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"Whatever you say, boss."Sure enough, the globe began to contract, Ender brought the reserves forward: the enemy ships concentrated onthe side of the globe nearer the reserves. "Attack them there, where they're most concentrated," Ender said."This defies four thousand years of military history," said Alai, moving his fighters forward. "We're supposed toattack where we outnumber them.""In this simulation they obviously don't know what our weapons can do. It'll only work once, but let's make itspectacular. Fire at will."Alal did. The simulation responded beautifully: first one or two, then a dozen, then most of the enemy shipsexploded in dazzling light as the field leapt from ship to ship in the tight formation. "Stay out of the way," Endersaid.The ships on the far side of the globe formation were not affected by the chain reaction, but it was a simplematter hunting them down and destroying them. Bean took care of stragglers that tried to escape toward his endof space -- the batle was over. It had been easier than most of their recent exercises.Mazer shrugged when Ender told him so. "This is a simulation of a real invasion. There had to be one battle inwhich they didn't know what we could do. Now your work begins. Try not to be too arrogant about the victory.I'll give you the real challenges soon enough."Ender practiced ten hours a day with his squadron leaders, but not all at once; he gave them a few hours in theafternoon to rest. Simulated battles under Mazer's supervision came every two or three days, and as Mazer hadpromised, they were never so easy again. The enemy quickly abandoned its attempt to surround Ender, and neveragain grouped its forces closely enough to allow a chain reaction. There was something new every time,something harder. Sometimes Ender had only a single starship and eight fighters; once the enemy dodgedthrough an asteroid belt; sometimes the enemy left stationary traps, large installations that blew up if Enderbrought one of his squadrons too close, often crippling or destroying some of Ender's ships. "You cannot absorblosses!" Mazer shouted at him after one battle. "When you get into a real battle you won't have the luxury of an第 293 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网