On another moonlit night, another transport plane from the Federal-controlled area successfully landed in the mountains of Lorraine. This special passenger was Major Auden Ezesen, an experienced staff officer. The reason why this officer, who was in the prime of his life, gave up the favorable working conditions of the General Staff of the Union Army and traveled thousands of miles to the enemy-occupied area, where danger was everywhere, was, according to his own words, impressed by the courageous and fearless resistance of the armed forces behind the enemy lines and the flexible and astute tactical methods of the armed forces behind the enemy.

The arrival of Major Ezerson not only gave Weiss a counterpoint in the planning and formulation of tactics and strategies, but more importantly, he brought a comprehensive grasp and in-depth analysis of the war situation at the level of the General Staff: after occupying most of the territory of the Kingdom of Wessex and the Free Federation of Ulster, the Norman Empire had reached its peak militarily, and seemed to be so strong that it was difficult to defeat, but recently the Norman army has shown fatigue on all fronts - from soldiers to officers, Most people suffer from "hypochondriasis" that sit back and enjoy victory in the war. They have received the coveted honors and rewards of this war, and now they are eager to return to their families alive, leaving behind the desperate killing of the enemy and the horse-leather shroud of the early days of the war. Whether in the ice and snow of Wessex or in the hills and mountains of Françon, the Norman army was greatly inefficient, and it is not surprising that it was repeatedly defeated. On the other hand, on the side of the coalition army, the firm stance of the Wessex royal family allowed the Wessex army and people to maintain confidence and fighting spirit, and the high flying banner of the federal capital Liberty City called on the federal army and people to fight for the great freedom.

In other words, now is a good time for the resistance behind enemy lines to show its strength!

On the Françon-Brookbrook front, the Normans were constantly massing their forces, and in the event of an attack, the 1st Marine Division, which had completed its replenishment and reorganization, was likely to embark directly from the Lorraine garrison and carry out large-scale airborne operations in key positions behind the Union line in the manner they were best at. Whenever and wherever this Norman ace force appeared, it would be a great threat to the Union army. Given that the Normans desperately needed a decisive battle victory to end the war, and that the countdown to a new offensive could begin at any moment, the most important and valuable thing for the resistance forces behind enemy lines in Lorraine at this time was to do everything possible to hold off the 1st Norman Division.

After the arrival of Colonel Kane, Weiss planned to gather representatives of resistance forces from all over the country to attend the Lorraine Resistance Congress, and establish the leading position of the "Lorraine guerrilla fighters" in the Lorraine Resistance movement, so as to unite the resistance forces in various places, strengthen the resistance forces, and expand the tactical space, but under the strict blockade of the Norman army, holding such a conference required careful preparation and liaison, and according to the information brought by Major Ezelsen, the situation on the frontal battlefield could no longer give them so much time. So, after repeated discussions with these two special officers of the Union Army, Weiss decided to take out more than half of the inventory materials and personally direct a "big drama of the year......

A week later, in the middle of the night, three mortar teams sneaked up to the "Helvet fork" more than 30 miles from the mountain town of Slane. Preliminary reconnaissance showed that the 1st Marine Division of the Norman Empire stationed a battalion here, and in addition to the artillery strongholds built by the Norman garrison in the early stage, searchlights and anti-aircraft guns were also added, plus the original field guns and machine guns, forming a defensive firepower network without dead ends.

Three rounds of rapid-fire, from firing to evacuation, lasting no more than two minutes - the guerrilla fighters repeated their old tactics to unleash a storm of fire on the Norman army by surprise, then retreated on horseback and quickly escaped into the woods.

When they slept soundly, they were hit by the "stuffy sticks" of the resistance forces, and the Norman troops stationed here immediately bombarded the suspicious positions within the firing range, and found that the enemy had fled, and they neither recklessly pursued nor swallowed their anger, but quickly summoned flying warships to blockade and search the woods from the air - in the early sweep, the Normans not only turned the woods all over the ground, but also planted a large number of mines. It is not known whether it was because of the arrangement of psychological warfare or humanitarian considerations, they erected a warning sign outside the woods that said "There is a deadly trap inside" and issued a notice to the local residents to warn them not to enter the woods. Since then, local people have been forced to stop hunting, logging and other activities in the forest, and their livelihoods have inevitably been affected, and they are often disturbed by the sound of explosions in the woods. Of course, most of those explosions were caused by animals stepping on mines by mistake, and the Norman army did not dare to venture into the woods.

The mine blockade launched by the Normans certainly brought a lot of trouble and threats to the resistance, but also provided them with a "natural defense belt". The Norman army had to rely on flying ships and marines as the main force of the sweep, and the ground forces were usually only auxiliary in towns, villages, and open areas. This form of sweeping is obvious to the restraining of the strength and energy consumption of the aviation units......

