bookpower Chapter 1052
Chapter 1052
The American soldiers opposite the German army have been on high alert for the possible attack by the German army these days. Most of these soldiers were defeated by the German army on the battlefield before, and then fled all the way here, so seeing the German army is like a mouse seeing a cat, and they are very scared!
Although General Pershing’s tactical arrangement curbed the German army’s quick attack, these scattered cities outside could not be connected as a whole, but were scattered in various places. In this case, the cities exposed to the outside faced great defensive pressure.
But strangely, the German army opposite looked extremely quiet these days. Not only did they not launch a large-scale attack, there was not even sporadic exchange of fire. The entire battlefield was extremely strangely quiet. It didn’t look like a battlefield at all, but it seemed like being in a no-man’s land!
“What the hell is the German army doing? Why hasn’t it attacked us for so long?”
After waiting for so long, even the American soldiers themselves began to doubt their lives.
They couldn’t figure out what was going on and why the German army didn’t launch an attack.
“They might be preparing the materials needed for the attack. I heard that the German army would prepare a large number of artillery shells before the attack, and then fire them all at once during the attack. If that happens, my position will turn into a sea of fire in an instant!”
Thinking of the situation they might face, several American soldiers who gathered together to discuss couldn’t help but shudder!
The scene was terrifying just thinking about it!
“That shouldn’t be the case. Our scouts didn’t find the enemy’s artillery positions. If they were going to launch a large-scale bombardment, the enemy should have deployed a lot of artillery!”
“That’s right, what are the Germans doing? Are they not going to attack?”
This question confused several soldiers. With the intelligence they currently have, they certainly can’t figure it out.
Not only the American soldiers on the front line, but also the senior generals in the rear are all confused!
“According to previous intelligence, the Germans are coming in force this time, and their goal should be to completely destroy us and take away all the areas we control!”
At a military meeting of senior generals, Admiral Pershing frowned and said to everyone
“Although the German attack has been blocked by us, I think the German goal has not changed. They have spent so much time preparing and expended so much manpower and material resources. It is absolutely impossible for them to give up halfway. Therefore, the calmness on the battlefield is only an illusion. Hidden under the calm surface, there must be a surging undercurrent!”
The more the enemy does not move, the more uneasy Admiral Pershing feels.
At present, they have too little intelligence on the German army.
After the German army completes the population registration and management of the occupied areas, it is too difficult for the Eagle Sauce to plant spies.
If the people who go there do not have identification, they will be discovered and arrested immediately.
Although it is not difficult to forge some false identification documents with the means of the CIA, because the German army strictly restricts the flow of population, they know exactly how many people there are in a certain area and what they look like.
Even if CIA agents sneak in, they cannot gain a foothold, and once they are found not to be locals, they will be exposed.
Even if If the Germans hadn’t discovered their identities as spies, they would have centralized their control and wouldn’t have given them the opportunity to go around and get intelligence!
In this case, the US military had very little intelligence. Except for a small number of agents who had been lurking and could still send out some sporadic intelligence, they were completely clueless about the intelligence in the German-controlled areas!
In this situation of severe lack of intelligence, even the experienced Admiral Pershing would find it difficult to accurately infer the Germans’ intentions.
However, his intuition told him that the Germans’ abnormal silence was really a bit abnormal!
The calmer the battlefield, the more dangerous it might be!
“Could it be that the German army realized that if they continued to use armored forces to attack quickly, they would be restrained by us, so they planned to transfer other troops from the rear and advance one city at a time?”
A staff officer combined the previous battle situation and the movements of the German army during this period of time and made what he thought was the most reasonable speculation. This speculation was recognized by other staff officers. After everyone discussed it, they all felt that this possibility was the greatest!
“It is possible, but if you do this, the battle will last a lot longer. For the German army that is eager to end the battle, this is not the most reasonable choice!”Admiral
Pershing nodded slightly after hearing the words of the young staff officer, but he didn’t think the truth of the matter was like this!
If this was really the case, he wouldn’t be so uneasy. Although the German positional warfare was powerful, they could not be defeated in a short time. The two sides would engage in repeated tug-of-war on the streets of the city. The war would last at least several months or even one or two years!
Especially if it dragged on to winter, the German offensive would have to stop!
After hearing Pershing’s words, everyone was at a loss. They really couldn’t figure out what the German army was going to do. The current intelligence was too little. With so little intelligence, it was difficult to make accurate guesses!
“It is indeed difficult to know what the German army is going to do from our perspective, so why not think about it from a different perspective!”
“If you were the German army, how would you solve this problem?”
This sentence was like opening a skylight for everyone, attracting countless fantasies!
“Since I can’t break the situation in the west, if I were Manstein, I would open a gap from the east and use the advantages of the east to attack from east to west!”
“That’s right, it’s not far from Chicago in the east, and they can directly attack the heavy industrial area around Lake Erie. The automobile city over there is the most important production base for our tanks, armored vehicles and trucks. If they take it down, it will be like cutting off one of our arms!”
“I think there is another possibility. Will the German army advance from the north, open up the waterway to the Great Lakes, and then bring in their navy? Once they control the waterways in the Great Lakes region, they can threaten any city by the lake at any time and anywhere. At that time, we will be completely passive!”
Everyone talked a lot, one sentence after another, and discussed a lot of problems.
From the perspective of the German army, they seem to have many options to break the deadlock. Whether it is attacking from the east or attacking from the north along the waterway to the south, these are all feasible ways.
However, after listening to these people’s words, Admiral Pershing never nodded.
Although what these people said makes some sense, it is not the most dangerous option he thinks!
“What if, I mean, the Germans cut off our shipping routes in the Great Lakes and blocked our supplies?”
Suddenly, a voice came from the corner, and this sentence shocked Admiral Pershing!