Advance Strategies and Tactics
Date 17, Month October, Year 2019
The room that was used for
Advance Strategies and Tactics course was extremely spartan. Simply put, it was a room painted in black and was lit by a number of lights on the roof. The other item in the room is the centrepiece, a rectangular block of something hard. It had no wires that Eric could see visually; the sides were all smooth and the face of the slab like a hockey table with borders around a glass-ish cover.
Eric spoke what was on his mind. “Um…sir…this is kinda…”
“Not what you were expecting of ?” finished the General.
“Simply put sir, yes.” replied Eric.
“Oh, I believe you will find it a little more interesting.” Said the General with a slightly smirk on his face. “Computer, start program SonneCrete.” The General spoke in a loud voice. Then an electronic voice replied. “Affirmative.”
The lights started to dim till they were off. While the room was covered in blackness, light began to emit from the slab until…BAM! A flash of light shot through the slab and an image was floating around the slab, rotating slowly left to right. At first, Eric was speechless as to what it was until…”It’s a hologram isn’t it?” questioned Eric. “It is isn’t it! I’ve read about them but I never thought they were completed this early!”
“Oh its completed alright, but its currently kept from the public. There are three others like this. Including the one here, there’s one in Germany and another in the Kremlin of the Russian Federation” replied the General.
The hologram showed an image centered on the island of Crete
Still a little taken back, Eric said, point towards the holographic image. “That’s…that’s a projection of Crete isn’t it?”
“You are correct,” replied the General “Eric, you know how in your studies, you used 2D software or the traditional pen and paper? Well, using this holographic projector, we imputed your strategies and a map of Crete into the computer for you to implement those plans.”
“Y-y-you mean
I can command them?” said a shocked Eric.
“Yep. The computer display’s it as a simulator. However, the major difference you’ll see is that it’s in 3DRD. Three Dimensional; Real Definition. And also it’s Real-Time. Go on, try it out, it uses touch command though it has voice commands as well, they’re a little glitchy at the moment.” said the General.
Eric approached it and immediately interfaced with the hologram. Eric found it was like using an Itouch 5, very much like it thought Eric. In a swift motion, he selected the
Order of Battle for his simulation and discovered that the divisions under his control were mostly German
Fallschirmjager and
Gebirgs or Mountain troops. They would be important in the up-coming invasion. Highlighting the Aerial
OOB, Eric sees that he has both He-111 bombers and Me type fighters while over in the Naval
OOB, he had Italian ships, including a fleet consisting of 3 Destroyers 2 Light Cruisers and a single Battlecrusier.
Playing around with more of the functions, Eric discovered a zoom option. He decided to zoom in near Athens. When he reached the city, he zoomed in even more onto a small anti-aircraft battery manned by four German soldiers. In German, one of the soldiers said. “Hans, make me some coffee.” The one called Hans replied, “What am I? Your fucking
mutter?” to which was responded with a round of small laughs.
“They’re speaking German, but I can hear them in English…albeit with a slight accent.” said Eric
Responding to the question, the General answered. “That is because the computer is translating what they side in real-time.” Pointing towards the hologram, he continued. “There is a world in there, albeit virtual but nonetheless in an environment that is identical to the Second World War.”
Nodding his head, Eric asked one more question.
“Sir, what is your name if you don’t mine me asking?” said Eric
“Graff. Lt.General Graff.”
