With the consent of Colonel Capes, Weiss sent a telegram to José, asking him to send two 1.4 PIR Type A prototype guns and 20 empty ammunition to the Basston Student Corps station, and submitted a special transportation application to the Federal Military Technical and Security Department in the name of battlefield testing, and another 20,000 rounds of 1.4 PIR caliber rifle cartridges for the new sniper rifle to be used in the new sniper rifle.

This new sniper rifle, based on the Mosin-Nagant rifle, was initially met with skepticism when it was distributed to the troops, but over time, federal officers and soldiers gradually realized its superiority. Equipped with new sniper rifles, the performance of the training exercise has improved significantly, and the good response from the grassroots and the deterioration of the international situation have allowed the Federal Army to place an additional order of 40,000 units for the Clumber-Heisen family business. This means that even if the three assembly lines run day and night, it will take more than a year to digest the order.

After the acceptance of the first batch of new sniper rifles, the federal military launched a tender for rifle cartridges of 1.4PIR caliber. With its extensive experience and first-class quality in the production of firearms and ammunition, Grumman Group won the game with a handicap, securing an order from the military for 40 million rounds of ammunition. Guns and ammunition are ordered on a 1:1,000 basis, which is more than enough for traditional training and combat models, but if measured by the standard of machine gun ammunition, this number is pitifully small - according to the standard of 3 new sniper rifles per company, 50 for a regiment, 20,000 rounds of ammunition for training and 30,000 rounds for combat, all the bullets piled together, not enough for two machine guns to fight for several hours.

On the twenty-ninth day of the Federation's entry into the war, two technicians from the Clumber-Hayson family drove more than 2,000 miles through numerous checkpoints along the way to deliver Weiss's designated sample guns and accessories to the Basston Student Corps garrison on the northern border.

When the officers and soldiers were curious to inspect the two sample guns, Weiss became interested in the Husson brand four-wheeled light truck that was delivered. He asked the two technicians about the situation and learned that Hassen was a local company in the federal state of Lorraine, which had been established for less than 10 years and was only a small name in the western part of the federal region. As for the pickup truck, which left the factory three years ago, although there are some minor problems from time to time, overall, the reliability is much better than that of the old Kardex Remstar. In this long-distance travel, its stable operation ensures the timely delivery of goods. If you want to talk about the shortcomings, its almost non-existent suspension performance makes the driver really suffer a lot.

The guns and accessories arrived, but the quartermaster depot only allocated 12,000 rounds of 1.4 PIR caliber ammunition to the Bathton student corps. Less is less, but something is better than nothing. After getting the bullets, Weiss asked two technicians to conduct a target shooting demonstration, and the sound of machine guns attracted many officers and soldiers to watch. For this unprecedented new weapon, some people think that it is a battlefield killing weapon, and some people feel that the caliber is too small to become a sharp weapon to dominate the battlefield.

No matter what others say, with these two machine guns in hand, Weiss feels a lot more at ease.

At this time, outside the city of Long, more than 800 miles from the border, the besieging Alster-Wessex army and the Norman reinforcements engaged in a vicious battle. On the ground battlefield, the two sides went back and forth, and the performance was basically five or five, while in the air battlefield, the coalition forces adopted a flexible response strategy, resolutely avoided fighting the Norman fleet head-on, and there was no great loss in many exchanges of fire. As the battle progressed, the overall strength advantage of the coalition forces began to appear, and the troops responsible for blocking the Norman reinforcements were rotated down to rest and recuperate in time, while the Normans on the front line had always been those numbers, and there was basically no change in the middle, and the combat attrition could probably only be replenished by the line of fire. What are the chances of the Normans winning if this continues?

However, on the thirty-first day of the Federation's entry into the war, the situation on the battlefield changed abruptly: a Norman army launched a joint air-ground attack on Lake Latacson, more than 200 miles south of the city of Longang, and carried out airborne landing behind enemy lines at the critical stage of the battle, breaking through the coalition defense line in more than three hours, and then rushing all the way to the city of Rosey at dusk. Instead of storming Rose, the aggressive Norman army bypassed the defenders' defensive positions and made their way to the airport of Mespold. In the small town of Dalm, a few dozen miles west of Mespoldt, the Allied forces were defended by the Confederate 70th Infantry Division, the 45th Infantry Brigade of Wessex, and the 93rd Garrison Division urgently dispatched by the Confederate Northern Front Command. In this way, the Mespold Air Harbor was exposed to the Norman army. Instead of withdrawing quickly, the cruiser detachment of the 4th Federal Fleet assisted friendly forces in withdrawing enemy ground forces against the Norman attack, and was attacked by the Norman fleet, which was hidden in the clouds. In this fast-paced air battle, the Norman battleships used their "Devil's Bomb" to achieve a big victory, destroying three Federation cruisers at the cost of just two ships.

