The Federalists' tactics of attacking the West and West clearly worked well, and they did not encounter enemy flying objects after entering the Norman Empire. Of course, in this era when there is no radar, on a night like this, I want to find this Federal flying ship that has not made any destructive drive. Technically difficult. Following a pre-planned route, they carefully avoided the enemy's large cities, sailing with the wind over the mountains and rivers. Looking down from the sky, the mountains, rivers, lakes, and scattered villages and towns of the Norman Empire were not significantly different from the Free Federation of the Ulster, but after a few hours, the scenery below the flying ship turned into a shimmering water, as if it had come to the sea far from the mainland. Weiss had previously studied the geography and topography of the Norman Empire and knew that it was their largest freshwater lake, which the Normans called Lake Santa Martha, and regarded it as the source of life for the Norman people. In this area, a huge freshwater lake the size of nearly half of Lorraine, at its northern end sits the Norman capital, and at its western and eastern ends are scattered several large cities of a million, including the industrial town of which the Normans were proud. If this transport ship was carrying not soldiers of the special forces, but terrible bombs, or even deadly contaminating chemicals, then, tonight, it would be a brilliant and successful run, and it was even possible to deal a fatal blow to the heart of the enemy, even if the ship never had the possibility of returning to the Federation, which should have been a worthwhile operation at the height of the situation of the Union Army, but for some reason, the Federation Army did not do it, or they tried, but failed.

Weiss was not part of the Air Force and could not delve into the roots, but he hoped that the operation would achieve its purpose as intended—that the transports would not be discovered by the enemy from entering to returning. In fact, more than half of the ship's payload is now used to carry fuel. It uses a hybrid of oil-fired boiler and diesel engine. It uses an oil-fired boiler to run at full capacity when flying at high speeds, and when cruising at low speeds or when it needs to break through enemy cordons, it can fly at low to medium speeds with a diesel engine with less noise and smoke exhaust, which is a pretty good match.

Having broken through the enemy's front, the transport ship has converted power and flies at a higher cruising speed. If the enemy it really encounters in the course of the operation is flying ships, it needs to go all out to get rid of the enemy's pursuit, and if it encounters a faster combat plane, the officers and men need to use a small number of anti-aircraft weapons to fight, but judging from past experience, this kind of struggle is likely to achieve the expected results.

Considering the stealth and security of the operation, as well as his own special skills, Weiss stayed in the command room all night, on duty with the officers. Every quarter of an hour or 20 minutes, he uses his special skills to observe his surroundings and detect if any enemy aircraft are approaching. As they approached the target area, Weiss spotted an enemy transport ship ahead. The task of the transport ship was not supposed to be a vigilance patrol, but he immediately informed Major Harleggs. At this time, the major with a telescope had not found any trace of the enemy, and he was very surprised, but because the position at this time was far away from the battle line, it was in the hinterland of the Norman Empire, and it could even be said to be the depths of the hinterland. If the enemy were to discover it here, it would be difficult for the transport to escape the Normans, even if it was able to exert its full speed for which it was designed, and even if it was overloaded for a period of time. Therefore, they cautiously slow down, reduce altitude, and use the environment to conceal their figures. Of course, the most important thing is that they can wipe as much smoke as possible - the oil-fired boilers used by this transport ship produce less smoke and dust than coal-fired boilers, and in order to speed up the dissipation of smoke and dust in the air, some additional mixtures are added to the smoke exhaust, and the smoke and dust emitted from the chimney will fade shortly after the ship flies.

The enemy transport didn't go in a straight line, it was adjusting its course in the air, and it seemed that it needed to fly around here. Looking at the trajectory of the enemy, Weiss couldn't help but raise his heart to his throat: But don't make any mistakes on the way there!

The enemy's transports were getting closer and closer, and as if they had discovered a pattern, they adjusted their course again. At this time, the commander ordered the boiler to be adjusted to the minimum power output. In this state, the smoke and dust emitted from the chimney is not much more than the smoke emitted from the operation of a small workshop or the cooking of an ordinary home. However, in the middle of the night, what workshop will start? What family can cook? If the enemy looks closely at the ground, they may still find some clues.

