In the night sky, those Norman warships with searchlights on are like big squids that keep waving their tentacles, swimming in the inky water. Around them, a large group of brave bullet shrimp came, attacking repeatedly with agile movements.

The flames of the explosion lit up the night sky like fireworks.

Weiss has witnessed this scene more than once, and he has been full of expectations, but also lost and depressed, and after the vicissitudes of life, his mood has become calm with the accumulation of experience......

"Dragon! Dragon! Dragon...... Clumber Haitsen! ”

The wind, bringing a light female voice, seemed to be hallucinating, but listening closely, someone was indeed calling to him.

It's Octavire!

"I'm here!" Weiss shouted from the battleship, "Is that you?" Instructor Grumman! ”

"It's me!" The female voice responded, "We're here to answer you!" ”

Weiss narrowed his eyes, and suddenly, he saw hundreds of Union soldiers pouring out of the sewers.

What an exhilarating spectacle!

"Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived! Fast! Find a way to open the boarding hatch! Weiss hurried the federal soldiers on the ship.

Previously, in order to resist the Norman soldiers on the periphery from boarding the ship, the Federation soldiers who occupied the magpie's nest managed to block the boarding passage of the battleship, and reopening it was not something that could be done by simply opening the hatch, but it was not a worrying problem. Without the need to ensure the integrity of the ship's construction, they decisively adopted the most violent and direct method, through a series of blasting and bombing, opened a passage at the bottom of the battleship to welcome the reinforcements who came here through the sewers.

The conflux of Union forces into the area at high tide and the presence of the captured Norman warship as a fulcrum of fire, prompted the nearby Norman soldiers to quickly retreat. Weiss was worried about his subordinates in the direction of the stadium and the tens of thousands of federal soldiers and civilians trapped in the stadium. While the reinforcements were on board, he took the initiative to leave the ship with some soldiers, preparing to rush to the stadium through the sewers.

In the clearing next to the battleship, Weiss meets Octavier, the goddess of Baston, who is a dusty but heroic woman.

"You've made it...... the two of them said almost together, and then, in unison, showed a look of relief.

"Where's Rune?" Weiss asked.

"He's got a little bit of an injury, but it shouldn't be a big deal." Octavir replied quickly.

There was a moment of silence between the two, and Weiss continued: "I don't know what the situation is at the stadium, I have to rush over and take a look." Also, the power system of this battleship was destroyed by the Normans, and it was impossible to fly, and if the Norman fleet gained ground in the air, it was estimated that it would soon be destroyed by concentrating firepower, and it was better to prepare our men to abandon the ship. It's just a trophy after all. ”

"You're right." "It's just a trophy, and if the battle is not going in our favor, there's no need to sacrifice our soldiers for it." You can go with confidence! I'm here to coordinate friendly forces and help settle the extricated civilians. ”

A quick glance and a parting, Weiss is reluctant, but this emotion is different from the ambiguity between men and women, but a pure feeling of old friendship. By the time the war had been fought, casualties on all sides had reached an astonishing number, and fewer and fewer old acquaintances from the Batton Military Academy were still alive. Every time you meet, it may become a farewell, how can you not lose your soul in such a situation?

"Take care! Instructor Grumman! Weiss saluted solemnly.

Octavir actually smiled slightly: "Take care, Cadet Long Clumber Hazen!" ”

This smile feels more heartwarming than the morning sun.

Goodbye, Goddess Baseton......

Weiss resolutely turned away, and with a small group of soldiers, he drove into the underground world with ease, and hurried down the deep sewers towards the location of the stadium. At this moment, he didn't expect at all that there would be a big "surprise" waiting for him in front of him.

Closer and closer to the stadium, the preset retreat route, more and more oncoming people. Among them, there were many old and weak women and children, as well as many soldiers who were hobbling around, and these people supported each other and marched at a slow pace. Although this scenario meant that their commandos had managed to rescue the trapped from the Norman soldiers guarding the stadium, they looked in poor condition, and retreating at this rate would have taken longer than expected.

As he walked, Weiss saw a few familiar faces, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Hey, Ralst, what's the situation ahead?" ”

"Captain, you're here!" The soldier looked at Weiss with a look of delight and said, "We have won a great victory, the enemy has been driven away by us, and everyone has been saved!" ”

This was a remarkable victory, but the early arrival of the Norman fleet turned the tide of the battle. Weiss feared that the Union army would end the counterattack early and return to the defense if it lost air supremacy, in which case the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the stadium would have to be evacuated before dawn, and the sooner the better.

