69novels Chapter 1003
Chapter 1003
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General MacArthur died in the bombing of the German army, the morale of the US military has been gradually depressed.
There is no way to do this. After all, the negative emotions accumulated from the previous series of failures had reached their peak when MacArthur was killed!
Facing an almost invincible enemy, the US military really couldn’t find any good way to deal with it, and there was no way to cause the soldiers to be timid in their hearts before they started fighting when facing the German army!
MacArthur’s prestige in the army is actually much higher than those people in the White House imagined.
They thought that after MacArthur died, they could replace MacArthur’s role by just replacing a main general. It was naive to think so, because MacArthur was unique!
He was the most dazzling star in the US Army after World War I. Even Eisenhower could only serve as his deputy. Since General Pershing retired, the Army almost only recognized him as a general!
His death was a fatal blow to the morale of the Eagle Sauce Army!
At this time, three months had passed since the Battle of Florida. After three months of continuous failures, the White House seemed to have finally realized this matter!
So, they finally took action. President Roosevelt sent a special envoy, and even personally went to Wisconsin, dragging his sick body, to lobby the five-star Army General who lived here, the hero of World War I-General Pershing!
General Pershing is already very old. He retired five years ago. After retirement, he did not continue to serve in the army. Instead, he devoted himself to charity to care for veterans of World War I. He has a very high status in the Eagle Sauce Army, especially in the hearts of veterans!
After all, a general who can fight and lead soldiers to victory in the war; who cares and cares about his subordinates, will not treat soldiers as cannon fodder on his way to promotion. No one would dislike serving under such a person!
These advantages of General Pershing can naturally be seen by White House officials!
However, Admiral Pershing, who was born in 1860, is 69 years old this year, close to 70 years old. At such an old age, it is a bit difficult to let him go to the battlefield, so it is very difficult to convince him!
The difficulty of this work is not actually on Admiral Pershing himself. He is a simple patriot, so if the country is in trouble and calls on himself, even if he is in his seventies or eighties, he will not refuse. On the contrary, he will be happy to pack up his military uniform and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and serve the country!
However, the old general is willing to do this, which does not mean that his family and his former subordinates are willing to let him take risks!
The US-German War has been going on for more than half a year. More than half a year of war has made all the Eagle Sauce people realize the cruelty of war and the strength of the German army!
In the past six months, there has almost always been news of their failure on the battlefield, and they have never heard of the good news that they have won even a victory!
What kind of despair is this?
Ordinary people may not understand, but the old soldiers who have killed the enemy on the battlefield cannot fail to understand!
Therefore, the veterans knew very well that the White House invited General Pershing to come out at this time, not because the White House valued its old boss, but because the White House wanted to use his shadow to let him take the blame!
In other words, the White House was desperate at this time, so it randomly grabbed the prescription and prescribed medicine!
Although everyone did not doubt General Pershing’s military talent, he had been away from the army and the war for too long. It had been more than ten years since he last participated in a war!
In the past ten years, the military level of various countries, especially Europe, has made rapid progress, and various new tactics have emerged in an endless stream.
General Pershing rushed to the battlefield without experiencing the baptism of these new tactical thoughts. When facing the impact of many of the most cutting-edge generals in Europe, such as Guderian, Model and even Manstein, he might not be able to resist!
Guderian’s famous tactic is a blitzkrieg. The ears of the soldiers of Western countries and even the Eagle Sauce have been calledus, but no matter how much they hear, no one has ever seen anyone who can crack this tactic on the battlefield?
Everyone knows what Guderian can do and how he will do it, but no one can stop him and let him win one victory after another with the tactic of blitzkrieg.
In this case, the veterans of World War I, represented by Admiral Pershing and others, have found that the old tactics they are good at have become somewhat useless under the military changes of the new era!
Many of their tactical ideas are no longer suitable for the current trend. If they go to the battlefield with the old ideas that once helped them win and be glorious, then there is no doubt that what awaits them will be a humiliating defeat!
The victors of the First World War in Europe, such as the veterans of Gaul and the Sun Never Sets, were defeated one by one when facing the challenges of the new German generals!
They were once a generation of famous generals, but when faced with the new military ideas and new tactical play of the German army, these old men seemed extremely uncomfortable. Although Admiral
Pershing is powerful, he is not much better than these famous European generals, so no one can guarantee that if he goes to the battlefield, he will not encounter the same experience as these people!
Therefore, Admiral Pershing’s family and his old subordinates all tried their best to oppose him coming out again, because in their opinion.
Coming out at this time will not only not play any role, but will also bear huge risks. Once he fails to lead the Eagle Sauce Army to victory, then the prestige and halo brought by his previous victory in World War I will be eclipsed overnight!
By then, the people will probably no longer regard him as the savior of the country, but will criticize him and think that he is a mediocre and meaningless waste!
This situation is probably the so-called late-life loss!
Although Admiral Pershing himself may not care about such an outcome, and even if he wants to come out, he will be mentally prepared!
However, his family members and his old subordinates do not want him to go to this step!
“Grandpa, if you refuse the invitation from the White House, no one can do anything to you. However, once you go out and fail to win, angry people may tear us, your descendants, into pieces as punching bags!”
Miss Serra, the 22-year-old granddaughter of General Pershing, was persuading her grandfather with tears in her eyes.
It is extremely cruel to let an old man of nearly 70 go to the battlefield, and it is a very dangerous battlefield!
After all, the previous commander-in-chief of the US military died on the battlefield! _