It was the first time Arthur had been hit in several years in the army, and after the record was broken, Arthur was a little flustered. Baidu search: read novels // In a sense, never being hit by the enemy is not necessarily a good thing for pilots. Because once they are hit, the psychological fluctuations tend to be greater.

Now, for example, if it's a guy like Ron who has been shot down several times, he's used to being hit by people. So after they are hit by others, it is often easier for them to make a more reasonable choice. And the lucky ones, who are always used to being unscathed, lack experience in this area. Now, for example, once he finds out that he was actually hit, Arthur doesn't know what to do for a while. Half of the tail was broken, which disrupted the stability of the plane, and now the plane will automatically deflect to one side during flight. Arthur, on the other hand, was only nervously making corrective movements. But I forgot to throw away all the external ammunition quickly. In addition, when he does movements, he always makes too big. It made the plane twist in the air like a drunk. The plane's energy was also rapidly lost in this action, and Arthur's plane became slower and slower. However, this kind of twisting seemed to interfere with the enemy's aiming, so until it flew out of the range of the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery, he was not shot.

After flying out of the range of the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery, Arthur realized that his speed was already low, almost on the verge of stalling.

"Arthur! Hold your nerve and ditch all your external weapons! Wingman Thom's shout came over the radio. In fact, Tom had already shouted this sentence several times, but it was only at this time that Arthur understood what he was shouting. So Arthur hurriedly threw away the rockets under the wings, then firmly controlled the plane and began to return.

As the enemy suppressed artillery fire and a large number of German soldiers entered the trenches, the American feints began to slowly retreat. One of the objectives of this exploratory attack had also been achieved, and the anti-tank guns and suppressive artillery exposed by the Germans were all beaten by the American air force. Moreover, some of the German pillboxes have also been exposed, and these pillboxes have been marked by the Americans, and they can be completely wiped out when the general attack is carried out tomorrow.

Soon, night fell. During the night, the U.S. military had been preparing for the next day's general offensive.

At 8 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the overwhelming B-17 bombers flying from England dropped a large number of bombs on the positions outside the city, and the smoke of the bombs dropped by the bombers had not yet cleared, and the 155-mm howitzers of the American army joined the chorus. The shelling lasted a whole hour.

Just as 155-mm shells were constantly falling on German positions, the ground attack of the American troops, supported by dozens of tanks, began. The soldiers carefully spread out in a skirmish formation, following closely behind the advancing barrage and advancing towards the German defensive positions.

The Germans reacted rather strangely, and the Germans did not fire a single bullet until the American soldiers jumped into the first line of German trenches. And the American soldiers who entered the trenches immediately found that there were no Germans in the trenches, not even those small anti-artillery holes.

Without firing a shot, the Americans captured the first line of German trenches, but this abnormal smooth operation not only did not make people happy, but also made people feel more and more nervous. Then this strange situation happened again in the second line of defense, and there was no one in the whole line of defense.

"Did the Germans run away?" The thought came to the mind of everyone who knew about it.

The city of Saint-Sauvo was already close at hand, and there was still calm on the Germans' side. After capturing the second line of defense, the Americans quickly prepared several small detachments and began to approach the city of Saint-Savo.

Ensign Tom was the leader of one of the detachments, and although all indications indicated that the Germans had fled by night, Ensign Tom did not let up. His assault team maintained a standard battle formation and gradually approached the city. At this time, Tom saw that the window of a small building not far away was pushed open towards them. Tom immediately dodged and hid behind a large rock, and several of his comrades behind him immediately hid themselves. Several guns - M1 semi-automatic rifle, Springfield sniper rifle, M1 carbine, Browning automatic rifle - were aimed at that window.

A red, white, and blue flag slowly stretched out from the window, and then the flag began to wave in the wind, and then, more windows opened, and more flags began to flutter in the air. Many people opened the doors and poured into the streets, waving to Tom and them.

Tom slowly came out from behind the stones, and a large crowd of people rushed towards them, some men, some women, some old, some young. They laughed and cheered at them in a language they didn't understand.

"Head, do you understand what they're saying?" Soldier Harris asked Tom.

"I don't understand." Tom replied, "But one thing I know for sure is that the Germans must have run away." ”

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Time goes back to the day before the general attack, the command center of Field Marshal Rommel.

