Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1719-1720 The Nature of War

The battle situation near Ironforge was reported to the elven capital truthfully. Because the Ice Empire was now basically relying on the blood transfusion of the elves to persist in the battle, they had no reason to conceal the true situation of the battle.

After all, they are "beggars", and begging for food naturally wants people to know how "miserable" you are. In some cases, you even have to put on a show and present your miserable situation in a more exaggerated way.

Seeing that the two wings had begun to be compressed and Ironforge was about to become an isolated island in the encirclement of the Tang army, Yang Mu I became a little restless.

He listened to his generals discussing the battle situation, and a general stated a fact with concern: "The Tang army launched attacks on both wings, and Ironforge is now about to become a salient. Even if the city street fighting is fought well, without the cover of the two wings, it will become a meat grinder."

One of the reasons why Stalingrad became Stalingrad was that Sandzi's troops were never able to cross the river to completely surround the city, allowing the Soviet army to use the river to provide supplies to the troops fighting in the streets of the city.

If it is a city that is completely surrounded, it will not be so easy for the troops fighting in the streets to hold on.

Several elven generals who were studying the battle situation held their chins and looked down at the map with worried expressions on their faces: "If the enemy surrounds Ironforge, then the problem will become quite serious... or rather, the current situation is already very serious."

The current situation is that Ironforge and the central mountainous area form a nearly right-angled outer frame, shielding the entire Frost Empire's vulnerable southern heartland. If there is any problem with this barrier again, the Frost Empire's war situation will completely collapse.

Once Ironforge is lost, the coalition forces in the central mountains will be attacked from both sides. Once they retreat to the elven border, there will be no natural barrier to stop the Tang army's attack.

Therefore, an elven general looked at Yangmu I and reminded him, "Your Majesty. The 11th and 12th dwarf armies have retreated to the central mountainous area. They have barely managed to hold their ground with the three armies of Susas."

He paused for a moment and said what he was most worried about: "The problem now is that if Ironforge is lost, there will be another gap in the flank and rear of these troops. The Tang army can march straight in and surround these troops in the mountains."

"If this situation occurs, it means that half of our troops will be surrounded and annihilated. This includes the dwarf troops in Ironforge, the Dorne troops, the Susas troops and the dwarf troops in the central mountains." Another general gave a rough number, which was obviously not acceptable to the coalition forces.

The 11th and 12th Dwarf Armies, Susas' three armies, Dorne's expeditionary force, and a dozen Dwarf armies near Ironforge... at least 15 armies were destroyed, and the holes in the front line could not be plugged.

There is also a more realistic problem. Once Ironforge falls, how many of the dwarf troops will continue to fight... no one knows.

"Without these troops, the Ice Empire can basically be declared extinct. By then, we will lose a large number of dwarf population, the Ice Empire's industrial facilities, and at least 100 million combat-capable troops." The minister on the side also said.

In fact, the Ice Empire's industry has nothing left, but these industrial facilities cannot be left to the Tang army. Once left to the Tang country, they will soon become bargaining chips for the Tang Dynasty to move south, which the coalition forces are unwilling to bear. "It's really a headache. Can't we stop the Tang army from advancing in winter? Even if it's just to stabilize the defense line temporarily, you know, the Lions Empire has just joined the war, and we actually still have some hope of turning defeat into victory." Yang Mu I said tiredly, as if he wanted to cheer everyone up with the Lions Empire's position.

Unfortunately, no one present believed that the joining of the Lions Empire could change the situation. But everyone had to give face to the emperor, so they could only agree with him.

"The joining of the Lions Empire is indeed good news, but the Tang army's winter offensive seems unstoppable. The only thing we can hope for is that the dwarves can hold out in Ironforge long enough." One of the generals emphasized.

The Foreign Minister of the Yangmu Empire asked a question that worried him: "I... I mean, what if, what if some dwarves are not firm in their stance and decide to surrender to the Tang people?"

Because he originally did this, he was really sure that once the situation became very unfavorable, there would indeed be many people who would consider using another way to free themselves.

Especially when facing an opponent like the Tang Empire: the justice of past wars seems to have begun to become blurred, and the right and wrong in the traditional sense seem so insignificant under the topic of great unification.

If you say that the Tang Empire was brutal, it was not. It did eliminate the old landlord class and killed many people... But for most people, the Tang Empire could even be described as advanced and benevolent.

Every time the Tang army occupied a place, they acted like liberators, distributing land and building construction, just like saviors. What was even more depressing was that the living standards of the local people had improved significantly, so naturally the resistance sentiment would not rise.

Therefore, it is unrealistic to expect everyone to unite against a common enemy and launch a people's war: the focus of the Tang Empire's rule was on people, and land was just an accessory.

Since ancient times, China has expanded its territory and spread its benevolence, justice and civilization, which is the true heart of the people. The colonial plundering model originated from the West, although it is fast and low-cost, is not fundamentally aimed at expanding territory. The two models have different starting points, so the results are completely different.

Another official looked gloomy, pinched his chin and stared at the map and said, "This is what everyone is worried about. Now we don't know how long the dwarves can hold out, and we have no way to deal with the millions of dwarf soldiers on the front line...so we can only waste time like this."

If they had a choice, they would have replaced the unreliable dwarf troops with more reliable troops. But they had no other choice. They didn't have that many troops. They could only bite the bullet and continue to fight with these dwarves who were about to lose their capital.

(End of this chapter)