69novels Chapter 807
Chapter 807
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Azores Islands, after receiving Model’s telegram, Mainz did not hesitate at all and immediately ordered the entire Air Force to move out and march towards the Eagle Sauce homeland!
“General Goering, are you sure you want to lead this operation yourself? The U.S. air defense firepower has been strengthened and has been greatly improved. In addition, the speed of our aircraft will be limited during this operation, so there is a risk of you being shot down. As the commander of the Air Force, I don’t want you to take risks!”
At the airport, a large number of German planes have begun to take off one after another. Mainz personally rushed to the airport, on the one hand to send off these German pilots, and on the other hand, after hearing General Goering’s decision, he planned to come and persuade him.
This operation is very important. The German army has dispatched a large number of troops, including transport planes, bombers, and some refueling planes.
Involving hundreds of aircraft and several different types of aircraft, this battle places high demands on the commander. If the commander cannot complete this command operation well, then the German combat operations may not achieve the desired results.
With this in mind, Goering decided to personally lead the operation himself!
Mainz admired Goering’s determination very much, but he did not agree with Goering’s decision.
After all, the German army currently has relatively few qualified air force generals. As the commander of the Empire’s Air Force, Goering’s importance to the German Air Force is unquestionable!
If by some chance he is unfortunately lost on the Eagle Sauce battlefield, it will be a huge loss for the Empire!
“Führer, you don’t need to persuade me anymore. I have made up my mind. If you don’t take any risks, how can we get the results we want?”
Goering said to Mainz with a smile. The Führer could stand up and persuade him for his own safety. This was a disguised encouragement for him, because he realized his position in the Führer’s heart through this incident!
The Führer values himself very much and cares about himself very much!
After receiving such news, Goering was naturally more excited. He hoped more urgently to repay the Führer’s trust in him with a brilliant victory!
So it would be better if Mainz didn’t come out to persuade him. He came out to persuade him personally, which strengthened Goering’s determination! Mainz nodded after listening, and didn’t say anything. Instead, he patted Goering on the shoulder and said to him:”In this case, I wish you success here. If you succeed, I will celebrate for you in Berlin!”
With these words, Goering was even more excited. He nodded heavily, saluted Mainz and everyone, then boarded his plane with his head held high, took off quickly, and chased the German army! The German air fleet took off from the Azores and flew westward at a speed of 500 kilometers per hour. After six hours of flight, they successfully arrived over Florida.
In the air formation, the transport planes began to land at the ground airport in southern Florida, but the bomber groups did not land. Instead, after refueling in the air with the tanker, they began to fly north along the coastline. Their destination was no other place but where the US military was gathering at this time – the US military camp north of the town of St. Marys!
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Marshall was not in a good mood. They tried again in the afternoon, but the result was the same as the first time, and they failed! The
German defense line looked impenetrable. They had obviously used heavy artillery to bombard the German defense line in turns, and completely turned the German defense line upside down. However, the German army was as stubborn as a cockroach. They could not find where they were when they were bombing. Once they finished bombing and started attacking, the German army began to emerge again!
The result was naturally no suspense. Their attacking troops were beaten by all kinds of light and heavy firepower of the German army, suffered heavy losses, and had to withdraw in embarrassment.
The failure of the afternoon’s attack made the morale of the US military drop a lot. The German army’s unshakable defense line made all the American soldiers feel Alexander!
Many people began to doubt in their hearts: Can they really break through the German defense line?
“As expected of the three famous generals of the Third Reich, judging from today’s battle, Model is really worthy of his reputation!”
General Patton, commander of the Third Army, was chatting with his chief of staff. Regarding the daytime battle, General Patton expressed his admiration.
He believed that the German tactics were very simple, but extremely flexible, the defense was extremely resolute, the attack was extremely decisive, and the firepower was extremely fierce!
When the U.S. military bombed, they did not fire back, but once the U.S. military left their positions and began to attack, the German army would open fire without hesitation and concentrate all its efforts on attacking the U.S. offensive forces!
In this process, the German army’s terrifying armored forces became a nightmare in the hearts of American soldiers!
This unit always They could appear at key positions and easily defeat their attacking forces every time.
The US military simply couldn’t find any good way to fight the German army. They had tried to use heavy artillery’s covering fire to attack German tanks, but the effect was not ideal.
After this attempt failed, they also tried to use anti-tank guns to attack German tanks.
However, when their anti-tank guns were deployed, the German tanks did not come. As a result, they did not wait for their prey, but became the prey of the German heavy artillery. Under the fierce attack of the German artillery, these anti-tank guns with a short range suffered heavy losses, almost They had already lost their combat effectiveness before they even fired!
After an afternoon of fighting, although the Third Army had not yet entered the battlefield to fight the Germans, General Patton had already concluded in his heart that they could not break through the German defenses from St. Marys!
If they wanted to go south and join the American troops in the south, it would obviously not work to fight hard from here. Model had already proved his strength in the daytime battles. So many famous generals in Europe had failed in his hands and had not gained any advantage. Patton certainly would not be naive enough to think that the US military could gain any advantage from him.
Since he knew that he had a hard bone in front of him, he should have decisively avoided it. Open here and choose other battlefields that are easier to break through!
But unfortunately, even if he said it, I’m afraid no one would take it seriously!
Patton was wrong on this point.
Marshall was not the kind of person who would do things recklessly. After the attack failed during the day, Marshall realized that he couldn’t go on like this.
And MacArthur, who had been watching the battle from the side without intervening, finally couldn’t help but suggest to him that the US military must expand the attack area, mobilize the German troops as much as possible, and disperse the German forces. In this way, they will have a chance to break through the German defense line here in St. Marys!
“In addition to attacking westwards and expanding the front line, I think we should also contact the friendly forces in the south and ask them to move north immediately to cooperate with our actions and attack the German army from both sides. In this way, the disadvantage of insufficient German forces will be completely exposed!”
“Mobilize their troops in large numbers, spread the offensive area, and completely disperse the German forces, and lose the reserve forces. In this way, we will have a chance to win this battle!”
What MacArthur said was all based on experience, and it coincided with what Marshall was thinking.
So Marshall nodded and accepted his proposal.