For safety, the commander ordered the battleship to make a temporary landing on the ground. Through his peculiar vision, Weiss saw a small Norman village not far away, and if the inhabitants had risen earlier, or if someone had been sleepless and wandering around, he would probably have seen the big creature land. Fortunately, this does not seem to be the case. The sparse starlight shone on the tranquil land, and everything was asleep, and that Norman town was no exception. Time passed by minute by second, and the wait was so tormenting, but fortunately, the Norman transport finally flew nearby. As it flew over the village in its sight, it probably saw something, and it turned on its searchlight, and the column of searchlight swept over the village, and then swept through the nearby woods a few times, and did not extend to this side.

Thank God! Weiss silently sighed in his heart. The enemy ship flew away, and after a few moments, the major gave the order to move on. Such a delay was at least half an hour, but they could still accept this half an hour.

The sky is white, and the world is bright again. After a night of galloping, although I saw the outline of the ground, I saw the shadows of the mountains and rivers. But these are vague visions after all. As the sky darkens, the mysterious Norman Empire finally emerges before their eyes. Weiss stood in front of the porthole, looking at everything here with great curiosity. If there is any difference, then compared to the thousands of miles of frozen Wessex Kingdom and the vast and rich Ulster Free Federation, the land of the Norman Empire is more precipitous and beautiful. The mountains stretch here, and there are rushing rivers between the valleys, and the banks of the rivers are lush vegetation. Fly over the mountains to see a large open area. On the territory of the Norman Empire, unexplored areas looked quite a few and more well-organized areas of human activity. The fields here, regardless of the rules of the terrain, are always divided into neat lattices by rows of trees, and in this season, the fields have not yet begun to be cultivated, but it can be seen that all the land has been leveled and can be planted in large areas as long as the weather warms, and there are many trees planted around their towns, which are more planned and modern than ordinary towns in the Federation.

As a modern industrial country, the Norman Empire was covered with railways and a well-developed road network, and even in very remote areas, it was relatively convenient to connect with the outside world. In some of the larger towns, the chimneys give the power of the industrial age, while in the quiet, quiet hamlets, you can also see regular roads and some farm vehicles. This means that the Normans have moved away from traditional farming and entered the industrial age with relatively developed productivity.

When it comes to the country's industrial strength, the world thinks that the Ulster Free Federation is the strongest - their free market is vibrant, the liquidity is extremely strong, and the scientific and technological strength is also top-notch, but if you talk about the per capita industrial contribution, compared with a centralized country like the Norman Empire, there are advantages and disadvantages, but these cannot be seen from the country's industrial bulletin data alone, and must be observed and studied on the spot to have an accurate judgment. In the Commonwealth, the traditional manpower-based, mechanical-supplemented workshop-style factories like the earlier Clumberhaytham factories still exist in relatively remote towns and villages, and it is the super-oligarchs like the Grumman Group who really bring industrial power to the country, and their large-scale streamlined production brings considerable industrial output......

The sky is getting brighter, the road is getting brighter, and the chance of exposure is also increasing rapidly, and I can't help but feel anxious. At this time, the navigator finally found the last route reference in his sight, a spearhead-shaped mountaintop. The valley on the west side of the mountain is where the transport ship landed.

"We're finally here!" Weiss turned his head and said to Octavier, who had been taking a nap for a few hours.

"Go and rest for a while!"

Weiss shook his head: "It's not bad for a few hours. ”

So, they stood side by side in front of the porthole and watched the valley get closer and closer. It was a foggy valley, and Weiss was reminded of a movie he had seen many years ago, The Mist, and that thick fog contained terrifying unknown creatures, and of course, he didn't have to worry about that now. Through his special vision, it is clear at a glance whether there is an enemy ambush in the valley, whether there is any danger, and more importantly, it can help their transport ship land safely in a poor line of sight.

When the transport ship landed, the aviation officers in the command room breathed a long sigh of relief, and the major said to Weiss with respect: "It is hard to imagine that a person with better eyesight than an eagle eye would stay in the army all the time. If we had come to our air force, we would have won a great victory against the Normans! ”

Weiss didn't know what to do about this sentence, and he had thought about it, but out of some personal thoughts and considerations, he didn't take the initiative to expose his abilities. If it weren't for the great loss of the aviation force, it wouldn't have stimulated the rapid rise of the Federal Army's flight unit, and this world is supported by science and technology after all!

