Among the seven C-47s that landed this time, two were attack-type AC-47s. Some of the remaining C-47s were loaded with various supplies, and some were carrying personnel. These transport planes quickly unloaded cargo and personnel.

, took off on this narrow runway again and flew back to the UK.

Among the unloaded supplies, the most important thing is a radio system. With it, we can better command operations. However, the installation and debugging of this system will take time, so, at least today, in addition to

In the transition, there won't be any big combat operations.

The combat troops transferred to this "forward airport" this time include half a squadron of PA-38 attack aircraft, two AC-47 "air gunships", and six P-81 fighter jets responsible for air defense. In the next few days, as

Once the airport's new apron is completed, the remaining half of the squadron's PA-38 attack aircraft will also be transferred here.

It was already around five o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had already moved to the west, and night was coming soon.

…

On the road leading to Saint-Sauveur, a large convoy is advancing in the dark night. This is the 17th Panzergrenadier Division of the Waffen-SS marching overnight. In ordinary people's impression, the Waffen-SS troops are German troops

The most elite unit. In fact, this view is not entirely correct. Among all 38 armed SS divisions, the truly elite are the first ten or so. It can be said that after the SS-12 "Hitler Youth" Armored Division,

The armed SS divisions are basically rubbish. For example, the famous SS-13 "Holy Knife" and SS-14 "Ukrainian Volunteer Division" are all armed SS divisions whose combat effectiveness is not as good as that of a regiment of the ordinary Wehrmacht. But SS-17

The Panzergrenadier Division is the leader among the lower-numbered Waffen SS divisions. Although they cannot be compared with the elite SS divisions with the first 12 numbers, they are not as good as the "Holy Knife" and "Ukraine".

"Volunteer Division". In the history of Ron's previous time and space, although they rarely appeared as protagonists, they still performed quite tenaciously when fighting with those ace troops.

As a lower-ranked armed SS unit, the equipment of SS-17 is completely incomparable with that of the elites at the top. There is a huge gap in both equipment and personnel. Although there is the word "armor" in the name,

But in fact, the armor strength of this division is no stronger than that of an ordinary US infantry division. In fact, as the richest US military in World War II, their luxurious equipment was the envy of the Germans. In addition to the lack of heavy tanks

In addition, almost any US infantry division placed on the German side should be called an Panzergrenadier division or even an armored division.

SS-17 has no Tiger tanks, and even very few Panther tanks. The main force of its armored force is the Type IV H tank and the Type III assault gun. These weapons are compared to the long-barreled 76 in the hands of the Americans.

The M4 tanks and M-10 tank destroyers with millimeter guns are both at a disadvantage. So the Germans don't really expect this division to repel the Americans. They just hope that it can hold the Americans back for as long as possible.

The destruction of Cherbourg bought enough time.

The weather is very good tonight. The sky turns cloudy after nightfall, and the height of the clouds is only about one thousand meters. This makes the SS-17's march less likely to be interfered by enemy fighter planes. Of course, we must seize such an opportunity, so

Tonight, they let go of their courage, and every car turned on its headlights and sped down the road.

During this night, SS-17 safely ran the distance that originally took two nights. However, the rapid march also brought a big trouble. The troops were stretched very long, and some infantry units were left behind. SS

The cars attached to -17 were not enough to pull all the infantry, so they could only pull half of the cars and half on foot. In the past few days, due to the impact of air raids, the marching speed of the troops in cars was actually not faster than walking, so

At dawn, everyone can rest together in a hidden place. At night, those who originally took the bus will walk, and those who originally walked will take the bus. In this way, no one will be left behind. But tonight is different, those who take the car run out

It's too far. If the foot troops want to march tomorrow night, they will have to travel during the day.

…

The weather changes at night made Ron very worried. Although meteorological experts said that the weather would improve after dawn. Although it would not be sunny, it would not rain, and the height of the clouds would gradually rise to more than 3,000 meters - this

It's enough. But Ron is still worried, because even decades later, with the help of artificial earth satellites and supercomputers capable of trillions of operations per second, weather forecasts are still often unreliable. What's more, this

when.

