Chapter 22 The Empire Lion

After standing on the podium, the young double sword Silver Oak Leaf Knight Cross Medal and the general leader of the army and the ellipse wearer put on a proud posture of splitting his feet, straightening his chest and slightly raising his chin, and glanced at the audience with a slightly oblique gaze. Within a distance of tens of centimeters to several meters, most people are not far from that, and among them, some of them are a few years older and teenagers, but their achievements are vastly different from military ranks.

Lynn thought hard in his mind, still feeling that this cheek with a faint scar was never seen before - pictures, images or text descriptions. In terms of appearance, the general was probably not as handsome as Laurenz Bach, and barely at the same level as soldiers with ordinary appearances such as Wolfrum and Tanze. But when his eyes met him, Lynn was shocked by the coldness of the blades in his eyes. What kind of experience should this man have become colder than the air in the Arctic Circle?

Subconsciously, Lin En hoped that the other party's gaze could stay on him for a little longer, preferably with a sign of recognition or even respect. However, the gaze that looked like an Ice Blade swept away without even a slight pause on anyone in this classroom. Immediately afterwards, the instructor who had changed into a military uniform of the second lieutenant and could mix in the group of students turned around and walked to the blackboard and picked up chalk. His standing posture was still so rebellious, and his chin was still at a proud angle. The left hand of the coaching stick was placed behind him, and the right hand was holding it seemed not chalk.

Instead, a long sword danced vigorously and flexibly to defeat the opponent. The curved lines appeared on the blackboard. They had no artistic beauty, were rough, random and had no symmetry. After being a staff officer in the headquarters of the "Vampire" commando for a while, Lynn was no stranger to these lines. They represented the terrain, mountains, rivers, valleys and plains of a certain battlefield. It was different from ordinary people. The instructor marked them one by one after drawing all the lines, making them a simple terrain with three-dimensional significance.

"A Army has an armored reconnaissance company and a mechanized infantry battalion. Its mission is to occupy villages and towns located to the west and establish a solid outpost before the main force arrives. A Army has an infantry company, which is equipped with two additional anti-tank guns. It is the mission of defending villages and towns and covering the main force's retreat. It's still the same rule!"

After saying that, the instructor with great meritorious steps down the podium and came to the window, took out a cigarette box from his pocket, and placed a piece of it as if no one was around. The students in the classroom started to talk to each other and communicate from the moment he finished speaking, and then ten people stood up and walked onto the podium one after another. Five people quickly selected their respective roles. While talking, the members in the group used chalk to draw patterns representing the troops on the blackboard. In this process, both sides seemed very principled and did not look at the positions where the other party was drawing.

Such war chess has been around since ancient times. They are a common method for generals to consider combat strategies and are also a necessary course for cultivating officer command and staff abilities. Lynn also attended two classes in the "Vampire" commando training camp. The difference is that the commando instructors aims to teach students to master the special operations of small groups of troops, mainly in street fighting and field raids, and the illusion attacking troops are also a battle group of 10 or 20 people. According to the conventional weaving of the German army, the number of participating troops in this war chess has reached 700 to 800, which can be regarded as a small battle with enough weight.

It doesn't take too much time to see others deploying offense or defense, and the two groups of students were still discussing and revising before the finalization. Lynn turned his head and asked his roommates softly: "Hey, why didn't you go up just now?"

"What's the hurry!" The lieutenant wearing small framed glasses replied in a low voice, "There will be three rounds later, and basically everyone has the opportunity to go up and practice, but our instructor is very strict. So far, there is no such group that can satisfy him."

After hearing this, Lin Neng couldn't help but turn her eyes to the guy who was leaning against the window and smoking freely, so he asked his companions again: "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 man who was awarded the Cross of the Double Sword Oak Leaf Knight, Erich Barnfinger?"

Lynn did not realize it suddenly, because what impressed him was Dietrich Peltz, the youngest general in the Third Reich of Germany, a trump fighter pilot.

At this time, Zhongbian lay on the table and headed towards Lynn, and said in a low voice: "A madman who is similar to you, he was injured 11 times on the Eastern Front and left the front-line combat troops due to his last serious injury!"

11 times!

Lynn was very surprised at this number. He suffered a minor injury and two slander in the past few months on the front line. He felt that most of his life had gone. Even driven by a strong desire to survive, he felt that he could not be as brave and fearless as in East Prussia. This guy was injured 11 times in succession. No wonder there was a cold murderous aura in his eyes. It turned out that the injured beast was not afraid, but became even more crazy.

However, the second lieutenant of glasses "rehabilitated" the instructor and said: "Don't listen to his nonsense! The general is a model of the army and a model of the Eastern Front. He has performed crucially in many important and arduous battles. The head of state also personally awarded him the Medal of Honor!"

"Yes! Yes!" The middle-aged officer said disdainfully, "For victory and honor, he led his subordinates to fight to the death. Even if the enemy is countless times stronger than him, even if he only fights to the last person, he will be willing to do so!"

