In the Everwinter Harbor, on the messy streets, some dwarf civilians were crying and cleaning up the collapsed ruins.
This air raid by the Tang Army was very large-scale, and many civilian buildings were also affected. About hundreds of people died, and many dwarves lost their relatives.
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 ended, and 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. From time to time, you could see lifebuoys or ship fragments washed ashore on the beach this morning.
It was not until breakfast that the corpses of several infantrymen were rolled ashore by the waves. The fishermen on the beach finally became nervous. They sent the corpses to the garrison. The fort garrison on the shore was extremely nervous. They didn't know if the Tang army would
Rush directly into the port.
In the bunker, Moss waited tiredly for news from the front line. After the Tang Army began its air raid, it kept interfering with Everwinter City's communications. Now Moss no longer has a stable way to obtain front line information.
Landline telephones were still available before, 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 loss 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, so the 2nd Army is probably not too optimistic either."
In Moss's view, if the opponent is really in a hard fight, it will definitely not achieve brilliant results in a certain aspect. If he is the commander of the Tang Army, he certainly cannot mobilize heavy troops to defend the position and block the attack of the 1st Dwarf Army.
Let the dwarves' 2nd Army attack Benn.
In other words, Moss guessed that the 2nd Army probably fought hard all night without any results. Having guessed this outcome, Moss also roughly guessed that the 2nd 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 did not receive his order at all.
The Second Group 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 for the rest of the time. With a shortage of major generals, how long they can hold positions 1 to 3 is uncertain.
People know.
Because Benn had been lost, reinforcements were out of the question, and the 2nd Army had to rely on themselves.
In fact, Moss no longer had much energy to think about supporting the 2nd Army: he now had to seriously think about how he was going to prevent the Tang Army from moving south.
The 1st Group Army suffered heavy losses, and Position 7 was constantly being beaten. The Tang Army might launch an attack on Yongdong City at any time. This was simply a flea on a bald man's head - it was obvious.
If they didn't want to attack Everwinter City, why would the other side detach a fleet to go south? If they didn't want 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 didn't matter that he was defeated, but without the natural chasm and the endless sea, what capital did the Eastern Continent have to continue to persevere? Once the Tang army established a firm foothold in the northern part of the Ice Empire, they could sweep across the central region of the Ice Empire in less than a year.
What next? The Tang army going south will attack Ironforge, and he, Moss, will be the first sinner of the dwarves' subjugation!
He was unwilling to accept such a result anyway, so he had to find a way to continue this battle.
"Sea transportation is not feasible. While the railway is still available, let the troops heading north speed up! If they can't arrive at Everwinter City before the Tang army attacks, then the Ice Empire will be doomed! Send a telegram to the reinforcements of several army groups, 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! Yongdong City is almost a frontline city... Mobilize all civilians who can be mobilized, and three circular defense lines must be built before the Tang army starts to attack Yongdong City! This is a dead order!" Then, Mo
Si issued a new order.
"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 one was ordered.
Moss, who had given the order, seemed to have collapsed. After the officers who had given the order had left, he sat back on his chair alone and did not move for a long time.
Soon, the harsh air defense sirens began to reverberate again, and the Tang Army's intruder attack planes once again flew over Yongdong City loaded with bombs. The streets were full of fleeing civilians, and the roars of anti-aircraft guns came and went, but they didn't sound like anything.
The groan of terminal illness.
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