"Shhh It's a slap with a stick and a slingshot at a hoof—in vain! Your grandfather's, this bullet can't penetrate it at all! ”

In the snowy forest, in a "clamshell" shooting bunker connected to the tunnel, a stout guerrilla fighter with dark eyes held a long anti-tank rifle, and despite the fact that his shoulder was sore from the huge recoil generated by the shot, he pulled the bolt and filled it with large-caliber bullets thicker than his thumb, while spitting out the groove without hesitation.

In the tunnel behind him, a younger and thinner guerrilla fighter squatted, and when he heard the shooter's helpless words, the substitute shooter responded: "That's right, we used steel core bullets!" The command told us to use steel core bullets, which have much stronger penetration into steel plates than ordinary bullets! ”

The shooter resets the bolts: "Let's hope they're right, or we'll be in trouble with our camp!" ”

With that, he pressed his cheek to the butt of the gun, aimed with one eye, held his breath, stabilized the red sandalwood, and pulled the trigger.

Boom......

Before the gunfire had subsided, the shooter quickly opened his eyes, and his partner, the young substitute shooter, also poked his head out of the clamshell opening. Seeing that there was nothing unusual about the target, the former said with annoyance: "It seems that today is not our lucky day!" Buddy! ”

The substitute shooter looked at the rumbling group of Norman chariots in his sight with a frightened expression, and said tremblingly: "Let the command know that only artillery can deal with them, I ...... Let's report it! ”

The shooter hesitated slightly, reached out and pulled the bolt open, loading a special 5PIR caliber bullet into the chamber. This anti-tank rifle is modified from a light machine gun of the same caliber, although the same barrel is used, but considering the recoil and the shooting accuracy of individual operation, under normal circumstances, the charge of the bullet is reduced by a quarter, and the range and power are weakened to a certain extent, but this weakening has little impact on conventional combat, but because of its convenience and maneuverability, it has been welcomed by guerrilla warfare.

"Go ahead! Buddy! Hurry up! If you can't bring in artillery, don't come back! He said to his partner who lacked combat experience and had a soft personality as he took aim.

The young substitute shooter was pardoned, he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say, hesitated for a moment, and ran away into the tunnel.

As the enemy vehicle gets closer, the roar of the high-horsepower engine becomes clearer, the screeching sound of the metal tracks running, and the hideous appearance of the vehicle covered with rivets all have a sensory impact on the resisters. Although the guerrilla fighters in the combat position inevitably felt panic and fear, the determined ones were able to withstand the pressure, stick to their posts, and persist in fighting.

Boom......

Another shot was fired, and the stocky, dark-eyed shooter did not have any hope for the outcome of the battle, and continued to reload with an indifferent face, but at this moment, the Norman chariot that suddenly found himself attacking continuously gradually slowed down and finally stopped. Moments later, the door on its side was opened, and the occupants of the car leaned out, as if to call for nearby infantry to come and help, but the accompanying infantry was blocked by the fire of the resisters and did not follow closely. Immediately afterward, the top hatch of the vehicle was opened, and one of the crew members climbed out, jumped out of the vehicle with agility, and lifted a seemingly unconscious companion out of the vehicle with the companion who opened the side door.

The crew who left the combat vehicle, lost the protection of the armor for a short time. Such an opportunity will not be missed by the guerrilla fighters. The stocky, dark-eyed guerrilla shooter quickly changed his aim, aiming at the Normans outside the car and firing. At a distance of less than a thousand feet, his marksmanship was seven or eight times out of ten, even if he could not reach the level of pointing and shooting, and this shot knocked over the Norman soldier who had climbed off the roof of the car, and the other man did not bother to check the injuries of his companion, and hurriedly closed the car door. Then the tank began to move again.

With the experience of "one shot", the anti-tank rifle shooters of the resistance once again focused on the area of the front of the tank, where the driver's viewing window was protected, although it was protected by armor and tempered glass, but it was the relatively weak position of this iron bump. Shooting, shooting, constantly shooting, the shoulders are shaken to the point of losing your instincts? Change shoulders and continue shooting. Strafed by enemy gunfire? He threw himself down, dodged the bullets and continued to fight. In this way, when the Norman chariot advanced to a position of three or four hundred feet from the position, the line of the resistance seemed to be shaking, as if the Normans could win the victory with a little more effort, but at this "critical moment", it was the resistance that burst out with extraordinary strength for the desire to survive. Their guns, their artillery fire, and the incendiary grenades and spinach shells thrown by individual soldiers, as well as the minefields they had planted and the blasting points they had laid, magically worked collectively in a very short period of time. By the time the resistance had lost its firepower due to ammunition supply and tactical reasons, more than half of the Norman vehicles had lost their mobility, and about half of them were in flames and were seriously wounded or damaged.

