Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1705 Chapter 1706 Pale

The Tang army kept advancing along the border from the west, and the elves' army could only retreat. Flix had no way to stop the retreat of the troops, because the troops in his hands really did not have much combat effectiveness.

The 4th Army had been defeated by the Tang Army in Saint-Lo before and had not yet recovered; the 5th Army had also suffered heavy losses before, so it was natural that the defense lines guarded by these two troops would collapse at the first touch.

But what made Felix sad was that his troops discovered a new number of the Tang Empire on the front line... This was more terrifying than a local defeat.

A new army group of the Tang Empire, the 10th Army Group commanded by a general named Allen, has appeared on the battlefield.

This means that the Tang army has more combat troops and the total force on the front line is greater... For the coalition forces that are constantly retreating, this is definitely not good news.

Allen's 10th Army is not a main force. This unit is also mainly composed of infantry, and its combat effectiveness is actually average. However, this is generally said in the sequence of the Tang Empire. On a global level, the combat effectiveness of this unit is still very impressive.

With the addition of this force, the battle situation near Hot Wind Port was immediately reversed. The Elf's 7th Army retreated about 30 kilometers and completely gave up the bridgehead for counterattacking Hot Wind Port.

At the same time, Tang Jun's troops began to advance horizontally along the border between the elves and the dwarves, occupying a large area of ​​territory and ensuring the safety of the area near Saint Luo.

After the battle, the weather conditions had become quite bad. Yongdong Port welcomed the first snow of the year, and the production rhythm of the mining area further north was disrupted by a heavy snowfall.

The sudden snowfall seemed to give the coalition leaders a glimpse of hope for a reversal of the war situation. Felix immediately called Yangmu I and reported his opinion: the war situation would stabilize after winter, and this was a good time to stabilize the front line and repair defensive fortifications.

In his opinion, after a three-month buffer period, the coalition forces could fully regain their strength and fight a more reliable defensive war in the spring of next year. As long as they relied on some large cities to block the Tang army's fierce attack and relied on street fighting to consume the Tang army's manpower, the war seemed to be able to continue.

Yang Mu I agreed with this view, and he also believed that once winter came, the war situation would be more favorable to the coalition forces. It was absolutely impossible for the Tang army to come from a long distance without being affected by the weather.

In fact, the Tang army's logistics and air support were indeed affected by the bad weather, and the offensive in some areas was indeed suspended due to climate problems.

However, the impact of the temperature drop on the Tang army was not as great as the coalition leaders imagined. On the contrary, the coalition forces were also having headaches because of the sudden drop in temperature.

Dorne's southern troops are now suffering. They don't even have proper winter clothes and can only rely on looting in the city of Ironforge to survive. This situation makes them very passive, and their combat effectiveness has dropped several levels.

The dwarves also have a similar problem. They do have some winter clothing reserves, so the situation is much better than Dorne, but it is only slightly better than Dorne.

About one-third of the troops had to solve the winter clothing problem on their own. The troops were also in great shortage of fuel, and most of the vehicles were simply abandoned.

There was no other way. In order to ensure the troops had enough supplies for the winter, no extra waste was allowed. The transportation task could only be assigned to ox carts and horse carts, and most of these vehicles were requisitioned from farmers in the south. "It's snowing!" A dwarf soldier squatting in the corner of the ruins raised his head, stretched out his hand to catch a snowflake falling from the sky, and whispered softly.

He really didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing for him: Tang army planes had rarely appeared in recent days, which was definitely good news for the dwarves, but they themselves were short of food and clothing, and really didn't want winter to come so soon.

"Yeah, it's snowing." Another dwarf soldier sighed and agreed, clearly seeing the white mist coming out of his breath. He only had a sweater on, and snow was simply a torture for him.

The snowy weather is not so uncomfortable. But when the snow stops, the biting cold will spread and torture every unfortunate soldier.

The problem that followed was hell for troops with less than good logistics: the soldiers' shoes would quickly become soaked, and then their socks would soon freeze to their feet.

Soldiers with mild symptoms will suffer from athlete's foot, and most people will experience local skin peeling and ulceration. More serious cases may even require toe amputation or even limb amputation.

The military boots are designed reasonably and scientifically, and the soldiers are organized to dry and replace them regularly. After each mission, they must take off their shoes to maintain their feet... These things are obviously not something that the dwarf troops holding on to the ruins around Ironforge can do.

In order to keep out the cold, many dwarf soldiers put on their raincoats on the outside. In order to facilitate fighting, they also tied their belts outside the raincoats. This kind of dress made them look very funny.

But there was no way, good looks were no longer important to these dwarf soldiers. They just needed to survive, desperately survive.

Many people even shredded their clothes and stuffed them into their military uniforms to add a little warmth to themselves. Some people also shredded papers to do the same thing. They rushed into places like libraries, shredded all the books they could find, crumpled them up and stuffed them into their clothes.

The situation is not so bad now. If the weather gets colder, the troops will burn the books, papers, furniture and wood they find and hoard for heating. For the entire city, the situation will become even more desperate.

"It's snowing!" The prime minister came out from the basement to get some fresh air and wrapped himself tightly in his coat. His hands were very cold. After all, he was old and his blood circulation was not good... But when his hands touched the snowflakes, he still felt a little cold.

He didn't know whether this snow was a good sign for the Ice Empire. He only knew that this place would soon be covered with snow, and many of the hideous ruins would no longer be clearly visible.

At least because the temperature has dropped, the corpses all over the city will not immediately emit a pungent stench; because the water supply and drainage system has collapsed, the excrement trapped in the streets and alleys no longer has an unpleasant smell; the possibility of plague has also been reduced to near zero...

This snow is like a paperhanger, covering up all the ugliness in the world and leaving only a bleak future.