Overnight, the long-lost Lorraine resistance launched a combined attack with the spirit of "the return of the king", combining ground and air, blooming in multiple places, and beating the Normans in the vast night. On that night, the Norman army suffered another heavy blow in the Lorraine area, one of the air force cruisers was completely destroyed, at least two were wounded, and the ground forces were even worse, with hundreds of officers and men killed and wounded, and many ammunition depots, oil depots, and combat readiness warehouses were attacked by artillery fire, and a large number of munitions and materials were "wiped out."

For the Normans, the large-scale night raids launched by the resistance forces not only dealt a serious blow to the prestige of the occupying forces and disrupted the order of the occupied areas, but also had a significant impact on the deployment of the Norman troops on the frontal battlefield. To this end, the 1st Norman Marine Division, stationed in the Lorraine area, joined other units in a retaliatory sweep of the local resistance groups and even the general population. In just a few days, thousands of civilians who had "behaved suspiciously" were arrested and thrown into prison. Not only that, the Normans tore off their self-proclaimed morality of benevolence and righteousness, forcibly confiscated all kinds of food and medicine stored by the local population on the pretext that the local population was secretly supporting the resistance groups, distributed daily rations, and imposed strict control on the people in the occupied areas.

The brutality of the Norman army did not deter the traditionally fierce Lorraine, who sought to counter Norman control and supported the resistance in various ways. On the cusp of the storm, Weiss and his "Lorraine guerrillas" judged the situation and advanced instead of retreating, launching night raids on Norman camps, strongholds, and aviation facilities. Enraged by the successive beatings, the Normans deployed additional troops and ships to patrol the mountains of Lorraine day and night, searching for the Resistance's whereabouts. In the beginning, the planes of the Resistance were able to skillfully withdraw and hide after a night attack by a single plane by virtue of their technical superiority in flexibility and maneuverability, but with the increase of the number of enemy flying ships, the space for the display of guerrilla tactics in the air became smaller and smaller, and the pilots encountered danger one after another. Even in such a situation, Weiss and his partners did not give up the initiative, after careful planning, they used the Norman pursuit of the "machine" to set traps one after another, using preset mines and explosion points to ambush the pursuing Norman ships and ground troops, a few rounds, at the cost of 8 E bombers, and heavy damage to many enemy ships, sending hundreds of Norman soldiers to the reincarnation channel......

In the midst of the harsh sweep of the Norman army and the resourceful response of the resistance forces, another cold winter quietly came. As the coldest region of the Ulster Free Federation, the "Goddess of Lorraine" is dressed in snow-white winter clothes. The low and cold weather certainly created problems for the survival and activities of the resistance forces, but the short days and long nights, coupled with the bad weather that the blizzard was supposed to come, also limited the movement of the Norman army. Suffering from a lack of troops, the Normans tried to use the Lorrainians to govern the Lorraine, but the Lorraine self-government they encouraged was resisted by the people and could not function for a long time, and the so-called security forces recruited in the local area were always ineffective.

On a cold winter night, in a secret camp north of Somsonas, Weiss sat alone under a kerosene lamp in a thick fur coat and studied the information. On the frontal battlefield, the Normans launched a second offensive on the Françon-Brubbuck line, and although they invested a large number of elite troops and gathered as many flying ships as possible, after several days of fierce fighting, they were unable to break through the line of the Union Army, and had to end in disgrace. The morale of the Union soldiers and civilians was greatly boosted by the crushing of the enemy attack twice in a row. After surviving the most difficult period, the production order in the rear was reorganized and restored, and more and more E-bombers appeared above the heads of the Normans, launching more and more frequent air raids on the battle lines and deep facilities of the Norman army. Although the Normans repeatedly assembled their fleets to attack the Union front and began to install their own combat aircraft, in the face of the Federation flight units that had grown from young eagles to eagles, their former air combat superiority was gone, and the war situation also took a turn in this cold winter......

In the silent tunnel, the snoring of companions came and went. Suddenly, there was a sound of light footsteps, and the light of this claustrophobic space was also slightly brightened with the arrival of footsteps.

Weiss looked up and saw Béla Clumber-Haysen, his own sister, carrying a kerosene lamp and a small stove. He rubbed his cold face and said with a smile: "You still haven't slept so late?" ”

At this time, Bella is no longer the Lori appearance he had when he first saw him, both the facial features and the outline of the body have become more three-dimensional, and the temperament has also changed, but the playful expression is still the same.

"Brother, you probably won't believe it, I received a letter from Ms. Grumman!"

