The island of Cofu and its surrounding islands in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea were originally part of Greece, which was defeated by a German-led coalition during the Turkish-Greek War, and later ceded to Germany and became part of the Albanian state.

At 5:30 a.m. on 2 September, with the launch of three red signal flares, the exercise between the red and blue sides of a certain army aviation unit in the Mediterranean, which was personally planned and directed by Rundstedt, Hugo, and Franz, officially kicked off.

Because there was no cooperation from the Navy's large ships, the Red and Blue troops participating in the exercise could only temporarily arm a group of small merchant ships into a maritime strike group to simulate an actual attack on the sea.

The first wave of the exercise was the implementation of high-sea fire coverage of the positions of the Blue Army on the target islands. Under the command of the commander of the red side, dozens of 128-mm howitzers temporarily erected on merchant ships sprayed red flames one after another, and the shells whistled across the sea and sky, and the target island was suddenly filled with flames and smoke......

As the "ships" approached at sea, the second wave of fire quickly completed the search strike on the battle group on the island. After two rounds of firepower, five squadrons of the BF-10 Air Force departing from the interior skimmed the sea surface at low altitudes from the northeast and southeast respectively, and repeatedly carried out supplementary strikes on the supposed targets on the islands. Immediately afterwards, the "ship" carrying the army commandos broke through the stormy seas and marched bravely towards the target island. At the same time, the third wave of firepower strike groups, which were covering the landing force to carry out the assault, fired 10,000 artillery pieces in the sea area several kilometers from the coastline.

The Red Army's participating forces estimate that after several artillery covers and BF-10 air replenishment strikes, at least one-third of the island's important targets have been destroyed, and if the Air Force again dispatches fighters to suppress other important targets and general targets, the rest of the Blue Army's forces on the island will once again lose some of their counterattack function.

In this exercise, the F-200C reconnaissance plane made its debut, and it was mainly combined with the fighter planes to form reconnaissance strikes, and strive to completely eliminate the sporadic resurrection firepower on the island as completely as possible.

Before the assault team attacked, the red side unified its thinking, in the event of a counterattack or counterattack by the defenders, and held on to the key points and support points of the defense, the attacking troops did not need to attack, and could immediately summon naval firepower to destroy them at a fixed point. In this way, the blue defenders will face a more severe test.

At this time, after several rounds of blows, the long-range artillery of the coastal defense of the blue defenders quickly reorganized a strong counterattack, and then the artillery fire of the air force, army aviation, and rescue ships in the rear began to play a role, and launched a counterattack against the red side together.

Amazingly, some of the BLUE BLUE's particularly strong underground facilities were unscathed after the RED's repeated attacks, and the Synthetic Battalion as the backbone of the guard immediately formed a powerful counterattack cluster, and once again became a major obstacle in the RED's path.

The Red F-200C reconnaissance aircraft flew out again and guided the air force and sea clusters to once again fire at the target island, the Blue Army's aviation headquarters, and the air aviation headquarters. However, the BLU's guns began to entangle with the RED's guns, forcing the RED to seek support from the air force immediately.

In this case, the red air firepower had to abandon the strike against the blue command structure and turn back to urgently reinforce the ships of the team.

After getting rid of the red strike, the blue air force and army aviation fighters quickly filled up their fuel, and under the command of the tower, they rose into the air again, and the red fighters were in close contact.

The exercise entered a white-hot heat, and when night fell, the red and blue sides damaged each other, and some of the participating units withdrew from the "battlefield" one after another because of a large number of "casualties."

Due to the timely arrival of the blue fighters and sea reinforcements, the fire guidance of the red reconnaissance planes lost the opportunity and had to temporarily withdraw from the exercise area in concealment while avoiding "casualties" as much as possible.

At this point, the RED side spent a lot of ammunition, but was unable to conquer the blue side's portal, and the plane could not travel long, so it had to quickly retreat and find a foothold on another uninhabited island.

