The air battle on this day was extremely tragic. Free eBook Download // Of course, this tragedy is to be talked about separately. This "miserable" is the "miserable" of "miserable", this word belongs to the Germans, more than 200 fighters were besieged by nearly 500 American and British fighters, and in the last 200 or so planes, no more than 30 German fighters retreated, and the rest were all shot down by the Allies. As for the "Lie," it was a "Lie" who was "elated," and according to post-war statistics, the Allied air power shot down 184 enemy planes in one go, but the price they paid was only 16 fighters shot down and 12 fighters damaged. Most of the pilots of these downed fighters have also successfully parachuted, and nine of them have also successfully reconciled with the airborne troops or underground resistance groups.

Therefore, after this war, the air power of the Allies, whether it was the British Royal Air Force or the US Army Air Force, was jubilant. The pilots all gathered together to think about how many enemy planes they had shot down this time, and how they could brag to their hometown fathers and elders when they returned home in the future.

"If you want me to say, Kent is lucky, he scored 6 in one day today, which is a record."

"What luck? Do you understand the technology? The pilot named Kent replied with a grin, "Captain Ron said that 'a lot of things that look like luck are actually a sign of strength,' didn't you?" My results today are completely a manifestation of strength. It's a pity that there are too few German planes, and one more will break the record. ”

"Phew! Why? Even if there is one more, it should be our turn to fight! ”

"Not necessarily, my luck is good today, what's wrong? Be jealous, ah, how I enjoy such a gaze full of envy and hatred! Kent looked triumphant.

"Even if you break the record, it doesn't mean anything. When they set a record of shooting down six enemy planes in an air battle, the opponent was not so bad! Another pilot said.

This sentence was agreed by Kent, and he also nodded and said: "This is true, the level of those Germans now, really, the rookies who just came out of the aviation school are a lot better than them." Moreover, I think that the average level of German pilots is getting lower and lower, and if this continues, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to encounter any decent air battles in the future. ”

"If only the German Army were so rotten, then we could go home and eat turkey at Christmas!" Another pilot laughed.

Ron passed by, just in time to hear this, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

The phrase "go home and eat turkey at Christmas" is not an auspicious word for the US military. It seems that as long as such a thing comes out in history, there will always be some kind of situation in the war. And Ron also knew that compared with the air force that had already broken its backbone, the German Army still had a strong combat effectiveness. Christmas '44 could not end the war in any way. However, after this battle, the Germans should have understood that it was impossible for them to drive the Allies into the sea, so what would they do next?

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At a hospital in Paris, France, Rommel is undergoing a final examination by a doctor.

"Marshal, I can't believe that you have recovered so quickly!" An old doctor said to Rommel.

"Ah, Dr. Muller, I have to recover quickly from this situation." Rommel smiled reluctantly and said, "Otherwise, they would have told me to be absent behind my back." ”

Rommel knew that in his absence, the Allies had landed, and then in his own absence due to wounds, the Allies had repelled the German decision to push back the counterattack, and now, there was no possibility of driving the Allies into the sea. In the next step, we can only follow the idea of Rundstedt, retreat step by step, organize a defensive line, and block the allies as much as possible. Unfortunately, the German armored forces suffered heavy losses in the previous failed counterattack, which inevitably led to a lack of ammunition for this line.

And the deployment of the German army is now very troublesome, at the beginning Rundstedt asked the main force to be deployed in the rear, while Rommel asked for the main force to be deployed in the front, and finally Hitler made a compromise and deployed the troops backward. As a result, not long ago, when they wanted to counterattack, the troops were too far back to attack; Now they want to defend, and the position of the troops is too high, and it is difficult to withdraw safely. That's a ...... Rommel couldn't help but shake his head. Since the Battle of Moscow, the Führer has become more and more fond of intervening directly in the command of the army, and now he is becoming more and more stubborn and more difficult to convince. He couldn't help but think of the idea that some of his old subordinates had mentioned to him about making peace with the United States and Britain alone. This idea, of course, is good, and almost the only way to get Germany to end the war with dignity, but will the Führer agree?

But now is not the time to think about this kind of problem, and the battle situation of Honkai is still waiting to be cleaned up by itself.

