Chapter 1201: 1202Sad comparison
On the first day of December, the Mirage Emperor waited for another birthday in the northern part of the island. This former ruler of the Mirage Kingdom has now lost his magnificent palace.
In fact, the original Mirage Palace was not that luxurious, but after all, it was much better than the secluded house in the deep mountains and old forests in front of me.
Frankly speaking, the conditions here are actually not bad, because far away from the battlefield, the degree of damage here is obviously much smaller. After all, no matter how wealthy the Tang Empire was, they would not waste bombs aimlessly thrown into the mountains and forests.
Although many exposed targets will be subject to highly targeted attacks, most of the hidden small workshops, as well as some villages and towns, have not actually been affected by the war.
The Mirage Emperor was sitting at the table, looking at the news that Mirage Wuk came back from the Mirage Capital, and he didn’t know what he was thinking in his heart.
Mirage Wen Dabo was standing nearby. He had already heard the news that the Tang Empire was unwilling to let him and Mirage Wuke go. In fact, he has accepted the fact that he is going to die. After all, there are not many people in this world who can be remembered by the Tang Empire. He deserves to be proud of himself.
There is no electricity here, so we can only light the kind of kerosene lamps we used to light. During the day, the lighting is average, and at night it becomes even more difficult.
Only those who have experienced it can understand how sad and miserable people who are accustomed to modern life will be after losing electricity.
In fact, it’s not very bright here during the day, because there are big trees overhead blocking the sun. After all, this is a secluded manor, and blocking the view of the plane with trees is the best way to ensure safety here.
Because there is shade from the trees, you can only read by leaning against the window during the day. This kind of environment made Mirage Emperor very uncomfortable, and the feeling of depression made him feel very bad.
Mirage Wen Dabo gently reported the battle situation in Mirage City: "General Ke is working hard to defend Mirage City. The opponent's attack is very fierce, and some enemy troops have entered the Mirage City area."
In fact, the situation in the Mirage City is already very bad. Many ministers who followed the Mirage Emperor to the north are trying to persuade the Mirage Emperor to take refuge in the North Island.
In their opinion, the main island can no longer hold on, and retreating to the North Island is the safest option.
As for the fact that there are so many destroyers of the Tang Empire crossing the sea from the main island to the North Island, these people don't care whether it is dangerous or not to cross the sea.
After all, the current situation is indeed very dangerous: if the orc troops give up the attack on the mirage city and choose to go north to attack the mirage emperor, the goblins will have no way to resist it.
The products and materials that the workshops in the north can provide are almost exhausted. The soldiers recruited lack training and are not large in number, so they cannot continue to fight the orcs.
Once the orcs really start to push north, the goblins will have to fight guerrillas in the mountains to the north for a while.
Mirage Wenxin followed Mirage Emperor, feeling very uneasy at this moment. Because the Tang Empire seemed to be friendly to him, a Mirage official in charge of diplomacy, they even erased his name from the "must die" list.
This made him feel very happy, but also made him very embarrassed in the eyes of many officials in the Mirage Kingdom. The Tang Empire had to let Mirage Wuke and Mirage Wen Dabo die, but only Mirage Wenxin was allowed to live. This in itself represents many subtle things.
So Mirage Wenxin usually doesn't speak now, and just listens to Mirage Dabo continue to say: "But they don't seem to be in a hurry to encircle Mirage City. There are still some small roads that can penetrate into Mirage City, but the cost is very high. Look, It comes with the intention of leaving us and consuming us.”
Averting the gazes of Mirage Emperor and Mirage Dabo, Mirage Wenxin continued to pray that he could become transparent. As expected, the Mirage Emperor had no intention of letting Mirage Wenxin speak. Instead, he asked, "Do we still have something for them to consume?"
Mirage Dabo shook his head and answered the Mirage Emperor's question bitterly: "Only we know that we have nothing left for Mirage City. Even if the other party attacks us, we don't have many troops to deal with it." "Cannonballs and bullets can still be produced in small quantities, but there is no way to make other things. There is not enough electricity, and there is no way to exhaust smoke..." As the prime minister, he knew how dilapidated the Mirage was now. For a country, this can only be described as a disaster.
