A dwarf was riding on a pony, staring at the battlefield in the distance. In the freezing wilderness, a huge castle stood at the end of his sight.
That is Ironforge, the center of the dwarf world. After the dwarf empire, which was the most powerful and established the world's currency system, fell apart, this place became a holy place in the hearts of all dwarves.
Now, the Holy Land is right in front of him, and his troops are only less than a day's journey away from here.
But what stood across this road were not flowers to welcome him, but dense enemy phalanxes.
The decaying Northern Dwarf Empire, a huge country on the verge of death, is nothing more than a shabby house that can collapse at the drop of a hat.
Four months ago, the Ice Kingdom, as a newly rising kingdom, joined the team that challenged the Northern Dwarf Empire.
They are more powerful than the other dwarf kingdoms around them, with more advanced tactics, a stronger army, equipped with more advanced weapons, and a staff team who don't know where they come from to advise them.
Uncharacteristically, the Ice Kingdom's army suddenly started fighting in an inappropriate season like winter, catching the Northern Dwarf Empire by surprise.
Then, the army of the Ice Kingdom divided into five groups and broke into the hinterland of the Northern Ireland Empire. These troops destroyed everything along the way and directly destroyed the defense system of the Northern Dwarf Empire.
In the far north, the 10,000 dwarf cavalry troops from Everwinter City advanced 400 kilometers in five days and cut into the back of Ironforge.
Supporting this force were 200 transport vehicles and 40,000 war horses and draft horses raised by the Ice Kingdom.
The two armies on the frontal battlefield also made rapid progress, capturing the most important Toss Fortress on the border of the Northern Dwarf Empire along the way, while the other marched eastward and captured Rubel, the economic center of the Northern Dwarf Empire.
The dwarves who captured the Toss Fortress used 30 105 mm caliber heavy artillery. These second-hand heavy artillery were even directly misappropriated from the security forces of Bunas in order to support the troops of the Ice Kingdom in successfully capturing Toss.
The main force of the Ice Kingdom that attacked Rubell created a miracle of 40,000 people defeating the 100,000 troops of the Northern Dwarf Kingdom. The advanced nature of the needle gun was fully demonstrated in this battle.
The 100,000-strong Northern Dwarf Kingdom's army used flintlock guns. In this battle, they were almost beaten to the ground by the Ice Kingdom's army.
Amid waves of crazy cheers of "Ula", the Ice Kingdom's army took the lead in breaking through the opponent's front line, and then it was a comedy of capturing prisoners.
The two armies in the southernmost part of the country were not in a small fight. All the troops crossed the South Glacier and cut off Ironforge's southern supply line.
Another group of troops swept through the relatively wealthy southern region like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, completely crushing the Northern Dwarf Empire's attempt to rely on its vast territory to recruit more soldiers to join the war.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Just judging from the combat style of this "surprise force" on the southernmost route, it was almost a replica of Tang Mo's advance in southern Sussus.
If there was not a student of Tang Mo among the people participating in the command, no one would believe it - this student almost copied Tang Mo's classic battle example of attacking southern Sussus, supporting the war with war and liberators all the way. His attitude turned the southern part of the Northern Dwarf Empire upside down.
For the semi-slave and semi-feudal system of the old world, follow me with a gun in hand is definitely a classic propaganda routine that has been tried and tested.
Finally, four months later, the Ice Kingdom miraculously arrived at Ironforge and almost surrounded this majestic city with a history of more than 4,000 years.
In order to defend his capital, the Emperor of the Northern Dwarf Empire of Ironforge assembled an army of 150,000 people, and personally commanded it, preparing to fight to the death with the troops of the Ice Kingdom here.
The commander-in-chief of the Ice Kingdom - or the nominal commander-in-chief, the famous dwarf general Moss, will lead a combined force of 75,000 people to start this fateful decisive battle.
In this battle, the Northern Dwarf Empire's battle plan was very clear. They wanted to defend Ironforge and this great city that symbolized the orthodoxy of the dwarves.
For the dwarves, this is almost Jerusalem, almost Constantinople, almost Kievan Rus (wrong)...
Therefore, the emperor of the Northern Dwarf Empire dispersed his 150,000 troops on the four fronts of Ironforge.
The most troops on the western side are the largest, about 100,000, used for decisive battles with the enemy forces on the front. There are about 20,000 troops on the north and south sides. The east side is the safest, so only 10,000 troops are placed as reserves.
More than 90% of this army is equipped with Cyric's flintlock guns, and the equipment is generally older. Many troops are not even equipped with cannons.
Because almost all the field troops have been lost, the Northern Dwarf Empire has no cavalry, let alone advanced gadgets such as expensive cars.
