After visiting Reagan City, Major Brooks boarded the train to Liberty City with the materials copied from the Grumman Group's CZ factory, and he was going to the Army's 2nd Quartermaster Department to continue tracking the whereabouts of the guns and bullets.

The inexplicable itinerary and the uneventful investigation gave Weiss a deeper understanding and perception of the current situation of the Ulster Free Federation. Its soul and body are certainly built on the spirit of freedom, but the blood that walks in the meridians and blood vessels and the internal organs is full of class consciousness and the desire for profit. To put it simply, this is a seemingly healthy patient, in some parts of the body, the body tissue is quietly undergoing lesions, in order to cure the patient, it is not a medicine or a surgery can be done, but a top-down, consistent reform.

This must be a long and difficult process.

After returning to school, academic studies and military training continued as usual, but this calm state was soon broken by a strange news: on the basis of the effective relaxation of bilateral relations, the Free Commonwealth and the Norman Empire reached an agreement to send visiting delegations to each other for military, economic, cultural and other exchanges.

The last comprehensive exchange of visits and exchanges between the two countries, organized by officials and participated in various fields and industries, was actually 37 years ago!

Whether this is the Norman Empire's sincere goodwill, or the temptation before a large-scale military operation, all kinds of roadside social news make people feel dazzled.

Soon, the university officially issued a notice on campus: Gaston Military Academy was identified by the military as one of the military blocks for mutual visits and exchanges between the two countries, and this time it was responsible for receiving visitors from the Royal Norman Army Academy, and after the Norman delegation completed the exchange trip, representatives will be sent to the Royal Norman Army Academy for visits and exchanges.

Over the next two weeks, the cadets spent their spare time cleaning the school, all the school buildings and training facilities were renovated, and some new training equipment, including the latest Clumberg-Haysen M1.8 sniper rifle equipped with Ryder 6x sniper scope, was distributed to the military academy in advance. In order to allow the students to quickly master the use of these new equipment, the school temporarily adjusted the curriculum and organized intensive special training for third-year students.

Listening to the familiar and friendly sound of gunfire coming from the shooting training ground, Weiss was puzzled: the military showed this latest batch of weapons to the visiting representatives of the Norman Empire in order to knock the mountain and make the Normans, who were most likely to become opponents of the war, retreat? Isn't that naïve? If the Norman soldiers really valued honor as their lives as rumored to be, and mastered tactics and strategies, would they lose their fighting spirit because their opponents were equipped with a few new weapons?

A week before the scheduled arrival date of the Norman delegation, Weiss was reading a book in his dormitory when he suddenly heard a knock on the door, turned his head, and watched his roommate Trengue open the door.

Standing outside the door turned out to be "Chubby" Dio and the silver-haired third-grader - Weiss clearly remembered that in Colonel Borgweyne's sniper training course, it was this old man who led the third-year cadets to block the second-graders at the southern foot of the North Mountain.

The two seniors actually came to visit him, which was the first time in the world.

"Hello, Clumber Haysen, we are here to talk to you...... Uh, this classmate, can I delay you for a few minutes? ”

It was Dio who spoke. During the spring conference exercises, he served as Weiss's boss, and although people were reluctant to mention it again because of the "accident" of casualties, whether it was Dio's command or Weiss's play, objectively speaking, they were okay, so they also received corresponding praises.

Trengue picked up his notes and quickly left the room.

Dio leaned sideways to let the silver-haired student into the room, then closed the door to the dorm room.

The silver-haired student walked up to Weiss with a calm face and stretched out his right hand: "Hello, Clumber Hazen. Let me introduce myself...... My name is Lehart Willis Mustagan and I am from the Mustagan family in North Wilkes, a direct descendant of the 'Marshal of the Protectorate' Mustagan during the Kingdom of Wilkes. ”

Weiss shook hands with him and said without humility or arrogance, "It's a pleasure to see you again, Senior Mustegen. ”

The silver-haired young man, whose facial features were very three-dimensional, said in a declarative tone:

"That time in Beishan, you used your outstanding performance to defeat my army. In the spring conference exercise a while ago, your outstanding performance once again overshadowed our third-graders. The name of Long Clumber Haysen is now known and known to everyone at the Barston Military Academy! ”

Weiss smiled slightly: "I feel very honored to be recognized by the seniors. ”

The silver-haired young man seemed to be a cold guy by nature, and there was no smile on his face: "Okay! To make a long story short, we're coming to you today in the hope that you'll join our wargame team. ”

"Wargame team?" Weiss looked dazed.

