Walter was finally in his element - surrounded by warriors and confident of victory. He spent his time teaching the Israeli soldiers hand to hand combat: how to throw an opponent, using his own body weight against him, how to land with getting hurt, how to kick. Walter also had a talent for logistics: he arranged for 300,000 meals ready to eat, 10,000 canteens, water refill stations.
Deborah produced a map, on parchment, showing the proposed battlefield. It was expected that King Jabin’s men would take a road southwest to the coastal plain, then ride south on the plain to where there were some farming settlements ripe for the taking. Deborah explained that a chariot can move relatively quickly but only for a few kilometers, and then the horses tire. Also, to get maximum speed, the ground has to be relatively hard, dry, and relatively level. So the strategy would be to lure the chariots into the hills where they are constrained.
“If I was a charioteer, then I would be reluctant to drive my chariot into the hills, where I know I would be at a disadvantage. However, the really good targets are in the hills, so I think that’s where Sisera is going to go. He will want a gentle rise, so I think he will move up the valley of the Kidron just north of Carmel”
Deborah worked with Adelle to program the transporters to beam up water from the Halys river in Turkey and beam it down to the battlefield. She also launched several satellites with transporters so that the area could be covered continuously. She tested it by creating rain in the Negev, including regions that hadn’t seen a centimeter of rain in over a decade.