After standing on the podium, the young wearer of the Knight's Cross with two swords and silver oak leaves, as well as the collar and epaulette of the General, assumed a proud posture with his feet apart, his chest straight, and his chin slightly raised, and scanned the audience with a slightly oblique downward gaze. At a distance of tens of centimeters to a few meters, most of the people are not far from each other, and there are even a few years older and teenage people here, but there is a world of difference in merit and military rank.

Lynn tried hard to think about it, and still felt that this faintly scarred cheek was something she had never seen before—pictures, videos, or descriptions. In terms of appearance, this general is probably not as good as Lorentz. Bach is half handsome, and barely on the same level as ordinary-looking soldiers like Wolfrum and Tanze. But when his gaze met it, Lynn was suddenly shocked by the coldness of a knife in those eyes, what kind of experience should this man have to be, to become colder than the air in the Arctic Circle?

Subconsciously, Lynn hoped that the other party's gaze would stay on her for a little longer, preferably with that kind of recognition or even respect, but the ice-like gaze swept by, without even a slight pause on anyone in this classroom. Immediately afterwards, the instructor, young enough to blend in with the cadets in a second lieutenant uniform, turned and walked to the blackboard and picked up the chalk - his posture was still so unruly, his chin was still at a haughty angle, the left hand of the whip was behind his back, and his right hand seemed to be not chalk but a long sword, dancing vigorously and nimly to defeat his opponents, and the sinuous lines appeared on the blackboard, which had no artistic angle at all, rough, casual, and without any symmetry. Having served as a staff officer for a period of time in the headquarters of the "Vampire" commando, Lynn is no stranger to these lines, they represent the terrain of a certain battlefield, mountains, rivers, valley floors and plains, but unlike ordinary people, this instructor only marked them with numbers after drawing all the lines, making them a three-dimensional topographical map.

"1 armored reconnaissance company and 1 mechanized infantry battalion of Army A, whose mission is to occupy villages and towns to the west and establish strong outposts before the arrival of the main forces; One infantry company of the B Army, equipped with two additional anti-tank guns, was tasked with defending villages and towns and covering the retreat of the main force. It's still the old rules! ”

With that, the highly decorated instructor stepped down from the podium and came to the window, took out a cigarette case from his pocket, and lit one as if no one was around. The students in the classroom began to talk and communicate with each other from the moment he finished speaking, and then ten people got up and walked up to the podium one after another, and the group of five people quickly selected their respective roles, and the group members used chalk to draw patterns representing the troops on the blackboard while talking, and in the process both sides seemed to be very principled, and did not look at the position of each other's drawings at all.

This kind of war game deduction has existed since ancient times, it is a common method for generals to consider war strategies, and it is also a necessary course to cultivate the command and staff ability of officers, Lynn also took two classes in the "Vampire" commando training camp, the difference is that the instructors of the commando team aim to teach the trainees to master the special operations of small units, mainly in the terrain of street battles and field raids, and the hypothetical attack force is also a combat group of 10 or 20 people. According to the conventional weaving of the German army, the number of troops participating in this war game has reached seven or eight hundred, which can be regarded as a small battle of sufficient weight.

It doesn't take much time to see others deploy offense or defense, not to mention that the two groups of students are still discussing and revising before finalizing the draft, Lynn turned his head and asked his roommates softly, "Hey, why didn't you just go up?" ”

"What's the hurry!" The ensign with glasses replied in a low voice, "There will be three rounds in a while, and basically everyone will have the opportunity to go up and practice, but this instructor of ours is very strict, and so far no group has been able to satisfy him." ”

Hearing this, Lynn couldn't help but look at the guy who was leaning against the window and smoking freely, so she asked her companions, "Who is he?" ”

The second lieutenant looked at Lynn in surprise: "You don't know that he is the youngest general in the German Army, the 45th person to be awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves with Two Swords. Barn Finger? ”

Lynn didn't suddenly come to his senses, because he was more impressed by the youngest general of the Third Reich, Dietrich. Peltz, an ace fighter pilot.

At this time, Zhong Fen leaned on the table and said in a low voice: "A madman like you, he was wounded a total of 11 times on the Eastern Front, and left the front-line combat unit because of the last serious injury!" ”

11 times!

For this number, Lynn was very surprised, he had suffered one minor injury and two slander wounds in the past few months on the front line, which already felt that most of his life was lost, even if he was driven by a strong survival **, he felt that it was difficult to be as brave and fearless as in East Prussia. This guy has been injured 11 times, no wonder there is a cold murderous aura in his eyes, it turns out that instead of fearing, the injured beast has become even more crazy.

The second lieutenant with glasses "rehabilitated" the instructor and said: "Don't listen to his nonsense!" The general was a model for the Army, a model for the Eastern Front, and had performed in many important and difficult battles, and the Führer personally awarded him the Medal of Honor! ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! The officer in charge of the middle branch said disdainfully, "For the sake of victory, for the sake of honor, he will lead his subordinates to fight desperately, even if the enemy is countless times stronger than himself, even if he only fights to the last man, he will not hesitate!" ”

The second lieutenant had no intention of arguing, and besides, this was not the place to argue personal opinions. After a while, the two groups of students on the podium finally decided on their respective arrangements, and one of them said "start" loudly, and the classroom fell silent. Wearing a knight's cross with oak leaves on his collar and a gold medal for war wounds on his chest, Barn Finger silently snuffed out his cigarette and stared intently at the ten cadets on the podium.

