The downpour has not been falling so far, and the noon scene is like the twilight, and the rain collects in the low-lying areas to form temporary stream puddles, and the ground is slippery and difficult to walk. Standing on the northern edge of the Black Forest, Lynn stared into the distance under the rain curtain for a long time, and beside him, soldiers wearing ponchos and carrying full weapons and bags were waiting silently in the woods.

The weather is changing, and so are the times. The Imperial Conscription landed on the Danish island of Zealand, occupied the Danish capital and surrounding towns with lightning speed, used the existing defenses on the island to prepare for the Soviet landing, and a large number of attack submarines were also in position near the Skagerrak Strait, although this serious violation of Danish sovereignty caused an uproar in world public opinion, and the Western allies also raised strong protests against it and adopted some vain sanctions. The Soviet army did not take advantage of this favorable international environment to take the initiative to attack the Imperial forces approaching the German mainland, and did not even cross the border into Jutland - Moscow was clearly well aware that its weak navy was not enough to support a large-scale landing operation, and that more failures would only weaken the Soviet Union's international standing and military deterrence, and that the real target of the Imperial Army was definitely Germany itself, and that they were only rapidly mobilizing troops to northern Germany, and that the tank corps alone was enough to deter the Reich's ambitions.

Not to be outdone, the Free Empire of Northern Scandinavia announced that it would return the previously occupied Norwegian lands of North Trøndrag to the Kingdom of Norway as soon as they had been sent to Denmark, and that they would end their occupation of the northern Norwegian territories and the Danish island of Zealand as long as they gained the right to return to Germany for survival, and that they would be compensated appropriately according to the duration of the occupation.

The world was shocked by the proclamation of the Free Reich, which was tantamount to a declaration of sovereignty over Germany and an acknowledgment of its connection with the fallen Third Reich, and the shock in Germany was entirely expected: the prestigeless puppet government of Berlin called on the people to recognize the evil nature of the Third Reich, but the German nation spurned it, the police no longer obeyed the dictates of those in power, and the people no longer paid attention to the official rhetoric, and the resistance lurking in the shadows was reactivated. More and more residents turned from the sidelines to support the Baath Party and the Freedom Regiment, their organizers were only worried about the lack of weapons and did not have to worry about manpower, the command of the Soviet occupation forces and the German government saw that the situation was not good - they hurriedly declared a state of emergency in all Germany, all residents were not allowed to leave their places of residence without permission, and large and small transport hubs were under the direct control of the Soviet army... ・・・

As it got dark, Lynn and his soldiers had already nibbled on bread in cold water, which was the most common meal they had since returning home. The distant scene had already faded into the night, and Lynn resolutely waved his arms, and the two hundred and forty warriors carefully selected walked out of the woods without hesitation. The open plains and rolling hills were not enough to hinder the onslaught of Soviet tanks and fighting vehicles, and the uncertainty of the battlefield made it very likely that the wounded would not be treated and transferred in time, and in order not to slow down the movement of the troops, the wounded who could not move would remain to accept Soviet prisoners - this was destined to be a dangerous road, and they could only rely on their own iron faith and the protection of their homeland!

Spearheaded by the night soldiers, Lynn's troops managed to cross the Soviet blockade with the help of local resistance, and they marched through the night to Karlsruhe before dawn, where the city's vast number of abandoned factories provided a temporary shelter for the elite commandos. After arranging for the soldiers to rotate and recuperate, Lynn met with the head of the local Baath Party, although the middle-aged man who was a former Wehrmacht and had lost an arm in the war was able to provide detailed information on the Soviet garrisons around Karlsruhe, and was able to gather nearly a thousand resistant people with a certain combat ability, considering that the battle would expose his intentions to the Soviets prematurely, he rejected the proposal to attack the Soviets on the spot and seize military supplies, and instead made this reasonably organized resistance force focus on expanding its strength for the time being. Wait until the time is right to storm the Soviet occupation forces. …,

After a short break during the day, Lynn continued on the road with his troops. Thanks to Baathist's intelligence control over the area, they easily avoided Soviet cordons and patrols, and forced a 20-mile march overnight to reach the Eppingen Forest before dawn, which covered less than 50 square kilometers and was more than enough to cover the movements of Lynn's mildly armed combat force. The rain had stopped, and since it was not possible to get in touch with the resistance in the area, there may have been no resistance near Eppingen, so Lynn had to stay here for one more night, send night soldiers to reconnoiter the enemy, and then cross the open area to Heilbronn, the second largest city in Württemberg, where the good geographical location and easy river transportation made Heilbronn the city with the most factories in Württemberg when German industrialization was completed. Unfortunately, the once prosperous and distinctive city was reduced to rubble during World War II, and the surviving residents rebuilt the city along with the resettlers who returned to their hometowns. Looking north from the woods south of the city, Lynn saw canals restored, railroads in operation, and well-groomed highways, from which scouts brought back two local residents who were willing to cooperate with the Resistance in their attacks on Soviet troops, and who provided important information about Soviet garrisons and stockpiling. After further figuring out the situation, Lynn decided to give the Soviets a quick and accurate arrow here.

