Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1697 1698 Left Behind

In the trenches filled with corpses, the Tang army soldiers moved cautiously. This place was already a sea of ​​blood and corpses, and no one could tell whether there would be some madman lying among the corpses and launching a sneak attack.

The two sides had already fought fiercely here, and the dwarven soldiers seemed to be holding back their anger and were determined to defend this place at all costs. They invested too many troops, from a few battalions to several regiments, and from a few regiments to several divisions.

Hundreds of people died here every day, and then hundreds more were thrown into this big pit to continue fighting. Later, even the Tang army couldn't understand why the other side would defend such a place so desperately.

In terms of practical use, this train station has long been scrapped! Completely scrapped! The rails have been blown up to the point where they cannot be repaired, the platform has been destroyed, and the surrounding buildings are about to be razed to the ground.

Not far away was the wreckage of a Type 96 main battle tank, which was destroyed next to a building. It was said that a dwarf rushed to the tank with a pack of explosives, and all three tank crew members were killed.

The Tang soldiers, armed with weapons, walked around a pile of scattered sandbags and stepped on the red soil to bypass the dwarf corpses on the ground. They walked very slowly, stopping from time to time to observe the surrounding terrain and carefully testing the enemy snipers who might be lurking in the corners.

They had to be careful. Yesterday, as many as seven soldiers were hit by the dwarves' cold guns. This was already a considerable number for the Tang army.

However, compared with the casualties of the dwarves here, the losses of the Tang army can really be said to be insignificant: they had better helmets and bulletproof plates that the other side did not have, and these things saved the lives of many soldiers.

It had been a long time since it was so quiet here, and the advancing Tang army felt a little nervous. When they reached a collapsed building, they finally saw their friendly troops waiting for them.

Seven or eight soldiers were standing behind a half-collapsed wall. The wall was riddled with bullet holes, making people terrified.

"You are finally here..." The squad leader Tang Jun, who was in charge, saw the expression on the support's face and was obviously much more relaxed: "We have encountered a problem here."

"I heard about it." The squad leader of the Tang army who came to support nodded. Their communication was very smooth, and they already knew what happened here before coming: "Can you let me take a look?"

"Follow me." The squad leader gestured, then patted one of his men on the shoulder and said, "Lead the way, and pay attention to the surrounding situation. Even though those dwarves said their people have already withdrawn, we can't be careless."

The soldier nodded slightly and walked in front with his weapon. They bypassed the collapsed low wall and walked along a path that could not be called a road to a half-collapsed building.

A group of Tang soldiers walked into the building. This should be one of the waiting buildings of the railway station. The railway station in Ironforge was not advanced. As its scale continued to expand, it was divided into several waiting buildings, so it caused a lot of trouble for the Tang army during the fight.

These buildings were very strong, and the shells could not even completely destroy them. The collapsed buildings formed a continuous ruin, making it difficult for armored vehicles to move forward. The scene inside the station scared the Tang soldiers who came to support: it was densely packed with people. Among them were many dwarf civilians and countless dwarf wounded.

When the enemy retreated, they left them behind. It was unknown whether they were waiting to die or deliberately delaying the advance of the Tang army. In short, facing so many dwarves, the front-line troops of the Tang army were indeed a little overwhelmed.

"There are about 1000 people, crowded in such a shabby place..." The squad leader of the Tang army who discovered this place paused for a moment, and for a moment he found that he could not think of any adjective to describe the scene before him.

"There are several dwarf officers over there. They stayed and explained the situation to us. The other side had no medicine to take care of the wounded, and they were reluctant to waste food on these civilians and the wounded, so they just left them all to us." Pointing to several dwarf officers with bandages on their heads or arms, the squad leader said helplessly.

He knew that the Tang army did not mind taking in the wounded or helping the civilians, but it would take a lot of time, enough for the retreating dwarves on the opposite side to build a solid line of defense in another block.

"In other words, they retreated?" The squad leader who came to support found the key point from another direction: "Is the battle here over?"

"Probably. Those officers said that all the dwarf soldiers who could fight did retreat this morning, taking away all the ammunition, medicine and food, and leaving them behind." The squad leader who called for support nodded.

"It's finally over." The squad leader who came to support heaved a sigh of relief and looked at the dwarves who were packed together like sardines in a can. "You set up a guard position on the left. I'll take a few people to the right, and the rest will escort them out of here."

Seeing this almost dangerous building, they really couldn't bear to let these dwarf civilians and the wounded stay here. If they waited a few more hours, someone might suffocate to death inside.

"Don't move the wounded. Let the civilians who can walk out first. On the way I came, the company commander is building a safe passage. I think the support people will be here soon." The squad leader who came to support said as he began to arrange the manpower.

Soon they raised a Tang Dynasty dragon flag at the train station. The red dragon flag fluttered in the wind, and the Tang army that saw it cheered.

The dwarf civilians, who truly saw their surroundings for the first time, looked pale. They stepped on the broken limbs beside the bomb craters and walked along the route set by the Tang army to the "safe zone" prepared for them in the suburbs.

At least there would not be bombardment by the Tang army itself, and there were simple tents to live in. Although the weather was getting colder, the conditions were indeed better than in the city where the battle was going on.

As long as the Tang army is willing to provide enough fuel and cotton-padded clothes for the winter, the dwarves in the safe zone will at least not freeze to death on a large scale. However, the dwarves are very nervous. They don't know whether what awaits them is the responsible Tang Empire or the same damn country as before.

On this day, the Tang army officially took control of the West Station of Ironforge. It was also on this day that 3 Dorn Empire troops arrived at Ironforge and participated in this bloody city attack and defense as "foreign legion".