The headquarters of the retreating dwarf 11th Army is set up in a cave. This place seems relatively hidden and is not easily disturbed by Tang Army air raids.
There are various ammunition boxes stacked in the cave. The officers temporarily use these ammunition boxes as tables and chairs. Many of the ammunition boxes are also covered with documents, maps and other things.
There are cables connected to the outside power generation car at the entrance of the cave, and there are also some lines connected to remote radio communication equipment. A group of non-commissioned officers are busy trying to contact the directly subordinate troops who are retreating.
"General... the easternmost troops seem to have encountered a blockade by the Tang Army. We may have been surrounded." A staff officer reported unconfirmed news to his superior: "There are still some troops that we cannot contact.
working hard now."
When the Tang Army decided to encircle the 11th and 12th Army Groups, they began to focus on electromagnetic interference in this area. Now the communication systems of these two Army Groups are almost paralyzed.
Not only are the two armies unable to contact each other at all now, but most of the command units such as corps and divisions within the army have lost contact for a long time.
The liaison officers in the headquarters were all busy, trying to use radios and other equipment to contact the troops in charge, but this effort was doomed to be in vain.
Yesterday, the Tang Army bombed the Dwarf headquarters with anti-radiation missiles. Although it did not kill many people, it successfully destroyed the radio equipment antenna of the 11th Group Army headquarters.
The shrapnel broke the antenna and destroyed several pieces of equipment, which paralyzed the command of the 11th Dwarf Army. The units closer could still be found, but the units slightly later could not be contacted at all.
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"The 119th Division has not been contacted yet. They sent someone to contact them for the last time and said that they had retreated to the designated position." In the chaotic headquarters, another staff officer came over, stood at attention and saluted and reported: "General, we
Haven’t been able to find them yet.”
In this case, it may be that the unit got lost during the retreat, or it may be another situation.
During the Liberation War, a similar situation occurred: an insurgent unit pretended to break out, used radio to fool the enemy troops following behind, and finally trapped Huang Wei's 12th Corps to death in Shuangduiji... So, do you want to believe it?
Reporting on friendly forces in complex battlefield situations is actually a science.
"Keep looking!" the leading general shouted angrily. He had had enough of this situation. He really didn't want to fight such a battle again. Even if there was only one bloody battle with the enemy, he would not be so angry.
But until now, his troops have not even fought a decent battle.
At first, his troops were ordered to move to the direction of Saint-Lo to prepare for a counterattack. However, when they arrived near Saint-Lo, they heard the news that Saint-Lo was missing.
Immediately afterwards, they were bombed by the Tang Army and encountered various interferences. Under such circumstances, they continued to prepare for counterattacks in order to regain Saint Luo and stabilize their front.
Like them, there was the 12th Army and the light infantry troops from Sussus. But so many troops gathered together, but in the end they didn't even organize a decent attack.
Every time they gathered their troops to attack, they were interrupted by air strikes from the Tang Army, and more and more tanks were lost, until in the end they no longer had the ability to attack, and they never saw the Saint Lo Fortress again.
Later, they retreated all the way, but the Tang army broke through the defense line and continued to retreat. The battle line continued to move back, the losses increased, and supplies became less and less.
The more the troops fought, the worse they looked. Many of the losses were not replenished in time, and some armored units were even left with nothing but an empty frame by the end of the battle.
The situation is becoming more and more passive, and the pressure is increasing. They also heard that Ironforge has become a frontline city, and the Ice Empire's war situation has become very passive, and the situation has begun to collapse.
In desperation, they could only continue to fight and try to use their own efforts to help their country get out of trouble. But what awaited them was an unexpected defeat.
The Susus Empire's expeditionary force was suddenly annihilated by several divisions, and then they began an inexplicable rout.
After cleaning up the mess, collecting broken troops, and retreating to the central mountainous area, these five coalition armies finally stabilized their positions.
But before the 11th and 12th armies could take a breath, the Sussus Empire's expeditionary force rebelled: the entire two armies fell to the Tang army, giving up their important line of defense.
The Tang army marched straight along this gap and soon broke through the defense line in the central mountainous area, even threatening the transportation line south of Ironforge.
Judging from the situation, the Tang Army has actually won: the dwarves still have faith in their capital, and the Ironforge, which was once indestructible and unbreakable, is already in the possession of the Tang Army.
Now, they were ordered to return to Ironforge. According to the plan, they should not be intercepted by the Tang army.
But the fact is that they did encounter an interception by the Tang army, and the Tang army that intercepted them seemed to be not weak in combat effectiveness.
This was very 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-disabled 11th Group Army.
A large-scale army is on the move. The communication system is interfered with and the positions of each other cannot be confirmed. There is no way to organize and coordinate and mobilize troops with relatively complete combat effectiveness to carry out breakout missions... How can it be successful in such a state?
But for the sake of his motherland, the commander of the 11th Group Army still wanted to try to see if he could restrain his troops, and then break out while the Tang army was not yet stable, and rushed to Ironforge to join the Western Front.
At least for him, this was almost the only hope of turning defeat into victory: he didn't know whether he could succeed, but he knew that if he failed, Ironforge would be almost over.
Regrettably, he had no choice but to be anxious and furious in his headquarters: because what was standing in front of him was one of the most elite troops of the Tang Empire, the most elite of the famous 3rd Group Army.
3rd Armored Corps.
It is almost an impossible task to break through the interception of this unit. At this moment, not only the forward of the 11th Army was beaten to death, but the 12th Army was also caught off guard.
It's just that because of the paralysis of the command chain, this news has not been confirmed, that's all.
