At 5 o'clock sharp, the landing force began to approach the beach. At this time, the artillery fleet had already set up its posture and began bombarding the beach for a long time. Ron's command ship stayed among the US battleships, cruisers, and destroyers responsible for fire support.

At that time, Ron stood on the bridge, his ears filled with the roar of naval guns. He held up his binoculars and looked at a beach in the distance - that beach was in many of his movie works in his original time and space.

Omaha Beach that has appeared.

Omaha Beach is 6.4 kilometers long. The coast is mostly composed of unclimbable cliffs more than 30 meters high. There are only a few places where there are barely climbable steep slopes. The Germans built a large number of bunkers and machine gun bunkers there.

, artillery bunkers are dotted all over the place. In the original history, the US military paid a great deal of effort to capture this beach.

At a heavy cost, the U.S. Army lost at least 2,500 lives on this 6.4-kilometer-long beach alone. In other words, on this beach, on average, one person fell every 2.5 meters or so.

Corpses. Of course, now with the help of fuel-air bombs, the number of casualties is expected to be greatly reduced.

However, looking at the sea ahead, Ron still frowned - the wind here is really too strong. Looking through the telescope, you can see that the waves near Omaha Beach are obviously larger than where his command ship is.

The location is higher. In this case, there are only two possibilities: either the wind near the beach is stronger than here, or there are a large number of reefs in the sea near the beach. No matter which case, for the landing force,

None of them are good things.

The Allied weather forecast said that the wind force in the entire strait and beaches will not exceed level 3, which is undoubtedly correct. However, in some places, due to the influence of terrain, the wind force will become stronger. Only in Omaha

Judging from the waves near the coast, if there weren't too many reefs under the sea, the wind here would probably exceed Category 4.

This is not the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is that there are several slopes that can be climbed. There are natural wind vents. Ron estimates that the wind force there may be more than level 5. This is reflected in the ships that hit there.

You can see how quickly the smoke from the explosion is blown away by the wind. Such strong wind will seriously affect the effectiveness of the fuel-air bomb.

Ron turned and walked into the war room. "Where are our planes?"

"We'll be there in five minutes!" a staff officer replied.

"Immediately transfer two PA-38s from Sword Beach and four PA-38s from Utah Beach to the direction of Omaha Beach." Ron ordered.

In the pre-landing plan, 48 PA-38 attack aircraft equipped with fuel-air bombs were allocated as follows. Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, and Juno Beach were each allocated 10 attack aircraft, and the remaining two beaches were allocated 10 attack aircraft.

——Golden Beach and Sword Beach are each assigned 9 attack aircraft. Each beach is also equipped with two reconnaissance electronic liaison aircraft.

Now with Ron's order, the number of attack aircraft in the direction of Omaha Beach has greatly increased.

…

Corporal Hein Seferro was the son of a peasant family from South Germany. In the early morning of June 6, while on combat duty, he was squatting in his machine gun bunker, sitting on the ground and taking a nap against the wall. He was suddenly struck by

A burst of artillery fire woke him up. He found that the machine gun bunker he was in was shaking violently. He saw that not far away from him,

, his commander, Captain Luther, was squatting under the shooting port, holding the telephone and shouting into the receiver: "Yes! Yes! They definitely have more than 3,000 warships! If you don't believe me, just listen!" Luther

He lifted the receiver of the telephone and held it in front of the shooting hole, as if he wanted the person on the receiver to hear the sound of Allied artillery.

"Listen! Listen to the sound of the cannon!" Luther shouted, then he took back the receiver and shouted inside: "I heard it! I believe it! You said they wouldn't come, but they are coming!

Hello... hello?" Luther slammed the phone receiver to the ground. "Damn it! The phone line is broken! ... Get ready for a fight!"

Severo quickly climbed up from the ground. At this time, with a loud noise, the ground shook violently. Severo slipped and fell to the ground at one o'clock. Severo knew that this was a sudden shock.

The battleship's gun exploded nearby.

He couldn't help but feel grateful for his good luck. Although this reinforced concrete bunker was so strong that it could completely ignore the 8-inch and 6-inch guns on the American and British cruisers, it could never withstand a direct hit from the battleship guns.

The fierce bombardment lasted for a long time, and it looked as if it would continue until the end.