"In a whole month, we have only produced one Cyric 5 tank, plus the two tanks last month, there are three tanks in total." The Mirage Emperor remembered the report he had heard before, and his expression suddenly became ferocious. Get up!
Last month, Mirage produced a total of two tanks, which were supplied to the 3rd Armored Division, but this month they only produced one, a pitiful one!
Having said this, Mirage Emperor stood up, walked to Mirage Dabo, almost put his hand on his face, and shouted loudly: "And the orc army gained an entire armored division last month. ! More than 500 tanks! Just call it a bluff, but there are also 200 tanks, right?”
"Two hundred! That's two hundred tanks! My loyal 3rd Armored Division only has two tanks in total! Two!" He stretched out **** and gestured on Mirage Dabo's face. !
He hasn’t said how different the quality of the tanks between the two sides is: the tank produced by Mirage is the Cyric Type 5. The overall combat capability of this thing is simply not comparable to the No. 4 tank obtained by the Orcs!
In fact, the Tang Empire did add more than 400 tanks to the Orcs' 2nd Armored Division, and also gave some No. 4 assault guns and Wildbee self-propelled artillery.
These armored units gave the Ork 2nd Armored Division a very powerful combat capability, and it was even easier to defeat the Mirage 3rd Armored Division, which only had two tanks.
Mirage Dabo reminded his Majesty the King with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, according to yesterday's battle report, the 3rd Armored Division lost all its tanks. They had to retreat and give up their defense line."
"They don't have any tanks now... Haha... Yesterday's battle report... Both tanks were destroyed. The 3rd Armored Division has no tanks anymore! This is really a joke, hahaha, hahaha." Mirage Emperor said. He started laughing, and his laughter was full of bitterness and unwillingness, as well as madness and sadness. He did have loyal and brave soldiers, but in the face of a powerful enemy, all this was of no avail.
Not only did the 3rd Armored Division become an infantry division, but the situation of the 1st Armored Division was not much better.
High-intensity battles have caused the armored division's losses to a frightening level. There are only a few dozen tanks left in the entire armored division, and they lack ammunition, lubricants, fuel, and various parts.
These logistical deficiencies prevent one-third of the remaining tanks from joining the battle. Many times, soldiers of this armored division need to go to the destroyed tanks to find usable parts to replenish their numbers.
In order to save ammunition, tanks usually only carry half of the shells in the vehicle, so that after being destroyed, at least some losses can be reduced...
Since it is a defensive operation, the fuel in the tank should be kept as little as possible, which directly increases the anti-explosion ability of the goblin tank: there are often no shells in the tank, and there is not much fuel, so it cannot even burn.
Can you imagine the level of embarrassment? A tank is not at risk of exploding because it may not have a few shells... The survival rate of Mirage's tank crews is now much higher than before.
After being hit, they have enough time to jump out of the vehicle and even pull out the injured crew members under the cover of their comrades. This allowed the officers and soldiers of the Mirage Armored Division to accumulate rich experience in escaping from vehicles.
It's a pity that this experience is of little use, because the Mirage Kingdom no longer has enough tanks to supply them, allowing them to repeat the dangerous skill of jumping out of a vehicle to escape.
The 3rd Armored Division has now retreated to the Mirage City area and has become an infantry division—actually it is not an infantry division at all. Their current strength is only about one reinforced regiment.
This is still a force that is constantly replenished and stabilized. If it weren't for their brave fighting style and the mirage emperor's love, they might be able to have only one battalion left now.
Without the cover of the 3rd Armored Division on the flanks, the speed of the Mirage Army's peripheral defense line immediately increased several times. The 1st Armored Division was forced to retreat, and the defensive positions outside Mirage City were basically occupied by the orcs.
Although Mirage City had been surrounded a long time ago, it was really and completely surrounded around the first day of December. This may be the most despairing birthday gift that Mirage Emperor has ever received.
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