bookpower Chapter 932
Chapter 932
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“My goodness, this old guy Ridgway is really good at what he does!”
Guderian was a little surprised by the sudden bombardment, but fortunately the German army had already made corresponding preparations. According to wartime standards, they did not concentrate their personnel and equipment together, but dispersed them in various places, trying to create momentum as much as possible and create the appearance of a large number of troops.
Unlike the defenders, the position of the attackers is not fixed. The defenders are trapped in an isolated city, while the attackers can be scattered in a vast area outside the city. It is obviously unlikely that the US military wants to cause a large number of casualties to the German army by sudden bombardment!
However, Ridgway’s crazy behavior is still somewhat surprising.
“By doing this, isn’t he afraid that their artillery positions will be determined by us and then destroyed in one fell swoop?”
Steiner was also a little surprised, but he didn’t think that Ridgway’s decision was so wise. On the contrary, he thought that Ridgway’s decision was very stupid, because doing so would undoubtedly expose the position of the most critical artillery unit and provide the German artillery with an excellent target!
“”Maybe he doesn’t know that we have anti-artillery radar!”
Guderian said with a smile. Anti-artillery radar was used by the German army eight years ago. That time was during the Ruhr crisis. In order to deal with the massive attack of the French army, Mainz specially purchased this anti-artillery killer from the system mall!
The performance of this weapon is naturally very advanced in this era.
When the radar technology of various countries is in the initial development stage, they can have an excellent army radar weapon.
This is a unique technology!
The anti-artillery radar itself has no lethality, but its role is to accurately locate the exact position of the enemy’s artillery position and provide a precise coordinate for its own artillery unit, so as to facilitate its own troops to wipe out the enemy’s artillery in one pot!
However, anti-artillery radar is not omnipotent. If the enemy does not fire, they will definitely not be able to infer the location of the enemy’s artillery position.
However, Ridgway launched a fierce artillery battle with the German army, which was equivalent to actively telling the German army the location of his own artillery position.
“Since General Ridgway is determined to give us such a great gift, then we should not be polite. Have we calculated the specific position of the enemy’s artillery?”
“Report to the general, it has been calculated!”
“Well then, open fire immediately and destroy the enemy’s artillery cluster!”
“Humph, without artillery, let’s see how you are going to fight me!”
Boom, boom, boom!
The sound of artillery shells exploding rang all night long. For the people in Houston, this night was like a year!
The bombardment of both sides went from the Germans opening fire at the beginning, to them opening fire and fighting each other, to the intensity of the Germans’ firing suddenly increased a lot, and then there was a burst of earth-shaking explosions from their side, and the sound of counterattacks in Houston suddenly became sparse.
In the second half of the night, the situation seemed to have returned to the situation at the beginning, and they were completely bombarded by the Germans and were beaten.
So, after a night of artillery battles, Houston not only became a ruin, but the US military also lost their biggest bargaining chip – the artillery cluster! In the early morning, Ridgway personally inspected the destroyed artillery positions. Seeing his own artillery group that was blown to pieces and badly damaged, his heart was bleeding with heartache!
“The German artillery seemed to have eyes.
They targeted us not long after we opened fire.
They didn’t even test fire.
They just fired several rounds of rapid fire, completely covering our artillery positions.
The bombardment was fast and fierce, and our people had no time to retreat.
As you can see, our heavy artillery was basically destroyed.
There are still some light artillery, but most of them are small in power and short in range.
I’m afraid it will be difficult to cause any trouble to the Germans!
”
The failure of the artillery battle caused the morale of the American troops in the city to plummet, and the soldiers were kept awake by the sound of explosions all night. When they woke up in the morning, they all had red eyes and were listless.
Ridgway dared to guarantee that if the Germans launched an attack at this time, his people would have no combat effectiveness at all and would be defeated by the Germans in a short time!
“Disperse the remaining artillery and don’t use them together anymore!”
Although it is unknown how the German army was able to determine the position of their artillery in such a short time and then launch a retaliatory strike against them, Ridgway understood one thing. The German army’s advantage is all-round, even in the artillery. Although everyone has artillery, when it comes to a real fight, their own artillery is still far inferior to the other side!
Otherwise, it would not be their own artillery that would be destroyed, but the German artillery!
After figuring this out, Ridgway felt so regretful!
The gap between the two sides can be seen from the artillery with the closest strength. Even in the artillery, they have no generation gap with the German army in weapons and equipment, but they are still beaten to the ground by the German army. Then what about other fields? What?
Do they still have the means to threaten the German army?
Stop dreaming!
Ridgway has been completely awakened. He has realized that his original choice to stick to the city and use the city’s complex terrain to fight street battles with the enemy was a completely failed choice!
And because of his wrong choice, hundreds of thousands of people in the Southwest Army were trapped in this desperate situation, which made him feel guilty!
However, after the last bit of fantasy in his heart was knocked out, Ridgway also completely put himself in the right position.
He no longer fantasized about fighting the German army with his own strength. He knew that he was not the opponent of the German army.
However, the German army spent so much effort to deal with itself, which actually created an opportunity for the US military!
“Immediately send a telegram to General MacArthur in the east, saying that we have delayed the main force of the German army, and they can take advantage of the time when the main force of the German army is exhausted to go south and attack the German base camp in Florida!”
That’s right, this opportunity is to besiege Wei to save Zhao, taking advantage of the opportunity when the main force of the German army is not there, and let the main force of the US army in the east take the opportunity to go south. In this way, the German army will have to come back for support, and once the German army comes back for support, they will have hope of escaping, and if MacArthur moves fast enough, he can take Florida before the German reinforcements rush back!
As long as Florida is taken, the situation will be completely reversed!