stonecrandall Chapter 806
Chapter 806
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“Surrender your guns and you won’t be killed!”
“Surrender and save your life!”
“Put down your weapons, kneel on the ground, and raise your hands!”
The German army rushed up aggressively, defeated the American army, and quickly surrounded the remaining American soldiers.
It was obvious that the German army was going to capture this group of American soldiers. After all, with this group of soldiers, they would have an extra golden card of immunity from death. When they retreated, the American army would not dare to open fire casually.
If they dared to open fire, the German army would show these prisoners and let their firepower pour on these prisoners!
At that time, in front of millions of troops, seeing the US army slaughtering its own prisoners of war, this kind of thing would be a little exciting to think about!
If the US military really dared to do this, the German army would be very happy, after all They treated their captured soldiers like this in front of their own million-strong army, which would only chill the hearts of other American soldiers.
If they treated their friendly forces like this today, they might do the same thing tomorrow and use the same means to deal with them!
In this way, the morale and fighting spirit of American soldiers will inevitably decline!
Using the lives of some prisoners of war in exchange for the low morale of the American army, this exchange is obviously more profitable for the German army!
The American soldiers obviously had no intention of fighting to the end and swearing to never surrender!
After seeing the German tanks surrounding them, these American soldiers scrambled to throw away their weapons, knelt on the ground and shouted hurriedly:
“We surrender, don’t kill us!”
Seeing these soldiers so sensible, the German army was relieved. They quickly disarmed these American soldiers and then swaggered away in front of the American troops.
On the American position, Major General Frank, the commander of the First Army, was furious. Seeing his own people being captured by the enemy, but he had no way to deal with it, this feeling can be said to be quite unpleasant!
“General, the German troops are very densely packed, and they are retreating with our infantry, so their speed is not fast. Should we let the artillery open fire and bomb them? If we use heavy artillery, we have great hope of severely damaging this German army!”
Frank just witnessed with his own eyes that the German tank troops rushed into their own formation like gods descending from heaven, and rushed a large number of American troops into pieces, leaving them with no power to fight back!
When facing such steel behemoths, human flesh and blood is really a bit powerless. They are too fragile and are no match at all!
To deal with such things, only more powerful weapons like cannons can do it!
Frank’s judgment was correct. This was indeed a good opportunity to severely damage Germany. If they opened fire, the 155mm howitzer could really destroy these German tanks, but Marshall shook his head and did not agree to his request.
“There will be opportunities to destroy them in the future, but not this time!”
He looked back at himself and found that compared to before, the morale of his soldiers was obviously much lower. It seemed that they were all frightened by the fierce offensive of the German tank troops just now!
This group of tanks is really annoying. If they can find a chance to destroy these tanks, it will be a great thing for their subsequent attacks!
So Marshall actually considered the proposal Frank just made.
If you don’t consider the influence of various other factors, just from the perspective of a commander, it is indeed a great opportunity to open fire and bomb the German army!
However, if you consider the overall situation, Marshall would never make such a decision, because it would be tantamount to digging his own grave!
In front of Killing captured soldiers in front of the soldiers will only make the soldiers disheartened, and will only make them alienated from the military and the country, and they will not work hard for the country and the military in the future! It is precisely because of this clear understanding that he did not act impulsively, and Marshall suspected that this was actually a trap set by Model for himself, the purpose of which was to lure him into making mistakes!
Tanks are alive, not dead. The speed of the Type 4 tank is very fast. If the US military really opens fire, the German tanks will definitely disperse immediately and avoid the US artillery fire!
In this case, it is hard to say whether they can destroy this German army. Even if they are lucky enough to destroy some German tanks, it is completely not worth the loss, so he will not make such an exchange!
“Get ready and let the troops try to launch an attack from other directions!”
Although the previous attack suffered a disastrous defeat, Marshall did not give up the plan to continue the attack.
He understood that if he did not take the initiative to attack, the German army on the opposite side would not give up their positions to the US army.
Therefore, they must rely on their own strength to defeat the German army and occupy the German positions!
Model saw that the US army had divided its forces, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth!
“Marshall was fooled. He sent a telegram to the 1st and 2nd Light Divisions, asking them to attack eastward immediately, squeeze the U.S. military’s space for activities, and drive them to the seaside!”
The division of the U.S. military can be said to be something he expected. After all, the battlefield in front of the St. Marys River Railway Bridge is not wide enough. The U.S. military has a million troops, but can only deploy one or two divisions to attack at one time. The other troops can only watch the show from behind and assist the friendly forces with their eyes.
It can be imagined that this kind of attack will not only not threaten the German army, but will also be intensively hit by the German army’s superior firepower!
Under this kind of attack, the U.S. soldiers may fall down before they rush to the German position!
Such a battlefield is extremely unfavorable for the U.S. military, so after their failed attempts, they will definitely change their thinking and try to open up the situation from other directions!
St. Marys is close to the Atlantic Ocean, so the only direction they can try is to detour to the west.
In the west, Model has prepared a surprise for the U.S. military!
“Send a telegram to the headquarters and the Führer, the Thor’s Hammer plan can be launched!”
In addition to sending telegrams to his two light armored divisions that had been prepared long ago, Model also sent a telegram to the German troops in the Azores!
At the same time as he started to act, the German troops in the Azores also had to start to act!
After all, they were the real main force in this battle!
Model was looking forward to seeing the scene that Air Force Commander General Goering described to him in the telegram!
If the power of that weapon is really so strong, then even if the American troops on the opposite side will not be completely wiped out, at least most of them will be lost!