Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1699-1700 Poor Dorne Reinforcements

Binghan I was unaware of the news that the Tang army had occupied the West Station. He even thought that most of the Tang army's troops had been driven out of the periphery of Ironforge. After all, the last time he learned about the real situation of the battle, Marshal Xie Ke was "preparing" to counterattack.

But Xie Ke actually had no ability to fight back. The new tanks he got were almost all blown up by the Tang army in just three days, and the remaining tanks were also lost one after another.

Most of the troops under his command now are light infantry, and even anti-tank weapons are in short supply. If it weren't for the new reinforcements, he would not be able to fight on.

The new reinforcements were from Dorne's army. The arrival of these humans did relieve some of the pressure on the dwarves, and also surprised Feng Kezhi, who was attacking Sheko's army.

The battle has reached this point, and there are still troops filling in such a big hole in Ironforge... It's really surprising.

These troops from the southern part of the East Continent used rifles produced by the Xirik Company, and their ammunition was completely different from the Mauser rifles that the dwarves were currently replacing. They did not carry much ammunition, which added to the logistical troubles.

There was no way. When they set out north, the Tang army had just landed at the Iron Wall not long ago. By the time they got here, the Tang army was already besieging Ironforge.

To be honest, these Dorne troops have been strangely out of place since they entered the Ice Empire: their weapons and equipment are incompatible, their food supplies have been almost consumed, and the commanders don't even know what they are here for.

The previous order was to help the Ice Empire fight back and drive the Tang army into the sea: but in the current situation, the order to rely on tens of thousands of people to fight back against the Tang army is obviously a joke.

Then, after reporting the situation, the orders of these troops were changed to help the dwarves defend Ironforge and buy time to prepare for the subsequent counterattack.

Regardless of whether there will be a subsequent counterattack, it seems that defending Ironforge is not such an easy task: the dwarf army is on the verge of collapse, and the hundreds of thousands of troops have not even started proper preparations for the winter.

The weather is already very cold, and Dorne is a southern country! These soldiers can almost see snow all the way north, but their uniforms are still summer styles.

Although Dorne's military uniforms were not designed with short sleeves and shorts to prevent mosquitoes, they did not have any cotton-padded clothes...

What's even more tragic is that they can't use the dwarf's uniforms: the size difference between the two sides is too great, the dwarves are strong but short, and only a few can barely use them.

The dwarves didn't have enough cotton clothes of their own, let alone share them with Dorn, so Dorn had to find a way to get winter clothes on his own.

It was not until they arrived at the destination that they discovered that the regional gap between the north and the south was so huge that their previous preparations were like child's play.

Since the days of the Kingdom of Dorne, their army had never fought in the north, so it was not surprising that they overlooked many details. At that time, Dorne sent troops to support the Frost Empire in a hurry, and there was no time to prepare anything when they set out.

Along the way, they actually took into account the coming of winter, but many commanders naively believed that as a guest army, the dwarves would definitely give them enough help.

Who would have thought that when they arrived at the dwarven capital, they would find that the dwarves had no time to care about them. Of course, it wasn't that they didn't care at all... The dwarves found a lot of autumn clothes, most of which were requisitioned or robbed from civilians, and gave these clothes to the Dornish troops who were almost freezing to death.

After all, these humans came from afar to join the war for the dwarves, so it would not be a good idea to ignore them at all, so the dwarf prime minister still provided as much help as possible.

As a result, the Tang army encountered a group of human soldiers who looked like beggars on the front line. They were wrapped in messy things and started fighting with the Tang army.

From the bodies of these soldiers, the Tang army could see dwarf-style sweaters or leather jackets that did not fit them at all but were tied to their bodies with ropes. Some people even had colorful sheets stuffed inside their single clothes...

After interrogating the captives, they determined that these humans actually came from the distant southern empire of Dorne, and many of them had walked all the way from Neverwinter to Everwinter...

Originally, they could have traveled several months faster by sea, but because the Tang Empire Navy almost wiped out the coalition fleet, basically no one dared to travel by sea, leaving only the option of traveling by land.

"We were almost able to put pressure on the city center of Ironforge, but now two divisions of Dorne troops have been consumed. It will take a while to get through this." Feng Kezhi paced back and forth in the command center in annoyance.

Judging from the time, his troops would most likely have to spend the winter outside Ironforge. Although judging from the speed of material supply, there wouldn't be much of a problem even if they spent the winter in the wild, he was still reluctant to let his troops suffer in the wild.

"We can't do anything. According to the prisoners, more Dorne troops will arrive in succession. I heard there are at least seven or eight divisions." The Chief of Staff of the 9th Army was also helpless about this information.

Although they have surrounded Ironforge on three sides, they still have no way to extend their tentacles to the south of Ironforge. The dwarves are still able to replenish personnel and supplies from the south of the city and strengthen Ironforge's defenses.

In fact, they were indeed preparing to launch an attack to completely close this pocket, completely surround Ironforge, and cut off the dwarf troops here from the outside world.

But in this case, their two armies would have to withdraw troops to attack from a detour, which would inevitably affect the attack on the city of Ironforge.

It was because there were too few troops. If there were two more armies, the Tang Empire's offensive speed on the East Continent would definitely be faster.

But everyone knows that this kind of thing is still unlikely to happen. After all, the transportation capacity is there, and the Tang Dynasty, whose capital is in the Western Continent, is unlikely to place all its military forces on another continent.

This is the reason why the elite 2nd Army of the Tang Empire has remained idle until now. It is impossible for all the top-ranked main army groups to leave the emperor's side. This is the bottom line of the Imperial General Staff.

Marshal Love, Marshal Redman, Bolton and other famous generals were not sent to the East Continent. From this point of view, it can be roughly understood that the Empire has only contributed half of the effort.

In other words, even with only one hand, the giant Tang Empire is still overwhelming the entire Eastern Continent...