With the communication codebook brought by the intelligence officers, the guerrilla advance unit that went deep behind enemy lines seemed to have obtained a key that could open the fog of war, and then got rid of the dilemma of being isolated, lost, confused, and helpless. Their role is different from that of self-organized local guerrillas, in that in addition to conducting guerrilla operations behind enemy lines, they also have to act as surprise troops when frontal forces launch large-scale combat operations. Of course, only by understanding the battle situation and analyzing the battle situation can we know when and in what way to join the battle group, and try to play a role in responding and leading the way as much as possible.

However, the "connection" with the frontal battlefield is not always good news. They thought that the strength that the Union army had accumulated for a long time would inevitably storm the Norman front with a devastating momentum, destroy the enemy's fortresses, and flatten the enemy's trenches. However, the gap between reality and ideals was often a huge chasm, and the Normans strategically abandoned some of the northern fronts, surrendering vast but freezing areas to the main battlefields on the western and northern fronts. At the same time, they changed the situation of weak air combat in the previous battles, and used the tactics of fast ships and new fighters to complement each other, and fought hard with the superior number of the federal army's flying units, with the result that the federal army was unable to gain air supremacy on the battlefield for a long time. Without strong support from flying units, the Federals ground forces had to storm enemy strongholds in a relatively traditional way. Although they pulled out some "nails" and liberated many towns, they were helpless against several major strongholds heavily defended by the enemy. In the federal state of Clévaux, the Union army broke through the enemy front, but because it could not take the Norman city of Valesler, it had to leave eight divisions of more than 100,000 men and hundreds of artillery pieces to continue the siege; In the federal state of Neuchâtel, the Federal Army blossomed on all fronts, advancing 160 miles in depth in five days and nights, liberating a large area of territory except Kacheng, and the city of the same name on the east bank of the Ka River became a bridgehead for the Normans to wedge into the federal front, not only containing a large number of federal troops, but also greatly reducing the tactical space of the federal army.

At the southern end of the battle line, the respected Federation Army General Joseph Eze commanded the strong 3rd Army Corps to quickly regain a large territory east of Lorraine, and the front troops once reached the city of Somsonas, but unfortunately failed to liberate this ancient town in one go, the Norman army took advantage of the foggy weather to launch a tactical counterattack, and when the battle was anxious, it put into an air battle group with large assault ships as the core, resulting in a defeat for the Union Army, and the main force of the 3rd Army fought and retreated, The flying units of the Federation Army, which were supporting the operation along this route, seized the precious opportunity when the clouds cleared and the fog cleared, launched a wave of fierce attacks on the enemy flying units, destroying two enemy frigates, severely damaging one cruiser, and damaging the enemy's large assault ships, which were increasingly reduced to "protected animals." It can be said that the two sides have so far been tied in the Lorraine battlefield. The Federal Army still has the initiative on the battlefield, but the strength of the Norman army should not be underestimated.

After this period of recuperation, the combat effectiveness of the guerrilla advance detachment has recovered more than eighty percent, except for the shortage of mortars and mortar shells, the rest of all kinds of food, medicine, weapons and ammunition are sufficient, and it seems that it is time to go out of the mountains and kick the Normans in the ass. Winter has arrived, and the entire Lorraine has entered a time of thousands of miles of ice and snow, and the northwestern mountains and forests of Lorraine, located at the northern foot of the Monamolin Mountains, are even more frozen. Although the camp facilities are rudimentary, at least they can shelter from the wind and cold, and when trekking outside, especially at night, frostbite may occur and attrition may occur if you are not careful. Weiss originally planned to leave a small number of troops to protect the wounded on the spot, and he personally led the reconnaissance detachment to explore the road, survey the appropriate route and target, and then let Lieutenant Colonel Lear take the main force to act, but at the routine combat discussion meeting, Captain Joao, the intelligence officer who attended the meeting, raised objections: As the designated first commander of this unit, he should be in charge of the overall situation and be steady, how can he do the work of a second lieutenant on his behalf? If this has been the case in the past, then is this a waste of killing chickens with a knife, or is there something else and another intention?

Being stirred up by Captain João, not only Weiss found it difficult to explain, but also the officers of the guerrilla advance team could not hold back their faces, and they asked one after another to be the commander of the reconnaissance detachment, and Second Lieutenant Odlow also stood up and said that he had been engaged in intelligence work in Lorraine for almost two years, and he was very familiar with the geography, topography, and cultural features of Lorraine, and he already had profound intelligence skills.

The two intelligence officers sang and harmonized, and what they said was in line with normal logic, and Weiss also saw that the two men had discussed in advance, one in front and one behind, to closely monitor the guerrilla advance team to see if they had any secret communication with the Normans.

If it weren't for the secret pact with Ballas, Weiss could have accepted their inspectors without fear, and even let them follow his ass 24 hours a day, but this mysterious and tempting pact forced him to be cautious. By the time the last prisoners of war were exchanged, the Norman liaison had already been evacuated, and Barras meant that when the time came, he would send someone to contact him—leaving Weiss with a bunch of questions: When did the opportunity arise? How do they get in touch? If it happened to hit the muzzles of the two intelligence officers, wouldn't it be difficult for him to distinguish between them? If you confess to them in advance, they will report it immediately, and this report will not be labeled as treason? Even if you don't get your hat buttoned, this leaks the news and may cause big trouble. After thinking about it, now I have to hide it from them first!

