"The enemy ships are coming! Urgent concealment! ”

Hearing the sentinel's warning, Weiss hurriedly narrowed his eyes, and two seconds later, a chill suddenly felt behind him, but it was not because of what he saw, but because he found that he couldn't see the friend or foe identification system! This...... Is it a side effect of injecting special painkillers? Is it temporary, or permanent?

Weiss, who has always been calm, seemed to have suddenly lost a valuable item of extraordinary significance, and his mind suddenly became a little chaotic...... If you lose that special ability, will you lose yourself to the clock and become an ordinary commander, and will you suffer repeated setbacks in future battles until you incur a fatal defeat due to your failure to identify the enemy's situation in time?

The experience of being born and dying on the battlefield for many times made him quickly calm down after a brief period of confusion: with or without a friend or foe identification system, they all have to face powerful enemies, and the correct tactical strategy is the key to being invincible.

A few moments later, Lieutenant Colonel Lear appeared—and the soldiers carried him to Weiss. The senior of the Delefig Senior Staff Academy suffered multiple injuries, especially the ipsilateral injuries to his right forearm, right abdomen, and right thigh, which caused him to be unable to walk with the help of crutches at this time, and the severe injuries also made him pale and haggard. Even so, when he saw Weiss, a proud smile appeared on his face.

"You missed a good fight." He said to Weiss lying on a stretcher.

Weiss gave a thumbs up: "Well done!" If I change my command, I may not be able to win such a tough battle! ”

"In terms of operational command, we have a different style." Lieutenant Colonel Lear said, "I like to focus more time and energy on the preparation stage, and wait until the conditions are right before launching a general attack." This time, we were very fortunate to have detonated the enemy's ammunition during the fire attack phase, which greatly damaged the enemy's confidence. However, according to the confessions of the prisoners of war, it is likely that their commander, your brother, who had a special status, was killed in the explosion...... I am very sorry about this. ”

"He is my brother and my old enemy. For the Clumber-Haysen family, the son of whom they were once so proud had died unexpectedly many years ago. If he really died in this battle, it would be the end of our heart. Wei Stanran said, "You don't have to mind about this matter. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Lear stretched out his left hand, gently placed it on the other's hand, and whispered, "I can understand your feelings. Greed is the root of all evil, and it is precisely because of the Normans that they can get a higher status and greater power, many former friends and partners have defected, once they meet on the battlefield, no one has to take care of the old feelings, no one has to be soft on anyone, and they will do it with real knives and guns! ”

According to Weiss's understanding, Ze appeared in the Norman camp not only for the sake of status and power, but there was no need to argue or explain for him here. The two wounded commanders sat and lay down under the tree, without their shouting of greetings, and the officers and non-commissioned officers of the guerrilla advance detachment led their own teams, and the soldiers evacuated and concealed themselves with ease. In fact, there were thousands of Norman prisoners of war in this group, and even if their whereabouts were discovered by the enemy's flying warships, it stands to reason that the other side would not dare to launch a bombardment unless they had lost their minds in a series of defeats.

After about ten minutes, two Norman warships flew over the mountain forest one after the other. Having lost his special vision, Weiss could only guess the model and combat power of enemy ships by their appearance, as normal people do. Of course, as long as you have good eyesight and sufficient insight, you can also "judge the enemy's situation by counting the seconds".

After the enemy ship flew by, Weiss asked Lieutenant Commander Lear, "What do you think the Normans will do next?" Commit heavy troops to encircle us, or negotiate with us for prisoners of war? ”

Lieutenant Colonel Lear thought for a moment: "Our army is about to launch a full-scale offensive, and it is of course a good thing for the overall situation to be able to move the enemy's troops away from the front line. If they really send one or two divisions against us, we will drag them here as much as we can, even if we fight to the last man! ”

There was nothing logical about this answer, but Weiss had another side in mind: "After this battle, our troops have added more than a thousand wounded, and we have to bear the rations of nearly two thousand Norman prisoners of war, even with the minimum ration, we can last a week at most, right?" ”

"A week, almost." Lieutenant Colonel Lear thought for a moment and replied in the affirmative.

Weiss didn't go any further, but when he thought about it, he knew what he wanted to say but didn't say.

"Do you think the enemy will take the initiative to negotiate with us?"

"Maybe, maybe not, I'm not sure." Weiss replied.

Lieutenant Colonel Lear asked, "Even if the Normans took the initiative to negotiate with us, do you think General Pound would agree?" Can the Supreme Military Council agree? ”

"If they can provide the supplies and support we desperately need in time, we certainly won't have to negotiate with the Normans." Weiss said the opposite, which was an expression of his attitude.