On such a night, in order to see if there were any resisters hiding in the woods, the Norman battleship not only had its searchlights on, but also had to fly as low as possible. The Norman army had carried out many blockades and sweeps, and the ships were frequently dispatched day and night, and there were no losses except for the aerial ambush by enemy aircraft at Somsonas—even the lowest-level frigates had more than enough firepower to deal with the resistance, so it seemed that there was nothing wrong with flying battleships flying at low altitudes, but the Normans encountered a master who did not play his cards according to common sense.

From the beam of searchlight projected from a Norman warship, several horses were suddenly found deep in the woodland, their reins and saddles were ready, as if they had been hastily abandoned by their owners, and the vegetation here was not so dense that it was difficult to ride, and it was common sense to assume that there was only one possibility of abandoning the horses on foot: the riders had entered tunnels that could not accommodate horses in order to avoid pursuit. For months, the Resistance group went out day and night, secretly digging a large number of tunnels in the mountains and forests. These tunnels not only provided them with a place to hide, but also provided a hidden passage for them to attack the Norman army and retreat calmly.

Military horses, which have been trained and even on the battlefield, have a certain immunity to the searchlights of battleships and the roar of machinery. The Norman warships that spotted them slowly lowered to just a little higher than the treetops, and dozens of Norman marines reached the surface through hanging frames and rappelling ropes, scrambling for mines and searching for enemy tracks. A soldier slowly walked up to the horse, and was surprised to find a note taped to the saddle that read, "Send you home" in Norman.

"There is an ambush ......" The Norman soldier had just shouted these words, when a light even more dazzling than the sunlight suddenly appeared in front of him, and before he could react, he had already been reduced to ashes in this violent explosion!

The night turned into day in an instant, and the ground shook as if the end was coming. In the depths of the woods, the terrifying flames from the violent explosion swallowed the sand and trees, and the scorching waves of air mixed with the debris of the branches and leaves sprayed out, and under this huge impact, the Norman warships hovering above the explosion point suddenly shattered, and the battleships in the distance trembled like leaves in the wind.

As far as the eye could see, high in the treetops, Weiss gazed into the distance. 20,000 pounds of explosives, equivalent to the power of a concentrated explosion of 20 large-caliber naval guns, with appropriate technical handling, is enough to inflict a devastating blow on a low-flying light ship. The reason why this kind of ground-to-air attack has long been conceived and formed with the help of military experts is that it has not been used to deal with the Normans, mainly because the Clumberg-Haysen factory does not have a complete production line of gunpowder from ore mining, raw material refining to chemical manufacturing, once the inventory of finished products and raw materials is exhausted, it will fall into the dilemma of having guns and no bullets, and this kind of amplifying attack means is extremely consuming of gunpowder and various chemical materials, or it will be able to lose the family in a few times.

"The enemy's battleship is finished!" On the branch next to him, Major Ezerson was overjoyed.

In this night raid, Colonel Kane personally came to the front line to help, and Weiss and Ezerson worked together to arrange the overall situation and sit firmly in the Diaoyutai. There were no enemies around, and there was no need to lower his voice to speak, so he responded happily: "Destroying one and lightly injuring one is enough to knock the mountain and shock the tiger!" ”

As he said this, Weiss couldn't help but think of the battle on the northern border. At that time, the Norman army swept through the north, slinging the powerful Wessex royal fleet, and smashing the powerful Federation fleet, showing its edge. In addition to the fleet battle, the coalition forces usually need to pay a considerable price to kill a Norman warship on the battlefield, but now between talking and laughing, the Norman battleship has been wiped out, and the gap is so large that it is infinitely emotional.

Major Ezerson then speculated, "In this way, the attack of the other detachments should go much smoother, right?" ”

The rhetorical tone of the question showed that Major Ezerson lacked confidence in the night raid of the "Lorraine guerrilla fighters" with all his might, and from one side, it showed that the senior staff officers of the General Staff did not know much about the battlefield situation, which also led to some of their operational strategies deviating from reality, and thus causing the federal army to repeatedly fall into passivity in the early stage of the war.

"The battlefield is constantly changing." Weiss responded, "If I were the commander of a Norman warship, I certainly wouldn't want my ship or even my life to be lost in the hands of the partisans." Knowing that a friendly ship flying at a low altitude was destroyed by an opponent's ground bombs, I would definitely order the flight altitude to be maintained, but as for saying that it is difficult to detect the enemy on the ground if it flies high, will I be punished by my superiors for this? Apparently not! ”

"Your analysis is on point." Major Ezerson complimented, "Although you have only taken a fraction of the established course at the Delafig Senior Staff Academy, I think you are more powerful than many of the graduating graduates of the Deelefig Senior Staff Academy that I have worked with. ”

Weiss turned his head: "The ancients are cloudy, and the times create heroes." The more difficult and dangerous the environment, the more it can stimulate people's potential, and I, on the verge of life and death again and again, pondered a variety of combat strategies to deal with the enemy, so as to win by surprise! ”