The little girl who was the interpreter was absent, and "Heinz", who came from the Royal Army Academy of the Norman Empire, spoke in Ulster like a surging river, and when the petite and delicate girl returned to the table, he immediately turned back into a foreign guest who "only knew a little Ulster", and patiently waited for the interpreter to say every word.

This one, Weiss saw through it but couldn't break it, and his heart was very depressed.

The first time he came into direct contact with the Normans, although the "friend or foe identification system" judged that they had no hostile intentions for the time being, this guy's false and real methods made Weiss always feel very unreliable, and he was faintly worried that they were calculating something. Calm down and sort out the clues, try to talk to the other party about some topics related to training life, and want to touch the other party's temper and character, but this is useless - the other party's words and deeds are quite calm and sophisticated, which can be described as dripping.

At first glance, Weiss felt that the other party was one in a hundred after all, representing the highest level of the Royal Army Academy of the Norman Empire, and it was natural that he was so mature in mind and so sophisticated in emotional intelligence. After the banquet, the members of the wargame team and the two foreign aides met together, and found that the opponents they met were almost like this, and they couldn't help but look at each other: what a terrible thing it would be if the Royal Norman Army Academy trained such soldiers with both military ability and scheming!

After thinking about it for a long time, Mustegan, who has always taken a clear position, can only reluctantly say that now he can only take one step at a time.

Probably because of the upset, Weiss did not sleep peacefully this night, but fortunately, the regular schedule and training of the military school life have significantly enhanced his body and spirit, even if he fails to sleep well, the state will not be bad.

Armed marching, marching shooting, and bayonet fighting are the three established items for the exchange of basic military skills between the two sides. According to the rules agreed in advance, each program will send 6 participants from each side. The Basston Military Academy sent them to the battlefield were the top performers in the third year, and in terms of physical fitness, only a few participated in two events, and none participated in all three events. In total, the Royal Norman Army Academy sent only 12 people, and at least half of them were going to participate in two programs. From this point of view, the Batton cadets certainly had the advantage, but as the exchange program progressed one after another, the home crowd expecting victory was disappointed - the march was armed, and the Normans won; Marching shots, the Normans won with impeccable results; Bayonet fighting, the Normans won 18-10......

The cadets of the Baseton Military Academy were all inked in three games!

In order to understand the opponent's technical and tactical thinking as much as possible, the entire wargame team led by Mustegan watched the battle, and this unexpected result made them feel unprecedented pressure. Judging from the scene, the 12 Norman cadets not only performed well, but also showed sufficient self-confidence, as if they knew before that they had an unshakable technical advantage. In terms of hard power, these Norman cadets have reached an almost impeccable level. 20 miles of armed march, their average time ahead of their opponents was more than four minutes; In marching shooting, their 1,000-foot target rate reached 90%, the bullseye rate reached 30%, and even the 1,500-foot target rate was close to 75%, and the target rate was 15%, which was comparable to the static shooting results of the Baston students. Only in the bayonet fighting event, the Baston cadet saved face a little, but in the end it was to no avail.

After lunch, the Normans returned to their lodgings for a rest, while Mustegan and his companions prepared for the afternoon exchange of military and tactical skills in the wargame room. During this time, federal military officials, accompanied by Rector Ademir Leno, came to inspect the site. Several generals spoke earnestly about the hard battles they had experienced in the last war, and encouraged the cadets to do their best for the honor of the Patston Military Academy and the Free Federation.

This kind of encouragement made every Baston student present feel pressured, but at this time they could do nothing but pray and wait.

As time passed, the most severe test finally arrived. The Norman cadets brought the two battle sand tables they had prepared in advance to the wargame room, and Mustegan also took out the two battle sand tables that had been properly stored.

In this rather formal wargame confrontation, the two sides negotiated a five-member referee team, with Colonel Lawrence Carlcent, senior staff officer of the Operations Department of the Federal Army General Staff, as the first referee, two Norman team leaders and two senior instructors from the Baseton Military Academy as assistant referees, plus two translators, forming an unprecedented team of referees.

According to the method agreed in advance, the two sides selected three of the four battle sand tables by drawing lots. There is no doubt that the side that has been selected in both sand tables will have a big psychological advantage, and if the tactical ability of both sides is evenly matched, the final result is likely to be decided at the draw stage.

In the apprehensive gaze of the spectators, Colonel Carlcent drew the "signature" for the Baston Military Academy: the two battle sand tables they carefully prepared - the Battle of Lorester in the middle of the last war and the Battle of Valleiden Lake more than half a century ago became the tactical template for the first and third game of wargame deduction respectively, and the Battle of Krumbis produced by the Royal Norman Army College was drawn in the second game - compared to the other battle sand table they prepared, this Norman army defended, The battle of the Ulster-Wessex offensive was undoubtedly much more well-known.