Lieutenant Colonel Lear did not respond, before the outbreak of the war, the "Norman Empire" was a very sensitive topic in the Federation, and the officers and soldiers of the Federation were absolutely not allowed to have private contact with the Normans in any form; After the outbreak of the war, the Norman army swept through the north and entered the heart of the Union in a big way, and the two sides were staggered on thousands of kilometers of fronts, and contact with the Normans was inevitable, but with a large number of undetermined people defecting to the enemy and treason, or seceding from the Union in the name of independence and autonomy, the situation was complicated, and punishing defections and preventing speculation became an important task of the intelligence and gendarmerie departments of the Union Army.

"Once this kind of thing happens, you can't avoid it, and you must face it squarely. Objectively speaking, in such a situation, it is advantageous to negotiate with the enemy about the exchange of prisoners of war, so that our wounded can be treated in a timely manner, and second, it can appropriately delay time and contain the enemy's energy here. After Weiss said this, he looked up and sighed, there were some things he didn't say, and there was no need to say - if he really negotiated with the Normans, he and Lieutenant Colonel Lear must have one person responsible for the matter, whether the Normans would play conspiracy or not, this was the first risk to be taken, and the attitude of the top brass of the Union Army could be as strict as ever, or it could change, this was the second risk to be taken.

Lieutenant Colonel Lear was silent for a long time, and then spoke: "This time, I wanted to follow your strategy last time and command the troops to carry out a large-scale transfer to avoid the encirclement and interception of the Norman army, but judging from the current situation, there are too many wounded and prisoners in the team, and the speed of the march cannot be guaranteed at all." I was just thinking that even if we traded the Normans for our captured comrades, we would still end up being dragged down by the wounded, unable to move quickly, unable to provide food supplies, and most of the trouble would still be there. ”

"It's not hard to solve!" Weiss sneered, "During the negotiation, we can ask that in order to ensure the smooth exchange of prisoners of war, Norman warships and planes are not allowed to approach this area for a certain period of time, and can only let the transport ships transport supplies and receive prisoners of war, then during this period, we can contact the rear to send high-speed transport ships to send combat supplies, and by the way, transport our wounded away - whether the Normans agree or not, we must do this, and then continue to fight guerrilla with them." ”

Thinking about this, Lieutenant Colonel Lear suddenly realized.

With more than 1,000 wounded and more than 1,000 prisoners of war, the advance guerrilla detachment marched at less than half the normal rate, but even so, it was not easy for the enemy to capture their whereabouts and deploy them in the vast mountains and forests. In this way, the development of events really fulfilled Weiss's speculation - the Normans placed several liaison teams on the nearby hills, and they flew around for a long time under the white flag, and finally connected with their opponents.

These Norman liaison squads, each headed by a lieutenant, were not in direct contact with them at first, but listened to their dealings with their officers: they came up and persuaded them to surrender, saying that the guerrillas had run out of ammunition and food and had no way out, and that as long as they laid down their arms, they would give the wounded of the guerrilla advance detachment excellent medical treatment under the guarantee of the sacred honor of the army, and send the others to the so-called "wartime camps" in Basel or the Kingdom of Falaline, where they would be treated more favorably than ordinary prisoners of war. and to guarantee their personal safety until the end of the war and their free choice after the end of the war.

For the Normans' persuasion to surrender, the guerrilla advance detachment, which had won many battles, naturally disdained. Seeing that the attitude of the other side was resolute, and the soldiers were full of energy, and the food ration for each meal was relatively sufficient, but the Norman prisoners of war were all depressed and looked unmotivated, so they put forward a concession plan: in view of the poor physical and mental condition of the Norman army prisoners, they demanded that an international field medical team of about 200 people be sent with a batch of special medicine and equipment, and the Norman army could take limited truce measures within the period and territory agreed by both sides.

Medical personnel and medical medicines and equipment are of course very much needed by the guerrilla advance team at present, but the true intention of the Normans to put forward this plan is not difficult for a discerning person to see through, so Weiss did not consult with the Normans about this plan, but directly rejected it, and also refused the request of the enemy liaison team to use the radio station to feedback the news to their superiors - they asked several Norman liaison officers to leave the temporary camp at dark with more than 20 wounded Norman prisoners of war, and ask their own flying unit for help after dawn. The guerrilla advance detachment moved overnight with the rest of the Norman liaison and many Norman prisoners of war. Shortly thereafter, the Norman liaison received a secret telegram from his superiors on the radio, and a third plan was proposed: the two sides negotiated the terms of the release of the prisoners of war by the guerrilla advance force, and if an agreement could be reached, the Norman army would accept a local truce for a limited period of time.