Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1712 Chapter 1713 Another Scene

"At least 1 people froze to death... I'm not kidding, General! Our civilians are starving!" The wrinkles on the face of the Prime Minister of the Ice Empire twisted as he spoke, making him look even older: "If the people's morale collapses, the army will also be unable to continue."

"I understand what you said, but there is nothing we can do now. We can only wait. Prime Minister, if the transport convoy delayed by the snow arrives, I can order some troops to return some of the 'requisitioned' civilian clothing." Chief of Staff Larbu explained.

In fact, the number of civilians who froze to death in Ironforge must be far more than 10,000. It’s just that no one has actually counted such a number now, and there is no point in counting it.

In peacetime, thousands of people freeze to death here every year, not to mention the current state of war? In fact, everyone knows that thousands of civilians die in the rubble almost every day.

Because of the snowfall, the transport convoys that were supposed to arrive on time were late, and the transport convoys that were supposed to be late had no news at all.

Everyone is waiting, waiting for the follow-up supplies. Only after these supplies are distributed can the war continue.

"In fact, Prime Minister, if the arms cannot be delivered on time, the problem you are worried about will not even occur, and we will be finished." Larbu even smiled when he said this, because he really began to feel that this war was hopeless.

In the past, he still had some illusions. At least when he was formulating the counterattack plan on the Eastern Front and letting Marshal Sheko launch the attack, he still believed that they could rely on Ironforge to hold out for at least a year.

But now, he has seen through it: Xie Ke's counterattack did not happen at all, the Eastern Front is now struggling on the east side of the city, and the Western Front has been compressed to the edge of the city. Now the south of the city is in danger, and Ironforge may be surrounded at any time.

If a city is really surrounded, it is impossible to survive by relying on street fighting. Especially if a city is not prepared for war, it will collapse quickly.

According to the plan, this week they should receive 5 Mauser rifles, 1 street fighting submachine guns, at least 7000 rocket launchers, more than 100 cannons, more than 3 artillery shells, 1000 cars, 150 tanks, and more than 200 armored vehicles.

This is just an approximation. In fact, the list also includes anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns and other equipment, as well as communication radio stations, telephones and telephone lines, small power generation equipment...

In addition to these, the most important thing is grenades! The dwarves need 7 grenades to ensure that they have sufficient firepower in street fighting to fight the Tang army.

However, these supplies never arrived in Ironforge in sufficient quantities, and not even one-third of the total supply was met! The dwarves only received 2 grenades, several thousand rifles, and 900 submachine guns this week...

There is not a single tank, the number of armored vehicles is in single digits, and the number of rocket launchers, which is closest to the requirement, is only more than 3000.

All supplies, including fuel, were in short supply, and the dwarves were fighting the most brutal war with the most limited financial resources. Sometimes they had to collect all the bullet shells and send them to the temporary workshop in the south of the city to reload some ammunition for emergency use.

The quality of such ammunition was not guaranteed, and it could only be used to boost the courage of new recruits who had just entered the battlefield. Hundreds of new recruits died every day anyway, and it didn't matter whether they had reloaded bullets or regular bullets in their magazines when they died. But as the war continued to develop, reloaded bullets were no longer enough... After all, shells could be picked up, but gunpowder had to be stored, because the transportation of materials was not smooth, and the scarce resource of gunpowder was no longer available.

Every day, the poor chief of staff Larbu would receive countless calls, either from the Eastern Front or the Western Front. Both sides were urging for logistical supplies, but Larbu had no extra supplies to allocate to them.

As the chief of staff, he now feels like a general in charge of the logistics department, worrying about those trivial logistics matters every day.

"What do you mean? Are you saying that in such a cold winter, we might collapse first?" The Prime Minister asked the Chief of Staff.

Larbu snorted, "Prime Minister, hundreds of thousands of troops consume countless supplies every day. Even if this city is a treasure trove, it will eventually be emptied... The fewer things we send from the south, the more problems we will have to solve in Ironforge."

After saying that, he sighed and said, "What you are worried about is not caused by the fact that we do not have enough supplies."

Without waiting for the chancellor to continue, he continued, "Once the ammunition reserves are exhausted, the front will soon collapse, the troops in the city will be separated, and the chaos will last for a few days... Then, everything will be over."

"So, it doesn't matter what the civilians you're worried about are thinking. Before that day comes, we'll all become prisoners... or, corpses." He pointed at himself, looking as if he had let go of everything.

"Your Majesty asked yesterday when we can drive the Tang people out of Ironforge." The prime minister did not talk about the people's will, nor did he ask about the war situation. He also did not mention the supply of materials, but talked about the Ice Age.

The current state of Binghan I is much better than theirs, because the emperor has always felt that the arrival of winter has changed the situation of the war. He is planning a counterattack every day, and even fantasizes that the elves' troops on the western front have recaptured Saint Luo.

It would be great if people could always be so carefree. Or maybe this emperor has gone crazy. He automatically blocks out all the unreasonable details and only subconsciously pays attention to those illusory lies.

"His palace may be within the range of Tang army's artillery at any time... He is still asking such questions. In a few days or a week, when shells fall on the palace, we may not be able to hide anything." Larbu said helplessly to the prime minister.

If the Tang army really bombarded the palace of Ironforge every day, then all the so-called lies about the war situation would be self-defeating. Even if he lied to himself, the gate was bombed every day, and Binghan Yishi knew what the real situation of the Battle of Ironforge was.

"Let's talk about it when the time comes... Perhaps we can think about the feasibility of ending this war in a dignified way." The prime minister seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be saying these words to Larbu.

Larbu had once had such an idea, but he knew that his Majesty would never agree to such a thing.