stonecrandall Chapter 1044
Chapter 1044
Before the battle of Morganton was over, Manstein had already issued an order to Guderian in the west, asking his troops to take advantage of the opportunity of the US military to launch an attack on the US military immediately!
Although the number of troops taken away by Pershing was not large due to the intervention of the White House, his absence had already caused the US military’s defense line to be empty!
This kind of opportunity is naturally for the German army to seize!
Guderian was very excited after receiving the order, and he had been waiting impatiently.
His First Army had been ready for battle long ago, and he could be put into battle as long as he gave an order.
If it were not for the other two friendly forces to advance in parallel and launch an attack together, he would probably have issued an order to attack long ago.
Guderian thought he would have to wait for a while before receiving the order, but he didn’t expect that the order to attack this time came so quickly. He didn’t wait too long, and the order from the command center came!
Since he had received the order and had been fully prepared before, the rest of the things were simple. Just blow the horn of attack and launch a fierce attack on the enemy like a tidal wave!
Guderian’s troops set out from Missouri and headed north. They were divided into two groups. One group went north along Illinois and Wisconsin, with the goal of Chicago in the Great Lakes region.
The other group was a detachment. They entered Iowa from Missouri and then headed north to Minnesota, with the goal of capturing the capital of Minnesota.
The attack of these two armies will sweep away the defense line of the Eagle Sauce’s right wing, and completely shrink the Eagle Sauce’s sphere of influence to a small area east of Chicago.
If the action of the eastern group is successful, the area controlled by the US military will be reduced to only the Motor City and its surrounding narrow area of less than 150,000 square kilometers!
For the German army, it is too time-consuming and inefficient to attack the cities guarded by the US military one by one, so the best way is to drive the US military away, drive them to a specific area, and then surround them.
Guderian implemented this goal very well. After launching the attack, his troops continuously defeated the U.S. military’s defense line, causing a large number of U.S. troops to collapse and flee in panic. Guderian led his troops to attack from behind the defeated U.S. army, using the cover of these defeated troops, and easily removed one stronghold after another along the way, just like rolling up a bead curtain!
Under Guderian’s attack, the U.S. military’s defense line was like paper, and it broke with a poke!
The bad news that kept coming from the front line made everyone in the White House completely panic!
“What on earth are the defenders on the front line doing? Why can’t they even delay the German army a little? In just a few hours, the German army has advanced hundreds of kilometers. How is this battle fought? Why is the enemy just like a horse race, as if there is no obstacle at all!”
Most people in the White House don’t understand military affairs, but even military novices can feel the abnormality from the battle reports coming from the front line!
The US military’s retreat speed is too fast, so fast that it is unbelievable. The German offensive is like a tide, and it is unstoppable. Along the way, they have conquered several cities in succession. If the German army continues to advance at this speed, it will not take a few days for them to defend the city of Chicago!
Although the Eagle Sauce is big, there is no place for them to stay at this time. If even the city of Chicago is lost, then they really have nowhere to hide!
So panic quickly spread in the White House. At this time, even those who didn’t like Pershing before had to care:
“Where is General Pershing, and why hasn’t he come back to take charge of the situation?”
At this time, the only person they can trust is Pershing. Apart from him, everyone else has proved that they can’t stop the German army!
The elite troops trained by Admiral Pershing himself were tailor-made to fight against the German army, so as long as he can rush back to take charge of the situation immediately, he might be able to stop the German advance!
Not to mention these people, even President Roosevelt himself was panicked!
He seemed to have once again foreseen that the US military was about to suffer a large-scale rout, and the two previous major routs had brought them extremely painful losses!
It can be said that the reason why the Eagle Sauce lost a large area of land was because of the tragic defeats in the previous two battles. At this time, they didn’t have much land. If they continued to be defeated, their country would really be destroyed!
Therefore, he couldn’t care less. No matter how Admiral Pershing’s attack went, he had to be summoned back at this time!
The telegram from the White House was quite timely. After the failure of the third attack, Admiral Pershing and his army were in a dilemma.
On the one hand, they had controlled about half of Morganton. Although they encountered great difficulties during the attack, their troops were still trying to move forward bit by bit. In order to achieve this point, they had paid a very heavy price in casualties! At this time, not only Admiral Pershing and the entire army did not want to give up. The soldiers were so excited that they almost killed with bloodshot eyes!
However, Admiral Pershing was the first to calm down. He knew that these precious troops he had trained with great difficulty should not be wasted in such a war of attrition! It was meaningless for these soldiers to sacrifice here, and if the attack continued, the casualties would inevitably be even more serious, so he began to retreat in his heart and did not want to continue fighting like this!
Although the German army controlled only about half of the territory, to take over the remaining territory, the casualties they would have to pay might be even more painful than before, and this was something he could not accept no matter what!
However, some The troops were all blood-thirsty. If he ordered a retreat at this time, how would he appease the troops?
Would the soldiers think that his decision was a symbol of cowardice and timidity, and then question him?
Just when Admiral Pershing was in a dilemma and didn’t know how to choose, a telegram from the White House solved his big problem!
He had already intended to retreat, but there was no suitable structure. Now, the most suitable reason has appeared. They must lead the troops back to defend the country. At this time, other things can be put on the back!