I heard a loud bang and a tremor in the sewers. The maintenance access to the foundry was blown up, and Weiss and his "urban guerrillas" officially said goodbye to the surface defense zone. At the moment, this small and insignificant force on the battlefield of Aocheng has a total of 7 officers, 11 non-commissioned officers, and 147 soldiers. The number of people looks like a lot, but excluding the seriously wounded, the actual combat strength is less than 100 people. For them, there are two biggest advantages at present, one is to temporarily avoid the enemy's direct fire, so they can take a breath, and the other is that the supplies are relatively sufficient - the ammunition materials carried from the foundry are scattered and stored in relatively hidden places such as corners and branch lines of sewers. Even if only half of the utilization rate is used, it will be enough for this "urban guerrilla" to last a few weeks, or even longer.

Temporarily out of battle, the soldiers could relax, but the commander could not relax. The pre-arranged sewer defense line needs to be adjusted according to the changes in the environment and the availability of personnel and equipment, according to the actual deployment of warning posts, blocking lines, as well as inspecting and arranging retreat routes, etc., Weiss is busy before and after. Tactically deployed, he still walked back and forth, talking to the non-commissioned officers of each detachment, cheering up the soldiers, visiting every wounded, and assuring them that he would never give up the battle and never abandon his comrades......

Before you know it, it's almost dusk. The sound of explosions above his head was like the footsteps of giants fading away, but if you listen closely, you can still perceive that the battle in the city is not over, and except for the roar in the distance, there is not the slightest abnormal sound in the sewers, it really looks like a forgotten place away from strife and killing. Weiss, of course, knew that this was just an illusion, and when the Normans solved the battle in the city and freed their hands, they would definitely sweep the huge urban sewer system, but fortunately, due to geographical, climatic, historical and other reasons, the sewer system of the city was far ahead of the thousands of cities on the planet Orens, and it would take no less manpower and time to thoroughly sweep it than to thoroughly investigate the city. This was a prerequisite for Weiss's choice of urban guerrilla warfare, and for the same reason, the best field instructor at the Baseton Military Academy, Major Octavier, the tactical commander of the 4th Special Service Group, would remain in the city with the few remaining remnants to continue to deal with the enemy.

Since night was approaching, Weiss was not in a hurry to detect the enemy on the surface, but ordered the soldiers to cook food with portable utensils, although it was only a simple battlefield meal, but the heat of the meal injected an invisible spiritual energy into this group of Union soldiers.

After eating and drinking, Weiss glanced at the several non-commissioned officers gathered beside him by the light of the kerosene lamp, and said in a suppressed voice: "The enemy thinks that they can finally conquer the city of Ao, but in fact it is very wrong, the city is a fortress that the Norman Empire can never conquer, and even if they occupy it, it will not be long before they are driven away." This was true in the last war, and it is still true this time. ”

The faces around, some are still very young, some are capable and old, some are firm, and some are preoccupied, all of them without exception are staring at this leader of fate, whether they have trust or concerns, they all listen carefully to his words.

"Next, we focus on defense, but not completely passive defense, but take the initiative when we have the opportunity, go up and attack the enemy, disrupt their deployment, and interfere with their judgment. So, I need to organize a lean detachment, carry weapons and explosives, go north, go as far as I can before returning to the ground, and after completing the attack, get rid of the enemy's pursuit and return here. If the enemy catches up, we will find a way to fight an ambush battle. ”

After Weiss finished speaking, an old non-commissioned officer with a face full of vicissitudes answered: "Your idea is very good, Captain, as long as you give the order, I will obey it unconditionally." But why don't we rest here for a day or two, and wait for the enemy to let down their guard, so that there is a better chance of a successful attack? Fighting was still going on in the city, and even at night, the enemy would be on high alert, and, once the attack had begun, they would soon realize that there were Union troops in the city's sewers. Guns and shells of the Norman army, we don't have to worry about it, what if they come in with flamethrowers? That's a very lethal weapon in a tight space! ”

Flamethrower......

Weiss frowned, not so much in fear, but as aware of the omissions in his preparations. In an enclosed space like a sewer, the power of a flamethrower is undeniable, but as long as you take precautions, you can avoid being grilled.

