Through the thick iron door of the air-raid shelter, Wittmann could still feel the vibrations from above. With the vibration, wisps of dust fell from the top of the reinforced concrete structure of the air-raid shelter, and the air-raid shelter was filled with the smell of dust.

The air-raid shelter itself has an exhaust system, but this system was not opened. On the contrary, all the vents were tightly closed. When the Allied forces landed the day before yesterday, they dropped an incredibly powerful bomb. When these bombs exploded

The footage was filmed by the German army and sent to German research institutions for study. According to the inference of German scientists, the bomb was actually an aerosol bomb that threw out a large amount of explosives in the first explosion.

Gas aerosols, these aerosols will enter the defenses with the air and then explode. Therefore, if you want to defend against such bombs, you must maintain air tightness. When bombed, no outside air can let them in.

At the same time, German weapons experts also warned that this kind of bomb will consume oxygen when it explodes. Therefore, after the explosion is over, the explosion area will be in a state of hypoxia for a long period of time. Therefore, the personnel inside the fortifications must also

Prepare oxygen. This warning was also verified when the Allied forces landed. The British and Americans did not use chemical protective clothing when entering the explosion area, but some counterattack troops wearing chemical protective clothing entered the explosion area.

The phenomenon of losing combat effectiveness in a very short period of time is the most powerful proof of this inference.

Therefore, the German armored soldiers hiding in the air-raid shelters now carry a small oxygen cylinder with them. However, there is no lack of oxygen in the air-raid shelters yet, so no one uses this thing. Everyone just raises their heads,

Looking at the roof of the cave, I felt the constant vibrations coming from outside.

The shock caused by the explosion gradually disappeared, but you can't go out yet. Because there may still be a severe lack of oxygen outside. According to the calculations of those weapons experts, this lack of oxygen may last for nearly twenty minutes. Therefore, everyone still has to stay calm

Stay in the air-raid shelter honestly.

"Hey, what kind of fight is this!" Being locked up in a confined space, people's emotions are extremely easy to fluctuate, so it is natural to complain.

"Have any of you ever fought in such a battle?" The man who just said he was alive continued, "It's so damn bad. All actions can only be done at night. During the day, if you want to survive, you have to burrow into a hole in the ground. We have all become

He has become a mouse."

"Even if you move at night, you will be bombed all night long!" Another person said, "What do you think this is? I have been bombed all the way here, and now I am bombed again! The Yankee and British bombs are all on the trees.

It grew out? It’s such a waste of money!”

"What about our air force? They just watch us being bombed? Don't they have a lot of aces who have shot down two to three hundred aircraft? What are they doing?" Another person asked.

"You're stupid! Are you still counting on the Air Force?"

"You're not a replacement, why are you so naive?"

"You expect those flying in the sky to fight for us crawling on the ground? Have you woken up?"

"It's just that, except for their toughness in Kuban, they are the fastest at all times."

Wittmann knew that the German Air Force did not have a good reputation among the Army. This was because the Air Force always liked to boast, and once they were at a disadvantage, they would always run faster than the Army. Plus, well, if you are not afraid of not

When it comes to knowing goods, you are afraid of comparing goods. Army soldiers have seen more than once how the Soviet air force fights. His attack

Attack planes have never seen that the other side has more fighter planes than escort planes, so they just drop their bombs and return home. On the contrary, even if there are no escort planes, they will forcefully attack the target under gunfire. In fact, many Su Sus who were hit and caught fire

Military aircraft will even directly hit ground targets with flames. But the German Air Force has never done this.

But it was not good to continue such a conversation, which would lower the morale of the soldiers. So Wittmann stood up.

"The Air Force is far behind its enemies in terms of strength. They only have 450 aircraft in total, and most of their pilots are rookies. Our enemies have tens of thousands of aircraft, and their pilots are all experienced." said

To be honest, if our air force rushes out rashly, the enemy will be able to wipe them out in less than a morning. However, as far as I know, when we launch an attack, they will attack with all their strength. Just like in Ku

Like Ben."

"Really?" someone asked.

"Really!" Wittmann replied.

"That's good. As long as they can hold out for an hour, we can drive all those British guys into the sea."

"By the way, there is one thing I still want to remind everyone." Wittmann said, "There is a British fleet near the beach. Be careful of their naval guns."

