Before the end of the exercise, the 3rd Regiment was storming the hill where the remnants of the 27th Regiment were stationed, and there were still two hours before the 3rd Regiment could strangle the remnants of the 27th Regiment. Commander Gust even thought about how to accept the ridicule of his old friend John Sr., but the exercise command suddenly announced that the exercise was over and the 27th Army Regiment had won.

The officers and soldiers of the 3rd Regiment threw their rifles on the ground in anger at that time, what are you kidding, you are tired for so long, and you will soon be able to attack the enemy headquarters, you told me that we lost? And the officers and soldiers of the 27th Regiment were also confused, how could they win for no reason? After receiving the news, Gust rushed to the command of the exercise.

As soon as he entered the headquarters, Gust met old John with a black face. "Gust, I'll admit you won this time, but can you tell me how your damn unit managed to sneak up on my headquarters across two lines of defense?" John asked through gritted teeth as soon as he saw Gust.

Gust replied suspiciously, "What troops?" I also wondered how I could suddenly win? As soon as John saw Gust's confused look, he subconsciously thought that Gust was pretending to be stupid, and just opened his mouth to say something, when Lieutenant General Strauss came over and said to John with a smile: "Lieutenant Colonel John, don't blame Lieutenant Colonel Gust, he really doesn't know anything." When the two saw that it was General Strauss, they hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Lieutenant General Strauss waved his hand and continued: "The troops that attacked John's command were not sent out by Gust, he thought of it himself, this is simply a classic in interspersed tactics!"

Gust was very surprised when he heard it, all his troops were trapped on the hill with him, which army attacked John? Lieutenant General Strauss saw Gust's contemplative appearance, smiled and shouted to the side: "Leon, come out, you yourself and your them."

A young officer walked out of the side, it was none other than Leon, who led the troops to attack John. Leon first stood up and saluted, and then explained to everyone how he did it: "I occupied the first line of defense in the central direction, and then marched to the woods on the north side, and took advantage of the night to sneak around the second line of defense."

"Aren't you afraid of running into the defenders of the second line of defense in the woods?" Lieutenant General Strauss asked.

"General, the first line of defense on the north side was still impregnable at that time, so the reserves on the second line of defense must be slackened. Second, the front line is in full swing, so there will inevitably not be many reserves. The third is that the woods are close to the border, and the area of the woods in the battlefield is definitely not enough to hide too many troops, and the small troops cannot threaten the second line of defense, so I think there are absolutely not many people in the woods or even no one to defend. Obviously, I guessed all right. Leon replied in detail.

John slapped his forehead with remorse when he heard this, he was sure that there could be no enemy army in that wood, because no one would be able to cross the strong first line of defense, but he never expected that someone would march through half of the war zone and burrow into the small woods.

"You're smart, but what really surprised me was what formation you commanded the first line of defense? Why does a simple scatter of infantry have such a strong attack power? "Lieutenant General Strauss was a general, and he saw at a glance that the most brilliant thing was not the crossing of the woods, but the seemingly chaotic offensive tactics.

"General, I named it the three-three tactic, it splits an infantry squad into three combat groups, each combat group has almost three members, each of them covers each other's advance, and each person is very separated from each other, so that the troops can maintain a certain amount of firepower in the attack, and because the people are very dispersed, it can minimize the local heavy firepower to the attacking troops." Leon carefully introduced to Lieutenant General Strauss.

"Okay man, I didn't lose to you, I lost to this lad, he's a genius." When John heard this, he said helplessly to Gust.

Gust also had a teachable expression on his face, and said to Leon: "Leon, why didn't I find out that you were a genius before?" Otherwise, I will definitely give you a battalion commander! ”

"Oh, Mr. Commander, this is my first time participating in the exercise, and I haven't had the opportunity to experiment with these tactics of mine before." Leon regretted that if he had discussed it with the regiment commander before, he might be the battalion commander now.

"Haha, young man, don't be full of bitterness." Lieutenant General Strauss patted Leon on the shoulder, and then continued seriously: "Lieutenant Leon, are you willing to come to the War Department for development?" I can give you the rank of major.

"The two regiment commanders were stunned, how old is Leon this year? At the age of 21, it is rare to be promoted to a major at such a young age, which is rare in the whole of Germany.

Gust came back to his senses and said helplessly: "General, you can't do this, you robbed me of a future battalion commander!" Everyone laughed when they heard this. After a pause in laughter, Lieutenant General Strauss asked again, "Would you like it, Monsieur Lyon?"

Leon reacted from the shock and nodded vigorously with excitement on his face: "Yes, of course I do!" Thank you, General! "The War Department, its predecessor was the General Staff of the Second German Reich! Although the General Staff was disbanded in the Treaty of Versailles, it was renamed the War Department and retained, and as long as you enter, you can step into the German command.

"You don't have to thank me, you earned it yourself, and I believe you can bring a lot of tactics to the national army." Lieutenant General Strauss said solemnly.

"Yes General, I will work hard in the War Department!" Lyons gave Lieutenant General Strauss a standard German military salute.

"Since you have agreed, then return to Berlin with me tomorrow morning, and then I will arrange accommodation for you and give you a promotion in Berlin." With that, Lieutenant General Strauss said goodbye to everyone and left the headquarters

。 Leon returned to the barracks with Gust and was greeted with enthusiastic cheers, and Lyon's troops, who had returned first, had already told the other officers and soldiers the reason for the victory, and now everyone knew that it was Leon who led his troops to attack the headquarters of the 3rd Regiment to allow the 27th Regiment to win this victory. Everyone was impressed with Leon, and even the battalion commander of Leon apologized to Leon in public.

The triumphant revelry continued into the night, and the soldiers returned to their beds and fell asleep. Leon, on the other hand, tossed and turned, couldn't sleep, partly excited, partly worried about the future.

Early the next morning, Leon came to Strauss's room early and waited quietly. Today is the departure for Berlin, and after a night of precipitation last night, Lyon has overcome his nervousness. He has understood that his development in the army is limited after all, and going to the war department is the most suitable way for him.

"Hey, young man, you woke up so early." Strauss pushed open the door and walked out, and was a little surprised to see Leon already waiting here.

"Good morning, General. You're up early, too. Leon greeted with a smile.

"Haha, I'm different, I'm old and don't need much sleep. You're different, young man, you can't be in a hurry, there's still a long way to go. Strauss laughed, and if it weren't for the wrinkles on his face and the faint gray hair, he would have looked like a young man in his spirit.

After brushing their teeth and eating breakfast, the two of them and some accompanying officers came to the railway station, where the Yiyi special train was already waiting.

Strauss patted Leon on the shoulder before getting into the car and quipped, "Are you ready, lad?" Your future work will not be easy. Leon nodded heavily. Strauss saw Leon nodding and laughed and got on the train.

Leon took one last look at Nuremberg, thinking about his future, and his heart couldn't help but rise with great pride, and he roared to the sky: "For the future!" For the German !! ”