On this day, the Tang Army advanced their front line to a place less than 50 kilometers away from Ironforge. After capturing a small village, they stopped for repairs.
The troops needed to replenish ammunition, repair and maintain tanks and armored vehicles, and also wait for the follow-up troops to catch up. This troops belonged to the 9th Army of the Tang Empire. Before they stopped advancing, they discovered that the dwarf troops on the opposite side seemed to have a new one.
"number".
Even the Tang Army, which is highly mechanized, actually has a large number of baggage and second-line troops. In addition to self-propelled artillery, the Tang Army is also equipped with a large number of towed 155mm howitzers.
It takes time for these artillery to catch up, and the transport troops that provide more shells for these artillery also need a lot of time to transport supplies closer to the front.
There is a subtle competitive relationship between Feng Kezhi and Ying'an. They are competing to see whose troops can reach Ironforge first, and whose troops can be the first to enter this city that is extremely sacred in the eyes of the dwarves.
Capturing this place will shake the Ice Empire's effective rule over the entire dwarf region, and at the same time effectively control the central region of the Ice Empire.
The reason why this place can become a thousand-year-old city is that its geographical advantages are very obvious: it is built between two rivers, and the flat terrain is very suitable for building a city.
In addition, it is the most important transportation node in the central part of the entire dwarf region. Almost all the railways built by the Ice Empire revolve around it. Taking it is equivalent to controlling most of the central railway lines.
If you add in the industrial capacity that was bombed to almost zero...this is almost the most elite part of the ice empire established by the dwarves.
In addition to the strategic significance, the political significance of controlling Ironforge is also very huge: after winning here, the Tang State has basically completed the actual control of the Binghan Empire. In a sense, it is equivalent to the destruction of Binghan.
empire.
This is of great significance to the Tang Empire, which has been fighting. No matter how you look at it, it is an exciting thing when Tang Mo announces the end of the war between the Tang Empire and the Binghan Empire.
The 9th Army was spreading out to the northeast of Ironforge at this moment, and Feng Kezhi eagerly hoped that he could prove himself again with the Battle of Ironforge.
The 11th Army also launched a fierce attack in the northwest direction of Ironforge. Ying'an, representing the Qin general, was also preparing to use this Ironforge battle to remove the label of surrender from him.
But both of them were worried that their fierce attack would attract the most elite troops of the dwarves in their direction, so they did not dare to use too much force. If they used too much force and let others pick peaches, wouldn't it be too late to cry?
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So they were cautious and only pushed a few kilometers every day. They seemed to be modest, but in fact they were both holding back their energy.
The dwarf troops blocking them actually underwent a slight change. They were divided into two parts. The first part was commanded by Marshal Balov, and the second part was commanded by General Shekko.
These two armies are called the Western Front Army and the Eastern Front Army by the dwarves: the main opponent of the Western Front Army commanded by Balov is Ying'an's 11th Army, and the Eastern Front Army commanded by Xie Ke is responsible for resisting Feng Kezhi's 9th Army.
Judging from the strength on paper, Ying'an obviously suffered a loss this time: the Western Front he faced had two elite armies, the 3rd and 13th, and was reinforced by the 14th Army, making the lineup stronger.
In front of Funk was the 9th, 10th and 15th armies commanded by Xie Ke, which had been defeated all the way from the northern region. Their strength was obviously not as good as the Western Front commanded by Balov.
However, the Eastern Front received another kind of reinforcement: the Imperial Capital Guard Army, pieced together from captured Ironforge civilians, was handed over to Xie Ke's command. Although these tens of thousands of people had little combat effectiveness, their numbers were still there.
Why do we need to set up two front army leaders? Because the more passive the command hierarchy, the more chaotic it is. In order to unify and coordinate, we can only add new command organizations... This is the way the dwarves solve similar problems.
Under such circumstances, the two sides kicked off the Battle of Ironforge.
"Eastern Front Army? The specifications are higher than those of the group army?" Noting the new changes in his opponent, Feng Kezhi frowned slightly. He did not want his frontal enemy to be strengthened, which was not good news for him.
"According to the prisoners' accounts, the enemy is actually still the 9th Army, and there has been no change." The chief of staff pinched his chin and said, "Perhaps, the opponent is just integrating the existing troops, and has not been strengthened..."
"It's hard to say...what do you think of the electronic interception?" Feng Kezhi looked at his intelligence department officer.
"The number of the 14th Group Army has been mentioned less." The officer who had been responsible for monitoring the enemy's communications immediately reported: "But a new number has appeared. It does not sound like a regular army. It is called the Imperial City Guard Army."
The Tang Army's intelligence and investigation methods are too advanced and the code breaking speed is fast enough, so the opponent has almost no secrets. Through the horizontal comparison of intelligence, the Tang Army can easily grasp the opponent's movements and achieve the goal of attacking last and arriving first.
"Guards? Guards? Probably the main force?" The sensitive Feng Kezhi was a little unhappy. Hearing such a designation was not good news for him.
"That's not necessarily true. Although the content of the intercepted message was encrypted, it was an application for weapons and ammunition supplies... It's not like this for the main force, right?" the intelligence officer added with some uncertainty.
This made Feng Kezhi a little confused. Logically speaking, it is true that the main force will not be unable to replenish equipment in time.
"I think we don't need to guess here. Let's try pushing a few kilometers further. If the opponent is the main force, we will see it on the battlefield soon." the chief of staff suggested.
Feng Kezhi nodded. Now that the enemy has put this force in his face, it doesn't matter whether it is the main force or not. Regardless of whether it is truly elite or not, he will eat the opponent!
"Then let's try to fight a dozen! Even the Imperial Guards of Binghan I can be eaten by us!" Feng Kexia made up his mind and pressed his palm on the map as he spoke.
Opposite him, in a hidden command post, Xie Ke scolded his men with an unhappy look: "Guards? They also deserve ammunition supplies? Are those officers who were transferred crazy? Let them keep going.
Go build the trenches! A group of civilians with no training...what are they doing nonsense..."