February 1, 2219.

In the past half a month, the impact of the "Fall of the Nine Prisons" incident on the world has been gradually fermenting.

Even the most incompetent federal bureaucracy sensed that the global resistance was in an unprecedented period of activity.

A storm...... Imminent.

Since the day of the robbery of the Nine Prisons, the top bosses in Cristor City have met almost every day, from morning to night, but the practical effect of these meetings is very limited.

After all...... The enemy is in the dark, I am in the light, and before the resistance army has actually moved, the only thing the Federation can carry out is intelligence warfare.

But spy warfare is not something that can be promoted overnight; The battles on the intelligence front are long-term operations, and in such a sensitive period, it is no different to let the undercover agents on the front line increase the frequency of their activities, as if they were sent to their deaths.

Therefore, the more times like this, the more patient, low-key, and forbearant......

The Nine Prisons incident itself has already dealt a huge blow to the Federation, and if a series of wrong decisions are made during this time due to panic, it will only bring more unpredictable consequences.

Unfortunately, today's federal government is not a group that can remain calm and calm after such an incident.

Taking Lilia's experience of being imprisoned in Nine Prisons as an example, it is not difficult to see that most of the inmates in Nine Prisons have personal grudges with members of the upper echelons of the Federation or their cronies; Among them, ninety percent of those who have been directly framed or persecuted and imprisoned account for ninety percent, and the level of hatred of "broken families and deaths" can only be regarded as average among this group of people.

Now, these prisoners have all escaped, do you say those elites of the Federation are panicking?

Even if some officials and their families are not locked up in the Nine Prisons, there are probably people in their social circles; In case everyone comes out to meet, have a cup of tea, or meet in the same villa area, when standing in the community and chatting...... Suddenly, they killed a person who "didn't plan to go back when he came", and who had the mentality of "killing one is enough, killing your whole family should be, and someone next to you counts you unlucky", so where can they reason with it?

In this situation, the next unfolding is also predictable.

For the powerful...... Rather than maintaining local stability, it is naturally more important to have one's own life.

In order to protect the core of power, part of the federal army's forces throughout Europe were transferred to the already heavily fortified perimeter of Crystal County; Many local officials also left their posts in defiance of the rules and fled with their families to Crystal County...... Anyway, most of them already own property in Crystal County, so what's wrong with "going to their villa for a vacation"?

And their reaction was almost like opening the doors of various areas outside of Crystal County, waiting for the rebels to come to their door.

Sure enough, by February 10, what should have happened had finally happened.

The Cossack Rangers, a rebel group that had absorbed up to nine prisoners, launched an unprecedented all-out raid on the federal army garrisons in Wheat Straw County from the northern part of the Blue Shield County, and within 24 hours captured federal government buildings in several cities, as well as all key institutions, including police stations and television stations.

They announced to the world over the radio that they would launch a full-scale uprising against the corrupt regime of the Commonwealth, and called on resistance groups around the world to rise up and cooperate with them.

This is the first time since the Battle of Cochin, which took place in Southeast Asia many years ago, that it has taken place in Europe, where the Union has the most powerful military...... Lift up and down, and shake for it.

By now, it is certainly impossible to block the news, and the federal Ministry of Information can only try to guide and control public opinion as much as possible - in short, first create a bunch of fake news about the massacre of civilians and rape and looting by the rebels, and use the advantage that it still controls most of the world's media to make the people fear and hostile to the rebels.

In terms of military affairs, the defense of Crystal County must not be moved, so troops from other counties in Europe will be transferred to encircle and suppress; Anyway, the overall military strength of the European side is strong, and they may lose if there is a surprise attack on a local area, but after the raid, once the rebel army comes to the surface and becomes the defender of the city, the situation is different.

So, in the early morning of February 12, the encirclement and suppression operation began.

The operation was codenamed "Operation Sandwich", as the name suggests...... It is to use the two major military bases in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea as the main fulcrum to launch a flanking and sweeping of all the occupied areas of Wheat Straw County and Blue Shield County.

In terms of military technology in the twenty-third century, it is not difficult to wipe out these two large counties of Eastern Europe with conventional combat weapons in a single day, if civilian casualties are completely ignored...... Half a day is fine.

But the Federation Army was not so frenzied, after all, most of the soldiers on the front line were also from the civilian class, and many of them were from Eastern Europe, and the commander of the operation could not have given that kind of order, no matter how stupid he was.

Therefore, the "Sandwich Operation" still focuses on precision strikes by conventional weapons against "military installations" and "troop stations," followed by the advance, clearance, and occupation of ground forces.

This...... It's more time-consuming.

If the rebels were intent on dragging the fighting into the rhythm of street fighting and guerrilla warfare, things would have been even more troublesome.

And in fact, they did.

By 3 p.m. on the 12th, the progress of Operation Sandwich had suffered a very serious setback; The Union Army realized something very serious - the advance of the ground forces could hardly be carried out, except for the long-range bombing strikes that could achieve some results.

The reason for this is that the opponent's capable forces are obviously stronger than those of the Federation.

If nothing else, there is a gap in numbers......

The Federation's Capable Combat Force is very small, at most a squad of about ten people, and a squad often has to be divided into two squads to operate.

Most of the ground troops of the Union Army in a regiment have only two or three capable squads, and those capable ones are generally of the same to strong ranks.

On the rebel side, on the other hand, the ability and the average soldier are completely mixed, and the proportion of ability is quite high, so you can't tell who has abilities and where they will appear.

Not only that, but the level of those who are capable is not low, and the combat methods are all wild ways, and the nature of "lime powder, flirting with yin legs" is coming.

All in all...... Both quantitatively and qualitatively, the Federation's capable soldiers are at a disadvantage; Under such circumstances, their ground forces "cannot be defeated" and "cannot be pushed."

As night fell, an operation that was supposed to be completed in a single day turned into a protracted battle.

By the early hours of the 13th, the commanders of the Federation Army had already given up on the blitzkrieg, and what they were thinking about at this time was ...... Relying on the superiority in total strength, drag down the opponent.

However......