For his future, Weiss is not without ideas and plans, but as a soldier, unless the power is at the peak, he can only fight for it and cannot control his own destiny. No, as soon as he recovered from his injuries, he received a notice from the military to return to Liberty City, which was located in the rear.

Weiss was no stranger to Liberty City because it was located in Villefranche, but Liberty City today has changed a lot from two years ago: millions of people fled there during the war, nearly doubling the size of the city, increasing the number of surrounding industrial satellites from 7 to 16, and more than tripling the population of the capital. It can be said that the former Free City was the political center and spiritual symbol of the Free Federation of the Ulster, and today it has become the true heart of the country.

If it stops, the whole country will collapse!

Back in Liberty City, Weiss quickly clarified the reason for his recall: the Federal Army's guerrilla warfare command needed a guerrilla hero recognized by the public, and through appropriate publicity and promotion, the military and political top brass would pay more attention to and support guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines. As soon as he arrived, the official newspapers of Liberty City published his achievements and contributions in a prominent position, and gave him the honorary title of "Hero Behind Enemy Lines, Freedom Fighter". Of course, this is not the first time that the name of Long Clumber Haysen has appeared in the public eye of the rear of the Federation, in fact, as early as a year ago, when he led the guerrilla fighters in Lorraine to carry out guerrilla operations vigorously, the federal military carried out propaganda with great fanfare. Not only that, with the support of the guerrilla operations command, the military provided a considerable amount of material support to the guerrilla forces in Lorraine, and also sent a number of excellent technical and tactical personnel to the guerrilla forces. It was only later that the Normans increased their input in anti-guerrilla warfare, and the situation on the frontal battlefield also changed greatly, resulting in Lorraine's guerrilla warfare gradually turning cold from a hot topic, and even "disappeared" for a long time.

In just one year, although people's memories have faded, they will never be completely forgotten, as long as the publicity is enough and the methods are right, it is not difficult for such a combat hero who wants a story and an image to become a national idol. However, there is a way that the times create heroes, and this war that almost swept the entire planet will inevitably emerge a lot of heroes, although Weiss's experience, qualifications, status and influence are still dwarfed in front of those famous bulls, and more importantly, the general situation has been positive recently, and the public's attention has been attracted by the front-line battle situation. If the frontal battlefield can solve the problem, do you still need to engage in guerrilla warfare "sneakily" behind enemy lines?

At this inopportune time, Weiss came to Liberty City, and even though he was strongly promoted by the guerrilla warfare command, his momentum was still limited, and there was neither a warm city-wide parade nor a solemn public investiture ceremony, and the only thing that could be talked about was to be invited to a private dinner by President Lebold—half for public service, half for meritorious service, and half for private use, for his protection of Nikolai.

Military circles are mainly military, but they are also a political arena. At the dinner table, apart from President Leeald's praise beyond etiquette, only the commander of the Federal Army's guerrilla warfare command, General Ramoldier-Punk, praised the little man with his legendary experience. Several other military bigwigs present turned a blind eye to him, and not only that, but they also ridiculed and mocked General Punk.

This Punk general, Weiss didn't know earlier, but the two have a strange intersection: Punk has served in the military intelligence department of the Union Army for many years, and among his subordinates, there is a Major Brooks who is an old enemy of Weiss. The two had tossed around the overall assassination of Leibold for several rounds in the early stage, and later joined hands to fight the enemy in the enemy-occupied area of Lorraine, and General Punk was not only aware of these stories, but also a key decision-maker in some matters.

From the military intelligence department to the guerrilla warfare command, General Punk's "job hopping" gives people the impression that he has used his experience and expertise to create a new, out-of-the-way but important military organization. With his exploits at the guerrilla warfare command, General Punk made two consecutive jumps in two years and was promoted to army general. In the federal army, the rank of general has basically reached the ceiling, but at President Leeboyd's private dinner, he is an army general who is clearly less confident than an army general who serves in combat units or staff departments. In the final analysis, the guerrilla warfare command is only nominally in charge of the guerrilla units in the enemy-occupied areas and their combat operations against the enemy, and because of the characteristics of the actions behind enemy lines, it is determined that this command center plays the auxiliary role of guiding, supporting, and responding to the enemy most of the time.

Being despised by his colleagues seems to have long been strange to General Punk. After leaving the table, he did not anger Weiss, who was in the same room, but encouraged him not to be influenced by people's attitudes, to stick to what he thought was right, and to insist on doing his best. Taking this opportunity, General Punk laid out his plan: he would not only continue to spare no effort to promote the guerrilla heroes represented by Weiss, but also actively promote a combat operation behind enemy lines that would return to Lorraine.

