Chapter 1555: 1556 A series of death orders
In the Everwinter Harbor, on the messy streets, some dwarf civilians were crying to clean up the collapsed ruins.
This air raid by the Tang Army was very large in scale, and many civilian buildings were also affected. Hundreds of people died, and many dwarves lost their loved ones.
In addition to the damage to buildings, several warships and transport ships were sunk in the harbor, and equipment such as cranes that were added later were also paralyzed.
The previous small-scale air raids are over. The two large-scale air raids last night and this morning let the dwarves of Everwinter City know how cruel the real war is.
I heard that some transport ships were sunk in the open sea. This morning, you could see lifebuoys or fragments of ships washed ashore on the beach from time to time.
It was not until breakfast that the bodies of several infantrymen were rolled ashore by the waves, and the fishermen on the beach finally became nervous. They sent the body to the garrison. The fort garrison on the shore was extremely nervous. They didn't know whether the Tang army would directly rush into the port.
In the bunker, Moss waited tiredly for news from the front line. After the Tang Army started its air raid, it kept interfering with Everwinter City's communications. Now Moss no longer had a stable way to obtain front line information.
Before, landline telephones could still be used, but now the telephone exchange has been bombed by Tang planes, and it will take at least a day to restore the call forwarding function.
"Report!" A dwarf officer walked in, stood at attention and saluted, and then reported the news from the 1st Army: "General! General Haralek's troops have retreated."
"They lost more than 150 tanks during the attack, and there were about 10,000 casualties. Some troops have not yet been found. On the way back, they encountered air attacks, and the losses have not yet been calculated." After he finished speaking, he The document was handed to Moss.
Haralek didn't know that Moss had no way to contact the 2nd Army. He thought that Moss ordered the retreat because he learned about the 2nd Army's tragic defeat, so he didn't mention Half's 2nd Army at all when reporting the losses. matter.
But despite this, Moss was shocked by the losses of the 1st Army: the entire 1st Army actually lost about two divisions of troops! This counterattack almost caused the 1st Army to lose its offensive ability!
"It is estimated that the Tang Army will counterattack the 1st Army soon." After taking the document, Moss said to his chief of staff with a wry smile: "They have suffered such heavy losses, and the 2nd Army is probably not very optimistic either."
In Moss’ view, if the opponent is really in a tough fight, it will definitely not achieve brilliant results in one aspect. If he were the commander of the Tang Army, he would definitely not be able to mobilize heavy troops to defend the position and block the attack of the 1st Dwarf Army, while at the same time allowing the 2nd Dwarf Army to invade Benn.
In other words, Moss guessed that the 2nd Army probably fought hard all night with no results. Having guessed this ending, Moss also roughly guessed that the Second Army was finished.
His order for the 1st Army to retreat was nearly an hour late due to various reasons. The 1st Army paid a heavy price for this. You can imagine what happened to the 2nd Army who failed to receive his order at all. The 2nd Army, which has lost a large number of mobile reserve forces, can be said to have completely lost the initiative on the battlefield and can only be passively beaten in the remaining time. No one knows how long they can hold positions 1 to 3 without a major general.
Because Benn has been lost, reinforcements are out of the question, and the 2nd Army can only rely on themselves.
In fact, Moss no longer has much energy to think about supporting the 2nd Army: he now needs to seriously think about how he can prevent the Tang Army from moving south.
The 1st Group Army suffered heavy losses, and Position 7 has been under constant beating. The Tang Army may launch an attack on Everwinter City at any time. This is simply a flea on a bald man's head - it's obvious.
If they didn’t want to attack Everwinter City, why would the other side detach a fleet and go south? If it wasn't to attack Everwinter Port, why would the other side step up the air attack on Everwinter City?
Therefore, Moss must consider the possibility of the Tang army attacking Everwinter City: once the port is lost, it almost means that the anti-landing operation has failed, which is equivalent to declaring that he, the frontline commander, has been defeated.
It doesn’t matter if he is defeated, but without the natural chasm and the endless sea, what capital does the Eastern Continent have to continue to persevere? Once the Tang army established a firm foothold in the northern part of the Ice Empire, it would take less than a year to sweep across the central region of the Ice Empire.
Then what? The Tang army going south will attack Ironforge, and he, Moss, is the first sinner of the dwarves' subjugation!
He was not willing to accept such a result anyway, so he had to find a way to continue the battle.
"Sea transportation is not feasible. While the railway is still available, let the troops heading north speed up! If they cannot arrive at Everwinter City before the Tang army attacks, then the Ice Empire will be doomed! Send a telegram to the several armies for reinforcements, next Death order... you must arrive at the designated location one day in advance!" Thinking of this, Moss had to grit his teeth and urge the troops who had already taken action to speed up.
"Reinforce the defense line outside the city! Everwinter City is almost a frontline city... Mobilize all civilians who can be mobilized, and build three circular defense lines before the Tang army starts to attack Everwinter City! This is a death order!" Then Moss A new order was issued.
"Send the new reinforcements to the 1st Army to ensure that they get at least 5,000 new soldiers! Order General Haralek to hold every inch of the position and not take a step back!" Then, he was defeated miserably. The 1st Army issued an order to defend its position.
"Give the commander of Position 7 an order... No matter what method he uses, hold the position! He cannot leave his headquarters! Do you understand what I mean? He will die there because of me!" Another death occurred. Moss, who gave the order, seemed to have collapsed. After the officers who had given the order had left, he sat back on the chair alone and did not move for a long time.
Soon, the piercing air defense siren began to echo again, and the Tang Army's intruder attack plane once again flew over Eternal Winter City loaded with bombs. The streets were full of fleeing civilians, and the roars of anti-aircraft guns kept coming, but they sounded like the moans of someone terminally ill.
On the fifth day after the Tang Army landed, the first batch of armed helicopters stationed at the newly repaired airport, and the Tang Army's air support became stronger. At the same time, also on this day, the dwarves lost their third field airfield...
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