The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 956

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“How far is it to Florida?”

Late at night, an army was marching urgently under the night sky. A large number of trucks, tanks and armored vehicles formed a long steel dragon.

Their headlights formed a long dragon of lights. Standing on the jeep, looking at the long dragon of lights in the distance, Guderian asked the staff officer beside him:

“At our current speed, we will reach our destination before noon tomorrow!”

The staff officer, holding a flashlight, studied the map for a while in the shaking jeep, and then gave a definite answer.

After hearing this answer, Guderian nodded with satisfaction:”Well, five days is indeed a bit rushed. After defeating the American troops in Saikin, we only had one day to rest and then hurried on our way. This round trip is more than 3,000 kilometers. Both the soldiers and the equipment will be very tired. So don’t make a sound after arriving at the destination. Hide first, rest quietly, recharge your energy, and inspect and adjust all the equipment before participating in the battle!”

The more advanced the mechanical vehicles are, the more they need maintenance and upkeep, especially when they are running almost non-stop in order to save time. The wear and tear and consumption of the mechanical parts of tanks and armored vehicles are still very large!

If you don’t check them carefully before the battle to eliminate faults and hidden dangers, these equipment may have various problems during the battle, which will affect the German battle!

Moreover, the initiative is currently in their hands. The U.S. military may not know that they have rushed back from Texas day and night, so the U.S. military may not be prepared for the upcoming German attack.

In this case, they don’t need to worry! However

, things changed soon!

After dawn, just as the German army arrived at the designated location and prepared to set up camp and rest on the spot, a telegram from the German army in Florida came!

“What, the U.S. military has already noticed our intention and is preparing to retreat?”

Guderian was very surprised after receiving this telegram.

They were very careful along the way, trying not to expose their whereabouts as much as possible, but they still alarmed the U.S. military.

Now that the U.S. military has known their intentions, they will definitely retreat to the north regardless of everything.

At this time, the German army can no longer rest. They must make a decision immediately. Should they give up resting and launch an attack according to the original plan despite fatigue and poor equipment maintenance?

Or should they temporarily abandon this plan and continue to stay where they are?

If they rest in place, once the U.S. military retreats, If the German army wants to surround them again, it is basically impossible. If they want to solve the threat of the US army, they can only use a strong attack!

However, it is obviously not as easy to attack the enemy’s heavily guarded defense line head-on as to seize the enemy’s exposed flaws in mobile warfare and annihilate the enemy!

What’s more, their combat operation this time also undertakes the task of escorting the landing operation of the Third Army in the north, so they must put enough pressure on the US military, and it is best to cause huge casualties to the US military!

Therefore, the latter option was directly abandoned by Guderian!

“The whole army stopped to rest, checked the weapons and equipment immediately, eliminated the faults in the shortest time, and then selected some of the best equipment to form a light division, set out immediately, and go after the U.S. troops. They must not be allowed to escape easily!”

Guderian’s choice was not to give up this opportunity, even if they were not in good condition at the moment, and the soldiers were extremely tired after a long journey, he could not care about it at all! No matter how difficult it was, they had to grit their teeth and get through it, because this opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They had spent so much effort before to get this excellent opportunity. If they gave up like this, it would be a pity!

“Let Reinhardt and Eisenhower go north immediately and throw all the armored forces in. They must hold back the U.S. Army. If the U.S. Army dares to retreat regardless of everything, let Reinhardt lead the armored forces to charge directly. Don’t worry about whether you can win or not. Just rush into the large U.S. army and completely disrupt their formation!”

Guderian is still a long way from the U.S. Army, so he feels a bit out of reach in a short time, so he puts his hope on the German army in the south, hoping that they can hold back the U.S. Army with the most fierce offensive possible!

After Guderian’s order was issued, Reinhardt and Eisenhower had no room for bargaining. Both of them had to accept Guderian’s leadership and command, so they could only obey the order unconditionally!

“If we pursue them recklessly like this, it is hard to say whether we can catch up with the enemy, but what is certain is that we will pay a heavy price!”

Eisenhower said worriedly. He certainly understood what Guderian meant by pursuit. It was to let them catch up with the U.S. troops as quickly as possible, hold on to them tightly, and disrupt the situation!

As long as the U.S. troops were in chaos, their retreat plan would not be able to be implemented!

However, in this case, the German troops responsible for the pursuit would certainly fall into chaos.

The real German army might be a little easier to say, after all, they are experienced and well-trained, and can adapt to fighting under various conditions.

But it is hard to say about these Southern troops under Eisenhower. They have been formed for a short time and have not fought many battles. They have never fought such a chaotic battle before. If they really rush up, even if they can hold on to the enemy, I am afraid they will be disrupted by their own rhythm.

And what Eisenhower is worried about is that once the Southern Army is in chaos, the enemy may not kill them at that time, but they will collapse themselves instead.

“The command system of the Southern Army is indeed not perfect, but you don’t have to worry too much. There are many grassroots officers drawn from the German Army at the grassroots level of the Southern Army. These German officers are experienced. Even if they are disrupted and lose contact with their superiors, and each unit has formed a situation of fighting on its own, they can rely on their rich experience to complete the task. I am very confident about this!”

While comforting Eisenhower, Reinhardt immediately ordered the troops on the front line to immediately switch to a full-scale counterattack, and asked the troops to ignore casualties and catch up with the retreating US troops as quickly as possible to hold them back!