At this time, it had been almost twenty-five minutes since the bombing ended. The air in the air raid shelter became increasingly turbid. Wittmann said: "The time has come. Let's go out and take a look. I hope our losses will not be too great."

Everyone opened the air-tight iron door of the air-raid shelter and walked out.

The scene outside is like the surface of the moon seen through a telescope. There are large and small craters everywhere. Some trees broken by the bombs have fallen there, and there are still wisps of smoke. But everyone is most concerned about it.

It's still the situation of the tanks.

Part of the tank group hidden in the woods was bombed. However, only one unlucky Type IV H tank was directly hit by an aerial bomb. That tank was basically blown to pieces. In addition to being recycled as scrap steel, it was probably

It was useless. Although some of the remaining tanks were not blown to pieces like that, they were still far from intact.

The least damaged was Wittmann's Tiger tank. An aerial bomb exploded more than ten meters away from the tank, breaking off its right track and damaging two road wheels.

.A little further away from Wittmann's tank, one of Powell's Leopards

It rolled to the ground. The tank crew got in and took a look, and then said that if this thing is righted and repaired a little bit, it should be fine. But it is not easy to right this thing of more than 40 tons, because,

The rescue tank responsible for this work was also overturned.

After a period of statistics, the losses were identified. At this assembly point, a total of twelve tanks were unable to participate in the dawn assault the next day due to various damages. The situation in other areas was unclear, but at least it was

One assembly point also came under air attack.

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"The intensity of the enemy's attack on Caen has been significantly reduced today. Our reconnaissance personnel found that the enemy is laying mines along the road. In addition, several assembly points have been bombed or shelled. The enemy has almost completely

The woodland near them was bombed."

"So, the British may have realized the danger." Marshal Rommel thought, "It would be great if the tank troops were not deployed so far away at the beginning. Then they would not suffer such a big impact before launching the assault.

Losses. After this series of air strikes, the organization of many troops will be in chaos."

But now, the assault was imminent and had to be launched. Rommel decided that he would visit the troops as usual and encourage them. "The success or failure depends on the assault in the early morning tomorrow!" he thought.

Rommel chose to take an ordinary barrel truck to the army this time. The Mercedes-Benz sedan equipped for him was too conspicuous. In the current situation where there is no air superiority at all, traveling in that car is simply to challenge the opponent's pilots.

Or the enemy paratroopers operating nearby sent out "Come and hit me, I have an important message." Rommel did not want to be scattered by other people's soldiers in his control area like Vatutin.

Get rid of it. In his convoy there is also a half-track self-propelled 20 anti-aircraft gun, an sdkfz2342 "puma" 8-wheel armored vehicle equipped with a 50 mm gun, 3 Opel trucks and two BMW motorcycles. This is enough to deal with possible

The enemy paratroopers encountered were. There was also an Opel sedan in the convoy. Its presence could definitely ensure that Rommel's barrel truck would not become the first attack target.

At around 6 o'clock in the afternoon, as the sun was about to set, Rommel's convoy set off.

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Boynton and his wingman had been circling the sky for two hours, but he still failed to encounter a single German plane.

"Damn it! If I had known earlier, maybe I should have replaced a PA-38. This way, I don't need to maintain such a high altitude to perform alert missions, and I can go down to find trouble for the Germans on the ground." In the airspace he is responsible for.

The team of PA-38s inside had already returned due to lack of fuel. It was already 6 o'clock in the afternoon, so there would be no new attack aircraft coming over for hunting. Boyington looked at his fuel

The watch shows that he still has plenty of fuel.

"How about we come as a guest attack aircraft, go down there and fly around, and then go back when it gets dark?" Boynton said to the wingman.

"Okay, sir! You are so wise. To be honest, the air control mission is so boring that I almost fall asleep."

So the four P-81 fighter jets began to rapidly lower their altitude.

After flying along the kilometer for a while, the sky became darker and darker. Boyington still didn't encounter any targets.

"Fly along this road for another five minutes, and we will climb back." Boynton said while shaking his head.

At this moment, a convoy appeared in front of them.

"Target found!" Boynton shouted, and at the same time he pulled the operating lever and began to climb to a higher position, while getting a clear view of the convoy's situation.

"Two armored vehicles, one of which is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, and a car! Maybe it's a big fish!. I attack the self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, 02 attacks the other armored vehicle, 03 attacks the car, and 04 attacks the truck!" Boyin
Chapter completed!