"Forget all the useless knowledge in your textbooks!"
These words caused an immediate uproar, especially in the auditing section.
Dean Malcolm Reid frowned, a little confused.
What on earth is Adrian Vale doing? Can he just say things like that? That the content in textbooks is useless? How many people is he planning to offend?
The other instructors also looked at Adrian with some displeasure.
He fought two battles and now he's full of himself? Coming here to show off? To deny everything we've done?
What a joke, we'll see how you lecture. If there's even one problem, you won't have an easy time.
However, all these reactions from the audience were within Adrian's expectations.
"Quiet! You can voice your thoughts after my lecture, but if you want to deny what I'm saying before I even begin, then I can only say that you are like a frog in a well, unwilling to progress."
"Today we're going to talk about fleet formations, which is the most basic quality of a commander. However, I have to say that the formation applications in current textbooks can be thrown into the trash."
"First, what do you all think a formation is? Who can answer? Yes, this student!"
Adrian saw more than half of the students in the audience raise their hands instantly, and he randomly picked one.
"Report, a formation is a specific arrangement of warships designed to maximize their effectiveness for a given number of ships."
"Very good, sit down! That is to say, formations serve tactics. However, the guiding principle in current textbooks is that tactics serve formations, which is completely putting the cart before the horse!"
"Why is this? Because humans have limited formations to ten rigid ones, what the textbooks call the Ten Great Formations. Thus, restricted by these rigid formations, tactics cannot undergo more variations and can only be designed according to the formation. This is the current situation for humanity: tactics revolve around formations."
"Now, you've all seen Admiral Sterling's battle in the asteroid belt six years ago, and you've seen my two previous battles. Do you think Admiral Sterling and I based our tactical planning on the Ten Great Formations?"
Everyone in the audience fell silent, deep in thought.
Indeed, according to what was taught in science, everyone, when engaging in fleet battles and formulating tactics, would first use the Ten Great Formations as a basis, and then begin to formulate tactics based on that foundation.
However, whether it was Admiral Sterling's great battle in the asteroid belt six years ago, or Adrian's two campaigns over a month ago, there was no trace of the Ten Great Formations.
Everyone marveled at the classic tactics of these two, but no one had ever considered that the reason their tactics were so classic was that neither of them allowed tactics to be restricted by formations when formulating them. Instead, they made formations revolve around tactics.
Now, after listening to Adrian and thinking about it again, it's as if these two had no fixed formations. Instead, as tactics constantly changed, the fleet's formations also constantly changed, but the appearance of the Ten Great Formations never occurred.
It wasn't so bad when they didn't think about it before, but now that they do, it's terrifying. Adrian and Admiral Sterling had completely abandoned the Ten Great Formations from the textbooks.
"Alright, I think most of you should understand what I mean. Now I'll continue. Today I want to talk about 'Formations of a Hundred Changes'!"
"What are 'Formations of a Hundred Changes'? First, you have to abandon the mindset based on the Ten Great Formations in your mind, and instead break down formations into finer details."
"For example, it's like playing with building blocks. I give you ten pre-assembled parts made of blocks, and then how many things can you combine with these ten parts? I don't think it's many!"
"But when you dismantle all ten of these parts and restore them to their original blocks, how many things can you build with the blocks? I think, as long as your imagination is big enough, you can build countless things!"
"So, the first thing you need to do is no longer use the Ten Great Formations as your foundation, but to break down all formations and use more detailed parts as your foundation."
"Only in this way can you rely on this foundation to transform into countless formations at any time. And when you have countless formations, you no longer need to use formations as the basis when formulating tactics. Instead, you first formulate tactics, and then, based on the tactics, you can instantly establish the corresponding optimal formation."
"Above is the general outline of 'Formations of a Hundred Changes' that I want to talk about today! Next, we will discuss more detailed content."
For a full six hours, everyone listened with rapt attention. Even at nine in the evening, no one remembered that it was time for dinner.
But after six hours, Adrian had only explained over 50 types of variation ideas. He finally had to report to Admiral Marcus Sterling and stay at the academy for an extra day to explain the remaining content tomorrow.
The students were all very excited, especially those with high aptitude, who benefited greatly. Although Adrian only lectured for half the time, for these students, it was like opening a new door.
After the first lecture, everyone gathered in groups of two and three in the cafeteria, eating and discussing their gains with great enthusiasm.
Some of the more talented students immediately understood why Colonel Victor Black had lost to Adrian, and lost so badly.
They even felt that as long as they grasped the basics of Adrian's approach, they too could defeat Colonel Black.
What nonsense about being the leader of the younger generation of the Federation, and the most dazzling general star of the future Federation? Compared to our great Adrian Vale, he's just an ant.
"Adrian, you are truly excellent. I originally thought you were going to cause a big stir today, but after listening to what you said, I realized that our teaching materials have too many problems."
"Dean, you are too kind. There is never perfect teaching. Perhaps soon, someone will propose even more advanced ideas than mine? The key is that when we discover problems, we must set about solving them, rather than being short-sighted, sticking to old ways, and unwilling to accept more advanced ideas. Only in this way can we continuously progress, isn't that right?"
"Yes, you are right. By the way, I would like to compile your 'Formations of a Hundred Changes' into a book to be a required course for the academy in the future. What do you think? Of course, your name will be credited!"
"As long as the Dean deems it necessary, that's fine. I have no objections. As for the credit, I really don't care."
"No, the credit is essential!"
"Alright, you're the boss, I have no objections!"
"Good, then you two take your time eating. This old man is going back to sleep. Ah, I'm getting old, I can't keep up anymore!"
"Hubby, have a piece of meat!"
Soon after Dean Malcolm Reid left, Lena Sterling picked up a piece of beef and brought it to Adrian's mouth.
What's going on? This girl was just fiercely saying she wouldn't let him touch her for a month, so why the sudden change of face?
Although he felt a little strange, Adrian habitually opened his mouth and bit the beef Lena offered.
Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly noticed Adeline Hart standing by their table with a meal tray. His mind quickly turned, and he immediately understood what Lena was up to! He sighed softly.
"Ah, sure enough, the big wife and little wife plan is still a long way off!"