69novels Chapter 919
Chapter 919
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Ridgway is 33 years old this year. Compared with famous veterans such as Patton and MacArthur, he is an out-and-out newcomer.
Therefore, it is very attractive for Ridgway to get such an opportunity to lead an army alone to fight alone!
It is also for this reason that Ridgway is very grateful for MacArthur’s recommendation.
He knows very well that the reason why he can get MacArthur’s recommendation is that he and MacArthur are from the same school.
Both of them graduated from the West Point Military Academy.
As a celebrity of the West Point Military Academy, MacArthur regards himself as a senior of the West Point Military Academy in the military.
Therefore, he attaches great importance to excavating and cultivating young officers who originally graduated from the West Point Military Academy, so as to strengthen the strength of the West Point faction.
On the other hand, his being favored is also related to his strength.
Although Ridgway’s position and rank are not high, his resume is very rich. After graduating from West Point, he has been stationed in nine countries and has rich combat experience. Ridgway is very good at learning and has a good strategic overall view. The upcoming Texas campaign is not just a military action, but also a political action.
If the U.S. military cannot win this battle quickly, accurately and ruthlessly and achieve a perfect victory, then other states that are watching across the country may have some different ideas!
At this time, the Eagle Sauce is very weak. In the face of a powerful enemy, they really can’t withstand another internal consumption!
Therefore, the Texas campaign must be fought quickly, accurately and hatefully. Moreover, the U.S. military must control the scope of the strike and cannot cause too much damage to Texas. Otherwise, even if Texas is recovered, they will only get a mess! After all, this is their own land. Fighting on their own land must be slow. After all, it is their own property that is destroyed. How much is damaged now, how much money will be spent on repairing in the future!
However, they cannot be too lenient with the rednecks in Texas. If they are too lenient with the rednecks, how can they show the federal government’s determination to fight the insurgents?
If they cannot show this determination, won’t other states think that it doesn’t matter if they participate in the rebellion, because the rednecks in Texas are still alive and well?
This impression must not be left on people, because once such an impression is left, more and more rebellious states may appear in the future.
Therefore, this battle is not just a military action, but also a military and political action. It is naturally very difficult to do such a job well!
“General Ridgway, MacArthur strongly recommended you to be the commander of the Southwestern Army Group and let you lead the offensive against Texas. So, I want to know, do you have any plans for it?”
Although everyone did not doubt MacArthur’s strength, some people had doubts about Arthur’s vision. After all, Patton, who was favored by him before, suffered a great loss in the Battle of St. Marys and was almost completely destroyed!
Moreover, because he failed to complete his task, the US military suffered heavy losses. A large number of troops were lost in this battle, which made General Patton’s reputation bad. Although people often say that victory and defeat are common in the military, a failure is nothing. Only those who are not arrogant in victory and not discouraged in defeat are excellent generals.
However, this kind of words are just talk and can’t be taken seriously at all!
Due to Patton’s mistakes, the US military suffered a battle. The United States lost hundreds of thousands of men in the battle. Even for the wealthy United States, such a disastrous defeat was a serious blow!
Therefore, for the sake of safety, they did not dare to continue to entrust important tasks to General Patton. If he made such a mistake again in the future, the United States and the U.S. military might be doomed!
Therefore, after this disastrous defeat, General Patton’s military career became extremely bleak!
It is of course a great failure for a general to fail to complete his mission!
War is not a game for children. It is a very serious and cruel thing!
As the commander of the army. Officer, any wrong decision may result in hundreds or thousands of casualties!
No country is willing to bear such a price!
Therefore, General Patton has been relegated to the cold palace at this time, and affected by this, everyone began to doubt MacArthur’s vision.
No one knows whether this guy is good at judging people!
Therefore, this time MacArthur really spent a lot of effort to recommend Ridgway.
If Ridgway embarrasses him again, he may not be able to recommend others easily in the future!
Fortunately, the enemies in Texas are just the local rednecks, not real The German army was powerful, so MacArthur was full of confidence in Ridgway’s mission.
He felt that with Ridgway’s strength, plus a complete army group, he would not fail!
So when he heard others asking Ridgway questions, MacArthur didn’t even raise his eyelids, and looked like he didn’t care.
Of course, he was not as calm as he appeared, which could be seen from his secretly raised ears.
MacArthur was also very curious about what kind of plan Ridgway could come up with to solve the current problems in Texas.
“Judging from the information we have received so far, the rebels in Texas should have signed some kind of agreement with the German army. There should be interaction or even cooperation between the two armies. Therefore, if we attack Texas, the German army will definitely take action. This can be reflected in our previous attacks!”
Ridgway was not in a hurry. Facing the attention of everyone, he seemed unusually calm. Apart from anything else, this mentality alone was enough to make people look at him with new eyes.
Therefore, after hearing Ridgway’s words and seeing Ridgway’s performance, many people who were secretly paying attention to him nodded slightly, obviously initially recognizing him.
However, Ridgway had not finished speaking, so everyone was very curious about what he was going to say next.
“Texas is a large state with a tough people.
If we send troops brazenly, we will suffer huge losses if we encounter fierce resistance from the rednecks.
Therefore, I think we should launch propaganda and military operations together to attack the enemy in a two-pronged way.
In this way, we can take the lead in breaking down the enemy’s psychological defenses before the enemy goes to the battlefield, thus creating conditions for us to win on the real battlefield!