Chapter 1570: 1571 glanced from a distance
Chapter 15701571 glanced from a distance
In the headquarters of Everwinter City, General Moss was discussing with his staff the operational deployment to prevent the Tang army from attacking.
They have been really busy recently, because the arrival of troops from the rear to the front line needs to be arranged, a large amount of supplies need to be distributed, and losses need to be replaced.
Most of the steel barrier has fallen, and all kinds of materials stored there have become trophies of the Tang army, including food, medical supplies, and ammunition.
These supplies are undoubtedly valuable to the Ice Empire, and they must replenish more similar supplies to the front line as soon as possible in order to allow the remaining troops to continue fighting.
A staff officer reported their limited intelligence: "We know nothing about the scale of the Tang army's logistical supplies! Only one submarine saw a large number of transport ships close to their route."
Because the supply line is too long, it is impossible for the Tang Army to deploy too many anti-submarine forces on the route across the endless sea. Although there are advanced **** warships, the Ice Empire's submarines can still bring back some intelligence.
At least, they were able to watch the Tang fleet pass by from a distance. Those huge fleets were loaded with supplies. Dozens of ships formed a fleet, escorted by one or two destroyers and frigates, and shuttled across the ocean.
Hearing the news, General Moss immediately cheered up and asked hopefully: "Have the results been achieved?"
For him, or for the Bingbing Empire, every loss caused to the Tang Empire's supply line may tip the balance of victory in this war.
The staff officer shook his head and replied with some regret: "No, their merchant ships are very fast, and... they are escorted by warships. Our submarines dare not attack easily."
Frankly speaking, the Ice Empire's naval technology was too backward. They lost too much in the war with the elves, including valuable development time and funds for the navy.
Both the Poplar Empire and the Ice Empire lost some warships in the war, and at the same time they did not have enough funds to purchase more warships to supplement their naval losses.
Later, all countries were building aircraft carriers, but the construction of aircraft carriers by elves and dwarves lagged far behind. At the same time, their submarine technology developed very slowly, which was one of the reasons why the Tang Empire chose the Ice Empire as a breakthrough to land on the Eastern Continent.
Most of the Ice Empire's submarines are old models. The speed of these submarines sailing on the water is about 15 knots. This speed is barely enough to pursue the Tang Army's large transport ships. However, the Ice Empire's submarines did not dare to appear arrogantly near the Tang Army's **** ships, so they could only wait and wait at a submarine speed.
This kind of waiting is often in vain. Even if it is encountered, the opportunity to attack will be lost due to various reasons - the submarine of the Ice Empire can only travel at a speed of 3 to 5 knots underwater. At this speed, it is impossible to close the distance and fire. attacking.
From here we can also see the huge influence of modern submarine technology, or nuclear power on submarines: a power that can allow submarines to maintain a speed of more than 20 knots underwater can really revolutionize weapons such as submarines.
The biggest problem is that the submarine commanders of the Ice Empire have received too little information. There are no reconnaissance aircraft to provide support, and there are no surface ships to assist. Except for a few lucky ones who happen to encounter the passing Tang Army fleet, these submarines are basically useless. Not seen either. Even if they saw these fleets, due to the unilateral suppression of sonar technology, these submarines of the Ice Empire did not dare to get too close. They could only take a look from a distance and provide their country with some pitiful intelligence.
The latest message is that a submarine saw a large fleet heading to the Eastern Continent from a distance, with no end in sight.
"A large number of transport ships...how many are there?" Moss was stunned for a moment after hearing the news, and then immediately asked.
He did not hope that the Tang army could still obtain sufficient supplies. This was his final motivation to continue fighting. If the Tang army really crossed the natural chasm of the Endless Sea, then the Ice Empire's resistance would become meaningless.
The staff officer also knew where Moss's psychological bottom line was, but he had to report the information to Moss truthfully: "According to the intelligence returned, they discovered about 40 ships of various types, some larger, some smaller. Some."
Moss's face became a little pale, and his body even swayed a little: "If we estimate based on this scale, the Tang people should have built a quite large port near the landing coastline."
"General! You can't infer this. It's possible that their ships are stuck near the coastline and the efficiency of transporting supplies ashore is very low. Otherwise, how to explain the fact that their offensive is slowing down in the past two days?" The staff officer saw Moss's The situation was not quite right, so he quickly offered words of comfort.
Their aerial reconnaissance did not bring back any news. No one was able to get close to the landing site of the Tang army, so no one knew how large a dock the Tang people had built on the coastline.
The legendary dock that can be built quickly has not been truly demonstrated, so everyone can only guess and cannot be sure of Tang Jun's "ability to build temporary docks."
"I hope so... By the way, what did the Air Force say?" Moss's face looked a little better and he said while holding on to the edge of the table.
Now he can only comfort himself in this way, otherwise it will be difficult for him to sustain: if the Tang army has solved the logistical troubles now, Moss really doesn't know what the Ice Empire can do to continue fighting with the Tang people.
Another staff officer shook his head. He knew that Moss was expecting the Air Force to launch a counterattack again, so that the pressure on the ground could be relieved. But in fact, the Air Force could no longer provide more power: "They have no way to continue. A large-scale attack has been launched. The commanders of Dorne have been negotiating with us in the past two days. They believe that we should be responsible for such heavy losses. "
In the counterattack launched a few days ago, the pressure on the ground forces was drastically reduced. Whether it was building fortifications or conducting defensive operations that day, the efficiency of the dwarf ground forces was unprecedentedly high.
Furthermore, the Tang army did not launch a large-scale attack despite the lack of air force support. This somewhat creates an illusion, as if the Tang Army would be less able to conduct large-scale ground military operations without its air force.
So Moss eagerly hoped that the Air Force could organize another counterattack so that his troops could take a breather, and use this gap to build more defenses and deploy more supplies.