The 45th winner of the Knight's Cross with Two Swords and Silver Oak Leaves, and a teacher of the Imperial Academy of Affairs, Barn Finger picked up the board eraser, skillfully and quickly erased the schematic lines of the two sides about the march route and troop disposition, and made corresponding changes on the original blackboard map, adding a river and two bridges that run roughly north-south. At this time, both the victorious defender and the losing attacker have automatically stepped down and returned to their seats.

"The strength and mission remain the same, continue!"

With that, Barn Finger dropped the chalk and eraser and walked to the bedside, took out his silver cigarette case, and smoked to himself.

As usual, two groups of students formed by themselves came to the stage, but this time both sides competed to play the role of the defender, and the result was that they had to make a decision in the most primitive way of guessing boxing, and became a group of the defenders to rejoice, and the group responsible for the attack seemed to be very difficult - the defenders were unable to capture the defender's village and town when the road was smooth, and now the defender had a natural barrier to the east of the village, and the bridge connecting the road would obviously not be left, and the other one far to the north might also be blown up by them, It takes a lot of thought to think about how to cross the river smoothly, not to mention the battle that follows?

The three roommates in the same dormitory did not choose to take the stage this time, and Lynn would not have come forward in a state where this situation had not been fully understood. After a long conversation with Eva in the morning, I later pondered carefully, although there is the propaganda of the "Deutsche Zeitung" as a foil, but in this unfathomable "shelter", the initial should be as low-key as possible, the doubts and speculations in the heart, it is best to hide in the heart, unless it is an uncontrollable situation like talking in dreams, and you can't be quick at any time.

Silently watching the two groups of students arrange their troops, Lynn was also thinking about his own combat ideas in his heart. With the previous deduction competition, the defender only needs to grasp the principle of "stubborn defense", and has a great confidence to complete the task, so as to win such a war game. On the podium, the cadets on the defending side made several modifications, and finally concentrated their forces in the villages and towns, and only divided a small number of troops to monitor the two bridges, the high ground on the south flank, and the woods on the north flank. In other words, they basically followed the previous deployment of the defenders, and did not add their own creativity, which Lynn felt should not be the effect that Barnfinger wanted. Looking at the attacking group, the five cadets were full of disagreements from the beginning. Obviously, they did not come on stage after discussing the combat strategy, but probably had a successful cooperation in the previous course, or they originally belonged to the same combat unit, so they formed a more fixed team in this kind of deduction.

Due to the attacker's slow decision, this round of competition took longer to prepare than before. During this time, Barnfinger finished smoking a cigarette and meditated out the window for a long time, without urging the students to speed up their pace. Finally, the representative of the attacking side, a burly cadet with a loud voice, announced: "Start now!" As the advance reconnaissance combat force of the attacking side, we dispersed the armored reconnaissance company into several fast and mobile reconnaissance groups, conducted a comprehensive reconnaissance of the terrain on the east bank of the river, determined the location of the bridge over the river and the general situation on the opposite bank, and the mechanized infantry battalion followed closely and quickly advanced along the road towards the river! ”

The cadet representative of the defending side was also very tall, but he did not have the voice of the other party's representative, and he said very calmly: "We concentrated our main forces on the villages and towns, built strong fortifications, and deployed the only two anti-tank guns here. We placed a small number of alert troops on the two bridges, on the high ground on the right flank, and on the woods on the left flank, and planted explosives on each of the two bridges, and when the enemy's reconnaissance troops appeared, they decisively blew up the bridges and blocked the enemy's passage! ”

After saying this, there was a sudden discussion below, and Lynn heard the students in the front row, who had previously played the defender, muttering to his companions, "You can't blow up the bridge at will without an order from your superiors." It seems that this war game should be like a real battle, and all aspects should be thoroughly considered, including the request for instructions and reports to the command department at a higher level.

The defenders on the stage also seemed to hear these discussions, and their representative quickly added: "Well, there was just now, we will ask our superiors for instructions and ask for their consent before blowing up the bridge." ”

Such an addition was better than nothing, and then the trainees of the attacking side had a two-minute discussion, presumably with different views on the question of the location of the bridge crossing. Finally, one of the trainees drew a picture on the blackboard, and their representative said with little confidence: "In view of the fact that the two bridges on the river were destroyed by the enemy, our reconnaissance unit quickly surveyed the river situation and found a suitable place for personnel and vehicles to cross the river directly -- here we have also taken into account that if there is no suitable section of the entire river, then avoid the villages and towns that the enemy is focusing on defending and erect pontoon bridges at a narrow part of the river, and then cross the river with an armored reconnaissance company first, and quickly carry out reconnaissance of the enemy area. All the troops are attacking the villages and towns! ”

