It is true that the Mirage Kingdom does not even have enough artillery shells, because some places have more stockpiles, and some places have less stockpiles, so it is not that the total number is not enough, but that there is a shortage in local areas.
The direction of Dingcheng has always been the focus of the attack by the orc troops, so the amount of artillery shells consumed is very large. The fierce attacks for several days have allowed the Mirage to use up most of the artillery shells in reserve.
The remaining shells should be used with caution, so it would be redundant to throw precious shells at the lost position.
Shanlu, who had captured this fighter plane, immediately ordered two more regiments of troops to press towards Dingcheng, continuing to put pressure on the goblin defenders.
On the road in the rugged area, a mirage goblin led a thin war horse and walked forward listlessly. He was a transport soldier, responsible for transporting supplies to Dingcheng.
In the past, similar work was completed by trains, but unfortunately the trains can no longer approach the direction of Dingcheng. The Tang Empire used H-6 bombers to blow up the railway, and they would come to carry out follow-up attacks at regular intervals. The Mirage Kingdom was no longer able to do so.
Going for repairs again.
The railway was blocked, and trains did not dare to leave easily during the day, so we had to rely on other transportation methods. Cars were obviously not suitable because cars consume precious gasoline, so oxen and horses became the only alternative.
Fortunately, the Mirage itself is not highly mechanized, and there are still a lot of war horses and oxen left, so it is still possible to improvise some.
The Mirage soldier in front of him was a farmer before he was captured to join the army. He could raise horses, and what he was holding behind him was his most valuable property, a horse he raised.
This horse has been with him for three years, and he is even more attentive to it than to his wife. In the farming world, labor such as cattle and horses are more valuable than women.
In order to save horsepower, the goblin even carried two cannonballs on his horse's back. These 100mm-caliber cannonballs were very heavy, and walking several kilometers behind him was really torturous.
There is a cloth bag hanging on the horse's back. Three artillery shells of the same caliber are installed on both sides of the bag. In this way, one person and one horse can carry 8 artillery shells at a time, plus a small amount of lighter items, such as clothes.
That's all the horses can transport.
This is a mode of transportation that the Mirage gradually invented during the war: personal transportation. Collect supplies from the rear, mostly weapons and equipment that are of little use after being taken away by individuals, and then find a way to transport them to the front line.
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In this way, those who receive supplies on the front line only need to exchange stamped receipts for these weapons. In this way, they can be broken into parts and the ammunition and weapons and equipment can be sent to the location.
Why not use a carriage? Because it takes time to make a carriage. At the same time, a carriage is easily discovered and attacked by enemy air units, making it difficult to hide.
Another reason is that a large number of carriages have been gathered to transport materials that cannot be handed over to individuals. These materials can only be transported by dedicated logistics supply troops. If they are given to individuals, they will definitely be lost.
Similar supplies include rice, flour, medicine and other things. These things are useful to ordinary people. As long as you dare to let people take these things and walk away by themselves, they will dare to take these things away from home...
Therefore, the supplies that are transported by individuals are basically shells, bullets, and a small number of heavy machine guns: these are things that individuals cannot use, and they cannot be exchanged for anything if they are taken away, and no one dares to take them away.
This goblin was walking on the side of the road like this. It was not the first day he had walked this road, and it was not the first time he had done such a job.
Although he belonged to the army and was issued a helmet, in fact people like him were not trusted. If he hadn't known how to raise horses and had horses at home, he would probably have died somewhere.
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He has a military uniform, a helmet, and even a pistol and two rounds of ammunition: these equipment are designed to allow him to intimidate the villagers passing by the village and protect his belongings.
To put it bluntly, it is just a piece of tiger skin, used to scare the villagers in the mountains. Why not give more? Because even Cyric's flintlocks are not in sufficient quantity.
That's right! The Mirage State distributed the old Cyric flintlocks that had been eliminated for more than ten years that had been piled up in the warehouse and had not been destroyed in time to these soldiers who were delivering supplies.
After all, all the good weapons were sent to the front line, and some Cyric flintlock rifles were also distributed to the front line soldiers as bayonet weapons. The rest of these gadgets were used by the delivery people for self-defense.
After all, he is also a soldier, and he is also responsible for the relatively important task of transporting supplies. It is unreasonable not to give him a weapon for self-defense.
