A few days later, the five German armored divisions were finally assembled. In fact, in the original plan, only four armored divisions should be invested in this counterattack, but the interventionist Hitler was worried about the assault power of the four armored divisions.

Not enough, so they just added an armored division to the counterattack plan.

Of course, this armored division also used the method of demolishing the east wall to repair the west wall, and was forced to withdraw from the vital defense line. As for withdrawing this vital armored division, what should we do if the defense line collapses? Hitler's answer was:

"Just let more Americans come over, then cut them off and destroy them!"

After seeing such heroic words from Hitler in the reply, Marshal Kruger really lost the energy to cry. However, at this time, Marshal Kruger, who was in trouble himself, could no longer resist Hitler's pressure.

"Forget it! This empire belongs to him anyway, let him do whatever he wants!" Marshal Kruger said to himself in his heart, while signing Hitler's counterattack plan and handing it to his staff.

Commander, "Give orders to all units to launch a counterattack early tomorrow morning." Kruger said weakly.

Originally, considering the Allied air superiority, the attack should have been carried out at night when U.S. military attack aircraft were unable to function. However, in the era of World War II, dark nights would also bring a lot of trouble to the attackers. The speed of breakthrough might be

Much slower. Compared with the Germans, one of the major advantages of the U.S. Army ground forces is their ultra-high level of mechanization.

Due to the success of the German blitzkrieg in the early stages of the war, ordinary military enthusiasts have a high regard for the mechanization level of the German army. But in fact, the German Army is not a truly mechanized force. At most, the German army only has some elites.

The troops have only become mechanized. Generally speaking, the German Army

It was still a mules-and-horses force. Especially in the later period, due to the influence of strategic bombing, fuel and other supplies became increasingly tight, and the losses on the battlefield became more and more serious. The mechanization level of the German army even began to decline.

In late 1944, the mechanization level of the German army was even lower than that of the Soviet army.

But the U.S. Army and the British Army are different. When the U.S. first entered the war, the total number of troops in the Army was not even as large as that of a German army group. The tanks it equipped even included Renault FT-17 tanks, which should have been sent long ago.

Things that have gone to the museum. When the Soviets were already using the T-34\76, and the Germans were already using the long-barreled No. 4 tank, the Americans actually had time to develop the M3 Grant, which used a hull main gun and riveted armor.

tank.

However, once the U.S. Demon's cheating industrial capabilities were put into war, the U.S. Army expanded at an alarming rate. Not only did the Army's ground forces quickly surpass the German army in numbers, they also quickly caught up with the German army in terms of equipment.

Except for heavy tanks, they comprehensively surpassed the Germans in other areas. As far as the U.S. Army in Normandy is concerned, their infantry divisions even have more vehicles than the German armored divisions. The U.S. Army ground forces also became one of the few in World War II.

There is a real army on wheels.

As a result, the U.S. military's ground mobility is surprisingly strong compared to the German army. Even the U.S. infantry divisions are as mobile as the German armored divisions. In this way, once danger appears on the front, the U.S. military will

The ground troops can quickly respond and break through

If the speed is slightly slower, the US military reinforcements will arrive quickly. Therefore, if the breakthrough speed cannot keep up with the attack at night, the US military reinforcements will arrive quickly, and then the counterattack will be quickly stopped. Therefore,

, in order to ensure the effect, the attack must be carried out during the day.

In order to ensure that daytime attacks would not be too much interfered with by the U.S. military's air power, the Germans had to come up with a way to interfere, at least temporarily, with the U.S. military's air supremacy. Hitler also knew this, so he found Air Force Commander Gore

Not working.

When Hitler's call came, Gobeling was admiring some ancient artworks that his subordinates had collected for him.

"Your Excellency, Marshal of the Empire, this is an authentic masterpiece by Raphael that we just found. Look..." A thin man wearing a monocle was introducing the most precious piece of this batch of artworks to Gebuling. This is

At that moment, an officer came in.

"Marshal, the head of state has a call for you."

"Ah, excuse me." Ge Buling stood up, picked up his marshal's staff, nodded to the people around him, and followed the officer out.

"Head of State, I honestly assure you that my air force can interfere with the air supremacy of the Americans and British in a short period of time. I can send 1,000 fighter jets, as long as you can provide us with enough fuel... Yes, Head of State, I

I assure you..."

