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It was snowing in Ironforge, and while the snow was still falling, the Tang army began a limited-scale attack. Targeting several outer blocks, the Tang army compressed the Ironforge defenders from both sides.

The battle in the west broke out near the train station. Tang troops crossed the square in front of the station and used tanks to tear through the dwarf defenses across the street.

This time, the Tang army used large-caliber heavy artillery to attack, destroying several buildings in one go and causing heavy losses to the dwarf defenders.

On the other side of the defense position, the Tang army captured a block, and Feng Kezhi's troops captured an important supply node, forcing the nearby dwarf troops to continue retreating.

The attacks from both wings made the dwarves' defensive situation in Ironforge even more passive, and the space they could maneuver became smaller and smaller.

Marshal Barov was looking at the defense line on the map in his headquarters with a headache. His troops had been retreating, but the speed of retreat was very slow.

The Tang army was obviously not in a hurry to attack. The enemy cared a lot about casualties and would not easily commit a large number of troops to fight a meaningless war of attrition. Generally speaking, they would wait for the dwarf troops to voluntarily give up some places before sending troops to take over these areas that no longer had any defensive value.

"Uh... cough cough cough!" He covered his mouth and coughed violently for a while, and only stopped when the adjutant handed him a glass of water.

After drinking some water to calm his cough, Barov turned his gaze to the east side of Ironforge: judging from the map, the situation there was obviously much better than his side.

The actual situation is not like this at all. It's just that the Western Front on the west side of the city could not get the real battle situation intelligence of the Eastern Front.

On the surface, Xie Ke fought very well, held his position, and even forced back the Tang army's attack. A large number of field positions on the east side of Ironforge were still in the hands of the dwarves, and the situation only worsened on the Western Front side.

But anyone who is not a fool can guess that the real situation should be completely different: if the Tang army was facing such tremendous pressure on the other side, it would be impossible for it to maintain such a strong determination to attack here.

"Marshal, the cotton-padded clothes promised to us this month have not been delivered. Not a single set of the 4500 sets has been delivered. Moreover, the 25 tanks we requested have not been given to us either." An officer reported the supply situation in frustration.

In fact, the Western Front lost 15 anti-aircraft guns, 22 heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm, 31 tanks, and 54 armored vehicles in the past few days.

In addition, more than 100 vehicles were abandoned or damaged, and the loss of personnel was as high as more than 1. Such losses forced Barov to abandon the defense line around the West Station and shrink the troops to a more reasonable position.

Most of the above losses have not been replaced. Except for about 700 rifles and 20 rounds of ammunition they received the day before yesterday, they did not even get a cotton coat.

"I understand." Barov said tiredly, and took a sip of water to calm his restless throat. "Let the newly equipped troops train quickly. At least, at least every soldier must fire... three shots, no, five shots... At least fire five shots before being transferred to the front line to participate in the battle."

As the battle continued, the dwarves had serious problems with their weapons. The supply of Mosin-Nagant rifles and ammunition could not be guaranteed, so the dwarves were gradually replacing their weapons and equipment with those from their southern elven allies. Mauser rifles replaced Mosin-Nagants, and P40 submachine guns began to replace PPSh submachine guns on a large scale. However, these weapons...actually, the ammunition was not sufficient.

They all needed to be transported from the distant elves, so most of the time they were not supplied in time. But at least they were available, as many of the dwarves' own weapons were no longer able to be produced.

For example, several types of tanks that the dwarves were very proud of are no longer able to be produced. Now they have to fight with the Type 4 tanks assembled by the elves, which, to be honest, are now completely outdated.

But the only outdated stuff the elves were willing to provide was this kind of stuff imported from the Tang Empire. The improved and more advanced tanks were left to the elves' own troops.

What made Barov a little depressed was that even the outdated Type 4 tank could not wait any longer. The strategic bombing of the Tang army destroyed many bridges and roads, and the cost of transporting the elves to the north became higher and higher, and the speed became slower and slower.

Most weapons and equipment had to be transported from places one or two hundred kilometers away from Ironforge, and some even required the dwarves to find ways to get to the front line to participate in the battle.

This kind of large-scale replacement of weapons and equipment from other countries during war will inevitably lead to more waste: the new weapons and equipment cannot be used, and the original weapons and equipment are difficult to maintain and cannot be retained.

Therefore, in the fields outside Ironforge, one can often see scrapped elven cars, destroyed elven armored vehicles, damaged MG42 machine guns and discarded Mauser rifles on the positions abandoned by the dwarf troops.

Some dwarf soldiers have even begun using the same M35 steel helmets as the elves. Some dwarves have even used the wooden-handled grenades that the elves have been producing until now, after the technology was transferred from the Datang Group.

The lack of ammunition and weapons and equipment caused the dwarf troops to encounter unprecedented difficulties when using the elven equipment: they were reluctant to waste a large amount of ammunition in training, and most of the soldiers were sent to the battlefield after only firing a few shots.

These inexperienced soldiers were lost at a faster rate, further accelerating the collapse of the dwarf army. Barov didn't want this to happen, but he didn't have a better solution.

Most of the reinforcements provided by the South were at this level. They received some elven equipment a few hundred kilometers away, and then began to head north. They received simple training along the way, and had not even learned how to fight with a bayonet. Then they arrived at the ruins of Ironforge, face to face with the most powerful enemy in the world.

"That will make the people in the logistics department miserable, Marshal." The officer under him smiled bitterly. If a recruit fired two more shots, 2 recruits would consume rounds of ammunition, which is not a small number...

"If they can save two lives, everything will be worth it." Barov explained, which served to comfort his officers.

It’s not that he cherishes his soldiers so much, but as long as fewer soldiers could die, he could let these soldiers hold their positions longer.

"Also, strengthen the defense in the places I marked... deploy as many anti-tank weapons as possible..." He handed the defense map he drew an hour ago to his men and gave the orders.