The night had come, and the red side did not hesitate to fatigue and immediately built shore fortifications. And using the cover of night, all the artillery that did not suffer much damage in the exchange of fire between the two sides was deployed on the temporarily occupied island, forming two long-range fire battalions, aiming at several key targets on the blue side.

The fighters of the air forces and the army of both sides flew back to their respective concealed airfields, and the "fighting" during the day caused many fighters to lose their qualifications to participate in the war and had to leave the field in a gloomy manner, while the relatively well-preserved fighters would face another fierce confrontation in the early morning of the next day.

With the cover of night, the red and blue sides began to reconnoiter each other, compared to the red side, most of the blue targets have been exposed, but the blue army did not sit still, through a tense pre-war meeting, they judged that the red side has found a foothold on a small island not far from the main island, and it is possible to use heavy artillery to target several temporary command centers in their north, south, and east, so they decided to deliberately camouflage to induce the red side to attack, and then withdraw the troops of the two composite battalions from the frontal battlefield respectively, Highly concealed, waiting for an opportunity to attack the Red landing force from the flank in case of a breakthrough of the defensive line.

In order to smoothly escort the landing force to advance deep into the blue side, the red side decided to destroy the stubborn enemy who was holding on to the danger along the way, and only waited for the fighters and artillery to finish the early strike, and then desperately brought the "ships" close to the front line of the blue side and launched intensive attacks with mortars until the landing force seized part of the tidal flat position.

Both sides are strategizing their own strategies, for fear that one unsuccessful move will put the "battle" at a disadvantage.

At this time, the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces was watching the battle not far from here, and for this exercise, he only wanted to see the final result, and did not care about the input of troops and the use of weapons on both sides.

Due to the fact that the blue side had done enough in advance, the red attack in the early hours of the next day did not work, but at the cost of the project, it detected the command center of the blue side, providing the parameters for the artillery to concentrate the attack. The fighting on the second day was also very fierce, but because the anti-aircraft fire of each side was very intensive, the role of the reconnaissance planes of both sides was not brought into full play, and they were unable to enter the "airspace" of the other side, so they could not find the weak links of the other side, and finally had to withdraw from the battlefield again.

Compared with the previous day, after the battle on 3 September, both sides remained cautious in their operations and their firepower was much more rational, but at the same time, a major problem was exposed, that is, all the reconnaissance and preparation work on the eve was in vain, and it did not produce much effect.

Although the reconnaissance planes were repeatedly forced to withdraw from the battle, they could not resist the pressure exerted by the pilots of the fighter planes, and the reconnaissance planes of both sides had to take risks again and again to take off into the air.

The blue position was still as stable as Mount Tai, and under the suppression of the shore fire force, the red side could not get close for the time being, and after several battles, a considerable part of the red soldiers gradually lost confidence and patience. It was September 4th, and the impatient Red attacking troops desperately pushed the small commando boats to the shore in spite of the opposition of the command center, but as a result, the troops who had just rushed to the beach were immediately flanked by the two composite battalions of the Blue side.

This small tidal flat became the focus of contention between the two sides because of the entry of dozens of Red soldiers. The blue side was bound to find a way to pick out this thorn in the flesh, and repeatedly dispatched small groups of troops to intersperse, intending to "clean up" the forward position, but in order to save his teammates, the red side did not hesitate to fight at the expense, as a result, the blue side fell many soldiers on the position, and the red side landed on the island all "killed".

A day has passed, whether the red side has the confidence and ability to quickly capture the blue island at the minimum cost has become a suspense, and the blue side also has a fierce debate on whether to hold this small island, from a military point of view, the red side occupies the initiative, and the attack is undoubtedly the next policy, it will definitely hurt 800 enemies and lose 1,000 itself, but this is the decision of the director's department, and it can only be followed. Although the blue side is on the defensive, because of the lack of depth, as long as the red side is covered by all-round firepower, many soldiers will leave the exercise ground. Accordingly, the two sides had to once again use the cover of night to reach each other and conduct limited fire reconnaissance.

