69novels Chapter 930
Chapter 930
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Ridgway was indeed a good general. When he learned that the German army suddenly appeared and launched an attack, his first thought was surprise, and then his second thought was to take the initiative to counterattack!
In his opinion, the German army was still attacking Beaumont a few hours ago, and it was impossible for them to run to Houston so quickly. At least their main force and their heavy weapons could not have such a fast speed, so he speculated that the troops outside should only be the vanguard, and there would not be many troops!
However, when he sent the reconnaissance troops to investigate the situation, the reconnaissance troops were frightened by the mighty armored cluster of the German army!
Because it was dark, people’s vision was greatly affected at this time. The scouts could not see the situation too far away, and could only see the situation nearby. The German army’s hundreds of tanks rushed over in a mighty manner, and the pressure on the momentum was extremely great. Of course, the US scouts did not dare to get too close, so they could only hide in the distance to check the situation.
If you look at it from a distance, you can’t see it clearly. From a distance, tanks and assault guns are basically indistinguishable. The difference in appearance between the two is not obvious, especially for the US military, who don’t know much about the German weapons and equipment. If they are allowed to observe it closer, they might be able to observe it!
But at such a distance, the tanks and assault guns that appear in their sight are just a blurry little dot. Since they can’t see it clearly, they can’t be sure, so these things are counted as tanks by them!
After fighting with the German army for several months and suffering a lot of losses from the German army, the Eagle Sauce has a deeper understanding of the German army. They have inquired about intelligence from all sides and learned about the German military organization.
Similar to the US military, the German army is generally larger in size.
One of their divisions has about 20,000 to 30,000 people.
If it is an armored division, there are about 400 tanks.
At this time, the US scouts roughly estimated that the number of German tanks that appeared in their field of vision was at least more than 600, and there were still a steady stream of tanks coming from the rear.
From the huge dust formed by the German army rushing on the road, it can be seen how terrifying the number of tanks in the rear is!
After realizing this, they immediately judged that there were at least two armored divisions of the German army outside Houston, and there were more reinforcements in the rear!
After the scouts sent this information to Ridgway, even though Ridgway was prepared in his heart, he couldn’t help shaking his hands. This was because he was scared!
Two armored divisions!
That is at least more than 50,000 armored forces. If the German army that continued to appear in the rear is counted, the size of this German army will at least exceed 150,000 people!
Ridgway didn’t know how the German army had assembled so many troops in such a short time, and they appeared in front of him as if they had suddenly fallen from the sky, but he knew very well that the size of this army was beyond his ability to handle!
Even if they launched a counterattack, they would defeat the German vanguard before the subsequent German troops arrived, and they might be dragged down by the other side, which would lead to their own complete situation!
Considering the powerful combat capability of the German armored forces, Ridgway had no doubt about the result!
Therefore, he immediately gave up the plan to counterattack, and did not plan to escape, but arranged defenses on the spot, ready to fight a good battle with the German army!
“Speaking of which, the German army has never failed since entering the North American battlefield!”
Ridgway said to himself, and the deputy general next to him quickly added after hearing it:”They have never failed in Europe, well, from the outbreak of the war to now, the German army has never lost a game!”
When Ridgway heard what the other party said, he couldn’t help but choke and glared at the deputy general angrily. The look in his eyes seemed to be blaming the other party: Who told you to say this? The deputy general shrank his head in fear. He knew that he had touched bad luck.
The myth of the undefeated German army will definitely cause tremendous pressure on them, and by digging this kind of thing out, he was invisibly demolishing the main general’s stage. Obviously, Ridgway was just about to say some bold words, such as breaking the myth of the undefeated German army and letting the German army see how powerful we are.
As a result, as soon as he said this, Ridgway couldn’t say what he had intended to say. It would be strange if Ridgway was not angry!
Ridgway was indeed very angry, but he just snorted coldly and went to find trouble with the deputy general, because in his opinion it was completely meaningless.
Instead of wasting time on his deputy general, it is better to think about how to deal with the German attack.
“Pass on my order, and immediately have the troops evacuate the residents in the city, and turn the city into our fortifications and bunkers. Isn’t the German artillery very powerful?
Let them raze the entire city to the ground!
We will stay in the city and wait for street fighting with them!”
After thinking about it, Ridgway decided to stay in Houston and fight a decisive battle with the Germans. He didn’t dare to retreat. Retreating at this time would be equivalent to selling out his back to the Germans. As long as the German commander was not an idiot, he would definitely hold on to them and prevent them from breaking away. Once the main force of the German army arrived, it would be a disaster for them!
Since they can’t retreat, the only way left is to defend to the death!
However, he was not very sure about fighting a defensive battle, so he could only relocate the people in the city in advance to reduce his own concerns as much as possible, so as to let go.���Fight with the German army!
Guderian soon received the information that the US military was evacuating the civilians in the city, but he didn’t care at all. He didn’t care about the lives of these civilians. Whether they stayed in the city or withdrew, it was not his concern.
Compared with these, he was more concerned about the decision of the US military. If the US military planned to retreat quietly among the civilians, he would definitely not be happy, and would definitely send troops to harass or even chase the US military!
However, it seems that the US military does not have such plans, which makes Guderian a little confused!
“Is this Ridgway a fool? Does he really intend to defend this place to the death and let us make a fool of him?”
Guderian was still a little surprised by Ridgway’s decision to stay and defend the city, because staying would definitely be a dead end. If they insisted on retreating, they would be caught up by the German army and would probably be defeated or even annihilated, but at least some of them could escape and keep the fire.
But if they stayed, what awaited them was the end of the whole army being annihilated!