The non-commissioned officer who raised the objection was not from Weiss's headquarters, but from a scattered friendly unit. Weiss couldn't call his name, so he replaced it with "dude": "Dude, you're right, you have to be on guard against the enemy's flamethrower when you engage the enemy in the sewers." Wise, you need to inform each detachment that, in addition to the preset explosion points, you also need to prepare a few explosive packs that are large enough to blow up a passage, either with a short fuse or a spinach bomb. Once you encounter an enemy with a flamethrower, don't fight hard and blow up the passage. ”

Private Wise put down his lunch box and gave the order without hesitation. Weiss lowered his head and continued to think, while the method of using explosives against the flamethrowers would work, but the exchange of fire had to be far away from the area where they had placed the wounded and stored ammunition, otherwise they would quickly trap themselves to death. Yes, guerrilla guerrilla warfare is necessary to attack and swim more, and give full play to the advantages of mobile combat of small units, so that the enemy has nowhere to go!

Comprehending the essence of tactics beyond the textbooks, Weiss hurriedly took out the treasured map of the sewers in Aocheng. On this drawing, their existing arming area is just a small circle, and when thinking leads to the upgrading of vision, the field of vision is much broader. After a period of brain-burning thinking and calculation, he put away the map and instructed the non-commissioned officers in front of him to recruit some soldiers from among the soldiers who volunteered to participate in the night attack, and then walked briskly in the direction that Wise left......

Above the surface, under the cover of night, the huge Aocheng has disappeared from the original appearance of the chimneys on the outskirts of the city and the towering buildings in the city, here is full of ruins, embers everywhere have not been extinguished, wolf smoke origins, gunfire in the dilapidated city area, and bursts of explosions are heard from time to time in the south of the city.

In the heart of the city, there are three strange skyscrapers, their main bodies are either cylindrical or prismatic, the exterior walls are mottled with bullet marks, and none of the glass has survived, and on top of them, three steel warships are like unique shapes, completely integrated with the building, and it is because of these warships that they are the last high-rise buildings in the city whose main structure has not been destroyed.

Not far from the three towers, there is a meandering river, less than 20 feet wide, which is like a humble capillary in a mega-city of millions of people, but the parkland along the river brings a rare breath of fresh air to the busy and oppressive city life. The relentless fighting has devastated the city, the bridges across the river have been destroyed, the park has become part of the battlefield, positions have been dug along the roadside, blackened craters and mutilated bodies have been scattered everywhere, and fixed fire points have been built on the hill but have been shattered by artillery fire. The battle here looked like it had been over for a long time, and there were no more living people or animals in the vicinity, except for figures swaying next to the two armored vehicles parked at the fork in the road.

At the mouth of a hidden drainage channel on the riverside, a wet shadow crept ashore, prostrate on the ground and observe for a while, and then, unnoticed, traveled along the river bank for some distance, quickly and nimble climbed up the remaining piers of an abandoned bridge. This solitary pier is slightly shorter than the river bank, but there are no obstacles around it, and it is an ideal hiding point for observation and sniping and decapitation.

When the shadow gained a firm foothold on the pier, two more shadows emerged from the drainage channel on the riverbank, which were not only agile in their movements, but also had a strong sense of purpose. I saw them walking along the river, past the abandoned bridge, and on the other side of the river. One of the three skyscrapers sits next to the large circular square on the bank of the river. This modern and classical stone square is nearly 1,000 feet in diameter, and the environment on this side is simply two worlds from the other side of the river. There were no craters or ruins except for all kinds of glass rubble, and even the bodies of the dead had been gathered up and placed neatly in the center of the square, waiting for the miscellaneous servants to come and collect them.

At the edge of the square, in front of the skyscraper, the Normans piled up a defensive position with all kinds of debris, and actually withstood the counterattack of the elite troops of the Union Army. As the battle line shifted, there were not many Norman soldiers left who remained here, but they continued to be on guard, and it seemed that they would not withdraw as long as the battleships on the roof did not leave. If the battle of Aocheng ended, these skyscrapers were still intact and functional, and it was likely that they would be adopted by the occupiers for their own use, and they would have become a tool for them to show off their military exploits and prestige.

After a period of observation, the two shadows creeping on the bank of the river had further action. One after the other, under the cover of existing facilities such as flower beds, sculptures, and street lamps, they bypassed the large circular square and approached the skyscraper from the side, trying to avoid the sight of the enemy sentinels, but the Normans were heavily guarded, and after waiting for a long time, they caught a fleeting opportunity, one of them hurried from the cover to the base of the wall, and entered through an inconspicuous window, while the other observed outside. Within five minutes, the figure that had entered the building crawled out of the window with the agility of a civet, and the two men returned the same way, but just as they were about to return to the cover, the Norman sentry spotted them, fired their guns, and shouted loudly.

Seeing that the route back to the river bank was blocked by the Normans, the two black shadows covered each other and ran towards the north, and after running a distance, there was a sudden earth-shattering noise in the building behind them.

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