After some deliberation, Weiss decided to assign the oldest officer of the guerrilla advance detachment to be the commander of the reconnaissance detachment, and agreed that Second Lieutenant Odlow would accompany them. After their departure, Weiss pulled Lieutenant Colonel Lear to mobilize the troops before the war, and Captain João "observed" the whole process as usual. This kind of pre-war mobilization not only prepares the soldiers to return to battle, but also prepares them in advance for outdoor marching operations during this season. The troops rested for many days, the morale of the army was very stable, and many young soldiers showed a strong desire to fight, but some people complained, for example, the winter clothes issued last year were torn and mended, mended and torn, and the effect of using them to keep out the cold was definitely not good, and those captured soldiers who were exchanged from the Normans did not even have basic winter clothes, and if they wanted to go with the army, they either had to borrow the winter clothes of the wounded, or they had to find a way to find a way from the captured booty.

A few days later, the reconnaissance detachment sent someone to bring back the news that the Normans had withdrawn the alert troops from the villages and towns around the mountains and forests, and even abandoned the checkpoints and barracks at the secondary intersections, as if they were concentrating their forces on the offensive on the frontal battlefield. In this way, the guerrilla advance detachment can move to villages and towns outside the mountains and forests, where they can attack enemy targets and retreat to the mountains and forests.

Just as Weiss was about to seek Captain Joao's opinion, the guerrilla advance team suddenly received a secret telegram from the guerrilla operations command, instructing them to accept the operational dispatch of the 3rd Army Headquarters and unconditionally cooperate with the 3rd Army Corps' combat operations in Lorraine. Immediately afterward, they received a cipher telegram from the headquarters of the 3rd Army Corps on the designated frequency, asking them to attack and sabotage the Norman army's supply line with Slien as a staging point. In accordance with this order, Weiss must have led the combat force of the guerrilla advance force out of the mountains and forests, and trekked hundreds of miles south, so that it would be possible to attack Slien's supply lines to various places with their existing weapons and equipment, and even try to do another good job at Slien.

After confirming the communication frequencies, call signs, and passwords of the guerrilla warfare command and the headquarters of the 3rd Army Corps, Captain João said that he would unconditionally support the combat operations of the guerrilla advance force, and even if necessary, he could go into battle with a bayonet.

Weiss, of course, could not have incorporated the intelligence officer who had arrived with an inspector mission into the combat unit, but let him follow the command. However, after the team was opened, Captain João always saw the dragon without seeing the end, and followed the signal corps for a while, and ran to the baggage detachment for a while, and from Lieutenant Colonel Lear onwards, it seemed that every member of the guerrilla advance team was the object of his interest, and everyone could talk to each other.

Overcoming the difficulties caused by the bitter cold, the main force of the guerrilla advance party quickly made its way out of the vast mountains and forests, and in the first village where they stayed overnight, Weiss caught two defectors - with his special skill, it was all too easy to identify the opposing side from a crowd of people. Without informing Captain João, he conducted a surprise interrogation of the two men, and learned that they had been instigated by the Normans and deliberately left behind their eyes, and that their task was to monitor the activities of the guerrillas and, if they were discovered, to report them as quickly as possible through covert channels, without any form of attack or sabotage.

Due to Weiss's timely discovery, the two men did not have time to pass on the information, so after asking them separately about their daily reporting patterns and response methods, the two answered the same: they used the opportunity to send mail every week to go to the nearby town to report the situation to the street personnel at the next level, and if they did not show up for a day, they would be regarded as "missing from the secret sentinel", and the Normans would send someone to investigate the situation. They had done exactly what they had done the day before, which meant that unless the guerrilla advance party or the federal intelligence department found a way to deceive the enemy's vigilance response mechanism, the guerrilla advance party would have a week at most to conceal its movements.

Since this was the intelligence service's business, Weiss was ready to hand over the two men to Captain João and ask him to find a way to solve the problem. But just as he was about to leave, one of the renegades, probably thinking that he would be shot, said to Weiss with trepidation: "You must be Mr. Clumber-Haysen!" I have another situation...... Yesterday when I went to join the line, he gave me an order to find a way to go to the mountains to find the guerrilla commander surnamed Clumber Haysen and tell him that his brother's funeral would take place in his birthplace...... You see, I was forced to cooperate with the Normans for the sake of my family's survival, and I only passed on the news, and I never did anything else, let alone hurt our people, please let me go......"

"Gone?" Weiss asked, staring at him.

The balding middle-aged man trembled and assured that he had confessed everything he could, and he had absolutely no reservations.

In Weiss's special vision, this man is a white frame, that is, he works for the Normans, but he has no hostility towards the Union army or the partisans. From a personal standpoint, this guy knew secrets that he shouldn't know, and should have decisively got rid of them to avoid future troubles, but although Weiss was "murderous" on the battlefield, he did not degenerate into a ruthless, bloodthirsty and brutal war machine, and he said graciously: "I don't care what you have to do with the Normans, and now, the Normans have brought you with them, and I will break off the grievances between me and them." As a Lorraine, you should guard your bottom line and never help the enemy to mutilate your own compatriots. Next, I'll ask the mayor and sheriff to take you into custody until the Normans intervene. They won't embarrass you, so don't embarrass them, it's a misunderstanding, how about it? ”

This little man who didn't have much courage hurriedly nodded like pounding garlic.