In the trench, Weiss was covered in mud and wore a yellow collar epaulette representing the status of a cadet, and his position in the army could not be recognized from his appearance alone, but seeing that he had a pistol at his waist and was shouting to his companions around him, the Norman soldier in front of him raised the corners of his mouth, and saw him step out of his right leg, lean forward, and clench his rifle with both hands, like a spear thrust, and the bright bayonet stabbed Weiss in the chest.

Calling for the soldiers to retreat to the second-line positions while fighting the enemy's bayonets against bayonets, Weiss was neither arrogant nor ignorant, but deliberately sold a flaw to make the opponent think that he had a chance of victory, and induced him to relax his vigilance. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the Norman soldier's move, he did not have the slightest superfluous movement, directly flicked his wrist, and used the front end of the "Grumman Burning Stick" to knock open the enemy's bayonet, and then, with his left hand and right hand out, the bayonet split an arc in the air, and the moment the tip of the knife was still, it was facing the neck of the Norman soldier.

Kill!

Weiss roared in his heart, clenched his rifle in both hands, and used his unpretentious thrusting skills. This routine is a small nirvana that he has developed in his combat training, and the probability of winning with one blow against a colleague who has never fought against him is close to forty percent.

In the last major war, the individual quality of the soldiers of the participating countries was recognized as the best in Wessex and the Norman Empire, followed by the federal soldiers, and then the smaller states such as Fries and Farlain. The Norman soldiers were on a par with the wessex soldiers, who were known for their elite skills, not only because of their outstanding team spirit, but also because of their superior combat skills. The Norman soldier in front of Weiss, burly but not clumsy, brave but not reckless, raised his gun to block with incredible reflex speed the moment the tip of the knife stabbed him in the throat. The bolt slammed against the bayonet with a crisp sound.

After missing the blow, Weiss hurriedly retracted his strength and beware of the opponent's backmove. The Norman soldier was so sophisticated that he quickly took half a step back, and with a flick of his wrist, the blade of his bayonet swept towards Weiss.

Weiss steadied the lower plate, raised his gun sideways, and used the barrel forward to pick away his opponent's bayonet. In just a few seconds, the two sides attacked and defended, and the pace of the transition was as fast as lightning. After three moves, the Normans took the initiative to take a step back and stare at Weiss. That kind of cruel look gave Weiss a sense of déjà vu......

The place where the two armies fought was not a duel arena for individuals, and Weiss and the Normans faced each other for only two or three seconds before the one-on-one situation was broken: someone fired a shot from behind Weiss, shooting the Norman soldier in the right shoulder. Even if this guy is as strong as an ox, he can't match the terrifying power of 3.2PIR (16mm) caliber bullets, his body is like being scraped by a truck, staggering back, and the shoulder has been slashed off a piece of flesh larger than a fist, directly exposing the white bones of Sensen. However, instead of screaming in pain, this guy snorted, and actually held the rifle in his hand, and stared at the shooter with blood-red eyes.

Immediately afterwards, two Norman soldiers appeared above the trench, one jumped straight into the trench, and the other saw Weiss and raised his gun to shoot at him. At this moment, Weiss was mentally prepared to die generously, but was saved by his companions in the second-line position. The Norman, who was only a second away from shooting him, was blown upside down by a machine shell.

"Retreat!" Someone shouted from behind Weiss, and he didn't hesitate to pull the bolt and reload as he retreated into the traffic trench. During the retreat, the Union soldiers used egg pineapple bullets to block the pursuit of the Norman soldiers, buying themselves precious time to safely withdraw to the second-line position.

Once again, the front-line position of the Federal Border Line was lost.

Returning to the second-line position, Weiss gasped like a broken bellows, but the situation did not wait for time, time waited for no one, and he hurriedly called the officers and men of the Bathton Student Regiment to guard against the Normans. At this moment, Otto Rundes, the main commander of the remaining troops, arrived with a team of soldiers.

"Did you see Clumber Hazen? You guys...... Hey, Dragon, you're still alive! ”

Seeing Lunders' relieved face, Weiss grinned: "The war hasn't been won yet, how can I die?" ”

After the baptism of war, Lunders is no longer the arrogant and conceited scholar he used to be, he shouted: "It's good that you're not dead!" We've brought your invention here, so let's use it to organize firepower! ”

The two water-cooled heavy machine guns shipped by the Clumber-Heisen plant in the name of battlefield verification had previously been placed in a firing bunker next to the 1st Combat Battalion, and Weiss had the soldiers move one of them near the regimental headquarters. After a week of fighting around the border line, both machine guns were given a chance to take part in the battle, and at least dozens of Norman soldiers were killed and wounded. There is no doubt that their rate of fire and sustained fire are superior to those of hand-cranked turn-tube rapid-fire guns, but they have also had cases of jamming. In addition to the two rapid-fire guns that were inferior in range and power to the Federal Army, the lack of ammunition was also a fatal problem that limited their power - Weiss and his team managed to find more than 10,000 rounds of 1.4PIR caliber bullets by all means. In such a fierce battle, if you let it go, these bullets won't last long.

