"Your Excellency, the remnants of the US 5th Army Corps are fleeing south and are expected to withdraw to Portland. The US 6th Army Corps, however, failed to escape and was completely wiped out by the 3rd Army Corps and the 14th Army Corps," Lieutenant General Karl Hilpert reported.
Marshal Guderian nodded. "The main force of the US 5th Army Corps has been eliminated, and its remaining remnants are no longer worth worrying about. The US 6th Army Corps has also been destroyed. That means the Americans no longer have any forces south of the St. Croix River. Most importantly, their remaining eight Army Corps in Maine are trapped between the Appalachian Mountains and our encirclement."
"Yes, Your Excellency." Lieutenant General Karl Hilpert nodded.
"Report to the Commander and request that our main force move north to wipe out the eight US Army Corps in Maine!" Marshal Guderian said.
The Americans had deployed ten Army Corps in Maine, all of them main-force formations. If the German military could wipe out all ten of those US Army Corps in a single stroke in this battle, the Americans would suffer a devastating blow. Although the Americans had deployed twenty-five Army Corps and five million troops in the northeastern United States, the destruction of two million elite troops would still be unbearable for them. As long as Army Group A and Army Group C also won victories on the other two fronts, the Americans would be completely finished.
New Glasgow, German North American Theater Headquarters. Field Marshal Manstein, who also served as Commander of the North American Theater, had already received the good news from the front.
"Excellent. Army Group B fought a very beautiful battle this time. They easily wiped out two American main-force Army Corps and cut off the retreat route