69novels Chapter 1035
Chapter 1035
As the training of General Pershing’s composite armored division was gradually completed, the situation in North America began to change again.
After more than half a year of recuperation, the US military regained its ability to fight.
In contrast, the German army was not idle during this half year. The land of the Eagle Sauce that they occupied by them was almost integrated by them during this half year. Although these lands cannot be regarded as Hans’s native land, the people living on these lands will at least not resist the German army!
And their non-resistance is the biggest benefit for the German army. After all, it is not a small burden for the German army to control such a large territory and manage so many people.
However, the German army can now withdraw from these complicated affairs. After solving the internal instability factors, the German army has withdrawn a large number of troops from the rear to the north. At this time, in addition to Model’s Second Army, which is still training recruits in Texas, Guderian’s First Army, Manstein’s Third and Fourth Army, and Eisenhower’s Southern Army are all ready.
The German army has prepared nearly two million troops at this time, ready to eliminate the remaining forces of the Eagle Sauce in one fell swoop!
This war has dragged on for long enough, there is no need to drag it on!
Manstein is ready for an unprecedented decisive battle with the Eagle Sauce!
The series of actions of the German army naturally cannot be hidden from the eyes of the Eagle Sauce. After all, such a large military mobilization and preparation, it is impossible for anyone who is not blind to see it.
After discovering that the German army was mobilizing troops on a large scale, the Eagle Sauce people immediately became nervous!
“What is the German army going to do? A large number of German troops suddenly appeared in the area south of Pittsburgh, and most of them had numbers that had never been seen before. This is probably the troops of the Third and Fourth Armies that Manstein brought from Europe!”
When the German army landed in North America, the first to land was Model’s Second Army, followed by Guderian’s First Army. These two armies were the ones that the US military encountered the most times and suffered the most defeats.
Therefore, the US military’s internal research on these two German armies is also the most detailed. After all, they have to deal with these two armies every day. If they don’t figure out the other side’s troop deployment and organization, then there is no way to make timely and effective judgments based on the enemy’s situation!
However, the two German armies that appeared south of Pittsburgh were not the two German armies they were familiar with, but some brand-new flags.
A large number of troops from the Third and Fourth Armies are advancing northward. Most of these troops are in combat for the first time. The Eagle Sauce has never seen these two armies before, so they were confused all of a sudden. They can’t figure out what’s going on!
“Guderian’s First Armored Division should still be in the northern region at this time. Will they attack from the west to the east and attack Missouri?”
The previous series of failures have brought the Eagle Sauce a very bad situation. The territory they control at this time is very limited, and it is only limited to the northeastern region of the Eagle Sauce.
And their opponent, the German army is distributed in three directions: east, west and central, forming a fan-shaped half-surrounding them.
In this case, once the German army launches an attack, the Eagle Sauce will definitely be attacked from three sides.
If the German army only invested one or two armies as before, then the Eagle Sauce might be able to resist, but looking at the posture of the German army, they are planning to go all out. In this case, the Eagle Sauce is a bit overwhelmed!
“Any attack must have a main attack direction. Although the German army has a lot of troops, it is impossible for them to attack aimlessly everywhere. Therefore, one of these three directions must be the main attack direction of the German army. The enemy in this direction may be very strong, and it is also the one we need to pay the most attention to and be wary of!”
Marshall widened his eyes and stared at the three red arrows on the map.
These three arrows represent the directions in which the German army may launch an attack in the next battle. If the intelligence is correct, then the German army should start from these three directions!
“What do you think is the main attack direction of the German army?”
Everyone understands what Marshall said. If you focus on the attack, you can concentrate a large amount of manpower and firepower to form a key breakthrough, and then quickly tear the enemy’s defense line and expand the results of the battle.
Although a full-scale attack puts a lot of pressure on the enemy, it will cause the dispersion of troops, and it may be impossible to break through every place.
For the defending side, they must reserve a part of the reserve when defending, just to deal with the enemy’s possible deployment of a large number of troops in the local battlefield at once, forming a huge gap in force, and posing a huge threat to their own defense line!
Once this happens, the commander must deploy the reserve troops to the front line as soon as possible to support the defenders who are under the focus of the attack.
“I think the main attack direction of the German army should be in the east!”
A staff officer pointed to the map with a serious expression and said.
In the easternmost part of the map, a straight arrow was running through the territory of the Eagle Sauce from south to north.
“What’s the reason?”
It’s true that the northeastern region of the Eagle Sauce is their core area, but at this time the seat of the Eagle Sauce’s government is in the Great Lakes region. If the main attack direction of the German army is really the east, then for the Eagle Sauce, although the losses are heavy, at least there will be no worries about life in the short term, and they can still survive for a while.
However, this kind of thing seems unlikely. The German army has made such a big scene and dispatched so many troops. Naturally, it is impossible to just fight a small battle.
If their goal is only to occupy the eastern region, there is no need to mobilize so many troops. They can just send a small number of troops to continue to attack northward along the eastern coastal area as before!
“I think it is the west. The west is close to our core area, and it is flat without any mountains. As long as the enemy enters Missouri, they can quickly advance eastward, sweep across our flanks, and then pose a direct threat to our core area!”
Marshall had a different opinion. He believed that the threat from the west was the greatest, because the German army in the west was the famous Guderian and his First Army.
People all over the world know that Guderian is good at attacking, and he likes to run long distances and fight blitzkrieg!
The terrain in the west is very suitable for them to implement this tactic, so this place is the most dangerous place!