aircannonsinc Chapter 933
Chapter 933
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In fact, without Ridgway saying it himself, MacArthur has been paying attention to the situation in Texas.
As a famous general, MacArthur can certainly see the huge opportunity left for them after the main force of the German army is exhausted and the defense of Florida is empty.
If they can take this opportunity to annihilate the German troops left in Florida in one fell swoop, and take control of Florida by the way, then the situation in North America will be greatly reversed!
However, MacArthur has always had concerns in his heart. He is worried that this is a trap set by the enemy.
The German army cannot fail to understand the importance of Florida to them. This is the base camp of the German army and German immigrants. It gathers hundreds of thousands of German troops, millions of Southern troops, and more than 10 million German immigrants. With so many people gathered here, Florida is undoubtedly important to both the German army and German immigrants!
Thinking from another angle, if MacArthur was a German general, he would never abandon his most critical base camp for the life and death of a redneck in Texas, and rush west to rescue the redneck in Texas. So, when he saw that Model really did it, he naturally couldn’t help but have doubts in his heart.
Model’s decision was so contrary to common sense that he subconsciously thought that the other party must have some conspiracy. Therefore, he did not take action immediately after learning the intelligence of the German army’s dispatch, but waited for accurate intelligence from Ridgway!
At this time, when Ridgway’s telegram for help clearly showed that Model’s main force, and even another German army totaling more than 400,000 troops, appeared under the city of Houston, MacArthur finally believed that Model’s main force was indeed dispatched!
“This guy has pulled all his main forces out. Doesn’t he worry that his base will be attacked by surprise?”
Before he had accurate intelligence, MacArthur was very suspicious. After he had accurate intelligence, his suspicion did not decrease at all, but became even deeper!
The German army’s approach was really unreasonable. If he hadn’t known that Model had personally led his troops to attack Texas, he would have doubted the intelligence of the German commander!
MacArthur had fought with Model and knew how powerful Model was. The other party could be called one of the three famous generals of the German army, and it was naturally not a false reputation. Judging from his previous experience of fighting with Model, Model was obviously worthy of the title of one of the three famous generals of the empire!
However, in MacArthur’s view, Model’s decision was not rational at all. No matter how important Texas was, it was not as important as Florida. It is so important. How can we give up Florida for Texas?
The population of Texas is almost the same as that of Florida, but Florida has tens of millions of German immigrants, while Texas is basically full of rednecks.
For the German army, German immigrants are their supporters and the source of their reserve troops, while rednecks are their potential enemies. Rednecks are tough and advocate the use of force. It is very difficult and costly to rule them, and it is wishful thinking to absorb population from them to supplement the army!
If the German army had already occupied the entire Eagle Sauce at this time, it would be fine to spend a lot of time and energy to manage Texas.
But the German army’s foundation is not stable at the moment. Among the fifty states of Eagle Sauce, the German army only controls Only Florida and a small part of Louisiana. In this case, it is obviously not worth the cost and effort to manage Texas. After all, their main goal now should be to lead the main force of the US military to advance northward and occupy more territory of the Eagle Sauce.
Therefore, MacArthur could not understand the purpose of Model’s military action this time!
However, not being able to figure it out does not mean that he will sit still!
No matter what Model was thinking, whether he had other plans or made a low-level mistake, in short, this time was indeed a great opportunity for the US military!
So after receiving Ridgway’s telegram, MacArthur did not hesitate too much, and immediately ordered the US troops on the front line to launch a tentative attack on the German army, and began to test the German army’s reaction, from The German army’s reaction revealed the true and false of the German troops left in Florida!
Soon, the U.S. military provoked a battle from multiple directions in the long border area between the two sides. Almost on the same day, more than ten divisions of the U.S. military had large and small exchanges of fire with the German troops in the border area from different directions.
Because they had learned the lessons of the previous failure and deeply realized the powerful strength of the German army, the U.S. military did not dare to be careless this time. After doing a good job of reconnaissance, they concentrated their superior forces and firepower in a targeted manner, and focused on attacking several places on the German defense line that they thought were weak points!
So, after the fight started, the German positions were bombarded with artillery fire for a while, and many outposts and formations were immediately shrouded in artillery fire!
“Hello, is this the frontier post? Yes, we are the headquarters. What is the situation on your side? How many troops have the enemy dispatched?”
“What? You don’t even know how many troops the enemy has deployed?”
“Is the artillery fire very intense? What is the density of the artillery fire? Is the enemy using heavy artillery or ordinary artillery? What is the scale of the enemy’s artillery attack?”
“The enemy is launching a ground attack? Hold your ground, reinforcements are on the way!”
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In the headquarters on the front line in Florida, the phone next to Eisenhower kept ringing. There were calls from the front line all the time, and calls from the headquarters to the front line were also made.
Since the U.S. military began to act, the German troops on the entire line of defense have been alarmed!
MacArthur’s judgment was not wrong. After the main force of the German army was transferred away, there were not many troops left, so the defense line looked relatively weak, at least much weaker than when the confrontation between the two sides was the most tense.
And the U.S. military came prepared this time, so at the beginning of their attack, the U.S. military obviously had a great advantage.
However, Eisenhower was well prepared for such a situation, so even if the headquarters was in a mess, he did not feel nervous or panic at all.
“All of this was within the calculations of the two generals, MacArthur, you really got fooled!”
After hearing the latest intelligence and confirming that the U.S. military had dispatched ten divisions to launch a tentative attack, Eisenhower sighed.
Ten divisions of exploratory troops would mean hundreds of thousands or even more than 200,000 troops. The other side had dispatched so many people, obviously not just to join in the fun, but really intended to use troops on a large scale against Florida!
“Humph, I’m not afraid of you coming, I’m afraid of you not coming!”
Eisenhower remembered what Model and Guderian had told him before they left, and sneered in his heart.