Coming to the command, Rommel immediately made such a judgment after learning about the current situation. Now that the center of gravity of the campaign had become the port of Cherbourg, the Allies would never be able to support a large-scale offensive operation by relying solely on the transportation capacity of the beachhead. If Cherbourg cannot be captured in time, and the amount of beachhead supplies will be affected with the arrival of the storm season, then I am afraid that the Allies will not have any decent attack capability until April of the following year. In this way, the German army had a chance to breathe, and it was possible to organize a relatively strong defensive line with ammunition on the line of Paris and the Seine.

It's just that the forces in Cherbourg Port are very empty, and with only such a few troops, they can't hold Cherbourg anyway. It's just that Caen is now under siege by the British, and there is really no way to mobilize troops to Cherbourg, maybe ...... That's all there is to it.

Rommel looked up from the map and said: "Order, General Schlieben, Cherbourg must immediately begin the destruction of the port. It is necessary to ensure that the port facilities are completely destroyed! At the same time, the command of the ...... around Cherbourg The troops of the other place abandoned the place where they were now stationed and moved to Cherbourg, where they were placed in the command sequence of General Schlieben. The Seventh Army was ordered to transfer all remaining coastal defense forces to Cherbourg and prepare the four infantry divisions under its command for mobilization. ”

After giving these orders, Rommel said to his adjutant: "Report to the Yuan and ask him to approve my transfer of four infantry divisions of the Seventh Army to the line of the Seine." Well, the telegram is written: Dear Führer......"

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Wolf's Lair Command.

"Führer," an attendant said, placing a telegram on Hitler's desk, "an urgent telegram from Field Marshal Rommel, who demanded that the four infantry divisions of the Seventh Army be withdrawn to the line of the Seine, and had ordered the coastal defense units of the Seventh Army to withdraw to Cherbourg in order to strengthen the defense of Cherbourg. The marshal awaits your approval. ”

"What? Rommel is also retreating? This must not be allowed! Hitler suddenly became agitated, he stood up at once, and grabbed Rommel's telegram.

"Let's see how the fearless hero of the empire explains that he is actually retreating, that he is running away! Ah, 'the four infantry divisions of the Seventh Army have already suffered losses in the previous battles, and they have suffered heavy losses in strength and equipment, and they urgently need to be withdrawn and recuperate in order to regain their combat effectiveness'? I knew it! They'll just make such clumsy excuses! No! I will never agree to retreat! The present war is a confrontation between the willpower of the two peoples. The retreating, no, the fleeing side can only be defeated! Back then, in Moscow, the Russians counterattacked a little, and the cowards in the staff thought of escaping one by one. Had it not been for my order at that time not to retreat a single step, we would have collapsed in the harsh winter of Russia, as Napoleon did! No! We are not allowed to retreat a single step!

Ah, I'll see again, what else could the brave Rommel ask for? Well, he had already ordered the coastal defense units of the rest of the Seventh Army to be transferred to Cherbourg? Who gave him the go-ahead to do this! 'Transfer'? Our marshal has a good rhetorical skill, moving troops from a position of confrontation with the enemy to a position far away from the enemy, this is not a 'transfer', it is a retreat, it is an escape! Immediately send a telegram to Rommel and tell him that I will not allow any troops to take a step back! Hitler crumpled Rommel's telegram into a ball and smashed it into the wastebasket.

"Yes, Führer!" The attendant raised his hand to Hitler and saluted, then turned to prepare to leave the office. As he reached the door, Hitler suddenly stopped him.

"Führer, what else do you command?" The attendant asked, turning to Hitler.

"Send a telegram directly to the combat troops, send my orders directly to them, and order them to return to their posts immediately!"

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Hans, a coastal gunner, is installing explosives on a stationary 203-mm coastal gun. Just now they received an order from their superiors to immediately leave their existing positions and move closer to Cherbourg, and all the equipment that could not be taken away was destroyed on the spot.203 mm coastal guns could not be moved at all, of course, among the destroyed. In fact, the Allies had already landed on the European continent in Normandy, and it was pointless for them to continue to hold on to areas where no one could land. Being transferred to Cherbourg was also a very logical thing. The superiors were also prepared for this. So when Hans got the order to blow up the cannon, he was very skillful in loading the explosives in all the key parts of the cannon, and as soon as the order was given, he could blow it up immediately.

Just then, a soldier rushed over: "Stop blasting!" Stop blasting! The latest order, the transfer order has been cancelled, and our department must continue to hold the existing positions! ”