Chapter 1483: 1484 Steel Barrier
In the northwest of the icy empire, where the temperature has warmed up, there are bunkers made of reinforced concrete standing on the cliffs. The dwarves here have carefully built defense lines, and the quality is much higher than those in Dorne.
The jeeps parked next to the position formed a line. Today, the top military commander in charge of this line of defense came to inspect, and everyone seemed nervous.
Compared to the corrupted Dorne, the Ice Empire is undoubtedly relatively normal. The dwarves have gained large tracts of land in past wars, and the places they have integrated are much easier to manage than the places Dorne annexed.
The dwarves were originally relatively united, and after being annexed, these dwarves were willing to obey the orders of Ironforge. If the Tang Empire hadn't caused trouble, the dwarves might have gone south, annexed the elven empire, and started their own path to hegemony.
“Stand at attention!” Moss, along with his staff and adjutants, walked in the trench. It had been reinforced with cement and looked very neat.
The entire defense line has been reinforced, and even the defense thickness of some bunkers can withstand frontal bombardment from 350 mm caliber artillery shells.
"We must be doubly careful. Humanity's expansion conspiracy has not stopped. They must be planning to attack the Eastern Continent, either Dorne or us." Although he is only less than 1.6 meters tall, Moss, the famous general of the Ice Empire, has an imposing manner. Still very sufficient.
He wears a military uniform modified by the dwarves himself, with a red collar badge on the stand-up collar. This military uniform is very distinctive. Its military boots are shorter than those of other countries, and they follow the traditional design of dwarves. They are straight boots without any laces or other decorations on the outside.
The dwarves have built a large number of defense facilities in the northwest area of Everwinter City. This area now has a special name, called the Northwest Fortification Zone. The Tang Empire called this the fortification area, while the dwarves called it the Iron Barrier.
The coastal defense line of the Lions Empire is called the Endless Barrier, the dwarf defense line is called the Iron Barrier, the Poplar Empire's coastal defense line is called the Forest Barrier, and Dorne's defense line is called the Southern Barrier... Everyone seems to like to use the word barrier, as if they have used this word. After that, the sturdiness will increase as well.
It's a pity that there are almost no defensive barriers in the Tang Empire, and most of them are famous but not famous scenic spots...
Mauss has been overseeing this hugely expensive fortified area for almost his entire life, witnessing firsthand its development from scratch, from sloppiness to refinement.
On a huge foundation in the distance, a triple 380 mm caliber heavy gun turret can even rotate 360 degrees. Its armor is more than one meter thick, with cement laid on the top and additional camouflage added.
Ever since it was known that battleships were of little use, various countries have tried their best to recycle the scrap reserves. The most direct way is to use the already produced spare turrets and spare barrels on the coastal defense line.
Now our battleships have actually undergone some modifications: an extra layer of steel plates has been added to both sides, supported by iron rods and hung on the outside of the hull. Experiments have shown that this can increase the resistance of the main armor belt to penetration.
The areas near the bridge are also modified in the same way. Some even use cement and the like to fill them in. It is almost a beggar’s version of composite armor, which can indeed play a certain role.
Even so, countries are not confident about the safety of their battleships, and they dare not bet on navies with backward technology.
Therefore, similar "land-based battleship turrets" have become a fashion: everyone has deployed such weapons on the coastline. Both the rate of fire and the power are much more powerful than army artillery. After all, there is a complete ammunition feeding mechanism under the heavy cement-reinforced base, which can allow the turret to fire a shell at a rate of two to three minutes. If it actually worked, the effect of suppressing the beach would be absolutely terrifying.
Moss walked into a temporary command post. There was 5 meters of reinforced concrete above his head. This thickness made people feel more at ease, and such a command post was just an ordinary temporary command post on the position.
All such headquarters have tunnels or traffic trenches connected to the main defense underground passages, and are equipped with fixed telephones.
These headquarters have good visibility and can even temporarily store ammunition and wounded personnel, making them very convenient to use.
Moss walked to the floor plan of the nearby tunnels, trenches and ammunition depot hanging on the command post, nodded with satisfaction, and said to his entourage: "From a distance perspective, we are the most dangerous one. The Tang Dynasty's reconnaissance planes can fly to us. over their heads, but their land-based planes cannot fly to Dorne.”
He has been emphasizing this point of view, because in his opinion, the Tang State's air force is super powerful and is often used as a stepping stone, and the northwest area of the Ice Empire within the strike radius of the opponent's land-based fighter planes is actually very dangerous.
As a soldier and a general, he did not take any chances. As a famous general in the Dwarf Empire, Moss has a very keen sense of smell: "If I were the commander of the Tang Kingdom's army, I would seriously consider the plan to attack from the northern end of the Eastern Continent, so that I can get paratroopers during the landing operation. And strong support from the bombers.”
The paratroopers of the Tang State are no longer a secret weapon. In the latest airborne battle, the Tang Army used paratroopers to directly disrupt the Qin Army in Jutian and other places, defeated the Qin Army in the Shanchong area in one fell swoop, and directly entered Shu.
With the cooperation of paratroopers, the Tang Army's armored group's rapid advance brought a huge shock to Moss, or to commanders in many countries.
The superior air force's cover, the paratroopers' interference, and the heavy armored group's assault are simply a classic. The blitz effect that everyone dreamed of was realized by the Tang army.
You must know that in the past, everyone was still studying position breakthrough operations, and they all thought that there was no particularly good method in fortified areas.
The Tang Empire directly taught everyone a lesson, and Moss also became more and more wary of the Tang Army's paratroopers from these battles.
Not just a paratrooper, he also paid great attention to one detail: During the Battle of Anqing, the Tang Empire actually raided the Qin Army headquarters and captured Ying'an, the then commander-in-chief of the Qin Army.
This matter made Moss very nervous. He felt that the Tang Army should have a very elite force in its hands, so elite that it could perform some impossible tasks.
Although the intelligence department of the Bingbing Empire believes that the reason why the Tang army was able to capture Ying'an was largely due to the cooperation of local rebels, the replicability is not high. But Moss still felt that he should be wary of the Tang Army's "special forces."