Of course, Ge Buling knew that his guarantee was unreliable. He did have no less than 1,000 fighter jets, and even more. However, he no longer had any decent pilots. Not to mention those veterans, now

, there are only a few pilots who have graduated from regular aviation schools according to the normal procedures. But no matter what, Gebuling knows that he must not say no to Hitler at this time. As for the pilot problem, there is always a way

of……

…

The day before the attack began, the German Air Force fighter unit located at an airport near Paris received an order to dispatch all 100 fighter jets early tomorrow morning to provide air protection for the assault.

"Damn! Are the people above crazy? 100 fighter jets? How is this possible? Are there a hundred people in the entire base who can fly planes?" When the mission was notified to the pilots, the pilots immediately became confused.

.

"That's right. Should we let one of us fly two planes?"

Captain Lindbergh frowned. To be honest, this order made him very dissatisfied, but an order is an order, and he must carry it out. Although the latter part of this order, well, the latter part is indeed ridiculous.

It's unexpected, but what orders him to meow is an order.

"The shortage of pilots will be borne by the mechanics." Lindbergh continued to announce the order.

As soon as these words came out, the noise became even louder, almost tearing down the roof. The ground staff who had been watching the pilots protest immediately joined in, and their voices were louder than the pilots.

"Isn't this nonsense? We have never received flight training. Let us go to the sky. Isn't this a suicide?"

"How is this possible! I think we should ask the superiors again if we made a mistake..."

"Isn't this nonsense? Which bastard came up with this?"

The situation almost got out of control for a while, and some people even wanted to rush up to see if the original text of the order was like this.

"Bang!" Lindbergh pulled out his P-38 pistol and fired a shot into the air. The sudden gunshot suddenly suppressed the noise of the people. Everyone stopped and looked at Lindbergh.

Lindbergh calmly put the P-38 pistol back into the holster on his waist, and then spoke: "This order is indeed a bit long, but I am still ashamed of your behavior! The Third Reich

Life or death depends on this battle! Some of you are like me,

We fought with the Soviets on the Eastern Front. In 1941 and 1942, the Soviet Air Force also fought under such conditions! In Stalingrad, they even sent women to the battlefield! Are we German men not as good as

Fuck inferior Slavic bitches? In Stalingrad, that

These Slavic girls, flying wooden biplanes, dared to come out and fight us. After the plane was hit, they even dared to fly the burning plane to hit our ground targets! It is precisely because of this spirit of sacrifice

, the Russians survived the most dangerous moment. Now,

The empire has reached a critical juncture. As members of the empire, it is our bounden duty to sacrifice for the country! Tomorrow morning, all 61 pilots, including me, will fly into the sky. I now need 39 ground crew members to serve as

Pilot. I hope everyone can take the initiative to sign up."

…

After Lindbergh finished speaking, he looked at the ground staff with expectant eyes. However, after a long time, no ground staff took the initiative to come forward. The loss rate of ground staff has never been as high as that of pilots, or in other words, ground staff are generally lower than pilots.

Live longer. And in this way, they know more about the cruelty of air combat than many new pilots. They all know that there is no

The chances of experienced novices surviving in an air battle are very low. They naturally understand that letting them take off is almost the same as committing suicide. They are not like those who just came out of the flight school and flew on the junior trainer aircraft.

There were more than a dozen, or at most dozens of, young rookies who still had unrealistic fantasies about air combat. So, none of them moved.

Lindbergh knew that even if he waited any longer, no one would take the initiative to come forward. This was the case with the fighter force. Among the German Air Force, they received the most preferential treatment, but in terms of fighting will, they had never been very good.

"Since no one is willing to stand up, let's draw lots." Lindbergh said, "Everyone has his destiny!"

Several military police officers stood up, asked the ground staff to stand in a column, and then took out a box. The box was all filled with ready-made signatures. It seemed that Captain Lindbergh had already anticipated this situation.

Looking at the fatal box and the "chained dog" holding an MP-40 submachine gun, Karl, who was first in line, hesitantly put his hand into the box. He could feel the inside of the box.

There were a lot of pieces of paper, and he knew that these pieces of paper would determine his life or death! He touched the pieces of paper here and there, but he really couldn't make up his mind.

"Hurry!" a gendarme urged.

Karl closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and tremblingly took out a piece of paper. He unfolded the paper with trembling hands, and then Karl jumped up with joy, and tears flowed out uncontrollably - this

The piece of paper is blank, which means he doesn't have to go to heaven to die!

After more than ten minutes, 29 candidates were selected. These poor people who won the lottery either had gloomy faces and said nothing. Or they kept talking nonsense with tears streaming down their faces, and some even looked at them with hatred.

Staring at Lindbergh. At this scene, Lindbergh became increasingly less confident about his actions tomorrow.
Chapter completed!