"Marshal, we don't have that many anti-tank weapons anymore, and there are only a few combat anti-tank guns left. You know, those things are useless and can easily be discovered in advance." The officer under his command explained awkwardly.
Seeing that Balov didn't speak, he continued to complain: "Although the anti-tank rocket launcher for individual soldiers is not very easy to use, it still has some effect, but it is consumed too fast. The soldiers on the front line are relying on it."
This kind of thing persists..."
What he said was true: Compared with the anti-tank artillery units that use 50mm or 75mm caliber anti-tank guns and field guns, individual rocket launchers are the most threatening new weapon.
No matter how the combat anti-tank guns are arranged, they will basically be discovered by the Tang Army's reconnaissance troops in advance. Moreover, the Tang Army's tanks are rough and thick-skinned, and are not targets that can be destroyed by anti-tank guns.
Therefore, the effectiveness of anti-tank guns is very poor, and various troops are unwilling to use similar weapons. The most common use of these artillery now is as small-caliber artillery to support infantry operations. If they can play some role, they will not lose anything.
The real anti-tank firepower was developed and created by the dwarves. As a result, the elves have now begun mass production of individual anti-tank rocket launchers with increased warhead power.
The power of this bazooka-like rocket launcher is also very average, and it has no ability to penetrate the frontal armor of Tang Army tanks. However, it still has a certain effect when dealing with the sides of tanks or armored vehicles.
Dwarf soldiers would often risk rushing to the side of the Tang Army's tanks and launch these rocket launchers at a relatively close distance, using desperate tactics to destroy the Tang Army's Type 96 main battle tanks.
However, because the Tang Army's infantry-tank coordination was very proficient, this style of play did not work many times, but at least similar tactics were successful, and they were much better than anti-tank guns.
In this case, the dwarf troops prefer individual anti-tank rocket launchers, but there are really not many of them and they are consumed quickly.
After all, the individual firepower of the coalition forces is obviously not as good as that of the Tang army. With the availability of such useful weapons as rocket launchers, many front-line combat troops will use them as all-purpose weapons.
If there is no artillery support? Then use a rocket to suppress the enemy's machine gun fire! If there is no anti-tank fire? Then use a rocket to kill the armored personnel carrier on the opposite side! There is no machine gun fire to suppress? Then use rockets
A bullet fired to scare the enemy's infantry back!
In short, of course the commanders on the front line will use whatever gadgets they have in the fight, and they will not think about such nonsense as economy. Because their mission is to hold the position, and all available weapons are for this purpose.
Services.
This is the difference between a real battlefield and an imaginary battlefield: on the imaginary battlefield, machine guns shoot at infantry, missiles blast away tanks, and all weapons perform their duties...
On the real battlefield, machine gunners nervously shoot at the largest target tanks, and anti-tank fighters often use rocket launchers or missiles to blow up enemy trenches and bunkers. Everyone is just using them for what they want, without even thinking about what might happen a few seconds later.
Things that happened.
Balov also knew that it was unrealistic to supervise his hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops and let them make full use of their resources and use precious rocket launchers to destroy enemy tanks as much as possible.
So he could only sigh and ordered his subordinates: "Strengthen these defense lines as much as possible, otherwise the Tang army will break through and my place will become the front line."
The building he is in is actually no longer considered safe, but it was once built by the construction team of the Tang Empire. It is a branch building of a company, so its sturdiness is still guaranteed.
Dwarf used the telephone lines in the original building to transform a landline command system here, allowing Balov to dispatch most of the Western Front troops here.
This place is indeed very convenient, at least in terms of telephone contact, so Balof is reluctant to give up here. He hopes that he can stay here as long as possible.
"Yes! Marshal!" The men stood at attention, saluted, and left with the order.
At the same time, the Tang Army's troops had occupied a block east of the train station. They were expanding their results and driving out the dwarf troops who were short of food and clothing from their positions.
The half-inch thick snow could not completely cover the bodies on the ground, and the dwarf troops still left a large number of civilians for the Tang army to receive before retreating.
Most of these civilians did not have cotton-padded clothes for winter, and many even contracted diseases from the cold because of wearing thin clothes.
A large number of people were coughing, and many were still suffering from fever. Children needed food, the elderly needed protection, and the sick needed treatment... In short, the dwarves left their own mess to the Tang army.
They temporarily got rid of their burdens, saved medicines, and even snatched precious cotton clothes and winter supplies from these civilians.
But at the same time, they also left an opportunity to the Tang Empire: as long as they are handled well, these desperate civilians will immediately accept the Datang Empire who will take care of them, feed them and give them a chance to survive...
Opportunities often coexist with difficulties. The disappointment and anger towards the Binghan Empire will eventually become bargaining chips, weighing on the side of the Tang Empire, causing the balance to continue to tilt towards the Datang Empire.
It's a pity that Balov, who knew all this, could only choose this way, as if he was drinking poison to quench his thirst. Doing this may leave serious sequelae, but if he doesn't do this now, his army will collapse now.
Along a path that was not a road, countless civilians abandoned by the dwarves were slowly moving forward under the guidance of the soldiers of the Tang Empire. They were shivering in the cold wind, not knowing what kind of hell was waiting for them ahead.
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Outside the city, in a tent area, several children were running in the open space, laughing and shouting carefree, as if the war had nothing to do with them.
The dwarf civilians in this tent area all wear cotton clothes, and there is plenty of food in each tent. They accept a large number of refugees from Ironforge who are transferred here every day, and tell the newcomers about their rescue experience.
people.
Many dwarf prisoners of war are helping to expand these holding tent areas, and they also wear well-fitting cotton clothes: there are many dwarves in the Tang Empire, and even the minister in charge of industry is a dwarf. Of course, they have ready-made dwarf clothing sizes.
And these dwarves who are far away in the Western Continent have already donated millions of cotton-padded clothes to support their hometown under the initiative of Matthews... Many of these clothes have been transported to the front line, and they have become more valuable than aircraft and cannons.