Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1708 1709 Opportunities and Difficulties Coexist

"Marshal, we don't have that many anti-tank weapons anymore, and there are only a few anti-tank guns left. You know, those things are useless and can be easily discovered in advance." The officer under him explained in embarrassment.

Seeing that Barov didn't say anything, he continued to complain: "Although the individual anti-tank rocket launcher is not very useful, it still has some effect. However, the speed of consumption is too fast. The soldiers on the front line are relying on this thing to persist..."

What he said was true: compared with anti-tank artillery units that were made up of 50mm or 75mm anti-tank guns and field guns, individual rocket launchers were the most threatening new weapon.

No matter how the anti-tank guns were deployed, they would basically be discovered in advance by the Tang army's reconnaissance troops. Moreover, the Tang army's tanks were thick-skinned and tough, and were not targets that could be destroyed by anti-tank guns.

Therefore, the effect of anti-tank guns is very poor, and various troops are unwilling to use similar weapons. Now the most common use of these artillery pieces is as small-caliber artillery to support infantry combat, and it is not a loss if they can play a role.

The real anti-tank firepower was developed and created by the dwarves, and has now begun to be mass-produced by the elves, with individual anti-tank rocket launchers with increased warhead power.

This bazooka-like thing is also of average power and cannot penetrate the frontal armor of the Tang Army tanks. However, it is still effective against the sides of tanks or armored vehicles.

Dwarf soldiers would often risk rushing to the side of the Tang army tanks and firing this rocket launcher at a relatively close distance, using a life-and-death approach to destroy the Tang army's Type 96 main battle tanks.

However, because the Tang army's infantry and tank coordination was very skilled, this style of attack was not effective many times, but at least similar tactics had been successful, and it was much stronger than anti-tank guns.

In this situation, the dwarf troops prefer individual anti-tank rocket launchers, but there are really few of them and they are consumed quickly.

After all, the coalition forces' individual firepower is obviously inferior to that of the Tang army. With such a useful weapon as the rocket launcher, many front-line combat troops will use it as a universal weapon.

  No artillery support? Then use a rocket to suppress the enemy's machine gun fire! No anti-tank firepower? Then use a rocket to kill the armored personnel carrier on the opposite side! No machine gun firepower to suppress? Then use a rocket to scare the enemy infantry back!

In short, when fighting breaks out, the commanders on the front lines will use whatever they have, and they won't consider things like saving money. Because their mission is to hold the position, all the weapons they can use serve this purpose.

This is the difference between a real battlefield and an imaginary battlefield: on an imaginary battlefield, machine guns strafed infantry, missiles blasted away tanks, and all weapons performed their respective functions...

On the real battlefield, machine gunners nervously fired at the largest target, the tank, and anti-tank soldiers often used rocket launchers or missiles to blow up the enemy's trenches and bunkers. Everyone used whatever they had and did not consider what might happen in a few seconds.

Barov also knew that it was unrealistic to supervise his hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops and let them make the best use of their precious rocket launchers to destroy the enemy's tanks as much as possible.

So he could only sigh and order his men: "Strengthen these lines of defense as much as possible, otherwise if the Tang army breaks through, this place will become the front line."

The building he was in was actually no longer safe, but it was once built by the construction team of the Tang Empire and was a branch building of a company, so its sturdiness was guaranteed. The dwarf used the original telephone lines in the building to transform a fixed telephone command system, allowing Barov to dispatch most of the troops of the Western Front.

It is indeed very convenient here, at least it is very convenient for telephone communication, so Barlov is reluctant to give up here. He hopes that he can stay here as long as possible.

"Yes! Marshal!" The subordinates stood at attention and saluted, then left with the order.

At the same time, Tang troops had occupied a block east of the train station and were expanding their success, driving the poorly clothed and well-fed dwarven troops out of their positions.

The half-inch thick snow could not completely cover the corpses on the ground, and the dwarf troops still left a large number of civilians for the Tang army to take in before retreating.

Most of these civilians did not have cotton-padded clothes for winter, and many even caught diseases from the cold because they wore thin clothes.

A large number of people were coughing, and many were still running fevers. Children needed food, the elderly needed protection, and the sick needed treatment... In short, the dwarves left their mess to the Tang army.

They were temporarily freed from their burdens, saved medicines, and even snatched precious cotton clothes and winter supplies from these civilians.

But at the same time, they also left an opportunity for the Tang Empire: as long as they handled it well, these desperate civilians would immediately accept the Tang Empire, which would take care of them, feed them and give them a chance to survive...

Opportunities often coexist with difficulties. The disappointment and anger towards the Ice Empire will eventually become bargaining chips, weighing on the side of the Tang Empire, causing the balance to continue to tilt towards the Tang Empire.

Unfortunately, Barov, who knew all this, had no choice but to do so, which was like drinking poison to quench thirst. Doing so might leave serious sequelae, but if he didn't do it now, his troops would collapse.

Along a path that was not really a road, countless civilians abandoned by the dwarves moved slowly forward under the guidance of the soldiers of the Tang Empire. They shivered in the cold wind, not knowing what hellish scene was waiting for them ahead.

Outside the city, in a tent area, several children were running in the open space. They were laughing and shouting carefree, as if this war had nothing to do with them.

The dwarven civilians in this tent area all wear cotton clothes, and each tent has sufficient food. Every day they receive a large number of refugees transferred here from Ironforge, and tell the newcomers about their experiences of being saved.

Many dwarf prisoners of war are helping to expand the shelter tent areas, and they are also wearing well-fitting cotton coats: there are many dwarves in the Tang Empire, and even the minister in charge of industry is a dwarf. Of course, they have ready-made dwarf clothing sizes.

And these dwarves far away in the Western Continent, at Matthews' initiative, had already donated millions of cotton-padded clothes to support their hometown... Many of these clothes have been transported to the front line, and they have become weapons more useful than airplanes and cannons.