After a brief discussion, the defending trainees gave their response: "For the enemy's troops' crossing of the river, our scattered vigilant personnel found and reported to the company headquarters in time, and our side immediately mobilized the troops to strengthen their vigilance, concentrated their efforts on consolidating the village and town fortifications, and ordered all units to avoid fighting with a strong enemy, make full use of the terrain to conduct covert observation, wait for the enemy to cross the river and move to the villages and towns, wait for an opportunity to attack its follow-up baggage troops, and if they can hold out until dark, organize a small force to destroy the enemy's bridge." ”

Since the defenders were very resolute in adopting a strategy of defending to the death, the following battle turned into a village and town offensive and defensive battle. In order to increase the chance of victory, the attackers invested all their main forces, including the armored reconnaissance company, at any cost, and after testing their firepower, they identified the weakest link in the defense of villages and towns, concentrated their main forces and carried out a desperate and fierce attack, believing that this move could break through the defenders' defenses with a fourfold superiority in troops, while the defenders repeatedly emphasized "relying on fortifications and resisting to the death." When the outcome of the wargame was decided, both sides stopped and waited for Barnfinger to judge.

Instead of stepping up to the podium, Barn Finger leaned back to the window and faced the classroom, saying: "If the quality and will of the two warring sides are similar, there is no doubt that it is a lose-lose situation, but considering the respective tasks of both sides, the defender is still the side that is closer to completion, and even if the attacker can finally capture the village and town, it will be difficult to complete the subsequent response and outpost tasks because of the great losses!" Leaving aside the outcome of the exercise itself, our commanders on the ground were too conservative and pinned the victory or defeat on the battle itself, rather than showing a real war strategy. Next, the troops, terrain remain the same, continue! ”

The ten students on the podium, regardless of the offensive and defensive camps, returned in a daze, and the students below began to talk after Barn Finger had finished speaking. It seemed that the trainees who had already participated in the drill could not participate again, and it took a while for 6 people who had not been on the stage before to take the podium, 5 of whom quickly and firmly stood on the defensive side, and the remaining one stood alone on the right, that is, on the side representing the attacking side.

At this time, Lynn didn't speak, but looked at the middle part of the head provocatively, this guy was really a guy who couldn't hold his breath, and made eye contact with Lynn, and immediately stood up: "Let's go, guys, sooner or later you have to play!" ”

The blonde lieutenant and the glasses lieutenant also got up, but they both had pessimistic expressions on their faces, and they didn't seem to have any idea of breaking the "turtle shell", so they were ready to fail.

Lynn sat outside, got up and gave way to the side, straightened her shirt, and waited until the three roommates walked past before following them, deliberately holding her head high. But by this time Barn Finger's eyes had turned back to the window, and he took out a third cigarette from his silver cigarette case.

The deployment of troops and the route of the march left over from the previous round were still left on the blackboard, and the students who played the role of the defender did not even need to use the eraser to clean up, and after gathering five people, the student who came to the stage first on the attacker's side took the initiative to pick up the eraser and start from the march route after crossing the river, and erase the traces of the previous defeat from left to right. When he had erased the pattern of the bridge, Lynn said to him, "Okay, keep the rest!" ”

Hearing this, not only the students holding the eraser, but also the three roommates turned their heads to look at Lynn very curiously, and whispered: "Even if you will lose, you can't use the battle plan of the previous group without using your brains!" ”

Lynn calmly looked at the jealous guy, "Who said we were going to use their plan?" You'll understand by listening to my explanation! Before I do that, I need to ask your opinion if you would like me to be the speaker and make decisions for the sake of victory. ”

The blonde lieutenant and the small-rimmed glasses had no objection except for surprise, and the student who took the board was silent, except for the middle head and stared: "You? ”

Lynn smiled calmly at him: "If you are already sure of victory, I don't mind staying aside and taking the whole course!" ”

Although he was not convinced, the head of the middle division obviously did not have a way to break the opponent's defense, and it would only embarrass him if he was strong, so he said in a disdainful tone: "Okay, let's see what the night battle elite of the empire can do during the day!" The instructor didn't say anything about it, and the battle wouldn't be going on into the night! ”

"Thanks for the reminder!"

After saying that, Lynn turned to face the students in the audience, many of whom were still talking to each other, seemingly discussing a way to break the situation, he cleared his throat and said with a full breath:

"Hello everyone! I'm Lynn. Gargo, who missed the previous class due to his hospitalization and recuperation, officially joined this ordinary officer class today. It's an honor to be a part of you, so I'll explain the strategy on behalf of the attacker, so let's get started! ”

The whole classroom was not completely silent, Lynn's self-introduction caused the students' private discussion to quickly change the subject, and Barn Finger had not finished his cigarette, but still turned his head to look at Lynn who was standing upright on the podium, perhaps he had seen that this young man was not particularly outstanding in appearance among the students, but exuded a strong confidence—a confidence that did not feel vain.

(To be continued)