"Marshal, this is a report of the battle near Saint-Sovo." Rommel's adjutant handed a document to Field Marshal Rommel, "The losses of the army were significant. ”

Rommel took the document and looked at it, "The enemy's large-scale attack has not yet begun, how can the losses of the troops be so large?" ”

"The enemy's air superiority is too great. Any activity of the troops could be attacked by the enemy's air. In response to the actions of the enemy, any change in the deployment of our troops will be hit by the enemy. As a result, the losses of our troops were naturally large. Moreover, our preparations for defense near Saint-Sauvo were not well prepared, which gave them more opportunities. ”

"Well, you have a point." Rommel stood up, put his hands behind his back, and wandered around his office. Finally he stood still.

"Due to the problems of time and strength, we were not prepared for defense in Saint-Sauveur, neither the hoarding of supplies nor the construction of fortifications. In fact, it is impossible to be too well prepared. If I had them, I would have used them on the Atlantic barrier. Now, with such a clear superiority of the enemy, we are confronting the enemy in Saint-Sauvo, and it is certainly us who will suffer. I think it would be better for us to withdraw all our troops from the Saint-Sauvo area and retreat to the line of the Seine. There, we have the opportunity to build a stronger line of defense. The transfer of troops from the Saint-Sovo area is also more effective. ”

"But Marshal, this plan has been vetoed by the Führer. The Führer ordered that the troops in the St. Sovo area must hold their positions. Even if Saint-Sauver was lost, they could only resist step by step and retreat towards Cherbourg. The adjutant said.

"What are they doing in Cherbourg? Cherbourg is a place of death. There is no possibility of holding it at all. Now all we want from Cherbourg is to be able to completely destroy its port facilities. We have been preparing for this task for a long time. And it's already being implemented. According to the Cherbourg report, the destruction of the port is almost complete. Within a few months, the enemy could not restore this port. Even if the four infantry divisions of Saint-Sauveur were transferred to Cherbourg, how long would they be able to hold out? It's still okay to keep it for three or four more days, but it's hard to keep it for more than a week. But our destruction of the port of Cherbourg is almost complete, what more can we do if we hold it for a few more days? It's nothing more than filling the port with a little more construction waste. What's the point of such a redundant and inefficient destruction of the enemy, which can be recovered in a few days at most. Give me contact the troops in the Saint-Sauvo area and order them to retreat south! ”

"Marshal, but the Führer meant ......" the adjutant hesitated a little.

"I'm the front-line commander!" Rommel replied proudly, "If the Führer is angry because of this, I will bear all the responsibility." ”

Rommel knew that he was one of the most favored generals of the German army. No matter what the post-German Germans would say about Hitler, at least, Hitler was good to himself. Without Hitler, the most civilian soldier, Rommel knew that it would be difficult for him to get a marshal's scepter in the German army, an army that had been led by the noble officer corps for generations. You know, even Guderian, the father of the blitzkrieg, was just a general. And he, even after becoming a marshal, was still ostracized by the traditional officer corps, and Kruger even directly questioned his ability to command more than one division of troops to his face.

Rommel also heard a lot of ridicule of Hitler from his colleagues. They ridiculed Hitler for his blind command and even gave him the nickname Corporal Bohemia. Rommel knew that such accusations were not entirely unreasonable, and that Hitler's command was indeed problematic. After all, combat is a very professional thing. And the Führer is not a professional.

Rommel knew that in the situation he was facing, if it were his colleagues, they would certainly obey Hitler's orders. Some would even praise Hitler against his will for the wisdom of his decision in front of him, and then when he returned home, he took out his little notebook and carefully wrote down: Corporal Bohemia is again blindly commanding, and we cannot convince him...... Then go out and laugh at Hitler's stupidity while drinking with his colleagues. In the end, maybe after the collapse of the empire, they will write a memoir called "Everything is to Blame on the Mustache", telling everyone that the war was lost, not because I was incompetent, but because the mustache was a pig captain. Rommel was not going to do this, he knew the danger of disobedience and knew that Hitler would doubt his loyalty. However, he believed that making the most reasonable choice on the battlefield and correcting the Führer's mistakes was a sign of true loyalty.