He had no choice but to bring it, and it was too much to carry, so the goblin soldier put the broken gun, two rounds of bullets, and some gunpowder that might have been damp and caked in the duffel bag carried by his old horse.
When he was really in trouble, he felt that the hatchet hanging on his waist was more effective than the fire stick: even if he had time to reload, it was still a question of whether the thing could ring.
This thing is not as useful as a kettle. Obviously, a military kettle is much more considerate to a soldier on the road than a gun that cannot fire.
In fact, no one bothered him. There was no use in taking back a few cannonballs from ordinary people. Even if they did encounter robbers, they would not want those cannonballs because they were interested in the hatchet on his waist.
The probability may even be greater with kettles.
Moreover, the current situation is that the civilians in the Mirage Kingdom have long since run away when they see those in military uniforms. They are all afraid that they will be arrested and sent to the front line. How can they dare to bring bad luck to the soldiers?
So he didn't even see a single person along the way, neither soldiers nor civilians.
Frankly speaking, walking on such a road is quite boring, and carrying heavy ammunition is uncomfortable, so such work is very boring.
Maybe it's good to find such a job. After all, this is war time, and if you don't want to die, you have to endure all kinds of grievances.
As he was walking, he saw a car that had been destroyed on the road. The car had been abandoned here for who knows how long, and it was already covered in rust.
Many parts on the truck had been dismantled and taken away, and the remaining parts were awkwardly left there. It was probably too late to recycle them.
The Mirage Kingdom is indeed very short of steel, but not many people dare to approach these destroyed cars easily. At first, they did find some tow trucks to take these cars away, but then the tow trucks began to be lost and the troops began to run out of fuel. Then
Recycling of entire vehicles is rare.
However, people passing by will often search for some removable parts from these car wrecks and take them back to exchange for something.
The goblin soldier led his old horse to a position almost parallel to the abandoned and damaged car, and then saw a bullet hole in the front of the vehicle and the engine hood.
The windshield of the driver's cab has been broken, and some dark things can still be seen on it. The driver's seat itself is made of wood, with dried blood and some glass fragments on it.
The driver of the car has disappeared. It is estimated that someone helped collect the body. Some of the handrails of the car, including the steering wheel, have been removed.
The driver must be dead, otherwise there wouldn't be so much blood in the cab. And he walked away very peacefully, which can be confirmed by looking at the hole in the driver's seat.
It is estimated that a 20mm caliber cannon penetrated the cab: the driver was shattered on the spot, and the person on the passenger seat next to him was probably also dead. Some splashing objects should have hit the unlucky guy.
If he's lucky, this unlucky guy should be able to save his life... But he's been hit, so how lucky can he be? Thinking like this, the goblin soldier passed the car that was leaning and paralyzed on the road.
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Along the way, there were many such cars, as well as some fragments of wooden carriages: broken wheels, and some broken boards and parts. Occasionally, you could also see the body of a war horse, or skeleton: flesh.
It has already rotted, and most of it had been torn away by animals or people before it rotted.
This is the disadvantage of carriage transportation. Even if an enemy plane is discovered, they will not have time to hide. However, carriages also have an advantage, that is, one horse can transport ten times more materials, which greatly improves the efficiency.
Unfortunately, due to the blockade of planes by the Tang Army and the Orcs, the only way to deliver supplies to Dingcheng is by horse-drawn carriages at night. During the day, these convoys will soon be discovered and attacked.
As mentioned before, this type of carriage usually transports grain. It is impossible to send regular troops to escort it without forming a team. Therefore, the size of the convoy cannot be small, and naturally it cannot leave during the day.
Therefore, although the efficiency of transportation is higher, there is no way to transport it during the day, and more soldiers are needed to guard it. In fact, it does not improve much after coming and going.
Bullet holes can still be seen on the bumpy roads, which are left by the Orcs' Yin Er attack aircraft. The enemy will shoot close to the ground and sieve the targets it sees.
"Hurry up, old man..." The goblin pulled his horse. He didn't know if he had been depressed for a long time and started talking to his own horse.
He didn't bring any disassembly tools, although many people who did the same job as him would make some tools themselves, and then scavenge some parts from the cars along the way. But he didn't bring any, because he felt that carrying two shells was already heavy enough.
, there is no need to increase your burden for other things.
Some of the surrounding trees have fallen down, because bombing is likely to affect these trees. If you look down on this road from the sky, it is actually no different from the surface of the moon.
