The enemy's ships were withdrawn in disgrace, and their proud courage, fighting spirit, and honor were shattered. Quickly victorious in terms of superior hard power, the soldiers of the Union Army's guerrilla advance detachment woke up one by one, and only their commander calmly surveyed the battlefield. A Norman convoy with no damage could return to Slane in a quarter of an hour - in fact, a short distance away from the town of Wallier would be able to escape the radio interference of the Union Army, which meant that Norman reinforcements could arrive in as little as 20 minutes, and would not be delayed until an hour later.

Once two or more Norman warships fly into the town of Wallier, the tactical and psychological advantage that the task force gained through raids and ambushes will be lost. Wait until that time to think about retreating, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out.

Under Weiss's decisive orders, the participating companies quickly organized their evacuation: the mortar group was given priority, followed by the machine gun group and the riflemen. In order to save time, they did not even recycle the field telephone lines laid at night. A few minutes later, the surviving Norman soldiers found that the gunfire around them had stopped, and the aura of death that hung over their heads had dissipated with the wind.

Rejoice?

At that time, the fighters of Weiss's guerrilla task force were retreating along a pre-selected route—the companies on the east bank of the Palen River returned to the secret camp along the same route, and the troops on the west bank did not have to cross the river, but split into two, one to the south and one to the north. The Normans captured in the raid were all carried away by the Union forces on the east bank. At intervals, Union soldiers would pick a few Normans to tie to a tree, gag their mouths, and lay improvised traps in nearby hidden locations: a string and a pineapple bullet.

As he led his soldiers over the second ridge, Weiss saw five Norman warships approaching from the direction of Slien. He was still impressed by the mountain city, and in the night attack on Slyen, the name of the Lorraine guerrillas was powerful and powerful, and at that time, he was a high-spirited victor and full of hope for the future. Time passed, he worked hard to defeat the demons in his heart, so that he traveled lightly, and he often talked and laughed with the officers and soldiers, but anyone with a little eyesight could see that behind the commander's self-confidence and steadiness, there seemed to be deep sorrow and hesitation.

Five enemy ships, one in the front and four in the rear, through their performance parameters, Weiss can basically determine that the lead ship is the escort ship that took the initiative to withdraw earlier, and the back four are the help it has found. According to common sense, the officers and men on the Norman escort ship must have gritted their teeth and held back their strength to wash away their shame. In this way, they will definitely widen their eyes to search for the enemy's traces, and this vast jungle, as long as they pay more attention, it is not easy to be locked by enemy ships, so Weiss quickly ordered: "Tell all companies, slow down and advance covertly!" ”

As the eastbound troops crossed the third and most sparsely vegetated mountain forest and entered the lush valley woods like tigers returning to the mountains, the Norman warships had just arrived in the small town of Wallier. Without mortar deterrence, they can calmly land and learn the enemy's whereabouts from the surviving soldiers - seemingly withdrawn in all directions. How to chase?

The Norman ships made a logical choice: to pursue them eastward. The ship's lookouts will soon find the Norman soldiers tied to the trees in the forest, and of course it will take them some time to figure out the situation, and then follow the trail of the Norman soldiers who have been released in a stranded manner, and they can accurately guess the direction of the enemy's retreat like a detective, and use time to calculate the approximate distance, step by step - step by step into the trap set by Weiss.

This invisible trap will not show any clues at all until a certain time. No matter how cautious the opponent is, it is difficult to guard against it, not to mention that the Normans were tossed around, and they were somewhat anxious.

East of the town of Wallier, southeast of the federal state of Lorraine, about 400 miles from the two battle lines, daylight and rainy, the loose formation of five Norman battleships encountered almost without warning the attack of the federal flying force—more than three hundred warplanes, in waves of seventy or eighty, launched a stormy four waves of attack in less than half an hour. A year ago, Norman warships could handle attacks of this level, but over the past year, the Union Flying Force has grown in strength and its technical and tactical capabilities have improved dramatically. The rain curtain made it difficult for the Norman gunners to distinguish the direction and trajectory of the Union fighters, and the defensive firepower was inefficient, but the silhouette of the Norman battleship was clearly presented in the sight of the Union pilots, and the 500-pound aerial bombs they used were dozens of times more powerful than mortar shells; There weren't many forward-facing machine guns, but the steel-core armor-piercing shells were enough to turn the gunners on the semi-enclosed gun emplacements into piles of stumps and broken arms. In the field encounter, without the cover of fortress firepower and the strategy of field troops, these five Norman battleships were like a lone cavalry team in the era of cold weapons, unable to exert their strong combat effectiveness and excellent mobility, and were pressed to the ground by a group of peasant soldiers wielding broadswords and spears......