"I believe that everyone has their own destiny, where to go, what to do, and what does the future hold? There is a predestination in the dark. Weiss perfunctory the past with this sentence full of Buddhist philosophy. In fact, no one knows what they have done, exactly, the wind has a better choice, because everything is in the past tense, and there is no hypothetical possibility.

The transport landed on solid ground, and the crew sprang into action, with the fighters of the Special Forces coming to help. As originally planned, they used the surrounding plants to temporarily camouflage the transport, making it look like a mountain bag. In order to achieve the desired effect, they prepared the ropes early and disguised the chimney as a moment tree, all in less than an hour.

While everyone was busy, Weiss lifted his spirits and made a large observation of the valley, where there were no enemy mothers, but there were a few dangerous creatures that roamed alone, and it was unknown whether they were enemy soldiers or lone beasts. The valley is about 80 miles away from the target town in a straight line, a distance that will ensure that the enemy will not observe the ship's movements, and at the same time, the special service fighters can use motorcycles and other light vehicles to reconnoiter the vicinity of the town, and the future route will be cleared in anticipation of the next crucial night.

Although the soldiers of the special service unit do not have special abilities like Weiss, they have rich combat experience and reasonable combat skills, and their reconnaissance capabilities, battlefield infiltration and battlefield assault capabilities are all first-class. Under Octavier's command, they dispersed, set up a cordon around the perimeter, and launched reconnaissance in the direction of the target town.

Staying in the command room all night and constantly observing the enemy's situation, Weiss was indeed tired. He found a hammock and fell asleep almost in a second. However, because of the hang-up in his heart, he didn't dare to sleep more, and he got up after more than an hour. After breakfast, strong tea, and refreshed himself back to the command room, he looked at it and was satisfied with the camouflage methods and measures of his companions so far. Walking out of the command room and standing on the observation platform, the fog in the valley has dissipated a lot, and although there are some red dotted boxes representing dangerous objects, they look closely like some wild beasts. In such a highly industrial country, a valley with wild beasts is indeed very, and the remote town is probably the same as a paradise, with little contact with the outside world, which means a high degree of security, but also a high degree of closure and self-containedness.

Weiss was just about to go to find Octavier when he suddenly heard gunshots in the valley, which immediately made the atmosphere very tense. After observation and understanding, it was discovered that a soldier of the Special Forces had been attacked by a beast, a ferocious animal rarely seen in the Free Federation of Ulster, the beast that the soldier had killed with one shot, but he himself had been wounded. In view of this, Octavir adjusted the defensive deployment to have the soldiers on guard in groups of three or four to avoid dispersing their actions and preventing similar situations from occurring.

The sudden sound of gunfire was a wake-up call to everyone, and when night came, the surrounding guard posts had to be retracted, and in the original plan, there was a route to move the rescue target to this valley to board the ship, and with the presence of these beasts, this route did not seem very safe. They had to find an open no-man's land near the target town to pick them up, and they didn't stay too long. Once discovered by the enemy, the situation can become very troublesome.

From early morning to noon, Weiss spent his first morning in the Norman Empire. None of this is particularly different, except for the emotional factor. In this half day, except for the more than an hour of rest, he spent the rest of the time surveying and watching around, of course, the most important thing was to alert whether there was an enemy in the visual range, and as a result, there were neither enemy aircraft nor troops in the vicinity, but for the first time he found signs of Norman civilian activity in his sight. Would the Norman commoner be red or white in his particular vision? It was a question that made him particularly curious. Supposedly the two sides are in two different camps, and they are at war, and the common people should be in a red box, but Weiss sees a white box, which means that they are neutral in their attitude towards the federal soldiers. In other words, if they encounter a Union soldier head-on, they will not take the initiative to make a move of force under normal circumstances! Could it be that the martial spirit of the Norman Empire was just an illusion?

Weiss speculated and pondered about this strange phenomenon, because it was likely to have some important influence on their actions. At noon, the first group of soldiers who had gone out to reconnoiter returned to the valley, and they expanded the reconnaissance area to a distance of thirty or forty miles, to a place where they could already see the target town in the distance. They say that the town, which sits on the shore of a lake, is a very scenic place that looks like a fairyland.