Hoffman was tall and strong, and even a little chubby in the eyes of later generations, because he was gluttonous and delicious. It is also very bad in terms of personal force, which is in stark contrast to the tall and strong physique. But he was the architect and the only designer of Germany's first major victory on the Eastern Front. He was lazy and could go days without washing, but he made up for it like a god in his thinking. From the design of the Battle of Tannenberg, it is not difficult to see his cunning and resolute implementation strategy. But Adrian learned more from the history books, if history had not deviated, Hoffman should have been the first person to succeed Hindenburg, and then launched a counteroffensive against the Russian army, prompting the pace of the demise of Tsarist Russia. In Adrian's eyes, this is a strange man, a strategic genius, and a commander-level figure who leads an army on the offensive and defensive side. But such a character did not continue to make a difference in the second half of his life, and Adrian also felt a little pity. But now it's different, now that Adrian knows Hoffman's ability, of course he doesn't want Hoffman to disappear into the long river of history and be nameless.

But contrary to his wishes, Hoffman, who had high hopes, seemed to have exhausted Jiangnan and rarely came out of his tent since he entered the camp. Adrian, who had thought he was at a critical stage, didn't bother him, but skipped him and everyone else to talk, with little success, and there was no workable plan.

After lunch that day, Adrian couldn't hold back any longer, intending to see how Hoffman was doing.

Adrian, who lifted the curtain of the tent, choked before he could speak, and if the tent hadn't been burning, Adrian really thought it was on fire.

The choking smell of smoke choked Adrian, who was an old smoking gun, and it can be seen that through the smoke, Adrian found Hoffman's location.

"I don't need anything, get out!" Hoffman tore off a piece of graffiti paper without looking back, crumpled it up and left it on the ground, and Adrian realized that the ground was already full of papers, and there was no place to stay.

"Major General Hoffman, it's me." Adrian did not enter the tent without permission, but stood in the doorway, as a sign of respect for the prodigy.

Hoffman looked back sharply, first surprised, then surprised, and finally guilty. Yes, Adrian saw these three changes, it was too obvious. What's going on? Couldn't Hoffman think of a way to do it? His heart was tight, if this was the case, it would be really big.

Adrian brushed away the paper ball on the ground with his foot, walked over to Hoffman and sat down with difficulty, and asked, "Is there any difficulty?" ”

Adrian, who did not give up, comforted himself that Hoffman may have been unable to solve some problems, not impossible.

Hoffman, who didn't know how to speak, was now depressed, because his difficulty was not that he couldn't come up with a feasible plan, but that he couldn't come up with a strategic plan that would amaze the world. If Adrian knew, he would have been able to punch Hoffman in the head right now.

I'm in a hurry outside, you're good here, there are a bunch of ways, and you're still struggling with not being crazy enough to drag the cool hanging sky?

Seeing that Hoffman did not speak, Adrian did not continue to disturb him, but curiously picked up the paper ball on the ground, and Hoffman did not stop him when he saw it.

The paper ball Adrian picked up was a hand-drawn map of Europe, not very detailed, but recognizable at a glance. Based on some of the marks and symbols above, Adrian's half-man could tell without notes that the deployment on paper was actually across the Western and Eastern Fronts. Adrian couldn't help twitching the corners of his eyes, thinking to himself that Hoffman's thinking is also peculiar enough, do you still want to pull the Western Front in the case of tight two fronts? Then, Adrian further analyzed each deployment, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Hoffman's thinking was peculiar.

The plan on this paper turned out to be a large-scale retreat of the German army on the entire Eastern Front, not en masse, but in 9 sections, each with an independent offensive plan, followed by a retreat until it reached the west of Warsaw, which was simply the abandonment of all the territories seized since the beginning of the war. The content on this drawing is deceptively simple, but it is concise. Adrian, of course, understood that this was only a brief drawing, and that in order to get to reality, it would take a lot of text to determine such things as the number of troops involved, the number of people, supplies, and so on. But everything is difficult at the beginning, and once there is a clear policy for something, it will be relatively simple to enrich it.

Adrian, who wasn't even half-, looked at Hoffman after flattening out the drawings, and Hoffman had been observing his expression all along.

Adrian was about to ask what was going on, but Hoffman was the first to speak.

"Don't worry, Adrian, the situation on the Eastern Front is not in a hurry, the Russian army seems to be fierce, but in fact, because of the elongation of the battle line and supply lines, there is no way to launch another large-scale offensive this year, on the other hand, although we have lost important places such as the Carpathians, we have also got a good opportunity for strategic deception."

Chief of Staff Hoffmann, who had been with Hindenburg for a long time, had certainly heard what Hindenburg had to say about Adrian.

"Genius strategizing, ensign long-term planning." The operational planning here refers to the logistical planning, and the term "Second Lieutenant Adrian's long-term strategy" actually refers to the fact that Adrian was a second lieutenant when he graduated, and he has not made any progress in this area until now.

Hoffman still agrees with this assessment, and even thinks that Hindenburg is a little conservative about Adrian's logistical contributions and resourcefulness. In his opinion, in terms of logistics alone, Adrian could hardly be surpassed in the entire empire.

As the controlling person of the group, Adrian needed to allocate limited resources and funds reasonably before the war, because this rare exercise would make Adrian logistically applicable, coupled with some new and effective improvement measures he introduced and his sensitivity to new things, he made him shine in this regard. There was not a single person in the upper echelons of the entire empire who did not admire Hindenburg's vision and envy his good fortune.

Hoffman knew Adrian's situation, and he understood what Adrian urgently needed, but his knot could not be calmed, although the plan was constantly improving, but because of the passage of time, he slowly lost some opportunities and opportunities. The more this happened, the more Hoffman, who was expecting perfection, became impatient.

Adrian opened his mouth and wanted to tell him that the plan on this picture was good, and that he should take it out and let me account for it, but he didn't say it after all. Others told him not to worry, can he still rush to his death? Isn't that self-inflicted?

Adrian began to pick up the paper ball on the ground again, and found that in fact, the content of the paper ball on the ground was almost too much, but there were slight changes in many details.

Thinking about it, Adrian called the orderlies and began to clean up the paper balls on the ground together, opening them one by one, flattening them and then stacking them together and pressing them with heavy objects, watching Adrian, a major general, bend down and pick up the paper balls on the ground and stack them preciously, Hoffman couldn't sit still, not to mention that the two were equal, not to mention that Adrian was still kind to himself.

"Adrian, don't pick it up, those are in the past, they don't work." Hoffman stood up and said hurriedly.

"It's okay, I can't help you much, I may not be able to think of what you throw away for the rest of my life." Adrian picked up another ball of paper and continued, "But if you know a little bit, then your designs are very good, in my opinion, they are all geniuses, and every drawing is worth saving." ”

Adrian was not hesitant to praise him, and Hoffman was referring to Adrian's praise as such.

Finally, Hoffman felt Adrian's friendliness and finally began to tell Adrian about his knot. That is, Adrian has roughly guessed the reason for Hoffman's state, otherwise he would really punch Hoffman's head in a hole.

This guy actually got into the horns, damn it. I was scared to waste such a long time. Adrian cursed inwardly, but there was a series of compliments on his lips that made Hoffman flutter to hear.

In the end, Adrian finally persuaded Hoffman to take out the sketch of the plan he was improving in the war conference room tomorrow morning, discuss the details, and then hand it over to Commander-in-Chief Falkenson for approval and signature.