All things are three at Hogwarts

In the Hogwarts arena, scattered high walls and dug trenches are scattered around, filled with all kinds of obstacles that may be encountered in actual combat, and many magical creatures are hidden in them.

While the candidates were preparing for the exam, and before the exam started, the parents of the candidates in the auditorium above the practice venue occupied the most advantageous position to watch the game. The parents were very excited about the wizards' exam, which was related to their future career choices. We attach great importance to and care about it, but due to the fact that exams such as herbalism and astronomy are not available to watch on site, only exams like ancient magic have enough space to accommodate parents and are entertaining enough.

Therefore, this kind of combat course was initially resisted by some parents who were worried about the safety of the little wizards. However, after a whole semester, people have now become accustomed to this kind of activity, and it has been further influenced by other people in Hogwarts. The residents welcomed it and it became the most popular activity after Quidditch, the traditional competitive sport.

So now everyone doesn't care that it's a working day. They put down their work and gather here to cheer for the candidates.

To the disappointment of the audience and the relief of the parent candidates, Mr. Alan Harris was not allowed to take this kind of confrontational test but directly received an o. No one would think that there was any shady conduct in doing so. In fact, if not Doing this would be too dark for other candidates...

In the stands, Sirius and Arthur from the Order of the Phoenix sat side by side. Before the start of the game, each of them held a handheld TV and chatted together. This gadget that recently added a video call function has made many wizards. People who bow their heads.

"Arthur, these two little guys, Harry and Ron, are about to graduate. Ron, have you ever asked him?" Sirius crossed his legs and looked sideways at Arthur, "Harry originally wanted to be an Auror. But the recent situation, you know, there are no dark wizards causing trouble. Ginny seems to have persuaded him to continue playing Quidditch after graduation and wants to join the same team after graduation next year."

"Molly has always wanted all the children to go into the Ministry of Magic. George and Weasley have annoyed her for a long time... I myself hope that there will be at least one child in the family to inherit my business. You know, the manufacturing industry recently Very busy." Arthur touched his bald forehead and smiled heartily, "Ron's grades will definitely disappoint Molly, and he has no talent in making things...Forget it, the most important thing is how they choose. ...However, Lavender and Ron have always had a good relationship. Although this little witch is a bit...overly enthusiastic, it is still not bad to get married first..."

"There is also the matter of Harry and Ginny. When Ginny graduates, I and they should also hold a wedding. I will handle it then, and I will definitely make the ceremony satisfactory to Ginny." Sirius suddenly put down his legs, "This counts us The relationship between them has become closer."

Although he agreed with Harry, he always felt that his treasure had been snatched away like this, and Arthur, who was still a bit unwilling to accept the other's godfather's expression, turned his eyes and asked casually: "What about yourself? Sirius, I listen. Mosdigori said he ran into you and Josephine..."

"Don't talk nonsense! Who knew that guy would hide in the toilet cubicle for so long..." After finishing speaking, Sirius blushed when he realized that he had leaked something again, and then forcibly changed the topic, "Your workshop is busy because the front line is tight. What happened? The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures is also recruiting a large number of werewolves to go to the front line. Tonks had some worries and put them aside, but Josephine ensured that Remus was not assigned to the front line..."

"So the front line really encountered some trouble? It seems that although we have almost occupied their entire territory, things are not as easy as the news said..." Arthur raised his glasses and looked at the map displayed on his handheld magic TV Gesture, "Even the floating city left London and moved to the United States certainly not for any reason to declare occupation and show off its power... This shows that the fortifications of the Rocky Mountains, the last position of the United States, are causing trouble for us..."

"Eh? You don't know? That's what I shouldn't say..." Sirius looked around for a few times, hesitating, and finally stretched out his hand to arrange an earplug to listen to the surroundings, "Arthur, you know Remus and I still have Tonks has the means to contact me, and Josephine didn't avoid me... I think they didn't avoid you either, Owen, but you didn't ask too much. I'll tell you something, but don't tell others... Albert and the others are in the Rocky Mountains. There’s some trouble nearby…”

Then, Sirius, who was born in Gryffindor, reminded Gryffindor Arthur from time to time not to talk nonsense while telling him about the situation of the Kingdom's troops in the United States.

