The Silster armed resistance to the Slien surprise attack "scored twice", from the process and impact, can be called a model of resistance in the enemy-occupied area, but it is not perfect, especially when the enemy is on full alert, the battle is fierce and thrilling, the resistance exhausted the technical equipment in their hands, and still lost dozens of people in the process of raiding and retreating, the rest were evacuated under the cover of peripheral companions, and the surviving Slien people, From then until the end of the war, he lived in humiliation under the resentment of the Normans......

After withdrawing from Slien, Weiss and Wader-Stein did not continue to fight together, but left it alone and went their separate ways. The reason why the two determined partisan commanders "parted ways" was not because of irreconcilable differences, but because they were constrained by the three-dimensional means of warfare of the Norman army, and they had to fully exploit the geographical width and geographical depth of the mountainous area of Lorraine. Weiss returned to the woods of Somsonas with the "Lorraine guerrilla fighters" who had grown rapidly during the battle, while Wald-Stein led LinkedIn's "Knights of Slane" to the southern coast of Lorraine.

Slane's resistance went into hibernation. Two weeks later, escorted by three Norman cruisers, a squadron of medium-sized transports flew into the war-torn mountain town. One transport ship after another landed, and groups of soldiers left the ship in a row, and went to the barracks on foot. They looked tired, and the officers and soldiers all looked tired, and even looked a little embarrassed, but their prestige on the battlefield made the friendly troops awe-inspiring and the opponents fearful.

This unit is the 1st Marine Division of the Norman Empire!

The division commander, Count Fichstere, nicknamed "Bloodthirsty", and his colleagues gave him the nickname "Madman" behind his back, and he admired the offensive and defensive tactics of opening and closing, and since the outbreak of the war, the casualty rate of the 1st Marine Division has always been "unbeatable", and it has replenished reserves on a large scale three times, but whether it is in the Kingdom of Wessex or the Free Federation of Ulster, this sharp knife is invincible, and has opened the stalemate for the Norman army many times, whether it is in terms of the number of enemy troops killed or the contribution to the battle. It is the number one trump card in the division-level troops. However, in the just-concluded Battle of Françon, the "madman" and his troops suffered a loss, they were ordered to raid the key stronghold of the rear of the Federal Army front Maburu City, but on the way to the airborne area, the Norman fleet was fiercely attacked by the Federal Army flying troops, and the transport ships full of soldiers became the key targets of the Federal fighters, 4 of the 24 transport ships were destroyed, 7 were wounded and forced to land, and the participating troops had lost nearly half of their troops before they landed on the battlefield, and worse, Air bases close to the front line were attacked by Union air and ground forces, resulting in ineffective follow-up reinforcements and supply delivery, and the headquarters of the 1st Marine Division, which had been engaged in the battle in advance, had to fight alone. Although they captured the city of Mabulu, they were immediately surrounded by the federal army and fell into a bitter battle. If any Norman unit of the same strength was replaced, the battle might not have escaped the doom of destruction, but the participating troops of the 1st Marine Division fought their way out in the face of the federal army with superior numbers and situation......

The arrival of the 1st Marine Division of the Norman Empire suddenly quieted the resistance forces active in the mountains of Lorraine. The Normans put the most combat-ready ace troops in Slyon, where the resistance was the most powerful, for rest and training, and the meaning of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger is needless to say. Whether it is the "Lorraine guerrilla fighters", or the "Knights of Slien", or any resistance force in the federal state of Lorraine, they do not have the ability to provoke an enemy regular army of this size, not to mention that the veterans of this army are basically ruthless characters who have walked through the sea of swords and fires. However, at least one of the various resisters was "unimpressed" by this Norman ace force - in the Northern Frontier Campaign, Weiss's Batton Student Regiment withstood the 1st Marine Division's repeated attacks, causing it to suffer its first heavy loss of the war, after which the 1st Marine Division rested for more than a month before resuming the battle. It is a pity that the young Baston elite did not have the ability to turn the tide, and throughout the Northern Border Campaign, the Ulster-Wessex coalition was defeated almost only to the bottom pants, and the 1st Marine Division, although it suffered more than 10,000 casualties, it defeated the main force of the coalition army in the border defense line, killing and wounding three or five times the coalition officers and soldiers.

For Weiss, defeating this Norman ace force again was undoubtedly a very tempting "small goal". He did not act rashly, but took advantage of the exchange of information along the various routes and between the resistance groups to spy on the enemy's every move. At Slane, there were dozens of Norman troops coming and going, and judging from the uniforms worn by the Norman soldiers, most of the veterans and recruits of the 1st Marine Division had arrived. Although the small Slane can barely accommodate 20,000 horses, the narrow space is obviously not conducive to the high-intensity training of the troops. Soon, the Norman Marines began to move on the battalion scale, and in addition to going to various blockade positions, they also opened new garrisons in some villages and towns. On the map, the blockade network laid by the Normans in the western, central, and northern parts of the Lorraine Mountains became more complete and tighter, and the slightest movement of the resistance forces allowed the Norman troops in the vicinity to quickly rush to the place of the incident. In this situation, it is still difficult to protect oneself, so how can we attack?