In the early morning of the thirty-third day of the Federation's entry into the war, the blazing air port of Mezport fell to the Normans once again. To the southeast of Wessex, Methport is a geographically important stronghold, surrounded by mountains on three sides, with only the southwest side open, as if it were a natural man-made shelter. The Norman ships based on it were able to easily attack coalition forces operating in the southeastern part of Wessex, but it was difficult for coalition ground forces to attack the area at night or in guerrilla warfare. What's more, Mespold is located in the southeast of Lonang, less than 500 miles from the Ulster-Wessex border, and if the Norman army continues to attack the border area with lightning speed, the hundreds of thousands of Federation troops who have entered Wessex will be in danger of being cut off......

From crossing Lake Lataksen to occupying Mespold Airport, the Norman army advanced more than 300 miles in three days, overcoming many lines of defense and many strongholds of the coalition army. When the news came, the Bathton student group was deeply surprised from top to bottom, and the instructors and students tried to interpret the "Norman Blitzkrieg" by means of wargame deduction, but found that their understanding was far from the level of their opponents.

Over the next two days, the Norman army, which had penetrated into Mespold, seemed to have lost its momentum, but their long march on the southern flank of the front had stirred up the entire battlefield, and the coalition forces were forced to abandon the siege of Lonang, and they tried to retreat back in an orderly manner, but they were met with a fierce counterattack from the enemy in front of them, and the battle situation was very unfavorable.

After writing his diary for the thirty-fifth day of the war, Weiss let out a long breath. War is different from exercises, and no one has a chance to "do it again". So far in this war, the new weapons and new tactics of the Norman fleet are undoubtedly very eye-catching, and the Norman army's several local blitzkrieg tactics are also a powerful weapon for the Normans to quickly open up the situation. Pondering over and over again the tactics of the Normans, Weiss couldn't help but think of the graduation topic of the Dalefig Senior Staff College, "Tomorrow's War", and Captain Gomi, who had seen something similar to his hero. Is it just a coincidence?

After the lights went out, Weiss tossed and turned over in bed, unable to sleep for a long time, and finally fell asleep, only to be woken up by a loud noise. Listening closely, between the chaotic voices, you can faintly hear the roar of artillery fire in the distance.

The Normans called? It doesn't make sense! The closest stronghold of the Norman army to here was Methport, and no matter how strong they were, it was impossible for them to cross a distance of more than 400 miles in a day or two - this is of course relative to the ground forces, if it was a flying fleet, what was more than 400 miles?

Walking out of the field barracks set up in the underground bunker, Weiss looked up into the distance like everyone around him. To the northwest, the night sky is reflected in a blinking light curtain that is playing a symphony of light and shadow. Standing outside, the rumbling roar was much clearer, it was the roar of artillery fire, the roar of battle, and the interweaving of fate......

"The Federation fleet must win!"

Weiss heard someone nearby whispering a prayer, as a member of the Federation, he didn't want the Federation fleet to win, but from the huge contrast he saw when he came into contact with the Federation and the Norman soldiers, as well as the various performances of the Federation and Norman before and after this war, he was pessimistic about the current situation.

Not long after, a throbbing fire appeared in the night sky to the northwest, and it seemed to be a flying battleship that had been injured and caught fire. As the flames continued to increase, the federal officers and soldiers who were watching the scene were in an uproar.

"Our battleships are retreating...... someone told the truth in pain.

On closer inspection, meteor-like things flew by in the canopy from time to time, and the light of explosions continued to flash on the ground in the distance, which meant that the retreating Federation warships were being pursued by the enemy. After a few more moments, a sharp whistle finally sounded in the defense zone, and the officers shouted "air defense alert" and beckoned the soldiers to enter the battle positions, ready to use the anti-aircraft weapons in the defense zone to fire at the air.

At this time, although Weiss was not yet a full-fledged officer, he held the position of "battalion deputy" in the 1st Combat Battalion of the Gaston Student Regiment. Once the battalion commander is unable to command the troops, he will automatically become the acting commander of this battalion. So after the battle alert order sounded, he rushed to the battalion headquarters as fast as he could.

In the bunker of the battalion headquarters, the battalion commander, Major Boone Salgott, stood at the lookout and surveyed the night sky with binoculars.

"Things don't seem good?" Weiss walked over to the major.

"Well, indeed!" Major Salgett replied. Within a few seconds, his expression and tone changed suddenly: "Oh no, a battleship has fallen!" ”

Weiss hurriedly leaned over to see that those flying ships were only the size of peas before, and their outlines were vague, but when he returned to the camp headquarters, they were much closer, and their visual outlines were much larger. The battleship that Salgot was talking about, the rear of the hull was blazing, and a thick trail of smoke was left behind where it flew, and I saw it quickly fall to the ground with a heavy head and a light tail, and it seemed that the situation was very bad.

"That's an Angureh-class armored ship!" The major suddenly said, "That's right, it's an Angulie-class!" ”

Hearing the Major say this, Weiss's eyes couldn't help but widen. The last time they participated in the conference exercise, they took the transport ships of the Munster garrison from the Batton Military Academy to the assembly area, and there were two Angulie-class armored ships in that fleet, which made a deep impression on him at that time. If the falling battleship in sight is the Anguret class, then this retreating fleet is most likely the Munster garrison, the fleet where Nikolai's brother is located?