Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 1686 1687 will be another **** battle

 Generally speaking, the houses in the urban-rural fringe are relatively low and the density is not high. But Ironforge is a small exception.

Because Ironforge is an ancient city, its city center is historic and full of monuments, so it looks relatively backward.

 On the contrary, the outer buildings of this city are generally relatively new and have relatively high floors, so they look much more prosperous than imagined.

And in this direction, there is also Ironforge West Station, which is a very important freight train station. Unlike Ironforge's East Station, this station is mainly used for transporting goods, so there are many warehouses nearby, and the residential area makes it very prosperous.

 It’s a pity that this place no longer has the prosperity of the past, nor the hustle and bustle of the past. The Tang Army's bombing has almost paralyzed the place, and there are still locomotives and carriages that have been damaged by bombings parked on the railway tracks.

These carriages have now become natural shelters, and the nearby collapsed walls and undulating rails have become the best trenches and defenses.

With such a place at their back, the dwarf troops' will to resist was almost full: they decided to hold on to the last position and fight until the last soldier stopped taking a step back.

“We are less than 2 kilometers away from the West Station. We can no longer retreat!” The dwarf officer holding a pipe said to the adjutant beside him, staring at the dusty map.

"We need to replenish ammunition. The soldiers haven't rested for a day... The losses have been huge. Now there are less than half of the entire regiment left." The adjutant's face was dirty, and he looked like he had just returned from the smoke-filled battle. The front lines were withdrawn.

Logically speaking, a regiment that lost half its men should have collapsed long ago, but their regiment did not lose so many soldiers at once. It retreated and fought countless battles, and was reorganized until now.

When the speed of losses is extended indefinitely, with seventy or eighty people lost a day, everyone will become numb after the losses, and collapse will be unlikely to occur.

There are about six to seven hundred people left in the entire regiment, which is almost less than a battalion. However, their combat tasks are not heavy. They are only responsible for the defense of one village.

 The front is very narrow, and it is unlikely that the Tang army will hit them first. According to past experience, the opponent is likely to first clear out the wilderness on both sides of the village, then surround the village on three sides, and then use firepower to slowly kill the dwarf troops in the village.

"I have already applied for the ammunition, and it is expected to be sent to me soon... Forget about supplementing the personnel. You have seen the people who supplemented it before. What is the quality... Forget it, I won't talk about it." Replacement soldiers, this regiment leader has a constipated expression on his face.

The dwarf mobilization system has begun to collapse. Most of the recruits recruited are children or old men. They have received little or no training and are sent directly to the front line.

 It's too optimistic to expect them to fight. They don't even know how to maintain their weapons. The smart ones can help repair trenches and reload bullets, but the dumb ones are not even qualified to be cannon fodder.

Once the Tang army attacks, these recruits will be the first to collapse. Often one round of artillery fire is enough for them to abandon their armor and flee. They were expected to even waste the bullets of the supervising team, and maybe even bring down other serious veterans.

Therefore, after several trials, he, the leader of the remnant regiment, no longer applied for the kind of supplementary troops: he needed soldiers who could fight, not idiots who wasted supplies and ammunition. "But, Commander, we really don't have many people left... If we continue to fight like this, there will probably be less than 600 people left tomorrow." The adjutant reminded with some worry.

 Although veterans are useful, the insufficient number is indeed a problem. Once they lose too much, they will no longer be able to deploy as a standard unit.

 In fact, no matter how much they have lost, as long as they have not been disbanded, they are an entire "regiment" on the commander's map. They have to perform regiment-level combat missions, no matter how many people they have left.

"Besides, we just lost the last two 100mm mortars..." At this point, the adjutant felt that he could only be described as aggrieved.

 What kind of artillery pieces did the Tang Army have? Not to mention rocket launchers and the like, the support firepower is either a terrifying 155mm or a plethora of 105mm cannons, both of which are very powerful.

At every turn, artillery shells rained down on the position. The reason why they can persist until now is entirely because of their firm belief and tenacious style...

 What about themselves? The 100mm caliber howitzers previously assigned to them were all lost a month ago.

The enemy was bombed by aircraft and suppressed by artillery, leaving no way for their heavy weapons and equipment to survive. In the subsequent battles of their regiment, they could only rely on the supplementary 100 mm caliber mortars and the 80 mm caliber mortars equipped by each battalion to provide support.

As a result, these mortars were fired less and less, and they could not get any supplement: by this morning, their last two 100 mm caliber howitzers were also destroyed by the Tang army's counterattack artillery fire.

Now their regiment only has a few 50mm caliber mortars left... Yes, this kind of thing was previously prepared for company-level troops.

“There’s no other way, let’s just make do with it. I’ve already submitted the application, and I guess... new mortars should be delivered tomorrow.” The regiment leader was also not sure whether tomorrow’s supplies would actually arrive on time. He could only say this to encourage his men.

 In any case, the dwarves can still supplement the frontline combat troops with mortars, especially small-caliber mortars. Even if there is no 100mm, it can still charge several 80mm doors.

“Can we survive until tomorrow?” the adjutant sighed. They had not received medical supplies for a whole day. The food supplies may not have arrived on time for a long time. There was not much ammunition left, and the troops were already low... Under such circumstances, it would not surprise him when the troops collapsed.

"I guess... it's hanging." The regiment leader squinted his eyes and looked at the main battle tanks of the Tang Army appearing on the horizon, with a heavy and serious expression on his face: "Notify all battalions to prepare for battle!"

The tank gradually approached, and Tang Army soldiers in camouflage could be seen nearby using the terrain to spread out: the Tang Army's attack has begun again!

This time they can't even muster decent artillery fire. It is expected that there will be another **** battle soon.