The first option did not yield the desired results, and the Red side decided to resort to the second option, which is a "point-point" battle. In an island landing operation, it is very difficult for the attacking side to carry out a layer-by-layer attack and advance layer by layer, and the "point point" is to compile a catalog of the opponent's targets, including the nature of the target, precise coordinates, strike requirements, strike methods, required troops, and required weapons, ammunition, and equipment. Before the war, each unit carefully studied its own objectives, repeatedly simulated drills, tackled difficult problems, and found out the best way to deal with each specific target.

After several rounds of artillery fire, the blue position was already riddled with bullets, and they also changed their response plan, simply no longer cleaning up the battlefield in order to confuse the enemy.

On September 5, the two sides invariably muted fire, and their respective cats carefully planned in the theater headquarters. At the military meeting, the Red side decided to form a multi-point sortie to occupy the enemy's defensive positions one by one, and according to the nature of the targets, they were divided into "destroying functional targets", "suppressing ground targets", "seizing dangerous targets", "monitoring reinforcement targets", "temporarily retaining hidden targets", and so on.

Military objectives on the Blue Islands have two characteristics that are extremely vulnerable to attack. One is concentration, such as the air force command in the northeast corner and the forward command post in the southwest corner. The second is exposure, such as the supply traffic routes around the small highlands, and so on. However, it can also be deceptive, as in the battle of September 3, when the carefully organized attack of the red side was deceived by the illusion of the blue side, and in the end it was fruitless. Therefore, in the next battle, the red side is ready to adopt the strategy of treating others in the same way, luring the enemy to attack, and winning by surprise, in order to completely change the situation of both sides.

For a whole day, the red side did not fire a single shot at the blue position.

On the morning of 6 September, the remnants of the Red "ships" were undergoing covert maintenance 80 kilometers southwest of the Blue Island, near an unnamed island, in preparation for the next round of attacks. The aircraft was quickly captured by the Blue, and as soon as the Red team cleared all transport vehicles and firepower from the far sea, the scales of victory would undoubtedly tilt in favor of the Blues.

Just when the red side thought it was foolproof, dozens of warplanes suddenly came at the northeast corner and began to strafe and bomb indiscriminately. The red side soon lost its combat effectiveness, and could only be beaten passively, without the strength to fight back, and more than a dozen "warships" soon ignited a fire.

The BLU attack was successful, and dozens of fighters kept circling to clear the field, taking advantage of the excitement to use up all the ammunition on board, and then returning home full of the joy of victory. At this moment, the red anti-aircraft guns hidden on the nameless island opened fire together, and the unsuspecting blue fighters were shot one after another, and the rest could only return in a straight line because of insufficient fuel.

At 3:15 p.m., the Red Navy first appeared on the sea level directly in front of the Blue Army, and organized several assault groups and strike units, first destroying the Blue Side's shore-based anti-aircraft artillery group by long-range artillery, and then, BF-10 fighters entered the risk-free supplementary strike, instantly depriving the island of all security barriers.

Taking this opportunity, the Red landing force quickly arrived at the beach, and under the unified command of the flagship, according to the pre-war deployment, the landing force organized troops and weapons according to the requirements of the mission, concentrated elite forces, and attacked the scattered blue army. Next, due to the clarity of the objectives and tasks, the battle barely encountered much resistance, and finally won the final victory of the exercise.

The reason why Erick chose to conduct the exercise in the highly sensitive Mediterranean Sea is also to clearly tell Western countries that the pace of Germany's development will not be stagnant due to multi-party intervention.

Eric did not attend the exercise site in person, but he was very happy after listening to the report of the commander-in-chief of the three services, and encouraged all branches of the armed forces to continue their efforts to carry out more and more extensive confrontations with similar red and blue forces, so as to enhance the comprehensive capability of the troops.

In this military exercise, the commanders of the three armed forces did not participate in the demarcation of red and blue troops, but broke the convention, let them freely combine, freely alliance, play freely, and fight separately, and determined the offensive and defensive sides by drawing lots. However, it is a pity that there are no real warships of the Navy to participate in the battle, and the small merchant ships are far from achieving the realistic effect of the exercise.