69novels Chapter 935
Chapter 935
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“”Hasn’t the main force of the German army been transferred away? Why can it still cause you so much trouble?”
This question was asked to General Barak, the general in charge of the attack on the left wing.
General Barak felt so wronged!
He didn’t know what was going on. He clearly received news that the main force of the German army was no longer there, so he hurriedly urged the troops to rush to the south and fight hard, intending to gain as much military merit as possible.
But who knew that the German army actually mobilized heavy troops to encircle him, so that he not only did not gain any advantage, but instead hit a wall and got a bloody head!
“Could it be some other reason?”
Another general suddenly spoke up. Model did transfer the main force of the German army. This is definitely not wrong. After all, so many people witnessed it with their own eyes. So it was definitely not Model’s troops that blocked the US army.
“You mean, the German reinforcements have arrived from Europe?”
Guderian’s First Army has not landed yet. Even if it has landed, it will take time for the news to reach the north. Before the news came, their understanding of the German military strength in Florida was basically accurate!
According to MacArthur’s estimate, the German military strength in Florida should not exceed 50,000 at present. 50,000 people resisting the attack of their 500,000 troops will naturally leak all the wind, and the only possibility is to retreat step by step!
However, although the US military has made a breakthrough in the middle, the actions on the left and right wings are not very smooth, which surprised the US military.
Apart from anything else, the number of German troops on the left wing alone is probably more than 50,000!
So everyone immediately thought of whether the German army had a new batch of troops from Europe, otherwise it would be impossible to explain it!
“This is not necessarily the case. Although the German army won the Battle of Bermuda and gained control of the sea, there were no obstacles for them to transport troops from their homeland. However, Europe is still far away from North America. From troop assembly, to raising ships, to waiting for ship transportation, to arriving in North America for landing, this process will take at least a month, right?”
Everyone nodded. The mobilization of hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops is a very complicated matter. It takes a long time to gather troops, mobilize ships, and prepare various support materials, such as food, fresh water, medical and sanitary supplies, and daily consumables needed during the sea voyage.
Moreover, after these things are produced, they need to be transported to the port for landing, and then set off with the army’s landing troops, and arrive in North America after a long voyage on the sea.
This does not include the problem of German weapons and equipment and personnel transportation.
The weapons in the hands of German soldiers include and light weapons. Light weapons such as rifles, machine guns, submachine guns and heavy machine guns. These things will not take up too much space and are not heavy. So loading and unloading will not be difficult!
However, the German army is also equipped with a large number of heavy weapons, such as tanks, cannons, self-propelled artillery, etc.!
These things They are large in size and heavy in weight, so cranes and hoists are needed to load them onto ships, and a large internal space is needed to store them.
Considering the degree of mechanization of the German army, they have a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, supporting trucks, maintenance vehicles, etc. It takes a lot of time, manpower and material resources to load these things onto ships!
So even if we count from the day the German army won the Bermuda Islands, it would take at least more than a month for the German reinforcements from Europe to arrive in North America. If the Third Reich is slower in preparation, this time will only be longer!
And now it is less than a month before the end of the naval battle. In such a short time, it is unlikely that the German army will have large-scale local troops arriving in North America!
The reason why the US military is anxious to capture Florida as soon as possible is because they are worried that if they cannot solve the German troops that have landed on their own land as soon as possible, more and more German troops will begin to land in the future.
“Judging from the time, it should not be the German local troops that arrived. Compared with the German reinforcements, I suspect that the other side is another army!”
“You mean, the Confederate Army and militia composed of German immigrants?”
After being reminded, MacArthur immediately thought of a person he had almost overlooked!
“That’s right, although after the German landing, our main opponent changed from the Southern Army to the German Army, but before the German Army came, we had fought with the Southern Army many times. The main problem of this army before was that its weapons and equipment were too poor, and the combat quality of the soldiers was too poor, so it was firmly suppressed by us on the battlefield!”
Everyone recalled the scene when the civil war first broke out and they were suppressing the German immigrants.
If the enemy’s combat effectiveness had not been too weak, they would not have been chased all the way from the north to the south, and finally had no choice but to occupy this corner of Florida.
When the U.S. Army and the Confederate Army fought fiercely in the Jefferson area, the U.S. Army caused huge casualties of hundreds of thousands of people to the Confederate Army. The result of that battle can be said to be the greatest result achieved by the U.S. Army so far!
However, they haven’t fought with the Confederate Army for a long time. Since the German army landed, the enemies they faced were basically the powerful German army. The Confederate Army rarely fought, and they naturally gradually forgot about this army with relatively weak combat effectiveness and backward weapons and equipment.
If it hadn’t been mentioned at this time, MacArthur might not have thought of the other side at all.
“So, the people who resist us may really be from the Southern Army. But after more than three months, can their combat effectiveness really improve to this extent?”
MacArthur breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he was a little worried. He was not facing the German army, which made him feel a little relieved, but he was not happy that the Southern Army, which was once invincible, had become so much stronger!
The Southern Army has more troops than the German Army. It is said that they have more than one million people!
If the combat effectiveness of this army can really be greatly improved, then relying on its number, it will be enough to stop the US military and prevent them from setting foot in Florida.
“That may not be the case. Although the Southern Army has a large number of people, their combat effectiveness cannot be improved so much in a short period of time. Although the German army has provided them with some weapons and even trained them, it is still very difficult to improve their combat effectiveness in a short period of time. Otherwise, our Central Army would not have made such rapid progress!”
Speaking of the progress of the Central Army, MacArthur regained some confidence in his heart!