Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1189 1190 Winter is coming
The artillery formation of the orcs is more like a huge open-air warehouse. There is almost no camouflage here, and only some simple fortifications have been repaired.

More than a dozen wild bee self-propelled artillery were parked side by side, with a distance of about 20 meters between each artillery.

These wild bee self-propelled anti-aircraft guns use the chassis of the No. 4 tank, which is the same as the No. 4 tank used by the armored forces, which is easy to maintain.

Now they are surrounded by discarded and emptied ammunition boxes, and farther away, in an arbor are piles of unused ammunition.

Farther away, the towed 155 howitzers were also scattered all over the position. There should be simple sand bunkers around each artillery, but most of them were not dug to save trouble.

After all, it didn't take long for the orc troops to advance here, and the surrounding troops were still gradually moving in this direction, and everyone was still on their way and hadn't adjusted.

An orc gunner walked to his wild bee self-propelled artillery with a shell in his arms, and handed the shell to his companion in the car with difficulty.

Self-propelled artillery can attack with armored units, but its ammunition is really not easy to replenish: the ammunition it carries is very limited. Under normal circumstances, no one is willing to use the reserve shells on the vehicle if it is not particularly urgent.

In fact, compared to modern field self-propelled artillery, the wild bee is already a design that is easy to replenish ammunition: at least the top of this thing is open, without shelter, so it is more breathable and open, and it is relatively easy to replenish shells. .

Of course, the most advanced modern self-propelled artillery, the type that can directly replenish ammunition with a supply vehicle is definitely not counted.

It was not an easy task to lift a 155mm caliber cannonball high. He raised his palm with difficulty, and the person above took the cannonball.

He repeated the action just now, walked back to the ammunition depot behind him, went to get a shell, and sent it back to his gun carriage.

During this process, a cannon in the distance roared, the body of a wild bee self-propelled artillery trembled, and a shell was fired from the muzzle, flying to an invisible distance.

Temporarily modified self-propelled artillery such as the wild bee, in fact, the range cannot keep up with the towed artillery.Because some recoil must be controlled, the chamber pressure must be lower, and the range will naturally be compressed.

However, compared with most of the artillery used by the mirage, the range of the wild bee is still superior. In addition, the air force of the mirage is rarely dispatched, so the field air defense of the entire orc army is actually very poor.

After all, with the Tang Empire's air force covering their heads, everyone was more at ease, so few people pursued such things as air defense camouflage.

In fact, the camouflage net has another purpose, which is sunshade: people don’t want to be exposed to the sun, so they pull up the camouflage net and use it as a sunshade.

But now it is around mid-November, and the weather is not so hot. At this time, the orc soldiers don't even need sunshade.

After two and a half months of fierce fighting, the orc troops had actually begun to get tired.Their attack began to slow down. Under the blocking of the Mirage 1st Armored Division, the flanking orc troops seemed to be standing still.

The weather started to turn cold. Even though the Tang Empire had provided the orc troops with ample cotton-padded clothes, the orcs who were accustomed to living in the desert still inevitably experienced various discomforts.

Fortunately, many orcs had adapted to the changing climate when they worked hard in the Tang Empire. Otherwise, the orcs might be used by the mirage army to fight back in winter.

If it really came to December, the main island of Mirage would become quite cold, and the attack of the orc troops would naturally become more sluggish.

Therefore, using the last period of time, Shan Lu mobilized all the troops he could mobilize, and began to attack the mirage capital.

He intends to reduce the range of activities of the mirage army before winter, trying to drag down the mirage 1st armored division, so that they can be more peaceful throughout the winter.

The orc artillery positions with no shortage of ammunition started to work again, and the cannons roared non-stop one after another.

The mission of these artillery pieces is not to support the troops on the front line, but to tell the civilians in Mirage City: We orcs are coming!Every cannon fired by these orcs, every shell that fell, was a kind of torture for the goblins in the city.

So there is no need for any parameter coordinates, nor any data support, just adjust the range to the maximum, and then bombard in the approximate direction.

"Boom!" Another cannon fired, and a large amount of tumbling smoke was ejected from the muzzle.Because of the non-stop work, the loaders walking around on the ground only wore a single shirt.

They hardly feel the cold because they are sweating: they are doing physical work.They are very familiar with this kind of work, and this is how they moved bricks in the Tang Empire.

You see, professional is such a counterpart!Moving bricks in the territory of the Tang Empire, and transporting shells in the territory of the Mirage Kingdom!You don't even need to change the nature of your work, it's convenient and fast.

The busy orcs may not know that Mirage is also worrying about how to spend this winter.They lost almost all electricity and running water.The entire city has almost no modern facilities, and the factories have been destroyed.

Don't think about cotton textiles, the fuel needed by the troops is the real big problem.As long as a person has a stutter, he can survive the winter with a cotton coat, but it is not enough to equip weapons.

If not used for a long time, these weapons and equipment will be frozen and cannot be used throughout the winter.So they have to constantly consume fuel to keep themselves ready to use in winter.

It's a pity that the mirage obviously doesn't have so much fuel.Although there are still some ships that smuggle some fuel from the Frost Empire, for the army of the entire Mirage, those fuels are simply a drop in the bucket.

In fact, coal is now the main fuel consumed by the mirage, and this type of fuel was the most hoarded by the mirage before.

However, coal can be burned for civilian use, but it is not very useful for military use.Both sides are working hard for this winter. The orcs think they are at a disadvantage because they are not acclimatized; the goblins are unable to use this winter because of the lack of fuel and materials.

In fact, the people who are troubled by these problems are not the worst. The worst are the mirage defenders who are trapped in the central mountainous area and struggling hard, waiting for their last moment to come.

This war seems to have no meaning for them, because in any case, they can't survive this winter.
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The second one will be delivered tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)