"Let me explain!" Dio quickly introduced that the so-called wargame deduction team was a group of people temporarily formed in response to the Norman Empire's visit to the Bathton Military Academy, and the leader was Doriman, the chief instructor of the military academy's tactical course, and its members were mainly selected from the third-year students, and there was no strict number limit. According to the schedule, the Norman visitors will visit the facilities of the Patston Military Academy, observe 4-5 training exercises, and interact with each other - the visiting Norman Royal Army Academy cadets and the Patston cadets will exchange basic military skills and military tactical capabilities.

"For basic military skills, we will send the most capable students, which is nothing to worry about, the real key lies in the contest of military tactical ability, that is, war games and confrontation." The young and mature Mustegan frowned and said, "As we all know, the Norman Empire has paid special attention to the selection and training of military generals since the time of Hohenstaufen I, and gradually formed a unique military aristocracy. For nearly three centuries, the Norman Empire waged wars repeatedly, winning hundreds of battles large and small, with a staggering 83% victory, and in these battles, the Norman Empire often won more with less, largely due to the strong tactical ability of the Norman generals. The school believes that in terms of basic military skills, we are at a similar level to the Royal Army Academy of the Norman Empire, and in terms of military tactical ability, we may be more than a star and a half, so our first goal is not to lose too ugly, and the second is to win the draw. ”

"So pessimistic?" Weissdau.

Mustegan sighed helplessly: "It's not pessimism, it's objectivity. ”

Weiss thought for a moment: "But what can I change by letting me join your wargame team?" Are you willing to hand over the commander of this team to a sophomore? ”

Dio was a little annoyed: "Don't think too much, no one said to hand over the command to you!" If I'm not mistaken, the second year only has elementary tactical lessons, which means that you have only learned the most basic tactical knowledge. We ask you to help, in fact, to give you a rare opportunity to learn, and your role is to use your strange way of thinking to analyze the situation in the process of wargame deduction, give us suggestions from different angles, to put it bluntly, to come up with some ideas, don't think yourself is so important! ”

"Something to pay attention to?" Weiss sneered, "If you don't adopt an idea, isn't that the same as not going?" If it's the same as not going, why do you come to me for help? ”

Mustegan didn't seem angry at all, he looked at Weiss generously: "It's not impossible to hand over the command of wargames to you, the problem is that you are sure that you can deal with the best graduates of the Royal Norman Army Academy?" ”

"Nope!" Weiss told the truth.

"So be it! If you can beat us in three consecutive wargames, how about we make you the commander of this team? ”

Weiss thought about it for a moment: "You might as well try." ”

"Why not try?" Dio clasped his hands and said, "You have a lot of time with us, and I can practice with you as much as I like?" ”

Weiss already knew a little bit about Dio's words, and he retorted unhurriedly: "If you feel that this is delaying your business, you might as well pick one or two of the best, and if I can win them, then gather the whole team for a formal wargame." How is it? ”

"Okay! In the past 20 years, there has been only one person who has been able to receive a first-class meritorious service in the spring exercise as a second-year student, and that person has now been promoted to the rank of chief of staff of a combat division and colonel of the army. As long as you have faith, I don't mind trying it with you. With that, Mustegan raised his hand and looked at his watch, "There is no one in the tactical training room now, go?" ”

Anyway, if you lose, you won't lose anything, no matter how much you can save some experience, Weiss said briskly: "Go!" ”

Dio not only did not dispute Musdegen's decision, but also actively helped them select the sand table, place the soldiers, and act as the referee. The tactical deduction of the Bathton Military Academy adopts the inherent wargame deduction rules of the Federal Army, to put it simply, it is a relatively complex and three-dimensional chess game, the battle situation can be an existing battle example, or a virtual battlefield, and the victory standard can be set to defeat the opponent, or it can be a specific tactical goal such as encirclement, defeat, and point holding.

The first game of wargames that Dio chose for Weiss and Mustegan was modeled after the Battle of Gödlink in the middle of the previous war, and the battle situation and the strength of both sides were set according to historical data, which was also a common tactical tutorial in military schools. In that battle that took place 22 years ago, the Union Army invested more than 700,000 troops in 16 corps, and at a heavy cost of more than 200,000 casualties, recaptured the western town of Gedlinck from the Norman army, and although the Norman Empire only lost less than 90,000 men in this battle, it lost 3 main warships, completely turning from strategic offensive to defensive.