"Do you smoke?"

Realizing that Lynn had approached him, General Barnfinger, who was standing on the balcony smoking a cigarette, took the cigarette in his mouth and freed his right hand to pull his cigarette case from his pocket. Lynn hurriedly said, "No need," and at the same time, glanced at the other party's left hand quietly. In class, he wore a black leather glove on his left hand, and he held the whip from head to tail, and his posture did not look unusual. After such a close observation, Lynn realized that his hand was probably injured and left with sequelae, so that he lost some mobility. In fact, this is also very common among the wounded, and the medic who treated Lynn with the surname Healing said that if the wound had not been treated in a timely manner, the shrapnel wound on the shoulder, once worsened, could have led to the destruction of the entire arm.

Lynn has always felt that injury is not terrible, but if she falls into disability at a young age, it will cause great trauma both physically and psychologically, and the weak-willed will even lose their fighting spirit and become depressed.

"Judging from your performance today, the quality of strategy is among the best in this officer class, coupled with rich front-line combat experience, young man, your future should be promising! It's a pity that it's a little late, if only it had been two years earlier! Barn Finger said with pity.

"Two years earlier" is also Lynn's usual emotion, he responded: "Yes, if it is two years earlier, everything is still unknown!" ”

"I've been planning to write a book recently, I haven't thought of a name yet, the content is mainly tactical examples and analysis of ideas, which can be used as a teaching book to provide reference help for young officers, and may need a few work assistants, are you interested?" Barn Finger asked straight to the point.

For the youngest general in the army and the recipient of the Order of the Oak Leaf with Two Swords, Lynn certainly feels respectable, but respectability does not mean that he responds to requests. In the face of such an invitation, he still considered it carefully, and then replied: "If time permits, I will be happy to help you unconditionally!" ”

"Thank you!" Barn Finger said, "Time, I think the last thing we lack now is time!" ”

There was a strong sense of loss in his words, and Lynn thought to himself that since this young general likes to study tactics and strategies, he should have more understanding and analysis of the situation. In the current situation, even if the head of the empire is alive, the last elite of the empire will remain secretly in this hidden place, but it will not be able to continue the confrontation with the United States and the Soviet Union. Their only chance is to wait, waiting for a major change in the world pattern, or for their own geniuses to build invincible new weapons. These two paths are likely to take a long time, even several generations later! Therefore, the reason why the high-level people placed a large number of young female surnames in the "shelter" is probably the main purpose of multiplication and long-term perseverance!

Suddenly, Barn Finger said in a wistful tone, "Ensign, what do you think...... Can the use of tactics change the outcome of a war? ”

According to the theory of strategy, tactics belong to quantitative change, and it is difficult to achieve qualitative change and change the strategic outcome unless it reaches the extreme or there is a major accidental factor. But theory is relative, and things that seem to be contrary to common sense are not uncommon in history. After thinking about it carefully, Lynn replied:

"Tactics are like soldiers, how they play mainly depends on the decisions of the commander of the war, and the effect of their execution of combat orders in turn affects the implementation of the commander's decisions. In my personal understanding, it is entirely possible to change the course and outcome of the war with clever tactics, but this depends on the combination of human factors and luck factors. For example, in Dunkirk, if an elite combat unit of our side breaks through the Anglo-French defense line before the order to stop the offensive is given, the next change will be a chain - the British expeditionary force has been completely annihilated, the British [***] people have lost their fighting spirit, the war on the Western Front has ended early, we have avoided the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, and we have concentrated all our efforts to defeat the Soviet Union and finally win the war. For example, in the Mediterranean, an Italian oil tanker was lucky enough to avoid the attack of British aircraft and warships and arrived in North Africa, and after obtaining oil supplies, our North African Army was able to continue to advance at a critical stage, and it may have defeated the British [***] team in one go, entered the Suez Canal, and changed the situation of the war in Africa, so that the transportation lines between the British mainland and overseas colonies such as India were forced to lengthen, the supply of materials and personnel increased, and the morale of the local resistance declined, which in turn affected the defense of the British army in West Asia. If we had seized the opportunity to march into Western Asia, from the south into the Caucasus and capture the Baku oil fields, the war would have ended differently. ”

After listening to Lynn's statement, Barn Finger smoked silently until there was only a small cigarette butt left, and then pressed it into the simple iron ashtray: "Second Lieutenant Gargo, you are indeed a very insightful person, and it is no accident that you can stand out from the many non-commissioned officers and become a hero of the Empire!" ”

"Thank you!" Lin Enchun replied politely, thinking in his heart that he had spent so much time, this person surnamed Lover should also report some fierce news next, right?

It's a pity that a person like Barn Finger, who is cold and arrogant and cherishes words like gold, obviously won't talk about it casually until the matter has reached the stage where it has to be said. He silently walked to the bedroom, pulled out a wooden box containing 12 bottles of red wine from under the bed, which was now half empty, pinched the bottleneck with both hands and took out one of the bottles, turned around and handed the bottle of red wine with the German label to Lynn: "Second Lieutenant, this is the prize for the best staff officer award!" ”

If Barn Finger lived in a spacious and luxurious residence, Lynn could still accept this reward with peace of mind, but everything here can only be described as poor, so he excused: "Being recognized by the general is already a very high reward, and whether there is a prize or not is only secondary." Besides, he had just recovered from his injuries, and the doctor told him not to drink! ”

Barnfinger's right hand holding the red wine bottle did not retract, but said in a rather serious tone: "Are you questioning the chief's decision?" ”

When the words were all said and done, Lynn hurriedly accepted the red wine, but then had an idea: "Sir, I wonder if I have the honor to invite you to a drink?" ”

Probably surprised by Lynn's polite manner, Barn Finger stared at him for a few seconds before turning his head expressionlessly and saying, "Aini, please give us two cups!" ”

If it was an oriental-style party, Lynn should have invited the general's wife to drink with him, but he still put away this overly enthusiastic thought, and when the young lady brought the cup, he smiled and asked, "Is there a corkscrew?" ”

"Yes!" The lady turned around and took out the corkscrew with a wooden handle and a steel body from the drawer of the table, and the details showed the true character of a virtuous helper.

Although he rarely drank red wine before, Lynn was still capable of the simple task of opening a corkage, he poured most of the red wine into each of the two metal glasses, served one to the general, and then raised his own glass: "I think this first glass is for our first meeting, and for the health of the Führer, cheers!" ”

Barn Finger smoked vigorously and drank very boldly, after clinking glasses, he took a deep sip, held the glass flat and said: "In the overall situation of war, we are all executors of strategy, we are all soldiers, there are not many opportunities to grasp, and there are fewer things that can be changed, but we have common ideals and goals, and we are willing to ...... The empire endures! ”

In the past, Lynn had no idea of the existence of this "refuge", and those who did good only speculated about whether there was a mysterious Aryan city under the ice in Antarctica. Now, every day of the Third Reich since May 9, 1945 has been a continuation of history, so it is only natural to raise a glass: "The empire endures!" ”

After two large sips of wine, the 30-year-old General Barn Finger's face flushed slightly, and he clinked glasses with Lynn again: "Second Lieutenant Gargo, to be honest, you are one of the most qualified junior lieutenants I have ever seen, how old are you this year?" 23？ Well, I was only a sergeant at 23! Time flies! If I have the chance, I will introduce you to Marshal Rommel's staff adjutant, who is also a remarkable young man, very well studied in tactics and tactics, and a master of war games! ”

(To be continued)