Adjusting the secondary reserves to a state fit for battle, Weiss expected 6-7 weeks, but the Normans only gave him 4 weeks. After the fall of Aocheng, the focus of the battlefield shifted to Dart and Moenstein south of Aocheng, although the federal army troops showed the courage to not give up an inch of land, how could the Norman army be in full swing, and there were flying fleets and ground artillery groups to help the battle, after a tragic battle, the Normans occupied these two cities that were already in ruins, thus dividing the territory of the Ulster Free Federation into two: the eastern part of the Union, which is centered on the capital Free City and still has vast depth and rich resources, and there are still four states and 100 cities, The western part of the Union is set against the backdrop of the Monamolin Mountains and is dominated by mountainous terrain.

South of Moenstein, of course, is not the end of the world, but whether it is the mountainous Urun Mountains or the Antarctic Sea covered with drift ice, it is difficult for land and sea vehicles to pass, and relying only on flying ships is not enough to establish a smooth line of communication, and even emergency transportation is difficult to ensure safety - the Norman warships based in Moenstein can easily cover most of the Ulon Mountains and the Antarctic Sea.

After the successive capture of Auder-Dart-Moenstein, the Norman army, which had recently paid hundreds of thousands of casualties, did not stop attacking. They advanced from the direction of Austria into the federal state of Lorraine, and then engaged in a fierce battle with the federal army in the Marenchik Forest. Although the Union forces managed to hold this line and forced the Normans to temporarily retreat to the eastern border of the federal state of Lorraine, heavy casualties returned many of the main combat divisions that had just been recuperated to a "half-crippled" state. Seeing that the counterattack was hopeless, the top brass of the Federal Army had no choice but to drastically adjust the operational deployment, however, the new combat plan formulated by the General Staff was still on the way, and the Norman army on the Western Front launched an offensive on all fronts in the Monamolin Mountains. Having lost a steady stream of troops and equipment support in the rear, and having transferred out a number of elite units, the federal forces stationed in the Monamolin Mountains could not continue to turn the tide this time. In less than 10 days, the four major fortresses of the Federal Army on the Western Front all fell, and hundreds of thousands of troops retreated, but under the destruction of the enemy's airborne troops and mutineers, the retreat of the Federal Army became chaotic, countless wounded fell in the process of crossing the vast snowfield, and what is more terrible, many units were surrounded by enemy troops on the way to retreat, and as a result, only 23 out of 10 Federal Army troops retreated from the Monamolin Front in the federal states of Brighton and Lorraine......

The battle situation deteriorated sharply, the first-class reserve soldiers of the Somnas Reserve Battalion were transferred by their superiors early, and the recruitment of a new batch of reserve soldiers was also carried out ahead of schedule. In order to cope with the foreseeable hardships, Weiss trained his secondary reserve team while making all sorts of preparations that others did not understand. Theoretically, the abundant mineral deposits of the federal state of Lorraine can provide all the resources needed for military production, but the mineral development and smelting industry here are uneven, and the industrial puzzle is incomplete. For example, there is more than enough coal and crude steel production, only one factory has the production capacity of seamless steel pipes, and there are many chemical companies that produce gunpowder, but the scale is small, and the copper metal smelting and product manufacturing capacity is weak, and the current production capacity of various industrial products cannot even guarantee the full operation of the Clumber-Heisen plant. For example, there are four engine manufacturers, with a monthly output of more than 600 engines, and none of them manufacture optical equipment, vehicle tires and steel tracks. Under the circumstance that the external environment is difficult to turn around in the short term, it is necessary to reserve and control the scarce materials in the region, and allocate the military production capacity accordingly.

The Norman army's breakthrough on the Western Front not only made the military people anxious, but also made the people worry about the safety of their lives and property. Among them, Fat Joseph is probably the one who wants to cry the most. In addition to the newly funded Clumber-Heisen plant, the most successful of his painstakingly managed "private property" were the Lawrence Automobile Factory, the former in Au-City, and the Berfat Roller Factory, the latter in Regan. As Norman troops broke into the heart of the Union from the northern border, both factories were forced to relocate. Apparently out of risk diversification and cooperative production, Joseph Fat relocated the entire roller factory to the vicinity of Villefranche, the capital, and moved the production equipment, skilled workers and workers' families of the Lawrence Automobile Factory to the city of Nampa, not far from Somsonas. Now, the roller factory that had moved to the vicinity of Villefranche was in a situation of shortage of raw materials, and although the automobile factory in the federal state of Lorraine had launched the "Burning Horse" to the satisfaction of the military in conjunction with the Klumber-Haisen plant, as the Norman army approached, he was faced with a new choice: the production equipment should be dismantled or relocated, or it would be hidden nearby, otherwise the equipment would be left to nothing.

