The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 790

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The number of German immigrants who fled to the South was 11 million. If 40% of the elderly, women and children were deducted, and the remaining 60% of the young and middle-aged people were deducted, if half of the women were deducted, a full mobilization could form an army of about 3.3 million people. The Southern Army had already mobilized 900,000 people to join the army, so there were about 2.4 million soldiers left.

Of course, this mobilization rate has exceeded 20%. In half of the cases, the proportion of conscription exceeds 20% of the total population, which basically means that the oil has been exhausted, and it is almost impossible to improve it!

However, the main problem facing the Southern Army now is not the shortage of personnel, but the lack of various weapons and equipment.

The equipment in their hands is varied, and most of them are defensive weapons that were originally prepared by the family.

After World War I, because of the wave of discrimination against German immigrants in the Eagle Sauce, many German families learned lessons and began to arm themselves. In the process, they bought a lot of firearms for self-defense.

There are many varieties of these firearms, including rifles, rifles, shotguns, and pistols.

For a single family, they can protect themselves by equipping themselves with these weapons, but for an army, these weapons are complex in model, and the specifications and calibers of various weapons are different, which makes it difficult to use ammunition universally, and the difficulty of logistics supply is also very great, which greatly affects their combat effectiveness!

This is not the most critical thing.

The most critical thing is that they lack heavy weapons, let alone heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm.

There are not many standard 75 mm field artillery.

The few artillery pieces were brought out by the German soldiers who served in the Eagle Sauce Army when they defected.

In addition to this channel, the ways they can obtain these weapons are also quite limited.

After all, ordinary residents can only buy a few guns for self-defense at most.

It is not said that anyone buys a cannon for self-defense at home.

Besides, even if ordinary people want to buy this thing, they can’t buy it at all!

If the Southern Army occupied several states in the Great Lakes region in the north instead of Florida at this time, they would be able to control at least dozens of arsenals. Relying on the production capacity of these arsenals, the problem of weapons and equipment would definitely be solved.

However, there are not many German immigrants in the Great Lakes region, and the US military has a strong force here. In order to defend against German air raids, President Roosevelt transferred almost 80% of the anti-aircraft artillery troops to the Great Lakes region.

In order to rescue cities that may be bombed, a large number of National Guard troops were also transferred to the north.

In this case, the Southern Army, which was short of guns and ammunition, wanted to attack the Great Lakes, which was a dead end.

Speaking of which, they were able to go south smoothly because the US military in the south was transferred to the north in a large number, resulting in the emptiness of the defense in the south, which gave them the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity!

Everything has its pros and cons. There are many German immigrants in Florida, and the US military’s defense is empty, which gave them the opportunity to take Florida.

However, Florida lacks an industrial base, there are not many factories, and there is no important arsenal. In the early days, it was mainly based on plantation industries, and industry was extremely scarce.

Therefore, the South, which occupied this place, could not rely on local factories to produce weapons.

They needed to rely on external assistance!

Model came from the mainland, and the Empire had already prepared a large amount of various materials for him, among which the number of various weapons and equipment accounted for the majority!

Some of these weapons were for Model’s Second Army as a reserve inventory, and the other large part was prepared to arm these Southern troops!

“The Southern Army currently has 600,000 troops. They suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Jackson, and many of their troops were crippled. They need time to repair and replenish, but the current situation is critical. The enemy will definitely attack us frantically, so we must arm ourselves in the shortest possible time!”

Model and Eisenhower walked in the Southern Army’s barracks, inspecting the situation in the army while discussing the Southern Army’s expansion plan.

“Well, I agree to expand the Southern Army’s strength to 1.2 million, and form at least three army groups. In this way, we will have enough troops to protect the safety of Florida!”

Eisenhower has been in the Eagle Sauce Army and knows that the total strength of the Eagle Sauce has exceeded 3 million.

After the outbreak of the civil war, the Eagle Sauce will do its utmost to wipe out the rebels in the South, so these three million troops will most likely be transferred to the South to participate in the siege of them.

In the face of such a siege, their strength must be at least more than half of the opponent’s, so that they can have a fighting force.

If the Southern Army expands to 1.2 million, plus the 350,000 German troops, their total strength will exceed 1.5 million, so that they can barely hold their positions and wait for subsequent reinforcements from the German army!

“It may be difficult to get reinforcements. At least before the control of the Atlantic Ocean falls completely into the hands of the Empire, it is impossible for the Empire’s army to arrive in North America on a large scale!”

Model himself experienced the terrible journey from Europe to North America by ship. His Second Army drifted on the sea for 10 days. Most of the soldiers were seasick, and many soldiers even lost their combat effectiveness.

When the German army arrived in North America, they did not land directly under the city of Jackson and directly attacked the flank of the US army because their soldiers were in poor condition and needed to rest. The two light armored divisions also attacked northward after a day of rest.

Fortunately, the German army was prepared for the long sea voyage and prepared a large amount of medicines in advance to avoid greater losses. If they had not prepared these If so, I am afraid that more German troops will lose their combat effectiveness, and they will need a longer time to rest!

Moreover, Model and his men were lucky. They happened to encounter a period when the main force of the Eagle Sauce Navy was not there. They seized this opportunity to cross the Atlantic and arrived in North America!

With their successful experience of crossing the Atlantic, the Eagle Sauce will definitely do its best to increase the force of maritime patrols to prevent the same thing from happening a second time!

In this case, it is almost impossible for subsequent troops to safely cross the Atlantic and arrive in North America!

Therefore, in the short term, reinforcements cannot be counted on!

They need to rely on their own strength to deal with the enemy’s attack!

“Our army still has 1,000 extra tanks, which can be transferred to you to form two and a half armored divisions. We can’t stay in the position and fight a dull defensive battle with the Eagle Sauce. We are short of troops, heavy weapons, and air force cover. In this case, we must move and use the advantages of mobility to burn the flames of war to the Eagle Sauce’s homeland!”