The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 952

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“General, the enemy has deployed reserve troops, which appear to be at least two battalions of troops. Considering that our army has only sent one battalion of offensive forces so far, our army is at a disadvantage in terms of manpower. Should we send more troops or cancel the offensive plan?”

About fifteen kilometers away from the U.S. forward command post, in the German forward command post, Major General Reinhardt of the First Army also went to the front line of the battlefield to command this battle.

For the German army, this was not the first time they had fought against the U.

S.

army, but for the First Army, which had just arrived in North America not long ago, the U.

S.

army was a rather unfamiliar enemy.

They had never had experience fighting against the U.

S.

army before, so before Guderian returned, Reinhardt personally led a part of the First Army’s soldiers to the front line where the Southern Army and the U.

S.

army were fighting.

He planned to observe the battle between the two sides and by the way, invest some of his own troops to see what level the U.

S.

army was at!

However, he did not expect that MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the U.S. front line, was right across from him at this time, and in order not to embarrass themselves in front of MacArthur, the U.S. military cared very much about this battle. Therefore, after realizing that the German army had sent troops, even though they saw that the scale of the German army’s troops was not large, they still went all out and sent reinforcements twice as large as the German army to stop the German army!

Looking at this posture, if they want to follow the original plan, The plan to capture the frontier position of the US military is a bit difficult. If you attack with a huge disadvantage in terms of manpower, it may cause considerable casualties. After all, in a defensive battle, the defending party naturally has certain advantages by relying on its own position, so it is difficult to capture the enemy’s position.

At this time, the enemy has so many reinforcements, and it is even more difficult to achieve this goal!

So the rational approach at this time is to retreat and cancel this battle plan.

However, Reinhardt did not want to give this order.

Although he didn’t know why the US commander was so crazy and almost put all his reserve troops into it at once, but behind the other side’s madness, does it mean that this position is particularly important to them?

An extremely important position, even if it costs a certain price, as long as it can be captured, it is undoubtedly very beneficial to the overall strategic situation of the party. Therefore, many times, the orders given by the commander to the troops below are to capture a certain place at all costs, regardless of casualties, such as Verdun in World War I and Stalingrad in World War II!

“Send a telegram to General Eisenhower to ask if there are any high-value targets of the US military behind Hill 207?”

Reinhardt had just arrived and didn’t know much about the situation in North America. In front of him, the US military’s position was established on an unnamed hill.

Florida’s terrain is relatively flat, with few mountains, so a hill with an altitude of more than 200 meters is extremely rare. Such a small hill is not worth mentioning for someone like Reinhardt who came out of the foot of the Alps, but for both the enemy and us at this time, this small hill is extremely important.

However, on such a small hill, the number of soldiers that can be deployed on it is no more than 300 people, and the other side smashed two in one breath. There are more than 3,000 people. This is too crazy! Can such a small hill really accommodate so many troops?

This made Reinhardt very confused. He urgently wanted to know, on the opposite side of Hill 207 , what valuable targets did the U.S. military need to protect, so they were so determined and crazy to invest so many troops here?

Eisenhower was also stunned after receiving Reinhardt’s telegram. He had never heard of any high-value targets near Hill 207?

So Reinhardt’s question was a bit strange, but the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and the enemy was certainly not static. It is possible that in these few days, the U.S. military had transported a large number of arms and reinforcements, or established some arsenals, oil depots, and the like, and these things could be considered valuable targets! However

, since the other party asked him for help, he naturally could not be perfunctory, so Eisenhower seriously asked someone to check the latest intelligence of the U.S. military. Not to mention that there were new discoveries in this check.

“The US military has a field hospital here? How big is it?”

In layman’s terms, a field hospital is actually a camp for wounded soldiers. The value of this thing is definitely much lower than that of an arsenal or oil depot. However, considering that there is only one valuable target nearby, the US military is probably fighting for it. So

Eisenhower sent this news to Reinhardt on the front line with a very strange mentality.

Reinhardt was also very surprised when he received the news. It’s just a field hospital. Is it necessary to make such a big fuss?

At most, can’t they just move it away?

So he didn’t understand why the US military was so desperate.

Could it be that there was another hidden story?

“I think, is it that the other side has some senior generals coming to the front line to supervise the battle like us? Otherwise, why did the US troops, who were very passive and had a weak will to resist, suddenly become so excited? I just heard cheers from the opposite side. This sound should come from the encouragement of a senior general or some important person, right?”

A company commander at the front expressed his thoughts, because they were closest to the US military position, so they could most directly feel the morale changes of the opposite US troops.

“It is possible. Although we don’t know who is coming from the other side, since they are here, we should not leave!”

Reinhardt was refreshed after hearing the news. He really had no appetite for a field hospital. The German army did not like to massacre prisoners of war, let alone attack a field hospital with no combat effectiveness.

So when he heard the news, he was almost ready to withdraw his troops, but suddenly a senior US military general came. Although he didn’t know what level of general the other side was, he didn’t care whether it was fish or shrimp, he would catch it first, no matter how small the mosquito was, it was still meat!

“Contact the heavy artillery group in the rear, ask them to suspend their bombardment, let the enemy approach, and then quickly launch a covering bombardment to weaken the enemy’s strength to the greatest extent!”