Walk Napoleon's Road, Leave Napoleon No Road to Walk (Asking for Double Monthly Tickets)

Berthier knew full well just how astonishing Bonaparte's military talent was. Seeing him speak so solemnly, he hurriedly picked up the sheets of paper and read them carefully. The title was: On the Use of Skirmishers in the New Battlefield Environment.

The Chief of Staff cast Napoleon a somewhat surprised glance and continued reading:

[Drawing upon the many campaigns fought in the Southern Netherlands and Italy, this discussion summarizes practical combat experience to examine the use of skirmishers.

The rigid formations of old were no longer suitable. The flexibility and adaptability of skirmishers were the key to seizing battlefield initiative in the future...

I. Overview of the advantages of skirmishers: Compared to clumsy Horizontal Formations, skirmishers could make use of gullies, forests, and buildings, moving in and out like ghosts... II. On attritional tactics...

III. The training, equipment, and employment of new-style skirmishers...

IV. The organization of Skirmisher Legions...

V. Campaign experience and response patterns for skirmishers...]

Seeing Berthier skim through it so quickly, Napoleon could not help but frown. Such complex and detailed content could not possibly be truly understood by merely glancing over ten lines at a time.

He was about to remind him when he saw the Chief of Staff close the unfinished report, raise his head, and say calmly, "It seems you have heard about the Second Military Reform?"

Napoleon nodded eagerly. "Yes. That is why I specially prepared this report."

Berthier let out a breath. "Clearly, you have not truly understood His Highness the Crown Prince's 'Skirmisher Cluster' theory. Perhaps the person who relayed it to you did not explain it clearly enough."

"Wait!" Napoleon stared at him in shock. "You mean His Highness the Crown Prince has also proposed a skirmisher theory like the one in my report—"

"Like yours?" Berthier's expression turned rather