69novels Chapter 945
Chapter 945
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“Well, it is very likely that something happened in the east, forcing the German army to give up the plan to pursue us and return to Florida to support the local garrison!”
Someone analyzed it after the fact. Because they were facing huge dangers, everyone’s energy was focused on saving their lives and they had no time to care about other things.
Now that the crisis has been resolved, they finally breathed a sigh of relief and had the energy and time to discuss the situation on other battlefields.
“We received a telegram before that due to the absence of the main force of the German army, the German defense in Florida was quite empty, so General MacArthur and his subordinates achieved quite impressive results on the battlefield.
Not only have they pushed back to Florida, but they have also won battle after battle on the battlefield, continuously achieving victory after victory.
In my opinion, the German army in Houston must have been stimulated by this news and dared not wait any longer, so they evacuated overnight to support Florida!
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“Yes, I have seen this telegram too, and it looks like General MacArthur has made great progress in Florida!”
“Hehe, the German army is in trouble now. We have held them back in Texas for such a long time, and they are just rushing back now. I am afraid it is too late, right?”
After hearing the news brought back by the scouts, the generals of the US military, which was originally lifeless, began to be optimistic one by one!
Originally, they were beaten to the ground by the German army in the battle with the German army. Not only did they fail to win the battle, but they also paid a very heavy price. Even if they escaped by luck, they would not be able to report after returning!
But now, after learning that the German army has withdrawn and a breakthrough has been made in Florida, the US military in Texas naturally took the credit for themselves!
In their view, it was because of their great sacrifice that they held back the main force of the German army and exchanged it for the victory in the east. So even if they failed to stop the German army on the battlefield, they indirectly completed the task and created conditions for the US offensive!
“Haha, the German army is retreating now, so we don’t have to run away!”
“That’s right. In my opinion, the German army only has 50,000 troops in Houston, and their reinforcements will not be able to take care of them in a short time, so can we take advantage of this opportunity to launch a counterattack?”
“You know what, I think this is a good idea. The German army would never expect that we would suddenly attack back. After all, in their opinion, we have already escaped and will not return so soon!”
“Although the German army has few troops, our strength has also suffered a great loss. Moreover, the soldiers have been fighting for a long time and are very tired. I am afraid they can’t continue fighting at this time, right?”
For the counterattack plan proposed by the more radical generals, some other more conservative and cautious people naturally raised objections.
“That’s right, we are in urgent need of supplies, weapons and ammunition, as well as food, medicine, etc. We took away a large number of wounded soldiers when we retreated. Many of these wounded soldiers are very seriously ill and must be sent to regular hospitals for treatment as soon as possible. If their wounds are not treated quickly, if the infection spreads, I am afraid their lives will be in danger!”
In the previous battles, the German army bombarded the U.S. troops guarding the city of Houston day and night. This bombardment caused a large number of casualties to the U.S. military. In addition to a large number of soldiers killed, many soldiers were injured in the bombardment!
Among these injured soldiers, the seriously injured soldiers were basically abandoned by the U.S. military. These seriously injured soldiers did not have the ability to move on their own, so stretchers and special vehicles were needed to help them transfer, and additional manpower was needed to take care of them.
This is a considerable burden for the U.S. military. Considering that the survival rate of seriously injured soldiers is relatively low, it is better to leave them behind than to save them at a huge cost and risk being dragged down by them. , it is better to give up by default!
However, a large number of lightly wounded soldiers who do not affect the action or have little impact on the action were brought out. Although these lightly wounded soldiers also need care, at least they do not require as many conditions as the seriously injured. They have some self-care ability, and as long as they are treated in time, the probability of them being saved is still very high!
However, most of the injuries of the wounded soldiers in the army are external injuries, and external injuries are very easy to cause wound infection. Before penicillin was invented, wound infection was a very terrible thing. As long as the wound is infected with purulent infection over a large area, there is basically no particularly good way, and they can only rely on the soldiers’ own immunity to resist!
However, in After penicillin was developed, people had a powerful weapon to kill bacteria and fight infection.
However, penicillin has not been around for long, and the extraction of penicillin is very complicated, the yield is very low, and the price is very expensive. Therefore, even the wealthy United States did not purchase much. This thing is a scarce product everywhere, and you can’t buy it even if you have money!
Ridgway’s Southwestern Army’s medicines had been used up as early as during the siege of Houston. At this time, their supplies were exhausted, and even medicines had to be replenished from other places.
If they returned to Houston to attack here at this time, it was unclear whether they could take it down. Even if they took it down, what if they didn’t find enough If they don’t have enough supplies, they will all be left with nothing!
Sure enough, when these questions were raised, everyone fell silent.
Fifty thousand German troops may not seem like a large number, but everyone present has seen how powerful the German army is!
The German army is more powerful than the US army, there is no doubt about that, but the key point is how many US soldiers can one German soldier compare to?
This question is not easy to answer, but the default number in everyone’s mind is that one German soldier is equivalent to 2-3 US soldiers!
In other words, although there are only 50,000 defenders in the city, they are enough to exert the combat effectiveness of 100,000 or even 150,000 US troops.
With the current state of the US military, it may not be able to defeat the opponent with 300,000 troops!
“I think it’s better to go to San Antonio to rest first. After we have replenished our supplies and figured out the specific situation in the east, we will take targeted actions according to the changes in the battlefield in the east to cooperate with General MacArthur. What do you think?”
Ridgway proposed a compromise, which not only retained the option of sending troops, but also solved the problem of insufficient supplies and the need for treatment of wounded soldiers.
Everyone had no objection to his proposal, so everyone unanimously passed it!
Seeing that everyone passed his proposal, Ridgway was relieved.
As a result, the US military completely gave up the plan to set an ambush and continued to head towards San Antonio! However, unlike the previous eager escape, this time the US military was obviously much more calm and slow when retreating!
However, they seemed to have overlooked a problem.