In the battle of "Heaven and Man", Weiss and the guerrilla advance team led by him could not intervene at all, and they hurried continuously, at this time they just sat down to catch their breath and watch a wonderful performance that did not require tickets. As the saying goes, the layman sees the excitement and the insider sees the doorway, Weiss squinted his eyes and used his special skills for a long time in order to study this air battle "directed" by him in depth and thoroughly. The defensive firepower of the Norman battleships, in this kind of opponent's active close combat, the effective hit rate is less than one thousandth, while the bomb hit rate of the Federation fighters is about three percent, although more than 300 fighters have hit more than ten shots from beginning to end, but on the spot overturned two enemy ships, and also heavily damaged two, one of which crashed during the retreat, and the Federation Army only lost seven fighters, such a battle loss ratio, for the Federal Army, is definitely a delicious meal!

The two Norman warships fled in panic, and the fleet of federal military planes came and went like the wind, and the roaring battlefield soon left only all kinds of wreckage and residual smoke. After half an hour of rest, Weiss's soldiers not only recovered their physical strength, but also their mental strength was full to full value. After receiving their own parachuting pilots, they continued on their way until they returned to the secret camp and did not encounter a Norman battleship. It is not difficult to speculate: In today's frontal battlefield, the Norman army is on the defensive, and it is not difficult to temporarily transfer five light warships from the mobile forces, but if five more ships or even ships with a larger tonnage are dispatched, it will affect the overall deployment, not to mention that it is difficult for flying warships to chase and intercept the opponent's combat aircraft.

The Normans retreated, and Weiss showed no mercy. That night, they escorted the captured 3 Norman officers and 14 Norman non-commissioned officers to the airborne field, so that the high-speed transport ships that had arrived overnight to bring this important "trophy" back to the federal-controlled territory - what could be more convincing and encouraging than enemy prisoners of war in wartime?

Over the next week or so, two other guerrilla contingents, which had moved from the small town of Wallier to other directions, under the guidance and cooperation of the Lorraine underground resistance and the underground intelligence network of the Union Army, waited for an opportunity to launch an attack on the Norman army, forcing the Normans to recall the small scattered forces back to the town and fortress station, so as to concentrate their forces and use rapid and mobile means of warfare to carry out strangulation tactics. Except for a very small number of those who remained in the Resistance to help them carry out military training, the rest of the people returned to the original secret camp before the Norman army's counter-guerrilla sweep arrived, and observed every move of the Norman army in the dark, regardless of whether the enemy used agitation or bitter tactics.

Among the Ulster federal states, Lorraine has a small population, but its territory is vast, and its natural conditions are more suitable for guerrilla warfare, but this does not mean that a combat force of more than 2,000 people can hide in the mountains and forests for a long time without being detected by the other side. The Normans occupied Lorraine for more than a year, not only figured out the geography and terrain here, but also built their own intelligence network, using various means of coercion and inducement to make some Lorrainians work for them. In the third week after the attack on Wallier, the Normans had sent 100,000 troops south of Lorraine, and the deployment of the various divisions was faintly directed to the location of the secret camp of the Union guerrilla contingent. How could Weiss, who was so deeply impressed by the "last battle" of the Lorraine guerrillas, turn a blind eye to this situation? Although the Federation Flying Units can be killed in a big way at a critical moment, this kind of cross-border reinforcement is better than a surprise, and once the battle is controlled by the Normans, it may fall into the trap set by the enemy. So, taking advantage of the dark moon and high winds, Weiss decisively led his troops to move quickly southward, and on the way, they left the mountains of Lorraine and came to the southernmost coastal area of Lorraine, where snow was covered and roads were icy during the freezing season, and it was very inconvenient to pass; During the non-freezing season, it is humid and rainy, the wilderness is always muddy and difficult to navigate, only a few hard roads and railway lines can be used, and the natural environment in this area is not conducive to the concealed march of troops, regardless of the season.

Thanks to adequate preparation and bold prediction, Weiss led his troops to squat in a natural ravine in the coastal area for three days and four nights, using a brown military blanket as a camouflage cloth, not lighting fire, not moving, and avoiding the enemy's aerial reconnaissance forces that visited the place several times without danger, and allowing the Norman army to turn the bottom in the mountains south of Lorraine. Although the Normans did not transfer elite field troops from the frontal battlefield, but transferred some reserves and in-depth garrison troops, supplemented by a small number of light ships, transport ships and combat aircraft, in order to minimize the impact on the front line, but the Union army offensive, the Normans were busy withdrawing divisional combat units, and most of the troops engaged in strangulation operations were suddenly empty.

Sensing the change in the enemy's situation, the guerrilla king, who had already led his troops from the coastal area to the southwest of the Lorraine Mountains, immediately made a decisive decision, crossed the mountains and mountains, and traveled under the stars and nights, and once again locked his eyes on the mountain city of Slane.