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Chapter 789
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“Are these Americans stupid? Why did they not retreat when they saw our army’s assault from the southwest, but gathered there waiting for us to surround them?”
Model sent two light divisions northward. The main purpose was to cut off the logistics supply lines of the Eagle Sauce and make the American troops on the front line feel the threat of the German army behind and on the flanks, so as to force them to withdraw. As a result, the reaction of the Eagle Sauce army made Model feel very puzzled!
When the German army captured their first stronghold in the southwest, these guys had obviously noticed the German intentions, but they did not organize a retreat at the first time. As a result, the German army won victory after victory, captured four cities in one breath, and wrapped more than one million Eagle Sauce troops on the front line!
Although the ability to surround so many American troops is inseparable from the super mobility of the German light division, if Model had not replaced a large number of Type 3 tanks, allowing Model to form two light divisions, his troops would never have been able to run 800 kilometers in one day and beat the US troops dizzy and unable to react!
Because they had never dealt with the German armored forces, the US military never thought that someone could run so far in one day, so when they heard the news that the four cities behind them had fallen one after another, the US military did not realize They thought that this was done by the same army, and they thought they were attacked by heavy German troops, and it was a long-planned attack!
Otherwise, why did the German army easily break through these four cities in such a short time?
It was precisely because they did not realize that this was done by the same army, so when the situation was unclear and the details of the enemy in the rear were still unclear, the Eagle Sauce chose to hold on and wait for help, and did not dare to run around.
They were worried that if they left their current position and retreated, they would most likely be attacked by the enemy from front and back.
At that time, there would be no position to defend and no solid fortifications to rely on.
They were afraid that they could not stop the enemy’s attack!
With this mentality, the Eagle Sauce talents did not move and did not retreat, which resulted in them being surrounded by the German army!
However, the Eagle Sauce did not know that the German army actually only used the strength of two divisions to achieve this, so they thought that there were a large number of German troops behind them, which was just their imagination!
The Eagle Sauce did not know how many German troops there were, but Model knew very well how many enemies were in his encirclement!
“The size of the U.S. Army was not very large two years ago, with only 100,000 troops, which is similar to your Hans!”
Model asked the question to Eisenhower, the former general of the Eagle Sauce.
Eisenhower heard Model’s words and felt the contempt in his tone, so he smiled faintly and replied calmly
“This answer is quite objective. However, our army had already expanded to more than two million in 1923, so what you said is all old news!”
Eisenhower shrugged and did not continue to argue with Model on this issue.
He believed that the other party had already understood what he wanted to express.
Model certainly understood.
Eisenhower’s words were nothing more than saying that the Eagle Team had been expanded for a short time, so the army lacked outstanding generals, and they had not fought in wars, so the entire army had no experience from top to bottom.
In addition, they knew very little about brand-new fields such as blitzkrieg and armored warfare.
In this case, the Eagle Sauce army was still fighting according to the thinking of World War I, and it was normal for them to not keep up with the rhythm of the German army.
In fact, not only They couldn’t keep up with the pace of the German army. Didn’t the French and British armies get beaten black and blue by the German blitzkrieg on the European battlefield?
As neighbors of the Third Reich, they had more opportunities to learn about the German army’s arms and tactics, but they were still beaten so badly. This shows that it’s not just the Eagle Sauce’s own problem.
In today’s era, there is a huge problem circulating in the military circles of various countries: How to deal with the German blitzkrieg?
This problem is too difficult, and the armies of various countries have not yet found a good solution. They have learned some of the characteristics of blitzkrieg, but how to target these characteristics? , they were really at a loss!
After understanding the reason why the U.S. Army did not retreat but was surrounded, Model became a little embarrassed.
The main purpose of his sending two light divisions to attack northward was to threaten the flank of the U.S. Army and force the other side to withdraw, thus relieving the crisis faced by Jackson.
As a result, the Eagle Sauce did not retreat but was surrounded, and the German army currently lacked manpower and could not swallow such a large enemy force in one go. Once the Eagle Sauce people reacted and realized that there were only two German divisions making trouble in their rear, they would probably continue to attack Jackson and would no longer pay attention to the two German divisions in the rear. Division!
Such a result is obviously unacceptable to the German army.
Florida’s terrain is too narrow. It is a long and narrow peninsula. If the US military is blocked in Jackson, the German army can only be trapped in the south of the Florida Peninsula. In this way, they are trapped in a dead land, and the scope of the war is not large enough. It can’t achieve the purpose of the head of state to turn all parts of the Eagle Sauce into ruins!
Therefore, the German army must fight out no matter what, and the first task of fighting out is to drive away the US troops under Jackson!
How to do this is the problem that Model needs to think about!
“Come on, take me to see the situation of the Southern Army!”
Model thought to himself that it was obviously impossible to defeat an enemy with four times the strength of his Second Army alone, and the mainland of the Empire was too far away to be relied upon in a short period of time, so what they could expect was the Southern Army that performed well in the Battle of Jackson, fought to the death and paid a huge price in casualties!
After Model arrived in the Eagle Sauce mainland, he naturally took over the command of the Southern Army.
For German immigrants, Model was one of the three famous generals of the Third Reich, and he was famous. He also brought a powerful army that swept across Europe to help them, so almost all of them regarded Model as their backbone and the Third Reich as their homeland.
This kind of Under such circumstances, they surrendered their military power and accepted the command of the German army. They were willing to do so without any complaints.
However, for Model, he actually hoped to command his Second Army. He did not have high expectations for this group of Southern troops with insufficient equipment and limited training!
These people are equipped with standard German weapons and may become a strong army after rigorous training, but now they can only be regarded as a group of militia, not an army.