At Weiss's strong suggestion, Fat Joseph's car manufacturing and the Clumber-Heisen plant began a planned, organized decentralization. With the consent of the military, they selected sites for secret warehouses and camps in various mountain streams, valleys, and woodlands in the mountains, and while carrying out the construction, they transported various production equipment, together with semi-finished products, raw materials, workers, and their families, to reorganize production on the spot.

As Weiss's fifth week back in the small city of Somsonas drew to a close, the Norman army, which had entered the Confederation from the Monamolin Mountains, advanced with a wolf-like ferocity to the mountain town of Slyen, a hundred miles away. In the age of cold weapons, it became an important outpost for the Ulsters to defend against external invasions due to its dangerous terrain, and thwarted the attacks of the Basel army and the attack of the coalition of the Ishnir tribes, and in the era of industrial civilization, the federal army resisted the siege of the Norman army here for four months, and before giving up resistance due to the lack of ammunition and food, the defenders still made the Normans promise not to destroy the town and not invade the inhabitants, which can be said to be a glorious defeat.

This time, even if the Federal army retreating to Slane only held out for four weeks, Weiss could have prepared more well around Somsonas, but surprisingly, only two days later, news of the fall of Slane came to Somsonas!

From the disorganized retreaters, Weiss found out the reason for the rapid fall of Slien: the Normans sent a fleet to bombard Slien, and the ground forces attacked, and after the tentative attack was thwarted, they resorted to a "stunned" tactic, using a heavily armored battleship with the Marines to force a landing in the city of Slien, joining forces with the besieging forces, and taking advantage of the difficulty of the defenders to balance the end of the city, and took advantage of the difficulty of the defenders to take advantage of the unique environment of the fortress city in one fell swoop.

This Trojan horse tactic is similar to the Norman army's previous method of breaking through the Austrian defenses. If it weren't for the commander with a strong ability to adapt to the battle, coupled with an elite unit with very rich combat experience, it would not be able to deal with the Normans' unreasonable "Wang Ba Combo Punch".

The road from Slien to Somsonas is a long stretch of mountains. If it is a simple plane war, this terrain undoubtedly has the advantage of being easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, the existence of flying ships made the warfare of the industrial age evolve into a three-dimensional mode early. Intimidated by the Norman army's airborne jumping tactics, the retreating federal army only scattered a small number of troops to hold the main roads, and the main combat forces were assembled in transportation hubs or important towns. Not only the commander of the regular troops, but also the acting colonel Magelang, who was in charge of the local security of Somsonas, also had a sad face all day long, and when Weiss proposed to him to lead the second reserve to take the initiative to attack and go to the mountains and forests around Slane to fight guerrillas, Magelang immediately looked at him with incredible eyes, and only after a while did he squeeze out a sentence: "This is war, countless people die every day, there is no need to be reckless in order to be a hero in front of the father and elders of his hometown." ”

These words fully exposed his "ignorance" and made Weiss feel helpless. He solemnly promised that he would never risk the lives of more than 200 soldiers of the Second Reserve Unit to "act as a hero." The reason why they are being brought on the expedition now is also due to the current critical situation, so that they can adapt to this cruel war as soon as possible.

With the arrival of several federal combat units, Magelang has basically no say in the regional military affairs of Somsonas, but the secondary reserve is precisely a special presence in the local security forces. As long as there is no explicit request from the local garrison, the local sheriff has the right to assign them to carry out low-intensity tasks such as policing, patrolling, and reconnaissance in the war zone—the concept of guerrilla warfare is not clearly defined by the federal army, and it is not inappropriate to classify it as combat reconnaissance. However, Magelang weighed it again and again, and still did not make a decision on the spot, but asked Weiss to go back and wait for the order.

Instead of waiting, Weiss took the soldiers of the Second Reserve to the Clumberg-Heisen factory to help the workers load the remaining production equipment and various semi-finished products into trucks and transfer them to various secret warehouses outside the city, and by the way, receive the latest and last batch of weapons and equipment to roll off the production line.

In one more working day, all light machines, boring machines, chipping machines, as well as key components of the heavy equipment, will be moved to the Klumber-Heisen plant. Even if the Norman army occupied Somsonas, the Clumber-Haisen plant would continue to manufacture rifles, machine guns, cannons, and corresponding bullets and shells for the fighting needs of the federal army and reserve forces until the existing semi-finished products and materials were exhausted. At this moment, the bad premonition became a reality: a Norman fleet suddenly emerged from the clouds and attacked the Federalist garrison and various fortifications of Somnas with heavy artillery fire, and then, four Norman transports in battle armor braved the anti-aircraft fire of the Union army to force their landings inside and outside the city of Somsonas. The federal soldiers and civilians were stunned one by one......

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