Among the five-member staff group of the attacking side, the shortest cadet stood up and explained: "As the advance force of the attack, we sent armored reconnaissance to move westward, but only one platoon marched along the road, and two platoons carried out cautious and rapid reconnaissance operations from the open area on the north side of the road and the hilly area on the south side, and the mechanized infantry battalion took the road and basically maintained the same speed as the reconnaissance company!" ”

One person drew a schematic diagram of the march route on the blackboard accordingly, and the other three stood aside and began to carefully study the opponent's troop disposition.

A representative of the defending side also explained: "We concentrated two-thirds of the company's forces to build a strong defensive line with villages and towns as fulcrums, and two anti-tank guns were also deployed here. At the same time, we have deployed guard positions using the woods to the north and the high ground to the south! ”

After a brief discussion with his companions, the dwarf officer of the attacking side said: "Our reconnaissance unit advancing along the road exchanged fire with the enemy in village C shortly after the start of the operation, and because the enemy had built fortifications, we disengaged from the battle after suffering minor losses and reported the situation to the battalion headquarters by radio. Within about half an hour, two other reconnaissance units also had encounters and low-intensity battles with the enemy's alert troops! ”

Just looking back at his companions, the cadet representative of the defending side said: "After the enemy reconnaissance unit appeared, our troops did not move and were on guard with all their might!" ”

After some discussion with his companions, the short officer of the attacking side said: "Our mechanized infantry battalion quickly moved closer to the reconnaissance units on the road area, and after receiving reports from the reconnaissance units on the left and right flanks, it was decided to attack the high ground on the enemy's right flank with the strength of two companies and the reconnaissance platoon. Although the terrain was favorable for defense, our attack was decisive and had at least a seven-to-one superiority, and the armored reconnaissance vehicles also put in fire support with machine guns! ”

The opponent relied on the superiority of strength and mobility to attack, but the representative of the defender seemed to be confident, he still only looked at his companions, and then said: "We have abandoned the high ground positions in the south, and the troops deployed in the wooded areas in the north do not engage the enemy head-on, but use the concealment of the terrain to harass and monitor!" ”

Next, the trainees in charge of drawing the map on the attacking side hurriedly drew a cross on the opponent's high ground, and then extended the arrow of the movement of his left flank troops to this point.

"After capturing the high ground, our side had an intuitive observation and grasp of the situation in the villages and towns, and concentrated the artillery of the whole battalion here, using the terrain to bombard, and the two companies that had been engaged in the battle before left the wounded and a small number of vigilant troops, and the rest quickly detoured back to the rear of the villages and towns to cut off the connection between the enemy defenders and the large army. Then, the reconnaissance unit will advance in depth with one unit, and the main force of the combat unit will be flanked from both sides, thus forming a dual superiority in strength and situation. The more the short officer spoke, the more confident he became, and his facial expressions became richer, and he even danced a little with his eyebrows.

The defender's representative was a mild-mannered, calm-looking officer, and what impressed Lynn the most was not his mediocre appearance and slightly slower pace of speech, but his unhurried stance. This time, he still didn't discuss it with his companions, and the three students standing behind him, along with the one holding the chalk, also seemed very calm.

"In view of the arduous nature of this combat task, our side has mobilized all officers and men before the battle, and in this battle we can only defend to the death and not leave anything to chance; despite being shelled by the enemy and outflanking from the east and west, we still resolutely rely on the fortifications and buildings in the villages and towns to fight, and pay special attention to giving play to the role of two anti-tank guns, which effectively curbs the auxiliary offensive role of the enemy's armored vehicles!"

A simple two sentences, a firm "dead defense" strategy, suddenly reversed the mentality of both the offensive and defensive sides. In the new round of discussions, the five cadets of the attacking side apparently had some differences, and finally, the short cadet announced as a representative: "The mechanized infantry battalion will besiege the villages and towns with the main force, completely cut off their contact with the outside world, and give full play to the reconnaissance role of the armored reconnaissance company to find out the enemy's deployment in the depths, and the rest of the troops will repair the damaged roads as much as possible before the arrival of the main forces, erect street signs and prepare for supplies!" ”

The wargame was deduced here, and even Lynn saw that the attacker still lost with a good card, and the instructor Barn Finger walked up to the podium with a whip: "Okay, everyone, I think some people have heard clearly what I said about the combat mission, and some people have intentionally or unintentionally misinterpreted the instructions of their superiors, which may cause very fatal consequences on the battlefield!" I hope you keep this in mind! Also, when we encounter a very tenacious opponent, we should be more tenacious than they are, and do everything we can, instead of being like a leopard that touches a tortoise, will only use its claws to flick its shell, but will do nothing about the delicious meat! ”

(To be continued)