Taking into account the uncertainties, Weiss still did not make a clear idea of ​​his future before leaving Principal Leno's office. When he returned to the dormitory building, he found that Otto Lundes, Wars Carlett, and Mullen Engel were all standing at the stairs.

As soon as he saw Weiss, his three pairs of eyes immediately "locked" him tightly.

"How is it?" Lundes asked.

Weiss certainly understood what he was referring to: "You have already made up your mind to follow the old principal to the 1st National Defense Department?"

"Hmm!" Lundes replied, "Why, don't you go?"

"It's not that I won't go, it's not decided yet." Weiss replied, "Can you tell me what you think?"

Carles obviously misunderstood Weis's way of speaking. He said angrily: "What do you think? Of course, it is better to go to the 1st National Defense Department than to go to the Corps General Staff and Corps Command. If you plan to accept the principal's arrangement, we have nothing to say!"

"Warth, what are you talking about!" Lundes said smoothly, "Long said, he just hasn't made up his mind yet."

Weiss did not defend himself, but nodded at Lundes, indicating that he was listening attentively.

Lundes looked around and lowered his voice: "In the Northern Battle and the Border Battle, the Federal Army suffered heavy losses. On the one hand, it is because the Norman army has new weapons and new tactics that we are not familiar with. On the other hand, it is also attributed to the old and backward military system of the Federal Army. Simply put, our combatants are well equipped and well-trained. Not only are they strong in combat effectiveness, but the soldiers are also confident. The situation of the security division and reserve division is very bad. On the battlefield, as long as the combatants, security divisions, and reserve divisions are deployed, the security divisions and reserve divisions will definitely become the breakthrough for the enemy to pierce the front line. If these troops are temporarily mixed, the effect will be unsatisfactory. Because of this, our military system urgently needs a reform, so that all troops can have the strength to be comparable to or even surpass the combatants!"

During the Border Campaign, Weiss and Lundes spent most of the time together, but never talked about such topics. I think he came into contact with some new ideas and new ideas after returning to the Baston Military Academy. Objectively speaking, the federal military system does have various shortcomings, and it does require a change to cure these problems. The essence of any change is to break the old order and establish a new order. As the saying goes, no destruction or establishment is not possible. It is impossible to achieve change without harming the vested interests. Looking at history

Some reforms are to implement reforms from top to bottom, while others launch revolutions from bottom to top. If we just use unified defense divisions to replace the old third-level combat troops, it may be a symbolic military reform that treats the symptoms but not the root cause. It is precisely because of seeing these most essential things that Weiss lacks interest in joining the First Defense Division and even has concerns. Although Principal Leno's words are not listened to, one sentence aroused Weiss' alert: joining the First Defense Division will eventually lead to a very sad end.

If the war quickly turns around, it will be a happy result for reformers and conservatives. But if the war is still unfavorable in the next stage, defense agents and those who implement defense agent reform will become scapegoats for failure.

This way of harming the country and the people is precisely a common method for vested interests to eliminate dissidents.

Weiss sighed: "I believe that more and more people will realize the need to promote change. Moreover, real change is not limited to the military system, but should also cover all areas of the country, politics, economy, industry..."

Lundes stared at Weiss with wide eyes. After a while, he nodded: "Although we have chosen different paths, we have common ideals and goals. Good luck, man!"

What else Carlett and Engel wanted to say was stopped by Lundes.

Before leaving, Weiss said to Lundes: "Thank you, Otto!"

Lundes smiled and turned around and left with Carlett and Engel.

That night, Fat Vice President personally came to the Baston Military Academy and had a long talk with Weiss. Since the federal government implemented the National Defense Mobilization, the Klumber Heisen factory has received large orders from the military, and all assembly lines are running day and night, and workers are taking turns to speed up production. Correspondingly, the factory's revenue and profits have also shown a blowout growth. Fat Vice President originally provided a large amount of funds to the Klumber Heisen family, and helped them purchase production lines, train technicians, recruit employees, and obtain generous returns according to the agreement between the two parties, and thus enhance their business power.

Because of this, in recent times, the fat vice president has been running around for the Grumman Group, but in fact he has done a lot of "fake public and private" work and recommended the new weapons from the Klumber-Hisen factory to the military. The 1.4pir caliber light machine gun with good battlefield tests has been recognized by the Military Technical Committee. He just received the first batch of 5,000 production orders, of which 1,000 will be installed on the light armored vehicles manufactured by the Hasen Automobile Factory. The 3.2pir caliber heavy machine gun that barely achieved the design effect after repeated improvements also received a considerable amount of R&D subsidy.

