Restless night, noisy morning. ~With~Dream~Small~Say~щ~Suimеng~lāAs the sky grew brighter, in the foundry where Weiss led his troops, the Union soldiers were busy reinforcing the fortifications, adding bunkers, and deploying new firing points. In the past few days, they have used the original walls, ditches, factories, warehouses, water towers and other facilities here to transform a "fortress in the city" with high defensive power. It's just that no one expected that the Norman fleet would actually kill the Federation fleet in a single battle, and after seizing air supremacy, it broke into the city strongly, and seized the commanding heights of the city in a brutal and domineering manner, forming a comprehensive suppression of the artillery deployed by the defenders of the Olympic city. Under the fire of the Norman warships, one building and three warehouses of the foundry were damaged, many gaps were blown out of the factory wall, and the defensive environment and defensive conditions were changed.

In terms of armament, although Weiss's two field guns, which were widely used, were damaged, they were plentiful in the number of machine guns and water-cooled heavy machine guns, and there were enough bullets, shells, and grenades, as well as enough food and medicine to cope with the protracted battle. The biggest problem in keeping this plant is the shortage of manpower. Although Weiss sent men to recall the two detachments that were fighting with the 4th Special Service Group, the total number of combatants, including the lightly wounded who could shoot with guns, was less than 80. Considering the defensive positions, fixed firing points and mobile support in the factory area, two or three hundred people are considered to be small. Since he had to defend his position, of course, he could not be run over by the enemy in a single turn, so Weiss sent people to recall the two detachments responsible for supporting the 4th Special Service Group, and on the other hand, he "collected" stragglers on the streets outside the factory. In fact, the defense plan of the federal army for Aocheng is to defend the participating troops in divisions, from the beginning to the end, from the outer defense line to the street battle position layer by layer to block and consume the enemy, so the outer defenders are the strongest, and the strength is decreasing inward, and in the process of defensive operations, once the outer position is broken, the defending troops automatically retreat to the inner defense line, and meet the original defenders to coordinate defense. Unfortunately, the plan is happy, but the reality is cruel. Under heavy pressure, the outer defense line became like a broken eggshell, and the peripheral troops retreated in a hurry, and on the way to retreat, they were bombarded by artillery fire from the central city, and all units suffered heavy casualties, and the officers and men were dizzy and unable to distinguish things, so that they were scattered. In just a few hours, nearly 70 Union soldiers had temporarily joined Weiss's unit, and roughly two-thirds of these soldiers came from outside the 9th Corps, and belonged to more than a dozen battalion and company-level combat units. Fortunately, with experience in organizing and commanding the 1st Field Battalion, Weiss organized them into four combat detachments and assigned his own non-commissioned officers to serve as the acting commanders of each detachment, which temporarily alleviated the problem of combat strength.

After dawn, Weiss climbed the water tower, and the huge Aocheng was full of smoke. To the north, the fighting had reached a distance of less than a kilometer, and perhaps in an hour or two the Norman army would attack the foundry. To the south, the majestic Grumman Mansion fell, leaving only a pile of broken walls, but the other three hundred-meter-high buildings remained, and so did the Norman warships that forcibly landed on the roofs, their hulls mottled with bullet marks, and the ship's guns were silent, like a few huge vultures, looking down on the city with cold eyes.

This new industrial city has the second largest urban area in the Ulster Free Federation, and is also in the top five on the planet Orens. Relying on the city for defense, the larger the area of the city, the greater the depth of defense, the two Austrian battles in the last war are very illustrative, it is precisely because of the vast territory of the city, after breaking through the defenders' outer defense line, even if the Norman army is very strong, it can only advance step by step in the densely built urban area, and it takes a lot of time and manpower to seize a block...... The commanders of the Union Army, who would rather act steadily than try something new, dragged the battle into meat grinder mode as they wished!

"Captain! Captain! ”

Hearing someone calling from below, Weiss looked down and saw that it was a senior soldier under him. He was tasked with taking three able-bodied soldiers to use the maintenance passage at the foundry's drain to move ammunition and storage supplies down the sewers - considering that the Norman army was likely to cut off the defenders' retreat during the attack on the foundry, he decided to lead the soldiers to move to the sewers to continue the battle if the factory could not be defended.

What's wrong?

Weiss walked down the ladder back to the surface, and before he could speak, the senior soldier said, "Captain, we met the members of the special service team in the sewers, and among them was a female officer, Major Grumman, who said she knew you, and she ......"...

Before he could finish, Weiss blurted out, "Where are the people?" ”

The senior soldier led Weiss in the direction of the lower drain, and said as he went: "I have arranged for them to rest in the drainage repair room, there are five people in all, all of them are wounded, and two of them are very badly wounded, and I have called the medical guards to go over." ”

"Only 5 people?" Weiss was stunned, although he did not know the exact number of participants of the 4th Special Service Group, but the normal size of the brigade was between battalions and companies, as little as two or three hundred, and as many as five or six hundred. Since the group directly led by Octavier has the confidence to enter the Grumman Mansion to fight the Normans, it will not be less than thirty or forty, and now that only 5 people have returned, wouldn't the death rate reach seventy or eighty percent?

