With the departure of the Swedish volunteers, the major neighborhoods of Vyborg immediately became a lot more deserted.

This important city, which was garrisoned by the Nordic army, was now left with only a reinforced battalion of Norwegian troops. Of course, this may be a bit inaccurate. After all, there are still hundreds of thousands of Finnish citizens, thousands of reservist "National Guards" and women's service corps in the city.

Perhaps the word garrison is not accurate, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are only a few hundred Norwegian volunteer battalions, all of which are rifles and light weapons. Even the forward positions on the outskirts of the city can't be defended!

These forces were not so much to stay to defend against the Soviet offensive as to maintain order in and around Vyborg, or simply to show that the city was still in Finnish hands.

Without the Swedish divisions that supported the Nordic Army, the suburban trenches and fortifications on the outskirts of Vyborg looked much emptyer. The self-confident volunteer fighters from Sweden are gone. The Norwegian battalion was the last formed unit left by the entire Nordic Army in Vyborg.

In less than three hours from the beginning of the Soviet attack on the positions of the Danish regiment, the Swedish division, which had long been gearing up, had completed the entire march. And in order to fill the wide defensive line they had left, the Norwegian battalion was almost split into squad-platoon units, squatting in the forward trenches.

And the Vyborg, which is relatively far behind, can be said to be not much different from the undefended state.

Several Finnish partisan detachments, after gathering many of the Danish regiments, joined the trenches at the Vyborg front. Even quite a few Finnish "National Guards" without weapons followed them to the front. Everyone knows that the final ownership of Vyborg will determine the course of the war, but no one, including the citizens of Vyborg, dares to assert that there is a possibility that their side will hold it.

The anxious Finnish officers and the commanders of the Norwegian volunteer battalions who had gathered in Vyborg could only do their best to gather the Danish regiment's disengaged rout, mix them into the trenches, and finally wait for the end of the duel between the Swedish and the Soviets.

If the Swedish division could really repel the Soviets, the defense of Naviborg would have been greatly consolidated. But once the news of defeat comes, what awaits them will be a difficult defensive battle.

The moment has come to decide the course of war!

Unlike the Swedish division, which was bent on repelling the Soviet attack, Alfred, the commander of the Norwegian battalion, one of the three major members of the Nordic Volunteer Army, had little interest in defeating the Soviets. He was neither as meritorious as the Swedish commander, nor as desperate as the Finnish officers who were desperate to defend Vyborg in order to defend their country.

After all, their own countries are still under the pressure of the British to "borrow the road", and they may face the forced landing of the National Union to aid the Finnish volunteers at any time. And the reason why their Norwegian battalion was sent to fight with the Finnish army at this time was entirely to quell the rebuke from the side of the League of Nations, and to prove with their actions that Norway was biased towards the League of Nations.

But Norway sent troops, but the League of Nations under the control of Britain and France did not appreciate it. They insisted on sending 100,000 troops into Norway and then chose the opportunity to fight in Finland.

If it is, in the end, if it really comes to the day when the British and French forces force a landing. With the nature of the Norwegians, they will never sit idly by, and may even fight back. In that case, Alfred would not have allowed this important force in his hands to be "confessed" to a foreign country like the Danish Volunteer Corps.

Norway's forces are an important component of Norway's defense forces. Even if there are only about 700 people, it is precious for the Norwegian Defense Force, which is already overstretched!

While thinking about a small abacus, a Finnish ensign, guided by Adjutant Alfred, walked into his headquarters.

"Battalion Commander Alfred."

"Huh?" Alfred, who was interrupted from his train of thought, was stunned for a moment, then nodded quietly and said, "Ensign, is there anything wrong with you?" ”

Since the Nordic army had been stationed in the vicinity of Vyborg, the sparsely armed Finnish army did not have a large presence around Vyborg. In desperation, Mannerheim, who was exhausted, had completely entrusted Vyborg to the Nordic army. As a result, the Finnish inhabitants of Vyborg could not even see a single Finnish officer.

If we have to say that the Finnish troops in this area are only a few small groups in charge of guerrillas. The team leaders who lead them are usually experienced veterans, not officers.

And this time, although only a Finnish second lieutenant appeared. But his rank may already be the highest among all Finnish soldiers within a radius of miles.

"Mr. Battalion Commander, according to the orders of Marshal Mannerheim, all the guerrilla groups under my command have stopped guerrilla warfare and have joined your team to build the defense of Vyborg." The Finnish lieutenant politely reported to Alfred in Swedish.

Among the four Nordic countries, Sweden has long been in the lead, so most of the members of these countries can speak some basic Swedish. Among the volunteer units of the Nordic Army, almost all members of the Swedish language were selected to facilitate communication.

After listening to the report of the Finnish ensign, Alfred touched his chin and calmly asked, "How many people did you bring?" ”

Alfred was not as reckless as the Swedish commander, he had always been a meticulous and steady man. What's more, he didn't have much enthusiasm for participating in the war between the Soviet Union and Finland in the first place. What he has now is more of a spectator and passer-by mentality.

Receiving the inquiry from the superior of the friendly army, the Finnish second lieutenant did not think much about it, and immediately replied respectfully, "I have brought with me a total of 7 Finnish guerrilla squads in the surrounding area, a total of 27 people. In addition, our 7 squads gathered about 200 people along the way, and I brought them with me the skirmishers who had retreated from the Danish friendly forces. ”

From the Finnish lieutenant's answer, Alfred quickly came to the conclusion that he had brought only about 200 men, and all of them were fragile infantry without heavy weapons.

Then, with this number of people alone, even if you add the Norwegian troops under your command, they are only a thousand people, and they are by no means the opponents of the Soviet army. He even doubted that this person would be able to survive the first round of Soviet shelling.

"We have understood the situation, you must first arrange the people you brought into the defense line now, and then come and discuss the rest with us." It was Alfred's lieutenant Marven who spoke.

It is no secret that Marven is a member of the Quisling faction in China. And since he arrived in Finland as Alfred's adjutant with the Norwegian Volunteer Battalion, he met with German diplomats in Finland for the first time. For people like Marvin, Alfred doesn't actually have a good feeling.

On weekdays, Marven ran to the German embassy in Finland when he had nothing to do, and all he mentioned was the German ambassador's suggestion. This time, he took the initiative to take the Finnish ensign to Vyborg, presumably behind the scenes also from the Germans.

Alfred put his hands behind his back and said nothing. With Marven, a guy sent by Quisling, it's really not easy to pull the team out of Vyborg and escape from the battlefield.

Alfred paced back and forth two steps, smiling wryly and thinking: Damn! The Germans themselves did not send troops, but they brought this point of people to staring at them to the death, and wanted them to fight against the Soviet army. And the group of idiots in the Swedish division is estimated to have lost, and once the news of defeat comes, it will be difficult to escape........