Looking at the longing expressions of the soldiers under his command, Weiss couldn't bear to reveal the cruel reality on the spot, he patted the other party's shoulder, and nodded with a relieved expression: "You continue to be on duty here, don't slacken, stay vigilant, I'll go to the front." ”

After giving the order, Weiss went against the current. He originally thought that the closer to the stadium, the denser the flow of people would be, but along the way, the number of evacuated people did not increase significantly, and these escaped federal soldiers and civilians were like walking in a park, leisurely and leisurely, and there was no feeling of bustling and rushing. Walking to a fork in the road, seeing that there were soldiers and civilians gathered on both sides of the fork, Weiss picked one side, and soon traced the river to a sewer entrance. Seeing the retreating old and weak women and children and the disabled and sick people coming out of several pipes that were only for one person to pass through, I immediately understood the crux of the problem: the commandos did not decisively blow up the passage in and out of the sewers, but organized the military and civilians to retreat using the existing pipelines.

There were no Union soldiers under his command at the mouth of the pipeline, but a few unarmed soldiers maintaining order, and Weiss came to the mouth of the pipe and shouted inside, "Who is maintaining order up there?" ”

"Who? Captain, is that you? The voice of a Union soldier came from the other side of the pipe.

"It's me, Clumber Haysen." Weiss responded.

"Are you going to come up?" Asked over there.

"Of course!"

"Let's vacate the rightmost pipe right away!"

Soon after speaking, the right pipeline temporarily stopped the retreat, and Weiss quickly climbed up along the pipeline. When I came out, I found myself in a corner of the stadium. He glanced at it, although the stadium had been invaded by the fire of war and had long lost its original appearance, but in the surrounding spectator area, many federal soldiers and civilians were standing, sitting or lying, and at a cursory glance, there were thirty or forty thousand people stranded here.

"Brothers have worked hard!" Weiss came up and said, "How's it going?" The retreat seems to be a bit slow! ”

A familiar face approached: "Captain, you have successfully captured the enemy's battleship!" It's amazing! ”

Weiss fixed his eyes and saw that the person who came was the commander of the raid rescue operation, and the second lieutenant Mar Rogson, who led forty warriors to fight the weak. At present, the battle situation is delicate and the situation is urgent, he didn't talk nonsense, and directly hit the topic: "The problem on our side has basically been solved, and your side has also achieved great success, and the most important thing now is to let the people here move to the area controlled by our army as soon as possible." ”

"I'm sorry, Captain, we weren't able to blast the pipes into the sewers as planned, because we used up most of the explosives during the raid, and you see, there's debris everywhere, and we have to do some extra preparation to blast without hurting our civilians, but we don't have enough manpower or time right now," said Second Lieutenant Rogson. ”

Weiss thought for a moment: "How about walking directly on the ground?" On the side of the battleship, our reinforcements have arrived, and the enemy is retreating nearby. From the stadium, the straight-line distance is four to five miles. ”

"Pratt!" The second lieutenant shouted, "How's it going outside?" ”

A voice came from high up in the stadium seating area: "Old look! The enemy is still there! ”

Second Lieutenant Rogson then explained to Weiss: "We burst into the stadium through the sewers, annihilated the enemy guards with the help of our captured comrades, and took control of the stadium, but the danger was not completely removed. On the periphery of the stadium, the enemy has several points of fire and machine guns, and they cannot threaten the interior of the stadium for the time being, but they have blocked the surface roads, and they must be dealt with in order to allow the people here to leave safely from the ground. ”

Earlier on the upper deck of the Norman battleship, Weiss observed the surrounding situation with the help of a special vision, and indeed saw that there were still many Norman soldiers around the stadium, some of whom had retreated from the vicinity of the battleship, and some of whom had been stationed there before. For the Federation forces in control of the Norman warships, these enemies were in an awkward position: the direct distance was just beyond the range of the machine guns, and if the secondary or even the main guns were used, they could cause accidental damage to the Union soldiers and civilians in the stadium.

Weiss turned back to the accompanying soldiers and instructed: "Llor, you make a hard trip, go to the battleship to find Major Grumman, report to her about our situation here, and let her find a way to organize the reinforcements to open the ground passage and cover the evacuation of our people and the wounded." ”

After sending out the messenger, Weiss said to Second Lieutenant Rogson: "Our soldiers are too small in number, and it will definitely not be possible to fight hard with the enemy, reinforcements will arrive soon, and we will continue to organize the evacuation. ”

Second Lieutenant Rogson hesitated: "I thought about it this way before, but after I came, I found that the Normans only distribute very little food to the people here every day, and even if our soldiers are willing to fight, their physical condition is difficult to ......"

Weiss glared and gritted his teeth, "These bastards! ”

The Normans seemed to have heard this curse, and were so enraged by it that they opened fire without saying a word. The cannonballs slammed into the exterior walls of the stadium with a sharp whistling sound, and the violent explosion suddenly made the calm and calm atmosphere in the stadium suddenly become urgent.