stonecrandall Chapter 795
Chapter 795
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On October 15, in view of the slow action of the reinforcements of the US Army in the north, after taking Brunswick, they did not come south to rescue the US Army in the encirclement. The German army decided to urge the US Army to speed up!
With the cooperation of the Air Force, Model dispatched an armored division and a mechanized infantry division to launch a fierce attack on Lake City, where the US Army’s defense was weak in the encirclement, squeezing the US Army in the encirclement to the coastal area in the east!
The US Army had fought with the Southern Army many times before. Although the bravery and tenacity of the Southern Army left a deep impression on them, at the same time, the impression that the Southern Army lacked firepower, especially heavy firepower, was also deeply rooted!
However, when the German army launched an attack on them, the feeling was completely different!
Boom boom- the US Army’s position was immediately subjected to intensive artillery bombardment by the German Army, and a large number of 150mm howitzers carried out covering fire on the US Army’s position.
The dive bombers that appeared in the sky were like demons from hell. With sharp whistles, they always dropped bombs accurately on the heads of the American troops, making them feel miserable! The
American troops in Lake City were originally under the three-sided attack of the German army. They were threatened by two light divisions of the German army in the north, the Southern Army in the south, and the Second German Army in the west. In this case, the American troops here were surrounded and trembling every day, fearing that they would be attacked by the German army.
At this time, the attack they feared finally came, and the German attack was much more fierce than they imagined!
“Requesting support, requesting support, the enemy is attacking our positions fiercely, and more than half of our troops have been killed or wounded. If we don’t get support, the situation will get worse and Lake City will not be able to be defended!”
In Lake City, although no German troops were seen yet, and they were only hit by German firepower and air bombing, the US military was already scared out of their wits and sent more than a dozen calls for help to the US military headquarters in one breath!
On Jackson’s side, the main force of the US military that was surrounded heard the rumbling of artillery and explosions coming from Lake City in the west, and the continuous calls for help. The US commander suddenly became uneasy!
“What the hell is MacArthur doing? Why hasn’t he come south to support us for so long? What is he afraid of?”
“Humph, he has always boasted that he is the best in the army, but he was frightened by a small number of German troops. He has been dawdling in the north for several days and refused to move forward. I must report his crimes to the Secretary of Defense and the President truthfully. He should be sent to a military court for such behavior!”
The reinforcements from the north failed to rescue them for several days, which made the besieged American troops in the south full of resentment towards them!
As the commander-in-chief of the reinforcements from the north, MacArthur’s ancestors were cursed!
“He must be afraid of the German army, afraid of being attacked by the Germans on the way south!”
“But the Germans only had so few men, and had they already given up Brunswick? What were they afraid of?”
“I think they clearly want to watch someone die without helping. What are these guys doing!”
“That’s right, I think we should report this to the headquarters immediately and let them put pressure on MacArthur!”
The surrounded American soldiers angrily scolded MacArthur for not helping them, and were indifferent to the American calls for help from Lake City!
As a result, after the German army launched the attack at 10 o’clock in the morning, Lake City was easily captured without much resistance. More than 20,000 of the 50,000 American troops stationed here were annihilated, 15,000 were captured, and only 10,000 remnants were lucky enough to escape and fled back!
The losses on the German side were very minor, with less than a thousand casualties and less than 500 deaths!
“Is this the combat effectiveness of the US military? If the entire US military is at this level, it probably won’t take many troops to win this war!”
The Battle of Lake City refreshed Model’s understanding of the US military. He thought that as a big country, a country with strong industrial strength, a large population, and a country with guns for all, the martial spirit in the United States should be very strong. Unexpectedly, the performance of the US military on the battlefield was so poor.
They were beaten out of their wits by the German artillery and bombing, and they were scared to death when they saw the German army. As soon as the German army launched an attack, they immediately began to flee. If they couldn’t escape, they surrendered to the German army on the spot. The clean and refreshing surrender was really unheard of and unseen!
Model has fought with the armies of so many countries, but he has never seen an enemy that surrendered so decisively like the US military!
“Ahem, this is mainly related to the national characteristics of the United States!”
After hearing Model’s words, Eisenhower coughed awkwardly.
He explained:”The United States is an immigrant country. The country does not have a main ethnic group, so the sense of national identity is very low. It is impossible to rally the morale of soldiers with the German and Italian ethnic groups as the core like the Third Reich!”
“In this situation, if you want to unite the soldiers, you need to use other means, such as improving the treatment of soldiers, increasing their wages, and improving their living materials and social welfare benefits. This leads to the fact that the Eagle Sauce army is like civil servants, and it is difficult for soldiers to endure the harsh environment.”
“Haha, the young soldiers who are raised with high welfare and high salary can fight in a favorable battle on the battlefield, but if they encounter an unfavorable battle, I am afraid they will not be able to fight!”
Eisenhower nodded slightly, but he did not completely agree with Model’s words in his heart.
During World War I, although the performance of the US military on the Western Front was not as good as that of the German army, nor as good as that of the French army and the British army, their performance was not particularly bad. This shows that after rigorous training, the US military can still fight!
However, the main problem of the US military lies in their lax military discipline.
Among the armies of various countries, the military discipline of the US military can be said to be the worst.
Whether in World War I or World War II, among the barracks of the armies of various countries, the barracks of the Eagle Sauce Army were the most chaotic.
Not only were the sanitary conditions poor, but soldiers often gathered to gamble, drink, and even solicit prostitutes.
In this regard, let alone the German army, even the French and British armies are better than them!
The morale of American soldiers is maintained by welfare benefits that far exceed those of other armies, and once they lose these benefits, Their morale will drop by more than half!
Moreover, the tactics of the US military are very rigid, and they are extremely dependent on firepower support. During World War I, they were used to drawing lines and pushing forward, using the advantage of heavy firepower to advance little by little, and basically could not come up with any other outstanding tactics.
This situation was even more serious during World War II. Except for General Patton, the US military’s tactics were lackluster, basically just artillery bombardment, bombing, and tank push.
In this case, once they lost their firepower advantage on the battlefield, the US military would not be able to fight at all.