The armoured fighting vehicle group in front of it was blocked, and the advance rate almost came to a standstill, and during this time, the Norman infantry who accompanied the attack finally slowly connected up. Their arrival, on the one hand, dispersed the fire of the resisters and indirectly weakened the resistance of their own tank troops, on the other hand, the machine guns and machine guns they carried enhanced the suppressive fire of the attackers, and their bayonets and grenades became a mortal threat to the partisan fighters who used the tunnels to approach the Norman tanks. Moreover, the Norman infantry, who attacked from the flanks, also made their way to the core of the resistance with difficulty and slowness. On the whole, the Norman army's offensive operations through the snow forest have regained the forward thrust, and the guerrilla fighters, who have relied on the existing fortifications to resist stubbornly, have been pushed to the brink of "exhaustion and death" by their powerful opponents......

At the most critical moment of the battle, Weiss did not leave the camp headquarters for a moment, and he and Major Ezerson stood firmly together, calmly directing the battle of the great disparity between friend and foe. In order to minimize the enemy's strength and delay time, they used all mortars without reservation, and had the fighters shoot four-fifths of the shells in their stockpiles - leaving only a limited reserve of ammunition for night fighting. In the case of the extreme lack of direct-fire artillery, they simply destroyed more than a dozen combat vehicles of the enemy, and put them on the frontal battlefield, which is unimaginable - for the needs of air defense operations, the ground forces of the federal army are equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft guns, and most of these artillery guns have the ability to shoot on the ground, so on the frontal battlefield, the Norman army concentrated armored combat vehicles for forced assault, often hitting the head and bleeding, the Normans after the battle on the northern border, It was also found that their armored mechanized forces were more suitable for rapid penetration and roundabout outflanking after the main force opened the defensive line, so they would not put their armored forces into the front line of the offensive unless they had to.

Seeing that the enemy army began to exert force and his own front was close to collapsing, Weiss lost no time in ordering: "Notify all detachments and battle groups to immediately move to the 'second reserve defense line'!" Signal the 2nd and 3rd detachments to pin down from the enemy's flank! ”

Ezerson did not object to Weiss's decision, and after the order was given, he said with concern: "The losses of the 2nd and 3rd detachments have exceeded more than half, and if they do not grasp the 'degree' of containment, it is easy to annihilate the whole army, in that case, even if we hold out until the evening, the effect of the original battle plan will be greatly reduced." ”

Despite his younger age and less seniority, Weiss patted Major Ezerson on the arm like his predecessors: "Now is not the time to look ahead, Mr. Major!" This war has been going on so far, the cruelty and bloodiness have exceeded everyone's imagination, maybe we will all die in battle, but we can be sure of one thing - in the end, it will be those who have both wisdom and courage to survive, and of course, luck will not be too bad! ”

Soon, the guerrilla fighters retreated to the rear from the lines where they had withstood two rounds of enemy attacks. In most areas, they don't need to "show up", they just need to move through the tunnels that crisscross them, and they don't have to deliberately destroy the bunkers and tunnels. Even if the enemy captured these fortifications, they were unfamiliar with the complex tunnel system, and the resisters could easily set up an ambush in such a place where the light and angle of fire were not good.

The firepower of the resisters was sharply reduced, and the attackers moved forward steadily, and the two sides completed the handover of the battle line as if they had reached an agreement in advance. As the Norman soldiers cautiously crossed minefields and traps and entered the carefully constructed forest positions of the resisters, there were no prisoners or trophies, only bullet casings and the remains of the fallen too late to bury.

Time is precious to the resistant, and in this battle, it is even more important for the attacking side. The Norman army lasted less than a quarter of an hour after capturing the resisters in the woods, and this includes the time it took for the troops and horses to enter this line, and some of the infantry, covered in water and mud, did not have even a minute's rest before they continued to advance under the guidance of the officers: some continued to walk on the ground, some burrowed into the tunnels, some advanced in a straight line, some flanked by detours, and the tactical coordination and teamwork did not seem to have been diminished in the slightest by the wear and tear of the previous battle. The few armoured fighting vehicles that were still able to move were hurriedly replenished with ammunition, and when the dense explosion of gunfire was heard in the snowy forest, the Norman infantry marching up and down was blocked by the opponent's organized attack, they regrouped and followed the infantry into battle again.

If the Resistance had organized their defenses on the spot in the midst of a hasty retreat, the Normans' successive attacks, despite casualties and fatigue, were likely to result in a mercury-like victory, which was a natural thing for most of the battles in which they ravaged Wessex and swept through Ulster, but when the pace of their attack was halted by the seemingly ubiquitous mines and the more stealthy bunkers and firing positions, the Normans finally realized bitterly that this time they had encountered a different opponent!