Forcibly taking off aircraft to carry out attacks was not without cost. On this day and the next day, the Air Force crashed a total of 4 aircraft and lost 7 pilots, which made Xiao Yun feel pain for several days.
However, the air force's bombing still had an effect. The dwarf's transportation hub was paralyzed for two days, and the troop assembly was slowed down a lot.
Moreover, the dwarf troops on the front line also encountered a big trouble that they could not avoid: the Tang Army's Army Air Force!
A large number of Hind gunships appeared above their heads, suppressing the dwarf ground troops with rockets and machine guns, almost destroying the entire 6th and 5th armies.
The troops that had finally been assembled were met with a dense barrage of rockets. In the absence of air defense, the troops suffered losses of entire battalions and entire companies.
Under such a blow, the unadapted dwarf troops had to retreat continuously, giving up a depth of dozens of kilometers, and re-established a more stable defense line relying on some hilly forests.
It didn't matter that they retreated. Their plan to break through the encirclement of the Tang army and reestablish the connection with Yongdong Port was completely ruined.
The distance between the 4th Army in Yongdong Port and the 6th Army on the outside suddenly widened from less than 50 kilometers to 90 kilometers, and there was no hope of breaking out.
Therefore, when the war has reached this state, almost all the dwarf leaders have confirmed one thing: they are definitely unable to win the battle of Everwinter Port.
The best case scenario is: the dwarves can retake Everwinter Harbor within a month after losing it; the worst case scenario is: Everwinter Harbor becomes a supply base for the Tang army, and the Ice Empire wants to fight the Tang people on the mainland.
A protracted all-out war.
Everyone knows that counterattack is the only way out. If the production capacity of the entire Western Continent is allowed to be used, coupled with the terrifying technical strength of the Datang Group, the Eastern Continent has no chance of winning.
Emperor Tang's speech completely exposed his ambition. The other party is targeting the entire Eastern Continent, and no one is innocent!
In order to calm the situation and unify the frontline command as soon as possible, the Emperor Binghan I of the Binghan Empire decided to personally lead the expedition and personally serve as the commander-in-chief of the "anti-Tang coalition".
He made this determination very quickly, but it still wasted two days. During these two days, Tang Jun did a lot of things.
On the one hand, they compressed the area controlled by the 4th Army of the Dwarves in Everwinter City, and on the other hand, they also reserved a round of ammunition and fuel to prepare for the dwarves' counterattack.
Of course, it was not a small matter for the emperor Binghan I to lead a personal expedition, so tens of thousands of his imperial guards, carrying supplies and countless ministers, left the capital Ironforge in a mighty manner.
This journey lasted three days. During these three days, the dwarf's 6th Army and 5th Army did not launch any attack at all. They just quietly waited for their "commander-in-chief" to take office.
However, not all time is wasted. At least judging from satellite images, the 10th Army deployed by the Dwarves on the southern border, as well as the 8th and 9th Army, are all moving closer to the front line.
The Elf's 2nd Army was also heading north, walking on the side of the 10th Army. In addition, Susas and the Yangmu Empire's air force were also gathering north.
As Binghan I left, he and his staff worked out a combat plan that seemed reasonable: using the 6th and 5th Army Groups as the forerunners to launch a large-scale counterattack within 10 days.
The purpose of this round of counterattack is not to tear apart the Tang Army's defense line, but to tire out the Tang Army, consume the Tang Army's reserves, and gain a favorable situation for subsequent operations.
Subsequently, the 2nd Elf Army and the 8th and 9th Army of the Ice Empire arrived, and the three armies would cooperate to launch a larger-scale counterattack.
This attack is the killer move! The revitalized Alliance Air Force will cover this operation. Hundreds of thousands of troops will cooperate with thousands of aircraft to rush into the Tang army's position, recapture Yongdong Port, and then rush straight to Benn.
Of course, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, there are the dwarf 7th Army and the 10th Army behind them as the general reserve. In Binghan I's view, the entire plan is perfect in every aspect.
The elves are also very satisfied with this plan, because the Ice Empire did not put the elves in the front to fight a war of attrition, which already shows the sincerity of the dwarves.
It was indeed fair to let Susas and the Yangmu Empire's air force cover the attack of the main elven force, so the elves immediately agreed to this battle plan.
In order to show their sincerity, the elves ordered the 3rd Army Group stationed on the border to advance north, showing that they would help the dwarves win this war at all costs.
After the counterattack plan was drawn up, the dwarf troops on the front line were ordered to start preparations. After considering the actual situation, the 6th Army adjusted its deployment.
Fearing the Tang Army's armed helicopters, the dwarves deployed their anti-aircraft guns as much as possible on the frontline troops.
Anyway, no matter how much their logistics forces perform air defense, it is meaningless. Those anti-aircraft guns cannot shoot down the attack aircraft of the Tang Air Force. So it is better to leave those small-caliber anti-aircraft guns to the combat troops and let these troops deal with those difficult helicopter flies.
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Then the dwarves gathered as many tank troops as possible and hid them near the woodland, preparing to serve as the vanguard in the counterattack.
After two days of struggling like this, they finally made preparations for the attack according to the plan. After all, Moss had already suffered in the encirclement for another seven days.
Why didn't the Tang army remove Moss's nail in seven days? Because while saving ammunition, the Tang army also changed some offensive strategies.
After the intelligence department confirmed that the dwarves were preparing to attack, Feng Kezhi and Hogg had a bold idea.
They pulled out the troops besieging Moss and replaced them with air force paratroopers who had rested for a while and were worried about their lack of mission. In this way, Xiang Ziyu's troops inexplicably joined the street fighting. What they needed to do was not attack.
, but just hold your position.
After the operation of vacating the cage and replacing the bird, the 1st Army of the Tang Dynasty, which was responsible for the siege of Everwinter Port, rested for two days to recharge their batteries and dig a big hole for the 6th Army of the Dwarfs who were preparing to attack.
At the same time, Feng Kezhi was also prepared on the other side. The 9th Army of the Tang Dynasty, which had rested for almost half a month, was also in full position, waiting for the 5th Army of the Dwarves to come and die.