After the troops of the United Kingdom successfully occupied almost the entire United States, some vanguard troops began to move towards the defense circle established by the Magical Congress of the United States of America in the Rocky Mountains. Then these wizards who had fought several battles with the wind stick were on the soil of the United States. Encountered fierce resistance. .

Because the terrain here is composed of many small mountains and the landform is very complex, during this period American wizards dug large and small caves inside these mountains and secretly built defense projects.

After entering the Rocky Mountains, the United Kingdom's fleet was attacked by the United States in various ways.

Especially the large floating battleships in the form of sail battleships with the largest tonnage. They have obvious targets and are somewhat unable to perform in mountains with complex terrain and trees. More than one ship has crashed among the mountains, and although the passengers on board Most of them used apparation or shock-absorbing spells or even cloaks to land safely, but the traps and guerrillas of American wizards on the ground still caused the Magic Kingdom to suffer its first major loss since the war.

When the small and medium-sized floating ships behind the vanguard come over, the squid ships are only more flexible than the sail battleships. Although squid-shaped warships can also use their tentacles to clean up lush trees and vines between mountains, these ships have also suffered a lot of losses in the face of various weird traps laid by the United States, especially those tentacles that are very easy to be captured. The trap is blown up and once the tentacle is lost, it does not return to repair but continues sailing. This kind of narrow floating ship is not much better than the sailing battleship floating ship in terms of maneuverability.

Although the Nautilus, the smallest model among the floating ships, is agile enough to sail freely in mountains and forests, it is also too small to withstand much damage and cannot stay too far away from other large ships to carry out offensive operations alone.

Moreover, these American wizards cleverly did not adopt the traditional unified command of various defense points. Instead, they decentralized power to each large defense zone, giving them autonomy, and in the large defense zone, they decentralized power to the small defenses under their jurisdiction. district.

This undermines the decapitation tactics that the United Kingdom has been adept at and has demonstrated since nothing is particularly important to the United States.

Even if the Magic Kingdom conquers a defensive area, it will have little impact on other defense points. As long as they are still there, they will quickly wait for the Kingdom's army to leave and then run back or simply establish a new temporary stronghold.

Unlike Muggles, for wizards, it is almost effortless to build something as long as it is not rich in magic power. Although the defense power of this kind of stronghold will certainly not be as long as those that have been captured. A lot of magical fortifications were prepared, but they were more than enough to provide shelter and temporary bases for the guerrillas.

After the United Kingdom captured several prisoners, no important information was revealed through interrogation, but they did learn why they could not obtain intelligence.

Picquery, the president of the Magical Congress of the United States, ordered that combat personnel and material transport personnel be separated. This also had a significant defensive effect because although temporary floo networks were established at each defense point, they were left to the transportation personnel who were not participating in the war. Once there were traces of the United Kingdom troops nearby, they immediately stopped transport work and stayed in other strongholds.

As for the guerrillas outside, mainly Aurors and Strikers, they were not allowed to use the fireplace. They only used Apparition to escape and then wait for the Portkey on them to work and return. They themselves did not know that the Portkey would take them. Naturally, I don’t know the names of other strongholds wherever they lead.

This ensures that even if the guerrillas participating in the war are captured and used Legilimency and Veritaserum by the United Kingdom army, there will be no risk of leaking other bases, so that the United Kingdom army will not be able to use their weapons in the cave. Fireplaces use their floo network.

In short, after the initial smooth sailing, the United Kingdom's fleet fell into a passive position and lost its originally devastating occupation speed when faced with the American wizard's tactics, which were almost equivalent to guerrilla warfare and ambush circles in which the enemy advances and the enemy retreats. We can only start a carpet search bit by bit and start to pull out the defense strongholds of American wizards one by one.