From afternoon to dusk, late night to early morning, day and night alternate, and the cycle repeats. Whether the open-air prisoner of war camp he was in was the only one of the Norman army in this battle, Weiss did not know, but what was certain was that the number of Union prisoners of war held here was increasing, and it was already overcrowded in just three days. On the officer quarters side, the number of marching tents has increased to 44, and there are more than 20 federal officers with the rank of second lieutenant and above, based on the placement of six officers in each double marching tent. What is this concept? The Federal Army has a new national defense division, with a standard officer staffing of 497 officers. In terms of numbers, the prisoner of war camp was home to more than half a defense division. In the absence of a collapse of the battle line and the failure of the troops, the number of officers and men captured generally does not exceed 20 per cent of the number of troops lost. According to this rough calculation, the net loss of the Union Army on the Sambara River defense line is close to 3 divisions, excluding the small possibility of obtaining a large amount of backup in a short period of time, and the overall loss rate of the defending troops with 9 divisions and 4 regimental combat units is close to 3 percent.

The situation is not optimistic!

As night fell, Weiss ushered in his fourth night in an enemy prisoner of war camp. For the first three nights, the Norman army attacked one after another, and not only the Union officers and soldiers on the defense line were exhausted, but the Union prisoners of war held in the prisoner of war camp did not get a good night's sleep. That night, the Norman army seemed to be tired of the battle, the southern battlefield was quiet, and Weiss had fallen asleep early. The identity of a prisoner of war is certainly embarrassing, but sorrow cannot make a person strong, chagrin cannot change reality, can eat well, can recuperate from injuries, why not endure humiliation and wait for the opportunity?

There was not much space in the two-person marching tent, and the six of them were lying together, rubbing shoulders and curling up their hands and feet, but even so, the sleepless sleep was still relaxing. Weiss was sleeping soundly when he suddenly felt a slight tremor on the ground beneath him, and an explosion came from not far away. He woke up suddenly, the sound of gunfire in his ears, and hurriedly climbed out of the tent, just in time to see a ball of fire jumping on the edge of the Norman camp, and his heart suddenly burst with indescribable joy: it is our army that has come to attack at night!

After the initial hesitation, the camp soon resounded with the cheers of the federal officers and soldiers, but it was precisely this voice that alerted Weiss that the Normans were not good people who ate vegetarian scriptures, and that if the camp was attacked, whether they could hold it or not, they could poison these prisoners of war.

Thinking of this, Weiss hurriedly shouted: "Everyone disperse and hide!" The Normans could open fire on us at any moment! ”

Hearing Weiss's warning, the surrounding Federation officers also reacted that the marching tents provided to them by the Normans could provide shelter from the wind and rain, and could also become eye-catching shooting targets, so they greeted each other and quickly dispersed around.

Seeing that there was an unusual noise in the prisoner of war camp, the Norman soldiers in charge of guarding it shouted "don't move" and fired their guns into the air. However, the searchlights in the camp were all shining on the outer targets, and the light on the side of the prisoner of war camp was flickering and dimming, and they could not see whether the prisoners of war were obeying orders or not. For the Normans, although these thousands of federal prisoners of war have been disarmed, more than half of them are soldiers when they take up arms, and once they break out, they will form a combination with the attacking forces, and they are definitely a time bomb tied to their chests.

It is not known whether the officers gave the order or the personnel on duty decided on their own, but the guard post in the northeast corner of the prisoner of war camp took the lead in opening fire on the prisoner of war gathering area. As the Norman army's machine guns roared, the prisoner of war camp was filled with gunfire and the wails of those who had been shot. Weiss was prostrate on the ground, his body motionless, his eyes looking around. In the past few days, the number of prisoners of war held here has increased dramatically, and the Normans have also increased the number of guards around the prisoner of war camps, adding security posts, each of which has at least one hand-cranked tube cannon and a large-caliber machine gun that uses magazines to feed ammunition.

Just when the Union prisoners of war were helpless and trapped in a prisoner of war camp to be slaughtered by the enemy, the hero descended from the sky: a federal fleet appeared in the night sky like a ghost, flying at high speed at a distance of 100 feet above the ground, and before the Norman ground anti-aircraft fire could respond effectively, three Union cruisers covered the two transports and forced their landing on the west side of the Norman army camp, thus avoiding the firing angle of most Norman anti-aircraft guns.

Hundreds of marines descended like tigers, and a single charge swept away the Norman troops in the camp.

Surprise, surprise, excitement, excitement...... All kinds of emotions were intertwined, making Weiss a little overwhelmed with his senses, and there was a voice in his heart that had been suppressed for a long time and roared: Good come! Well done! Flying against the wind, there is more strength, so let my brother take off again..

Despite his excitement, Weiss did not get carried away, but calmed down as if he had been electrocuted. Seeing that the federal army troops had pulled out the guard post in the northwest corner of the prisoner of war camp, Weiss hurriedly beckoned the officers around him to go to the soldier gathering area and led them to break out of the northwest corner. However, the number of people who responded immediately was not as large as expected, some did not hear, some were lying on the ground and did not move—Norman soldiers in several nearby security posts continued to fire at the prisoner of war camp, guns flying everywhere, and they could be hit at any moment when they got up. According to normal logic, instead of risking your life at this time, why not wait until you are rescued by your companions?