The battle is now difficult, Weiss really has no energy to pay attention to business matters, and the fat vice president also brought him good news: The Dellefig Senior Staff College agreed to give the outstanding young officer who served as deputy and acting deputy head of the Baston Student Group during the war. As for whether to accept him as a transfer student and arrange him to the aviation major, the final judgment needs to be made based on the results of the entrance examination.

After talking to President Leno and Otto Lundes, the idea of ​​change disturbed Weiss's mood, but with his current ability and conditions, he was far from enough to become the initiator of change. After thinking about it, he decided to accept the back door opened by the fat vice president and go to the Dellefig Senior Staff College for the exam.

During peacetime, Baston Military Academy students usually enjoy a graduation leave of about one month after graduation. During this period, they can recommend themselves to the troops in various ways, or accept the arrangements of the military academy, and then report to the troops until the holiday is over. At the moment of the war, the situation is tense. In just a few days, all 35 outstanding graduates of Baston Military Academy have determined their graduation destinations: including Lundes, Carlett, and Engel, a total of 12 graduates applied to go to the 1st National Defense Division and obtained approval, and more than one-third of the graduates joined the same division-level unit. This is the first time in decades! The remaining 23 graduates were selected by 2 corps-level command and staff, 3 corps-level command and staff organization, 6 digits joined the division-level command and staff organization, and 11 people went to the grassroots combat troops.

Only Weiss was qualified for the admission examination specially approved by the Senior Staff Academy.

The students who have studied and lived together for three years said goodbye to each other and hurriedly embarked on a new journey.

Weiss also carried his bags and took the train alone to the capital Liberty City.

The time for him to prepare for the exam was only a week, but fortunately, the fat vice president tried every means to get the exam outline, so Weiss was able to make targeted preparations. With the level of an outstanding graduate of the Baston Military Academy and the training of practical battlefields, it is not difficult to pass the military basic skills assessment. The difficult thing is the military theory exam - not only requires mastering military history knowledge, but also requires in-depth analysis of the causes and consequences of historical events, and to draw on the past and present, explaining the truth; not only requires the victory by using war chess, but also correctly analyze the causes and losses, learn from one example and connect with reality; finally, the assessment team will temporarily raise a group of tricky and weird questions to evaluate the candidate's reaction ability, and the scores in this part are not low.

During the preparations for the exam this week and the next two days of the exam, Weiss focused on his efforts and tried his best. Even so, his test scores were barely crossed the line. Although he was admitted to the Dellefig Senior Staff College and joined the last regular class of students recruited before the war as a transfer student, he failed to enter the aviation staff major as he wished, but was assigned to the land war staff major.

The regular course of the Delefiger Senior Staff College is 18 months. When Weiss stumbled into a transfer student, his classmates had been studying here for more than five months, and most of them served as officers or staff officers in the army for more than two years. After more than five months of courses, Weiss used all available time to catch up, but there was no way to make up for his experience in the army. In the following comprehensive assessment, he ranked last, and there was no protection from novices in the game. If the results of the two comprehensive assessments were so bleak, he would be eliminated at the end.

Weiss once again started to study hard, and many of his friends from the Baston Military Academy returned to the front line of war. During this period, the northern line fully moved into the defensive. Although the new defense line was convenient for geographical advantages, it was in turmoil under the continuous attacks of the Norman army. The federal army tried its best to stop the collapse of the entire line, and the seemingly calm Western Front finally broke out: the Kingdom of Basel, Kempten, and the Kingdom of Faryan announced that they had joined the "monarchy alliance" initiated by the Norman Empire. The Norman army immediately entered these three countries and attacked the Federation.

Although the border areas of these three countries and the Federation are part of the Monamolin Mountains, there are many valleys that are conducive to ground troops' access. In order to guard these natural passages, after the end of the last war, the Federation renovated and expanded five old fortresses with a history of hundreds of years. From north to south, Antonio, Bella Kathar, Chalund, Dawnlake, and Elm. These fortresses that occupy dangerous terrain can be said to be a one-man who is in a state of war in the traditional war mode. However, the Norman Empire's "iron-pinched walnut" performance in North Fries and Wessex has completely subverted the traditional war thinking.
Chapter completed!