stonecrandall Chapter 797
Chapter 797
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MacArthur originally planned to advance in parallel, and let the army slowly move south while keeping the front line stable. In this way, the space for the German and Southern Army to move would be greatly compressed, and they would be squeezed back by the US Army’s iron wall-like advancement.
As long as the Southern Army and the German Army are blocked in Florida so that they cannot get out, then strategically, the US Army will take the initiative!
Moreover, by moving south in this way, the army in his hands can be huddled together, and there will be no loopholes in the defense line, so it will not be easy for the enemy to find a breakthrough, and will not be attacked and suffer losses!
Unfortunately, no one in the military could see this intention, and everyone was urging him to advance as soon as possible, which made MacArthur very angry!
“This boy is not worthy of being a consultant!”
“”A bunch of guys who are just sitting there doing nothing, who know nothing and understand nothing, just shouting, ‘If you have the ability, go and save them?'”
MacArthur was furious and very dissatisfied with this order!
Such an obvious strategy, why didn’t anyone at the top understand it?
It would have been fine if they didn’t understand it, but they kept interfering with his plan, making it impossible for MacArthur’s plan to be implemented as scheduled!
“What on earth are those American troops in the south doing? The German army has only more than 300,000 people, but they have 1.3 million troops. Four times the number of troops were actually surrounded. Being surrounded would be fine, but they were actually suppressed and beaten by the other side without any ability to fight back!”
MacArthur was also speechless about his friendly troops. So many people were actually surrounded by the German army!
Shouldn’t they be the ones to surround the enemy?
Moreover, even if they were surrounded, the enemy’s troops were only so few. If they held their positions, they would not be able to hold on!
As a result, these guys kept asking for help and complained to the higher-ups, making the higher-ups think that they were not helping them and that they were inexplicably under tremendous pressure, which made MacArthur very unhappy!
“Chief of Staff Marshall, tell me what we should do now!”
After a tantrum, MacArthur sat down angrily, holding his pipe and smoking angrily.
Among the reinforcements heading south, MacArthur was not actually the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army. The highest official here was the Army Chief of Staff Marshall himself, so MacArthur simply handed this hot potato to Marshall to see how Marshall would end it!
Marshall’s face was not looking good either. He actually knew something about MacArthur’s plan.
To be honest, in Marshall’s view, MacArthur’s tactics were actually a bit conservative. He was more radical than MacArthur, because at this time the total strength of the U.S. Army had reached 2.7 million. With so many troops, they could win the war by simply crushing them. There was no need to do so many fancy things!
So even though he knew MacArthur’s plan and helped MacArthur speak, he was Agreeing with the above decision, he hoped to end this war as soon as possible and pacify the country as soon as possible, so that they can concentrate on dealing with foreign enemies!
If MacArthur’s tactics are implemented, this war will probably be delayed for a long time.
If it is delayed, there will be changes. If it is delayed, they may win a great victory, or the German reinforcements may arrive first, making the situation more complicated. If the number of German troops landing is too large, it will not be so easy for them to win!
So Marshall believed that even if they went south quickly, it would give the Germans some opportunities to launch some attacks on the US military and cause some casualties. It didn’t matter, as long as they could get to the Jackson front as soon as possible, join the 1.3 million US troops on the front, and then use the huge force advantage to compress the Germans’ space for activities, they could still win!
“At this point, stop complaining and follow orders to head south immediately!”
Marshall left with a word, turned around and left, without any intention of staying to listen to MacArthur’s complaints.
Seeing Marshall’s departing back, MacArthur clenched his fists, and a strong sense of anger and humiliation arose in his heart!
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“The U.S. military finally began to move south!”
The intelligence of the U.S. military’s southward movement was soon discovered by the German reconnaissance planes, and was reported to Model in the first place!
Seeing that the U.S. military finally couldn’t wait and began to act, Model breathed a sigh of relief!
To be honest, if MacArthur continued to sit still, the German army would really be a bit passive.
Although the German army’s attack on Lake City was very beautiful, more than 40,000 U.S. troops were annihilated at a very small cost!
However, this battle is difficult to replicate, because Lake City itself is a loophole in the U.S. military’s defense, with the least troops and the weakest defense. Moreover, the German army dispatched a large number of troops and concentrated the advantages of sea, land and air to quickly capture this place.
However, if the attack continued to the east, the strength of the US army would begin to increase. The 1.3 million US troops surrounded were very tight, which made it easy for the German army to surround them. However, as long as they did not surrender, it would be very difficult for the German army to eat them up. The reason was very simple. Their force density was too large!
This US army was like a ball of iron plates. The German army could not concentrate its forces to attack one point and then eat them up by defeating them one by one. Because they are all gathered together, attacking anywhere is attacking the entire US army.
In this case, the German army will be at a disadvantage in terms of manpower, and the mobility of the armored forces cannot be brought into play. The enemy’s position is too small, and there is no room for detours. Therefore, when facing such an enemy, the combat effectiveness of the armored forces will be greatly reduced!
The best way to deal with such an enemy is to mobilize a large number of troops to gather and annihilate them. This kind of battle was used by the German army in the Battle of Poznan in the first German-Polish War in 1923. At that time, the German armored forces attacked Break through the Polish defense line, then surround the Polish army, and then send troops to besiege the Polish army in the encirclement, and finally kill them all!
The successful experience of the Battle of Poznan is not applicable here, because the German army has fewer troops than the American army in the encirclement, and the external environment is not safe. There are more than 1 million American reinforcements behind them. If they attack the American troops in the encirclement, they are very likely to be besieged by the American reinforcements outside, and then they will be surrounded.
So if MacArthur delays, the German army will have no choice.
“Yes, judging from the telegrams we intercepted, the top leaders of the Eagle Sauce were furious and sent more than a dozen telegrams to MacArthur in one breath, urging him to go south. The last telegram even threatened that if he did not lead his troops south immediately, he would be dismissed from his post, so MacArthur had no choice at all!”
Eisenhower agreed deeply and further explained
“Haha, control the military with civil servants? Among those civilian officials in the White House, who knows MacArthur’s strategic plan?”
Hearing Eisenhower’s words, Model sneered in his heart and was very disdainful of the Eagle Sauce’s system.
The Third Reich was still better. The head of state himself was a soldier and had a clear understanding of military affairs, but as long as the big strategy was determined, he rarely interfered with the combat command of the frontline generals.
“From this point of view, this MacArthur has some ability, at least much stronger than the American generals we have encountered so far!”