Chapter 1740: 1741Victory is at hand

Chapter 1740: 1741Victory is at hand

 Chapter 17401741Victory is at hand

In the Tang Empire's frontline headquarters in Everwinter City, several staff officers were reporting the latest battle progress to Marshal Tiger.

An officer talked about the battle situation in the encirclement of the central mountainous area: "The commander of the 12th Army committed suicide. Before his death, he issued an order for the troops to lay down their weapons. General Eric believed that there were approximately 130,000 dwarf troops who surrendered. It will take them a day or so to clear the battlefield."

The 7th Army commanded by Eric obviously stole the show this time. He surrounded the two dwarf armies and cooperated with the armored units of the 3rd Army in a large-scale encirclement and annihilation battle.

 When the encirclement was formed, there were approximately 400,000 dwarf soldiers inside, which was not a small number from any perspective.

When talking about this, the officer looked regretful: "If they had made such a decision one day earlier, at least 20,000 more people could have survived. The severe cold tortured these dwarves who were naturally accustomed to the cold, and now it is everywhere in the encirclement. I saw the frozen bodies.”

The battle situation reported by Eric was too tragic. The result of the dwarf troops' forced breakout was their own losses that were incalculable.

The weather caused more casualties to the dwarf troops than to the Tang army. It was said that the encirclement was like hell. The entire company and battalion of dwarf soldiers were frozen in place after being gone overnight. The entire camp was filled with the neat corpses of sleeping soldiers.

Another staff officer continued to add with some regret: "Although the dwarf's 11th Army is still resisting, it has completely lost its coordinated command. The troops are fighting independently. In fact, even we don't know that their army headquarters is still there. Existence does not exist.”

 Obviously, the remaining dwarf troops who were trapped and struggling were still struggling, and they also knew that if they did not break out to Ironforge, Ironforge would be doomed.

So many dwarf troops are not willing to surrender their guns. They want to continue to persist, continue to fight, and use their lives to fight for a glimmer of hope for their country.

There are brave and fearless soldiers at all times, but some of them fight for justice, and some sacrifice for evil, but the process is not fundamentally different.

The commanders of the Tang Army admired those dwarf warriors who had the courage to face powerful enemies, but they could not be soft-hearted and had no reason to give up the victory they had already won.

After completing the supplement, the officer continued to promise: "I think that within two days, the battle in the encirclement will be over, and no dwarf soldier will be able to break through and return to Ironforge... The 7th Army has the ability to do it. "

Tiger nodded slightly. He knew that the battle of Ironforge would definitely be much easier after the 11th and 12th armies of the dwarves were eliminated. In fact, the armored troops of the 3rd Army swept across the southern plains and then went north to block these dwarf troops, in order to prevent them from returning to Ironforge to fight in the streets.

It is completely different to eliminate these dwarf troops in the wild and to eliminate these troops in the ruins of the city. The results of the 7th Army at this moment just prove this: the 11th and 11th dwarfs who were surrounded in the field The 12th Army completely collapsed within a few days after running out of ammunition and food.

"General Ying'an's troops have invaded the main urban area of ​​Ironforge from the west. They have controlled the West Square of Ironforge, and the straight-line distance from the central square is no more than 2 kilometers." Then, several officers The content of the report was transferred to Ironforge. The dwarven forces fighting in Ironforge were significantly weakened, and the reinforcements from Dorne disappeared. The troops left in the city now are basically the defeated remnants of the Western Front.

Ying'an's troops have begun to advance towards the central area of ​​Ironforge after occupying the West Railway Station and the West Square.

Their speed was faster because Marshal Balov had to deploy reserve troops to take over the defense area of ​​Marshal Xieke's troops. Therefore, the troops in the dwarf city were generally shrinking in defense and had to give up many defensive positions.

Another staff officer made a gesture on the map marked with the occupation flag and said: "General Feng Kezhi's troops are also continuing to attack in the east. They have occupied a large number of residential areas, but there are indeed a lot of civilians there, which affects The speed of their advance... Of course, because the opponent has mobilized a large number of troops, their progress has not been slow in the past two days. "

　In fact, everyone knows that Ironforge can no longer hold on for long, because the number of troops in the city has been reduced to a certain extent.

A large number of troops were transferred away. Obviously this was a wrong decision made by the dwarves: relying on the ruins and street fighting, they seemed to be able to hold on for a while, but pulling these troops out to fight in the field was simply playing into the Tang army's wishes.

Then a staff officer talked about the major counterattack on the southern plains: "The biggest progress is still in the southern plains. General Strauss's 3rd Army swept the Dwarf Eastern Front. Now they are taking prisoners. The specific number is still there. Among the statistics.”

Although from the perspective of plan execution, the 3rd Army did not fight well. A pincer offensive was forced by them into the current situation of advancing hand in hand.

Judging from the results, the 3rd Army has achieved its campaign objectives: annihilating the Dwarf Eastern Front and cutting off the supply line to the south of Ironforge.

"If nothing unexpected happens, our troops will be able to retake Dalkas today, and they will be able to cross the Potter River tomorrow at the latest and cut off the last few supply lines to the south of Ironforge." He told Marshal Tiger. A very specific time, because there is nothing in front of the 3rd Army that can stop their progress.

"Once Ironforge is encircled, the war situation in the Ice Empire will be determined. In the next stage, we can focus on going south to break through the Elf defense line." He said while making a closing gesture on the map.

The air force generals immediately stated their next stage of action plan: "General Xiao Yun is preparing to mobilize more bombers to destroy the industrial production capacity of the Yangmu Empire, paralyze the opponent's industrial manufacturing, and gain greater advantages for subsequent operations. "

Tiger nodded. He also knew that Xiao Yun was planning a large-scale bombing against the Yangmu Empire. The entire bombing plan included the use of long-range ballistic missiles that had just arrived in the Eastern Continent. The air force is preparing to use these missiles to attack the capital of the Poplar Empire, and use Ares bombers to attack all important industrial cities in the northern elves. This bombing is expected to last for half a month, by which time the elves' industrial production capacity will drop to about half of the current level.