novelhk Chapter 934
Chapter 934
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: 0.047s Scan: 0.022sAfter receiving the order, the German army retreated decisively, but in the eyes of the US military, it seemed that the enemy was afraid of them, scared away or driven away by them, so the US military immediately became excited, and each of them was as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood!
After receiving this news, MacArthur, who had been worried, also breathed a sigh of relief!
“It seems that the German army is indeed very weak. Their outer defense line took a lot of time to build, but they just gave up!”
In MacArthur’s view, the German army spent a lot of money to build these defense lines and positions, so it is naturally impossible to give up easily. At this moment, they gave up these defense lines so decisively. There must be other reasons. For this other reason, apart from the air strikes and the inability to defend, he really couldn’t think of any other explanation!
“Since the German army is short of manpower, this is our great opportunity!”
MacArthur didn’t care why Model had to take a large number of troops to Texas and ignored the Florida base!
He was like a wolf that smelled blood. After seeing the prey in front of him, he couldn’t take his eyes off!
As long as they could take advantage of this opportunity to capture Florida, no matter what Model was thinking, a big victory was inevitable. Moreover, the German base in Florida would be destroyed, the various factories they were building would be destroyed, the German immigrants who had fled from all over the place would be captured, and the armed forces of the Southern Army and the militia would be disbanded. The situation of the Eagle Sauce in North America would be completely reversed!
Therefore, under the stimulation of such a beautiful scene, MacArthur immediately ordered the expansion of the scale of the offensive. In addition to the initial ten divisions, MacArthur invested another fifteen divisions, a total of twenty-five divisions, and five hundred thousand people, respectively. Launch a fierce attack on the German army from the left, center and right!
MacArthur had an army of over one million men, and sending in half a million men was not his limit. However, because he still had some concerns in his heart, and the German army had not suffered a crushing defeat, he did not throw all his troops in at once!
However, in his opinion, the German army could not withstand the strength of these twenty-five divisions!
After the U.S. military sent additional troops, the pressure felt by the German army on the defense line immediately increased a lot.
Apart from anything else, just the intensity of the U.S. military’s artillery preparation during the attack can intuitively feel that the opponent’s offensive has increased!
And not only that, the U.S. military not only launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the German positions, they even sent some ground troops to launch a tentative attack on the German army.
Due to the German army’s retreat, the U.S. The German army was indeed short of manpower, which led to an illusion among the U.S. military: since the German army was short of manpower, their defense line must be very large, and the manpower on their side was in an absolute advantage, so as long as they launched an all-out attack, the German army would be at a loss, and once the troops were mobilized, the loopholes in their defense line would only become more obvious!
In that case, they would soon find the weaknesses of the German army and then form a comprehensive breakthrough!
This idea is reasonable. After all, if the German army on the opposite side really had a problem of manpower depletion, then the U.S. military’s tactics would definitely work!
However, this time the U.S. military made a mistake!
When they launched an artillery bombardment on the German army, they thought they would not be strongly counterattacked by the German army. Unexpectedly, the German army not only counterattacked, but also counterattacked in all directions!
First, the German ground forces began to attack the offensive The U.S. military launched an artillery attack and launched a fierce artillery battle with the U.S. artillery. The two sides fought until the sky was dark and the artillery roared. Soldiers on both sides hid in the trenches, trembling with fear at the sound of explosions from all directions and the sharp whistling of shells passing overhead.
And that’s not all. The German army not only dispatched artillery units to counterattack, but also dispatched the air force to launch a fierce attack on the U.S. army!
Many U.S. troops who were being mobilized were blown to pieces by bombs falling from the sky while they were still on the march, and their bodies were scattered all over the ground.
The German air force left a very deep impression on the U.S. military, especially during the Battle of St. Marys, when the German army used a large number of thermobaric bombs to deal with the U.S. military, causing a large number of casualties in a very short period of time. The loss of that time was still fresh in the U.S. military’s memory, and the mention of the German air force was frightening!
However, the worst was not the troops bombed by the air force, but the U.S. troops near the seaside who were bombed by the German navy.
Florida is close to the Atlantic Ocean, and their east side has a long coastline. The rightmost army of the US Army originally went south along the coastline to attack the German army, so this unit naturally fell into the list of firepower attacks of the German Navy!
After winning the Battle of Bermuda, Nimitz’s troops quickly dispatched the Marines to land on the archipelago and quickly seized control of the archipelago. Then a large number of transport fleets arrived here with a large amount of various supplies, which not only replenished the consumption of weapons and ammunition of his aircraft carrier battle group in the previous battle.
Fuel and ammunition were also delivered to the air force stationed in Florida, which was in urgent need of ammunition. As a result, the German Air Force was finally able to go out and bring nightmares to the enemy!
After losing the sea targets, Nimitz also set his sights on ground attacks.
Relying on two aircraft carriers and more than a dozen warships, the German navy can not only bombard the US troops near the sea, but also dispatch the carrier-based aircraft units on the aircraft carriers to attack the US troops deep inland. As a result, the US troops dozens of kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers near the coastline are no longer safe. They have to be on guard against the German attack from the sea at all times, and the speed of action has been greatly slowed down!
Coincidentally, when the right-wing troops were attacked by the navy and had to slow down their pace, the left-wing troops encountered the stubborn resistance of the German army.
The German army seemed to have invested heavily in this direction, so that the US army had to pay a huge price for every step forward.
Even if they wanted to speed up, they could not speed up.
They could only engage in fierce exchanges of fire with the German army, and then occupy positions from the German army little by little, and then slowly move forward.
In this way, the progress of the US troops on both sides was slowed down, but the main force of the US troops in the center seemed to be unimpeded and easily advanced hundreds of kilometers without much hindrance!