The last bit of diesel was poured into the generator, and two dwarf soldiers walked out of the engine room carrying empty oil drums. After a brief power outage, the incandescent light bulb hanging above the head of the headquarters lit up again.
Under the dim light, there were frightened and nervous faces. These dwarf officers knew that their final end was probably coming.
Sitting in his seat, General Moss was looking down at the brazier in front of him, in which were various documents that had been burned to ashes.
The room was filled with a choking burnt smell, but these smells could not cover up another smell called despair.
The chief of staff came over and brought even more depressing news: "General... No. 14 King's Avenue has been lost... Our people are blocking the Tang army in Building 13... I guess they won't be able to hold on much longer."
The place they are located is actually the King's Avenue, and it is No. 5 King's Avenue. It can be said that the current battle line is only a few buildings away from where they are.
The Tang Army could attack at any time, and the previously prepared No. 3 Command Headquarters was not used at all: it was attacked by the Tang Army first, so Moss could only stay in No. 2 Command Headquarters to continue directing the battle.
Moss sighed and said in a somewhat regretful tone: "I know... It seems that we still haven't been able to get what we wanted after all... Forget it, let's not talk about it, you should lead people to break out."
He was a little excited a few days ago and felt that the Tang army was at the end of its strength and was about to collapse. But things did not develop as he had deduced, and now he didn't even know what was happening outside the encirclement.
The chief of staff shook his head hopelessly, with no intention of breaking out at all: "General... you know, there is no chance of a successful breakout... We have long since lost hope, haven't we?"
Hearing the words of the Chief of Staff, Moss could only pretend to be relaxed and consoled: "Maybe, but you should give it a try. The last time we contacted, the forward troops of the 6th Army were only 21 kilometers away from us..."
"That was two days ago... No, that was three days ago. General, they can't hold on there for that long." The chief of staff shook his head. He no longer had any hope in this statement.
In his opinion, the 6th Army's previous statement that it was only 21 kilometers away from them was probably false. If the Tang Army really allowed them to advance to that position, they should be able to cover the remaining 21 kilometers.
right.
But in fact, no troops of the 6th Army entered Everwinter Port at all. They were defeated somewhere and never showed up again.
"I know, but there is still a little bit of hope." Moss nodded and agreed with the chief of staff's statement, but he was still unwilling to extinguish hope, so he still insisted.
As long as they try to break out, they may be able to break into pieces and escape with some people. As long as they can avoid search and tracking, it is not completely impossible to escape 21 kilometers away.
Once a few people can return to the 6th Army's control area, at least these people can bring the news of the 4th Army's desperate resistance back to Binghan I.
The chief of staff didn't think so. He said bluntly: "You know, our several thousand people probably can't even penetrate the Tang Army's position to the east. Breaking through 20 kilometers is simply an impossible task."
In the past few days, the Tang Army's position has obviously changed into a group of troops. The equipment of these troops seems to be different from the previous Datang 1st Army. According to intelligence analysis, those currently fighting in the city should be Datang Empire paratroopers.
It was almost impossible for the dwarves to tear open the paratroopers' defense line head-on. Let alone run 21 kilometers after breaking out.
Having said that, is it just a 21-kilometer run? I'm afraid it's more than that? It's almost impossible for the 6th Army to stay where it is. For every kilometer they retreat, the breakout troops will have to walk an extra kilometer. The risks involved, Chief of Staff
But it's very clear.
Therefore, he suggested: "Use these troops for defense. We estimate that we can last for one day, at most, one day. This is our limit."
"What use can one day do?" General Moss smiled bitterly, thinking of the leaflet sent by the Tang Army.
He has been smiling bitterly these days, because recently he has always encountered something that makes him laugh or cry: the news of the dwarves' defeat was actually told to him by Tang Jun.
Although instinctively, he still thought that this was just a propaganda method of the Tang Army, but after more than two days, there was no news from the 6th Army of the Ice Empire, which made him feel more and more that those printed on the leaflets of the Tang Army were all
It's real news.
Of course, the Tang Army had no interest in attacking enemies from all sides, and had no obligation to show the flags of the 6th Army and the 5th Army to the dwarves in the encirclement for verification.
"General! General!" Just as Moss smiled pessimistically, the noncommissioned officer in charge of receiving the telegram suddenly shouted excitedly next to the radio station in the distance: "We, we have received a telegram!"
The communications that had been cut off these days were finally miraculously restored at this time. They received the encrypted message from their own radio station, and they indeed used their encryption method.
"What?" Mosten suddenly stood up from his seat, walked to the radio station, reached out and grabbed the telegram, and lowered his head to read it.
The light was indeed a little dim, so he had to close his eyes very closely. But soon he handed the message in his hand to the chief of staff beside him as if he had lost his soul, and walked back to his seat alone.
The chief of staff saw clearly the content of the message. It was a message ordering them to continue to hold on and fight until every soldier was killed.
The problem is that it does not say when the reinforcements will arrive, nor does it mention the 6th Army. There is not even an explanation of the battle situation outside the encirclement.
As long as you are not a fool, you should probably guess that what the Tang Army's leaflet said is true: the 6th Army should have retreated, and there is no longer any hope of external relief for the encirclement of Yongdong Port.
Throwing the telegram on the ground, the chief of staff walked to Moss, gritted his teeth and suggested: "We can still hold on! Hold on for two more days... no, three days! Maybe there will be a turn for the better."
Moss shook his head: "There will be no turning around. We lose. Yongdong Port will soon be occupied by the Tang Army. Once this place is used, everything will be over... The winner of this war has already been decided.