When a faint pillar of smoke appeared in the south, the 3rd Battalion of the Batton Student Regiment commanded by Dio was lurking in the woods not far from the stone bridge as originally planned. Due to the distance, no one realized that the black smoke actually diffused a breath of death, and even if they did, they thought that it was made up by the attacker.

Cullens and Kunison fell one after another, and the two young men, each with their own strengths, never had the opportunity to study hard with their comrades at the Barston Military Academy, and the great future they had once dreamed of quickly disappeared as blood seeped into the dirt, leaving mottled traces......

Faintly hearing a few gunshots, Weiss felt his left eyelid jerk a few times, but what he thought in his heart was Nikolai, what should happen to him?

With Major Brooks and a special service soldier for close protection, what will happen to the situation? Before coming here, Weiss quietly "identified" each of them, everyone is a natural and environmentally friendly green, if their position or consciousness is problematic, they should be aware of it.

Thinking of this, Weiss relieved himself for a while. After all, this is a training ground for hundreds of thousands of troops to confront each other, and in addition to the live ammunition in the designated area, the soldiers carry and use empty cartridges, and even if the guns go wrong, they will not cause much danger.

So, he settled down and continued to give full play to his "specialty", and through meticulous observation, he had a clear understanding of the enemy situation around the bridge: this north-south bridge had four soldiers on the north side, equipped with one pistol and three rifles, and three soldiers on the south side, all equipped with rifles.

In this temporary checkpoint, there are no heavy weapons such as machine guns, and there will be no fortress-like resistance under any circumstances, and it is in the deep hinterland, and the soldiers are not vigilant, standing guard and patrolling, and they actually face one direction for a long time, or the two of them get together to chat, resulting in a large blind spot in the line of sight......

Another key directly related to the success or failure of the operation, the enemy transport vehicle, is also the target of Weiss's careful observation. At 9:10 a.m. and 12:20 p.m., there was a convoy of cars and trucks from south to north, with the number of cars and trucks being 1+14+1 and 1+13+1 respectively, and at 10:40 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., there was also a convoy from north to south, and the number of cars and trucks was 1+13+1. When moving from north to south, the car is loaded with more materials, and the chassis is pressed very low, and from south to north, the load on the car is very light, and the chassis is almost not pressed, and the soldiers who follow the escort, from north to south and from south to north, are 3-4 people per car.

The organized and regular transportation, and the fact that there is no suspicion of secretly crossing Chencang on the plank road, shows that this is indeed a material transportation line of the enemy. Attack this stone bridge, disguise yourself as a sentry, and when the transport convoy passes by, take advantage of the unpreparedness of the escort personnel to sneak attack again, the probability of success should be very high, and you can even consider two kills or three kills, and use a lot of cars to "deal with" them, so as to destroy the enemy's supply line to the greatest extent, so as to earn as many exercise points as possible......

Weiss not only considers the positive side of the plan, but also calmly reflects on its shortcomings. It is safe to move after dark, but if no enemy convoy passes the bridge in the first half of the night, after the original plan is successful, they will have to wait until the second half of the night to hijack the car, leaving them not much time to escape. If you act in the afternoon, you should grasp the interval between the convoys, and if you don't fire your guns, you will not attract the "enemy" on the side of the town of Epoleonye, and then you can win most of the night or even more than a night.

In addition, how far these transport vehicles can carry them with their own fuel is also a question that has to be considered.

At about 4 o'clock, another convoy of transports from south to north appeared in sight. According to the pattern observed before, in another hour or so, the car from north to south will also pass by, and it will be dusk!

When the convoy had passed the stone bridge in all directions, Weiss quietly got up, returned from the edge of the woods to the depths of the woods, and found the little fat Dior sitting in the tent eating the field rations, and explained his thoughts and concerns.

Dio squinted as Weiss finished speaking, a complicated expression on his face. After hesitating for a long time, he sighed and said: "If according to what you said, the operation is ahead of schedule, you take the 1st squad to touch forward, and I will arrange the 2nd and 3rd squads to respond, once the soldiers guarding the bridge are discovered during the operation, they shoot to warn, should we continue to attack, or stop the operation and retreat quickly?" ”

Weiss responded with a theory of probability: "I think that the probability of our successful operation at night is estimated to be more than 80%, but there is also a 20% chance of early exposure; Operation Twilight, as long as you act cautiously, the chance of success should be about 70%, and the exposure may be 30%. The biggest disadvantage of operating at night is that we are not sure if there will be a convoy passing by here in the first half of the night; The biggest advantage of Operation Dusk is that it is basically certain that there will be another opportunity to capture the enemy convoy before dark, and there will be more time for us to retreat and retreat. ”

Still hesitant, Dio muttered that Nikolai Leiboyd's flying machine didn't know when it would come in handy, and then mentioned the deputy battalion commander Kunison.