Taking advantage of the poor vision on a rainy night, Lynn divided his troops into four, and three combat detachments supported the ambush outside the city, and he personally led the main force to infiltrate the city of Heilbronn. Near midnight, the assault operations that the liberal elites excelled at kicked off, and people from all walks of life used night combat groups as arrows to quickly attack key targets such as Soviet barracks, railway stations, and river harbors. The smell of war never really subsided, but the moderate local population still paralyzed the Soviet garrison here to a large extent, and the slightest slackness was a fatal flaw in front of the experienced and well-planned opponents, and only half an hour after the battle began, the Soviet camp of more than 500 officers and soldiers was bloodied, many Soviet soldiers were killed before they could take up arms, the main force of the garrison was wiped out without creating a substantial obstacle to the assaulters, and the few Soviet soldiers who stubbornly held the railway station and the river port were unable to support themselves, and the midnight bell rang, After three years and ten months, Heilbronn was finally back under the control of the Empire, and even a very brief occupation was a historic one.

The greatest charm of the night raid was its high stakes and high gains, and after counting the warehouses of supplies that the Soviets had not had time to destroy, Lynn and his soldiers obtained an unprecedented amount of loot - a large amount of guns and ammunition, canned food, and leather goods that were transferred to the front line. The "nouveau riche" took as much as they could and did not exceed the weight limit, and beckoned the residents to come and share the spoils, and dumped the rest into the river that they could not take away and did not want to leave for the Soviet troops.

After the battle, Lynn received an important piece of military information from the local residents who took the initiative to "break the news": the Soviet army had used the river transport of the Rhine River to transport a large number of troops and equipment to the south in recent months, and there was an abandoned airfield reused by the Soviet army more than 20 kilometers from Heilbronn, and some larger bombers were deployed there.

Lynn took out a map of Germany and saw that Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, was more than 40 kilometers south of Heilbronn, and Stuttgart was only 80 kilometers away from the north shore of Lake Constance. Thinking of the bombers of the Soviets attacking the Rhine Valley day after day, and considering the deterrent effect of the raid on the airfield on the Soviet troops, Lynn made a bold decision: to have a good time with the Soviets. …,

The Soviet generals were not cheap street girls, a few small bills would be enough, and the military airfields were always heavily guarded, so Lynn led his troops across the river to the west in front of the residents of Heilbronn, and then suddenly turned around and re-crossed the river from downstream, diving into the Anteguten Mountains southeast of Heilbronn. They made a roundabout southward journey through rugged mountain roads and steep river valleys, successfully avoiding Soviet pursuit, and three days later reached the Stuttgart region. In this large city with a population of more than 300,000 people, the underground resistance groups were firmly established, and after joining them, Lynn's plan of attack had reliable technical parameters - in order to minimize the living forces of the enemy in the Upper Rhine Valley, the Soviets threw thousands of planes on this front, and it was not enough for them to occupy the airfields on the north shore of Lake Constance, and medium bombers with a longer range were deployed around Helenberg, Sindelfingen, and Stuttgart. The airfield mentioned by the residents of Heilbronn is the farthest from the front line, and it has only been in operation for the last month, and there are not many planes parked. If you want to dig a bird's nest, you can get even more lucrative rewards from several large airports south of Stuttgart.

A commander who made a decision won a moment and could not win a lifetime, and Lynn thought carefully while sending scouts to investigate the situation with the underground resistance. The demarcated airfields were just over 30 kilometers from Stuttgart, but it took the scouts a lot of time to penetrate the Soviet blockade, until two days later, when a detailed report was put in front of Lynn, and in those two days, the Soviets made another major move on the front line in the Upper Rhine Valley. The low-lying area between the eastern foothills of Paden and Lake Constance was nearly doubled after continuous refilling, which meant that hundreds of Soviet tanks were able to advance into the valley with twice as much efficiency as before, and the continuous heavy bombardment also greatly weakened the fortifications of the defenders in the Paden Mountains, and with a large number of fortified tanks massing in the northeastern corner of Lake Constance, a new offensive was imperative.