Although there are fewer people, the army on the Ice Kingdom's side is obviously more advanced and powerful. They are equipped with at least 100 75mm-caliber field howitzers. These cannons are the latest products of the Datang Group. In fact, they are the famous Miss 75 in France.
The performance of these artillery is very advanced and can follow the troops forward. They are much better than the 250 mm caliber doomsday muzzleloader cannon deployed on the walls of Ironforge.
Whether it's range or power, accuracy or rate of fire, these artillery pieces are enough to crush all opponents of this era.
Almost all the dwarves who participated in the war were equipped with needle guns. These needle guns were good and bad, and most of them were second-hand.
Yes, due to time constraints, almost one-third of the weapons in the hands of the Ice Kingdom's frontline troops were second-hand weapons brought directly from the areas controlled by the Datang Group. Most of them come from the uniforms of Beiling troops and the uniforms of Datang security forces.
Of course, there are also some products produced by Datang Group who rushed to work overtime. Due to the tight time schedule, the quality of this batch of goods has even dropped a lot.
How bad is it? It's almost the lower limit of Datang Group's weapon production quality... But this lower limit seems to be higher than Cyric's lower limit by a billion points.
If you don't look at the military strength, the Ice Kingdom seems to have an absolute advantage, but they also have their own worries and hidden dangers.
They forcibly invaded the Northern Dwarf Empire in winter with three purposes. On the one hand, they took advantage of having the support of the Tang Group and higher logistical support; on the other hand, they were to catch the Northern Dwarf Empire by surprise; and the third point was to catch the Northern Dwarf Empire by surprise. It's the idea that you can use winter to block other dwarf countries to get a piece of the pie.
The first point is easy to understand. Because there are car supplies and weapons advantages, winter combat is not impossible for the Ice Kingdom.
On the other hand, the Northern Dwarf Empire was extremely unwilling to fight in the winter due to their disadvantages in logistical supplies - they preferred to fight in the summer, when the roads were much easier to travel.
The second point is that starting a war in winter when food reserves are at their lowest can put the Northern Dwarf Empire into a passive position. The Ice Kingdom has abundant and cheap food supplies from the southern region, but the Northern Dwarf Empire, as a standard landlocked country, actually does not have this condition.
Everyone knew that the Northern Dwarf Empire would not make serious war preparations in winter. They were extremely lax on both the tactical and strategic levels.
The third point is easier to understand. It is well known that the other dwarf kingdoms around the Northern Dwarf Empire covet Ironforge, so if they want to monopolize Ironforge, they must use their brains.
In the past, when one kingdom was about to defeat the Northern Dwarf Empire, several other kingdoms supported the Northern Dwarf Empire or simply surrounded Wei and rescued Zhao.
Therefore, if the Ice Kingdom wants to achieve the goal of the war, it must be quick. Before other kingdoms have time to react, before the end of winter, they must capture Ironforge and stabilize their new border.
At that time, they will become the new overlords of the dwarf world and the new hope to have the opportunity to unify the dwarves again!
But, it all has to be fast! Be very fast! The war must be ended when other countries are slow to mobilize in winter.
Then, with the subsequent support of the Datang Group and the continuous supply of arms, they swallowed up the remaining power of the Northern Dwarf Empire, making the surrounding neighboring countries afraid to start a war, and then turned around and slowly digested the victory. of fruit.
As for whether any clowns will really have the guts to declare war on the Ice Kingdom... everyone is actually prepared.
With tens of thousands of troops who have experienced hundreds of battles, coupled with the magical Tang Dynasty staff, it is more than enough to defeat a few small kingdoms that do not know whether to live or die. After a few invading armies from other kingdoms were eliminated, the remaining ones would not dare to cause trouble.
In short, since Datang Group is strong, then just hug Datang Group’s thick thighs and call him daddy. As long as he gives more, his father will never abandon this filial son of Binghan Kingdom!
Although it is a bit shameful to say this, everyone in the Ice Kingdom would not admit that they have such thoughts, but in fact, this is what they do.
After using gold, copper, iron ore and oil to pay off their debts, they even planned to bargain with tariffs.
Well, the real-life country that actively begged to become a Qing Dynasty can definitely be regarded as a strange flower among powerful countries.
However, unlike the loss of the Qing Dynasty and humiliation of the country, this was a huge gamble for the Bingbing Kingdom.
If the bet wins, then they can become the overlords of the dwarf world. What they lose is only a small part, but what they get is what countless generations have dreamed of.
"Anyway, Ironforge is close at hand!" Moss was riding on horseback, his eyes full of longing for this city.
He hopes to be the first hero to break into Ironforge, the hero of the Ice Kingdom, or in other words, the... hero of the entire dwarf world!
