Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1714 1715 One-sided Street Fight

Inside Ironforge, the snow covered the ruins, making many places slippery. In such an environment, the Tang army's attacking troops, equipped with winter camouflage, had an advantage over the dwarf troops still wearing green uniforms.

They hid in corners, ready to attack obvious dwarf targets at any time. Coupled with the Tang army's artillery advantage, ammunition advantage, and air force advantage... the price the dwarves had to pay to hold a position was getting higher and higher.

As soon as the weather cleared up, the Tang army's armed helicopters once again visited the dwarf positions. They strafed with machine guns, making many dwarf soldiers unable to even raise their heads.

Light weapons cannot pose a threat to the thick-skinned armed helicopters, and the dwarves don't have many anti-aircraft guns, so the Tang army's planes are somewhat unscrupulous here.

After a devastation, the planes flew away, leaving behind only a mess. On the dwarf position, several bearded dwarves who had long been accustomed to everything began to clean up the trenches, with the blood-soaked bodies of their companions at their feet.

For them, war is so cruel that they can lose their lives if they are not careful or have bad luck.

Tearing open the crude packaging, a dwarf wolfed down the biscuits that were as hard as stone. This was the only supply they had. It didn't taste good, but it could still fill their stomachs.

In such cold weather, they had no way to make a fire to keep warm, because the Tang army often used very accurate artillery shells to attack places where smoke was rising.

Many dwarf soldiers were killed by shells because they used fuel to keep warm, so the dwarf troops on the front line were forbidden to use open flames. Without the conditions for heating, everyone could only eat this kind of cold food.

To be honest, they are not as good as the civilians in the shelter. At least there the civilians can light a fire to keep warm, and there are even special small stoves where they can boil hot water while warming themselves by the fire.

In order to ensure the safety of civilians' water, the Tang Empire even directly provided these civilians with purified water. Many dwarf civilians regarded those plastic bottles as treasures and used them to carry many things.

The dwarf soldiers did not have such treatment. They only had their own military water bottles, which were large and heavy, but had a very small capacity. Due to problems with the processing technology, they often leaked.

Hiding in a building that had one-third collapsed, a group of dwarf soldiers complained about the weather and paid no attention to their comrades who had died in the trench not far away.

If you stick around for two days, you won't seriously approach your comrades who might die in a day. Their comrades won't care about them, because everyone is the same.

Because of the wall, they can somewhat avoid the cold wind here, and they can also smoke to kill time.

Although the cigarettes, which were filled with unknown leaves, tasted terrible, they were still very popular among the soldiers as hard currency.

"Rich and Myne are dead." A dwarf soldier walked into the sheltered house and found a place to sit down. "Three injured. In this weather, it will be difficult for them to survive."

Many people didn't even know who Richie was, but the name Mayne was a little familiar, maybe some veteran who had lived for five days. Everyone was silent for a while, and then continued to smoke.

In such a place, people are numb. Even if they die, they may not shed a tear. "The Tang army may attack soon. We need to count the ammunition and make arrangements in advance." Seeing that no one was talking, the dwarf platoon leader stood up and said.

Everyone looked at him, waiting for his order. After thinking for a while, the platoon leader made a simple arrangement: "The machine gun group goes upstairs and sets up a machine gun position. If the Tang army has tanks coming, you don't have to open fire immediately to save ammunition... wait until you see their infantry and suppress them."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the anti-tank soldier next to him and said, "You only have one rocket. Don't waste your chance. Shoot when you see a tank! Remember what I said! Do you understand?"

The anti-tank operator nodded. He knew that he was most likely in danger this time, because few anti-tank operators before him could return to their units alive to continue fighting.

They are just like their own anti-tank rocket launchers, almost disposable items. Once used, they will be scrapped and disappear.

Just as they were arranging their tasks, the Tang army's attack had already begun. One mortar shell after another fell on the dwarf's position, followed by smoke bombs that blocked the view.

The Tang army became more and more accustomed to using smoke bombs to cover their attacks. Equipped with thermal imagers, they were keen on creating a low-visibility environment to enhance their advantage.

The dwarf soldiers were killed one after another by sniper headshots. The Tang army soldiers passed by the corpses of the dwarf soldiers hanging on sandbags and advanced very quickly.

The dwarf soldiers, lacking vision, began to fire indiscriminately to give themselves courage. They panicked and even began to throw grenades forward continuously, hoping to block the Tang army's attack.

This method did cause some trouble for the Tang army, but they soon ran out of their ammunition and could no longer use such clumsy tactics.

The dwarves didn't have much ammunition in stock to begin with, and after a period of intense fighting, they only had the option of fighting with bayonets.

The machine gun position on the high ground roared for only a few seconds before it was knocked out by the Tang army's sniper. The shooter who came up to fill in was also killed directly, and when the next person went up, a rifle grenade flew in the face, directly destroying the machine gun.

The Tang army had so many ways to deal with the machine gun positions, so many that the dwarves could not even imagine. The entire position was already shaky under the attack of the Tang army's light infantry, so the dwarf anti-tank soldiers hiding in the side corners did not even have a chance to see the Tang army's tanks.

Carrying a rocket launcher, he waited for a minute with his comrades who were covering him, and found that their position was almost left behind by the Tang army, so they had to move, otherwise they would have to fight to the death with the Tang army who were cleaning up the battlefield.

So they ran, running all the way along the communication trench to their own position. As soon as they turned a corner, they ran into the Tang army soldiers who had already occupied this place.

The other side was startled and started shooting. Before the two dwarves could even shout words of surrender, they were shot into sieves by the oncoming bullets.

Soon, a building not far away that had collapsed by one third was occupied by the Tang army, and only a few of the dwarves stationed there escaped.