Zhou Lin

February 13, morning.

As "Operation Sandwich" lasted for more than thirty hours, the "Cossack Rangers", whose military strength was at a disadvantage, finally showed signs of fatigue.

Although the ground combat forces of the rebels still have the advantage in local battles, it is impossible to maintain the front line in the face of repeated attacks by enemies several times their own number.

To illustrate with a very simple example: there is an alley that is wide enough for four people to stand side by side. As long as these four people stand here, others cannot pass; however, these four people will definitely get tired if they stand for a long time. It is impossible for them to go without eating, drinking, or sleeping...

At this time, there are two solutions. The first is to find four more people to rotate with them, so that you can ensure that this line is not lost; and the second method is... let these four people retreat and find a width. The alley can only accommodate two people standing side by side, and then rotate in pairs.

The problem facing the rebels now is that they cannot choose the "first" solution because their total number of troops is this and there is no room for replenishment; therefore, all they can do is shrink the defense line and let those who have fought to the fullest on the front line Exhausted people retire to rest so that a rotation can be established.

Of course, this line of defense theory is not "absolute".

Theories are just theories. There are many factors that can influence the situation in a war: a piece of timely intelligence, a lucky bombing, an elite team, or even a strong enough ability user... these may all change the outcome of the entire battle. .

After all, the federal army is strong. Once the attack continues for a long time, they may ask for help from FCPS, EF, and even the escort officer, asking these agencies to send some strong reinforcements to break the deadlock.

But the rebels... only have these cards in their hands, so this is an impossible game of cards to win.

However, this was by no means an impulsive or reckless act of suicide.

As a veteran resistance organization active in Eastern and Northern Europe, the Cossack Rangers' leadership naturally has rich experience in struggle and is unlikely to do something self-destructive.

The fundamental purpose of this raid on Blue Shield County and Wheat Straw County was not to occupy the cities under the federal jurisdiction for a long time, let alone to fight the federal army here - the real intention of the rangers was to "test" and "incite".

In a battle of this scale, it is impossible to block relevant intelligence. Even if the federation can silence the media, intelligence personnel from all walks of life on both sides of the battle and among the local people will definitely be able to get the news out.

In other words... the true combat capability demonstrated by the federal army in this battle will be known to all underground organizations around the world.

Even if the federal army that came to participate in "Operation Sandwich" was not the most elite (as we all know, the most elite combat forces of the federal army were concentrated in Crystal County), they were definitely "front-line" strength.

The Rangers have helped resistance organizations around the world "test" a baseline for the federal military's combat capabilities, allowing these organizations to be more confident when launching operations in the future.

As for the "incitement" part... the very act of "preemptively declaring war on the Federation" is the best incitement.

This is a truth that all ambitious people understand: if one day, this uprising wins, then... no matter who finally comes to power, it will be written in the history books, "It was the Cossack Rangers who started the first step of this revolution." gun".

Other resistance organizations will never be indifferent to this. They also understand that the sooner they take action, the more initiative they will have when it comes to dividing the results later.

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By the morning of the 13th, just when the Federal Army slowly began to taste the sweetness of the protracted war and began to advance vigorously.

Another major change occurred in Shuangying County.

In the world's largest county, there is also dormant the world's most powerful resistance organization, their name is - "Vladimirovich's Never-Fall Iron-Blooded Alliance."

I won’t go into details about the origins of this organization here, because the full name is a bit difficult to pronounce, so most of them, including their own people, refer to it as the “Iron-Blooded Alliance” for short.

On the vast ice fields of Siberia, their secret military strongholds are spread out in a network; in almost every city in Double Eagle County, there are their underground transportation stations.

They are recognized as a force that can confront the federal army in a long-term frontal confrontation. They have been accumulating strength over the years and are preparing to accumulate strength.

In the "Fall of the Nine Prisons" incident, they were also the beneficiaries second only to the Cossack Rangers; the prisoners of the Nine Prisons who escaped towards the east were basically rescued and incorporated by them.

Today, just one day after the Rangers issued the "Declaration of Uprising," the Iron-Blooded Alliance also took action.

With their move, the battlefield in Eastern Europe, where "the world's largest military conflict" was taking place yesterday, instantly turned into "a friction between small and medium-sized armed forces."

Since Crystal County and Eastern European battlefields had previously mobilized troops, the federal military strength in Double Eagle County had been weakened a lot at this stage. The Iron-Blooded Alliance took advantage of this opportunity and launched a full-scale attack on the entire territory of Double Eagle County.

Among the rebel organizations, they are the only ones who can launch a military operation of this scale on a land with a total area of ​​approximately 17.1 million square kilometers on the same day.

Of course, this is already their limit.

Different from the reserved approach of the Cossack Rangers, the Iron Blood Alliance is an organization that is more inclined to make all-or-nothing moves. Instead of looking forward and looking forward and regretting it later, it is better to attack with all its strength and have no regrets even if it fails.

Their operation did work wonders.

Because the head of Double Eagle County had gone into hiding in Crystal County, and most of the bureaucrats below were afraid of taking responsibility or being left alone, when the emergency broke out that affected the entire county, there was no one from the top to issue orders to control it. The status of the situation.

Fortunately, there are still some reliable people in the federal army. When those officials took private planes or took their families and relatives away through other means, it was the middle-level commanders of the federal army in various places who withstood the offensive of the rebels. .

It's a pity... Due to the lack of unified instructions and coordination from the top, these federal troops were defeated one by one within half a day in the face of the well-prepared rebel forces.

The rapid fall of Double Eagle County poured a bucket of ice water on the top federal officials who originally thought the situation was not too bad.

And this matter is not over yet... Since the progress was going very smoothly, the Iron-Blooded Alliance felt that they still had quite a lot of energy left to use, so at around 3 pm on the 13th, they actually organized a large-scale team. Depart from Moscow and head west... to support the Cossack rangers trapped in Wheat Straw County.

This action... to describe it, is like a sausage suddenly inserted diagonally from the side into a sandwich that is being pressed, and the situation begins to get out of control...