69novels Chapter 1049
Chapter 1049
While Manstein was figuring out how to use these prisoners as cannon fodder to consume the U.S. military, the Eagle Sauce people were really worried! It was clearly an active attack, and they wanted to win a victory with fewer troops, but they ended up losing more than they gained. Not only did they fail to get the victory they desired, but they also lost tens of thousands of people. Even Admiral Pershing almost got himself trapped in it and couldn’t get out!
The failure of the active attack not only caused the loss of tens of thousands of people, but also attracted revenge from the German army!
While their attention was on the east, the German army suddenly launched an attack in the west, and then advanced all the way, getting closer and closer to their capital!
After the fall of Washington, Chicago has officially become the new capital of the Eagle Sauce!
However, this new capital has just been named, and it immediately became precarious in the face of the powerful offensive of the German army!
Facing Guderian’s hurricane advance, the Eagles had no good solution. The only thing they could count on was Pershing and his elite troops, so they quickly invited Pershing back to preside over the overall defense of the Western Front. After this
, if Pershing could not take on this important task, they might have to change the capital for the second time! However
, although the world is big, there is almost no place that can accommodate the Eagles. The Eagles’ homeland has almost fallen. To the north is the Maple Leaf Country, which is now too busy to help them, so they really have no place to retreat!
“General Pershing, the Western Front is all up to you!”
President Roosevelt met with Admiral Pershing, who was about to go to war, at the White House with a serious expression, and solemnly handed him this arduous task!
“Don’t worry, as long as I have a breath left, I will not let them cross our defense line!”
Admiral Pershing’s words were basically just consolation. Who knows if they can stop the Germans!
If they can, then everything is good. The Germans may withdraw and the Eagle Sauce can survive for a while!
Of course, even if there is no confidence in his heart, he still cannot lose in momentum. If he doesn’t believe in himself, how can he convince others?
Admiral Pershing also hopes that these people in the rear can do their best to help him and the army solve various problems so that he can focus on fighting!
I don’t know if it is because Admiral Pershing’s defensive strategy has worked, or because it has advanced to the core area of the Eagle Sauce, and its own logistics supply line is too long, resulting in the dispersion of troops. After Admiral Pershing returned, the German army’s advancement speed immediately began to decline!
Although the US military’s strength Although there are fewer troops than the German army, but on Guderian’s front, the army used to defend him is much larger than the army he has, which causes him to use inferior forces to attack the enemy’s superior forces. In addition, there are many cities here, and the battle has changed from positional warfare and pursuit warfare to street fighting!
Almost as Manstein expected, the power of the German armored forces in the street fighting was greatly reduced, which made their attack begin to slow down!
So, the Eagle Sauce capital, which had been in a panic and seemed to be lost at any time, is finally a little safer at this moment!
And in their hearts, the hero who did all this is General Pershing, a veteran who participated in the First World War!
Speaking of which, General Pershing really knows something about defensive warfare!
After he returned to the Western Front, on the one hand, he strengthened the The defense of the city, made it clear that they were ready to fight a street battle with the enemy, and used the street battle to show their strength!
On the other hand, he always maintained more than three divisions of reserve troops. Once he found the weakness of the German army, he would send out his troops without hesitation to let them attack and threaten the German logistics supply lines, thereby increasing the concerns of the German troops on the front line, forcing them to slow down the attack and turn back to solve the burning backyard!
The German army on the Western Front is not quite the same as the Eastern Front. The Eastern Front is close to the ocean. If it really doesn’t work, they can still transport combat supplies from the sea. Even transporting troops from the sea is a very good thing!
However, the west is inland, and the German armored forces obviously cannot get supplies by sea. They get supplies The way to give is either to transport it by rail or by road.
The railways in Eagle Sauce had a long period of abandonment. During this period, many companies in Eagle Sauce relied on building railways to make a living!
Railway.
The result is that the land mileage in Eagle Sauce is the first in the world. They own hundreds of thousands of kilometers of railways, which is a great help to Guderian’s troops.
However, the Midwest is sparsely populated and the industry here is not developed, so they can only undertake some transportation tasks.
The production work still needs to be handed over to the rear of stable rule!
The real rear is actually in Florida, which is four or five thousand kilometers away from the front line.
Such a long distance, even if it is transported by train, it will take at least dozens of hours.
This leads to very high transportation costs for materials.
If the war continues like this, the German army will spend much more materials on the war than Eagle Sauce!
General Pershing believes that as long as the German commander is not stupid, after seeing the armored forces sent out by his side, the first reaction must be to shrink the troops as much as possible to strengthen the defense.
The troops on the front line were withdrawn to strengthen the defense, which invisibly reduced the pressure on their frontal defense.
It can be seen that the slowdown of the German offensive is actually related to General Pershing!
After all, the best defense is offense!
Use offense to threaten the enemy’s weaknesses, and then force the other party to divide its troops to protect them. This kind of thing is simple to say, but it is very difficult to do. At least the previous US generals did not find this opportunity!
The Eagle Sauce people can’t care so much. They are not professional military strategists. They are just ordinary people!