Day after day, Weiss waited and prepared in silence. On his first day back from Slane, he had selected his men and sent them to the Federal-controlled areas to contact for help. Considering that the land route has been completely cut off by the Norman army, although the sea route can be passed, it takes a long time and is dangerous, which is not conducive to military intelligence communication. To this end, Weiss and his companions "made steel by earth", hand-made up a simple communication code, and asked the correspondent to take it to the eastern part of the Federation. Nineteen days after learning of the arrival of the Norman 1st Marine Division in Slane, the radio station finally received the agreed signal on the agreed frequency - the Union Army recognized the role of the "Lorraine Guerrillas" and other resistance groups behind enemy lines, and decided to support them as much as they could. Not only that, but the federal military also carried out "official certification" for all walks of life who insisted on resistance activities in the mountains of Lorraine, and the "Lorraine guerrilla fighters" operating around Somsonas received the number of the first guerrilla formation in the federal state of Lorraine, and Weiss, who was originally promoted as a reserve captain, also became a "guerrilla colonel". Although the rank of the guerrilla army was unprecedented in the federal army, and the military did not clarify whether this special rank was reciprocal with the regular rank, with the official title conferred, whether it was to coordinate the various resistance groups or to mobilize the people in the occupied areas, they became famous.

The moral support of the Union army was certainly not enough for the weak Lorraine Resistance to wrestle with the elite ace troops of the Norman Empire. You must know that this sharp knife in the hands of the Normans has neither divisional artillery nor baggage units, but is composed of three marine brigades with extremely strong combat effectiveness, each brigade has three marine regiments, and the regiment has three combat assault battalions and one fire support battalion, and the artillery equipment and personnel are assigned to each fire support battalion, taking into account the concentration of firepower and combat flexibility, and the combat capability cannot be underestimated. The large-scale replenishment and training of the troops, and the tactical tacit understanding of the officers and men, who were not yet proficient, seemed to be a weakness that could be exploited, but in the 1st Marine Division, the wolf-like veterans happened to use the resistance of the Ulsters to demonstrate to the recruits. Therefore, Weiss continued to adhere to the strategy of seeing more and moving less without touching each other, patiently looking for the real flaws of the enemy.

After contacting the Union Army, at first glance, Weiss's radio station basically only received signals, except for a brief signal to confirm that the message had been received, and never revealed the location of the radio source. Soon after, news came from the Confederates that the Norman army had returned, and was preparing for a new offensive on the Françon-Brubbuck front. In the previous battle, the Union army repelled the Norman attack with difficulty, although it inflicted heavy losses on the Norman 1st Marine Division, and the loss of its own soldiers and equipment was also very large, once the defense line was lost, the gate to the capital Liberty City would be open to the Normans. By the time the war was fought, Freetown had become the last spiritual pillar of the Union and even the coalition camp that joined forces against the Norman invasion, and if it failed, the surrender faction within the coalition camp was likely to replace the main battle faction in the leadership. Therefore, the Union military demanded that the resistance forces behind enemy lines do everything possible to contain the Norman army in the occupied area, especially the 1st Marine Division of the Norman Empire, which repeatedly destroyed the city.

On the frontal battlefield, if you want to deal with this Norman ace force, it is not safe for the federal army to send two or three infantry divisions, not to mention that all the resistance forces in Lorraine together are not enough for half a division, and the situation of weapons and equipment is not worth mentioning. Weiss received the message without making a statement, and the federal military sent telegrams one after another, as if the two sides were performing a strange pantomime. At this time, the Wessex army loyal to the crown launched an offensive in the north, recapturing several towns and strongholds occupied by the Norman army, forcing the Normans to draw some flying ships and marines from Ulster to rush to the northern front.

On the 47th day after the Norman 1st Marine Division arrived in Lorraine, and on the 42nd day after the Union Army learned of the news, the Union Army sent a code with the content of "3543", and Weiss ordered the radio operator to send a "232" response - less than an hour after the radio wave was sent, the Norman flying ships were killed near the secret camp that sent the radio signal.

Two days later, at dawn, the "Lorraine Guerrillas" lit seven bonfires in a meadow northwest of Somsonas, directed the Task Force Squadron from Federally controlled territory to land, and hid 12 combat planes in the woods before the Norman battleship cruised there. In addition to the 12 pilots, 3 flight instructors, 8 mechanics and 1 aircraft engineer also arrived.