Weiss realized then that he hadn't seen the reckless guy for most of the day.

"I had him and Cullens ride to the town of Eppoleon to scout. Maybe...... We have the opportunity to fight a surprise attack that the enemy expects, capture that town, capture the enemy's supplies, and cut off the enemy's transport. Dio explained seriously.

Weiss was stunned for a moment, then asked rhetorically, "And then?" ”

"And then?" Dio touched his nose, "If the enemy counterattacks in a big way, we will defend desperately, and even if all the members are killed in the end, we can get a good drill score." ”

Weiss couldn't help but smile bitterly: "What if the enemy just sent two flying warships and directly razed the town to the ground?" And if there were no high-ranking enemy officers in the town, and no large supplies, would we still be able to get the desired drill score? ”

Dio frowned, he had obviously thought of this possibility.

"I always believe that on the battlefield, survival is fundamental." "This is the biggest revelation that Colonel Borgweyne's special training course has given me. ”

Dio, who was eloquent, was once again speechless in front of Weiss.

It was not that Jiang Lang was exhausted, but because he was in the position of the commander, he could not conceive and argue as freely as he did before, and every assumption and inference he made was related to the fate of the entire army.

With a heavy sense of responsibility, he has to be careful in making every decision he makes.

Just when the two were silent, neither of them could fully convince the other, there was a roar in the sky.

The two of them immediately stretched their brows: Nikolai succeeded!

At this moment, Nikolai Leibold is piloting a monoplane that is much simpler than the "Flyer 97", flying slowly at an altitude of 100 meters - not because he can't fly higher, but because he doesn't trust the stability of this aircraft, he doesn't dare to get too high.

In the open cockpit of the aircraft, Nikolai wore a leather rider's hat, a large warm plush scarf, and held the joystick in both hands, constantly looking down. He saw the stone bridge, and saw several tents next to it, and speculated that it was likely the first target for his companions' planned attacks. Although he could not spot his companion, he circled around for a week, then flew south along the road, passing the only small town within a hundred miles. From the air, this town, with less than 100 houses and no more than 1,000 residents, has been transformed into a tactical support point with a ring defense position and many barricades, and in the square in front of the church, dozens of white tents can be seen, which means that the town has a certain size of permanent troops.

To the southwest of the town, Nikolai saw a troop of cavalry and a communications soldier on a motorcycle, who had gathered around a pile of black things, and seemed to have discovered something. As the aircraft flew over the open field with a low roar, the soldiers looked up. Perhaps they saw that the aircraft did not have any military insignia, perhaps because this inconspicuous flying object compared to a flying ship had not been used as a weapon in war, or perhaps they felt that the rules of the exercise were a blank in terms of rifle firing aircraft, and they did not assume a posture of force, but waited until the aircraft flew away, and then continued the unfinished task - the cavalry moved westward, and the motorcyclists turned around and headed in the direction of the town of Epoleonye.

Nikolai turned north, flew along the winding but not rough road, crossed the stone bridge and flew for about a quarter of an hour, and found no trace of the enemy along the way, so he circled around and prepared to turn back, but as he was steering the aircraft, the engine coughed violently like an old man with a cold and cold, and then it did not make a sound.

"Worthy of the infamous Kardex Remstar engine......" Nikolai sighed to himself, gripped the lever with both hands. In this era, folk flying enthusiasts usually get their hands on gliders first, and then fly powered aircraft. Because an unreliable engine may strike at any time, a powered aircraft may become a top-heavy glider, and if it is not careful, it will fall from the air tens of hundreds, or even thousands of meters in minutes, and even people and planes will be shattered.

Fortunately, Nikolai is one of the few "100-time pilots" in the Aviators' Club, and has encountered many engine stops in the air, but now he is still sound and his gliding skills are naturally not too bad. For this aircraft that he modified himself, although he only carried out two short test flights before coming up to play a big vote, he still has a grasp of its balance. With his careful and calm control, the aircraft quickly descended from a height of about 100 meters to the ground, and avoided the road, successfully gliding down on a flat meadow between the woodlands.