"You're the perfect choice for me! The chosen one to change the situation in Lorraine and move the tide of the war! Punk patted Weiss on the shoulder, his eyes full of anticipation.

A year ago, Weiss would have been thrilled, and even more so if he had gone further. However, time passed, and he deeply understood the cruelty of war. Returning to Lorraine, he does have the advantage of being in a good place, but this is also his biggest weakness in the face of a strong opponent. As a result, he was conflicted about his return to Lorraine. It would have been best if he could prove himself again on the battlefield and drive the Normans out of Lorraine early, but if he fell into the trap of the enemy and implicated the entire family and even many innocent people, he would not want to see it.

Moreover, in the expectant eyes of General Punk, Weiss saw the ambition of a man in a high position for power and prestige.

At the same time, he also saw the fate of the pawn that he could not get rid of!

Convincing the top to make a decision requires not only a strategic necessity, but also a tactical viability, but Weiss doesn't have to worry about that at all. Taking advantage of his personal connections, General Punk asked the think tanks in the Second Staff War Room of the General Staff of the Federal Army to concoct a "Lorraine Behind-Enemy Combat Plan", and led Weiss to make small adjustments in combination with the experience of guerrilla warfare in the early stage, and then found an opportunity to submit it.

However, General Punk's first proposal was quickly rejected by the military council. The bigwigs are optimistic that the federal army will regain most of Lorraine within a few weeks, so there is neither the need nor the time to organize new operations behind enemy lines at the moment.

In the following time, General Punk patiently waited for the turnaround, and Weiss took advantage of this rare opportunity to return to the Dellerfig Senior Staff College, went through the wartime renewal procedures, and became a temporary transfer student, eagerly studying the latest military materials and listening to the latest combat case analysis. If he could, he would rather spend three or five months here studying hard so that his actual combat command ability could be further improved and then prove himself on the battlefield in a more secure way.

After a short period of reconstruction, Weiss met several old acquaintances, including military colleagues who fought side by side on the battlefield, as well as former classmates who stayed in school as assistant teachers, and the most special one of them was the chief instructor when he came to the Dalefig Senior Staff College to participate in special training as a representative of the Baston cadets before the war. What about the gold pattern on a red background that symbolizes the status of a general?

From the second year of the Bathton Military Academy, Weiss has admired three mentors the most, and Rundstein is one of them. His wisdom, his generosity, and his pride all left a profound impact on Weiss. After the conversation, it was learned that shortly after Weiss interrupted his studies at the Deelefig Higher Staff College, the situation on the front continued to deteriorate, and Rundstein was strongly recommended by the military bigwigs to transfer to the front-line combat unit, and after a short period of service as the chief of staff of the corps and the commander of the division, he was exceptionally promoted to the acting commander of the corps for his outstanding performance, but at this time of prosperity, he and the troops under his command experienced one of the most brutal and bloody battles of the war, not only the troops suffered heavy losses, but he himself was seriously wounded in the battle and almost died. After recovering from his injury, Rundstein was transferred back to the rear, and at first he was still entrusted with the important task of being a senior staff officer of the General Staff, and within a few months, he voluntarily applied to return to the university to teach, citing physical and mental discomfort.

"Only by coming back here can my heart be at peace." When he said this, the senior instructor of the rank of general showed a bitter smile.

Some words don't need to be said explicitly, similar experiences make it easy for them to find resonance.

After chatting about their respective experiences and their current situation, the two played a few games of war games as usual. In the third year of the war, from the front-line commander to the rear staff officer, they no longer rely on wargame deduction for operational decision-making as before, but the sand table of wargame deduction is still an important tool to assist decision-making, and it is the only way to review combat campaigns in military academies.

There are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people, and Weiss has always respected this ancient philosophy, so he has never called himself an expert in guerrilla warfare on any occasion. On this sand table, Lundstein, who had never experienced a single guerrilla warfare, won all the wargames based on real guerrilla warfare.

For such a result, Weiss is not discouraged, in fact, he has long felt deeply that in this era of this planet, due to the power of the star source stone to generate floating power, flying warships came into being, the war mode has become more simple and crude, "giant ship cannon doctrine" rampant in the sea, land and air, traditional tactical strategies are still effective, but many times thousands of calculations are not as good as the opponent's "strength to win skills". Even if the rapid development of aircraft technology has largely weakened the hegemony of flying warships, the greatest and most difficult threat to solve in guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines still comes from enemy flying ships. Unless a way is found to dismantle the Normans' flying forces, at least to prevent them from operating unscrupulously in the occupied territories, guerrilla warfare will be able to proceed smoothly.

But how easy is that?