Chapter 1676: 1677 Guards Army
Chapter 1676 1677 Guards
On this day, the Tang Army advanced its front line to less than 50 kilometers away from Ironforge. After capturing a small village, they stopped to repair.
The troops need to replenish ammunition, repair and maintain tanks and armored vehicles, and also wait for subsequent troops to catch up. This unit belonged to the 9th Army of the Tang Empire. Before they stopped advancing, they discovered that the dwarf unit opposite seemed to have a new "designation".
Even the highly mechanized Tang Army actually had a large number of baggage and second-line troops. In addition to self-propelled artillery, the Tang Army was also equipped with a large number of towed 155mm howitzers.
It will take time for these artillery pieces to catch up, and the transport troops that provide more shells for these artillery pieces will also need a lot of time to transport supplies closer to the front.
There is a subtle competitive relationship between Feng Kezhi and Ying'an. They are competing to see whose troops can reach Ironforge first, and whose troops can enter this sacred city in the eyes of the dwarves first.
Capturing this place will shake the Ice Empire's effective rule over the entire dwarf region, and at the same time effectively control the central region of the Ice Empire.
The reason why this place can become a thousand-year-old city is that its geographical advantages are very obvious: it is built between two rivers, and the flat terrain is very suitable for building a city.
In addition, it is also the most important transportation node in the central part of the entire dwarf region. Almost all the railways built by the Ice Empire revolve around it. Taking it is equivalent to controlling most of the central railway lines.
If you add in the industrial capacity that was bombed to almost zero...this is almost the most elite part of the icy empire established by the dwarves.
In addition to the strategic significance, the political significance of controlling Ironforge is also very huge: after winning here, the Tang State has basically completed the actual control of the Binghan Empire. In a sense, it is equivalent to the destruction of Binghan. empire.
This is of great significance to the Tang Empire, which has been fighting. No matter how you look at it, it is an exciting thing when Tang Mo announces the end of the war between the Tang Empire and the Binghan Empire.
The 9th Army is currently deploying in the northeast direction of Ironforge. Feng Kezhi eagerly hopes that he can prove himself again with the Battle of Ironforge.
The 11th Army also launched a fierce attack in the northwest direction of Ironforge. Ying'an, representing the Qin general, was also preparing to use this battle of Ironforge to remove the label of surrender from him.
However, both of them were worried that their fierce attack would attract the most elite troops of the dwarves in their own direction, so they did not dare to use too much force. If someone picks peaches by using too much force, wouldn't it be too late to cry?
So they were cautious and only pushed a few kilometers every day. They seemed to be modest, but in fact both of them were holding back a lot of energy.
The dwarf troops blocking them actually experienced a slight change. They were divided into two parts. The first part was commanded by Marshal Balov, and the second part was commanded by General Shekko.
These two armies are called the Western Front Army and the Eastern Front Army by the dwarves: the main opponent of the Western Front Army commanded by Balov is Ying'an's 11th Army, and the Eastern Front Army commanded by Xie Ke is responsible for resisting Feng Kezhi's 9th Army.
From the perspective of paper strength, Ying'an obviously suffered a disadvantage this time: the Western Front he faced had two elite armies, the 3rd and 13th, and was reinforced by the 14th Army, making the lineup stronger. What Funk faced was the 9th, 10th and 15th armies commanded by Xie Ke, which had routed all the way from the northern region. Their strength was obviously inferior to the Western Front commanded by Balov.
However, the Eastern Front received another kind of reinforcement: the Imperial Capital Guard Army, which was pieced together from the captured Ironforge civilians, was given to Xie Ke's command. Although these tens of thousands of people had little combat effectiveness, their numbers were still there.
Why do we need to set up two front army leaders? Because the more passive the command hierarchy, the more chaotic it will be. In order to unify and coordinate, we can only add new command structures... This is the way the dwarves solve similar problems.
Under such circumstances, the two sides kicked off the Battle of Ironforge.
"Eastern Front? Is it higher than the group army?" Noticing the new changes in his opponent, Feng Kezhi frowned slightly. He doesn't want his frontal enemy to be strengthened, which is not good news for him.
“According to the prisoners’ accounts, the enemy on the other side is still the 9th Army, and there has been no change.” The chief of staff pinched his chin and said, “Perhaps, the other side is just integrating the existing troops, not strengthening them...”
"It's hard to say...what do you think about the electronic interception?" Feng Kezhi looked at his intelligence officer.
"The number of the 14th Group Army has been mentioned less." The officer who had been responsible for monitoring the enemy's communications immediately reported: "But a new number appeared. It doesn't sound like a regular army, and the name is Imperial Guard Army."
The Tang Army's intelligence and investigation methods are too advanced and their code breaking speed is fast enough, so their opponents have almost no secrets. Through the horizontal comparison of intelligence, Tang Jun could easily grasp the opponent's movements and achieve the goal of attacking first and arriving first.
"Guards? Guards? I guess it's the main force?" The sensitive Feng Kezhi was a little unhappy. Hearing this number was not good news for him.
"That's not necessarily true. Although the content of the intercepted message was encrypted, it was an application for weapons and ammunition supplies...for the main force. It's not like this, right?" the intelligence officer added with some uncertainty.
This made Feng Kezhi a little confused again. Logically speaking, it is true that the main force will not be late in replenishing equipment.
“I think we don’t need to guess here anymore. Let’s try advancing a few kilometers further. If the opponent is the main force, we will see it on the battlefield soon.” the chief of staff suggested.
Feng Kezhi nodded. Now that the enemy has put this force in his face, it doesn't matter whether it is the main force or not. Regardless of whether he is truly elite or not, he will eat the other person!
“Then let’s try to fight a dozen! Even the Imperial Guards of Binghan I can be eaten by us!” Funk made up his mind and pressed his palms on the map as he spoke.
Opposite him, in a hidden command post, Xie Ke scolded his men with an unhappy look on his face: "Guards? Do they deserve ammunition supplies? Are those officers who were transferred crazy? Let them keep going. Go build the trenches! What are these untrained civilians doing?"