War Department

　　Before the end of the exercise, the 3rd Regiment was storming the small hill where the remnants of the 27th Regiment were stationed, and it would take at most two hours for the 3rd Regiment to strangle the remnants of the 27th Regiment. Commander Gust even thought about how he would accept the taunts of his old friend Old John, but the exercise command suddenly announced that the exercise was over and the 27th Army Regiment had won.

　　The officers and men of the 3rd regiment threw the rifles in their hands fiercely on the ground at that time, what kind of joke, tired for so long, they will immediately be able to attack the enemy headquarters, you tell me that we lost? And the officers and men of the 27th regiment were also confused, how could they win for no reason? After receiving the news, Gust rushed to the exercise headquarters.

　　As soon as he entered the headquarters, Gust saw old John with a black face. "Gust, I admit that you won this time, but can you tell me how your damn troops crossed two lines of defense to sneak up on my headquarters?" John asked through gritted teeth as soon as he saw Gust.

　　Gust replied suspiciously: "What troops?" I also wondered how I suddenly won? As soon as John saw Gust's confused appearance, he subconsciously thought that Gust was playing the fool, and just opened his mouth to say something, when Lieutenant General Strauss came over and said to John with a smile: "Lieutenant Colonel John, don't blame Lieutenant Colonel Gust, he really doesn't know anything." When the two saw that it was General Strauss, they quickly stood up and saluted.

　　Lieutenant General Strauss waved his hand and continued: "The troops that sneaked up on John's headquarters were not sent by Gust, he thought of it himself, this is simply a classic in interspersed tactics!"

　　Gust listened very strangely, all his troops were trapped on the hill with him at that time, which unit attacked John? Lieutenant General Strauss saw Gust's contemplative look, smiled and shouted to the side: "Leon, come out, talk to them yourself."

　　A young officer walked out of the side, who was Lyon who led the troops to surprise John. Leon first saluted, and then explained to everyone how he did it: "I occupied the first line of defense in the central direction, and then rushed to the woods on the north side, taking advantage of the night to secretly bypass the second line of defense."

　　"Aren't you afraid of bumping into the defenders of the second line of defense in the woods?" Lieutenant General Strauss asked.

　　"General, the first line of defense on the north side was still solid at that time, so the reserves on the second line of defense must be lax. Second, the front line is in full swing, so there will inevitably not be many reserves. Third, the woods are close to the border, and the area of the woods in the battlefield is definitely not enough to hide too many troops, and the small troops cannot threaten the second line of defense, so I think there are absolutely not many people or even no one in the woods to defend. Obviously, I guessed it all. Leon replied in detail.

　　John immediately slapped his forehead with remorse when he heard this, he did think that there could be no enemy troops in that wood, because no one would be able to cross the strong first line, but he never expected that someone would rush through half the war zone and into the small woods.

　　"You're smart, but what really surprises me is what formation you command the first line of defense? Why does a simple scattered infantry have such a strong attack? "Lieutenant General Strauss is worthy of being a general, and he can see at a glance that the most wonderful thing is not through the woods, but the offensive tactics that look disorderly.

　　"General, I will name it the three-three tactic, which divides an infantry squad into three combat groups, each of which has about three members, each of whom covers each other's advance, and each person is separated from each other, so that the troops can maintain a certain amount of firepower in the attack, and because the people are very scattered between people, it can minimize the damage of local heavy fire to the attacking troops." Leon introduced Lieutenant General Strauss carefully and carefully.

　　"Okay man, I didn't lose to you, I lost to this young man, he's such a genius." When John heard this, he said to Gust helplessly.

　　Gust also had a teachable expression on his face, and said to Leon: "Leon, why didn't I find out that you were a genius before?" Otherwise, I will definitely give you a battalion commander! "

　　"Oh, Mr. Regiment Commander, this is my first time participating in the exercise, and I have not had the opportunity to experiment with these tactics of mine before." Leon looked regretful, if he had discussed with the regiment commander before, maybe he would be the battalion commander now.

　　"Haha, young man, don't be full of bitterness." Lieutenant General Strauss patted Leon on the shoulder, and then continued seriously: "Lieutenant Leon, are you willing to come to the war department to develop?" I can give you the rank of a major.

　　"The two regimental commanders were stunned, how old is Leon? At the age of 21, he was promoted to major at such a young age, which is rare in Germany.

　　Gust came to his senses and said helplessly: "General, you can't do this, you snatched one of my future battalion commanders!" Everyone laughed when they heard this. Laughing at a halt, Lieutenant General Strauss asked again, "Monsieur Leon, would you like to?"

　　Only then did Leon react from the shock, and nodded vigorously with excitement on his face: "Yes, of course I do!" Thank you, General! "The War Department, its predecessor was the General Staff of the Second German Reich! Although the General Staff was dissolved in the Treaty of Versailles, it was renamed the War Department, and as long as you entered, you could even step into the German command.

　　"You don't have to thank me, you won it yourself, I believe you can bring a lot of tactics to the national army." Lieutenant General Strauss said solemnly.

　　"Yes General, I will work hard in the war department!" Leon gave Lieutenant General Strauss a standard German military salute.

　　"Since you promised, then return to Berlin with me tomorrow morning, and then I will arrange accommodation for you in Berlin and promote you to a military rank." After that, Lieutenant General Strauss said goodbye to everyone and left the headquarters.

　 　 Leon returned to the barracks with Gust and received warm cheers, and the troops of Lyon, who returned first, had already told the other officers and men the reason for the victory, and now everyone knew that it was Lyon who led the troops to surprise the headquarters of the 3rd Regiment that allowed the 27th Regiment to achieve this victory. Everyone was impressed with Lyon, and even the battalion commander of Lyon apologized to Lyon in public.

　　The victory revelry continued late into the night, and the soldiers returned to their beds and fell asleep. Leon tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, partly excited and partly worried about the future.

　　The next morning, Leon arrived early outside Strauss's room and waited quietly. Today is the departure for Berlin, and after last night's precipitation, Lyon has overcome his nervousness. He has understood that his development in the army is limited after all, and going to the war department is the most suitable way for him.

　　"Hey, young man, you're up early." Strauss pushed open the door and walked out, and he was a little surprised to see that Leon was already waiting here.

　　"Good morning, General. You're up early, too. Leon greeted with a smile.

　　"Haha, I'm different, I'm too old and don't need much sleep. You are different, young man, you can't be in a hurry, there will be a long way to go. Strauss laughed, and if it weren't for the wrinkles on his face and the faint gray hair, he would have looked like a young man in his spirit.

　　After brushing their teeth and eating breakfast, the two and some accompanying officers arrived at the train station, where a special train was already waiting.

　　Strauss patted Leon's shoulder before getting into the car and quipped, "Are you ready, lad." Your future job will not be easy. Leon nodded heavily. Verses saw Leon nod, laughed and got on the train.

　　Leon took one last look at Nuremberg, thinking about his future, and couldn't help but feel a lot of pride in his heart, and roared at the sky: "For the future!" For the German !!! "