"How's that Major Grumman?" Weiss then asked.

"The injuries are in the right shoulder and right arm, and it doesn't look too serious." The private replied.

"They risked their lives to blow up the Grumman Building, which is remarkable and worthy of our admiration!" Weissdau.

The water tower was not too far from the location of the maintenance passage of the lower drain, and the two of them walked forward quickly, and soon arrived at the place. Walking up the stairs to the underground drainage maintenance room, the company's full-time medic had already arrived first, treating the seriously wounded lying on the ground, Octavir had taken off his steel helmet, his hair was a little messy, and he sat against the wall with a blank face.

Weiss hesitated, took out the kettle, unscrewed the lid, walked straight up to Octavier, and crouched down: "Major, it's me, Clumber Haysen. ”

The "iceberg beauty" of the Barston Military Academy has exquisite and well-proportioned facial features and a healthy and well-proportioned complexion, even if her face is haggard, she still looks so beautiful and moving. She raised her eyes to look at Weiss, silently took the kettle, took two sips, and suddenly sighed: "I destroyed it with my own hands, ruined the symbol of the Grumman family...... It is better to do so than to let it fall into the hands of the enemy! ”

Weiss was relieved: "Yes, we ruined it, this is a matter of last resort, and we are not wrong to sacrifice small feelings for the overall situation." All regrets, when the war is over, I promise, we will make up for it together. There is no doubt that we will have a new Aocheng, there will be a new landmark, everything will be there! ”

As a student, Weiss's impression of Octavier can be summed up as a "cold woman", because her words and deeds are always crisp and neat, never dragging her feet, and she is straightforward, and joking with her usually does not end well. In this dimly lit maintenance room, her mood was as low as she had ever seen before, but not so low that she could not extricate herself. She didn't give a clear reaction to Weiss's relief, but just took a few sips of water, returned the kettle to him, and thanked him softly.

More than three hours have passed since the collapse of the Grumman Building. Out of curiosity, Weiss wanted to ask them why they had only come out of the sewers at this time, whether they were trapped or lost, but seeing that Octavier didn't want to talk more, he didn't ask more, but crouched silently aside.

After a while, Octavir spoke, "How's the battle going outside?" ”

"The Norman army has entered the city and is not far from us. The Corps Command had already given us an order to resolutely defend, and we ...... Prepare for a desperate battle with the Normans here. Weiss chose to answer in the most concise language, and some situations do not need to be repeated, and can be thought of with a little brain.

Octavier deliberately lowered her voice: "It seems that we are the only ones who have succeeded in blowing up the target? ”

Weiss frowned: "Yes, the other three buildings are still there, and the Norman battleship parked on the roof is also there, but they seem to have been dumbed down by us, or run out of ammunition, anyway, they haven't fired again during this time." If they don't join the fight, we can take a lot less pressure on our defense, and that's the way it is. ”

"You ...... Determined to hold on? When Octavier asked this, he looked directly at Weiss, and there was a coldness in his blue eyes that could not be told a lie.

"Yes, I have already conveyed the orders of my superiors to the soldiers, and I have also indicated my attitude. We are well aware that once the Norman army attacks, it will soon cut off our retreat, so we do not report the chance of retreat, nor are we prepared to compromise with the enemy. As a last resort...... From here, we will retreat into the sewers and continue the fight. Wei Si was convincing, and his gaze did not retreat, but even so, he did not see even a trace of approval in the other party's eyes.

However, Octavir finally put away the coldness in her eyes, and without saying a word, she took out the magazines one by one from the magazine cover on her waist, and took out a box of bullets from the backpack that was placed beside her, and silently loaded the empty magazine. In this case, they must have fought the Normans in the sewers, and most likely after blowing up the Grumman building. She asked Weiss about the battle on the ground, but she didn't seem to be going to tell him anything about the sewers.

After a while, Weiss took the initiative to ask, "What are you going to do now?" What do I need to do? ”

"Our original mission has not been completed, and we have not been instructed to change the mission."

Octavir didn't refuse to answer, but her answer was vague and difficult for others to understand. Weiss had previously led his troops to fight with them, and he knew what the original mission was, but he still couldn't guess what she thought.

Half-loaded with the magazine, Octavir suddenly stopped: "With our current situation, there is no way to help your defense. If you can't hold it, you can go into the sewers and continue the fight, and at that point, we may have a chance to fight side by side. ”

"Goddess Baseton" has many admirers, and there should be many suitors, but Weiss is not one of them. Out of teacher-student friendship and comradeship, he asked, "Is this an agreement?" ”

Octavir turned to look at him, "Sort of! ”