The reason why Weiss was in a hurry to get out of the predicament and leave this prisoner of war camp as soon as possible was not because he was agitated and carried away, but because he calmly observed and speculated on the situation and made a decisive decision. At that time, relying on the power of the surprise attack, the Federation was able to gain the upper hand in this Norman army camp, but this Norman army camp was not an isolated existence, there were other Norman army camps nearby, and there were a large number of well-equipped and experienced Norman soldiers on the southern front, who were able to use armored vehicles and various vehicles to quickly return to help, leaving a very limited time for the Union army raid force. Moreover, the Norman soldiers who stayed behind were not a group of old and sick people, most of them were burly, even if they were a patrol, they had a neat queue, vigorous pace and vigorous spirit, and from Weiss's special point of view, these people's combat values were at the middle and upper level of the Norman army. In the past three days, he has witnessed two changes of defense, presumably the Norman army has adopted a rotational strategy. In other words, these Norman soldiers stationed in the rear may have been fighting on the front line two days ago, and their combat effectiveness and combat status should naturally not be underestimated. If it weren't for this, the few Norman defenders would have collapsed and fled long ago in the face of a night attack by the Union army and the opponent's multiple warships at close range.

This night attack is destined to be an "attack" and cannot be "occupied" for a long time.

The ubiquitous bullets and the artillery fire that fell from time to time made the officers who got up and went to the soldiers' detention area have to use their hands and feet at the same time, rolling and crawling. During the day, there was a guard post between the two detention areas, patrolled by Norman soldiers, to prevent communication between Union officers and soldiers. At night, Norman soldiers did not stay in the prisoner-of-war area, but set up two fences and kept watch by lights throughout the night, and anyone who crossed the border was in danger of being taken by the sentries at any time. In the current chaotic situation, the officers who took the initiative to cross the line broke through the fence without much effort, thus achieving a meeting of officers and soldiers.

Under the command and leadership of these officers, a large number of captured Union soldiers were able to form a joint force. At this moment, the Normans on the west and north sides of the camp were bombarded by the fire of the Union warships, and the bullets from these two directions stopped abruptly. This speed, this momentum, and this momentum are much more powerful than launching a charge on the battlefield!

The opportunity to get a bang doesn't usually come up a second time. Seeing that the crowd had been ignited, Wei Simao shouted vigorously: "Rush, rush to the northwest corner!" ”

The fighting was raging, with few searchlights left throughout the camp, and soldiers on both sides relied on flares, fires from explosions, and a variety of sounds to identify their targets. In the prisoner of war camp, hundreds of Union officers and soldiers flocked to a corner of the camp, and the Normans did not pay attention to such a strange situation for a while, but they will not always pay attention to it. Before Weiss could break out of the first barbed wire fence outside the prisoner of war camp, bullets came from the east and west, and wherever they went, blood exploded and limbs flew sideways. In the ears, the whistling of machine gun bullets and machine shells, the crisp sound of high-speed moving objects hitting the body, the wails of the person who was shot, and even the sound of rapid breathing and heartbeat, filled people's auditory senses and made everyone in it extremely nervous.

On the battlefield, whether it is a fleet confrontation or an infantry confrontation, the leader is usually the one who attracts the enemy's firepower the most, and is also the most able to show courage and determination. Weiss rushed to the front and took the position of the flag-bearer, so that everyone could hear his chanting: "Come with me, follow me!" Watch out for mines! ”

The advantage of co-locating a prisoner-of-war camp with a barracks station is that it keeps prisoners of war under the close supervision of the garrison troops, but it is not without its disadvantages. If the POWs flee en masse and break through the fire blockade around the POW camp, the munitions in the barracks will allow them to rearm. Therefore, in addition to setting up a guard post around the prisoner of war camp, the Normans also planted a number of mines outside the fence. Unbeknownst to others, Weiss's human radar could spot dangerous explosives beneath the dirt as soon as it was turned on, and he was the only one who could safely pass through the prisoner of war camp with captured Union officers and soldiers beyond the main entrance.

However, in the northwest corner of the POW camp, the desperate Federation soldiers found that they did not need to forcibly tear down the fence, and it was not only the fire of the Federation warships but also the guns of the Norman army, a section of the fence twenty or thirty feet long had collapsed, and the remaining fence also had many holes for people to drill through. Many people did not even hear Weiss's shouts and went straight through the fence and into the minefield. Seeing this, Weiss became anxious and shouted like a frenzy: "Landmines! Mine! ”

There were two explosions, and the pungent smoke and the strong smell of blood spread, pouring a basin of cold water on the Federation officers and soldiers who were overexcited about the opportunity to get out of prison, and they could clearly hear the bitter cry of the companion: "Mine! Mine! Beware of mines! ”

Just when everyone was at a loss, the voice brought them unprecedented hope: "Everyone come with me!" Follow me! ”