The second lieutenant glasses had no intention of arguing, and this was not an occasion to argue about personal opinions. After a while, the two groups of students on the podium finally determined their respective deployments. One of them said "It's started", and the classroom became quiet. The two swords of the Oak Leaf Knight's Cross Medal on the neckline, and the gold war wounded medal on the chest was worn by Bainfinger silently extinguished the cigarette, staring at the ten students on the podium without turning around.

Among the five-man staff team of the attacking party, the shortest cadet stood up and explained: "As an offensive advance force, we sent armored reconnaissance to move westward, but only one platoon was moving along the highway, and two platoons carried out cautious and rapid reconnaissance operations from the open area on the north side of the highway and the hilly area on the south side of the highway. The mechanized infantry battalion took the highway and basically maintained the same speed as the reconnaissance company!"

One person drew a schematic diagram of the march route on the blackboard, and the other three stood aside and began to carefully study the other party's troops configuration.

A representative from the defense also came out to explain: "We concentrated two-thirds of the troops in the entire company to build a solid defense line with villages and towns as fulcrums, and two anti-tank guns were also arranged here. At the same time, we used the woods in the north and the high ground in the south to deploy vigilance positions respectively!"

After brief discussions with our companions, a small officer from the attacking side said: "Our reconnaissance troops advancing along the road exchanged fire with the enemy in C Village and Town shortly after the operation was launched. Because the enemy built fortifications, we left the battle after suffering slight losses and informed the battalion headquarters radio. Within about half an hour, the other two reconnaissance troops also encountered and fought with the enemy's guard forces one after another!"

Just looked back at his companions, and the defensive student representative said: "After the enemy's reconnaissance force appeared, we remained silent and were on guard!"

After a discussion with his companions, a small officer from the attacking side said: "Our mechanized infantry battalion quickly moved closer to the reconnaissance forces in the highway zone. After receiving the report from the reconnaissance forces on the left and right wings, it decided to use the forces of two companies to cooperate with the reconnaissance platoon to attack the enemy's right wing high ground. Although the terrain is beneficial to defense, our attack is decisive and has at least a 7-to-one advantage. The armored reconnaissance vehicles also use machine guns to provide fire support!"

The opponent relied on his military strength and maneuverability to attack, but the representative of the defense seemed confident. He still just looked at his companions and spoke: "We gave up the high ground positions in the south, and the troops deployed in the woods in the north did not exchange fire with the enemy head-on, but harassed and monitored by the concealment of the terrain!"

Next, the students who were responsible for drawing pictures on the offensive side hurriedly drew a fork on the other side's high ground, and then extended the arrows of their left wing troops to this point.

"After capturing the high ground, we had an intuitive observation and grasp of the situation of the villages and towns, and concentrated the entire camp of artillery here, using the terrain height to bombard. The two companies that had been put into battle left behind the wounded and a small number of guards. The rest quickly detoured to the rear of the villages and towns, cutting off the connection between the enemy defenders and the large troops. Then we advanced in depth with a part of the reconnaissance force, and attacked the main force of the combat troops on both sides, forming a dual advantage of force and situation." The short officer became more and more confident as he spoke, his facial expressions became richer, and he even became a little surprised.

The defensive party's speech represents a gentle and calm officer. What impressed Lynn the most was not his mediocre appearance and slow speech speed, but his calm attitude. This time, he still did not discuss with his companions, and the three students standing behind him, and the one holding the chalk seemed very calm.

"In view of the arduous nature of this combat mission, we have mobilized all officers and soldiers before the war. We can only defend the enemy's death and there is no luck in this battle. Despite being attacked by the enemy and surrounding areas on both sides, we still resolutely rely on fortifications and buildings in villages and towns to fight, paying special attention to the role of the two anti-tank guns, effectively curbing the auxiliary offensive role of the enemy's armored vehicles!"

Two simple sentences, a firm "dead defense" strategy, immediately reversed the mentality of the offensive and defensive sides. In the new round of discussion, the five students on the offensive side obviously had some differences. Finally, the short cadet announced as a representative: "The mechanized infantry battalion will use the main force to siege villages and towns, completely cut off their contact with the outside world, and give full play to the reconnaissance role of the armored reconnaissance company to explore the deployment of the enemy in the deep area. The remaining troops will repair the damaged roads as much as possible before the main force arrives, erect street signs and prepare for supply and responsive responses!"

After the war chess was deduced here, even Lynn saw that the attacker still lost while grasping the good cards. The instructor Barnfinger walked onto the podium with the coaching stick: "Okay, everyone, I think someone has heard the combat mission I mentioned clearly, while some people intentionally or unintentionally misinterpret the instructions of their superiors, which may have very fatal consequences on the battlefield! I hope everyone will remember this! In addition, when we meet very tenacious opponents, we must act more tenacious than them and try every means, rather than just touching a leopard when encountering a turtle, they will only use their claws to fiddle with their shells, but they can do nothing to eat with their delicious meat!"

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Chapter completed!