Erika enjoyed her time making the field telephones. But there were gaps in the enjoyment. Sometimes she would be bombarded by her mother about what she planned to do with so many telephones. She would hesitate to answer such questions. "Ah, why is she bombing me like Warsaw?" She thought about her mother's questioning. She would answer with something like, "I want to use it for the people." Or try to dodge the question. However, overall the time was enjoyable. And they could make many telephones. On the day when Erika's days of confinement ended, she went to see her mother. "Ah, it seems grounding you was fun. You enjoyed more with me." Erika's mother said. She smiled a bit. But Erika was confused. On one hand she did enjoy the time but on the other she was excited to see how her troops were doing and couldn't wait to introduce the new weapons to her troops. So she was a bit nervous on what to say. Seeing her daughter's condition, mother spoke again, "Don't worry. I'm just teasing you." She laughed a bit. "You are now free to go outside but don't do anything like the last month." She warned Erika. "Yes mother I won't do that again." She replied. Okay you can go now." Mother said as she focused on a letter that she was reading. Erika didn't inquire about the letter. She was very happy. She rushed to her room changed some clothes and went to see the new training camp. It was her first time visiting it.
When she reached near the dark forest, she saw the small camp for her Wehrmacht. The camp was not very big and was surrounded by a wooden barrier. The gate was also made of wood and was big enough for 2 persons to enter side by side. The inside of the camp was visible as well. There were some tents and wooden houses. She could she some signboards in front of them but couldn't read them. The training area and a few obstacle courses were also visible. She went to the gate where she was stopped a sentry. She could recognise that this soldier was among the new recruits. "Stop kid. You cannot enter here. This is a restricted place." Erika understood, "This is only natural, since they don't know me quite yet." She thought. But Bauer was angry she spoke out, "Do you know who she is?" But before she could say anything more, Erika signalled her to stop. "Call Emil. He knows me." Erika said to the sentry. "Okay, wait here." He left for a while and brought Emil with him. "Ah milady, I see your confinement has ended. Welcome, this is the camp you wanted to make." Emil bowed. After that he frowned at the guard, "Don't you recognise her?" He said to him. "She is Erika Raubenbraum. She is the founder and the overall commander of this force." The sentry was afraid. He shaked a bit and looked at Erika. Administering the Wehrmacht salute, he said, "Please forgive me, milady. This won't happen again." He was a bit scared for making his commander wait. Though Erika didn't take it to mind, "Its okay. Be careful from the next time." Erika said and went to talk to Emil along with Bauer. Once inside she could clearly see the camp. The tents were the residential area for the troops while the wooden houses were for the officers, there was another wooden building with red cross on top and the signboard read Krankenhaus. This was the hospital where Eugen taught his medical troops. The obstacle course included a mid size pit full of mud, few wooden structures for the troops to climb up and down, a square area for the trainees to crawl with barbed wire fencing overhead and many others required for a soldier's training. There was also a parade ground and a Headquarters. She was fairly satisfied with the camp's set up and the training the soldiers were going through. "You have done a good job Emil." She praised him. Erika inquired if there were any problems they faced and also her plans to move the arsenal and weapons manufacturing. As planned she took 20 soldiers who were not on any duty with her back to the castle along with 10 carts. Meanwhile she instructed Emil to use the rest of the troops to build a shade and an armory for the transferred weapons and the telephones. Once in the palace they loaded up the carts with the weapons and moved out. It took them sometime to drag the weapons to the camp. In the street people were looking at them. Some were whispering and making remarks about the weird clothes they wore and the things they were carrying. The soldiers were local and were recognised by many who swarmed around them to ask questions. Though the troops or the craftsmen none said anything about the contents or the destination. After pushing through this crowd, they finally reached the camp, where Emil and the rest of the troops have now erected a tin shed with wooden pillars and a blockhouse for storing the weapons and craftsmen.
It was getting pretty late and Erika had to return soon. But before returning, she drew up the basic structure for the company. 3 30 men rifle platoon, with 45 fusiliers and 10 sub-machine gunners who would be the platoon commander and squad leaders, three machine gunners per squad totaling 27 men that would be three men per squad. One operator and two ammo bearer. A 9 men indirect fire support team with 3 50mm mortars. A support team of 12 men who would be the sanitaters, telephone operators and weapons bearer, a 10 men company headquarters and finally 4 panzerjagers with panzerfausts per platoon. Erika handed the list over to Emil to organise the troops in this way and left the camp. She didn't tell him about the what the telephones or indirect fire support was. When Emil asked about it she said, "I will show the troops tomorrow." Emil didn't ask more. After Erika left, he continued the regular training until evening and then returned home. Erika in her bedroom made two big wheel like structure to be mounted on the back of troops. She also coiled a long wire on the wheel. Bauer helped her with this job. She was the only one except for Erika and her mother who knew about the telephone. Emil would return late everyday tired after maintaining the camp so she didn't talk about it with him. Erika was excited. She couldn't wait to see the faces of the troops who'll be surprised and terrified at the same time with the telephone and the mortars and 75mm artillery. She laughed for a bit. Bauer couldn't help asking, "What's the matter milady? Why are you laughing." "You'll see tomorrow." She brushed it off. "Whatever." Bauer said, "It's late you should sleep now." She helped to change Erika's clothes and then pulled the window curtain and turned off the chandelier hanging on the roof. Erika layed down on her bed and went to sleep.