69novels Chapter 805
Chapter 805
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: 0.138s Scan: 0.040sNo matter what conspiracy the German army had, the US army had no way out at this time. They had come to this point. It was impossible for them to go back home and abandon the 1.3 million friendly troops in the south.
So after the bombardment, the US army launched the attack as planned!
Led by Major General Frank, the First Army of the US Army rushed towards the German positions from three directions.
Their purpose was very clear. They crossed the St. Marys River, went around the south bank of the river, seized the railway bridge that was extremely critical to their army, and opened the passage to the south.
The German army’s purpose was also very clear. They would stop the US army from doing this at all costs.
So after the US army began to attack, the battle between the two sides immediately became fierce!
“Convey my order to the artillery unit and ask them to bombard the middle part of the U.S. army and cut off the connection between their front and rear troops!”
Model immediately perked up when he saw the U.S. army start to attack.
He had been enjoying the bombardment for too long before, so he was a little mentally exhausted.
He thought that the U.S. artillery would only take half an hour to prepare, but he didn’t expect the U.S. army to bombard for several hours in one breath.
If he had known this earlier, he should not have placed the headquarters so close to the front line, because here, the artillery sound from the front line was still very loud, and Model’s ears were bombarded by the explosions for the whole afternoon!
At this time, the U.S. army finally launched an attack, and it was their turn to bombard the U.S. army and let them experience the feeling of being bombarded!
Boom boom boom!
After receiving the order, the German artillery, who was full of anger, immediately opened fire at full power and delivered their most violent firepower without reservation!
The U.S. artillery has been performing for an afternoon, and it’s time to let them see it. How should real artillery fire!
Such dense artillery fire was completely beyond the expectations of the US military. Although they thought that they might be intercepted by German artillery fire, they did not expect the German artillery fire to be so fierce! The attacking US troops were immediately engulfed by artillery fire, and a large number of broken arms and limbs were in the air. Many soldiers were blown up before they could react.
The German artillery fire was so sudden, and the firepower was so dense that they did not conduct a test fire at all. They started to fire rapidly at the fastest speed!
This left the US military with no time to find cover. When the German artillery bombardment came, most of the US soldiers were on the way to attack, completely exposed to the coverage of the German artillery fire!
“Quick, retreat quickly!”
Marshall saw his troops being covered by German artillery fire in the rear, and he immediately felt something was wrong!
The German artillery fire caused a splitting blow to the American part that was attacking.
The artillery fire in this part was extremely dense, causing the American soldiers to subconsciously avoid this area.
The soldiers in the front subconsciously ran to the front, and the soldiers in the back subconsciously hid behind.
As a result, there was a gap between the two armies!
The central army should have filled this gap.
However, at this time, the central army suffered a fierce artillery attack.
The casualties were still unclear, but it was estimated that the casualties were heavy, and at least half of the troops were lost!
Seeing this scene, Marshall realized that something was wrong. It’s not good. Their vanguard troops have been completely disconnected from the troops behind them without knowing it!
If he were the commander of the German army, he would attack the disconnected American vanguard troops without hesitation when he saw such an opportunity on the battlefield!
If the US military rescue is not timely, their vanguard troops are very likely to be wiped out!
In this round of attack, the First Army has deployed about 30,000 troops, and the vanguard troops are not large, about 8,000 to 10,000 people.
If we consider the size of the US military, the loss of 10,000 people is nothing to them, it is just a drop in the bucket, and it is not a serious injury at all.
However, In front of a million-strong army, letting the other side easily eat up their own 10,000 vanguard troops is a huge blow to the morale of the entire army. If they cannot rescue this vanguard, then it can be predicted that the morale of the US military will definitely suffer a heavy blow because of this defeat!
The soldiers are likely to be afraid of the German army, and their confidence in this war will be shaken and doubted!
This is the most fatal thing!
So this unit must be rescued no matter what!
What Marshall can think of, Model naturally can’t think of!
Therefore, at the first moment of the shelling, the German armored forces had already attacked!
Model’s Second Army originally had three armored Division, but before leaving, he asked for 1,000 Type 3 tanks, which increased the total number of tanks in his hands to 2,200. In this way, his tanks were enough to form four armored divisions, and there were 600 more.
The four armored divisions had received their respective tasks at this time. Some of them went west to the flank of the US army, and the other part cooperated with the actions of the Southern Army in the south, preparing to hit the US army in the south.
As for the 600 tanks in Model’s hands, Model did not organize them into new armored divisions, but kept them in his hands, ready to launch a counterattack during the defense, and now was the time for them to come in handy!
The 600 Type 4 tanks led a large number of mechanized troops and rushed out of the position quickly, rushing into the middle of the US troops, causing the US artillerymen who were originally planning to fire to intercept the Germans and create opportunities for their troops to retreat to become hesitant!
If they fired at this time, they would most likely injure their own people by mistake. The shells were the minister’s eyes. The Germans were already mixed with their people at this time. Attacking the Germans was equivalent to attacking themselves. The Germans were protected by tanks. Unless their 155mm howitzers directly hit the German tanks, other shells would not be able to destroy the German Type 4 tanks even if they hit them!
So they really had to do it indiscriminately.���If they were to attack, the casualties of their infantry would definitely be much more serious than the losses of the German army!
Considering this serious consequence, the American artillerymen hesitated for a moment, and finally did not dare to run!
If they accidentally injured friendly forces by firing, they would be torn to pieces by those infantrymen in the future!
Without the interception of artillery fire, the German troops advanced smoothly into the middle of the American army!
The American soldiers had been stunned by the previous round of artillery fire. At this time, seeing the enemy tanks rushing over like a tidal wave, they were so scared that their souls were surging, and they had no courage to resist at all!
Da da da, the American soldiers who had completely lost their courage to fight were completely defeated under the machine gun fire and tank gun bombardment of the German army!
Almost all American soldiers on the entire battlefield witnessed this scene with their own eyes!
Their comrades seemed so pitiful, weak and helpless in front of the enemy’s steel behemoth. They had millions of troops, but they could only watch helplessly, unable to do anything to the other side. They could only watch the German army slaughter their comrades!