Chapter 11 The Fall of the Dream
Still not sleeping late at night, getting up at dawn, practicing without studying, having no time to write, having no time to talk, even walking after meals was full of academic problems... After more than a month after coming to the Dellefig Senior Staff College, Weiss lived a life like an ascetic. He went all out, probably only to hang his head and stab his thighs, but the potential of ordinary people is limited. Among a group of outstanding young officers who are selected from thousands of people, he has no advantage in both innate understanding and acquired ability. He can still compete for the middle and upper reaches when he started together. He has been working for more than five months this night.
Fighting hard can only barely get out of the last-place elimination zone. Even so, this kind of asceticism has considerable potential gains. You should know that graduates from the Baston Military Academy must go through a 4-12-month internship period before they can become formal officers. However, graduates from the Delefiger Senior Staff College can serve as chief of the regiment staff or equivalent intermediate positions as soon as they graduate. When they are also in the Corps Staff Department, the former is usually an intern staff officer, and the latter can serve as the chief of the training room, surveying and mapping room, military supplies room and other departments, and the treatment differences are immediately revealed.
In peacetime, students value comprehensive rankings the most, followed by personal connections. In the current stage of war, people seem to be in the storm. The situation of the ship is closely related to the fate of everyone. No one can devote themselves to their studies without distraction. After the war broke out, the Delefiger Senior Staff College suspended the recruitment of the school for 18 months, and waved to the regular student class every six months, and used the free teaching resources to hold a 4-6-week wartime short-term training class. Some of the participants were commanders and chiefs of staff who were destroyed and disbanded in the army. Here we came to summarize the teaching.
For training and analysis of countermeasures, some are military backbones whose troops are stationed far away from the front line, and come here to learn and understand new battlefield tactics. The military ranks of these people are generally above majors, and it is not uncommon to have generals on their shoulders. For regular students, being able to meet and make friends with these experienced and capable middle and senior officers in the academy will undoubtedly provide corresponding convenience for their future path. Therefore, whenever the hospital arranges them to play opponents in practical training or wargame deduction for wartime short training classes, they always try every means to show their talents and ask many questions to the instructors who arrange training.
Some people got what they wanted, some failed, and some were unintentional. In a war game deduction, Weiss made two strange moves in a row and made accurate and detailed inferences about the deduction and battle situation, which attracted the attention of several chiefs of staff. When they learned that this young man was a unique figure while attending the Baston Military Academy, he participated in the border battle with the Baston student group and received extremely high praise, he threw olive branches to him, intending to recruit him under his command.
Weiss tried every means to come to the Dellefig Senior Staff Academy, not to be promoted individually, but to stand at a higher position, to give greater effect to his special abilities, and to help Ulster's Free Federation defend its valuable spirit of freedom. Although he failed to enter the aviation major as he wished, staying in the army was not a bad thing. After all, "human radar" is easy to use in the battlefield. Weiss neither agreed nor refused the sincere invitation from the officers, but kept in touch with them and often asked them for experience and methods of leading troops to fight. The more he contacted, the more he learned, Weiss benefited a lot, and the officers also gained a different way of thinking from him.
The time of hard work passed quickly, while the days on the battlefield were much harder. The Western Front did not collapse as quickly as some people worried. The federal army relied on the five fortresses in the Monamolin Mountains to stubbornly fight the attacks of the Norman Empire and its allies. At the Fortress Belakass, the 1st Defense Division and the 6th and 10th Defense Divisions who later joined the battle, assisted the fortress guards to resist the continuous attacks of the Norman Basel coalition. The 1st Fleet, which lost half of its combat power in the border battle, defeated the offensive of the Norman Eastern Fleet one after another with clever tactical deployment. With a relatively disadvantage in the strength, the air battle situation was maintained at a delicate balance...
Through the internal information of the Federal Army and the news conveyed by new classmates, Weiss closely monitored the war on the Western Front and the situation of the 1st National Defense Division. In order to better study the situation on the Western Front, he carefully checked the military information about the five major fortresses - including geographical terrain, design plans, transformation process, etc. Among these fortresses, Bella Katha was neither the latest nor the largest, nor the most dangerous terrain. When attacked by the enemy with the same force, he was attacked by the same force.
Next, it is very likely that it was the first to be lost among the five fortresses. During the last war, the Bellakasse Fortress was razed to the ground by artillery fire from the Norman fleet. After the war, the Federation redeployed the western border defense line, and the new Bellakasse Fortress was built after four years. In the following decade, it had almost no strengthening except for the adjustment of weapon configuration. The Bellakasse Fortress Division, which was stationed here, has always been a weaker force arrangement than standard combatants.