Weiss didn't react for a moment: "Which Ms. Grumman?" ”

"You've seen Ms. Grumman, who used to be a vocal teacher at Somsonas Girls' High School...... Gunniwell Grumman! Bella replied.

Although the name has not been heard for a long time, Weiss is no stranger to it at all.

"Oh? Received her letter? Where is she? ”

According to the contents of the letter, she was in Liberty City when the letter was sent. As for now, I think she probably has already left for Lorraine! ”

"Coming to Lorraine? How is this possible! Weiss looked surprised.

"I knew you wouldn't believe it!" Bella pulled a letter out of her coat pocket and placed it in front of Weiss.

This is a letter from Gunnevere to Bella, and Weiss did not open it, but asked rhetorically: "From Liberty City to Lorraine, either through the battlefield or around the sea of ice, the journey is long and dangerous, why not she stay in the rear and run to the enemy-occupied territory to teach us to sing?" ”

Bella immediately looked at Weiss with disgust: "Music is her main business, but don't forget, she participated in the medical and nursing course with us, and her grades were the best." This time, she signed up for the volunteer service team, and she should have come with everyone. ”

At the mention of the volunteer service team, Weston was relieved. It is said that in order to support the resistance movement of the people of Lorraine to the greatest extent, the people in the rear organized a volunteer service team mainly for medical and technical purposes, and did not hesitate to risk their lives to come to the enemy-occupied areas. However, Lorraine is thousands of miles away from the area controlled by the Federal Army, and if it is a flying transport ship to carry personnel and materials, the efficiency is naturally not to be said, but the Federal Army can only carry out this kind of transportation through the enemy-occupied area by airplane, and it is not easy to transport every pound of goods and every person. What the Resistance needs most at the moment is a determined fighting elite, professional mechanics, and excellent surgeons, not ordinary civilians with patriotic fervor and basic skills. Based on the current capacity and priorities, Ms. Grumman may not be able to make it to the Occupied Territories, and she will not have the worries and worries she had before.

Of course, Weiss didn't tell Bella about that. In the past four years, this girl's stubborn temper has not changed at all, and the trend of ladyhood has come to an abrupt end because of the advent of war. Now, she is the deputy captain of the "Lorraine Guerrilla Fighters" medical team, the supervisor of the logistics team, the director of the propaganda team and other roles.

While Weiss was frowning and thinking, Bella tilted her head to look at him: "Hey, you...... Do you like her? Actually, I think you're a good match. ”

"What?" Weiss came back to his senses, "Oh, I didn't think that way. Before the end of the war, personal feelings were not taken into account. ”

Seeing that Weiss hadn't read the letter, Bella pouted and said, "She mentioned you in the letter, and it is clear that she is impressed by you." Of course you can wait, but others may not. If you miss the opportunity, you will miss it! ”

After saying that, Bella left the small stove and left with the kerosene lamp. This kind of small stove, which used to be used by poor families for women and the elderly to heat their homes, generally used smokeless charcoal, which was not only not smokey, but also could provide heat in a small area, and the secret camps of the resistance groups could not make large-scale fires for heating, so this kind of small stove was a popular and scarce commodity. Weiss took off his gloves and clung to the small stove to keep warm. Bella's words aroused his curiosity, and after a small struggle of thoughts, he opened the envelope and pulled out the letter paper. The neat and delicate handwriting on the letter was unfamiliar to him, but in this strangeness, there was an indescribable sense of intimacy.

Surprisingly, only a few sentences at the beginning of the letter describe the friendship between teachers and students in the past, and then lightly talk about her current situation - it seems that life in the rear is tense and busy, there is a lack of materials, but the situation is not too bad, and most importantly, the people have not lost faith, but have become stronger and more united in the face of adversity. In the second half of the letter, he affirmed and praised the invaluable armed resistance movement in the enemy-occupied areas, praising it as "a light in the night." Hearing that the Clumber-Haysen family was playing an active role in the Lorraine Resistance, she contacted the Resistance's liaison to the Union Army and asked them to pass the letter back through a special contact channel, and signed up for a volunteer service led by retired general Barthes, hoping to join the ranks of the Resistance.

From beginning to end, the letter mentions Weiss in two separate places, and the young woman's willingness to travel to enemy-occupied territory to join the resistance in the war-torn era, which makes Bella feel that Gunevere has a crush on her brother. This judgment of common sense also made Weiss's cheeks fever and his heart racing, but he quickly calmed down. If it is a personal favor rendered by the worship of heroism, she can completely pour out her heart through Feihong, with her dignified and elegant character, how could she recklessly join the volunteer service team and travel thousands of miles to Lorraine? If something is abnormal, there must be a demon. This thing doesn't seem as simple as it seems!