"Alright! I think you and your support came at the right time! Weiss stepped forward and gave Lunders a gentle hug, then said to the cadets and reservists of the makeshift machine gun crew, "Guys, bring the machine guns over here!" The enemy will launch a second attack at any time! ”

Between the first and second line positions, there was a communication trench every three or four hundred feet, and the area outside the communication trench was vulnerable to the defenders' guns and artillery fire. So when it came time to deploy defenses, the Batton Student Corps deployed troops and firepower around them. Of course, the Normans could have done the opposite, causing the attacking troops to form up and run over the battlefield in a surging tide – perhaps at a much greater cost. The Norman army, which had formed a front-and-rear offensive against the Allied border defense line, had an advantage in both tactics and psychology, and did not take the Allied defense line in a week's time, not because they were soft-hearted or had a plan to capture the enemy, but because they had insufficient troops and limited firepower. The Norman army, which carried out the airborne landing in the rear of the coalition forces, had only 20,000 troops in the early stage, but after increasing the number of troops one after another, there may be more than 30,000 people. They had already seen the dawn of victory by breaking through the first-line positions and breaking into the second-line positions, and when the defenders launched a counterattack with all their reserves, the Normans had a great chance of preserving the results if they threw a few more regiments into the front.

On the north side of the Allied border defense line, the Norman army that attacked all the way from the ground did not have many troops engaged in the battle, and it was a lone army, and the supply line was constantly harassed by the regular Allied troops and Wessex guerrillas. The Normans were desperate to end the tug-of-war and score a crucial point, but if both attacking forces were too badly defeated, even if they captured the coalition line, it would be difficult to withstand the desperate counterattack of the 2nd and 4th Confederation Corps for survival......

No sooner had Weiss's machine-gun crew been in position than someone on the ground shouted: "Attention! Normans! ”

Before the words fell, the gunshots burst out. The monotonous and dull sound of the "Grumman Burning Stick" is a fragment, which makes the roar of the Mallegut rapid-fire cannon seem scattered.

"Our rapid-fire guns, we don't have much ammunition left." Rundes frowned and said, "The situation is similar for the friendly neighbor troops. This morning's supply should have had 10,000 rapid-fire shells, but it is said that only 2,000 were unloaded, and less than 100 were allocated to us! ”

"It's terrible!" Weiss responded, "Even if you put the machine gun on top, it will last a day at most." If the command does not want to lose the border defense, it must find a way to send us enough ammunition and replenishment of troops. ”

"The problem is that the retreating 2nd and 4th Corps also rely on air supplies to sustain the operation." Lunds Road.

Weiss sighed helplessly, turned to lie down on the edge of the trench, and cautiously poked his head out to look. There were no large enemy forces outside the trenches, which meant that the Normans would still storm the trenches with the courage of a brave man who met them on a narrow road.

The narrow trenches limited the Normans' tactics, and the defenders would have needed only a rapid-fire cannon or a few boxes of pinefish shells to block a trench, but the situation was different today. After the ground forces broke through the defenders' first-line positions, the only Norman cruiser on the battlefield braved the defenders' anti-aircraft fire to approach the defense line and fired directly at the defenders' second-line positions. When the cannonballs hit, only a loud bang was heard, and the world of senses shook, and the trench was suddenly filled with the pungent smell of gunsmoke, faintly making people feel that the breath of death was dissipating.

Weiss felt the wall of the trench and walked some distance forward, and the fork in the communication trench on the right flank of the Batton Student Corps defense area was originally defended by the 3rd Combat Battalion, but the guards there were dead and wounded, and the fire point with a rapid-fire gun was also destroyed by the fire of the enemy warships.

If the defense is not replenished in time, the Norman soldiers will soon pour into the second-line positions through this gap. Weiss dragged up a few soldiers who were cowering in the trenches to avoid artillery fire: "The 2nd and 3rd battalions are with me, and block the enemy with pineapple bullets!" Machine Gun Squad! Machine Gun Squad, follow me! ”

The improvised machine-gun squad consisted of 4 soldiers, 2 cadets from the Gaston Military Academy and 2 from reservists. Hearing Weiss's call, they hurried over with water-cooled machine guns made at the Clumber-Heisen factory and ammunition boxes with cartridge belts.

"You guys put your machine guns there, and see the Normans fire again!" Weiss pointed to the bunker that had been opened by enemy gunfire and commanded them.

Before the smoke cleared, the brave Norman soldiers rushed along the trench, and the soldiers who were transferred by Weiss to recoup the defense threw jackshells at the trench, and the Normans also threw bombs from the trench towards the defenders' trenches, accompanied by the sound of roaring explosions, and there were bloody scenes on both sides.

The Norman battleship suppressed the firepower, and the Norman soldiers stormed and attacked, how can this battle be fought?

Weiss gritted his teeth and squinted, just in time to see that in the imaginary frame corresponding to the Norman cruiser, the battleship was covered with red patches, the lower limit of the equivalent protection value was reduced to zero, and the lower and upper limits of the speed of action were reduced to double digits, which meant that its hull had been penetrated in many places, and there was a serious problem with the power system.

Having a glimpse of the "secret" of the enemy ship in front of him, Weiss hurriedly ran back and shouted at Otto-Rundes: "The enemy corvette is dying!" Call the command and ask them to give it a few more punches anyway! ”