…

While the Germans were hiding from the bombardment in the bunker, the amphibious tanks of the landing force had already begun to launch. These amphibious tanks, nicknamed "Donald Duck" by the soldiers, were modified M-4 tanks.

Inflatable float tent and tail

It is an improved propeller propeller. This thing is also equipped with a special drainer and steel bracket to resist the seawater seeping into the tent. However, if the wind and waves are too big and the seawater enters the tent faster than the pumping speed, then this vehicle

The tank is in trouble.

According to the calculations of mathematicians, the tent can ensure that the tank can safely float on the water when the wind force does not exceed level 3. But the current wind force has obviously exceeded level 3. The results proved that the mathematicians were correct.

Sex. As soon as the 32 amphibious tanks were launched into the water, they encountered a strong wind.

Finally... Ron saw from his telescope that with a wave of waves, one tank after another sank. Fortunately, when the DD amphibious tanks were sailing, they had considered such dangers, and the hatches were closed.

It was opened so that the crew could escape quickly when the tank sank. As a result, many tank crews still escaped.

At this time, the landing craft also began to sprint towards the beach. The landing craft had no ceiling, and the soldiers in the landing craft were like sardines packed in a can. After a night of sailing, they were nervous, and now it was raining. Although the battle

It hasn't officially started yet, but everyone feels exhausted.

Lieutenant Miller checked his firearm one last time, then took out the kettle and took a sip. The kettle was not filled with water, but with authentic Scotch whiskey. With this wine, Miller finally felt a little warm.

meaning.

…

"General, the navy will end the bombardment in five minutes!" a staff officer reported.

"Get the attack planes in position!" Ron ordered. "As soon as the bombardment is over, attack immediately! It's windy today, so let the boys drop bombs as accurately as possible!"

…

Severo suddenly found that the shaking of the earth stopped. At this time, he saw Captain Luther shouting at him. "Quick, get to your position! The enemy is coming up soon!" Severo hurriedly

He picked up his mg-42 and placed it in front of the shooting hole.

At the same time, he opened his eyes wide and stared at the sea ahead. The landing craft were already very close, and they were about to lower the gangplank in front of them. Severo planned to wait for the landing craft to lower the gangplank and immediately shine a light on the United States inside.

I shot this 250-round bullet chain in one go.

…

"Dive attack!" The navy immediately fired three red flares into the sky after firing the last salvo. Looking at the flares, Arthur knew that the time to attack had come. Now his fleet was to the west of the enemy's defensive position.

At an altitude of about 4,000 meters, he looked at the ground, estimated the landing time of the last salvo of shells, and then issued the command to do so.

…

Severo stared at a landing craft getting closer and closer to the coast from the shooting hole. Due to nervousness, he felt that his mouth was very thirsty and his palms were sweating. He stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, and then put

His eyes came to the sight. At this moment, he suddenly heard a sound that seemed like something exploded. The sound was not loud, and it sounded like the explosion of a 60-mm mortar shell.

But then, he was horrified to find that there was a white mist with a strange smell filling the air. A lot of the mist also seeped into the bunker along the shooting port. At the same time, his nose also smelled a very strange smell.

.

"Damn it! They actually used chemical weapons!" Seferro held his breath, dropped the machine gun again and again, and tried to take out a gas mask from the backpack placed aside.

"Fortunately, there is a gas mask!" Severo thought.

"Hurry up..." Luther had just shouted two words when Severo noticed a bright light flashing in front of his eyes.

…

Arthur pulled up the plane, and this time the bombs dropped by their 16 attack planes covered this large area.

"Hold the control stick and stabilize the plane!" Arthur shouted on the radio. At this time, a violent airflow blew from the rear. The plane shook violently. Then it returned to normal. Arthur didn't need to ask where he was sitting.

The machine gunner in the back seat concluded from this airflow that the bomb exploded quite well.

…

"Insert the oxygen tube!" Lieutenant Miller shouted. His oxygen tube has been inserted. The tube is fixed next to his nose with a piece of white tape, and the white tape attached to the nose allows him to

Looks like a clown.

With a bang, the springboard door in front of the landing ship was opened. Miller took the lead and jumped into the waist-deep water and began to walk towards the coast. The beach was quiet, and the Germans failed to fire even a bullet.

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"Quick, move forward! We have to rush up and capture those bunkers before the German reserves come up! God bless America, kill the Germans!" Miller shouted. In his shouts, the soldiers also
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