Hasen Automobile Factory, and the 3.2 Pir caliber heavy machine gun, which has barely achieved the design effect after repeated improvements, has also received a large amount of research and development subsidies.

Now that the war situation is difficult, Weiss really doesn't have the energy to pay attention to business matters, and the fat vice president also brought him good news: the Dalefig Senior Staff Academy has agreed to give this outstanding young officer who served as acting battalion deputy and acting deputy commander of the Basston Student Regiment during the war a chance to take an entrance exam. As for whether to accept him as a student transfer student and place him in the aviation major, the final judgment needs to be made based on the results of the entrance examination.

After talking to Reinor Leno and Otto Lunders, the idea of change disturbed Weiss's mind, but with his current ability and conditions, he was far from being the initiator of change. After thinking about it, he still decided to accept the back door opened by the fat vice president and go to the Dalefig Senior Staff Academy to take the exam.

In peacetime, Basston cadets are usually able to enjoy about a month of graduation leave after graduation. During this period, they can recommend themselves to the army in various ways, or they can accept the arrangement of the military school and wait until the end of the holiday to report to the army. At the moment of the war, the situation is tense, and in just a few days, all 35 outstanding graduates of the Gaston Military Academy have determined their graduation destinations: including Lunders, Colorlight, and Enge, a total of 12 graduates have applied to go to the 1st National Defense Division and have been approved, and more than one-third of the graduates have joined the same division-level unit, which is the first time in decades! Of the remaining 23 graduates, 2 were selected by the corps-level command and staff organization, 3 were selected by the corps-level command and staff organization, 6 were joined by the division-level command and staff organization, and 11 were appointed to grass-roots combat units.

Weiss was the only one who was admitted to the Senior Staff College.

The students, who had studied and lived together for three years, said goodbye to each other and hurriedly embarked on a new journey.

Weiss also packed his bags and took the train alone to Liberty City, the capital.

There was only a week left for him to prepare for the exam, but fortunately, the fat vice president managed to get the exam syllabus, and Weiss was able to prepare for the surprise attack in a targeted manner. With the level of outstanding graduates of the Bathton Military Academy, coupled with the training of battlefield practice, it is not difficult to pass the basic military skills assessment, but the difficult thing is that the military theory examination not only requires mastery of military history knowledge, but also requires in-depth analysis of the causes and consequences of historical events, and introduces the past and the present to expound the truth; It is not only required to win by war games, but also to correctly analyze the reasons for victory and defeat, and draw inferences from one case to another, and connect with reality; Finally, the assessment team will also improvise a set of quirky questions to assess the candidate's reflexes, and this part of the score is not low.

During the week-long preparation for the exam and the next two days of the exam, Weiss was distracted and did his best, and it can be said that he had already exerted his might. Even so, his examination results were only barely passed, and although he was admitted to the Dale Fig Senior Staff College and joined the last regular cadets recruited before the war as a transfer student, he failed to enter the aviation staff major as he wished, and was assigned to the marine staff officer major.

The regular duration of study at the Deelefig Higher Staff Academy was 18 months, and by the time Weiss stumbled into the transfer train, his classmates had already been studying there for more than five months, and the vast majority of them had served in the military for more than two years as officers or staff officers. After more than five months of course, Weiss used all the available time to catch up, but the experience of serving in the army could not be compensated. In the next comprehensive assessment, he ranked last, and there is no novice protection in the game, if the results of the two comprehensive assessments are so dismal, he will be eliminated at the end.

Weiss once again turned on the cold window hard study mode, and many of his friends at the Barston Military Academy returned to the front line of the war. During this period, the northern front was fully turned into a defensive position, although the new defense line was convenient, but under the constant attacks of the Norman army, the federal army did its best to stop the collapse of the whole front, and the seemingly calm western front finally broke out a crisis: the Kingdom of Basel, the Kingdom of Kempten, and the Kingdom of Falaine announced that they had joined the "Monarchical Alliance" initiated by the Norman Empire, and the Norman army immediately marched into these three countries to attack the Federation.

The border areas of the three countries with the Federation, although part of the Monamolin Mountains, have a number of valleys that facilitate the passage of ground troops. In order to preserve these natural passages, after the end of the last war, the Federation renovated and expanded five old fortresses with a history of more than 100 years, from north to south: Antonio, Belakaser, Charonde, Daunlac, and Elm. These fortresses, which occupy dangerous terrain, can be said to be a one-man existence in the traditional mode of warfare, but the Norman Empire's "iron pincer and walnut" performance in the territory of North Fries and Wessex has completely subverted the traditional war thinking.

In the face of the overwhelming attack of the Norman army, the fortress of Antonio was in a hurry, the fortress of Belakaser was in a hurry, and the fortress of Elm was in a hurry...... Under these circumstances, the 10 national defense divisions, which were originally scheduled to undergo two-month training, rushed into battle after less than five weeks of training and preparation. The high-profile 1st National Defense Division was ordered to go to the fortress of Belakaser to support the operation.