C3013 Super Fortress (1/2)
The Mace City, the portal city of northeastern France, was the capital of the Rolin Region!
However, the reputation of this city's military stronghold was far greater than that of the city itself! During the time of the Roman Empire, the Romans built permanent fortresses here for the first time in order to protect the safety of the roads.
From then on, this Mace Fortress had become a mission to be expanded by many different races!
The Romans, the Germans, the Gauls... Even the Huns of the Whip!
No matter who occupied this place, they would have to expand this stronghold city at the same time!
Over the past 1500 years, the Mace City had been constantly renovating the old and building new urban areas. With the expansion of the city's scale, its military significance had become more and more prominent.
Whether it was in times of war or peace, the Mace was constantly being built. Sometimes it was the French who were building it, sometimes it was the German who were building it, sometimes it was the others.
In the seventeenth century, the kings of France finally turned the Mace into a great fortress, blocking the German road to the heart of France. It was no exaggeration to say that it was the ancestor of the Maginot Line.
The Dutch had even built a fortress and a river behind the Mace, blocking the Spanish invasion for eight years.
At the end of World War II, after the invasion of the Allied Normandy, the French mainland quickly returned to normal. When the American army began to march towards the heart of the Germany, the Mace became a stumbling block in front of the American army.
The ones attacking the Mace were the elites of the US Army at that time. The third group led by Barton were extremely mechanized, with a total of more than 300 thousand people.
And the German Army that was guarding the Mace only had four divisions, they were not fully staffed yet, their total troop strength ranged from 25,000 to 30,000!
The garrison also contained many college and civil servants, since the Mace City had several SS training universities and government agencies during the Second World War.
Such a huge disparity in power made all the American commanders feel that this was an extremely easy battle!
However, when the battle erupted, the Mace City's strong defense line actually caused the American army to have their teeth broken!
Even heavy aerial bombs could not shatter the permanent cannon emplacement, and all the heavy cannons of the Third Army were unable to shatter the giant concrete fortresses one after another.
The traffic trenches that connected everywhere could allow the German Army soldiers to move quickly. The tunnels that were hidden underground could always transport many Elite Armaments!
Even the Prism Castle and city walls built in the Middle Ages could stop the flow of armor!
What was even more terrifying was the fighting will of the German Army, which was still shouting the slogan of never giving up even when there was almost no food left!
In the end, the victor of Mace was really the last one. German emptied his ammunition and ate his last bit of food, and only under the pressure of the strong propaganda of the United States Army did some of the fortresses begin to surrender!
In the entire Mace battle, Germany had used a very weak military force to hold back the Third Army for 77 days. This battle was so difficult that even the American propaganda agencies found it embarrassing to speak up.
Why is it that few people know about this battle after World War II? Why did only a few military fans understand the battle? To put it bluntly, the Americans wanted his face. Barton was the God of War II created by the Americans, so of course he couldn't advertise such a humiliating battle!
After the war, the American Third Army's 95th Infantry Division was called the 'Mace Iron Man'! From this nickname, one could tell how difficult this battle was!