When the news came that the Allied forces had launched a landing operation, Rommel was celebrating his wife's birthday at home in Germany.

"The Allies have landed?" Rommel asked, "Where?"

"Yes, Marshal, in Normandy!" a voice said anxiously on the phone.

"Okay, I understand." Rommel put down the phone and turned around. He saw his wife and children standing there looking at him with concern.

"Ah, Lucy. I'm sorry, something happened on the front line. I have to go back." Rommel said.

Lucy looked at Rommel. She knew that if it was really just "a little situation", then Rommel would never put down the phone and go back to France immediately. She understood that something big must have happened, and maybe an alliance would be finalized.

The troops had already begun to land. When her husband came back to celebrate her birthday yesterday, she was grateful but also worried about him. Didn’t he say that the front line was under great pressure? Why did she have time to come back? At that time, Rommel told her that due to the weather

Because of this, the Allied forces are unlikely to land in the near future. Lucy can clearly feel that Rommel has become obviously more relaxed than before. But now, that feeling of pressure and anxiety has returned to him again.

My body is even heavier than before.

But she didn't say much. She just walked to the closet silently, took out Rommel's coat, put it on him, and handed him his military cap.

Rommel put on his military uniform and cap, took another deep look at Lucy, and then walked out. His new adjutant followed closely behind him. Outside the door, a car was already there.

Waiting for him. A combat staff officer was also standing next to the car.

Rommel got in the car and asked the staff officer: "What's the specific situation?"

"Marshal, the Yankees and the British landed in Normandy." He opened his leather bag, took out a folded map, put it on his knees, and tried to unfold it. "Marshal, look, starting from today

Starting at 6 o'clock in the morning, the American troops landed here, here, the British landed here, and the Canadians came up here."

"Where are they now?" Rommel asked.

"The Americans have broken through the beachhead and advanced here, and these landing points have been connected together." the combat staff replied.

"How did they progress so fast?" Rommel frowned.

"According to the news from the front line, the enemy used a very powerful bomb. This bomb can destroy any fortress in an instant. And smaller attack aircraft can carry it."

Hearing this statement, Rommel could only shake his head. The Allied forces had such a huge advantage in military strength, and they still came up with such cheating things from time to time. How could they not let people live?

…

At Sword Beach, the resistance of a section of the German 21st Armored Division had been crushed. It was very dramatic that the British army broke through the defense of the German 21st Armored Division this time. When the US bomber group appeared, the fight was originally lively.

The British troops immediately began to retreat. However, the British troops' retreat frightened the Germans. The effect of the large series of fuel-air bombs launched by the US military just now seemed to have really left a deep impression on the Germans.

Seeing the American bombers coming and the British starting to retreat, the Germans' first reaction was that those big bombs were coming again!

The Germans understood that if they broke away from the British at this time, the Americans' fatal bombs would fall. The Germans didn't know whether the tanks could withstand such bombs, but the attached infantry definitely could.

It can't be stopped. Therefore, the Germans are faced with two choices at this time. One is to leave the fortifications, attack the British, and stick to the British, so that the Americans cannot use that terrible bomb. But if you do this, the problem is also

It's not small. They just relied on fortifications to block the British attack. Now they are chasing out and attacking the British. Considering the balance of power between the two sides, they only have a dozen tanks and a few hundred people here. If they go out to attack, then

Aren't you looking for death?

The second option is to simply retreat. It is not that easy to retreat safely. It is hard to say how far you can escape after leaving the fortifications, retreating all the way, and being chased all the way. However, after thinking about it, the commander still decided

Decided to retreat quickly. No matter what, it is better than waiting to die.

As a result, as soon as the British retreated, the Germans also ran away. Then, the British did not capture the fortification. Probably, well, they were probably afraid of being accidentally bombed by the Americans.

In short, with the retreat of a certain unit of the German 21st Armored Division, by noon, the entire beachhead had been connected. The Allies also temporarily stopped attacking and turned to consolidating their positions. This is because relying on the beachhead, they can transport

There are very few things coming up, including some heavy equipment, which cannot be transported for the time being. Takashi once said that the success or failure of a landing is determined by the 24 hours after landing. Don’t push the Allies back before the heavy equipment has been transported.

If they go to sea, the Germans will be defeated.

Now, due to the effectiveness of fuel-air bombs, the Allied forces took just one morning after landing to capture the beachhead. This meant that the Allied forces could push the defense circle farther and build a stronger beachhead.

