At that moment, the Red Side had just withdrawn its battle formation and was at its most chaotic. Caught off guard by the enemy's counterattack, they could not hold at all and had no choice but to withdraw from the village again.
The Blue Side's artillery then swiftly changed positions and, with the help of hot air balloons, calibrated their targets to ensure they could accurately strike the small village.
Before long, relying on their numerical advantage, the Red Side rallied and launched another attack on the village.
The Blue Side still could not hold and abandoned the village.
The Red Side occupied the village, only to be hammered by cannon fire...
After being pulled back and forth three times, the sound of guns and cannons gradually died away. The exercise appeared to be over.
The military commanders immediately began discussing it, clearly deeply shocked by the outstanding results of this "Death Farm Tactic."
Well, this was a tactic Joseph had proposed a year ago. In truth, it was simply copied from the later-era "Mara Farm Tactic," but to avoid misunderstandings from the Public Notary Investigation Bureau, it had been renamed the "Death Farm Tactic."
Its implementation was very simple: deliberately abandon one's own position and lure the enemy into occupying it. Then use a pre-calibrated mass of cannons to inflict concentrated casualties upon the attacking enemy forces.
Although this era lacked the artillery beacons of later generations, it also lacked rapidly maneuvering motorized infantry. Thus, during the gaps between enemy advances and retreats, calibration could slowly be completed in "human-flesh mode."
Not long afterward, the Dean of Academic Affairs personally led the commanders of both exercise sides over to report the results to Joseph. "Your Highness, the Red Side suffered casualties exceeding one-third of its forces and had no