Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1729-1730: Ironforge

The headquarters of the retreating 11th Dwarf Army was set up in a cave, which seemed to be a relatively hidden place and not easily disturbed by Tang army air strikes.

Various ammunition boxes were piled up in the cave. The officers used these ammunition boxes as tables and chairs. Many of the ammunition boxes were covered with documents or maps.

There were cables at the entrance of the cave connected to the generator truck outside, and some lines connected to the radio communication equipment in the distance. A group of non-commissioned officers were busy trying to contact the retreating direct troops.

"General... the easternmost troops seem to have encountered resistance from the Tang army. We are likely surrounded." A staff officer reported the unconfirmed news to his superior: "There are still some troops that cannot be contacted. We are trying hard."

When the Tang army decided to encircle the 11th and 12th armies, they began to focus on implementing electromagnetic interference in this area. Now the communication systems of these two armies are almost paralyzed.

Not only are the two army groups out of contact now, but most of the command units such as the armies and divisions within the army groups have lost contact for a long time.

The liaison officers in the headquarters were all busy trying to contact the responsible troops using radio and other equipment, but such efforts were doomed to fail.

Yesterday, the Tang army bombed the dwarf headquarters with anti-radiation missiles. Although not many people were killed, the radio equipment antenna of the 11th Army Headquarters was successfully destroyed.

The shrapnel broke the antenna and destroyed several devices, which paralyzed the command of the 11th Dwarf Army. The troops that were closer could still be found, but the troops that were a little later could not be contacted at all.

"We haven't contacted the 119th Division yet. The last time they sent someone to contact us, they said they had retreated to the designated location." In the chaotic command center, another staff officer came over, stood at attention and saluted, reporting: "General, we haven't found them yet."

In this case, it is possible that the troops got lost during the retreat, or it may be another situation.

A similar situation occurred during the War of Liberation: an uprising troop pretended to break out, and used radio to fool the enemy troops following behind them all the way, and finally killed Huang Wei's 12th Corps in Shuangdui Ji... Therefore, whether or not to believe the reports of friendly forces in complex battlefield situations is actually a science.

"Keep looking!" The leading general shouted angrily. He had had enough of this situation and really didn't want to fight such a war again. Even if he had only fought a bloody battle with the enemy, he wouldn't be so angry. But until now, his troops hadn't even fought a decent battle.

At first, his troops were ordered to move to Saint-Lo in order to prepare for a counterattack. But when they arrived near Saint-Lo, they heard the news that Saint-Lo had been lost.

Immediately afterwards, they were bombarded by the Tang army and interfered with in various ways. Under such circumstances, they had to continue to prepare for a counterattack in order to recapture Saint Luo and stabilize the front line.

Like them, there was the 12th Army and the light infantry from Sussex. But with so many troops gathered together, they couldn't even organize a decent attack in the end.

Every time they gathered their troops and prepared to attack, they would be disrupted by the Tang army's air strikes, and the number of tanks lost increased, until finally they lost the ability to attack, and never saw the Saint Luo Fortress again.

Later, they retreated all the way, but the Tang army broke through their defenses and they continued to retreat. The battle line kept moving back, the losses were getting bigger and bigger, and the supplies were getting less and less. The troops were getting worse and worse, and many of the losses were too late to be replenished. Some armored units were even left with only an empty shell at the end.

The situation became increasingly passive, and the pressure grew greater. They also heard that Ironforge had become a frontline city, and that the battle situation of the Ice Empire had become very passive, and the situation had begun to collapse.

They had no choice but to continue fighting, trying to use their own efforts to help their country out of its predicament. But what awaited them was an unexpected defeat.

Several divisions of the expeditionary force of the Susas Empire were suddenly wiped out, and then they began an inexplicable rout.

After cleaning up the mess and gathering the defeated soldiers along the way, they retreated to the central mountainous area. Only then did the five allied armies finally stabilize their position.

But before the 11th and 12th armies could catch their breath, the expeditionary force of the Susas Empire rebelled: two entire armies simply turned to the Tang army and gave up their important line of defense.

The Tang army marched straight in along this gap and soon broke through the defense line in the central mountain area, even threatening the transportation line south of Ironforge.

Judging from the situation, the Tang army had actually won: the dwarves' capital still had faith, and the once indestructible Ironforge was now in the Tang army's pocket.

Now, they were ordered to return to Ironforge. According to the plan, they should not have been intercepted by the Tang army.

But the fact is that they did encounter interception by the Tang army, and the Tang army that intercepted them seemed to be quite powerful.

This was extremely fatal: the original retreat turned into a breakout, and the original march turned into a battle. This was almost the worst case scenario for the already half-crippled 11th Army.

A large army on the move, with its communication system disrupted, cannot even confirm each other's positions, let alone organize and coordinate, and mobilize troops with relatively complete combat effectiveness to carry out the breakout mission... How can they succeed under such circumstances?

But for the sake of his motherland, the commander of the 11th Army still wanted to give it a try to see if he could restrain his troops, and then break out while the Tang army was still unstable, and rush to Ironforge to join the Western Front.

At least for him, this was almost the only hope to turn defeat into victory: he didn't know whether it would succeed, but he knew that if he failed, then Ironforge would be almost finished.

Unfortunately, he had no choice but to get anxious and furious in his own headquarters, because in front of him was one of the most elite troops of the Tang Empire, the famous 3rd Armored Corps, the most elite of the 3rd Army.

It was almost impossible to break through the blockade of this army. At this moment, not only the vanguard of the 11th Army was beaten and bleeding, but the 12th Army was also caught off guard.

It's just that because the command system has been paralyzed, this news has not been confirmed, that's all.