After the draw, Weiss looked around and found that whether it was his own officials or his teammates, their tense expressions eased a lot.

If the exchange of military tactical skills wins, whether it is 3-0 or 2-1, it can be claimed that the students of both sides are evenly divided in the face-to-face communication of the two major events. Such a result, of course, is the most ideal.

However, the Norman students on the opposite side did not show obvious negative emotions after the lottery results came out.

They still look so calm and steady.

This calmness soon showed its power in the first game between the two sides......

After a symbolic consultancy with Weiss, Mustegan played with a predetermined tactical plan.

The Battle of Lorester was the last battle in which the Ulster Free Federals were superior in strength but ended in defeat, and then as the Wessex army switched from defense to attack, forcing the Norman army's left flank to retreat, the coalition forces gradually reversed the decline of the early stage of the war, and then invaded the Norman Empire, forcing its rulers to sign a harsh armistice. It is precisely because in the Battle of Lorherster that the Union Army was defeated by a five-to-three superiority in strength, this battle has become the focus of research by Federal military scholars, military historians and various military academies, who summed up the various routes and ways for the Union Army to win the Battle of Lorherster, and published several books based on this battle, and General Tim Wallenz, who was the commander of the Federal Army's participating forces at the time, was burdened with notoriety such as "Confused General" and "Soft Egg General" until his death.

In the first game of the wargame, the Norman students, who had the power to choose sides, somewhat unexpectedly chose the red side, which was the relative disadvantage in the battle, which made Mustegan feel confident and bold to carry out his first plan: at the beginning of the battle, he laid three lines of defense under the city of Lorcester to block the enemy's main force, and at the same time sent two elite regiments and two-thirds of the flying fleet to attack on the enemy's weakest left flank, which was recognized by military researchers as a shortcut to victory. Because if the opponent deploys ground troops to strengthen the left flank, the offensive in the center will be weakened to the point that it is impossible to capture Lorherster City, and the longer it drags on, the more troops the Federation Army will gather around Lorherster City, and the number of flying warships put into battle will continue to increase, and finally launch a strategic counteroffensive in advance with Lorherster City as a fulcrum. If the opponent does not withdraw ground troops to reinforce the left flank and only rely on the flying fleet to respond, then the Federation only needs to take an unwavering offensive on this flank to break through the enemy's left flank in 5-6 days, and even if the opponent's main force captures Lorester, the Federation can use a scythe-like outflanking force, or cut off the rear of the Norman army, or force the Norman army to abandon Lorester and retreat.

The combat strategy, which was based on the wisdom of many military experts, seemed to have reached the point of foolproofness after many exercises by Mustegan and his companions. Weiss tried to figure out the game from his opponent's point of view several times, but he couldn't find a way to win, but that didn't mean the Norman students were out of options. On the one hand, they let the left flank troops fight and retreat, exposing the flank of the main force to the blue side, and on the other hand, they transferred four elite combat divisions from the right flank, together with the reserve troops, into the middle lane, posing as a pretense to attack Lorcester City, but suddenly launched a fierce two-sided attack on the blue side troops attacking their left flank, supplemented by strong air attacks and airborne landings behind enemy lines, and disintegrated the "side counterattack" that the blue side was determined to win with an almost suicidal attack, and the battle situation changed abruptly. The red side flew on both wings, and soon formed a three-sided attack on Lorcester City, followed by another battle of attrition that both sides lost, and the result was that the red side successfully captured Lorherster City with the few remaining troops!

When Colonel Carlson read out the results of this game of wargames on behalf of the referees, Mustegan was stunned, and the entangled team members were like a group of defeated roosters, even though they were unwilling, they could only bow their heads and accept this cruel reality.

As a member of the Wargame Deduction Team at the Barston Military Academy, Weiss watched the endgame on the sand table with fascination. In his opinion, as a blue player, it is logical for Mustagan to adopt an attacking strategy in the current situation, and his choices at all stages of tactical deduction have not deviated from the predetermined strategy, nor discarded the advice of his companions, let alone human error. If you let yourself be the chess player just now, the layout of the chess moves is similar, and the result is probably still a loss.

After some thought, Weiss raised his head and watched the Norman students calmly and calmly waiting for the next game of wargames, and couldn't help but gasp: this, what a group of terrible opponents! Don't they have weaknesses?