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Now that the bunker group along the coast has been breached, the attack aircraft and light bombers of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing no longer have to circle the beachhead. They begin to leave the beachhead and go to farther positions to provide support to earlier

The paratroopers who are deployed behind the enemy's back are used as flying artillery. The paratroopers' frequent activities behind the enemy can also delay the enemy's counterattack. However, in fact, because Long is not around, it is not easy for the Germans to launch a counterattack immediately.

At this time, British and American paratroopers were everywhere behind the German defense lines.

Among the paratroopers who were dropped, the British were in the best condition. The British 1st Airborne Division was accurately airdropped to the left wing of the landing area. According to the plan, they successfully captured the planned target - Pegasus Bridge

.And soon made contact with the British troops who landed, and successfully joined forces.

The situation of the two U.S. Airborne Divisions is not so good. Unlike the British Royal Air Force, the U.S. Army Aviation rarely performs missions at night. This results in the U.S. military's navigators' ability to navigate at night being far inferior to that of the British Army. Again

Coupled with the complicated ground conditions and the interception of enemy artillery fire, the troops were scattered everywhere. For example, the 101st Airborne Division was scattered over a very large area, which has made it impossible for the soldiers to assemble until now.

But it was a mistake. The Germans discovered that there seemed to be Allied paratroopers in action everywhere. They greatly overestimated the number of paratroopers, so that they sent a large number of troops to deal with these stragglers, which greatly interfered with the situation.

Their counterattack on the beaches of Normandy.

However, the paratroopers' strength was too dispersed and their firepower was insufficient, which also made it difficult for the paratroopers to capture the planned bridge hubs. Now, the attack aircraft of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing will provide these paratroopers with attack and annihilation firepower assistance.

…

Arthur is flying with his wingman towards a certain area on the south side of Normandy. There is an important bridge here. According to the combat plan, the 101st Airborne Division will be responsible for capturing this bridge. However, there are too few paratroopers nearby.

There were less than sixty soldiers gathered, but there was nearly a battalion of German troops on the bridge. Without the support of heavy firepower, it was almost impossible to capture the bridge with such a small number of men. Fortunately, the U.S. Army had a powerful Army Air Corps.

Troops, with them, this task is not impossible to accomplish.

"No. 1, pay attention to your 11 o'clock direction, that's the bridge!"

Arthur gently pressed the stick, causing the plane to slide slightly and aim its nose at the target area.

The Germans installed two 20 mm caliber 4-pack anti-aircraft guns at the bridgehead. In the exploratory attack launched by the paratroopers just now, these two guns played a huge role. This weapon with a high rate of fire gave American paratroopers

They brought terrible casualties. Some unlucky soldiers were even beaten in two by this thing. However, when facing the air, facing strongly armored attack aircraft, the deterrence of this weapon is far away.

Not as good as the 37mm anti-aircraft gun.

Seeing the US military planes swooping over, the two anti-aircraft guns began to fire from a long distance. This practice shows that the people who control these anti-aircraft guns are new recruits. At such a long distance,

Apart from exposing himself, what other benefits could there be to firing upwards? While Arthur was avoiding the enemy's shots with light side slides, he was firmly enveloping the enemy's anti-aircraft guns in his own shooting halo.

…

Due to some success, Ron soon became free. In fact, not only Ron became free, but even the artillery fleet had nothing to do. After being free, Ron and his staff went to Kuangkuang

Come up to the front deck for some air. At this time, several tugboats were dragging something strange that looked like an oversized cement box and were sailing not far from Ron's command ship.

"What's that?" Scott asked, pointing at the thing.

"Oh, that's probably the cement caisson used to build the artificial harbor." Ron replied.

The artificial harbor is a project headed by British Rear Admiral Tennant. It is planned to build two artificial harbors, codenamed Mulberry A and Mulberry B. According to the plan, the Allies first built 146 hollow concrete caissons, each caisson long

61 meters. There are eight different sizes according to the depth of the seawater where it sank. The minimum displacement is 1,772 tons and the maximum displacement is 6,044 tons. The caisson is equipped with a crew cabin and 2 anti-aircraft guns. There is a buoyancy tank for floating up.

The sinking sea valve can sink to the designated position in more than ten minutes after being opened. The caisson cannot be self-propelled and will be towed across the strait by a tugboat and sunk on the 5.5-meter isobath one nautical mile offshore, forming an approximately 9,000-meter-long caisson.
Chapter completed!