After Li Zhen's introduction, Grant, Lincoln and Delafield no longer had any doubts.
However, Gran felt deep pressure.
The two young men he faced were not ordinary people. They were soldiers with rich experience. The two young men in front of him could no longer be measured by their age. They had to be cautious. Even if he could win this match, he would not be able to win. It is already an unknown mystery. Neither Lincoln nor Delafield can predict the final result of the match.
Li Zhen smiled slightly and continued: "Colonel Grant, young people are very sharp and don't know how high the sky is. Please give them a beating and let them know that there are people outside the sky and mountains outside the mountains. It is not necessarily good for them if their road is too smooth. Failure is not good for them." For me, sometimes the best result is the only way to success, so I hope Colonel Grant can let them see the mountains beyond the mountains."
Grant forced a smile and said, "President Lee is humble."
Lincoln said: "Now that the commanders of both sides have been determined, we will gather the cadets from the military academy, select two hundred cadets, and then assign them to Colonel Grant and Brigadier Liu Jintang."
Delafield nodded and said, "Let's go to the training ground."
He took the lead and walked in front, followed by Grant and Lincoln, followed by Li Zhen, Liu Jintang, Chen Yucheng and others. As Li Zhen walked, he asked: "Liu Jintang and Chen Yucheng discussed it all night, what's the result? Just now I worked hard to brag for you and gain face for you. If it ends in failure, I will have people take good care of you when I return."
The two of them shuddered when they heard Li Zhen's tone.
Just now, I said that failure is a good outcome, but now I have changed my tune. It has changed too fast.
Liu Jintang was slandering in his heart, but he said solemnly on his face: "President, please rest assured, we will win."
"good."
Li Zhen saw this and nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, winning or losing is what Li Zhen values. After all, everyone wants to win, but what Li Zhen pays more attention to is the mentality of Liu Jintang and Chen Yucheng. They must have a mentality of not being afraid of difficulties. As long as the two can win this match If they performed normally, even if they lost, Li Zhen thought it was rewarding. After all, the enemy the two faced was the future federal commander with the title of "Butcher Grant".
Therefore, Li Zhen did not put the results first.
The group of people quickly arrived at the training ground and all stood on the rostrum.
The call for assembly sounded, and students rushed over one after another.
In less than five minutes, all the academies were assembled and arranged neatly in the training ground.
"Report the number."
There was a loud shout, and the roll call began immediately.
The number of people was quickly determined, no one was absent, everyone was present.
Zuo Zongtang stood next to Li Zhen. He saw the soldiers standing below. He roughly estimated that there were no more than 400 people. Zuo Zongtang was confused and whispered: "President, this is the most important meeting in the United States Federation." How come the famous military academy has such a small number of people?"
Li Zhen replied: "Soldiers are more valuable than fine soldiers, not many, not to mention generals are trained here."
Zuo Zongtang suddenly realized and understood.
Delafield stood at the front. He directly selected two hundred people from the students, and then divided the students into two groups, one group of one hundred people. After confirming the two groups, Delafield said: "Soldiers , you are divided into two groups because there will be a few days of competition in the next few days, and you will be under the command of different personnel. One is your senior Colonel Grande, and the other is the brigade commander from China, Mr. Liu Jintang."
"There will be a military confrontation between Brigadier Liu Jintang and Colonel Grant. This is an opportunity for you to learn from them. I hope you will seize the opportunity and gain a lot from this battle. Moreover, after this battle, everyone must When writing a post-war summary, I wish in advance that your summary will be well received."
Delafield finished speaking quickly, with a look of deep anticipation on his face.
After hearing this, the two groups of students started talking a lot.
There was excitement on their faces, it was undoubtedly interesting to see such a simulated war.
Delafield took a breath and said loudly again: "President Lincoln and President Li Zhen from China will also watch the entire competition. Your performance will be in the eyes of the two presidents. I hope you will show your best performance." In your best state, bring out all your wisdom, show your personal style, and show what a West Point student should look like."
Although he was old, he was full of passion and said loudly: "Do you hear me clearly?"
"clear."
The two groups of students responded uniformly.
Delafield shook his head, turned sideways, put his palms next to his ears, pretending not to hear, and asked again: "Is it clear?"
"clear."
The decisive voice resounded throughout the world and lingered in the training ground for a long time.
Only then did Delafield nod with satisfaction and said: "Next, I would like to invite the commander, Colonel Grant." After the words fell, there was thunderous applause in the school grounds, and Colonel Grant walked out with a smile to the applause, waving to the students standing below. , he himself is a graduate of West Point Military Academy and comes back often. The trainees are no stranger to Grant.
Delafield added: "Next, I would like to invite Brigade Commander Liu Jintang from China."
Applause rang out, and everyone's eyes were on Li Zhen, Zuo Zongtang, Huang Qiang, and Rong Hong. They all thought that 'Brigadier Liu Jintang' must be one of them, but no one expected that a taller man walked out. They were all younger people, and in an instant, the thunderous applause suddenly stopped, became sparse, and ended prematurely.
There was a roar on the training ground.
All the students had doubtful looks on their faces, thinking that Liu Jintang would be difficult to convince the public.
Can a young man under twenty really command them? Obviously, the West Point students did not agree with Liu Jintang. However, Liu Jintang had expected such a situation before he came, and his expression was calm and calm. Nothing changed. He came to the stage, stood upright on the training ground, raised his head and chest, raised his hands and performed a standard military salute, and then stood upright on the training ground.
He looked at Delafield and nodded, indicating that Delafield could continue.
Grant paid attention to Liu Jintang, and his expression gradually became serious.
This young man's mentality is far more calm than those of his age, which cannot be measured by his age.
Delafield then divided the students into groups, assigning the 100 students on the training ground facing the right side of the rostrum to Colonel Grant, and assigned the 100 students facing the left side of the rostrum to Liu Jintang, Delafield After Field was assigned, some students came to make noises and shout, laughing at Liu Jintang's inability to do the job.
Liu Jintang ignored it and said: "Your Excellency, Principal, I have something to say to the students below."