The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 940

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Ridgway and his subordinates could make up their minds, the moment the German artillery stopped firing, the Germans launched their final onslaught on Houston.

A large number of German troops launched a fierce attack on the defenders in the city from the north, south and east, leaving only the passage behind the American troops in the west open for them to escape!

Although Model and Guderian did not think that Ridgway’s plan to fight the Germans in the city of Houston would work, street fighting was not something that high-level commanders or grassroots soldiers liked very much.

The complex buildings in the city would provide a large number of concealment and ambush sites for the enemy’s soldiers, making it difficult for the attackers to advance quickly.

Moreover, as long as the defenders were a little more determined to resist and did not care about casualties and kept sending troops to the front line, they would be able to delay the attackers.

This kind of battle has been proven countless times in history. Officers from all countries will learn this kind of combat experience when they are in military academies. Therefore, as long as they have enough determination and will and can implement the correct tactics, the German army will encounter great trouble.

And driving the enemy out of the city and letting them fight in the wild can give full play to the advantages of German equipment and numbers.

The open and empty terrain in the wild makes it almost impossible for the enemy to hide. If they want to resist, they can only resist the impact of German artillery and tanks. The unobstructed terrain also makes it particularly easy for the German army to deploy its forces. They can quickly tighten the ropes and strangle the enemies in the encirclement with blitzkrieg tactics!

Therefore, the tactics jointly formulated by Guderian and Model are to mobilize all the troops to launch a fierce attack on the defenders, so that the defenders can feel the will of the German army, thereby increasing the possibility of them abandoning the city and escaping.

In order to further strengthen their will to escape, the two even withdrew the troops originally deployed in the west. In this way, the US military only needs to send reconnaissance troops to investigate in advance, and they will know that there are really no German troops ambushing in their west.

Therefore, for the US troops in the city, this is indeed a great opportunity to escape!

If they all face death, no one cares about their own lives, and want to stay in the city to fight the Germans, then these arrangements of the German army will naturally be useless.

However, the US troops in the city obviously cannot do this. Otherwise, they should have sent troops to Beaumont in advance to block the Germans in the border area, and did not cooperate with the rednecks in the city to slow down the German army’s advance. It is much better than the German army’s unimpeded way to the city of Houston!

“General, all the German troops in the west have withdrawn. This is a good opportunity!”

The German troop movements naturally could not be hidden from the eyes of the US military, so as the two expected, after learning that there were no German troops behind them, the defenders in the city immediately wavered!

They didn’t want to defend to the end, because they all knew that the city could not be defended, and if they continued to hold on here, they would probably lose their lives here!

And after seeing the powerful power of the German rocket launchers, those who had originally held a trace of fluke mentality were completely stunned.

This terrible weapon simply kills whoever is named, and there is no chance of survival at all. , so they were even more reluctant to stay in the city.

If they were still trapped in not knowing where to break out, then the German army’s withdrawal of troops from the west was equivalent to actively opening a gap for them, and they could use this gap to break out!

So, Ridgway’s subordinates came to Ridgway one after another, wanting to lobby him and let him give orders!

After all, Ridgway was the military commander. If there was no order from him, if others retreated, it would be desertion. Even if they escaped, they would probably be sent to a military court!

“Opportunity? You think this is an opportunity?”

Li Qiwei is not a fool. Of course he knows that these people want to escape, but he sneers at their eyes!

Even a blind man can see that this is a trap carefully prepared by the German army for them!

“We have already investigated and found that there are no German troops within 50 kilometers to the west. This road is indeed open!”

Li Qiwei’s subordinates had already considered this question before they came. After all, this is a matter of life and death. If they fail to investigate clearly, and a German army suddenly appears from somewhere to block their way while they are escaping, they really can’t even cry!

“Humph, of course there are no German troops in the west. The German army wants to break into the city, but they don’t want to pay too much, so they deliberately leave a gap. This is what you were taught in the military academy,”Besiege three sides and leave one side.” Can’t you see it?”Since ancient times, the attackers have often used the tactic of”

Besiege three sides and leave one side” when attacking a city! This tactic means to surround the city on three sides and leave a gap to facilitate the escape of the defenders!

The reason for doing so is very simple. If they do not leave any gaps, but surround the city like an iron road, then the defenders in the city will see that there is no way to retreat, and in order to survive, they will definitely fight to the death in order to survive!

And if the defenders fight to the death, then the attackers will definitely suffer huge casualties during the attack, and no one wants to see such losses.

So the common practice is to leave a gap to facilitate the enemy’s escape. As long as the enemy sees the hope of escape, their determination to resist will not be so firm, and their fighting spirit will be disintegrated, and the attackers will have a greater hope of breaking through the city. A lot.

And if the enemy’s formation is scattered and poorly organized on the way of retreat, the attacker can quickly pursue them and defeat the enemy. In that case, they can achieve greater results at a lower cost.

In Ridgway’s view, the tactics used by the German army are not clever at all, but they are difficult to deal with.

The US military has no fighting spirit at this time, and even he himself is not willing to stay in this city!

So everyone wants to retreat, and it is not incomprehensible to escape from this deadly place.

However, even if you want to retreat, you have to choose a safer place to retreat. This road to the west is obviously the retreat route deliberately left for them by the Germans. On the surface, it seems that the Germans did not send troops here, but if you think about it, you will know that the Germans will not let them leave so easily!

“As soon as you leave, I guarantee that the German army will send mechanized troops or even armored troops to chase and intercept you at the fastest speed. Do you think you can outrun the German tanks and armored vehicles?”

Li Qiwei sneered and revealed the German conspiracy.

Everyone’s face changed drastically, and they all panicked!

“Ah, then, what should we do?”

Everyone was eager to win, and the German attack was like a storm, which made them unable to resist, so everyone wanted to escape so anxiously.

At this moment, they heard Li Qiwei’s words that were almost a death sentence, and they were immediately at a loss.