It's just that Ron doesn't have any good ideas. Although he is a time traveler, he is not a son of the plane like Liu Xiu. Although Ron is nominally a Christian, like Barton, he treats the military chaplain as

Find him and tell him to pray to God and let it clear up tomorrow. If it is sunny tomorrow, I will give you a medal; if it is not clear, I will ask you to write a letter home to every soldier in the entire army.

Ron really couldn't do it. There was no point in rushing anyway, so Ron had no choice but to go to bed.

The house made of newly cut down trees exudes a faint fragrance. Ron can even tell that there are oak, camphor, fir and oak in it. This mixed aroma,

He suddenly thought of Nadya. There was a smell very similar to this fragrance on Nadya. At that time, he asked Nadya what perfume she used, but Nadya replied that she had never used perfume. Hmm.

, I haven’t written to Nadya for many days since D-Day. Maybe I should take some time to write her a letter tomorrow. Ron thought this and slowly fell into sleep.

…

Ron woke up very early the next day, and as soon as he got up, he got two good news. The first good news was about the weather. Just as the Allied meteorologists predicted, the height of the clouds increased today.

The attack aircraft were able to move a lot. However, Ron did not have high hopes for operations during the day. According to Ron's estimation, they would encounter at most a few small fish during the day, because according to the German army's marching habits on the Western Front, they all

They walk at night and rest during the day. They must be well hidden in some places during the day, but you can't find them at all.

As for the second good news, after a night of hard work, the radio command system has been installed and is now undergoing intense debugging. It is estimated that it will be put into use in another hour. This is definitely good news, especially in air combat.

It's a night operation, and it's absolutely impossible without this.

Although he didn't have high hopes for the results during the day, an hour later, when the radio command system was fully operational, Ron still sent out a group of aircraft including the two AC-47 attack planes.

In fact, the original intention of sending them out this time was just to familiarize the pilots with the air conditions in the expected combat area and prepare for future battles. In addition, it also allowed those on the AC-47 to get used to flying transport aircraft.

The pilot is looking for the feeling of an attack aircraft.

…

Major Crouchen poked his head out of the woods and looked at the sky. A group of PA-38 attack planes passed over them just now. In order to avoid the attack, everyone rushed into the woods.

"Everyone come out! Form a team!" Krauchen shouted loudly. Then the soldiers of his battalion came out of the woods one after another, organized themselves into formation and continued on the road.

"It's so painful to walk during the day!" Krauchen complained in his mind as he walked, "Those guys ran as fast as they could when they could walk last night, and they didn't even think about how painful it was for us during the day! What else could you say about you being infantry? Target

It's small and well hidden, so it's no problem to leave during the day. They don't know that as soon as a plane passes by during the day, we have to hide quickly and wait until the plane passes before we can come out. Every time we come out, we have to count the number of people and form a team.

In less than twenty minutes just now, I've had to line up three times! If we keep going like this, we won't be able to catch up today."

But complaining is complaining, the road still needs to be walked, and the plane still needs to be avoided. Krauchen led his battalion for another ten minutes or so, and at this time, the sound of the aircraft engine was heard in the sky again.

"No one is allowed to walk anymore!" At this time, there were no woods on both sides of the road, only wide dark green grass. But this was not a problem. The soldiers' military uniforms were very similar to the color of the grass. As long as they lay down on the grass,

It was basically impossible to spot them from the air. So Krauchen waved his hand, and everyone left the road again, ran to the grass and lay down.

The two planes were flying close, and Krauchen raised his head and saw clearly that they were just two C-47 transport planes.

"It's just a transport plane, no threat. Are they going to drop paratroopers in the back? They'll just send a report to the troops behind them later. Now let's seize the time and walk." Krauchen thought like this. So he stood up,

He waved to everyone, indicating that they should ignore these transport planes and continue moving forward. So the soldiers also stood up and walked towards the highway.

…

Suddenly so many people appeared from the grass below that it startled the pilot Stephen.

"These guys were well hidden, why did they expose themselves?" he said to co-pilot Joaquin.

"They must think that since we are transport planes, we can't do anything to them." The co-pilot didn't have time to answer, but gunner Cocu made this judgment.

"If you dare to underestimate us, show them how awesome we are!"
Chapter completed!