The strong brigade is undoubtedly a highlight of the battlefield. With the deliberate promotion of the official, the defense battle of the Bellakasse Fortress became a material to promote the steel will of the federal army and show the results of military reform. General Fanluo, who was over 60 years old and the 1st National Defense Division he commanded, also received large reports. This vibrant force was awarded the honorary title of "Youth Iron Army", and a large number of officers and soldiers won honors and commendations for their military achievements.
The Federal Army defended the Monamolin Mountains and withstood the stormy waves. The Chinese people breathed a sigh of relief, but the northern line was in trouble again. After more than a month of rest and supplements, the Norman Army entrenched in Wessex suddenly showed its power. They gathered thousands of cannons and more than a thousand armored combat vehicles on the front battlefield. In one day, four large-scale attacks were launched on the coalition's Malogos-Selcilo defense line. Even though the wreckage was everywhere, the blood flowed into a river did not retreat. Finally, they broke through the coalition's defense line at dusk. Under the night sky, the brave and fighting Norman Royal 1st Marine Division once again carried out air behind the federal army.
The surrender, together with the main force to attack, once again concocted the great collapse of the Federal Army. After this battle, the northern battle group that the Federal Army had worked hard to rectify and train was no longer there. The defenders were in panic at all the strongholds south of the Malogos-Cercilo defense line. Faced with the Norman army like a flood, many guard divisions and reserve divisions were about to collapse at once, resulting in the 7th and 8th garrisons being filled with remnants of defeated soldiers and defeated soldiers in scattered areas. In less than five days, the Federal Army lost 33 combat divisions, 21 guard divisions, and 17 reserve divisions on the northern battlefield, and the loss of troops reached an extremely astonishing number.
This defeat made the entire Federation tremble!
This defeat made the entire Federation cry for it!
The Federal President personally visited the front line, the members of the Supreme Military Commission came to the front line to supervise the battle, the Chief of the General Staff personally visited the front line to dispatch, and a large number of new forces drove from the federal hinterland to the northern front line. Even so, the northern battlefield was like a wound that was cut by a poisonous sword, unable to stop bleeding and ulceration. The vegetation-rich Chatel Federal State fell under the iron hooves of the Norman army, and the federal army was along the Witzbas River in the Federal State of Yakmalen.
The defense line was set up, but the new defense line was broken by the Norman army after only two days of persistence. The General Staff ordered the retreating troops to assemble at the state's capital, Highman City, in an attempt to slow down the Norman army's offensive rhythm with a city defense battle. However, before many troops arrived at the pre-determined position, the Norman armored troops had already detoured to the Highman City and launched an attack in an unconventional tactical manner. The defenders barely resisted for a while and hurriedly abandoned the city and fled.
The Yakmaren Federation goes south to the Alsa Federal State and Pablombel Federal State in the central part of the Federation. These two places have developed transportation and concentrated resources. Nearly half of the federal electricity output, one-third of the metallurgical foundry industry and a large number of light industry industries are distributed here. If there is any loss, the federal proud industrial system will suffer a heavy blow. You should know that in the last war, the Norman army only occupied the western part of the Alsa Federal State, and did not occupy the entire territory, nor did it set foot in the Pablombel Federal State. This time, the Normans firmly restrained the most elite troops of the Federal Army on the Eastern Front and invaded the federal hinterland from the Northern Front. The war situation was completely different from the previous one.
The western line is very strong, but the northern line has opened its doors and there is no danger to defend the hinterland.
The crisis is unprecedented, unprecedented crisis. The Ulster Free Federation had to mobilize all its forces to invest in this war that could not afford to lose or lose. Aged between 17 and 49, government personnel, industrial and mining enterprises, handicraftsmen and other non-critical positions, all men of service age from all walks of life, were summoned to join the army. Volunteers aged 15-17, 49-54 were also allowed to join the army, and young women were also mobilized to enter factories to work instead of men. Jobs with lower labor intensity have basically become feminized.
Tens of thousands of civilians who have not received any military training have taken up their weapons. How can the military elites in various military academies and academies be exceptions? The General Staff Department ordered that the study time of all short-term training classes be reduced by half, and regular student classes are suspended from their studies and join the combat troops according to the standards of graduates.
This is an act of drinking poison to quench thirst, and it is also an act of no choice.
Just two months after entering the Dellefig Senior Staff Academy, Weiss received his dispatch notice - the General Staff Department sent him to the newly formed 11th National Defense Division as the division's combat staff.
The situation was like this, Weiss packed his luggage without saying a word and quickly embarked on the itinerary to report to the troops.
The 11th National Defense Department is currently undergoing combat training at the Hofentis military base.
Weiss' last stay at the Hoffentis military base was only more than two months ago. When he came here again, things had changed.
The members of the Baston student group who survived the cruel border battle have already gone to the front line, fighting for the enemy, either giving honor or dying generously, but he is still facing a group of ignorant recruits here.
Chapter completed!