First Battlefield Commander! - Chapter 103
Chapter 103: Analysis
The Lian Company soldiers' morale was soaring at this moment. Twice in a row, the opposing side had delivered themselves straight to their gun barrels.
Even though their own team had several spies—could anything be more miraculous than this?!
Hundred Meter Flying Dagger, hidden at the rear of the formation, stroked his helmet smugly: "Within a hundred meters, all are flying daggers. This reputation isn't unearned, is it?"
Lian Sheng, who had already infiltrated his team and was squatting beside him, said: "The other side can't hear you."
"I wasn't talking to them," Hundred Meter Flying Dagger grinned, spreading his arms toward the sky: "I was talking to my dear audience and fans!"
Lian Sheng clicked her tongue in disdain: "Tch."
Hundred Meter Flying Dagger seized the opportunity to advertise: "Hundred Meter Flying Dagger's Conscience Studio welcomes every sincerely studious friend. Slightly expensive but highly skilled, appointment-based with non-refundable deposits. High-quality retired soldiers and rising stars await you here!"
The comments below the video were uniformly:
"Holy—shit!"
"Your conscience? Your conscience has been stabbed through by your own daggers!"
"This ad reached Colonel Liliana—aren't you afraid she'll get angry and shut down your studio, Brother Dao?"
"Bumping this up—hope Liliana shuts down this black-market shop!"
"Same! Too expensive to afford!"
"Making so many viewers watch his ads—this guy really has no shame."
"Worth it hahaha! Charging double for this match while getting free ads—Brother Dao, you're not just an excellent vice commander but also an outstanding businessman! Finally found your true calling, huh?!"
Meanwhile, Stroke of Brilliance was staring at the map without speaking.
He overlapped the Lian Company's current formation with the real-time positions and finally noticed the subtle discrepancies.
Two entire companies had already shifted positions. A small portion of soldiers had even "disappeared" from the map entirely.
"Since when did this start..." Stroke of Brilliance was profoundly shocked, exclaiming: "If not for this direct confrontation between armies, I would never have noticed!"
They had god's-eye view—no wonder the Xia Team had been completely unprepared.
Stroke of Brilliance stroked his chin: "Could it have been from the very beginning?"
Liliana said: "If it was from the start, it likely would have been detected immediately. People always scrutinize and analyze the first map they receive more carefully. Moreover, initial positions are clearer—tampering with the map at that stage would be unrealistic."
Liliana continued: "Besides, to make the other side trust you, you must show some sincerity at the beginning."
Stroke of Brilliance immediately began flattering: "As expected of Colonel Liliana—you noticed the trick from the start? No wonder you said earlier that what they wanted others to see was what they wanted them to see. So before that, had the Lian Company already started tampering with the map?"
Liliana sat in her wide chair, one hand propped on the armrest, and shook her head at his words. She wasn't particularly interested in explaining these details but still dutifully elaborated.
"The map modifications were gradual. At the start, they concealed the officers' positions. Later, when the opponent wasn't paying attention, they erased markers for certain individuals. All of this was done very carefully. Even when Xia Yanfeng's team moved downward, the map modeling hadn't reached this extent. At that time, they only shifted the Seventh Company—Bright Bulb's team—in the upper right corner of the map one block upward."
"The misalignment of Hundred Meter Flying Dagger's company only began during their final movement. Because they were moving quickly, slightly slowing their speed on the mini-map to shift one block wouldn't be obvious. Even with spies present, under such urgent circumstances, no one would think to compare minor discrepancies between the streets and the map."
"At that time, the Xia Team was at a critical juncture, with various data points overlapping. Their vice commander didn't have extra time to calculate every detail."
"Or rather, the Lian Company exploited their blind spot. The vice commander mainly verified data authenticity in two aspects: the source of images and the time of map capture. Clearly, neither of these presented any issues."
Through this gradual, step-by-step misalignment, Lian Sheng's strategy took shape. Using the spies' own hands, they successfully delivered the falsified map to the enemy's command platform.
Stroke of Brilliance had an epiphany: "So that's how it was!"
The principle sounded simple, but executing it flawlessly was fraught with danger.
If Zhou Shirui mistimed things by even a little, revealing the slightest clue, the Xia Team could have turned it against them.
Moreover, manipulating such vast map data and large-scale soldier displacements required exceptional technical skill and extensive experience. This was a randomly generated map—adapting to it on the spot, extracting data, and quickly completing the modeling was something no ordinary military academy student could achieve!
This skill was practically cheating!
Stroke of Brilliance could only sigh sincerely: "As expected... of Hundred Meter Flying Dagger, Zhou Lion's younger brother. Truly boundless potential!"
He had initially thought Zhou Shirui was inarticulate, having been singled out by Hundred Meter Flying Dagger multiple times yet never rising to the occasion. His maps were mediocre, and he seemed slow-witted and dull—likely to be completely overshadowed by Hundred Meter Flying Dagger's brilliance. Turns out the man had been working on something grand.
Looking back now, he wanted to slap himself hard.
Failing to recognize Mount Tai! Thankfully, knowing Liliana favored the Lian Company, he'd kept his mouth shut—otherwise, this would have become the darkest stain on his professional career.
Oh heavens, bootlicking saves lives!
Stroke of Brilliance had a strong premonition that things weren't so simple. Re-examining the battle from the beginning, he realized that all the decisions by Lian Sheng he'd previously criticized might have had deeper meanings.
First, using various suspicious commands at the start to lull the enemy into complacency, making them think they were concealing military intelligence, thereby diverting attention from the spies through subtle precautions.
Including the initial random selection of ten people to install converters—they might have already anticipated enemy spies, setting the stage for the later trap...
Just how much preparation had they made for this final step?
It was an extremely risky move, yet an undeniably brilliant plan.
"Heavens..." The more Stroke of Brilliance thought about it, the more amazed he became. "My IQ isn't sufficient for this."
At the same time, he found Liliana equally incredible—when would he ever reach her level of composure?
"The quality of tactics depends on subsequent responses, on how far ahead the commander can think. Those who consider further into the future have greater chances of victory," Liliana said. "Before the war is declared over, no advantage or disadvantage can determine the final outcome. Because the battlefield is constant reversal and subversion."
Stroke of Brilliance wished Liliana could see how vigorously he was nodding—she'd surely feel his sincerity.
"But without informing the soldiers, changing their positions could cause internal confusion too, right?" Stroke of Brilliance suddenly straightened. "Like Fang Jianchen earlier?"
"Even if the map is misaligned, the two commanders and relevant company leaders must always maintain the correct map in their minds to ensure tactical execution," Liliana said. "The battlefield is never about individual brilliance. Did you think one person's outstanding ability alone could accomplish such a high-difficulty layout?"
Simulating such a vast battlefield in one's mind?
Zhou Shirui, as vice commander, held two sets of data. Switching between them mentally might cause temporary confusion, but he wouldn't forget.
Hundred Meter Flying Dagger and Bright Bulb had years of expeditionary experience and only led one team each.
But Commander Lian Sheng? She had to participate in frontline combat while directly commanding a five-thousand-strong battlefield, issuing countless orders. All while devising such complex tactics, predicting enemy movements based on the situation, and responding promptly. And on top of that, she had to simulate the entire battle in her mind, remembering every misaligned location?
In previous matches, perhaps due to broadcast angles, he hadn't seen it—but he truly hadn't heard Zhou Shirui give her a single hint.
She...
Stroke of Brilliance shut his mouth.
Let him shut up, really. Don't let his big mouth make any more mistakes.
Would offering his knees suffice?!
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