On the eastern side of Furnace Fortress, the 9th Corps of the Tang Army continued its relentless attack, with General Feng Kezhi harboring a personal ambition to capture the city as a gift for His Majesty The Emperor.
While Ying An's 11th Corps fiercely assaulted the train station on the western side of Furnace Fortress, General Feng Kezhi's 9th Corps was locked in a grueling battle on the outskirts of the residential area on the eastern side.
Indeed, it was a tough fight. The Dwarf Troops had reached the brink of exhaustion, mobilizing every unit they could find to use their bodies as a barricade against the advancing Tang Country Soldiers.
Each building housed dozens, if not hundreds, of dwarf soldiers, holding rudimentary weapons, simply waiting together for the Tang Army's shells to arrive.
Not fighting was out of the question; these dwarf soldiers could at least fire a couple of shots to cause some trouble for the Tang Army. But fighting meant wasting time and ammunition...
